"The church will use the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity."
"A shepherd guards and protects the sheep, period."
"Dear Pastor, stop being afraid of your congregation. You're not there to be their friends; you are there to be their shepherd."
"People are dying physically dying because pastors aren't willing to Proclaim there's freedom and deliverance for you."
"God bless you all I have to go get pastor and pick him up so we love love you guys and god bless you all."
"If you're saving a lone sheep, they're not gonna be in your building. It's gonna be your job to actually find them and make a difference."
"The pastor has become this unapproachable figure for those who are really in need of counsel and guidance leaders have become more concerned about the number of Instagram followers and Facebook likes than proclaiming the word of god."
"There's a difference between a pastor and a coach. A pastor is there to nurture you, but not really there to help evolve you."
"There is a strong pastoral genocide in America."
"It's impossible for a shepherd to not care for his flock."
"David: From shepherd to leader, caring for his flock."
"God gives us pastors not to control us, but to guide us."
"Some pastors probably don't think their people can handle it."
"How can a pastor smell like the Sheep when he's locked the Sheep out of the fold?"
"One of my roles as your pastor is not just to teach you new truth but to remind you of stuff you already know."
"The truth is, we love you, we care about you, we want you to know the love of God."
"There's some pressure coming, folks. Some pressure. And you know, Pastor, I was just yesterday and this morning, I constantly think about the Lord putting in pastors' real pastors' hearts these messages of preparation."
"I wouldn't be a pastor if I didn't love you."
"Christ is our Shepherd, and we have a Shepherd who's always trying to bring us back."
"He's accompanying those other people in the church."
"Compassion is the key to longevity in the healing ministry."
"As pastors, most of the time, we spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to say a thing. God, help me to articulate this thing so people can understand it and live it out."
"The Latin Mass provided refuge, community, and unprecedented pastoral care."
"One day Jesus the chief Shepherd is gonna call the roll."
"I do think we should start to think about how we set up a sort of pastoral care, communal care towards allowing people the opportunity to grieve."
"Christ is the Good Shepherd, we're the Sheep, he has a plan to protect us from the wolves."
"That's why those those early stages of trying to determine exactly why the person in front of me has drifted from the church is so important."
"Jesus, the good shepherd, lays down his life for the sheep."
"Pastors and priests never truly have time off because they're always responsible for their congregation. Let your clergy know how much you appreciate them."
"How can you be a pastor and stand for the weak and the vulnerable and then think that it is okay to kill the most vulnerable of all an unborn baby right up until the time of birth?"
"To be a good pastor, you have to think of everyone as your grandchild."
"Now is the time to help pastors rebuild their communities."
"The most pastoral person in the world was beaten and crucified so tell me how I'm supposed to be pastoral if I am not following what our Lord Jesus did, right?"
"The church has... I love the way you gave that prescription. I want to listen to this video again. I can hear you say it a few more times."
"The devil is working overtime, yet your pastors hide."
"Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd. He loves you, He has a plan for you, He wants you to get to heaven."
"Thank you for keeping us in your care during this COVID question." - Megan Schrader
"These words I am the good shepherd. I lay down my life for the sheep."
"Your job is not to hold together the kingdom, that is not your job. Your job is not even to make the kingdom grow."
"Because I do care as it pastor I will open the Word of God and as Paul the Apostle once said to the early church they said I will not refrain from preaching to you the whole counsel of God."
"God says I'm about to give you the pastor's crown."
"It's compassion, Pastor. Very much so, it's compassion."
"To simply lash out in anger at people for going through this experience, that's about the least helpful pastoral response I can think of."
"We all have these experiences as well of being truly pastored."
"The pastor is the one that talks about your life, helps you with your sex life, your marriage, your mind, helps you find the people that can help you. They have that grace that can endure anything."
"We need Shepherds who are near, who know us, who can encourage us specifically, who can be there on that hospital visit or when you get that call you weren't expecting."
"One of the things you deal with as a pastor a lot is the problem with people who lack assurance of salvation."
"The average pastor doesn’t want his members to grow spiritually."
"I am one with you, and I am also praying for you. What good is a pastor that doesn't pray for his flock, especially when he has to deal with material such as is about to follow?"
"Pastors' responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and to build up the church."
"The objective of any pastor, any teacher in the kingdom of God, is the sanctification of the people in his care."
"I pray God gives you hope and I pray it wakes you up to the possibility of, I may need to deal with some, I may need to get some pastoral care in this area, and I may need to be free or I may."
"Giving people permission to talk about painful things is one of the most important roles for pastoral leadership."
