Being Constituted with Christ to Live a Shepherding Life with an Enlarged Heart

 In order for us to shepherd according to God, we need to live a shepherding life, being constituted with Christ so that our heart may be enlarged, we would live an all-fitting life, and we would cherish and nourish the flock of God with the Father’s love and the Son’s seeking spirit. The Lord […]

Shepherd People according to the Pattern of the Lord Jesus to Carry out God’s Economy

 In order to make ourselves ready for the Lord’s coming, we need to participate in Christ’s heavenly ministry to feed His lambs and shepherd His sheep in order to take care of God’s flock, the church as the Body of Christ; we need to shepherd people according to the Lord’s pattern. May we be […]

We need more Real Spiritual Mothers in the Church Life to Care for the Saints in Love

Deborah was not only a judge of Israel but also a mother in Israel; this points to the need of the real mothers in the church life, mothers not merely by human birth but in the transferred and transformed life of God which we receive by regeneration. Amen! The Lord is looking to gain proper […]

Following the Lord’s Pattern to Shepherd People by Cherishing and Nourishing them

We can enter into a new revival by participating in Christ’s heavenly ministry to feed His lambs and shepherd them in order to take care of God’s flock; we are learning to shepherd people according to the pattern of the Lord Jesus in His ministry to carry out God’s economy. There are three main ways […]

The New Man is Perfected by our Growing in Life and being Perfected in our Function

In Eph. 4 we see the perfecting of the new man through the growth in life; just as a man needs to be perfected and grow through cherishing and nourishing, so the new man needs to be perfected to function in a normal way. We cannot have a part in the producing of the new […]

Shepherding is the Key, so we need to Learn to Shepherd others According to God

The Gospel of John, a gospel focusing on God in Christ coming to be our life and meet our every need for God’s purpose, shows us how Christ came to shepherd us by cherishing and nourishing us; shepherding is the key to the Gospel of John. The Lord Jesus came not as a mighty king […]

How Christ as the Son of Man Cherishes us and as the Son of God He Nourishes Us

As believers in Christ, we need to follow the pattern of the Lord Jesus who as the Son of Man cherishes us and as the Son of God nourishes us; we need to experience and present Christ as the attracting factor to minister life to people and gain them in a normal way. After we […]