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00:00Welcome to our second topic on the leadership development journey. The importance of
00:23Prayer in leadership. When should a leader pray? Why should a leader pray? With what attitude should they pray?
00:31What to do? These are questions we will reflect on, and I personally hope you can find the answers.
00:39These points are an essential part of the Christian life. If we recall, at the end
00:46Our first topic: God challenges us. Can you be believed in? Are you willing to be molded?
00:54By God? In the Holy Scriptures we find, in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 22, verse 30,
01:04I have searched among those people for someone who will do something for the country and who will intercede on my behalf.
01:11so that I would not destroy them, but I have not found it. Word of God. In this beautiful
01:18The verse says, "God is looking for people who can be trusted, obedient, and who do His will."
01:28He seeks Christians who will take on leadership roles, making things happen. The harvest is plentiful, and the
01:34Workers are few. Leaders who take responsibility and produce concrete actions that
01:41The consequence will be the fruits that God asks of us. But how can we produce fruit if our actions
01:48Are my prayers nonexistent or few in response to what God asks of me? This is the fundamental question of prayer for a leader. The person
01:57It is constituted by what it thinks and does. If we do not allow the [something] to penetrate our thinking
02:04According to the word of God, our actions will be weak, apathetic, lukewarm, and with very poor results. What
02:11What are you doing, brother, with your private life? The one that only God and you know. How can we be people
02:19Are we sensitive to God's call if my prayer life doesn't exist? We are immersed in the life of this world.
02:27There is so much work, so many things we aspire to, that we are distracted from listening to the voice of
02:33Our Lord. God calls the person who allows themselves to be drawn to Him, who seeks and finds Him.
02:41Teacher. But let's take a closer look at chapter one, verses one through six of the book of
02:49Neemiah. The word says, this is the story of Neemiah, son of Achaliah, in the twentieth year of the reign
02:56of Artaxerxes, in the month of Kislev. I, Neemiah, was in the citadel of Susa when my brother arrived
03:05Hanani, with some men who had come from Judah. Then I asked them about Jerusalem and about the Jews who had
03:12escaped from exile. And they answered me, those who escaped from exile and remained in the province,
03:21They are in a very difficult and shameful situation. As for Jerusalem, the wall has been torn down.
03:30And the gates had been destroyed by fire. Upon hearing this news, I sat down and wept.
03:37And for some days I was very sad, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. And I said to Him,
03:47Lord, God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps your covenant and your faithfulness to those who
03:56They love you and keep your commandments. I beg you now to hear the prayer I offer you day and night.
04:05for the benefit of your servants, the Israelites. The Word of God. We will see what concrete action is taken.
04:12Neemiah does this upon receiving news from his people, when his brother tells him, "They live there in the..."
04:19province, amidst much poverty and humiliation. The wall of Jerusalem is on the ground and its
04:27Burned doors. Upon hearing these words, I sat down and began to cry. I went into mourning.
04:35For some days he waited and prayed before the God of heaven. We see Neemiah sensitive to these
04:45Facts. What is your first reaction? To pray, fast, and supplicate. In these verses
04:53We know the sensitive attitude a leader has when there is prayer. Neemiah's reaction.
05:00When he received news from his brother, he felt sadness, but his reaction was to intercede for him.
05:08The people of their ancestors prayed and fasted through their conversations with God. We know more
05:16In depth, we delve into the private life of this unique man. In this materialistic world and
05:23In this technologically advanced world, many people live in a constant state of agitation. There is a lot of noise.
05:30External factors that complicate moments of deep and effective prayer. This has existed in all ages.
05:37You, who have made the decision to be here taking a leadership course, perhaps you have
05:45You've asked yourself if you have a gift for leadership or if you're searching for answers to your current situation. Today you...
05:53I can say that all those brothers who are willing to be molded by God, to listen,
06:00to recognize their need, is the Christian whom God wants to call, form and send to be
06:07A change agent in this world so in need of love. Leaders who make things happen with
06:14Service to others. Prayer in the leader will be the fundamental basis for every plan, project,
06:23May our goals and objectives, in the name of Yahweh, bear fruit. We will now learn what that is.
06:32The result that Neemiah achieves by being in prayer and especially by taking action with the confidence that
06:38God had heard his prayer. The example we have in Neemiah, a prayerful leader, where
06:48It goes beyond what he has and the position he holds; he sees with pain and sadness the situation of his
06:56A people living in discouragement. But above all, a people who have spent years living in humiliation with the
07:03walls on the ground, walls that represent strength, unity and security for a people.
07:10But today in Jerusalem they live in discouragement, but above all in indifference. No one remembers the
07:18Years of greatness and above all, the great love that God has for his people. I invite you, brother, to
07:26Let's reflect on the situation Neemiah is facing. What is the situation like in your community, in your
07:33Church, in your city, in your country? How are the walls of respect, honesty, and...
07:41fraternity, solidarity with those who have less? Certainly, the reality is that everyone
07:49Live your life. We so impatiently pursue material things that we trample on our brothers and sisters. First
07:56Me, then me, and finally me. A true Christian leader cannot be insensitive to this
08:05situation. Or is it perhaps that we are in our comfort zone and say that it can't be done?
08:12Nothing? Wasn't this the same attitude the people of Jerusalem had when they saw the walls in
08:19The ground? Nothing can be done. They've already tried several times without success, and it's been decades and several
08:27Generations who have seen nothing but ruins their entire lives. The leader's prayer raises awareness and
08:35It strengthens the leader in a difficult situation. But before doing anything, the leader must
08:42to pray first to recognize our need for God in our lives. Paul will say in the letter
08:51to the Corinthians, because in weakness lies the strength of Christ Jesus. In the Gospel of Saint
08:58John, as we find in chapter 15, verse 5, tells us, "He who abides in me, and I in him,
09:06That one bears much fruit, but without me you can do nothing. Word of God. Without Christ we can do nothing.
09:17To achieve success, we must always recognize our weakness and our need for God.
09:23Praying on our knees before our Lord. God seeks ordinary people, but with devotion.
09:31and a heart willing to reach His presence, with sensitivity, with passion, in order to overcome
09:39Challenges. I received a message through social media, which I'd like to share. It goes like this:
09:47Jacob was a cheat. Peter had a temper. David was an adulterer. Jonah ran away from God. Paul was
09:57murderer. Miriam was a gossip. Marta worried about everything. Tomás doubted. Sara was impatient.
10:06Moses stuttered. Sacker was small. Abraham was old and Lazarus was dead.
10:12I ask you now, what is your excuse? God may or may not use you. God calls us to...
10:22qualified. He qualifies those who are called. I invite you to try to remember that moment
10:31where you had to turn to prayer out of a great need, where you felt overwhelmed,
10:38Overwhelmed, distressed, perhaps desperate. Do you remember what the outcome of that was?
10:44Prayer? God invites you to turn to Him at all times.