Characterestics

of a Good Leader
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Characterestics
of a Good
Leader
Nehemiah
chapter 1
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• Second Timothy 3:17 says that Scripture is given to
equip the man of God for “all righteousness.” All
righteousness includes things like marriage, being
a good employee, and even being a great leader.
The Bible is full of stories about leadership but
none may be as instructive as the book of
Nehemiah.
• 1. Nehemiah, who was a cupbearer for the king of
Persia, gained favor with the king to leave his post
and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. He inspired the
Israelites to rebuild the walls and also to restore
the worship of God. He was a tremendous leader.
Here in this text, Nehemiah was
over 800 miles away from the
problem.1 Israel was in ruins, and
the people were being harassed
by their neighbors. He had an
impossible problem. However, he
did not only confront it but also
was successful.
• Nehemiah began to rebuild both the walls and the spiritual
lives of the people, as he became their governor. As we look
at Nehemiah, we will learn a lot about godly leadership.
God’s leaders are always confronting impossible problems.
Godly Leaders Are Concerned and Responsive to Problems
Godly Leaders Are Constant in Prayer
Godly Leaders Can Identify with Others’ Failures
let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the
prayer your servant is prayi
Godly Leaders Are Motivated and Strengthened by the
Promises of God
Godly Leaders Are Assertive
Godly Leaders Learn to Wait on God
• 2. Moses had to set Israel free from the
slavery of Egypt; he had to cross the Red Sea
with the angry Egyptians following right
behind him. Here in this text, Nehemiah was
over 800 miles away from the problem.1 Israel
was in ruins, and the people were being
harassed by their neighbors. He had an
impossible problem. However, he did not only
confront it but also was successful.
• God wants to develop leaders today in his church to help rebuild
nations, churches, families, and individuals who have fallen away
from God or never known him. In ancient societies, walls were
very important because they protected the people from the
attack of looters and other enemies.
• In the same way, for many Christians, their walls have been
broken down by allowing sin to infiltrate them both individually
and corporately. Many churches and Christian organizations
have been affected by doctrinal liberalism. Many young
Christians have started to look and walk like the world. There is a
need to rebuild the walls in order to protect God’s people.
• This is what Galatians says about a brother in sin: “Brothers and
sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit
should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you
also may be tempted” (Galatians 6:1).
• Conclusion
• What are characteristics of a godly leader?
• Here, we see Nehemiah who will confront a problem that has
been going on for over 140 years. It, no doubt, seemed
impossible, but nevertheless, he sought the Lord who would
soon begin to open doors to serve Israel.
• What impossible situation is God calling you to pray about and
get involved in? What burdens has he given you?
• Godly leaders are concerned and responsive to problems.
• Godly leaders are constant in prayer.
• Godly leaders can identify with the failures of others.
• Godly leaders are strengthened by the promises of God.
• Godly leaders are assertive.
• Godly leaders learn to wait on God.
• What Are the Characteristics of a Good Leader?
• January 14, 2019
• Leaders shape our nation, communities, and organizations.
• We need good leaders to help guide us and make the essential large-scale decisions that keep the world moving.
• Our society is usually quick to identify a bad leader, but how to identify a good one? What would most people say makes a good leader?
• The Characteristics of a Good Leader
• Based on our research, we’ve found that great leaders consistently possess these 10 core leadership traits:
• Honesty
• Ability to delegate
• Communication
• Sense of humor
• Confidence
• Commitment
• Positive attitude
• Creativity
• Ability to inspire
• Intuition
• While many powerful and successful leaders haven’t exhibited all of these character traits, and the definition of a good leader can be quite
ambiguous, most good leaders do leverage at least some of these characteristics.
• Take someone you view as a great leader. How many of these characteristics do they express?
• If the characteristics of a good leader above don’t describe you, don’t panic — there are ways for you to improve upon your leadership
capabilities. We believe that leaders are not born, but made, and are molded through experience, continued study, and adaptation.
• Consider too, whether you have the core leadership skills you need in every role, since everyone  – from individual contributors and first-
time managers to the most seasoned senior executives – needs these same 4 leadership competencies to be truly effective.
• Like any craft, leadership requires that you learn from your mistakes and continually work at strengthening your weaknesses. Seek out a
mentor that you admire. Jot down the characteristics that you feel makes them a great leader. Then ask yourself, How do I compare?
• Chances are, they weren’t always a great leader, so determine what they did along the way to become the leader they are today. And keep
working on developing the 10 characteristics of a good leader.
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• Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated
you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
• Jeremiah 1:4-5
• For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all
the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
• Psalm 50:15

