How Can Leaders Remain Faithful Under Pressure? | Becoming a Christlike Leader Ep. 3

Pressure can reveal what a leader is seeking first.

Lazarus Phiri turns to Matthew 6 to consider hidden motives, divided loyalties, money, worry, and the desire to control outcomes. When circumstances are difficult and results uncertain, how can leaders act with integrity, trust the Father’s care, and seek God’s kingdom first?

Episode 3 of Becoming a Christlike Leader

A four-part series for Christian leaders and those who develop them, created together by the Lausanne Movement and the World Evangelical Alliance.

Take the next step. Use the discussion guide and devotional plans to reflect, pray and put Jesus’ teaching into practice.

Episode Outline

00:00 Where do you see leaders’ integrity most often put to the test?
06:07 Lazarus Phiri on Character-Based Leadership
06:47 Where Is It Hard to trust God in your life?
13:47 Three Principles & Three Dangers
16:42 Three Thieves: Egoism, Materialism, Pessimism
19:40 Testimony | Guia Gonzalez Trusting God in the Storms
24:37 Overcoming Worry: Faith, Father, First
27:38 What would it look like for you to ‘seek first the Kingdom of God’ in your life today?
34:13 High View of God and His People
34:48 Closing Prayer