Ready to Rescue Day 5

1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings ofChrist, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

We want our pastors and elders to have a clear sense of direction and purpose. Ask the Lord to guide and protect them and give them wisdom as they shepherd this church.

"If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great. God did not create you for this."
- John Piper, A Hunger for God: Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer