First=Last
Humble Ambition: A Contradiction or God's Desire for Us?
Summary
Paul argues that it is a noble ambition to aspire to the role of a spiritual leader. However, for many of us, the godly desire to influence others is polluted by our arrogance and self-promotion; for others, our insecurity and fears keep us from sharing in this aspiration. This session will explore how to develop godly ambitions.
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Keywords
- Humility
- Leadership
Other teachings in this series
First=Last
- First in the Kingdom
Matthew 20:20-28 - Loving Your Enemies
- Global Persecution
- Why Weakness Is Your Greatest Strength
2 Corinthians 4:7-12 - Leadership Lessons from King Saul
1 Samuel 9-15 - The Price of Leadership
- Commitment of Disciplemakers
- The Ways of Knowing
- The "Downward" Call of God
- Start Something New
- Insights into Servant Leadership from Isaiah
- The Master Teacher and the Rich Young Man
- Why and How to Memorize Scripture
- Who is the Messiah?
- Humble Ambition: A Contradiction or God's Desire for Us?
- The Ethics of Recreational Marijuana Use
- Persevering Through Persecution
- Kindness: What Does It Mean To Live Like the Servant of All?
- Doing What We Thought Was Impossible!
- Bash: Portrait of an Ordinary Leader
- Learning to Wonder
- How to Struggle Victoriously
- What Is and Is Not Trauma
- Spiritual Risiliency
- Who Are the First? They Are in Our Midst!
- His Presence
- The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics