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This is Lead 12:12,2
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a podcast on Christ centered leadership
based on Romans 12:12, rejoice in hope.3
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Be patient in tribulation,
be constant in prayer.4
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Thanks for listening.5
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Now here's Chris and Dave.6
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Hello, everybody.7
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We're back.8
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So glad that you're listening.9
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I hope you need a great new year
and merry Christmas.10
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We're getting started.11
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Chris,
how's things going for you? Fantastic.12
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You know, today's my first day back
at work after two weeks off,13
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so maybe that part's
not quite so fantastic,14
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but I'm gearing up for school,
starting back again.15
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I'm looking forward to that. Gotcha.16
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I'm a preacher,
so I only work on Sundays, so.17
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Right?18
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Some people do believe that, Chris.19
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It's funny
that some people do believe that.20
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But that's OK. Absolutely crazy.21
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I'm all right with it.22
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I am who I am and Popeye.23
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So I had a good week.24
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Christmas was crazy around
my house.25
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Crazy. Yeah, crazy here, too.26
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And your dogs are doing great.27
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They're doing great.28
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He's got two of the coolest dogs
you ever want to see.29
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I love my dogs.30
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Today we're talking about being a servant
leader,31
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and me and Chris
have been excited about this.32
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We started the podcast.33
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Is that right? That's absolutely right.34
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So tell me a little bit
what it looks like to be a servant leader.35
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Just just quick
before we jump in everything.36
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A servant leader
is someone who serves the team.37
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They lead the team by serving the team.38
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A lot of leaders lead first, and
if they ever serve, it's an afterthought.39
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But the servant leader serves
first. Right.40
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That's some don't.41
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We know someone else that did that.42
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That sounds really familiar.43
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And that's my Jesus.44
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There we go.45
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That's my Jesus amen and amen.46
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So we're going to jump into that.47
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We're going to look at some scripture.
I'm excited.48
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What we try to do on
this is just kind of give you an overview49
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of some of the leadership stuff
that's out there50
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and try to apply biblical principles
and Christ centered leadership with it.51
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Absolutely.
Thanks for joining us. We'll get started.52
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You know, I wanted to say something53
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for those of you that don't know,
Dave is not just a pastor of my church.54
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He also founded the church,
and this Sunday,55
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he gave a sermon that was phenomenal,
and I wanted to share part of that.56
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He was talking about being frustrated,
and he mentioned different ways.57
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We can all be frustrated
and who hasn't been frustrated.58
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I know I have.59
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And he said, at the end of the day,
I'm still going to love Jesus.60
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And I thought that was so beautiful.61
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Well,
nothing else makes sense to me, Chris.62
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And I think at the end of the day, that's
that's the only thing that works for me63
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and it's taken me.64
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It still takes me sometimes
to figure that out.65
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I think we're all on a work in progress.
Absolutely.66
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Every day I hopefully get closer,
and if I don't, I try the next day67
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to work better at it. So. Amen. Thank you.68
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Thank you very much.69
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So let's start with what is a servant
leader?70
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Sounds great.71
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And this is the official definition
of servant leader.72
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Prioritizes the development
and well-being of individuals73
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and the communities to which they belong.74
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While traditional leadership involves
accumulation and exercise of power75
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by those at the very top level, servant
leadership is unique.76
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The servant leader shares
power, prioritizes the needs of others77
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and assists people in developing
and performing at their very best.78
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Yeah, so there's a lot of keywords
you can pick up on what he just said. Yes.79
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And all of it is just basically it's
helping you to do better.80
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And when you are a servant,
it helps you realize what other people81
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are going through.82
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It helps you to recognize their needs.83
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Is that is that a good thing for you?84
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Is in
one of the things that comes to my mind85
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right away is you have to have the heart
for servant leadership.86
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This isn't something you can fake.87
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There's just no way, right?88
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If I serve you, though,
I also got to know you a little bit.89
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Yes, you do.90
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And this time that we live in right now,
we don't want to know each other.91
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We want to go in our house, close
our door, watch our Netflix and be done.92
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And that's not biblical.93
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No, that's not not relational.94
