How to be a Godly Leader | God Can Use You | Ed & Lisa Young

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#influence #sermons #sermononinfluence #fellowshipchurch #whatthebiblesays How to be a Godly Leader | God Can Use You | Ed & Lisa Young What if God could use your story to change someone else's life? In this sermon, Ed and Lisa Young use stories from their recent road trip as an analogy for how God has given us the power of influence and how God can use our stories to impact the lives of others. Learn the importance of using your gifts and talents for God's glory, and be encouraged to share your story with others! Jeremiah 17:8 “They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Psalm 47:1 “Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!” The last, almost two years, has been the most difficult and the most brutal in our lives, because of the sudden death of our daughter. When something like that happens, and I know so many of you, everyone goes through pain, and so many of you know what I'm talking about specifically, but maybe it's in another realm of pain. It's like it happens and you're going, "God, why? I'm a good Christian guy or girl. Why, God?" There's the anger and there's the doubt which God can take, yet as we rely on him and as we think about processing the fire, the multiplication is absolutely amazing, because I can't describe to you how many opportunities that Lisa and I have had just to share our life story, our fires with so many since this has occurred. One of the things that really hit me this summer, we had an opportunity to speak to 75 pastors and their wives who represent some of the most powerful churches in North America. They wanted us to talk about marriage, because as we said earlier, we've been married 40 years, and even for a pastor and his wife, that's sort of an anomaly. It's by God's grace and his mercy that we're together. It's because of Jesus that we're together and have a flourishing marriage. However, this organization flew us in, and they wanted us to speak, Lisa, to pastors about the pain that pastors process in their marriage, with their families, and also, tell our story. As we told our story, God just revealed to me more than ever is that people want to see authenticity. We're dealing with pain. All of us deal with pain. We're dealing with issues. In my life, I'll think, “if I shared that, they're going to judge me.” If I share that, they're going to go, "Wow, you deal with that? Ed, do you mean you struggle sometimes with doubt? You're a pastor. Anger towards God?" Yet every time I've shared those issues, those wrestling matches so to speak, I see just a sigh of relief from others. Like, "Man, I deal with that, too." The same is true when others share with me their pain. I'm like, "Well, you know what? You're not the only one. I deal with that, too. Or we deal with that in our marriage, too." I just want to compliment, first of all, God, secondly, of course, his bride Fellowship Church. When we were with these pastors, I cannot tell you the numbers of these pastors and wives that came up to Lisa and I and said, "Thank you. Would you please thank Fellowship Church?" These are people from all across North America. If I mentioned some of the names, you would probably know who I'm talking about. But they said over and over, "Fellowship Church's footprint, Ed, is on our church. We would not be where we are today without the ministries of Fellowship Church." Sometimes people come up to us and they'll say this to me, "Oh, I'm sure you hear this all the time." I go, "No, I don't." It was just an amazing time, Lisa, of vulnerability, but also God saying, "Ed, Lisa, you are a part of something awesome." Sermons Moments 2:44 - The Lodgepole Pines 5:40 - God Can Use Your Pain 7:30 - Authenticity 12:24 - Go To The Right Outfitter 14:27 - The Aspen Tree (Jeremiah 17 verse 8) 19:24 - Grizzly Clapping (Psalm 47 verse 1) 22:19 - E-Bikes 23:41 - Hit The Road 28:24 - Everything has purpose (Proverbs 3 verses 5-6) ------ Pastor Ed Young is the senior pastor of Fellowship Church based in the DFW Metroplex, he is also an author, and conference speaker noted for his creative communication style. Make sure to subscribe to the channel for more inspirational content from Pastor Ed Young. Hit the Notification Bell so that you never miss Ed's most recent video. Follow #EdYoung​ on social Ed Young Facebook: http://bit.ly/EdYoungFB Ed Young Instagram: http://bit.ly/EdYoungIG Ed Young Twitter: http://bit.ly/EdYoungTW https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/ https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/locations/frisco https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/locations/dallas https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/locations/fort-worth

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