What leaders should be talking about

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What leaders should be talking about!

• Malachi 3.16

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A tale of two approaches..

• Minimalist, cynical, fellowship of the faithless
  OR
• Those who believe, and seek mutual encouragement
  in fellowship
• Out of fellowship comes strategy, hope
• Through the faithFULL, Gods glory rises on earth
  in salvation, healing, and joy (Mal 4.2)
• Faith believes the impossible can be done with
  resources that dont yet exist!
• What are we talking about?

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1. Talking about mission

• Is there a dream / vision?
• Is there a plan?
• Cf the church in Antioch an accident becomes an
  intention (Acts 11 / 13)
• Mission means giving your best Acts 13.2
• Mission needs commissioning Acts 13.3
• support
• authority
• anointing
• relationship

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2. Talking about training

• Mk 1.14-19 training - the key to the Kingdom
  coming
• Mk 3.13-18 training - the key to Jesuss
  apostolic mission
• Training everyone to the measure of peoples
  faith, gift and sphere

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Leadership training
Equipping congregational leaders
Developing emerging localleaders
Developing emerging Ephesians 4 ministries
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3. Talking about those God is blessing

• He blesses
• Those who honour his Son Phil 2.9
• Those who honour his word Eph 6.17
• Those who are full of faith Mt 8.5-11
• The humble and the submissive Jas 4.6-10

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4. Talking about faith

• Some things need working through
• Cf Gideon! He needed
• - faith in Gods call and presence
• - faith to sort his house out
• - faith that God was speaking
• - faith to blow the trumpet

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5talking about faith

• Gideon needed
• - faith for battle
• - faith to call for commitment
• - faith for battle
• - faith for Gods strategy
• - faith to see things through

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Concl and the Lord listened and heard!

• What does God hear as we talk?
• The community of the cynical half-hearted?
• OR the precious sound of his believing people
  cf Mal 4.2