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Master Leader: Contemporary leadership literature focuses on servant leadership. That whole concept was introduced by Jesus. In this series we want to provide leadership coaching from Jesus himself that will make you a better leader at work, at home, on the sports field, and every other circle of influence.

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Psalm 23:1 NIV
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
Psalm 23:2 NIV
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
Psalm 23:3 NIV
he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Looking for the right candidate

John 10:1 NIV
“Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 NIV
The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3 NIV
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:4 NIV
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John 10:5 NIV
But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
John 10:6 NIV
Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.
John 10:7 NIV
Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
John 10:8 NIV
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.
John 10:9 NIV
I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
John 10:10 NIV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:11 NIV
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 NIV
The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
John 10:13 NIV
The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
John 10:14 NIV
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—
John 10:15 NIV
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16 NIV
I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:17 NIV
The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.
John 10:18 NIV
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

Pay attention to what happens next

John 10:19 NIV
The Jews who heard these words were again divided.
John 10:20 NIV
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?”

Jesus is our rescuer

Ezekiel 34:10 NIV
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.
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