1 Thessalonians Part 1 -Leadership Lessons from Paul 1 Thessalonians 1 & 2

I. Intro

A. Memories of Thessalonica

· The Old City

· The Young Church 

· Timothy & Silas

· On to Corinth

· Another Letter?

B. Leadership Observations

Ø Leadership is ______________ ______________.

Ø Leadership is the ability to ignite a desire in people to do: 1) what they _______ ________ they can do OR 2) what they ________ _______ to do. 

II. Leadership Shown (Chap. 1) 

· Thankful (v. 1-2)

· Remembering (v. 2-3)

· Affirming (v. 6-8)

· Proud of (v. 9-10)

III. Leadership Taught (Chap. 2) 

A. What Good Leaders Avoid:

· Deception (v. 3) 

· Pleasing People (v. 4) 

· Greed (v. 5) 

· Authoritarian tactics (v. 6) 

B. What Good Leaders Demonstrate:

· Sensitivity to needs (v. 7) 

· Affection towards people (v. 8) 

· Transparent and authentic life (v. 8-10) 

· Encouraging (v. 11-12) 

C. The Essence of Effective Leadership (v. 13-20) 

1. Among those being led

ü A willingness to be led (v. 13) 

ü A willingness to struggle together (v. 14) 

2. Within the Leader

ü Discernment (v. 18) 

v Seeing the world as _______ sees it.

ü Joy (v. 19-20) 

v Inner delight in _______ and all things that come from ______. 

IV. Conclusions 

· Look ________.

· Look _________. 

· Look _________.