CARE Cell Group Leader's Qualifications

MANOR PARK CHRISTIAN CENTRE
CARE CELL GROUPS

“God’s Way Of Leadership”
Welcome: Did you ever play the game “follow the

leader?” If so, where did you end up
going?
Worshipping God: Read Psalm 23:1-4. What specific

ways can you praise the Lord for
being your Shepherd during this past week?
Walking with God: SCRIPTURE: Mark 10:35-45

Choose and discuss three or four of the questions
below for the next 25 minutes (maximum).
Encourage cell members to examine the other
questions during their own quite time during the
week.
When we come to understand what Jesus had to say about

leadership, then as believers in
Jesus Christ we realise that we all need to take a Christ-like
leadership role in our world around us. We are called to be
God’s kind of leader whether it is in the home, in the
workplace or community, or in the church. So what is God’s
way of leadership?
1. The world’s way of leadership is all about “self”—“my

desire” for position or title, power or
authority, and prestige or recognition. This was illustrated
by the desires of James and John
and the “rulers of the Gentiles” in Mark 10:35-37 and 41-
42. How, or in what ways, have
you been tempted by the world’s way of leadership—
whether it is in reference to your
relationship at home, in the workplace or community, or in
the church?
Notes: God’s way of leadership is all about the

crucifixion or death of “self” with its
selfish desires for position or title, power or
authority, and prestige or recognition.
God’s way of leadership is all about gaining Christ’s

authority through having
the heart of a servant that others recognise and who
want to follow you as a
leader (position).
2. God’s way of leadership and greatness is all about

servanthood. What does it mean for us to
have the heart of a servant? How can we tell if someone
has the heart of a servant? Why
can’t someone’s actions always be proof that they have the
heart of a servant?
Notes: Jesus said that “whoever wants to become great

among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all”
(NIV, Mark 10:43-44).
In John 13:1-17, Jesus specifically demonstrated

what He meant by our need for a
servant’s heart. When guests arrived, it was the job
for a household servant to wash
their feet. But no one had done this when Jesus and
the disciples had arrived for the
evening meal. So Jesus wrapped a towel around His
waist, as a servant would do,
and washed and dried His disciples’ feet. Not only
did Jesus have in mind their need
for a servant’s heart towards one another but also
towards all people to whom they
would take the message of salvation.
3. Having the heart of a servant is about having the desire to

serve others instead of selfishly
wanting others to serve us. How, or in what ways, can we
be tempted to want or to expect
others to serve us in some way? For example:
~ a husband expecting his wife to serve him in some
way
~ a teenager expecting her parents to serve her in some
way
~ an employee expecting their employer to serve them
in some way
Notes: Jesus said: “For even the Son of Man did not
come to be served, but to serve . . .”
(NIV, Mark 10:45).
4. What should “drive” us, or what should be our

underlying motive in serving others— whether it is in the
home, in the workplace or community, or in the church?
Notes: For example, what motivated Jesus when He saw

the crowds or when He saw a
needy individual to whom He was sent to serve? For
instance, see Jesus’ response to
the leper in Mark 1:41 or His response in Matthew
9:36 to the crowds that would
soon cry “Crucify Him!”
5. Jesus’ ultimate example of servant leadership was when

He said that “the Son of Man” came
“to give his life as a ransom for many” (NIV, Mark
10:45). How, or in what way, should
we serve those who sin against God and against us, who
do things that we don’t like or don’t
approve of, or who don’t measure up to our expectations?
Notes: Jesus Christ “made himself nothing, taking the

very nature of a servant, being made
in human likeness. And being found in appearance
as a man, he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—even death on a
cross” (NIV, Philippians 2:7-8)!
Jesus Christ paid the ransom price of His own life’s

blood in order to free us from
the bondage of sin and death. The underlying motive
for Christ doing this for us was
this: “This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into
the world that we might live through him. This is
love: not that we loved God, but
that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning
sacrifice for our sins”
(1 John 4:9-10).
6. How can we continually have the heart of a servant that

is motivated by Christ’s love and
compassion for others and that has died to the selfish
desire for position or title, power or
authority, and prestige or recognition?
Notes: See Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:24-27; John 15:5
Oneness with the family of God: Spend some time

praying for one another in your cell
group that you would know the
Lord’s enabling in having
the heart of a servant.
Working for God: In what ways can you demonstrate a

servant’s heart towards others in
your cell group?
Witnessing for God: Spend some time praying for

opportunities this next week to show
Christ’s love and compassion to someone
who needs to know about
Jesus Christ.

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​ MANOR PARK CHRISTIAN CENTRE

​ CARE CELL GROUPS

Welcome: Did you ever play the game “follow the

Worshipping God: Read Psalm 23:1-4. What specific

Walking with God: SCRIPTURE: Mark 10:35-45

When we come to understand what Jesus had to say about

1. The world’s way of leadership is all about “self”—“my

​Notes: God’s way of leadership is all about the

​ God’s way of leadership is all about gaining Christ’s

2. God’s way of leadership and greatness is all about

​Notes: Jesus said that “whoever wants to become great

​ In John 13:1-17, Jesus specifically demonstrated

3. Having the heart of a servant is about having the desire to

4. What should “drive” us, or what should be our

​Notes: For example, what motivated Jesus when He saw

5. Jesus’ ultimate example of servant leadership was when

​Notes: Jesus Christ “made himself nothing, taking the

​ Jesus Christ paid the ransom price of His own life’s

6. How can we continually have the heart of a servant that

​Notes: See Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:24-27; John 15:5

Oneness with the family of God: Spend some time

Working for God: In what ways can you demonstrate a

Witnessing for God: Spend some time praying for

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Notes: God’s way of leadership is all about the

God’s way of leadership is all about gaining Christ’s

Notes: Jesus said that “whoever wants to become great

In John 13:1-17, Jesus specifically demonstrated

Notes: For example, what motivated Jesus when He saw

Notes: Jesus Christ “made himself nothing, taking the

Jesus Christ paid the ransom price of His own life’s

Notes: See Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:24-27; John 15:5