Good Shepherding Promotes Resilience for Missionaries & Their Families

Brian AhoDeveloping & Shepherding International

Stewardship of the Laborer

Incarnational Presence

Staying Power:

Resilience

What are We Stewarding?

• The Message

• The Messenger

Psalm 23

The Lord, as Our Shepherd

Shepherding Implications

ResilienceWebster’s Dictionary:

the capacity of a strained body to

recover its size and shape after

deformation caused by compressive stress

Stresses & Strains

Singles

Young Couples

Families

Veterans

Returnees

Windows of OpportunitySingles

Young Couples

Families

Veterans

Returnees

Lessons from a Sheep Farm

Eleanor & Gordon

Leads

Protects

Feeds

Cares

Tends the Young

Disciplines

Prevents Overgrazing

Duties of a Shepherd

Leads

Protects

Feeds

Cares

Tends

Disciplines

Prevents

Going After the Sheep, Especially in Times of Great Need

A Shepherd’s Heart vs. A Position or A Program

Not a Hired Hand:

You Can’t Pay Someone to Have a

Shepherd’s Heart

Consistent & Ongoing Commitment

Misconceptions

Resilience is Cultivated

Remember:Sheep Multiply

Take Care of the Lambs

Feed My Sheep

Mark 12:28-31 NIV

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Principle of Over Flow

Charge:

• Imitate God• Imitate a Shepherd• Look like a Shepherd• Think like a Shepherd• Have a Shepherd’s Heart