(Modeled on the U.S. Marine Corps General Orders)
These General Orders exist to establish clarity, unity, and faithfulness for all who serve with Monumental Grace. They define our responsibility as watchmen, guiding our conduct, decision-making, and accountability as we care for the souls entrusted to us. These orders are to be learned, upheld, and practiced, ensuring that Christ is honored, Scripture is obeyed, and no one is overlooked.
“Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God.”
— 1 Peter 5:2 (LSB)“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:20 (LSB)“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.”
— Romans 1:16 (LSB)
“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.”
— Colossians 4:2 (LSB)“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”
— Matthew 5:14 (LSB)“The Spirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me Because Yahweh has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners,”
— Isaiah 61:1 (LSB)
“A prudent man sees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished.”
— Proverbs 27:12 (LSB)“‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman’s hand.’”
— Ezekiel 33:6 (LSB)“Restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, each one looking to yourself.”
— Galatians 6:1 (LSB)
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— Galatians 6:2 (LSB)“Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed.”
— James 5:16 (LSB)“Two are better than one because they have good wages for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not a second one to lift him up.”
— Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (LSB)
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:58 (LSB)“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7 (LSB)
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls.”
— Hebrews 13:17 (LSB)“That you all agree and that there be no divisions among you.”
— 1 Corinthians 1:10 (LSB)“Be of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit.”
— Philippians 2:2 (LSB)
“A talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a matter covered.”
— Proverbs 11:13 (LSB)“He who covers a transgression seeks love.”
— Proverbs 17:9 (LSB)“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:7 (LSB)
“Deliver those who are being taken away to death.”
— Proverbs 24:11 (LSB)“Fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
— Nehemiah 4:14 (LSB)“But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him, and when he saw him, he felt compassion. And he came to him and bandaged up his wounds… and brought him to an inn and took care of him.”
— Luke 10:33–34 (LSB)
“Without counsel, plans fail, but with many counselors they succeed.”
— Proverbs 15:22 (LSB)“In an abundance of counselors there is salvation.”
— Proverbs 11:14 (LSB)“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God.”
— James 1:5 (LSB)
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”
— Matthew 28:18 (LSB)“So that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.”
— Colossians 1:18 (LSB)“All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.”
— 2 Timothy 3:16 (LSB)
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”
— 1 Corinthians 16:13 (LSB)“See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God.”
— Hebrews 12:15 (LSB)“What man among you, if he has one hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? “And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”
— Luke 15:4-5 (LSB)
