Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd Quotes

“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:4-5”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, ‘Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?’” Mark 4:39-40 I know with everything that is happening in our world today it would be easy to live in a state of fear. In fact, Ann Landers once said that of the 10,000 letters she received each month there was one problem that dominated all the others: People are afraid. They are afraid of losing their health, their wealth, and their loved ones. All around us people are living in fear, and worry is the by-product of fear. Many of us are worrying ourselves sick over something that may or may not happen tomorrow. What if this happens? What if that happens? What am I going to do? All of our time and energy is consumed by worrying about a problem, instead of working toward a resolution of the problem. Charles Mayo, the founder of the Mayo Clinic, once said, “You can worry yourself to death, but you cannot worry yourself to longer life.” The”
― Dr. Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15 “They had to turn off the life support.” and “The baby has arrived!” These are two messages I received within minutes of each other recently. They represent two different families dealing with diametrically opposing emotions. It reminds me of the time a few years ago that I went from conducting a wedding ceremony, to visiting a man that had just been released from the hospital—only to discover that he had just passed away mere minutes before my arrival. We never know what each new day is going to bring, but it is comforting to know that we serve a God who is able to bring meaning into every area of life. We rejoice with this new life and celebrate the miracle of birth. It reminds us of the new life that is available to us through Christ. However, at the same time, we mourn with this family that has lost a loved one to death. This reminds us of God’s comfort and the fact that we will all walk this road someday. “Rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn,” is not only good advice, it’s also a reminder that we all share the tragedies as well as the triumphs of life.”
― Dr. Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“When you were born, you were crying, and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you will be smiling, and everyone around you will be crying.” Anonymous”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Don’t allow your tradition to stand in the way of progress.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 T”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.” 1”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“We need each other. We were built for community. We are stronger when we are all together.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. James 2:8 M”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 I”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Today, I want to encourage you to make a concerted effort to get along with others. You can do this by: putting others first, turning the other cheek, being quick to forgive, and extending grace and mercy. What I’m saying is: follow the pattern established by Jesus.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Jesus regularly lifted up those whom others ignored.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“In each case, Jesus reaches out to the downtrodden or in the case of the parable, He highlights the righteousness of the tax collector verses the hypocrisy of the Pharisee. This is significant because tax collectors in Jesus’ day were the lowest of the low in their society.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Eugene Peterson, American author and theologian, renders this verse in The Message. It reads, “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously—take God seriously.” This”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 I”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone,”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“St. Francis of Assisi once asked a young monk to join him on a trip to a local village to preach. On the way back the young monk inquired, “I thought we were going to preach.” St. Francis replied, “My son, we did preach. We were preaching while we were walking. We were watched and our behavior was closely observed. It is no use to walk anywhere to preach unless we preach everywhere as we walk.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“She writes, “To shepherd a flock of butterflies, one must stand there in delight.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Who do you know that needs to hear a positive word today? Who can you encourage? And”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“The thrust of the novel is that Don Quixote has filled his head with the exploits of knights, chivalry, and bravery. He becomes so enamored with this whole idea that he sets off to live the life of a knight, despite the fact that this life no longer exists. It would be like someone, today, becoming so enamored with a video game that they begin to see the world as the make-believe world of that game. The”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“He maintained that when it comes to Christian leadership: the proper motive is love, the proper attitude is humility, and the proper strategy is service. He”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“We’ve got to seize opportunities to serve. Talk is cheap, and we have cheapened the gospel long enough. At the end of the day, God isn’t going to say, ‘Well said, good and faithful servant.’ There is only one commendation when everything is said and done: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’ God doesn’t reward what we know. He doesn’t reward what we say. He rewards the expenditure of energy.”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” Hebrews 3:13”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Ephesians 2:10 asserts that we are God’s, “Workmanship.” This word is derived from the same origin as, “Poem.” You are God’s poem, God’s creative expression, God’s work of art!”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall.” Isaiah 25:4”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.” Hebrews 12:1-3”
― Mark S. Milwee, Encouragement From the Heart of a Shepherd