Leading Others by Following Jesus

Danny and Alicia thought their family was done until they listen to Focus on the Family. They said something in that broadcast about being willing to open your heart to a child that may need a home and I remember praying in the car that tensing the Lord. If that is the direction that you ever want to take as I just want you to know that I'm open to that. Today Danny and Alicia are proud parents of baby Chloe what I love about Focus on the Family are now more than ever, is that it encourages people and inspires people into a life of abundance serving God, but not only does it do.but it challenges us to take risks for the kingdom I'm Jim Daly help us find more adoptive parents like Danny and Alicia.

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Visit Focus on the Family.com/strengthen families is obvious. Guess what I built for this life will bill for something way beyond really Robertson is a featured speaker today on Focus on the Family hostess focus, Pres. Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller, John we have a right message to share today on leadership and as you said, are just really Robertson. These very popular program dynasty really is CEO of duck Cmdr. and Cmdr. in West Monroe is offered books and he really has a warm and engaging speaking style. I know you're going to be entertained by this message that was recorded in the fall of 2016, about five months before Duck Dynasty completed their five year run on television. And here now is really Robertson speaking at living Word just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. On Focus on the Family I am so excited to hear I've never spoken and all I will tell you what size the Lord himself tell you really pull this off to get me there was got word from a man counting lightly about their Anoka that and have fun with them every day.

I cannot get enough of his accent. I don't have one so I'll thank you for this opportunity have been getting excited about it were still shooting Doug Massey like sausage, you know, making sausages, making TVs, lifelong process. I'm not complaining, I just didn't realize that right now are from our hundred and 30th episodes of so good.

God blessed us so much.

Never what a dream I get asked all the time we give every thought this was going. I know it's impossible to know that we were shooting a show that we put a prayer at the end of it not be honest, it didn't seem like a big deal. We write normally before meals and so putting it on television never really thought that the impact it would have, but it resonated not just in America got understand it's in countries all over the world.

So like it or not when you turn the TV on since my living room all across the world as a prayer to God. Type in and went right through Hollywood ride through New York, and if you said there's no way they'll ever do this and guess what God has a way to give him the glory will be about leadership because it's so. I even think of myself as a leader really dumb, but there's a lot of leaders in our family. I am from a family of later strong leaders. I do run the business.

Allow my wife. She probably does more than other so there's different types of leadership styles so when you business, church, our families, we need to make sure that we pattern you know how we lead people after the right type attitude to be like Christ Jesus. So the first person on the look at is God himself to walk around on this earth. Flavius chapter 2 said. Your entry should be the same as that of Christ Jesus, who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing like in the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the father did not also that Jesus did that for us so we can't leave them as we know who exactly led us and it starts off so strange right Jesus was ceases a lesson before even got here because here I figured out I'm been a come down there and become one of you. So let's contrast Jesus and what he's done to our leaders that we see today.

Who are these people that lead us who are the people there.

The wealthy, there is a highly educated, there is a very well-connected their lawyers. This was funny, their athletes and ex-athletes under figure that out there. Ex-pro wrestlers said that just because the leader celebrities.

Believe it or not, and there's others, but let's face a lot of people who we view as leaders are these, people like these the people that we think have it together.

How did they get to the top was beyond me. How do people allow time to get to the top. Not everyone, but they, step all over each other right.

We stop each other on the ground trying to get ahead of someone else.

We climb that ladder this doggy dog society DHEA neutron in the big rewards go for the big performances I got a chance actually hang out with some leaders believe or not. That is where really going to name drop. Okay, so you are going to the White House correspondents dinner, we were invited by the Robertson 700 sourdough center table and so were walking and cores on the phone with her mom. She goes to meet present and were not meeting the president of thousands of people in her life seems speaking.

This is a funny weather that the comedians in their name. I cannot lie.

