511 B Power and Influence

Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Power and InfluenceLeadership Principles from God’s Word: Power and Influence

Leadership Principles from God’s Word:

Power and InfluenceMario DentonModule 511 B

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Brain teaser: What do you see?



Passage to memorizeRevelation 4: 11

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you

created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.



Without influence there is no leadership

• Power is essential for leadership. Without it leaders can’t lead

• God’s power and influence are absolute. Daniel 7:9-14



Nebuchadnezzar: Daniel 4:34-37

• God has allowed him to rise to power.

• Daniel warned the king and notice his urgent counsel from Daniel.

• The king refused to follow this wise• A year later he lost everything and

became like an animal.



God’s strategy to influence Peter: Acts 10:9-22

• Five types of power ( Reward, coercion, expert, referent and legitimate)

• God used a sixth type of power: Informational power

• God speaking with people- teaching, explaining, reasoning, debating, asking and answering.



• People are most powerfully influenced when they have a clear, logical understanding of “what” and “why” without the right information, achieving the desired result is next to impossible



Power has become a dirty word

• People who have it, deny it• People who want it, do not want to

appear hunger for it• People who engage in its

machinations, do so secretly



Matthew 20: 26-27

• Verses 26 and 27 record one of the most profound statements ever made about the effective use of power, authority, influence and position.

• Whoever wants to become great among you must become your servant and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.



The three legs of persuasion

• Logic• Passion• Ethics.

Source: The three legs of persuasion by Chris Widener



Logic Logos• Your vision must make logical sense

to the volunteers who are following you.

• Vision. Do you have a vision of where you want to go?

• If you want people to follow you, you need to have a vision, an end result that you are targeting.



Logic Logos• Clarity. Is the

vision clear? • Can it be

articulated clearly? • Does it make

sense?



Logic Logos• Can you

communicate your vision so that it is understandable and compelling?

• Do you communicate it regularly so that the logic of it sinks in?



Logic Logos

• Strategy. The strategy for getting to your destination must be logical for your followers.

• Does it make sense for them to follow you?

• A well-thought out strategy is a must.



Passion Pathos

• Many leaders underestimate the importance of passion.

• Today more than ever, passion is paramount to persuasion.

• People are persuaded less by logic and reason than they are by passion



Passion Pathos• Are you passionate about your vision? Does

that come through when you speak about it? Does it come through in your meetings?

• People want to know that you are passionate about your vision. If you aren’t passionate about it, why should they be?. It takes a passionate person to move a group toward a vision. And the bigger the vision, the more passion you need to get there!



Ethics Ethos

• This is the most important aspect of these three legs of persuasion. Ethics. Integrity, Character.

• People will always make a decision about your character and that will affect your ability to persuade, for good or for bad.



Ethics Ethos• If your volunteers see

a crack in your character, they will run for the hills.

• Followers will allow for mistakes, but not for poor character.

• People just do not follow unethical people very long.



Ethics Ethos• Here are some good questions to ask

yourself: Am I honest? Do I do what is right? Am I responsible? Am I the same behind closed doors as I am in public? Am I a person of integrity?

• Will people follow you if your character is less than stellar? Not for long.



The three legs of persuasion

• Become a person with a vision that is logical and well reasoned, combine that with an intense passion, and you are well on your way to persuading people and achieving the goal for your organisation.

• Rest these on the foundation of impeccable ethics and you will have all three legs of persuasion.



THE LAW OF INFLUENCE-John Maxwell

The true measure of leadership is

influence – nothing more, nothing less.



THE LAW OF INFLUENCE

Influence is a two-edged

sword. It cuts both

positively and negatively.



THE LAW OF INFLUENCE

A leader’s influence must be greater

than his people’s resistance.



Reflection: The Law of Influence

- What is your true level of influence?- Do you add value to others?- Can you influence people

with the way you live?



The Law of Influence

“You have achieved excellence as a leader

when people will follow you everywhere if only out

of curiosity.”




“The only thing a title can buy is a little time – either to increase your level of

influence with others or to erase it.”




“It’s not the position that makes the leader; it’s the

leader that makes the position.”



Prayer Focus• Father, In the name of Jesus, I

commit myself to walk in the Word. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world.

• The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me.

• I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living Word of God! Amen



Give thanks with a grateful heart

GIVE THANKS WITH A GRATEFUL HEARTGIVE THANKS TO THE HOLY ONEGIVE THANKS BECAUSE HIS GIVEN JESUS CHRIST HIS SONGIVE THANKS WITH A GRATE FUL HEARTGIVE THANKS TO THE HOLY ONEGIVE THANKS BECAUSE HIS GIVEN JESUS CHRIST HIS SONAND NOW LET THE WEAK SAY: I AM STRONGLET THE POOR SAY I AM RICHBECAUSE OF WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR USGIVE THANKS



Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25

• “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

• Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do

what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

• But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV)



Learning, application and commitment

• One of the Biblical truths (principles) that I have learned from this lesson was …

• I intend to apply this truth (principle) in my business/Ministry by: …..

• With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately. I ask and expect my group to hold me accountable for this and to check with me periodically to determine if I am doing so. Please ask me …..



Take what I have given you and change the world!



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