This morning I heard a staggering number - 15,000 - the number
of preachers each year who leave their ministries serving Jesus to
pursue their way of living by some other means. A little while later
I came across a Card/JMT video which I felt fit perfectly. So, with
a prayer for all pastors, Bible teachers, friends and family who desire
to live for others, love Jesus, and trust His Way for life in this ever-
darkening world we live, this poem is for you. WithLove, jeff & ev'
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"There is one faith, one hope... one God
and Father... given so freely to all." MC
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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads my beside the still waters.
He restores my soul....
SHEPHERD ME WITH LOVE
I'm fallen and lost,
I can't find my own way;
I'm broken and tossed,
Worry ruins every day!
I'm deaf and afraid,
I'm blind in my own truth;
My future has no root,
God I need You again!
I'm bloodied and bruised,
I don't enjoy my own life;
I am weak and abused,
Pain cuts like a knife!
God help me, Lord Jesus,
Are you still there in my heart?
Lord, shepherd me with love,
Carry me back to where you are!
JEFFREE!!
JUN2009
Pastoral Ministry: In Need of a Physician
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down
in green pastures; He leads my besidethe still waters. He restores
my soul....--Ps 23:1-3
Human nature being what it is, the man of God may soon adopt an
air of constant piety and try to appear what the public thinks he is.
The fixed smile and hollow tones of the professional cleric are too
well known to require further mention. All this show of godliness, by
the squeeze of circumstances and through no fault of the man himself,
may become a front behind which the man hides, a plaintive, secretly
discouraged and lonely soul. Here is no hypocrisy, no intentional
double living, no actual desire to deceive. The man has been mastered
by the circumstances. He has been made the keeper of other people's
vineyards but his own vineyard has not been kept. So many demands
have been made upon him that they have long ago exhausted his sup-
ply. He has been compelled to minister to others while he himself is in
desperate need of a physician.
God Tells The Man Who Cares - p.115 Tozer Devotional Readings
"Lord, I pray for pastors everywhere today who are indeed exhausted
and depleted. The task is so overwhelming and the demands so extreme.
Come today with a fresh breath of Your Spirit to refresh, renew, and
restore. Amen."
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ONE FAITH
Fully Rely On God
