Servants

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.

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The Servant

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The Servant

Dave Riddle - 09/01/19

Key Passages: Colossians 3:22-25, Ephesians 6:5-8

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

The Command? Obey

  • hypakouō (Greek: ὑπακούω) - listen, used of one who, at a knock on the door, comes to listen for who is there (duty of a porter). To listen to a command, to obey, be obedient to, submit to.

The Way of Obedience

In All Ways

  • Colossians 3:22 - ...obey your masters in all things.

With the proper attitude

  • Ephesians 6:5 - ...obey ...with respect and fear

At All Times

  • Ephesians 6:6 - obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you.

      • Emphasized again in Colossians 3:22

With the Right Heart

  • Ephesians 6:6-7 - ...doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly.

Committed to Excellence

  • Colossians 3:23 - In all the work you are doing, work the best you can.

Having a Spiritual Focus

  • Colossians 3:24 - you are serving the Lord Christ.

Maintaining a Kingdom Perspective 

  • Colossians 3:24 - Remember that you will receive your reward from the Lord.