Shift 6 - Sheep to Shepherd

Shift 6 - Sheep to Shepherd

Part of SoulShift Church-Wide Campaign 2022—The Measure of a Life Transformed

March 31, 2022

SouShift -Shift 6 - Sheep to Shepherd
May 22, 2022

The disciples followed Jesus simply because He passed by them one day and said,

. When we move from

to

, we begin to take on the resposnbility of someone else’s

life.

FOLLOW ME

Mark 1:15-20 Jesus called the disciples to be

.

From the very beginning, Jesus was not looking for followers or attracting a crowd. He was on a

. Implicit in the call to follow is a call to

.

Jesus moved from town to town doing the same three things:

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the gospel
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Diseases
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the oppressed from evil.

Mark 6:30-44 Jesus saw the crowd gathering and had

on them, because they were like

without a

Jesus conferred upon the disciples the

and

of a shepherd, “You give them something to eat” (vs. 37)

The implication is clear:
Jesus did not come simply to

us, but also to

us.
Jesus is recruiting us to be more than

. He is recruiting us to become

.

LEADERS VERSUS SHEPHERDS

Shepherds have

toward their sheep. They are not

because they know their limitations. They can

with those under their care.

Shepherds

their sheep by name. They spend

with their sheep. Leaders don’t lead with

as much as with

.

Shepherds are

. They lay down their lives. When something isn’t working, they try again. Leaders are attracted to an

. They are frequently worried about

,

, and

.

Jesus is looking for

to become

.

MOVE FROM SHEEP TO SHEPHERD

Preach the gospel - not with

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but with stories of our own lives.
Heal the sick - not always by some

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sign, but by touching them in ways that

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them and help them to

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with their

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; and
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people from their evil not always by exorcising some demon but by helping them

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from things that are

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them.

Start where you are.