{"id":8177,"date":"2019-05-07T18:24:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdkumc.org\/?p=8177"},"modified":"2019-05-07T18:24:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:24:25","slug":"someone-who-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/?p=8177","title":{"rendered":"Someone who leads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Daily Devotion: Someone Who Leads\u2063
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\nThe Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 1\u20133; Luke 24:1\u201335\u2063
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\nToday’s Bible Reading: 2 Kings 2:1\u20136\u2063
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\nAs surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you. 2 Kings 2:6\u2063
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\nWho do you think of when you hear the word mentor? For me, it\u2019s Pastor Rich. He saw my potential and believed in me when I didn\u2019t believe in myself. He modeled how to lead by serving in humility and love. As a result, I am now serving God by mentoring others.\u2063
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\nThe prophet Elijah played a critical role in Elisha\u2019s growth as a leader. Elijah found him plowing a field and invited him to be his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 after God told him to anoint Elisha as his successor (1 Kings 19:16, 19). The young mentee watched his mentor perform incredible miracles and obey God no matter what. God used Elijah to prepare Elisha for a lifetime of ministry. Toward the end of Elijah\u2019s life, Elisha had the opportunity to leave. Instead, he chose to renew his commitment to his mentor. Three times Elijah offered to release Elisha from his duties, yet each time he refused, saying, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you\u201d (2 Kings 2:2, 4, 6). As a result of Elisha\u2019s faithfulness, he too was used by God in extraordinary ways.\u2063
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\nWe all need someone who models what it means to follow Jesus. May God give us godly men and women who help us grow spiritually. And may we too, by the power of His Spirit, invest our lives in others.\u2063
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\n\u2014ESTERA PIROSCA ESCOBAR\u2063
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\nWho are mentors that are currently building into you or who have built into your life? Why is it vital for us to mentor others in Jesus?\u2063
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\nFather God, thank You for placing people in our lives to challenge and encourage us. Help us to do the same for others.\u2063<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily Devotion: Someone Who Leads\u2063 \u2063 The Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 1\u20133; Luke 24:1\u201335\u2063 \u2063 Today’s Bible Reading: 2 Kings 2:1\u20136\u2063 \u2063 As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you. 2 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-30"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8179,"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177\/revisions\/8179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}