What is Servant Leadership?

What is Servant Leadership?

Dave Riddle - 6/18/2023

Key Passage: Philippians 2:4-8

How do we lead/love

• Ephesians 5:23 

• Emulate our Heavenly Father.

• Ephesians 6:4

• Instruct and raise children in the ways of the Lord

• Ephesians 5:25

• Love like Jesus, self-sacrificially 

Servant Leadership

• Philippians 2:5-7

• doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition

Do you wish to be great, or do you wish to be a servant?

• Matthew 20:20-28

• John 13:4-7

Adopt the attitude of Jesus

• Philippians 2:5 

What does the heart of a servant look like?

Selfless

• Philippians 2:4 - look not to your own interest.

Eager

• 1 Peter 5:2 - not out of compulsion, but freely… eagerly

Responsive

• Matthew 9:36 - seeing the crowds, he felt compassion…

Vibrant

• Ephesians 6:7 - work with enthusiasm

• Colossians 3:23

Everyday for Everyone

• Galatians 6:10 - as often as you have the chance… do good to everyone.

Upside Down View of Ourselves

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Upside Down View of Ourselves

03/13/2021 - Dave Riddle 

Key Passage: Psalm 37:5

Ralph Waldo Emerson - “trust thyself”

• Proverbs 3:5 - don’t do that…

  • Self-reliance limits our spiritual growth

  • Psalm 37:5 - “Depend on the Lord. Trust in him, and he will help you.”

  • Jeremiah 9:23 - Don’t boast about yourself

  • Philippians 4:11-13 - it’s not about our strength or ability.

Spiritual growth is not about personal willpower, it’s about surrender.

What do we trust in?

His Forgiveness

• Luke 18:9-14

  • …everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

• Romans 3:11-12

  • Our own goodness will never be enough.

• Philippians 3:9

  • Our righteousness comes from him!

• It all goes back to what God has done for us.

His Empowerment

• 1 Chronicles 16:11

  • Seek God

• Acts 1:8a

  • Empowered by the Holy Spirit.

  • dynamos (δύναμαι)= able. to be able, have power whether by virtue of one's own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law

• The same power that raised Christ from the dead empowers you today!

His Wisdom

• 1 Corinthians 3:19

  • The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.

• James 3:17

  • The wisdom from above is pure, peace loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy, unwavering, without pretense…

His Provision

• Psalm 34:19 - “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues from them all.”

• 1 Peter 5:7 - cast all your anxieties on God..

• 2 Corinthians 1:8-9

  • We even despaired off life itself!

  • …so that we would not trust ourselves.

• His provision is better than our attempts at self preservation

His Kingship

• Psalm 18:2

• Psalm 113:4-6

• John 6:68 - where else would we go? Only you have the words of eternal life.

The Impact of Hope

The Impact of Hope

12/5/2021 - Dave Riddle 

Psalm 42:11 - why are you overcome with despair? Hope in God!

• We are the people of Hope.

  • Surrounded by despair, but not living in despair.

How is it that we can be legitimately hopeful?

God is.

• He exists

• Jeremiah 10

  • The worthlessness of idols compared to a true God. (10:10)

    • Jeremiah 10:16

God is here.

• Matthew 1:23 - God is with us.

• Hebrews 1:3a - Jesus is God in the flesh

  • Philippians 2:5-7

God is love.

• 1 John 4:8-9 - God is love.

• John 3:16-17 - How much God loves us.

• Titus 3:4-7 - what it means for us.

God is Salvation.

• Roman 8:38-39 - there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God.

• Hebrews 1:3 - God the Savior

God is King.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - don’t live as those who have no hope

  • Ephesians 2:12 - We were… without Christ, without God, without hope. No longer!

• 1 Timothy 6:13-15 - Celebrating his first coming while awaiting his second coming!

  • God will make all things new!

• Hebrews 10:23 - hold tightly, without wavering, to the hope we affirm…

How can we embrace hope today?

Receive this truth in faith

• 1 Peter 5:7

Reflect on how God is providing hope in your life

• Psalm 9:1

Encourage another Jesus-follower you’ve seen exhibiting hope.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Share hope with someone in your missional context.

• 1 Peter 3:15

Hope - God in Our Midst

Hope - God In Our Midst

Christmas 2020 - 12/6/2020 - Dave Riddle

We Can Have Hope!

• Psalm 42:11 - Hope in the Lord!

• Psalm 62:5 - He is my only hope.

Why?

He is

• Jeremiah 10:10a - YHWH is the true and living God!

• Jeremiah 10:16 - Not just a passive idol, but the creator of everything!

He is here

• Matthew 1:23 - Immanuel (God with us)

• Here, and involved

  • Hebrews 1:3

  • Philippians 2:5-7

  • Colossians 1:15

  • 1 Peter 5:7

He is love

• 1 John 4:8 - God is love

• John 3:16 - God loved the world in this way...

• Titus 3:4-7 - love, grace, mercy, salvation

He is Savior

• Jesus / Yeshua / Joshua - The Lord Saves

• Romans 8:38-39 - there is nothing that can separate you from the salvation that Jesus has provided to you

• Hebrews 1:3

He is King!

• 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - this life is not the end!

  • 1 Timothy 6:12-15