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So when we begin a shepherding call we want to… Assess the Presenting Problem. To do this we must listen carefully to the person. Let’s read James 1:18 We also must ask good questions, seeking to become involved in the gritty details of this person’s life so that we might understand them.[2] (Proverbs 18:2 & 13).
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Originally Proclaimed: 05/17/20 Intro: From Disney’s Be Our Chef to Food Network’s Chopped to Fox’s most explosive one of all, Hell’s Kitchen, cooking shows represent much of the competition on television today. Now as we consider that trend, think for just a moment of the way that most of us learned to cook. Under the watchful eye of my Mama,
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As a brief review, we have been examining the framework given to us in Jeremiah 17:5-13 for analyzing problems biblically. Ever problem has a root issue residing in the person’s posture towards God. We also discovered that the root issue will produce good fruit or bad fruit in that person’s life that is easily visible.
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Originally Proclaimed: 05/10/20 Intro: One of the longest running gameshows, Family Feud pits two ordinary families against one another as they try to guess the top results of a survey question. While the answers to the survey questions may be interesting, it is the way these families interact with the host, their family members, and
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From the prior section, we agreed that Jeremiah 17 teaches us that every problem has a root issue in the heart or inward posture of a person towards God. Thus every problem at its core is a spiritual problem. Further, for shepherds, the goal must always be treating the root problem, not symptoms that a
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Originally Proclaimed 05/02/20 Intro: Today we have an entire genre of tv shows that began with the original Survivor series. A pre-selected group of people must out last one another until finally one is crowned as victor. Caroline and I like The Biggest Loser above many of the others, because of the practical advice it offers
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Before we can help people with their problems, we must understand their problematic situations. To do this, it is helpful for us to consider how we can analyze their problems and situations biblically. Jeremiah 17:5-13 gives us a good guide to begin understanding the differing dimensions of a problem situation. Before we begin to examine
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