1. “The Gift of
Leadership”

2. “ We are lookingat the gift of leadershiptoday, because it is one of the most important
gifts of the Spirit. We are emphasizing spiritual gifts because we want you to desire the
gifts of the Spirit and pray to receive at least one, if not more of them, in order that your
life might be used by God withthe time you havebeengiven here. Specifically, we are
emphasizing leadership todaybecause a church is onlyas strongas its leaders.“

3. “Thegift of leadershipis the special ability thatGod gives to certainmembersof the
body of Christ to set goalsin accordance with God’spurposesfor the futureand to communicate
thesegoalsto others insuch a way that theyvoluntarilyand harmoniouslyworktogetherto
accomplishthose goalsfor the gloryof God.”

4. provide direction for God’s people or ministry;
take responsibility and establish goals;
cast the vision and present the big picture for others to see;
motivate others to perform to the best of their abilities;
like to initiate some form of action and direct the efforts of
the group.
People with this gift:

5. A person with this gift is usually:
Inspiring
Motivating
Responsible
Initiating
Influential
Trustworthy
Visionary

6. POINTS ABOUT
LEADERSHIP

7. A leader is a person of integrity…

8. You do not have a secret life. It does no good to try to lead if
people will not follow you, and the thing that will sabotage your
leadership more than anything else is a lack of integrity. What
we are talking about is trust. People will not follow someone they
cannot trust. Your biggest asset is leading by example. You
cannot take people somewhere you have not gone or are not willing
to go. You cannot just teach good behavior, you have to model
good behavior.
A leader is someone who has first of all become a follower — a
follower of Christ.

9. A leader is a person of vision…

10. A leader has to have vision because he has to know
where he/she is headed. Most often this vision
comes from God who gives to all who call upon him.
He enables us to see what could be and helps us to
go after the vision.

11. A leader is a person of endurance…

12. If you are going to last as a leader you have to be
willing to push through the tough times. You can’t give
up at the first sign of resistance. You can’t be
negative, cynical or pessimistic. You have to believe in
the vision and do whatever is necessary to make it a
reality. You have to be responsible and be a person
who is willing to work very, very hard. If you are
going to be a leader, you not only have to see what
other people cannot see, you have to do what other
people are not willing to do.

13. A leader is an initiator, an innovator anda motivator…

14. When you have a vision you innovate. When you are
willing to work, you initiate. When you endure, you
motivate. But as with the other gifts, love must be
at the root of leadership. You have to love people to
lead group. You have to believe in people, because if
you don’t they will not believe in you. You lead by
expecting the best from others, even when they fail.
As soon as the project becomes more important than
the people you have stopped leading. People must
always be the priority.

15. A leader has to be willingto sacrifice for people…

16. John Maxwell says, “There is no success without
sacrifice. The higher the level of leadership you want
to reach, the greater the sacrifices you will have to
make.” Jesus was the living example of that. He
ultimately sacrificed his life for the people he was
leading.

17. As leaders you don’t need anyone
to hold your hand and watch over
your shoulder; you take the
initiative and think for yourselves.