Spiritual Problems
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All Problems Are Spiritual Problems We cannot forget that the reason that we have problems at all comes from the spiritual warfare that first occurred in the Garden of Eden. Whether by suffering or enticement, each one of us must war against sinful desires. As James 1:14-15 tells us temptation, leads to desire. Desire conceives
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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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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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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
Let the Shepherd Lead 