Practicing Christian Leadership, Mentor's Guide, MG11

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c. Gal. 6.2

d. Heb. 13.3

e. 1 Pet. 3.8

3. Minister to the real needs of the hurting in their situation, covering those “details” that their stress and fatigue may cause them to ignore or overlook.

a. Matt. 25.36

b. 2 Tim. 1.16-18

c. Phil. 4.14-19

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d. Heb. 13.2-3

e. Col. 4.18

C. Shepherds care for the specific needs of their flock: the importance of empathy .

1. Our greatest challenge in pastoral care is empathy, feeling with them the very pain that they are going through, and bearing themwith them.