Kingfisher Leadership
1st June 2019
Kingfisher Leadership news Leadership and prayer This month sees the 5th annual into the next challenge. To pray for bold International Day of Prayer, as believers faith is to choose to trust God at a higher from all around the world commit to level, as the stakes just go on getting focussing on and praying for the needs of bigger. Trust is at the heart of the leader’s this world, interceding for Kingfisher walk with God, and so we need to be churches and ministries in various continually praying for bold faith in each countries around the world, step that we take. and believing together for the faith targets in the coming 12 2) Kingdom courage months. It is a powerful time Leadership Leaders are continually faced throughout the International with challenging situations, with is influence. Family, but it also highlights tough decisions, with awkward the central, key role that How those conversations. We need courage leaders have in terms of prayer. to not just opt for what is safe, for we lead If leadership is influence, then popularity, or for what is easy. pray says a Kingdom courage is courage to we leaders need to be aware that we are either influencing do what is necessary to see the lot about people to pray in a committed, Kingdom of God more fully our own faith-filled manner, or not. To manifest here on earth. influence others to have a prayer life healthy, authentic prayer life 3) Servant influence requires that we have one first. 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 influence will grow - but not influence 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 first 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 faith that I can influence more people to follow Leadership is not safe and comfortable you.’ Leadership is about we are constantly on the edge of launching 1