Think she is okay. Will is is running present just were going in the set as well. Walking we walk in the front door of people that were guy wants to replace Ms. Robson, the president would like to see both corset Journal meet the president so I look like I'm in line behind like Kidman and somebody else in his omelette was so gathered like a little dungeon area behind this thing and so got made bread is a very nice system, things love Sherry actually said. He watches them live there… The owner for form which allows conical games and cufflinks and I know where this I like this but I'm not really coupling just a little evasive, I mentally would just happen some kind of big deal. And just when you think you're a big this happens on Daytona mother doing a car race thing is was Sanford Sumner and Gov. Scott walks up from and I was doing government is our you said so many so nice to meet you as I think together. He said I love your music and I saw your concert ranking method Dragon impact over Willey I'm so sorry that he did not recommend and he's like it's just other cameras around positive big deal something out. They were going your last will not tell you about was I was able to go and meet Billy Graham and at his house and I got is so his daughter. They were family. I want to show them so I this chance and offered us all yeah I'm there for sure someone when there's room and you notice it was on hard time hearing just you know is older and his daughter said Danny this is Willie Rossi's on the TV show. He can always Louisiana say you and he looked up and he said to see me clouding my want to see me outside like that's what I want to be like where he said you talk about living that Philippians 2 as a leader and all he's done this to say, why would semi-come see me that the leadership style of Jesus. Jesus always give of you and I thought that was totally opposite them with the world's view was right was always different.

Jesus was in this world but not of the world leaders motivate.

But what motivates us. That is the question. If you watched politics right now you see the world. Fear money, jobs, security all things of this world right you look ready see this fear will motivate people get scared to death Jesus in your you will be a scary. Guess what I built for this life were built for something way beyond here.

Matthew five Jesus taught us anything to make us Jesus is one the first things he said was he goes through and starts telling people, had so Matthew five fairly early right in his ministry. The first thing he said blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, blessed are those who mourn for they become lesser of the me, but I want her to convert blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God, blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of the righteousness of theirs is the kingdom of heaven, different list on leadership style right. What is Jesus wants to be less not more, not angry, not scrape he's telling them about rewards they're going to get bonuses how much we push ourselves to make more money, more bonuses, and the next thing and the next thing Jesus is he's offering things that he's saying right he's been there. She can imagine, if you come from heaven and you're telling people things in your life. This will turn you on and as humans we have a hard time even know what he's talking about and I'm sure Jesus is like these are the things that are going to motivate you, so I start thinking this might be silly and I've never done but I start thinking because I want to motivate you and I want you to be a better leader and is probably going to be the opposite thing of what you're thinking some about how what would that be like always limit what is life for Jesus to leave where you came from. Come down here. I used to St. Nancy like us become a nap now. What were able to go in the Sabia.I'm done. I'm going to explain the other duct things that men got explained to them things that they don't understand but can't talk about difficult.

That would be.

I'm just thinking about Jesus trying to tell human beings.

How awesome these things are going to be when he says you're going to get something that's beyond that, I would tell a dog okay here's the deal.

Make sure if you sit I'll make sure that you're sitting about things that are plastic okay they look just like us being want us to stay away from that thing on barrels come out of their starts going it's all dull stop in West Louisiana either gather some beers there that had really done a hurt on the dots over the years. The best thing to do is live on golf course it's safe I don't see John golf course Jesus trying to explain this to human beings. How different than our leaders to receive Jesus had this amazing way of giving simple stories. Simple things, the greatest leader of all time teaching limited human beings he was teaching us how to lead. Ultimately, he had to be sacrificed in well guess what that was a lesson knowing that he was going to have to sacrifice himself.

God gave them over to us human beings. The tall one more lesson, you know, it takes action to be a good leader. The first thing you gotta do is follow another one. These opposite Jesus things it tells us the only follow.

We leading away following one of the best of my favorite person in the Bible is the apostle Peter. This story of his life blows me away every day when I think about so Jesus comes up you know the story Jesus comes up couple boats there. There's a fisherman. I like that reasonably efficient, so peters there they been fishing all day man, nothing Jesus gives him a little lesson that Jesus my way to Lenexa, whether deep stuff. Jesus is not a professional fisherman.

Okay. So that's what is living his life was paid or do mass agreements on this all day we encounter anything, but if you all.