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And at the end of the day,95
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you will not be a very good leader
if you're sitting in your house.96
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So when you got to get out there, either
you won't feel fulfilled doing that.97
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And for some people, it comes easy.98
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For some people, it doesn't relational
stuff a little bit easier for me.99
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I get that, yes,
but you still got to work at it.100
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It's got to be a work in progress
because people matter to God.101
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Absolutely. 100%. That's beautiful.102
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There it is.103
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He is fast, he's fast on those amens
today, amen I'm ready for that.104
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So the phrase servant leadership was
coined by a man named Robert K Greenleaf105
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in the Servant as Leader, an essay
he first published way back in 1970.106
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In this essay, Greenleaf
said the servant leader is servant first.107
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It begins with natural feeling
that one wants to serve first.108
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Then conscious choice
brings one to aspire to lead.109
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That person is sharply different
from one who is a leader first.110
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The difference manifests itself
in the caretaking by the servant, first111
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to make sure others people's
highest priority needs are being served.112
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That's beautiful. It's a lot.113
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That's good. That's really good.114
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Some of the things that you said there
that just nailed me115
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was just really understanding
what it looks like to again,116
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be reminded of what other people
are going through and what they're doing.117
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And that's the only way I, sir.118
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Well, Chris is one of the best
servant leaders I've ever met, ever.119
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And the reason he's so good at120
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it is because he's always asking me,
So what's going on with you?121
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What's what's happening in your life?122
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And I'm trying to do
the same thing to him,123
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and we spend half our time doing what
you tell me. You know, you tell me.124
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But it's because we want to,125
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but we want to know what's going on
in each other's life.126
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And not that we've got it down, but
you know, we're both a little bit older.127
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Yes, a little bit older.128
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Just a little bit. Yeah.129
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And the older I get, the more I understand
that it's not about me.130
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So anyway, and I say every year131
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I get a little bit closer to the man
I want to be.132
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Amen. Amen.133
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So let me throw some controversy in here
with servant leadership.134
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Dun dun dun dun.135
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We know that the term servant leadership136
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was coined by Robert K Greenleaf in 1970.137
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But when did it first come out?138
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When was it first introduced?139
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I don't know,
but I think you're going to tell it.140
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In 2008,
a couple of researchers, James Cicero's141
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and Joseph C
Santora, asserted that it was Jesus Christ142
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and not Greenleaf who introduced
the concept of servant leadership.143
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Amen.144
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They contended that this principle of
leadership was so central to Christianity145
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that it was captured by all four gospel
writers Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.146
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And the researchers argued that servant
leadership view themselves as stewards,147
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entrusting with developing and empowering
followers to reach their full potential.148
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That's good stuff.149
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So now we've got researchers saying
Robert Green may may have made the term,150
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but Jesus Christ invented
servant leadership.151
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He was the greatest servant leader
than we've ever known.152
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And here we go. Praise the Lord.153
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You and I have some church up in here.154
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Here we go. Hey,155
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come on now.156
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So let's talk about the ten
characteristics of a servant leader.157
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These are the things primarily associated
with servant leadership, and servant158
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leaders have these characteristics.159
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They're not in any order.160
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But the first is listening.161
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They can acknowledge
the viewpoint of followers162
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and validate their perspectives,
even if they disagree with them.163
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They can acknowledge that, you know,
I can see where you get that.164
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I understand how you got there.165
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Yeah.166
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And I think even in like relationships,
I think I'll just say, like with me167
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and my wife, the most important thing
I do is hear what she's saying. Yes.168
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Oh, absolutely, yes.169
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I think in anything that we do,
we need to hear what he said,170
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because sometimes we don't listen,171
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sometimes we don't pay attention
and we act like we do, but we don't.172
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And I think it's important173
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from from anyone's perspective
that you hear what they say.174
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And I've always said that, you know,
when people see that in you,175
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they realize you care about them.176
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So that's so true.177
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And the sad part is a lot of times
when people are supposed to be listening,178
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they're just thinking about
what they're going to say next.179
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And I've been guilty of that, Chris.
