Live Long Lead Well

"Helping others should NEVER hurt you!"

Proverbs 25:28

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

The proper use of freedom is servitude!

The proper use of authority is serving the well-being of others

19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

THE LIFESTYLE OF A WORSHIP LEADER NOTES

Psalm 22:3

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Satan hates PERFECT PRAISE rendered to the Father, so he seeks to pervert it through the LIFESTYLE of the praiser!

· There is an active demonic agenda aimed at your lifestyle

· This agenda is consistent, organized, and aggressive – ARE YOU?

· Consecration CANNOT BE a seasonal thing

- If you are at the forefront, people are looking to you to find God.

- If you don’t want that responsibility – GO BACK TO THE REAR

- People assume that you are a person of integrity and that if you are singing about God, you actually know Him, have relationship with Him, and regularly spend time with him.

• YOU are not expected to be PERFECT, but you are expected to be INTENTIONAL

- Crucify unintentional behavior / lifestyle choices

- Holiness: set aside for God’s use: BY GOD AND FOR GOD

- Don’t be lazy in your spiritual life

1 Cor11:1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

ALL of your behavior should be PATTERNABLE

- Are you the model of what we are becoming?

- Can I find God doing what you do?

- What if we were all like you?

MODELING GROWTH

1Timothy 4:15

Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.

- It should be obvious to all that you are growing

- Change is the evidence of growth

BEING THE EXAMPLE WITHOUT EXCUSES

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

- BE ON TIME

- BE READY TO DO THE WORK OF THE ASSIGNMENT

- GET IT – PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE A PART OF AND SEEK GOD’S GLORIFICATION

COMMITTED TO SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

• PRAYER 1 Thessalonians 5:17

• STUDY OF THE WORD 1 Timothy 4:13

• FASTING. 2 Cor 11:27

• SEEKING Matt 7:7-8

• REPENTANCE / PURITY 2 Tim 2: 21-26

MAINTAINING THE POSTURE OF A SERVANT

Philippians 2:6-8 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.