On Being Pastor: A Visual Narrative

ON BEING PASTOR A Visual Narrative

Rev. Kristian Bjornstad Pastor of Peace Lutheran Church Scranton PA Oct. 15, 2000 - May 27, 2018

Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.

- Psalm 5:2

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

- Hebrews 4:12

And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.

- Nehemiah 4:8

And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:25

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

- 1 Timothy 6:12

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

- 1 John 1:7

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

- Psalm 51:12

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

- Romans 6:4

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

- Acts 2:42

When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.”

- 2 Kings 2:9

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.�

- Acts 1:8

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

- Acts 20:28

They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. - 1 Chronicles 25:6

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

- James 1:27

We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

- Psalm 78:4

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

- Numbers 6:24-26

I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

- Prov. 4:11

‌the husband of one wife, and his children are believers‌ - Titus 1:6

And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.

- Acts 5:42 He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

- Matthew 17:5

The pastor Listens…

Seeks…

Preaches…

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak - Ezekiel 34:16