Series:  Everybody’s Leading Somebody Title:  Learner Text: Proverbs 1:5-7 Leadership Principle #10 –  Good leaders are always learning 1. Love to learn 2. Learn first and foremost about God 3. Learn through multiple channels 4. Live your learning 5. Learn to lead 6. Leave what you’ve learned to others May your bigger learning make you…

Title:  Our Living Hope Text:  1 Peter 1:3-5 Today’s Truth:  When Jesus walked out of that tomb, hope walked out of that tomb 1. The hope of immense mercy 2. The hope of new birth 3. The hope of a great inheritance 4. The hope of a secure salvation May you have a living hope…

Title:  Do the Right Thing Text:  Luke 19:28-40 Today’s Truth – It’s always right to worship Jesus Christ 1. Why is it always right to worship Jesus Christ? 2. How are we to worship Jesus Christ? May we cry out in passionate praise for Jesus this Easter season so that the rocks can sit by…

Series:  Everybody’s Leading Somebody Title:  Truth and Love Text:  Proverbs 8:6-9 Leadership Principle #9 – Good leaders balance truth and love. 1. You must speak truth 2. Those you influence must hear truth 3. Your truth-speaking must be tempered with love May those following you be blessed with a balance of truth and love from…

Series:  Diagnosis: Healthy Church Title:  Jesus Gym Text:  1 Timothy 4:6-10 Today’s Truth – A healthy church functions as a Jesus gym, training people in godliness 1. Free yourself from fluff and the frivolous 2. Value spiritual growth over physical and mental growth 3. Hope in Jesus for this life and the next May your…

Series:  Diagnosis: Healthy Church Title:  I Shall Not Be Moved Text:  1 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Today’s Truth – A healthy church unwaveringly upholds biblical truth throughout the ages 1. Realize the church’s crucial role in society 2. Keep Christ and His gospel as the chief cornerstone 3. Expect people to be drawn away and try to…

Series:  Everybody’s Leading Somebody Title:  Coolheaded Text:  Proverbs 16:32 Leadership Principle #7 –  Good leaders keep their emotions under control, acting instead of reacting 1. What negative emotions are leaders especially prone to when things go wrong? 2. How do I control my anger? 3. How do I control my fear? 4. How do I…

Series:  Diagnosis: Healthy Church Title:  The Good Standing of Deacons Text:  1 Timothy 3:8-13 Today’s Truth – A healthy church has a biblical vision for the deacons of the church 1. What does the word for this office mean? 2. What are the responsibilities and function of this office? 3. What are the qualifications for…

Series: Everybody’s Leading Somebody Title:  Integrity Text:  Proverbs 16:12-13 Leadership Principle #6 – Good leaders have integrity and expect it from those they’re leading 1. What is integrity? 2. Why is having integrity as a leader so important? 3. How do we know if we lack integrity? 4. How do we build our integrity? 5.…

Series:  Diagnosis: Healthy Church Title:  The Noble Task of Pastoring Text:  1 Timothy 3:1-7 Today’s Truth – A healthy church has a Biblical vision for the pastors of the church. What words does the New Testament use for this office? ποιμήν (poimān) = pastor, shepherd ἐπισκοπή (episkopā) = overseer, bishop πρεσβύτερος (presbūteros) = elder What…