Million Leaders Mandate Notebook One

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Million Leaders MandateNotebook One

• Gods Call for Us to Lead
• (Lesson 1)

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Gods Call for Us to Lead

• Why and How God Calls Us to Lead

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Born To Lead

• Being made in Gods image means we were created
  to LEAD.
• God gave humans AUTHORITY over the whole earth.
• If God told us to rule, we must have the ABILITY
  to do it.

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Divine Permission to Lead

• Excuse One Who am I? (Ex. 311)
• Excuse Two Who are You? (Ex. 313)
• Excuse Three What if they dont listen? (Ex.
  41)
• Excuse Four Ive never been a good speaker.
  (Ex. 410)
• Excuse Five I know you can find someone else.
  (Ex. 413)

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The Global Leadership Crisis
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The Period of the Judges

• Chaos reigned because there was no precedent for
  AUTHORITY or ACCOUNTABILITY.
• 2. Aggressive ENEMIES surrounded them, since the
  Jews first occupied Canaan.
• 3. There were no government FUNDS for national
  defense or to enforce public safety.

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• Other NATIONS influenced Israel with their idols
  and superstitions.
• Heroes like Moses and Joshua were DEAD, and there
  was no EXPECTATION of order.
• 6. Momentum and morale were LOW, so growth was
  not easy.

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The Basics of Effective Leaders

• THEY PERCEIVE A NEED.

• When Leadership is Pure
• It always starts with a need.
• That need sparks passion within a person.
• That person acts in response to the need.
• This action moves others to cooperate.

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2. THEY POSSESS A GIFT

• When Leadership is Pure
• A person finds a GIFT inside of them.
• They groom and DEVELOP that gift.
• They eventually match that gift with a place of
  SERVICE.
• The gift provides a platform for INFLUENCE.
• They eventually flourish because of their GIFT.

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3. THEY PARADE A PASSION Passion Comes When a
Leader Has Complementary

• BURDENS Your interests and concerns
• CONVICTIONS Your values, principles and beliefs
• GIFTS Your God-given abilities.
• NEEDS Your desperate circumstances.
• OPPORTUNITIES Your occasion to get involved.

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4. THEY PERSUADE A PEOPLE

• Proven Practices for Getting Things Done
• What gets talked about gets done.
• What gets trained for gets done.
• What gets measured gets done.
• What gets budgeted gets done.
• What gets confronted gets done.
• What gets rewarded gets done.

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5. THEY PURSUE A PURPOSE

• In Judges, Their Purpose Was
• Personal It fit their gifts and passions.
• Measurable It involved activity that could be
  evaluated.
• Memorable It was specific enough to be
  remembered and embraced.
• Meaningful It surrounded national issues that
  made a difference.
• Mobile It could travel with them wherever they
  found themselves.
• Moral It was right. They felt it not only could
  be done, but should be done.