The Shepherd and His Sheep
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This Week’s Theme: God Always Protects and Provides
This Week’s Word is Shepherd-Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
Memory Verse: John 10:11 “11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
Essence of the Text in a Sentence: We can trust God with our lives.
Sermon Objective: To encourage believers to rest in the knowledge of having a personal Good Shepherd who deeply cares for them.
Sermon Preposition: To remind us as Christians, we enjoy a special bond with our Shepherd.
Sermon Text: Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
I. How the Shepherd Encourages His Sheep
I. How the Shepherd Encourages His Sheep
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
II. How the Shepherd Entertains His Sheep
II. How the Shepherd Entertains His Sheep
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
III. How the Shepherd Excites His Sheep
III. How the Shepherd Excites His Sheep
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
What new truth did you learn from the sermon today?
After hearing the sermon, what sinful thoughts, feelings, desires, actions, or inactivity did the Holy Spirit convict you of today?
Write out a plan to get better at living for God based on the sermon or a plan to remove your sinful thoughts, feelings, desires, actions and replacing them with scriptural thoughts and/or biblical practices:
The Scriptures: Positive and negative Bible verses on your issue you will read and meditate on in order to align your thinking with God’s
a. Write out those positive verses
b. Write out those negative verses
c. When will you meditate on these verses and how often?
The Spirit: Praying in the Spirit for God to help you to hate sin and love righteousness and for God through Christ to help you to live out His Will for your life.
a. Write out a prayer using Scriptures you wrote above.
b. How often will you pray this prayer 3 times a day, daily, every other day, weekly, etc.
When will you pray this prayer or what time during the day will you pray this prayer?
The Saints: Those you will look to as a model of strength in your area of wrong. Those who will hold you accountable in this area and will hold you accountable to keep your plan.
a. Name the saints God wants to help you.
b. How often will they contact you?