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The
Leader's Calling
The Leader's
Calling focuses on discovering your calling and role in God's Master
Plan. It presents God's desire for our worship and His continuous
plan to reach the world. Key principles are presented relating to
discovering your call, preparation, being tested, and walking in
the proper timing of your calling.  Author:
Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith is the Content Editor for the
FEL Series. Trading his officer commission (14 years as a USAF
fighter pilot) for the Great Commission, Stephen has traveled extensively
to the nations, training leaders and mobilizing towards unreached
people groups. Stephen holds an MA in Missiology, a BS in Aerospace
Engineering, and an MS in Aeronautical Science, and is currently
pursuing a Doctorate in Ministry. Stephen and his wife Kim have
two grown children.
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Objective
The object
of this module is to help ministry leaders discover your
calling from God. This is accomplished through understanding
God’s desire, plan, and call, followed by studying
the preparing, testing, and timing processes of your calling.
Module
Overview
This
module presents how to discover your personal life calling
from God. It is presented within the context of God’s
expressed desire to reach the world through us. Thus, Sessions
1-3 focus on knowing God’s desire, His plan, and His
call to mankind. Session 4 then teaches principles to discover
your specific call. Finally, Sessions 5-7 discuss the preparing,
testing, and timing processes of your calling.
The Leader’s Calling provides seven sessions
which are all designed to help leaders understand their
calling. An emphasis is placed on building a strong biblical
foundation of a calling. Only then do we attempt to teach
how to discover your calling and how to walk it out.
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Main
Diagram
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Session Descriptions
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| Session |
Description |
Session
1:
Knowing
God's Desire |
We
will see that God’s ultimate desire is to be glorified,
and see how this desire is fulfilled in His mission and
plan:
00• God’s ultimate desire is to be glorified
by man.
00• God’s desire is realized in His mission.
00• God’s desire is revealed in His plan. |
Session
2:
Knowing
God's Plan |
We
will see that God’s plan is to win worshippers worldwide
and see this plan thread throughout scripture:
00• global agents throughout biblical history.
00• biblical glory stories from the Old Testament.
00• biblical glory stories from the New Testament.
00• pinnacle of God’s plan, to receive glory from
all peoples. |
Session
3:
Knowing
God's Call |
We
will see that God’s call is the foundational basis
of our own calling:
00• three aspects of a call to glorify God.
00• a call to join God’s plan instead of Him joining
ours.
00• a call to be a global Christian.
00• seven Biblical calls to true greatness. |
Session
4:
Discovering
Your Call |
We
will show how knowing God’s desire, plan, and call
helps us to discover our calling:
00• three characteristics of a divine call.
00• nine attributes of a divine call.
00• five aspects of receiving your call.
00• how to respond to your call. |
Session
5:
Preparing
Your Call |
We
will examine the preparation process that accompanies a
calling:
00• overview of the preparation process of a ministry
leader.
00• the College of God (training).
00• biblical leadership examples of the preparation
process.
00• six key areas for a leader’s preparation.
00• the Commission (release). |
Session
6:
Testing
Your Call |
We
will examine the testing process that accompanies a calling:
00• four aspects of testing in leadership development.
00• nine key purposes for testing.
00• the three-stage testing process.
00• how being tested differs from being tempted.
00• twenty common leadership tests. |
Session
7:
Timing
Your Call |
We
will learn about God’s perfect timing, His timeline,
and the need to finish well:
00• how timing depends on a leader’s test results.
00• three keys to understanding God’s timing.
00• two key aspects to a leader’s timeline.
00• four aspects of finishing well. |
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