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Facilitator Training Goals
Self Goals:
Test of Servant—Leadership
Do those served grow as persons, do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more likely themselves to become servants? To understand leadership, we must first understand the difference between the role of leader and the act of leadership. |
Servant leadership is about: |
- Who you are determines what you do.
- Being precedes doing.
- Character impacts achievements.
- Identity in Christ defines purpose in Christ.
- “You are justified—” “Therefore live as—” (Romans 6)
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Test of own maturity and growth
Do we rely more on God to answer our prayers and trust Him with the outcome of our faith choices more today than we did yesterday?
Do we value the guarding of our hearts against sin’s deceitfulness by allowing the Holy Spirit to guide us into all Truth?
When we have heard the voice of God whisper to us, do we believe and obey, and can we know the difference between Satan’s voice and God’s?
Test of love for one another
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Do we show mercy and forgiveness towards one another consistently?
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Do we listen first, and speak to edify others?
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Do we empathise with our hearts?
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Do we serve out of our own heart need or out of a definite call from God?
In leadership we have been given the role of trusteeship. We need to hold it in open hands. The power of a servant heart is humble, consistent acts of service to advance the possibility for others.
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Group Goals
- Emphasis on facilitators working as a team, for the group as a whole.
- Confidentiality; what is shared in the group is not shared outside the group, not even with your husband or prayer partner.
- Focus on nurturing group members as women of God. All discussion must be drawn back to the how, where, why, when and what does God say in His Word question.
- Welcome Page; keep the mission statement clearly imprinted upon your mind. Make this the plumb-line for your group. (When building a wall, a plumb-line is used to make sure the wall is straight).
- Facilitators must try to meet together apart from the group, to pray and share with each other. Support for each other—remember, you too, have hurts and needs.
- Use “Evoking Thoughts” and “Safe Christians”.
- Facilitators, in emulating grace and truth within their groups, must be willing to use the Word of God as their plumb-line. Walking hand in hand through the pain of a woman’s soul-needs with compassion and empathy. Truth.
It is good to praise the Lord in everything, but when we cannot do this because of our pain through unmet needs and unhealed hurts, we must not feel we are being judged. Extending Grace will draw the wounded woman to understand the promises of God for her life.
Matthew 15:22–28 is a good example of this.
When the Canaanite Woman called out to Jesus to help heal her daughter,
He was silent. She acknowledged that he was Lord.
Jesus then gave the Canaanite Woman the Truth when she expressed her need.
Jesus then expressed the principle of priority to this gentile woman, but showed his unconditional kindness, mercy and Grace towards her daughter.
Jesus affirmed her deep Faith as he answered her prayer.
Matthew 15:22–28 (New International Version)
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A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession.”
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Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
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He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
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The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said.
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He replied, “It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs.”
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“Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.”
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Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. |
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