IT WAS ONCE SAID THAT, 'If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up somewhere else But it didn’t.Ī dream will provide you with a reason to go, a path to follow, and a target to hit. AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE DREAMERS vision of the future. WE KNOW ALL OF THE TROUBLES JOSEPH ENCOUNTERED. Joseph was almost killed for the dream by them.īUT Joseph did not lose sight of the dream despite the difficulties, remaining faithful to God and the dream. Joseph felt the jealousy of others, in this case, his own brothers. SO MY TASK TODAY IS TO GIVE HONOR TO GOD AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE Pastor_ FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVANT/LEADERSHIP IN RESPONSE TO HIS CALLING.ĪND IN HIS honor I wish to lift up several images of servant/leadership of God in which to acknowledge their marks of character that a Pastor possess.įirstly this afternoon I want to talk in Genesis 37 we read of a dreamer by the name of Joseph.īEING A visionary IS NOT ALWAYS an easy time. THIS IS WHY WE THANK GOD WHO IS THE GIVER, HONOR THE GIVER, NOT THE GIFT.

LIKE A CAESAR, NAPOLEON, ALEXANDER THE GREAT IT IS ALL OF GOD.īUT IF CERTAIN PERSONS APPEAR TO BE RUTHLESS, IT IS BECAUSE THEY TOOK SOMETHING DIVINELY GIVEN, AND USED IT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSE. IT IS ALL GODS WORK, IF THERE IS GIFT AT BIRTH IT IS OF GOD, IT IS NOT NATURALLY A GIFT THAT YOU CAN CLAIM. THEN CALLS TO THE ORDAINED MINISTRY, THEN TO OFFICE OF BISHOP, APOSTLE PROPHET, BUT KNOW THIS, IT IS GOD WHO DOES THE CALLING. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FIRST CALLING AND SECOND CALLING.

MANY CLAIM TO BE CALLED BUT FEW ARE COMMISSIONED/CHOSEN. They are made through God’s INDWELLING POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST. They are made through God’s CALLING AND COMMISSIONING. īut I affirm that leaders are made not born - they are made through God’s teachings. True, IT MAY APPEAR THAT some are born with leadership ability CAESAR, NAPOLEON, ALEXANDER THE GREAT. NEXT, I WANT TO CLARIFY A COMMON PHRASE THESE DAYS THAT I OFTEN HEAR THESES DAYS that most say that leaders are born not made. Throughout history, whenever God has needed someone to initiate, organize, and carry out an important project, He has called upon Servant/ leaders. When he needed a statesman-prophet, He used a Servant/leader named Isaiah.Īnd when He needed a fearless church planter, He used a Servant/leader named Paul. When He wanted to build a temple, He used a Servant/leader Solomon. When He wanted His people to experience a golden era, He used a Servant/leader named David. When he needed Jerusalem’s wall rebuilt, He used a Servant/leader named Nehemiah. When God wanted His people delivered from an oppressive pharaoh, He used a Servant/leader named Moses.

This office is established by God WITH the business of the church to fulfill the Great Commission THROUGH PASTOR/SHEPHERD servant leadership. NEXT we ALSO affirm that the role of the Pastor/shepherd is ordained not by man but by God. THE SHEPHERD CAN ONLY LEAD IF THE SHEEP FOLLOW. Must follow the shepherd Must eat what the shepherd feeds Must heed the warnings of the shepherd. SOME 'MUSTS' for sheep Must know the voice of the shepherd. SCRIPTURE DEFINES THE DUTIES OF THE shepherd/PASTOR Feed the flock Strengthen the diseased Heal the sick Bind up the broken Bring back those who were driven away AND Seek for the lostĪND SCRIPTURE IDENTIFIES THE ROLE OF THE SHEEP UNDER THE CARE OF THE SHEPHERD/PASTOR. Throughout the Bible, God’s people are referred to as 'sheep' ( Psalm 79:13, 100:3) and sheep have need of a shepherd to both feed and tend to their needs.īoth the Hebrew and Greek, translation OF 'shepherd,' CAN also BE translated 'pastors.'ĪND SCRIPTURE SAYS pastors or shepherds were given to the Church as a gift. There has been much teaching on the role of the pastor and his relationship to those God has placed in the local CHURCH under his authority. WE PRAY THAT IT WILL CHALLENGE THOSE WHO ARE COMFORTABLEĪND COMFORT ALL THOSE WHO ARE BEING CHALLENGED THIS DAY. MAY THE WORDS OF GOD AND HIS MESSAGES SPOKEN THIS HOUR BE BOTH A WORD OF COMFORT AND CHALLENGE ANNIVERSARY Sermon for Pastor_ April 2001.

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