Ministering to Your 12 Introduction a. Raise up successful leaders not successful followers. b. Appoint on performance.

Leaders Must Minister to other Leaders. a. The role of the leader is:

1. Place the workers into positions of ministry, 2. Assist them, develop them 3. Help them to be successful. b. The twelve are a team and must trust one another as much as they trust their leader in order to be truly successful. Jesus prayer for his disciples Seven values that help to establish a leadership team. 1. Your 12 are a gift from God. John 17:6 6 "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. a. They are trusted to your care.

b. You take care of them for God c. We are to reveal the Father to them d. Help them to obey the word Matt 28:19 - Mark 1:1 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." 2. A fresh word (rheema) for them. John 17:8 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me a. A Rheema word b. Leader must hear from God to give the word c. The Word is the foundation for all leadership and growth. d. They must believe your call 3. Pray for your twelve. The ministry of prayer is how we release our faith for our twelve and enlarge our vision for their work and ministry. Your twelve cannot grow without the under-girding of the ministry of prayer. 2

John 17:9-10 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. John 17:15-16 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. a. Our top priority is to pray for our 12 b. Although they belong to the father, he felt responsible to pray for them c. They are committed to the father they are yours 4. Pray for their sanctification. John 17:17-18 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. a. Without purity and holiness, leaders will never be truly effective. b. You must know their areas of struggle to pray for them c. Not to thrash them but praying for them 5. Pray for their twelve. John 17:20-21 20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, a. Pray for their twelve 3

b. Envision a 12 for each of your leader and pray for them c. By prayer we are releasing faith for 144 d. We keep confessing and dreaming for their 144 6. Bring them to unity as a team. John 17:21 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. a. Only working as a team will bring success b. Covenantal relationship between the group members in essential c. All disunity has to be eradicated

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Bring your twelve to your ministry level.

John 17:24 24 "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. a. You will always wanting to share all what you have b. There are no lokka attitude c. Your motives become pure

d. You are not forming a servant but a son e. You are challenged to stay one step ahead of your disciples