Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1–4 · Mark 10:42
The call to shepherd God’s people is not a career choice, a title bestowed by a committee, or an administrative appointment. It is a divine trust, issued from heaven itself, and only ever recognised, never created, by the church that receives it.
Memory verse: “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them, not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.”
1 Peter 5:2–3 (NIV)
