Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, April 7, 2024

Toxic Leadership. Today, Pastor Michael talks about something we universally seem to run into: Toxic Leadership.  Everyone seems to have a story or know someone affected by Toxic Leadership. But it hits closer to home than we think. The biggest group of people who should answer to their role in leadership are YOU and I. While we may not have the “title” of “Leader,” leadership is really and truly about power and influence.  Today’s core theme, knowing that, is: Truly leadership seeks to serve, not to be served. In today’s lesson, we’re with Jesus about 48 hours before he will be crucified.  He is talking to His disciples about toxic leadership; those leaders (the ‘scribes’ in those days) were more concerned about being served than serving others.  Their love of recognition is what Jesus is calling them out for. All pride is ugly, but spiritual pride is extra ugly. So what can you do?  Lead.  But be a leader like Jesus, all about serving OTHERS.  Verses can be found in Mark 12: 38-40. Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.