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As leaders, God has placed us in positions of authority. Yet as servant leaders, that authority must be exercised to serve others and to serve the Kingdom. I want to highlight two points here. 
1. We are to keep watch over the well-being of those whom we are leading 
2. We are accountable to God for how we watch over them. 

Here is Pastor Isaac’s prayer from just a few weeks ago. “Above all, we pray that we will be more productive for your Kingdom.” Let me say that again. “Above all, we pray that we will be more productive for your Kingdom.”       

He began with “Above all”. This implies a first priority for our leadership. Exemplary steward leadership places an emphasis upon fruitfulness. 

Prophets energize the evangelistic and church planting ministry of a church by
calling church members to action and by providing encouragement to those
who do obey.
If we are to be good stewards, we must look for prophets to emerge, accept
and encourage their ministry, correct them when they fail to walk in the Spirit,
and give them a place to speak messages from the Lord. As the apostle Paul
says in 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22, “Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat
prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject
every kind of evil.”

Pastors will simply love their people and want to be with them. He or she loves to engage in the lives of their church and show support through prayer, teaching and even helping in different ways as needed. 

But one of the most interesting and important ways that Christ gives grace to the church is through its people. Even though we are all members of one Body, we each contribute to the strength of that Body in different ways. Ephesians 4:7 says, “But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.”

What a testimony!  What a legacy! No one, included those who opposed him, could find any corruption in him.  He was trustworthy as a steward under three Babylonian kings, and he was not negligent in his duties. Let us strive, in the power, anointing and equipping of the Holy Spirit, to be like Daniel.

At a time of great confusion and fear, Jesus said something amazing to his
disciples. He said, “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the
works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these.”
Amazing! Jesus spoke about the future accomplishments of his disciples at a
time when they felt weak and confused. We should follow this example of the
Great Disciple Maker.

The very fact of being a follower of Christ is humbling enough but then we hear a His prayer for us in John 17 it is even more humbling. Christ showed us a way that we should walk and his example not only for our own lives but also how we are to treat and respect, brothers, and sisters in Christ.

If you have been working in Christian ministry for some time, your
responsibilities have grown, and you supervise more and more people. In times
like these you need to take care. Guard your heart. Make sure your compassion
for the lost does not decline. Make sure you trust God daily for provision and
wisdom, power and favor and grace. Guard your heart, make sure you do not
boast in your own strength; boast in the Lord and in his mercy and kindness.
One way you can guard your heart is to listen carefully to your disciples’
reports. Jesus did.

Delegation of ministry responsibility is a big part of church leadership. And
delegation of ministry responsibility is also a big part of making disciples. But
how much responsibility should I give to the people that I lead. If I give them
too much responsibility, everyone gets frustrated; If I give too little, that’s not
good either!