{"id":2391,"date":"2015-08-25T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T16:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2015-08-25T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T16:17:30","slug":"a-prayer-for-servant-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/08\/a-prayer-for-servant-leadership.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Servant Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHere I am Lord, send me\u201d (Isaiah 6:8).\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFather, not my will but yours be done\u2026\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em>~Jesus<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Before I can be trusted to wield the blessings, authority, power, and resources of God \u2013 and this is certainly His intent\u2013 I must come forward with hands raised in surrender. I\u2019m not first a servant leader; I am first a servant submitting to a Leader. If you dare, make this your prayer:<\/span><\/p>\n

Father,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here I am Lord. I am not hiding. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Send me on the assignment you choose. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I am your servant; you are my Leader. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Send me\u2026 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

to speak up at the risk of losing face, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

to invest my assets for returns I can only cash in eternity, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

to give away my talents in secret, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

to lose my life while the battle still seems hopeless. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here I am\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Amen<\/em><\/p>\n

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