1. Servant Leadership John 10

2. To Understand:  How God Relates To You  Relationships With Our Children  Spiritual Relationships

3. Background John 10:1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. [2] “But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.”

4. Bethlehem Shepherding Pens John 10:9 "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 10:9 "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

5. John 10:3  "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Keith

6. Principles of Servant Leadership 1. A Personal Relationship (v3)  “…the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them…” Spiritual Leadership: Not a Profession! Ephes. 4:15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ Domestic Leadership: Relational Model vs. Disciplinarian Model Don’t Discipline for EVERY Infraction: Strategy!!

7. Principles of Servant Leadership 1. A Personal Relationship (v3) 2. Leads by Example (v4)  John 10:4 “When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them…” John 13:15-16 “For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.” John 15:12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” Spiritual Leadership:Can’t Teach Some things John 13:16 a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. Domestic Leadership: Children Do What You Do, not What You Say…

8. Principles of Servant Leadership 1. A Personal Relationship (v3) 2. Leads by Example (v4) 3. Leads by Personal Investment (v5)  “the sheep follow him because they know his voice. And a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” John 13:1 “…having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” 1 Cor. 10:13 God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able… Domestic Leadership: Invest 1 st, Discipline 2 nd Spiritual Leadership: The “Relational Model” Investment vs. Enabling: “He leads them OUT…”

9. Principles of Servant Leadership 1. A Personal Relationship (v3) 2. Leads by Example (v4) 3. Leads by Personal Investment (v5) 4. Never Abandons (v12,13)  “He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.” Hebrews 13:5 for He Himself has said, “I will NEVER DESERT YOU, nor will I ever FORSAKE you” Domestic Leadership: Resisting the World’s Model of Abandonment Spiritual Leadership: A decision to Sacrifice Where’s my Dar?

10. Conclusion John 10:10 “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”  A Personal Relationship (not Ritual)  He Leads by Example (Dying for you)  He Leads by Investing (not demanding)  He Will Never Abandon You John 13:15 “For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.”