EMPOWERING NEW

GENERATION
Introduction

The call to leadership is a call to discipleship.

“The best leaders lead today with tomorrow in mind by making sure
they invest in leaders who will carry their legacy forward.”
–John Maxwell
Acts 2:17-18
“’In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your
sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your
old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and
women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
EXAMPLES OF SCRIPTURES OF LEADERS PASSING
THE TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS

1. Moses - > Joshua

2.David - > Solomon
3.Jesus - > 12 disciples
4.Paul - > Timothy
 4 WAYS THAT THE LEADERSHIP CAN PREPARE TO
PASS THE TORCH OF THE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
1. Affirm their faith.
2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your
grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you
as well.

2 Corinthians 5:17,20
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has
gone, the new is here!
20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his
appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
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PASS THE TORCH OF THE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP

2. Acknowledge their gifting.

2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is
in you through the laying on of my hands.
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PASS THE TORCH OF THE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
3. Act it out.
2 Timothy 1:8-13
8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner.
Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. 9 He has
saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but
because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus
before the beginning of time, 10 but it has now been revealed through the
appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life
and immortality to light through the gospel. 11 And of this gospel I was appointed a
herald and an apostle and a teacher. 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is
no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that
he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 13 What you heard
from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
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PASS THE TORCH OF THE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
4. Abide in truth.

2 Timothy 1:14
Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the
help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

John 15:4-5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,
unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I
am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him,
he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
CONCLUSION

Acts 2:17-18
“’In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your
sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your
old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and
women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.