•  Leaders seek delight in the Lord

• Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.—Psalm 37:3–4

•   True leadership is content

• Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;
for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.—Psalm 37:16–17
• Godly leadership is grounded in righteousness, and righteousness is its own reward. Sometimes it might feel like your leadership skills would be better compensated in another venue, but
you must trust that the Lord will honor your work and sacrifice.
• 7. A leader’s integrity comes from within
• And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
with skillful hands he led them.—Psalm 78:72
• As we saw in verse #6, our words are a strong indicator of our heart’s condition. It’s important that we pay attention to it because strong leadership
will come from the integrity of our hearts.
• As we know from David’s history, this doesn’t mean that we’re always perfect. But that we’re quick to repent when we realize we’re off track.
• Leaders protect themselves from corruption
• Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.—Proverbs 4:23
• We all know the heart is just a blood-pumping muscle. Biblically speaking, the heart represents our emotional, intellectual, and moral center.
We need to protect it because, as the Proverb says, everything flows from that center.
• Our spiritual condition reveals itself in our actions. A leader understands this and protects their spiritual core at all cost.
• 9. Leadership is integral to a nation
• For lack of guidance a nation falls,
but victory is won through many advisers.—Proverbs 11:14
• You can’t underestimate the power of leadership. To the writer of Proverbs 11, the nation they were talking about was Israel—God’s people.
• The church needs guidance, too. Without strong leadership, a church cannot stand. But as the number of legitimate and godly advisers grows, the stronger she gets.
• 10. Leadership is rooted in righteousness
• Kings detest wrongdoing,
for a throne is established through righteousness.—Proverbs 16:12
• Leading requires integrity. If you want your leadership to have deep roots which will eventually lead to healthy fruit, you need to weed out compromise and
short cuts.
• 11. Leaders are constantly improving
• Do you see someone skilled in their work?
They will serve before kings;
they will not serve before officials of low rank.—Proverbs 22:29
• If you want to increase your influence, you’ll invest in your abilities. The more skilled a leader is, the more they’ll find themselves in demand. Leaders grow.
• 12. Leaders are made in troubled times
• If you falter in a time of trouble,
how small is your strength!—Proverbs 24:10
• Hopefully you didn’t aspire to leadership to walk an easy path. Leaders are needed when the road gets rockiest and the path is unsure. A leader’s metal is
truly tested in the toughest moments.
• 13. Leader pay special attention to their resources
• Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give careful attention to your herds;
for riches do not endure forever,
and a crown is not secure for all generations.—Proverbs 27:23–24
• Resources don’t last forever. Money gets spent, volunteers move on, and facilities and systems break down. The church needs leaders who are keeping track
of these resources to make sure they’re plentiful—and healthy!
• 16. Leaders put their trust in God
• So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.—Isaiah 41:10
• Leaders find themselves in difficult situations and, if their attention isn’t fixed on Jesus, it’s easy to get dismayed. Because leaders find themselves under fire
so often, it’s imperative that they are constantly growing in their awareness of God’s empowering presence.
• 17. Leaders recognize their limitations
• For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,
declares the Lord.
As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.—Isaiah 55:8–9
• Face it—you’re fallible. You don’t have all the answers, even if everyone thinks you do. Another reason we need to be investing in our spiritual sensitivity is because as soon as we start trusting in their
own wisdom, we’re sunk.
• 19. A leader has an intimate relationship with God
• ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’—Jeremiah 33:3
• Over and over the Bible is trying to tell us that spiritual awareness leads to greater insight. A strong leader prioritizes spiritual discipline because they know that their connection to God is where they
derive their stamina, strength, staying power, and insight. Without that connection to God, you’re just a manager.