He does teach them a lesson right so whatever he said. At least got an issue not to go try you say go to brother NASA I will think about this are everywhere and what what is Pater Salam it was learned get a letter from me.

I'm a simple man and that what we do assume things don't let RCN the person with push away from Jesus is not the same and there were the guy who's going to take this error when forming. But Jesus don't even matter is that it's okay, he says.

I tell you what you come follow me I will make you a fisherman of man was Peter do drop everything he has and starts walking when I was thinking fishing. He didn't even think of it like you okay, click sell these things and then later we go then drop it and follow and I love that about Peter that he just said, O we roll in O left everything Jesus was way past Peter shortcomings because he needed a follower made of followers cell passes CM passes lack of vision, lack of faith, he saw a follower.

He's not looking for perfect people. He's looking for followers. That's what is going for.

If you're going to be a good leader, you better start by being a good phone okay if you don't, you know, it shall be Luke chapter 18 to be the rich ruler same opportunity was offered to this guy there with him about any way about her resume, the Messiah pretty good guy deals on Friday and got right so if they got follow me, God himself, the creator of everything offered this guy a chance a chance of a literally of a lifetime. The same thing. Peter said let's roll this guy looked at what he do he walked away was very sad couldn't do it. You know what happens when you don't follow him get your name in the Bible, just the rich ruler you are forever know about us and that kept you from Peter to that chance Peter follow now those around me sometimes feel like Peter because he had something that he would like to do state wanted to please the Lord so bad. He was a follower, you and Elsie Eddie and fearless faith, fearless faith who the first one jumped about their views on: on the water now hose goes no defense against me.

I'm doing this. I'm getting there. You might if you are saving these legs that invaded her life.

Good try Jesus at the end of his life darting account taking all theater dues like this. That's why love my dad is that they sometimes I'm thinking Lynn the ultimate thing. You just as you know, you will deny me three times persist. Never three years at least of his life walking, talking all the miracles all the things he saying Transfiguration. This all this stuff you know Jesus is no you are within no yes, I was you know that was not me, not Christ three times the worst thing you can do.

I know Lottie or Mary. This is not saying you're not married. Since I don't even know my spouse 10 years of counseling to get over that right. This is what Peter did what he Peter do they start bawling simulators crop okay when you screw up your crop leaders to screw up. But leaders get back up, get back up and they keep going. Vanessa Peter did over and over and over.

Acts chapter 1 Jesus, gal. Acts chapter 2 gathering people say hello so my steps up less and less Pater didn't take long.

He got up off his face from just a few weeks earlier got any straight in the class was still bad, right Jesus prayed any of my you with the help me and putting them on the cross. But God raised him from the dead, and he's preaching in the French and the other chapters with many other words he leave them, save yourself and scrub generation 237, when I heard the brothers were showing no repair give forgiveness & you will get the Holy Spirit in you. They just had it before our fire sheet and other heads get you fired up for now. My Peter did not to be defined and not want to be that rich ruler you want to be runaway Peter. He did not want to be defined away. Jesus said as a rock, Bill. This whole chart shown is right there and he followed him when all the way to death St. Joe denying that fires me out people because look simple broken and I need Jesus. And when I read about people like that to get themselves back up, pick themselves back up and they keep going.

God can use you in amazing ways. I we all can be leaders if you told me 10 years, God be staying right here talking to you. I thought I guess I got a printer job in my other job didn't work out God. He's a television show help a lot of people and were honored to be part of that love the way you hope you have a great conference father for that we can be more like you. Further, we can be more like Peter followed me and that we read about in the Bible.

The women who did so many amazing things and got this whole thing started 2000 years ago.

Father, we are still talking about you. You are still thinking about you. We're still praising you everything that we have everything all the glory. Thank you for the blood.

The sages love siesta crowd responding to Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson is our featured speaker today on Focus on the Family by John, what an inspirational message and I really appreciate Willy's leadership skills is the CEO duck Cmdr. as the father of six and as a Christian man in the media. That's not easy.

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