Really enjoyed @mikelinch and @BrianKDodd today at Lunch with a Leader. Always learn something from this great event. @CobbSchools pic.twitter.com/PiV6vK4N0y
— Kennesaw Mt. (@KMHSathletics) April 29, 2019
Today I had the privilege of being interviewed at a monthly lunch-and-learn event called Lunch With A Leader. This event is hosted by NorthStar Church and its senior pastor Mike Linch. Over 100 business leaders, first responders, coaches, educators, government officials, and ministry leaders attend each month and learn principles of spiritual leadership from Mike. The goal is to change the communities of Acworth and Kennesaw, GA by helping people lead with their faith out in front.
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Mike and I discussed the prayer life of a leader. I also had the privilege of being this month’s guest on the popular Linch With A Leader podcast. If you haven’t listened to it yet, click HERE or on the image above and do so this week. You will be glad you did. This is a must-listen podcast.
The following 32 Lessons About The Prayer Life Of Leaders I captured from today’s teaching:
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“I have read the lives of many eminent Christians who have been on earth since Bible days. Some them, I see, were rich, and some poor. Some were learned, some unlearned… But one thing, I see, they all had in common. They all had been men of prayer.” – J.C. Ryle
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There are things right in a leader’s life you notice it. If there are things wrong in a leader’s life you notice it.
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David was very emotional.
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Worry comes natural. Prayer does not come natural.
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Worries are just prayers we say to ourselves. Prayers are taking the things we worry about and giving it to Someone who can do something about it.
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Everyone can have the capacity to pray because we all have the capacity to worry.
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If you are going to leave a legacy, you must develop the capacity to pray.
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Let you prayers be driven by God’s Word.
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Be careful in leadership where your advice comes from.
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Bad advice looks selfish. Be careful of the people you put around you in leadership.
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Bad advice is worldly focus.
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Leadership is about getting everyone on your agenda.
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Let the light shining in you be greater than the light shining on you. – Dabo Swinney
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The Bible will keep me from sin or sin will me from the Bible.
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Your prayer life will dry up.
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Let your prayers be louder than the doubters.
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When you are doubted long enough, you begin to question yourself.
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If people never you doubt you, then your vision isn’t big enough.
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When others doubt you, remember that God is with you.
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Remembering God is with you is a game-changer.
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Begin to pray out loud to the Lord.
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Prayer shows dependence.
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Daily you need the Lord to guide your feet and guard your heart.
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Let your prayers outlast your problems.
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The good news is your problems are going away. The bad news is new ones are coming.
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Tough problems won’t last but praying leaders will!
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Let your prayers sustain those you lead.
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A divine appointment – what if they are on your team by divine appointment.
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Jesus, the Greatest Leader of all time, prayed for everyone who would come under His leadership.
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“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” – Oswald Chambers
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The more I pray, the more my heart looks like His heart.
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Have I asked others to pray for me as a leader.
What is one thing you learned from the quotes above which will make you a better spiritual leader?
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