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Stealing the King’s Treasure: #1 RehoboamSmall Group Discussion Questions

Servant leadership is the best leadership.

Whatever area of leadership you have been assigned, whatever position of leadership you have been given, and all of us have some level of leadership, if you’re a teacher, a parent, a coach, a boss, the best leadership style is servant leadership.

1. Servant leadership is a choice2. Servant leadership is the best choice3. Servant leadership produces the best results

• Whoaresomepeopleinhistoryyouwouldconsidertobegreatleaders?Whatmadethemgreat?

• Inwhatareasofyourlifeareyouconsidered(eitherbyyourselforbyothers)tobealeader?

Read 1 Kings 12:1-11•Whatwasthedifferencebetweentheadviceoftheoldmenandtheyoungmen?

Read 1 Kings 11:29-40•Howdidthisprophesyimpactwhatmighthavetakenplace?

Read 1 Kings 12:12-19•WhydoyouthinkRehoboamchosetolistentotheyoungmeninsteadoftheoldmen?

•HowwouldyouhaverespondedifyouheardRehoboamsaywhathesaid?

•WhatdidJesushavetosayaboutservantleadership?Mark10:45;Luke22:24-27;John13:12-17

•Whoorwhatdoyouthinkofwhenyoupicturesomeonewhoisa“servantleader?”Whatspecificqualitiesdotheypossess? •Shareaboutatimewhenyouexperienceda“servantleader”andalsoatimewhenyouexperienceda“sternleader.”Whichonewasmoreeffectiveandinfluentialinyourlife?Why?

Application•Definitionofleadership:“Theprocessofsocialinfluenceinwhichonepersoncanenlisttheaidandsupportofothersintheaccomplishmentofacommontask.”(Source:Wikipediaathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership) •Ifleadershipisinfluence,thenweareleadingmanymorepeoplethanweprobablyrealize,notjustthepeoplewhoare“under”us.Whoarethepeopleyouhaveinfluenceoverinyourlife?(i.e.children,spouse,parents,employers/employees,friends,classmates,teachers,teammates,coaches,etc…) •Howcanyoubeaservantleadertothosepeople? •Comeupwithatleastonepracticalwayyouwillbeaservantleaderthisweektosomeoneyoumentioned.Sharewhatitiswiththegroupandcomebacknextweekandsharetheexperiencewithus.

•(GroupLeader:writedowneachperson’splanfortheweeksoyoucanfollow-upwiththematthebeginningofnextweek’smeeting.)