{"id":7152,"date":"2018-09-10T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=7152"},"modified":"2018-09-10T08:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:06:34","slug":"then-besides-all-this-i-have-the-daily-burden-of-my-concern-for-all-the-churches-2-corinthians-1128-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/then-besides-all-this-i-have-the-daily-burden-of-my-concern-for-all-the-churches-2-corinthians-1128-nlt","title":{"rendered":"“Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE PASTOR’S BURDEN<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After listing many of the trials and tribulations he had endured as a church planter, the apostle Paul named the one constant concern that weighed on him\u2014 his burden for the churches. Certainly, the Spirit of the Lord strengthened Paul to carry this burden, yet it was the Lord that gave it to him in the first place. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Just as Jesus had told Peter, “If you love me, feed my sheep.” So, Paul keenly felt this same calling. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It was the apostle Peter who wrote this instruction to pastors: “Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you” (1 Peter 5:2). Paul felt this pastor’s burden. And so does every pastor today that is called of God and seeks to please Him by caring for His sheep. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE PASTOR’S BURDEN
\nAfter listing many of the trials and tribulations he had endured as a church planter, the apostle Paul named the one constant concern that weighed on him\u2013\u2013 his burden for the churches. Certainly, the Spirit of the Lord strengthened Paul to carry this burden, yet it was the Lord that gave it to him in the first place. <\/p>\n

Just as Jesus had told Peter, “If you love me, feed my sheep.” So, Paul keenly felt this same calling. <\/p>\n

It was the apostle Peter who wrote this instruction to pastors: “Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you” (1 Peter 5:2). Paul felt this pastor’s burden. And so does every pastor today that is called of God and seeks to please Him by caring for His sheep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1314],"scripture-chapter":[1344],"oyb_day":[1780],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7152","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-2-corinthians","scripture-chapter-1344","oyb_day-september-10"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7152"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7152"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7152"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7152"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}