I wish.180
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I wish I hadn't.181
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And it's something I want to work on
and be better at.182
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I want to actually be active in the
conversation that I'm having with somebody183
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so I can understand where they're coming
from.184
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I agree completely.185
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So the second characteristic of a servant
leader is empathy.186
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Other words,
standing in the shoes of another person187
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and attempting to see the world
from that person's point of view.188
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Yeah, I've always thought
it's all about perspective.189
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It is.190
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And yes, you know, the problem with us
is we're selfish people.191
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And so we only see,
from our own perspective,192
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you getting an award for that.193
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I want to thank everyone
for this wonderful event.194
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I really do
think that we have to work on it195
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in everything that we do
to try harder and harder to listen to.196
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Yes, to understand
and to to communicate back.197
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Sometimes I've learned
when I hear somebody say something,198
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if I can communicate back
what I think I'm hearing199
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and they say, Yeah, that's
what I'm saying.200
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Sometimes that's a really good way of
growing together because they're hearing.201
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They realize you heard what they said.202
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Dave, that's an excellent way of doing
that, too.203
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It works if you can do it.204
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And I think the only way you can do it
is if you're got your own agenda205
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and you turn to your own.
That's true. You're exactly right.206
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So the third characteristic is healing,
helping the followers become whole.207
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Most of us, if not all of us,
need some healing and a servant leader.208
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That's
one of their goals is to heal you, right?209
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And yesterday, in a sermon,
we talked about that a little bit.210
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He is our healer. Jehovah, Rafa.211
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Yeah, the Lord. Our God is a is a healer.212
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He has.213
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He has come to this life
that we may have it.214
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And according
to John, tent in abundant life.215
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And that's that's people who are healed.216
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I mean, we live in a time like no other
mental health, physical sickness.217
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Things are just hitting us left
and right for us every day.218
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And and the thing that we have to hold on
to is the one who.219
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Holds on to us, and that's Jesus.220
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Yes, and we're not holding on to him.221
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And there we go.222
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We're we're behind the eight ball.223
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You're exactly right. So there you go.224
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The next characteristic is awareness,
but that's awareness of oneself.225
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The servant leader understands themselves
and the impact they have on each other.226
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Yeah. And again, it's the same concepts.227
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It's just people will work with you
when they see228
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that you're willing to work with them
and that you care about them .229
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And that's it.
The servant leader really cares.230
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Yeah. Amen.231
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So the next characteristic is persuasion.232
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But this is gentle,
nonjudgmental persuasion.233
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This is you can persuade them to maybe
try a little harder,234
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do things a little better,
get a little bit more out of them.235
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Become a better version of themselves.236
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Anything we do as leaders,
it needs the model237
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godly principles, absolute modeling, godly
principles.238
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It's OK to persuade
people with godly principles.239
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Can I get a name in it? Absolutely.240
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Because because that's the word of God,
and it doesn't come back void. No.241
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So we have to be able to
to put that into people242
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so they can hear that
and so they can experience that with us.243
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Very good, yes.244
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So the next characteristic
is conceptualization.245
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This is the ability to see the big picture
and to be a visionary246
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see above
what's going on day to day and take a look247
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at what's going on in the world
or around them in the community.248
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So how would you go about that?
What are you?249
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What's the perspective of that one?250
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Well, I can relate that to my job.251
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I'm in a little bit higher level
than some of the people that report to me,252
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and they can see how something
just affects them.253
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And it could be good or it could be bad,254
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but I see how it can affect a department
or a group or even the enterprise.255
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And that can be just a little difference
in how it affects them individually.256
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That's good. That's really good.257
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So the next is foresight.258
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This is the ability to predict
what is coming based on259
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what is occurring in the present
and what's happened in the past.260
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So again, it's understanding people.261
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And the more you get to know the people
that you lead in that you work with,262
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the more that you understand
what they're going to do263
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and how they're going to do it. Yes.264
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And if they're going to,265
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you know, be godly people working at it
or they're going to be266
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a little bit of slackers
and you've got to be honest about that.267
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You absolutely do.268
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In the next one is one
we should know very well as Christians.269
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It's stewardship, carefully
managing the people and the organizations270
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that you've been given to lead271
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and holding the organization in trust
for the greater good of society.272
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You can't take too much of one thing.273
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It's a little bit of everything.274
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We're absolutely yes, absolutely.275
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Number
nine is commitment to the growth of people276
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treating each follower
as a distinct individual277
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with intrinsic worth independent of what
she contributes to the organization.278
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Dave, I respect you as a person.279
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I respect you as a friend,280
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I respect you as a pastor,
and all of those are independent.281
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Thank you, buddy.282
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So I thank you, man.283
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I respect you too.
