Part x of Faith at WOrrkShepherds in the Marketplace

See the People
1.    In what way are we to ‘see the people’ in our part of the marketplace?

2.    What happens when we see the people as Jesus saw them?

3.    Why do the people need a shepherd?
Sheep Without A shepherd
1.    Who are the people in your world that need shepherds?

2.    Who are those in your flock?

3.    What can you do to shepherd the sheep you have been given?
A Shepherd’s Code of Practice
1.    What are the elements of a shepherd’s code of practice?

2.    What sort of things can distract the shepherd from the things he or she should be doing?

3.    What happens if we don’t do the things God requires of shepherds?
The Great Example
1.    What was the example Jesus gave us?

2.    Why is it important that the shepherd be drawn from the sheep?

3.    What is Jesus depending on you to do?
Sheep Know Their Shepherds
1.    How can the sheep know their shepherd’s voice?

2.    Who of us would leave 99 sheep to look for one that is missing? Why?

3.    What do you think of the statement ‘the shepherd leads the sheep, but the butcher drives them?’
The Sheep and the Fold
1.    What is the difference between the sheep and the fold?

2.    What are things that all of God’s folds have in common?

3.    How do you bring sheep into the fold?
Fleecing the Sheep
1.    How do shepherds fleece the sheep?

2.    How important are numbers?

3.    What are the new generation of shepherds that God is going to raise?