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.