1. ICEL Mind of Christ Matthew 12: 1-21 2 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” 3 He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. (1Sam21:6) 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

2. ICEL 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent. (Hos 6:6) 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” 9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” 11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.

3. ICEL 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. 15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16 He warned them not to tell others about him. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: (Is 42) 18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets.

4. ICEL 20 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory. 21 In his name the nations will put their hope.

5. ICEL Jesus breaks loose from the quarrel with the Pharisees about the Sabbath and introduces what really matters: Matthew 12:8 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. (Hos. 6:6) 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27 “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath)

6. ICEL Mind of Christ Philippians 2 Imitating Christ’s Humility 2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

7. ICEL Mind of Christ Philippians 2:5-8 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross !

8. ICEL Philippians 2:9-11 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

9. ICEL Care for the flock The Shepherd John 10:11 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Ezekiel 34:16 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

10. ICEL Care for the flock Tenderness Isaiah 40:11 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

11. ICEL Care for the flock He cares for you Luke 15:4-6 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’

12. ICEL Nepal April 2015 just 9 months ago > 30.Million >9000 killed >23000 injured Thousands of flattened and inaccessible villages in the Himalayan mountains.Thousands of flattened and inaccessible villages in the Himalayan mountains. Landlocked, access of goods for 90% via IndiaLandlocked, access of goods for 90% via India Borders closed, blockadeBorders closed, blockade No electricity sometimes 90% per dayNo electricity sometimes 90% per day Export: Able men and women…Export: Able men and women…

13. ICEL Shekhar Gurung baptized 1995

14. ICEL Shekhar installed as co-pastor in the Pokhara Baptist church, 25th. October 2015