Comments on: One Flock, One Shepherd

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:35:06 +0000

Thanks again to the Lord Jesus for giving you these words Chip – I was in prayer and God’s Word this morning – when God gave me great revelation of the very same thing you just wrote in here.. Isn’t God grand? I really do pray for each and everyone of you who under go persecution or stares or smirks for being (out) of man’s ways… God will hand over justice to those who abuse His sheep – God Bless

By: mary

mary — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:28:29 +0000

I’m not really sure why I’m writing.
One of the reasons is how I have been feeling. I know I have life, but sometimes it feels so lonely.
I thought that was a good question you asked Cathy and I myself would be interested in knowing what she feels.
Even when I was going to church I was very lonely. I’m haveing a hard time determining the difference between lonliness and depression for myself. There have been alot of changes in my life and alot of my old relationships do not fit into my lifestyle anymore.
While I was reading this article, I felt the Lord telling me that my family is first. Bringing them into a relationship with Jesus.
The Lord gave me an opportunity a few years back to Minister to a long lost relative and her family. Her life has changed so much and I want more of the same for other members.
I’m not sure how to use the time I have now, but I am sure of one thing, when the time is right, he will return me to take part in the undersheparding.
I look more forward to that more than entering into another Church.
Thanks for listening and please pray for me. There is a situation, but it’s hard to imagine that God would use me in it. I guess my own self thinking that God could possibly use me as an undershepard to change things.

By: Roger Souden

Roger Souden — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:28:28 +0000

Hi Chip – My wife and I were sharing this morning where God is leading us currently as individuals and as a couple. She made a comment that at the moment it is as though Jesus is standing before her, beckoning, and she is following.
What came to me as her words were highlighted in my mind was a picture of sheep in a pen being beckoned out of the open gate by the shepherd, not driven out, but encouraged to leave.

We live in New Zealand, a land of some 4 million people and 50 million sheep – farmers here use dogs to drive large flocks of sheep around. We used to have a 10acre block with a few sheep, cattle and pigs. Once the sheep, or cattle, got to know my voice I could open a gate and call them into fresh pasture, they came – I didnt need to drive them – they knew my voice.

As in the natural, so in the Spiritual..?

Now, God called us out of the structural/denominational church system some 20 years ago, and we are still shedding baggage from that system. Currently we are being taken through an acceptance that the ’second coming’ of Jesus Christ as King of Kings and Lord of Lords (when we, if still alive, will be translated into spiritual beings) is not an end of our ‘life’ but a beginning of the restoration of Gods creation. He is returning to save His ‘world’, His creation, not just some of the people in it. Hallelujah.

Is God currently gathering His sheep, calling them out into fresh pastures..?
Are they being prepared to live a life of total faithfulness and dependance in Him through the coming times of trouble..?
Yes, we believe so.

..and are these sheep learning to be ‘connected’ by and through Gods Holy Spirit, so that at some point all will hear His voice and move..?
Oh yes, we believe that too..!

God Bless you Chip – for your faithfulness to share His revelations to you, and for your continually pointing toward Jesus Christ as THE Head and THE Shepherd

By: Chip Brogden

Chip Brogden — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:37:48 +0000

Hi Cathy,

Yes I read that book many years ago, it’s a great read.

I totally respect where you’re coming from, and I’m not trying to tell you what to do. I do have a question. Why does “being with the local Body” automatically mean going back to church? That’s the part I’m confused about.

By: molly

molly — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:13:50 +0000

I agree and i too pray for the same,
Our prayer for the Church is that we would all come to the unity of the faith through the revelation of Christ. All who see Him will be like Him, for they will see Him as He is; and as He is, so are we, in this world

By: Cathy Paz

Cathy Paz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:37:31 +0000

Have you read Phillip Keeler’s book “A Shepherd’s Look at The Good Sheperd and His Sheep?” What a beautiful and accurate account of God’s dealing with His sheep as they go in and out of His Fold. Yes, we are many, but one Flock.

This book like others the Lord has used to speak to me about the church. It was never the church per say that I made an idol replacing Christ Jesus with, for the church is the people, but the programs and entertaining worship and other things that took my focus off of Jesus Christ. The Lord is returning me to a church with knowledge of who I should keep at it’s center. Sense it is we The Body that make up a church we are responsible for and we need to be with The Body
to encourage and pray with them. I am trusting God to keep my focus on Him. I judge no one on this, the Lord is our source and He speaks to us individually in His timing. I just know it is my time to be with the local Body.