| Follow the Leader Keeping your head & heart in ministry Lesson 1 & 2 I. Everyone follows someone or something; this series we are concerning ourselves with who we are following, and who is following us. A good leader does not ask his or her followers to walk where they are not willing to go, so this time we are going to talk about you. Some of the questions on the handout may be difficult to answer, but take a shot at it anyway. Nobody has to see your answers; your answers can stay between you and God. Take a couple of minutes and fill out the “Who are you?” handout. II. After you have taken some time to think through the questions on the “Who are you?” handout, take some time reading the book of Nehemiah and filling in the Nehemiah handout. If in a group, hand each individual a Nehemiah handout and divide the book of Nehemiah into ‘chunks’ having each member read only a section of the book. Pray that God would guide what you find and that He would reveal Himself and His heart to you. III. If you are working alone, find a friend, or talk to your mentor. If you are working in a group, pair up. Share a couple of the observations you made in Nehemiah about leadership. Discuss some of your thoughts and feelings about what you observe about leadership in your own life. Discuss what you think the carry-over into your life from Nehemiah might be, come up with a couple of goals for yourself to work towards in relation to the things you found. Pray together that God would help you in developing a following-leader heart in you. Group Discussion Questions: as believers, we are called to be leaders, and followers. How do you define leader? What about follower? How does your definition of success play into this? How are you working on being a following-leader? |
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