Real Leadership

 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Real leadership starts with – ways.

vs. 1, 2, 5, 9, 10…

You have to be those you lead – you have to with them.

You have to be and – and .

Leadership Principles For The Road:

1^st Be , not !

Be , not !

For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit;   1 Thessalonians 2:3

2^nd Don’t play to the – do what is and .

You need to please !

For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.  Galatians 1:10

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed — God is our witness —
1 Thessalonians 2:5

3^rd Don’t be about and .

Greed comes in many .

Greed flows out of .

4^th Don’t throw your around.

nor did we seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ.   1 Thessalonians 2:6

5^th Be to the of others.

But we proved to be gentle among you. As a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children,
1 Thessalonians 2:7

Remember: is a fruit of the Spirit.

6^th those you lead.

in the same way we had a fond affection for you and were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.  1 Thessalonians 2:8

The world doesn’t need more – it needs .

People stand with those when they feel .

in the same way we had a fond affection for you and were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our labor and hardship: it was by working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, that we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:8-9

7^th Be – give yourself .

8^th Be !

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly and rightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;  just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children,  1 Thessalonians 2:10-11