1st June 2021
Kingfisher Leadership news LEADING PEOPLE TO PRAY This July sees the 7th annual International into the next challenge. To pray for bold Day of Prayer, as believers from all around faith is to choose to trust God at a higher the world commit to focussing on and level, as the stakes just go on getting praying for the needs of this world, bigger. Trust is at the heart of the leader’s interceding for King sher churches and walk with God, and so we need to be ministries in various countries around the continually praying for bold faith in each world, and this year step that we take particularly crying out to God for release from the Pandemic. 2) Kingdom courag It is a powerful time Leadership Leaders are continually faced throughout the International with challenging situations, with is in uence. Family, but it also highlights tough decisions, with awkward How those conversations. We need courage the central, key role that leaders have in terms of prayer. to not just opt for what is safe, for we lead If leadership is in uence, then popularity, or for what is easy. pray says a we leaders need to be aware Kingdom courage is courage to that we are either in uencing do what is necessary to see the lot about people to pray in a committed, Kingdom of God more fully our own faith- lled manner, or not. To manifest here on earth in uence others to have a prayer life healthy, authentic prayer life 3) Servant in uenc requires that we have one rst. We long to see the ministry grow Unfortunately, leaders all-tooand more people to come to often struggle in this area, with their know and follow Jesus Christ. This means prayers being little more than distracted that in uence will grow - but not in uence cries for help as they are buffeted by one in order to get people to do things our demand after another. Whatever else we way, but to encourage people to follow pray for - and the Bible says we should Jesus more closely. It was He who said: pray about everything (Philippians 4:6) "Anyone who wants to be rst must be the there are seven core prayers that should very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark become a way of life for every leader 9:35, NIV), and so our prayer must be Pray for ‘Lord, increase in me a servant heart so 1) Bold fait that I can in uence more people to follow Leadership is not safe and comfortable you.’ Leadership is about we are constantly on the edge of launching
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