And I think that's the key.284
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You have to honor people and the only way
you can truly honor people.285
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And this is my opinion, Christian,
you jump in,286
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tell me if you think I'm wrong, if you're
a Christian, but because I completely287
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is someone who I see people
through the eyes of Christ. Yes.288
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And I289
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try to see everybody, even those
that I don't get along with that,290
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I think might be,
as I said earlier, slackers or whatever.291
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Yes, I've got to look at them
through the eyes of Christ,292
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and it changes my perspective. Absolutely.293
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That's beautiful.294
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And our last one of the ten295
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characteristics of servant leaders
is building a community.296
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This allows followers to identify
with something greater than themselves297
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that they value.
And you've done that with Christ Church.298
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You have built a community, Dave.299
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Well, and it wasn't just me.300
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There were people like Gerald
and Jeff has come along and Jeff Moore,301
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and there's just been a lot of people
that have come around me and helped Jeff.302
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So are there any other Jeff's303
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and we have the more jam
jars we're starting to get more David's.304
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It's kind of weird.305
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It's like, what the heck is going on?306
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But yeah, it's building
the right team around you.307
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And honestly,
sometimes you got a pint in Reed308
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to regroup and and get different people
that you know that you can trust in.309
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Absolutely.310
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Some of these people have been with me
for a long time, some more recent,311
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but we all are like minded
as far as we want to see Jesus No.312
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one at Christchurch, period.313
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Other than that, nothing else makes sense.
That's the goal.314
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And once we do that, everything315
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else, all the other different things
about church work follow into place316
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kind of reminds me of
when you and I decided to do this podcast.317
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We were just
we want to further the work of the Lord.318
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We both felt called to do this.319
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We both felt like
this is what God wanted us to do.320
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So we're doing this purely out of honor
of what God means to us.321
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Yeah, I can't even begin to tell you
how excited I am.322
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I get to do this with you, Eucharist.
I love this.323
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And you know, I had the idea and I because
I wanted to do a podcast for a while324
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and I didn't know why.
I just thought to be cool.325
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And then I mentioned it to Chris,
and he's like, Absolutely.326
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And the327
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next thing I know, man, he's got the mike
and we're ready to go and I'm all in328
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and I need someone like.329
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That with me to help me
and push me a little bit330
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and we were a good team
that way, and yes, we are .331
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Thank you, mom and dad.332
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Thank you.333
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We appreciate that. Oh, both class there.334
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But we do work together because we
we do have a goal335
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and we want people to understand
that leadership.336
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There's all these different things.337
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You can learn about it,
but at the end of the day,338
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if it's not Christ center, it's
not going to work, it's not going to work.339
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That's that's my opinion.340
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It'll work for you
for a certain amount of time.341
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But as far as those of us
who really love God,342
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I think I've discovered that the only way
it's going to work for me is Jesus343
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and his style of leadership, man
and that servant.344
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And you know,
that brings us around to the next point.345
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We did the ten characteristics
of servant leaders,346
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but now we're one of the seven points
of Christian servant leaders.347
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These are things that God has called us
to do and being servant leaders.348
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And these are all found in John 13.349
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We're going to start with verse one
and we're going to go through 17.350
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All right.351
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The first point of Christian servant
leaders is Christian.352
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Servant leaders are motivated
by love to serve others,353
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and this is evident in John 13 verses
one and two.354
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It was just before the Passover Festival.355
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Jesus knew that the hour had come for him
to leave this world and go to the father.356
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Having loved his own who were
in the world, he loved them to the end.357
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The evening meal was in progress
and the devil had already prompted358
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Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,
to betray Jesus.359
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Gosh, so powerful. But think about this.360
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I want to ask the listener to please
think about this Jesus.361
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His love was selfless, it was undeserved,362
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and it was unending and unconditional.363
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It was not the disciples worthiness or
merits that compelled Jesus to serve them.364
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He was expressing grace, not gratitude.365
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He served his disciples out of love.366
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Now think about this
Jesus washed the feet of Judas Iscariot,367
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the man that would later betray him
and have him assassinated.368
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Yeah, and you think you get mad at people?369
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Can you even imagine?370
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I mean, and the thing I know about my
Jesus, he knew this was going to happen.371
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Yes, and man and a man.372
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And even though he knew it,373
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he he gives us that opportunity
to do what we're going to do.374
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And you know, I imagine
Peter was probably pretty mad over the375
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I'm sure he was making Peter relate
sometimes with you.376
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But at the end of the day,
the way we love people,377
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even if they don't love us
back, it'll affect them.378
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At some point in their life.379
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I've had people who have not like me
that have come back many, many years380
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later and said, Well,
you gave me grace when no one else would.381
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And even though we don't agree on stuff
which we probably still don't,382
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some of them.383
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But they know that my heart
is hopefully in the right place,384
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and the only way it's in the right place
is if it's in the center of who Jesus is.385
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Amen to that.386
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So the second of the seven points387
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of Christian servant leaders, Christian
servant leaders possess a certain security388
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that allows them to serve others,
and this is evident in John 13 three.389
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Jesus knew that the father had
put all things under his power390
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and they come from
God and was returning to God.391
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So Jesus was aware of his identity,
and he had no problem392
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descending to the floor
to wash his disciples feet.393
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He wasn't required to establish anything,
and he had nothing to prove.394
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He had no stake in the outcome,
and he had nothing to conceal.395
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That is so good because I think
one of the things that we see.396
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I see one of the biggest things
that frustrate people or insecurities.397
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Absolutely.398
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And insecurities
come from a place that if it's not God399
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filling those up,
you're never going to get them filled up.400
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That's so true.401
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So and I talked to a little bit again
yesterday because it's really important402
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that we find our security
in God and God alone.403
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If he's not the one that we find, who we
are, what we are, what we're going to be,404
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then we're not doing what he's called us
to do on this in his life.405
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Man, yes, there's so much we could really.406
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I mean, this could be its own show.407
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I mean, seriously,
because it's so important to me,408
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our security has to be founded in
God, 100%.409
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Yeah, and that's a good one.410
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There's no other way. Yes, sir.411
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Moving on to number three,
Christian servant leaders412
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initiate servant leadership in others.413
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In other words,
Jesus was a servant leader who caused us414
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to be a servant leader,
and this is in John, 13, four and five.415
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So he got it from416
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the mill, took off his outer clothing
and wrapped a towel around his waist.417
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After that, he poured water into a basin
and began to wash the disciples feet,418
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drying them with the towel
and wrapped around him.419
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So Jesus did not pause to wait
for clarification of protocol.420
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He identified a need, and he met it421
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because no one else volunteered
for the foot washing job that night.422
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Jesus turned this into a teachable lesson.423
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He began something424
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he hoped will be passed on to the others
by those twelve disciples.425
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Can you imagine the guilt?426
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They were like, Oh man, Jesus is doing it.427
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Maybe we need to.
I should have said something.428
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Turn it.429
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But don't you?430
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Because you're thinking,
Oh yeah, and in in431
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Jesus modeled this over and over.432
00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:21,186
And you would think by this point,
these guys would get it,433
00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:22,487
but they still didn't get it.434
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I say that knowing that I'm the same way.435
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Oh yes.436
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Yes, I know these things,
and I still sometimes don't get it.437
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And it's got to be a work in progress.438
00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:34,366
But I think it's also something
you're constantly asking yourself,439
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Am I doing better?440
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Am I serving?441
00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:38,303
You're right. It's a journey.442
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You're exactly where I am in and a man.443
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So never four as Christian servant leaders
receive servant ministry from others.444
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And this is John 13, 637.445
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He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
Lord, are you going to wash my feet?446
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Jesus replied, You do not realize now
what I am doing, but later447
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you will understand.448
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A servant's heart reveals others pride.449
00:20:59,124 --> 00:21:01,727
Peter struggled
with allowing Jesus to serve him.450
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Peter had a worldly mindset,451
00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:07,566
believing that someone of Jesus a statue
should never stoop to wash feet easily.452
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Leaders need to learn to relinquish,
control and allow others to serve them.453
00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:14,306
It can be challenging to relax and receive
because they've grown454
00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:15,707
accustomed to serving others.455
00:21:15,707 --> 00:21:16,541
Jesus requested456
00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:20,078
that Simon Peter sit and allow the master
to serve him in this instance.457
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I went to a minister's conference
many years ago and it was at a big campus.458
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It was out in Phenix somewhere
and I looked up459
00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:29,988
and and I saw this guy washing the windows
and I was like,460
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I said, that looks just like their senior
minister here.461
00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:35,861
And the guy is getting ready
to speak later in this conference,462
00:21:36,161 --> 00:21:38,196
and one of the guys looked at me.
