Lord teach us to pray...

Luke 11:1 NKJV

Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased,  that  one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”

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Today's lunch is provided by the Holy Spirit from this passage. Come let us eat together.

What i learned from this passage is about leadership. Now days people are finding answers for questions such as how to be a great leader... Or how to lead and so on. From this passage i will point out 2 of other requirements that a person needs to know before even he can lead. Some can be a born leader. Some learn through experience. Some copy others.

To be a true Christian Leader is
1. A godly leader.
2. A learning leader.

A godly leader. What is it? Whether you are a church leader or youth leader or cell group leader, 1st you must have a godly life. A godly leader builds a godly characters and have a godly actions. A leader must have a prayerful and prayerfilled life. Jesus is a good example. Even before He starts to do anything, He seeks the counsel of God the Father. And Jesus portrayed and excellent leadership example. A leader dats willing to lay down His owb life. Meaning to say, a leader that willing to go through the problems that a follower is having and together finds a solution and settled it. A leader must be spiritually strong. Jesus, He spend most if His time fasting and praying. Being constantly refresh and refilled.

A learning leader. A learning leader adalah seorang yg selalu maju dalam kepimpinannya. Kenapa? Well its simply because he has a heart to learn new things. Sepertimana murid Yesus berkata, "Lord teach us to pray." Mungkin mereka sudah tau caranya utk berdoa, tetapi mungkin tidak mantap. Dan mereka meminta Yesus utk mengajar mrk. We may think the way we lead people is right, but it may be also wrong. A learning leader learns from mistake and do something about it to improve the leadership skills.

A leader must not be drained of his capability and knowledge. Inorder to make sure he/she is always up-to-date, be a praying leader - coz you receive your vision from God and the Holy Spirit constantly renews and refill you to achieve the vision and to mobilize and to encourage the group that you lead to catch the vision and run with the vision. And also to learn from one another. A leader must have a heart to leqrn and receive ideas and suggestion from the followers as well. This is what i say a "Functional Leadership." Able to input and to output.