Practicing Christian Leadership, Mentor's Guide, MG11

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C. Ensure personal feeding and proper nutrition: the importance of provisions

1. The heart of Christian leadership is tending and feeding the sheep of the Lord, John 21.15-17.

2. Feed individual babies; don’t use a waterhose approach to feeding! 1 Thess. 2.7-8.

3. Pay careful attention to the flock in every particular, Acts 20.28.

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D. Provide personal care and 24/7 protection against harm: the importance of care

1. Your role is to watch over the souls of those whom God has given to you , Heb. 13.17.

2. Providing oversight and offering nourishment are the two dimensions of shepherding we must attend, 1 Pet. 5.2-3.

E. Give ongoing instruction and good discipline: the importance of nurture

1. Your role is to labor in theWord of God in teaching and preaching , 1 Tim. 5.17.

2. Put the believers in remembrance of our hope in Christ, 1 Tim. 4.6.