Text: 1 Peter 5:1-4 The Elder - Shepherd – Pastor The Exhortation to Elders The Elders: Overseers / pastors / shepherds The Expectation: Present suffering (and future glory) Footnotes: Exhort: To come alongside to encourage Acts 20:28 Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.” The Elder Role Shepherd the flock: Protect – Feed - Rule - Care Exercise

Text: 1 Samuel 1-2 A Woman of Pain The grief of barrenness (1 Samuel 1:5) The pain of provocation (1 Samuel 1:6-7) The hurt from a husband (1 Samuel 1:8-10) The wound of uninformed criticism (1 Samuel 1:12-16) A Woman of Prayer She was greatly distressed, and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly (1 Sam 1:10) She made a vow to God that if God would give her a son, she would give him to the Lord all the days of his life. (1 Sam 1:11) She prayed out of her complaint and grief. (