The document discusses honoring spiritual leaders in the church. It explains that God assigns work to each church and uses leaders to equip people for that work. Leaders are meant to move people towards God's agenda, not just manage them. The document instructs members to respect and esteem their leaders for their work in laboring among the congregation, overseeing them, providing advice, and keeping them united as family. Members are told to submit to leadership, participate actively rather than passively, encourage leaders through prayer and support, resolve conflicts while focusing on the church's work, and maintain peace within the congregation.

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Honour your spiritual leaders

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1Thessalonians 5:12-13
12We ask you, brothers, to respect
those who labor among you and are
over you in the Lord and admonish
you,
13and to esteem them very highly in
love because of their work. Be at
peace among yourselves.
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God uses leaders
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 God has a work assignment for each church
 1 Thess 5:11 11Therefore encourage one another
and build one another up, just as you are doing.
 Work assignment needs leaders
 Ephesians 4:11And he gave the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and
teachers, to equip the saints for the work of
ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

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God uses leaders
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 Leaders are more than managers
 A spiritual leader is to “move people onto God’s
agenda” - Henry Blackaby

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF LEADER
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 Luke 22:27 : Jesus says, I am among you as one
who serves.
 1 Thess 5:12We ask you, brothers, to respect those
who labor among you and are over you in the Lord
and admonish you, 13and to esteem them very
highly in love because of their work. Be at peace
among yourselves.
 Honour the leaders by virtue of their WORK

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ROLE OF LEADERS
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 Labour among the flock
 Being over the flock in the Lord
 Admonish
 Being aware that we are family undergirding all
these. “BROTHERS”

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HOW DO MEMBERS HONOURTHEIR LEADERS?
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 Submit to the leadership
 HEBREWS 13:7. 17Obey your leaders and submit to
them, for they are keeping watch over your souls,
as those who will have to give an account.
 Be a PARTICIPANT and NOT A SPECTATOR
 Encourage and pray for the leaders
 Resolve conflicts in view of the work

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WORKTOWARDS PEACE
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 V13b Be at peace among yourselves.
 Growth means change. Change means pain.
Pain means potential conflict.
 We need to look to the Prince of Peace.