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ONE FAITH

This morning I heard a staggering number – 150,000 – the number of

preachers each year who leave their ministries serving Jesus to pursue

their way of living by some other means. Later I came across a Michael

Card / JMT video on Truveo I thought fit perfectly. So, with a prayer for

all pastors, Bible teachers, friends and family who desire to live for others,

love Jesus, and trust His Way for life in this ever-darkening world we live,

this poem is for you. “There is one faith, one hope… one God and

Father… given so freely to all.” FullyRelyOnGod, Jeff & Evelyn

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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

He leads my beside the still waters.

He restores my soul….

SHEPHERD ME WITH LOVE

I’m fallen and lost,

I can’t find my own way;

I’m broken and tossed,

Worry ruins every day!

I’m deaf and afraid,

I’m blind in my own truth;

God I need You again,

My future has no root!

I’m bloodied and bruised,

I don’t enjoy my own life;

I am weak and abused,

Pain cuts like a knife!

God help me, Lord Jesus,

Are You still there in my heart?

Lord, shepherd me with love,

Carry me back to where you are!

JEFFREE!

JUNE2009

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Subject: Tozer Devotional Readings

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Pastoral Ministry: In Need of a Physician

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes

me to lie down in green pastures; He leads my beside

the still waters. He restores my soul….–Psalm 23:1-3

Human nature being what it is, the man of God may

soon adopt an air of constant piety and try to appear

what the public thinks he is. The fixed smile and

hollow tones of the professional cleric are too well

known to require further mention.

All this show of godliness, by the squeeze of circum-

stances and through no fault of the man himself, may

become a front behind which the man hides, a plain-

tive, secretly discouraged and lonely soul. Here is no

hypocrisy, no intentional double living, no actual

desire to deceive. The man has been mastered by the

circumstances. He has been made the keeper of

other people’s vineyards but his own vineyard has not

been kept. So many demands have been made upon

him that they have long ago exhausted his supply. He

has been compelled to minister to others while he

himself is in desperate need of a physician.

God Tell The Man Who Cares – p.115

“Lord, I pray for pastors everywhere today who are indeed exhausted and

depleted. The task is so overwhelming and the demands so extreme. Come

today with a fresh breath of Your Spirit to refresh, renew, and restore. Amen.”

This morning I heard a staggering number – 150,000 – the
number of preachers each year who leave their ministries
serving Jesus to pursue their way of living by some other
means. Later I came across a Michael Card / JMT video
on Truveo I thought fit perfectly. So, with a prayer for
all pastors, Bible teachers, friends and family who desire
to live for others, love Jesus, and trust His Way for life
in this ever-darkening world we live, this poem is for
you. “There is one faith, one hope… one God and
Father… given so freely to all.” FullyRelyOnGod
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