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Aug 23, 2020

Living Shepherd (Click Here For Resources)

Passage: 1 Peter 5:1-7

Speaker: Brian Land

Series: 1 Peter

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: humility, leadership, shepherd

We are the sheep of the Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd, who has come to us willingly, eagerly and with gracious power to relationally lead us, even carry us, into the goodness of his pasture. The primary tool he uses for this is The Church, the community and collection of God’s people, over whom he has set up elders, the sub-shepherds who are called to sacrificially serve the flock as the chief repenters and submissive guardians of the Lord’s family.

8.23.20 GBV Livestream from Grace Brevard on Vimeo.

ORDER of Worship

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 100:1-5

MUSIC: 

READING  /  PRAYER: Psalm 23:1-6

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

MESSAGE TITLE:  Living Shepherd
CENTRAL TEXT: 1 Peter 5:1-7

1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. 5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION: Isaiah 53:6-7

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: 1 John 1:9

BENEDICTION: Revelation 7:16-17

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURES:

  • Psalm 95:6-7a
  • Ezekiel 34:12
  • Matthew 9:36
  • Matthew 18:12-13
  • Matthew 26:31-34
  • John 10:11
  • John 21:16
  • Hebrews 13:20-21
  • 1 Peter 2:25

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