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Lesson OneLessons from Saul, Ishbosheth, David, and Solomon3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoLessons from Rehoboam, Jeroboam, and Abijah3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeLessons from Abijah and Asa3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourLessons from Asa and Jehoshaphat3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveLessons from Jehoshaphat and Jehoram3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixLessons from Ahaziah, Athaliah, Joash, and Jehoiada3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenLessons from Joash and Amaziah3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightLessons from Uzziah, Hezekiah, and Josiah3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineLessons from Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenFinal Leadership Lessons3 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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Choose one of the four lessons discussed in this lecture and explain how you can use it to improve your abilities as a leader. Provide specific examples.
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God puts leaders in place for a reason.
I, for one, never viewed myself as a leader. I didn’t want to lead. I wanted to follow. For whatever reason(s), I felt inadequate to lead.
Over the years, I have either been put into leadership positions or have been looked to by others as a leader. I have not always been faithful in the positions I have been put in. However, God must have put me there for reasons that were beyond me. Hopefully, this course will help equip me for those opportunities in the future. -
When you have God’s Heart, you can achieve amazing things. Commit BSC, BT, INPL, HIH, SPED, AZbiz, Family to God and plead with Him to lead and guide and show me how to be a good leader. Pray that I can be the leader that God wants me to be and put heart into my leaderships in my companies and family.
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David for sure. I want to be the leader for my family, at my job and as a youth pastor that inspire people, point people to God and makes things better for the people that I am in and in the situations that they are in.
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2. You can lead, but be an irrelevant leader: When I was SCS for the USPS (Supervisor Customer Service for the United States Postal Service (level 17)), in Hankinson, North Dakota, USA, I was an irrelevant leader because I did not follow all of the Postmaster’s directives. Hopefully, the Lord may put me back in a leadership position, but for now I am a local truck driver for FedEx Ground.
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King David desired to please God not only as a servant , but a servant leader but he fell short. At times I fall short and judge myself very harshly , but I must remember 1 John 1:9 which says if you confess your sins , he is faithful and just to forgive you and cleans you from all unrighteousness.
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Which of the four lessons discussed in this lecture challenges you most? Why?
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2. You Can Lead, But Be An Ineffectual Leader: I am challenged by this because of my failures to lead as a SCS for USPS in Hankinson, North Dakota, USA. I think I have learned from my mistakes, and hopefully – God willing – I can be a level 17 again someday, and then a level 18 Postmaster.
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It’s a challenge to hear “You can lead but be an irrelevant leader.” As a teacher, I lead a group of students on a daily basis. I guide not just the content that we are learning, but how to frame that content with a biblical worldview. In my experience, I know that it is the lessons that have relevance to students’ lives that make a bigger impact. So, as I lead, I want to be relevant not just in what I am leading students to do and learn, but in HOW I am leading them.
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Lesson #4 – the benefits of leadership can blind you. Sometimes when people tell me I have done a good job on a Sunday School lesson or during a Wednesday night Prayer Meeting I want to take all the credit. The pats on the back, people coming to me for answers on Bible verses or things they don’t understand sometimes gives me a feeling of superiority if I am not careful. I have to make sure that I put God front and center and always realize that I could not teach in any way that would be meaningful if were not for Him leading me and showing the mysteries of His word. I have to keep in mind that just as He put me in a leadership role He can just as easily take me out of it if my pride becomes too big of a problem.
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The lesson that challenged me most was Saul. So often I find myself falling victim to society and trying to keep up with the pressures of “this Earth”. For example, when I look at my house all I see is “I want new windows”, “the kitchen is out of date”, “our carpet is full of stains”. When in actuality, I should be giving thanks to God that He has provided a home for my family to live and make memories is. As as I get caught up in my “wants”, I take power into my own hands. If I work hard and make more money, then I can afford upgrades to my house. Or, If I sacrifice time with my children, then I can complete home projects on my home. Similarily, Saul got blinded by his own “wants” of wanted to be liked by his people instead of fearing God and ruling to His authority. Ultimately, Saul “died for his unfaithfulness” 1 Chron. 10 v: 13. I am challenged by Saul and to not repeat his same mistakes. Even though my imediate consequence might not be death, I will suffer from missing out on God’s teachings and blessings. My blinders and worldy wants will inhibit me from experiencing God’s ultimate freedom and delight.
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I think the one that challenges me the most is #2, the possibility of becoming irrelevant. Questions I try to ask myself routinely are things like: “Am I willing to do what I ask others to do?” or “Is my action real or does it come from a high and lofty place that is fake?” or “Am I showing others how to live a life that Christ would be honored by?” If I am willing to live right and real before others, I may inspire others to follow a similar path in ministry. If not, what will happen is the death of all of it. I want people to be inspired to get involved, to see Christians grow, and ultimately to see the unsaved come to Christ!