• 21. Leaders practice humility
• Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant—Matthew 20:26
• This is another strange addition to the world’s leadership lexicon. If you want to be great, you must humble yourself. Christian leadership isn’t about standing above everyone, it’s about serving them.
• 28. A real leader is the servant of all
• “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that
you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be
blessed if you do them.”—John 13:13–17
• One of Jesus’s last object lessons was his willingness to wash the disciple’s feet during their last meal. This wasn’t some empty, symbolic gesture. It was a service that needed to be performed. It was
something a servant would typically do.
• Jesus isn’t asking his followers to humble ourselves in grand and figurative ways. He literally wants us to get on our hands and knees and serve those who follow us.
• 30. Leaders have confidence in the future
• And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.—Romans 8:28
• Even though Paul isn’t speaking to leaders, I can’t imagine a more leadership-appropriate message. Church leadership is full of tragedy and triage, one can easily become disheartening. Our
perseverance is uniquely tied to our belief that God is already at work alongside us reconciling the most difficult situations to himself.
• 31. A leader’s security is in the Lord
• If God is for us, who can be against us?—Romans 8:31
• This is the leader’s rallying cry. There’s always some opposition, and it doesn’t just come from without.  It’s important to remember that if you’re truly on God’s side, you don’t have to be afraid of
resistance.
• Of course, that doesn’t mean that a good leader ignores opposing voices. Hearing objections can be a great way to check your plumb line and make sure that you’re on the right track. But once you’re
certain, move forward.
• 32. If you lead, do it diligently
• For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has
distributed to each of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each
member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it
is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.—Romans 12:3–8
• A leader is part of an organizational structure. It’s not a more important or more integral role than anyone else plays. It’s so important to recognize that a leader isn’t above anyone else, but works
beside them to meet the everyone’s goals.
• The system operates efficiently when everyone is using the gifts they were given to fulfill their role. Your job as a leader is to equip and empower them to bring more and more of their gifts to bear on
their position—and by doing so, you’re leading more diligently.
• 35. Leaders aren’t ambitious for their own gain
• Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves—Philippians 2:3
• The key to biblical leadership lies in keeping your eyes on the goal. The goal is to worship God by serving others. The only way we’re going to be able
to do that correctly is if we value them the way Jesus did.
• The role of a leader is full of snares: self-aggrandizement, posturing, greediness, empty ambition, etc. The only sure way that we can serve God while
avoiding leadership’s pitfalls is to value people above ourselves.
• 36. A leader learns to be content in every situation
• I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well
fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.—Philippians 4:12–13
• Too often people quote Philippians 4:13 as if it stands alone. But Paul is setting himself up as an example of contentment in leadership.
• We can’t look at our current experience to gauge God’s pleasure or the effectiveness of our work. Sometimes we will experience comfort and
sometimes we will suffer want. The key is to find our contentment in serving well, and avoid judging our success by looking at our situation.
• 37. A leader’s hope is in God’s faithfulness
• The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.—1 Thessalonians 5:24
• Is this a leadership specific verse? No. Is it important that leaders have this reminder in the back of their minds at all times? Absolutely!
• When leading gets difficult (and it will) and you want to throw in the towel (which you will), you need to remember when and how you were called to
lead, and know that God is going to see you through.
• 40. A leader isn’t defined by their age
• Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.—1 Timothy 4:12/
• 43. Leaders don’t rest on their laurels
• Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.—2 Timothy 2:15