Shepherding is the bridge between Christ’s first coming and second coming, and we can participate in Christ’s wonderful shepherding by having the intimate concern of a ministering life, the intimate concern for the saints to shepherd them in love. Amen! May the Lord save us from discriminating among the saints, the new ones, or […]
We need to have the Intimate Concern of a Ministering Life in Shepherding the Saints
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Caring for others by being Filled with the Intimate Concern of the Ministering Life
Paul’s writing and expression toward the believers was tender and filled with the intimate concern of the ministering life; he didn’t just rebuke or exhort, but he wept, he exhorted with tears, and he was intimately concerned for the saints. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet; we could say that by nature he was […]
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Shepherd the Saints as a Nursing Mother and an Exhorting Father for the Church Life
The apostles were a pattern of the glad tidings that they spread, and Paul shepherded the saints as a nursing mother and an exhorting father, imparting to them not only the gospel but even his own soul and life; we need to shepherd the saints in a similar manner. In the Gospels and in other […]
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Having an Enlarged Heart to Embrace, Care for, and Minister Life to all the Saints
The first thing we should consider when we look at the person and heart of a leading one or a serving one in the church life is the matter of having an enlarged heart. We may be lacking in this or that, but in caring for the saints we need to pray to the Lord […]
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Being Enlarged in Our Heart to Have the Intimate Concern of the Ministering Life
All believers in Christ need to be the ministers of the new covenant – it is our privilege, our right, and our responsibility to not only enjoy the Lord but also minister Him as life to others for the building up of the church. We need to come up to God’s standard and become ministers […]
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