Tag: Christian Leadership

Jesus Christ: The Ultimate Servant Leader

Weeks 37 & 38 of the NIV Leadership Bible focus on the importance of relationships, providing multiple passages about Servant Leadership.

Jesus went to great lengths to earn the title “Servant.” Isaiah prophesied that Jesus—God’s own Son—would be the “suffering servant” (Isaiah 53). And Jesus lived his life as the definitive statement about service as a path to greatness. What’s more, Paul identified Jesus as the ultimate example of servant leadership. He told the Philippian church that “Christ Jesus…being in the very nature of God…made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant” (Philippians 2:5-7).

Jesus insisted that his followers lead by serving. No one can argue with his command because he modeled the kind of service he was advocating. And he certainly models greatness. Jesus is the ultimate servant leader.

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My Priorities: Faith, Family, & Fun

Aggie Football Game (9-2014)

During this Week 36 of 2014 (September 1-7), the NIV Leadership Bible focused on Priorities. Check out my last blog post to see the highlights of this week’s devotions.

I’ve blogged before about our family mission statement, which focuses on our priorities of Faith, Family, and Fun. We love, respect, and support one another and enjoy spending time as a family.

Yesterday, we had an opportunity to join more than 100,000 Texas Aggie fans to watch the first football game in the renovated Kyle Field. It was the largest crowd in Texas football history (104,728). That record will fall later this year, I’m sure…but it had to be overwhelming for the visiting Lamar University, as they fell to the #9 ranked Aggies 73-3. Our family enjoyed the Spirit Walk (with the players walking to their locker room—and my boys loved the High-5’s with QB Kenny Hill pictured above!) and the Corps march led by the Texas Aggie Band (the clarinet section is pictured above for Katy). It was a great family experience!

A few weeks back, my mother-in-law gave us the book Experiencing God at Home by Tom & Richard Blackaby. The book provides plenty of lessons for family leadership.

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