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I Th. Holy Spirit led lesus out into the wilderness right after His baptism by lohn, reminding us fiat at leastI part of His preparation for ministry came from a wilderness experience.

Does this sound familiarT Quality leaders can almost always point to a wilderness experience as part oftheir leadership preparation. During this time, ourmotives get purified, our backbone solidifies, and our calFing gets clarified.

lhe devil tempted lesus for 40 days in the wilderness-a iaeening process to see what lesus would giveup and how He would trust God to provide. ln his book, ln the Name of lesus,Henry Nouwen reminds us thattlrethreetemptationsoflesuscorrespondtothreetemptationsleadersfacetoday:

t. The temptation to be self-sufftcientfuu.Z-4)

lesus didnt become controlling, even with His legitimate needs. He trusted God.2. The temptation to be spectacutar (w.5-7)

lesus refused to become a stunt man. He didnt perform in order to become a celebrity.The temptation a be powerfut(w. 8-10)lesus wouldnt take a shortcut to gain power or worship.

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How do you deal with the temptations of leadership? Study lesus' method for combating these familiartemptations of legitimate needs, gifting, and fame. lesus provides our standard for defeating-temftatio;.'H;nevertost. ' I r':r ; . !',':"

Teola Patillo Sr. Teola Patillo Jr.

Proverbs 13:1T says, A faithful ambassador is health.

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