1. Jesus-like leadership begins with clarity of identity.
2. Clear identity produces clarity of purpose.
3. Jesus-like leadership requires vulnerability and suffering.

“Reluctance to face pain is your greatest limitation. There is no growth without change, no change without loss, and no loss without pain. . . You’ll grow only to the threshold of your pain. . . .If you’re not hurting, you’re not leading. Your vision for the future has to be big enough to propel you to face the heartaches and struggles you’ll find along the way.” - Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

"And he said, 'The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.' Then he said to them all: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.'" -Luke 9:22-24 NIV

Every follower of Jesus is a spiritual leader.

1. Spiritual Leadership requires a person surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
2. Spiritual Leadership requires a person TRANSFORMED and EMPOWERED by the Holy Spirit.
3. Spiritual Leadership requires a person INTENTIONALLY PARTNERING to serve God’s purposes.

"And he said, 'The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.' Then he said to them all: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.'" -Luke 9:22-24 NIV

What is your unique mission in Christ?

1. Knowing your personal mission maximizes your impact in Christ.
2. Your unique personal mission is God-given and aligns with your identity in Christ.
3. Your unique personal mission is God-given and aligns with your identity in Christ.
4. Your unique personal mission compels sacrifice and suffering.
5. Your unique personal mission transcends jobs, seasons and tasks.

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 3:12-14