Prayers for leadership and responsibility

Leading others well

For those who carry the weight of leading others.

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Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
1 Kings 3:9, World English Bible
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all. For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:43-45, World English Bible
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
1 Peter 5:2-3, World English Bible
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8, World English Bible
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God, shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’
2 Samuel 23:3-4, World English Bible
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Philippians 2:3-4, World English Bible

A prayer

Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.

Lord, people are looking to me now, and I feel the weight of it. Like Solomon, I ask for a discerning heart more than for success. Help me serve the people I lead instead of using them.

Make me fair, honest, and quick to give credit. Let me know how my people are really doing, the way a shepherd knows his flock. And keep me teachable, so the role doesn't make me proud.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

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