Shepherd the flock1 Peter 5:1-11Length: Standard

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • How does Peter tell the elders to shepherd — and how are they not to do it?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • What kind of shepherd are you becoming — willing and eager, or pressured and controlling?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • Whom in your group or future plant will you begin developing as a shepherd this week, and what is the first step?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Whom will you tell the names of the future shepherds you are praying over?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).