"People die, and that's the time when the church has a specific set of rules, guidelines, recommendations, and continuing pastoral care that continues to pray for the soul of that person of the departed and also the dignified care of their remains."
"Every time I get those letters personally, I'm thanked for them more than anything else I do as a pastor."
"Tell your congregation that you love them and that you are glad to be their pastor."
"For me as a pastor, it just goes to emphasize to me that the bigger frame tends to be the grace of God."
"Virtual members have access to pastoral care, to personal prayers, and also receive invitations to exclusive web events."
"I think the pastoral heart of it is important because of the real-life struggles of not just those who are same-sex attracted or identified as gay, but also people who are prolongedly single and don't wish to be."
"My dad canceled his life, changed everything, and became a pastor for two years so that we could be together."
"He's becoming her shepherd, and a shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
"I am a volunteer at our church and I do not have a salary, I am a senior pastor because I love God and I love people and that's about it."
"For us, it's encouragement from other pastors and churches nearby."
"He was considered to be a dynamic priest who took the time to get to know his parishioners and become involved in their daily lives."
"From classical times through many centuries of Christianity, man and nature were considered to be in the reliable pastoral care of God."
"I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God."
"As you know, we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children."
"You don't need me to tell you how blessed you are to have a pastor like Galen Clark, faithful man of God."
"We need people who are both trustworthy academic scholars who have the hearts of pastors who love their people enough to tell them the truth."
"The pastoral care of the church has the task of leading people to God in the way of Christ, the Good Shepherd."
"The mental health of the pastor is so critical."
"For Pastor Haines loving us so much that he didn't bring us entertainment, he brought us empowerment."
"We are all under shepherds, but Jesus is the greatest Shepherd, the Good Shepherd."
"He never made you feel small or hurried, took his time as he go through and speak to each one."
"I will set up Shepherds over them which will feed them."
"A pastor's chief job is not to get something done but to pay attention to what's going on."
"You could always count on Pastor C; if you have anything on your mind, he's so supportive."
"We exalt as prophets, mediate as priests, pastor as shepherds, and bring godly wisdom to those in need."
"Faith and good works were to be inseparable; the diligence of every believer in good works was to be a main emphasis of a pastor's work."
"We must affirm the role of women in pastoral care."
"As far as God is concerned, this is a very personal Ministry focused on every individual lamb."
"Pastoral care in church certainly keeps you grounded; it keeps the main thing the main thing."
"The Gospel of Mark is written by a real pastor of a real parish and it is written with a goal in mind to encourage his people to keep on believing in Jesus Christ and not be afraid."
"He will feed his flock like a shepherd; He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart."
"You need to care about people; that's what a pastor's heart is."
"God said, 'I'll give you pastors after my own heart.'"
"No pastor that is called of God does it for the money; they do it because they are called by God and they love God's people."
"Responsibility is to care for the entire flock of God."
"The shepherd will tend his sheep, the valley will bloom again, and Jimmy will go to sleep in his own little room again."
"The reality is that as a pastor, I have to help ordinary people to live faithfully in this fallen world and then to prepare for death."
"I am the Good Shepherd who finds the lost sheep."
"The shepherd is always among his sheep; he knows his sheep, and his sheep know him."
"That you care for God's flock with all the diligence of a shepherd, not because you have to, but because you want to please God."
"Every shepherd has to be ready for the wolf; anywhere you have sheep, you will have wolves."
"There's clear progress in all areas highlighted at your last full inspection, and the pastoral care is really good."
"Every church had Elders, not an elder, not a pastor, not a minister, but Elders in every Church."
"You've got to be tenderhearted towards them, you love them, you are willing to put your life on the line to protect those sheep."
"The pastor creates an environment that is conducive for the growth, health, and development of the sheep."
"It is the greatest joy, I can't explain what it does to me as a pastor to get to pray for the sheep and to bless them."
"What is an elder? He is a shepherd, a shepherd serving in the sheepfold of the Good Shepherd."
"May he be a shepherd to your holy flock and the high priest blameless in your sight."
"May this practical, pastoral, theological, accessible, and delightful book help and bless many."
"Let's stop making pastors celebrities."
"I am like the shepherd who loves each member of the flock, guiding, caring, and providing."
"Pope Francis encourages the church's pastors to listen to them with sensitivity and serenity, with a sincere desire to understand their plight and their point of view."
"We've got to help pastors... to get time away, time alone, time to renew their own love for Jesus."
"It's wonderful our pastor to have that sensitivity and want that to happen today."