Personal Problems
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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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As shepherds we have been called to address all sorts of problems. Like the shepherds of Israel in Ezekiel 34 we have been called deal with the problems in God’s flock. We must deal with God’s sheep, as imperfect and problematic as they are. Sometimes we must strengthen the weak, at other times we heal