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4.2 – Equipping and Training for Mission
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Shepherding with integrity of heart means that we are shepherding people for the purpose of building God’s kingdom. The mission is not for our own glory – it is not our ministry but His ministry. Everything we do should be pointing to God and not ourselves. We will be skilled when we rely on the Bible to continually develop ourselves, our hearts, and our relationship with God.
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Integrity of heart highlights to me that it is God’s ministry. The ministry I find myself in is not built by man’s doing but by the grace of God. The Bible must be our foundation for building our skills through His Word.
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In Psalm 78:72 "David shepherded them with integrity of heart and with skilful hands he led them". This verse lists two competencies that King David used to lead Israel
- Shepherding with Integrity of Heart
- Leading with Skilled Hands
That's a powerful verse. As leaders Gods promise to his children, we are the head and not the tail. For me, as Christian leaders, we need to lead the right way. If a leader had a high integrity in heart, know who he is in God, have skilled or talent given by God, used it for Gods glory.
We need to have confidence in our self. Same thing if you go to the war, you need to be fitted to fight or do the work. You play sport, you need to be fitted for competition. We are Gods soldier ready to win the fight against our enemies.
I believe on equipping and training so we can stand in our ground. Standing on Gods promises.
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We need to study to show ourselves approved.. we need to know scripture and not lead people astray, but we also need to disciple, exhort, correct and direct in love, and then of course we need to have ‘God’ motives. The second the platform becomes about us, a following, money or anything other than Jesus and pointing everyone to Him, there is a problem.
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