Session 3 - David Rosales

• We all go through tough times But it's what God shows us through the tough times that really matter


• Emphasize the (written) Word of God - it points infallibly to the (living) Word of God


• "I am eternally grateful to you."
  
  
  
  • That's what's in the balance
  
  
  
  


• "We're not in it for budgets & bodies."


• "My people can watch the news if they want that - what they need from the pulpit is the Word of God."


• I need to model the Word, not just teach it.
  
  
  
  • I must impart my life to the people
  
  
  • They can read my notes if it's just about Bible study disconnected from a life that reflects it
  
  
  
  


• Common question I'm going to hear: "Do you also want to go away?"


• Affliction & anguish bring that into my life
  
  
  
  • But they're an indispensible part of discipleship
  
  
  • A part of being conformed to Jesus' image
  
  
  • "the saw & chisel are cruel tools, but are needed to take crude stone & make it what it needs to be."
  
  
  
  


• Tozer - not a megachurch pastor, but very influential - pshaw with numbers.
  
  
  
  • It's more about living it
  
  
  
  


• Psalm 119:71


• Spurgeon: "if we would be scholars, we must be sufferers. God's word is best read by wet eyes."


• "To whom shall I go? You only have the words of life"


• Afflictions purify
  
  
  
  • They help me center on the eternal
  
  
  • They can authenticate my ministry
    
    
    
    • I'm obviously not in it for the money & fame! :mrgreen:
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• What have I done to prepare the church for my eventual removal?
  
  
  
  • I must prepare Elishas, Joshuas, & Timothys
  
  
  
  


• Regular discipleship is critical
  
  
  
  • Dave takes his men with him on ministry visits & trips
  
  
  
  


• Paul discipled Timothy
  
  
  
  • Build the ministry on the foundation that God has given
  
  
  
  


• I don't want somebody who wants to just teach...I want somebody who loves the sheep


• Shepherds love the sheep - not use or abuse them