I'm Dr. Ryan Dellermater, a surfer, a special education teacher and a minister with over 30 years of experience dedicated to sharing a holistic approach to life and ministry through teaching and global community service. Now the church that I started five years ago in 2019 in a jujitsu studio is now a global cooperative of about 1500 people in 47 churches in seven countries that have produced over 75,000 liters of water for people. Now anyone can do this in any context if you take a first principles approach to church, 8 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,040 that is why I'm here to help you do that. 9 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:53,800 Now have you ever wondered how faith and persistence can transform your leadership journey? 10 00:00:53,800 --> 00:01:01,880 Well in today's teaching we're going to dive into how faith and the underlying persistence 11 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:09,640 found in this story can help shape and elevate our approach and our mindset. 12 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:16,440 Now today we want to look at first Samuel chapter one, a little lesson in leadership. 13 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:21,920 It begins in verse 10, it's talking about Hannah and it says in her deep anguish Hannah 14 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:28,760 prayed to the Lord weeping bitterly and she made a vow saying Lord Almighty if you will 15 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:35,080 only look on your servant's misery and remember me and not forget your servant but give her 16 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:45,920 a son then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life and no razor will be 17 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,520 used on his head. 18 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:55,200 Now persistence and faith and adversity is building block number one if you're ever 19 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,400 going to do anything significant. 20 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:04,240 So Hannah's unwavering persistence and prayer despite her suffering and her childlessness 21 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,800 illustrate a crucial leadership quality resiliency. 22 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:15,040 We live in the softest culture that I've ever seen. 23 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,160 People are soft, they quit too quickly, you've got to have a persistence, you have to have 24 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:24,600 a fire that burns within that allows you to push through get to whatever it is is next 25 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,360 your goal and the thing that you're building. 26 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:31,200 Okay, now look at verse 11, it says that she made a vow saying Lord Almighty if you'll 27 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:36,760 only look on your servant's misery and remember me and do not forget your servant but give 28 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:44,040 her a son then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life and no razor will 29 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,800 ever be used on his head. 30 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,640 So what is happening here? 31 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:54,360 Well she shows a humility because she's saying God if you'll do this for me I'm going to 32 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,600 fulfill my end of the bargain and follow through. 33 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,640 How many of us we only do things when we get the results that we want? 34 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:07,040 Here's Hannah saying I'm going to give this child to you and God granted it and this highlights 35 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:12,960 again the power of being humble and taking the low road and believing God even when you 36 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,280 don't see what you have. 37 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:21,680 Now real leaders they persist and they're also humble and they dedicate everything that 38 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,320 God gives them to the service of others. 39 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,480 Like Canada she offered literally her son that she had prayed for back to God and back 40 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,160 to God's service. 41 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,480 She was selfless in what she was asking for. 42 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:36,480 Was it for her? 43 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,040 It was for the benefit of others. 44 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:43,920 Now look at Lassie in verse 8, it says her husband Elkina would say to her Hannah why 45 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:44,920 are you weeping? 46 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,440 Why don't you eat? 47 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:47,920 Why are you downhearted? 48 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,960 Don't I mean more to you than 10 sons? 49 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:55,040 Now this shows the importance of supportive relationships. 50 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:01,040 The support that Hannah received from her husband who loves her and supports her despite 51 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:07,280 her inability to have children underscores the significance of supportive relationships 52 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,040 in our life. 53 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:15,440 I had eight people in my life that I could call if I had what I call an oh crap moment. 54 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,480 You'll find out real quick who your real friends are, who the people who really have your back 55 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:20,480 are. 56 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:25,280 I have about eight of them and six of them are actually in my church that has eight people 57 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:28,200 in it and my wife. 58 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:33,920 So you want to build your support structure in your life. 59 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:41,040 Now this simple lesson today about persistence, about humility, about supportive relationships, 60 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:47,240 they seem simple and they seem quick but without these three bedrock things you're not going 61 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,480 anywhere in life. 62 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,960 I want to give you the truth and I want to give you some nuggets that can help you. 63 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,240 Now I want to thank you for joining me on this quick lesson today. 64 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:01,120 Remember, if you want to take steps towards a holistic approach to life and ministry I 65 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,400 want you to reach out to me. 66 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,640 You can do it at Ride4Water at gmail.com. 67 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,160 I'm here to guide you every step of the way. 68 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,880 I have a passion for this. 69 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,240 Don't forget to subscribe and like. 70 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,880 I'm not on any social media. 71 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,680 I get all my teachings out through this YouTube channel. 72 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,160 If there's anything you can share or comment would really help us get the word out, expand 73 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,520 people's horizons for this. 74 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:27,880 I also want you to explore our podcast for deeper insights and more enriching conversations. 75 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:48,000 Thanks for following along and until next time I hope you have a beautiful day.