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This Week's Devotion
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" Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care….. "
(1 Peter 5:2)
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LEADING BY EXAMPLE
FAST FACTS – HOW OPPRESSION WORKS!
Everyone who supports euthanasia (act of killing or assisting a person to die) is alive. Everyone who supported slavery was free. Everyone who supports abortion was born. That's how oppression works.
LEADING BY EXAMPLE (DEVOTION)
Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers----not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock" (1 Peter 5:2-3, NIV).
General Eisenhower would demonstrate the art of leadership with a piece of string. He'd put it on a table and say: "PULL it and it will follow wherever you wish. PUSH it and it will go nowhere at all. It's
just that way when it comes to leading people. They need to follow a person who is leading by example."
People who lord it over others are control freaks. They are insecure people who only feel secure when they are controlling others--or think they are. And whether they are seeking to lead a church, a class, a
team, their family, or just one other person, they are not being effective leaders but pushers. Secure people will want to avoid this type of person. The only way to be an effective leader is to be a "puller." That is, to lead by example.
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please help me to be a true follower of Jesus and to lead others to you by example; that is, by modeling the person you want me to be, so that others seeing my life will also want to be a follower of Jesus. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name. Amen."
WORDS OF ADVICE
Words that soak into your ears are whispered ... not yelled.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
Meanness doesn't happen overnight.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every morning.
Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.
If you get to thinking you're a person of influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.
Live simply--Love generously. Care deeply--Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (Matthew 9 : 36)
… Jesus said “Feed my sheep”. (John 21:17)
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