So that is him.463
00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:40,699
Oh, wow. And I said, he's
watching the windows.464
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It kind of hit me like, Well,
we think we're beyond all that.465
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Yeah, yeah.466
00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:47,539
He was making sure
everything on that place fit right467
00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:50,242
because he wanted to make sure
that it had an impact.468
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And I just, you know, that's
a little thing, but it can be a big thing469
00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:56,415
when, you know, washing the feet,
not Chris's job.470
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It's not, you know, skips job.471
00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:01,586
I don't know Skippy as yet,
but we'll figure if it's all of our job472
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to work together to do
what's best for the Kingdom of God. Yes.473
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And if it means that God wants you
to wash a window,474
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didn't wash that window with diligence
and with exciting.475
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They will change everything.476
00:22:13,198 --> 00:22:15,767
Absolutely, you're absolutely right. There
you go.477
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And, you know, number five.478
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And this is a good tie
into what we were just talking about.479
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Christian servant leaders want nothing
to hinder their relationship with God.480
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And this is in John, 13, eight and nine.481
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No, said Peter.
You will never wash my feet.482
00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:31,483
Jesus answered, Unless I wash you.483
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You have no part with me.484
00:22:33,151 --> 00:22:38,790
Then Lord Simon Peter replied, Not just
my feet, but my hands and my head as well.485
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I love Peter.486
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OK, then I'm all in.487
00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:46,531
So Peter veered
between two complete extremes there.488
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If Jesus was going to wash him,
he wanted to wash all of it.489
00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:51,670
Amen.490
00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:54,139
Oh, you know what? You're right, Lord.491
00:22:54,139 --> 00:22:55,140
I love that.492
00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:58,510
You know, Peter really demonstrates
an excellent attitude in that scene,493
00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:01,747
and if Jesus was giving away,
he wanted to receive everything494
00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:05,384
Jesus had to give and he didn't want any
barrier between himself and God.495
00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:07,919
I want to be more like Peter. Yes, I do.496
00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:12,290
And that that's the heart of a man
that I want to be like.497
00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:15,193
I want to say, OK, God, you're right.498
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Here's my hands.499
00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:18,263
Here's my head. Here's
whatever you need to wash.500
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Just because because we realize, yeah,501
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,736
and it made sense to Peter, he'd
listen to what Jesus was saying.502
00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:27,839
And sometimes I think we don't understand
because we don't listen503
00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:29,107
to what the word is saying to us.504
00:23:29,107 --> 00:23:31,276
We don't hear it very so anyway.505
00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:33,712
I'll keep, we'll keep moving on.
But that's important.506
00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:34,679
And that's good stuff.507
00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:37,816
Number six is Christian servant leaders
teach servant hood508
00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:41,920
by their example,
and this is in John, 13, twelve and 15.509
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,455
When he finished washing their feet,510
00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:45,891
he put on his clothes
and a return to his place.511
00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:47,993
Do you understand
what I have done for you?512
00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:48,326
He asked.513
00:23:48,326 --> 00:23:51,129
That you call me teacher and Lord,
and rightly so.514
00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:52,964
For that is what I am.515
00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:57,836
I have set you an example that you should
do, as I have done for you.516
00:23:58,069 --> 00:23:58,937
Amen.517
00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:02,607
So following that, Jesus discussed
the significance of his foot washing.518
00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:06,511
He reminded them that their master
and Lord had just watched their feet,519
00:24:06,511 --> 00:24:10,215
and no position should be prevented
from doing the same for one another.520
00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:13,552
Jesus informed them
that if the master washed their feet,521
00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:17,055
they should follow suit
and his prototype was to be replicated.522
00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:20,192
His example was far more powerful
than a lecture523
00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:23,628
on service principles
because actions speak louder than words.524
00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:24,563
Amen.525
00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:29,401
I think a lot of times we we hear this,
but I don't know if we understand it,526
00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:30,602
not like that, Jesus said.527
00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:32,337
Do you understand what I've done for you?528
00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:33,138
Yes, man.529
00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:34,339
If we truly understood530
00:24:34,339 --> 00:24:37,342
what God does for us every day,
it would change everything.531
00:24:37,342 --> 00:24:38,109
Yes, he will.532
00:24:38,109 --> 00:24:43,415
He watched their feet that was considered
not a job for a man of God.533
00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:48,753
The day he did it because he was a
servant, a true man of God wants to serve534
00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:52,591
what God's put here, and he wants to
change lives from the inside out.535
00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:54,459
And that's
what Jesus does every day for me.536
00:24:54,459 --> 00:24:57,963
If you remember, he didn't wait to see
if anyone else was going to speak up.537
00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,197
He jumped right in.538
00:24:59,197 --> 00:25:01,199
Amen, amen. And Amen.539
00:25:01,299 --> 00:25:03,335
So our last one is a Christian servant.540
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:08,240
Leaders live a blessed life,
and this is John 13, 16 and 17.541
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Very truly.542
00:25:09,107 --> 00:25:11,710
I tell you,
no servant is greater than his master,543
00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:14,513
nor is a messenger
greater than the one who sent him.544
00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:18,450
Now that you know these things,
you'll be blessed if you do them.545
00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:21,119
Jesus reminded them
that they would be blessed546
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,855
if they followed his example
as a way of life.547
00:25:23,889 --> 00:25:25,290
The greatest blessing awaits548
00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:29,127
those who take a leap of faith and do
the opposite of what the world is doing.549
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,330
God blesses those who go against the grain
and serve others550
00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:36,535
without expecting anything in return,
and the reward is God's blessing.551
00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:37,269
Amen.552
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:40,739
Now we know the characteristics
of servant leadership, and we also know553
00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:44,376
about the seven points
of Christian servant leadership.554
00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,845
So we may think Christian leadership
sounds like something555
00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:49,481
that might be interesting or something
we want to try.556
00:25:49,514 --> 00:25:54,052
But let me tell you, Jesus gave us
a biblical mandate for servant leadership.557
00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:56,454
This is Mark ten. 42 through 45.558
00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:58,723
Jesus called the disciples together
and said,559
00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:01,726
You know that those who are regarded
as rulers of the gentiles560
00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:05,664
lord it over them and their high officials
exercised authority over them.561
00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:06,998
Not so with you.562
00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:10,569
Instead, whoever wants to become
great among you must be your servant,563
00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:13,805
and whoever wants to be first
must be slave of all four.564
00:26:13,805 --> 00:26:17,275
Even the son of man
did not come to be served, but to serve565
00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:21,746
and to give his life as a ransom for many
a man and a man.566
00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,783
Hey, man, the Bible says, don't merely567
00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:27,752
listen to the word of God and said
to save yourself, but do what it says.568
00:26:27,852 --> 00:26:33,024
We are called to be doers of the word,
and as we understand that that should be569
00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:37,996
what really, I guess, emulates
the servant hood that Jesus showed us.570
00:26:38,029 --> 00:26:42,601
And I think if we do that
in every step on every situation,571
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,669
if we do it in our homes, with our572
00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:48,273
our spouses, if we do it in our homes,
with our children,573
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,244
if we do it with our friends at our church
or our people that we hang out with.574
00:26:53,511 --> 00:26:58,984
If we show servant leadership
in our workplace and in every avenue575
00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:03,121
that God gives us, it will change
this world from the inside out.576
00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:05,090
And I know that because it changed mine.577
00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:08,059
A man, we hope you guys have a great week.578
00:27:08,226 --> 00:27:09,361
Think about wrapped it up.579
00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,129
Is that good, Chris? We've wrapped it up.580
00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:13,999
Visit us at least twelve, twelve dot com,
we've got a quiz581
00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:17,402
for servant leadership, Amy,
and we love you all have a great week.582
00:27:19,871 --> 00:27:20,639
This is an583
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LBC production which stands for panels on.584
00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:28,079
You knew that or not, but it also stands
for laughing because we're safe.585
00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:29,581
But we kind of like the pound.586
00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:34,786
So I'm Chris will lift them and I will
gain them and we will have a great time.587
00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:35,553
Thanks for listening.
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