How the 3 Deadliest Leadership Temptations are God’s Great Invitation
The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
4.8 • 673 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Not long ago I was spending time with some young pastors, hoping to learn how leaders today define ministry success. The word "influence" seemed to be a common theme.
Many leaders obsess over growing their followers, gaining digital credibility, and creating captivating sound bites for social media. While there is nothing wrong with having a following, there exists a pressure and allure to making that the primary scorecard for ministry impact. This way of thinking only leads to destruction.
In many ways, this is nothing new. The 3 deadly temptations that Jesus faced in the desert, are the exact temptations we face as leaders, no matter what generation you are from.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Pete Zazzaro. I want to welcome you today to the Emotionally Healthy Leader |
| 0:07.6 | podcast. Good to be with you. Today's topic is how the three deadliest leadership temptations are God's |
| 0:16.4 | invitation for us. Before I begin, let me note two invitations. I'd like to extend to you. The first |
| 0:25.3 | is a four-hour event called the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Master Class. It's a four-hour |
| 0:31.3 | event. It's going to be in January, late this month, in about three weeks. It's a deeper dive |
| 0:36.9 | into things like the underlying theology |
| 0:40.6 | of creating a culture that deeply changes lives, things like B before you do and limits slowing down. |
| 0:46.5 | What is the new leadership scorecard for success? How do we engage discernment in that process? |
| 0:52.1 | And it's going to be held just January 25th and 12 to 4 p.m. Eastern |
| 0:57.1 | time just go to Emotionally Healthy.org slash masterclass bring your team well worth it for a |
| 1:04.1 | deeper dive than a podcast could ever go. The second event is held in February. It's one we have |
| 1:09.9 | often called Discover the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship course. |
| 1:13.3 | It's a free one-hour webinar. |
| 1:15.6 | Basically, how do you get started to integrate the two-part emotionally healthy discipleship course into your ministry? |
| 1:23.9 | How do you create a foundation for the culture of deeply changing people's lives? Again, just go to |
| 1:28.4 | Emotionallyhealthy.org slash discover for that. That's emotionally healthy.com or slash discover. |
| 1:34.7 | Again, we hold these kinds of webinars and seminars often throughout the year. So if you're listening to |
| 1:40.3 | this podcast much later than in January and February of 2023. Just check on our website |
| 1:46.7 | for what's being offered in the next few months for wherever you are today. All right, with that, |
| 1:52.0 | let's dive into the three deadliest leadership temptations that also are God's invitations to us |
| 1:58.3 | that come out of Matthew chapter four. Now, last month month I spent some time listening to a couple of young pastors who are leading churches |
| 2:07.6 | that are thriving about what is the leadership scorecard for success for most young leaders today |
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