Christ takes care of the churches in His divinity with His divine love to nourish the churches, for He walks among the churches to know their condition and speaks to them as the Spirit to trim and fill the lampstands; Christ nourishes the churches in His divinity and cherishes them in His humanity to help […]
Shepherding is taking All-inclusive Tender Care of Others by Cherishing & Nourishing
December 8, 2025 by 9 Comments
In the epistles of Peter we see the matter of shepherding according to God; shepherding is to take all-inclusive tender care of the flock, taking care of all the needs of the sheep, and shepherding includes cherishing and nourishing, being like a nursing mother and an exhorting father. Amen, Lord, may we open to Your […]
The Vision of the Glorious Christ Walking Among the Churches as the High Priest
September 7, 2023 by 11 Comments
For the genuine church life, we need to see a vision of the glorious Christ as the Son of Man walking in the midst of the local churches as the High Priest to cherish them and nourish them. What a wonderful, glorious, and amazing Christ we have! He is not only our God, our […]
Ministering Life by Shepherding others according to God (Cherishing and Nourishing)
September 3, 2022 by 12 Comments
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To live by faith, following in the steps of Abraham’s faith, we need to fight for the brother by interceding for them and ministering life to them; we minister life to others by shepherding others according to God, by cherishing and nourishing them. We need to realize that we are sons of Abraham, his […]
We need to Shepherd People according to the Pattern of the Lord Jesus for the Church
July 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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
July 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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, […]
The New Man needs to be Perfected through Cherishing and Nourishing for Growth in Life
May 23, 2018 by 6 Comments
The one new man created by Christ on the cross is complete organically, but this new man needs to be perfected through the growth in life so that it may become a full-grown man expressing God. Our growth in the divine life is for the perfecting of the one new man. We need to grow […]
