Pleasureville SermonCast

Know when to Retreat


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Sermon Notes
(13-15) Servants in God’s ministry of care are those who can consider and anticipate potential harm. This is a major function for these servants: to care enough about raising disciples by raising the alarm as appropriate.
(16-18) When offering support for another’s transformation, the role of the servant has only just begun. The untransformed, those who are peers of the one receiving care, may perceive such a transformation as bad and may challenge the change.   
(19-20) A servant in caring ministries serve as a kind of channel between God’s grace and people. This also means that a person’s transformation toward accepting the role of a disciple is quite dependent upon your modeling of consistent obedience to God.
(21-23) The servants of a caring ministry can retreat once their care recipients have become peers in discernment and can take faithful steps on their own.
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Pleasureville SermonCastBy Pastor Ross