Church Is Messy: Acts of Leadership week 7 - Your Story to Tell
Rick and Svea close out the series on Acts of Leadership by looking at a powerful act of leadership: telling your story about your relationship with Jesus. No one knows your story better than you. No one will know your story unless you tell it.
Topics discussed in this episode:
Topics discussed in this episode:
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:28 This passage resonated with a lot of people. It helps to take the fear out of evangelism - just tell your story.
- 05:39 Paul's genius in how he told his story: bring light.
- 08:22 Paul begins telling his story by honoring those to whom he is speaking - even though those people were of questionable character. 1) recognize dignity and 2) express respect.
- 16:35 Honoring someone may require a high degree of self-control so you don't speak what first comes to mind about that person.
- 17:43 Adopt an approach toward people that comes out of who we are becoming in Christ.
- 24:00 No one knows your story better than you. No one will know your story unless you tell it.
- 27:23 What was life like before Jesus? What initially drew me toward him? What has my life been like since Jesus?
- 29:32 We are responsible for what we contribute and we should take that seriously. We're not responsible for the result; God is.
- 33:34 Taking it from an individual level to a corporate level. The why behind some of Autumn Ridge's outreach practices.
- 42:50 Wrapping up the series on Acts of Leadership with this bow: telling your story is a powerful act of leadership that doesn't require the position of being a leader.
