In this episode, Jim sits down with Bob Osborne, Executive Director of Serge, to discuss a counterintuitive idea—that, in Christ, our weakness doesn't disqualify us from leadership. And while we sometimes admit our weakness intellectually, it’s tempting to hide behind our competence and achievements. Bob shares powerful stories of how embracing our need for Jesus, day after day, is the starting point for God to use us more powerfully in our ministries and relationships.

In this episode, they discuss...

• Adversity in Childhood—Unlikely Training for Leadership [04:34]
• Walking Alongside Leaders [20:24]
• Humility from Vulnerability and Brokenness [30:35]
• Leading Through Weakness at Serge [41:46]

This episode is a reminder that despite our feelings of unworthiness and the pressure to prove ourselves, our true reality is that we are secure in God's love because of Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross. By embracing our ongoing need for Jesus through dependence, faith, and prayer, we can lead through weakness with humility, brokenness, and vulnerability.

Referenced in this episode...

• The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien; Love INC and Trinity Presbyterian Church; the More-With-Less Cookbook; and the hedgehog concept, from Jim Collins’ book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t.
• Join us this October for Sonship Week and experience anew Jesus' grace and love in and through your brokenness. 
• Ministry through weakness is one of Serge’s core values. Explore it further with our webinars [Learning to Lean on Jesus and Knowing God’s Strength in Your Weakness] and blogs [When You Feel Too Weak for Ministry and Rivers Meant for Us in Ministry, Too].

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Credits: Hosted by Jim Lovelady. Produced by Anna Madsen and Sunny Chi. Music by Tommy L. Our guest was Bob Osborne, Serge’s Executive Director.

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