We need to shepherd people according to the pattern of the Lord Jesus in His ministry for the carrying out of God’s eternal economy. The Lord Jesus came to seek and save that which is lost, and He did so by shepherding us. The New Testament shows us the saving love and tender care of […]
Having the Lord’s Loving and Forgiving Heart and His Seeking and Shepherding Spirit
In learning to shepherd people according to God, we need to learn from the pattern of the Lord Jesus in His ministry, having the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and being filled with His seeking and shepherding spirit in caring for others. The Lord Jesus set up a pattern of how to shepherd the sheep, […]
Taking the Shepherding Way and Humbling Ourselves to Serve the Saints and Visit them
We all need to learn to take the shepherding way to preach the gospel and revive the church, being willing to be the slaves of the saints by being one with the Lord who is the Shepherd in our spirit. Our Lord Jesus is the great Shepherd. He came as the good Shepherd to lay […]
Shepherd the Flock of God according to God for the Building up of the Body of Christ
The apostle Peter was so impressed with the Lord’s commission that he would shepherd His sheep that he told us we have returned to the Shepherd of our souls, and he charged the elders to shepherd the flock of God among them according to God. In John 21, which is seemingly an appendix to the […]
Christ Commissioned us to Shepherd His Sheep in Cooperation with His Heavenly Ministry
This week in our morning revival we come to the matter of The Apostolic Ministry in Cooperation with Christ’s Heavenly Ministry, and today in particular we want to see how the Lord commissioned Peter to shepherd His sheep. The Lord is speaking to us today, and His speaking is His shepherding; on the one hand […]
Having a Purified Heart and a Renewed Spirit for the Lord to have a Way among us
The Lord’s recovery depends upon our renewed and purified heart and on our renewed and strengthened spirit, for when our heart is fully possessed by Christ and our spirit is thoroughly saturated with the Spirit, God will have a way, and the recovery will be prevailing. We need to seek to be in spirit all […]
We need to be Pure in Heart and Poor in Spirit in Serving the Lord in the Church Life
In the church life today we need to be pure in heart and poor in spirit, and we need the be strengthened into our spirit so that Christ may make His home in our heart. Our heart needs to be pure and single for the Lord, seeking Him in purity, and our spirit needs to […]