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d. Eph. 4.30

4. We are to provide the appropriate input based on a spiritual discernment of the situation, 1 Thess. 5.14.

E. Shepherds care for their flock with wisdom and discernment: the importance of obedient discernment .

1. God has promised wisdom to those who seek his mind, to those who ask it from him, James 1.5.

2. We must provide assurance that nothing can separate us from the love of God, Rom. 8.35-37.

3. We may not understand all of God’s ways in the midst of a situation, but we know God himself, and know him to be good and righteous in all he does.

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4. In some way beyond our understanding, we suffer with Christ in order that we might be glorified with him.

a. Rom. 8.17-18

b. Matt. 16.24

c. John 12.25-26