Lord is My Sheppard
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A Psalm of David.
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.
Over the Last few weeks ive been talking about How God called us to be courageous to be Bold to remain steadfast in light of persecution in light of turmoil in light of Tribulation
Today i want to take you to a new place a place worth remembering,
Why do we serve God Why is he worth Serving
I want you to remember How Good God is how wonderful His son is and lets all sing praise unto him as we Live in His greatness
I want you to look at how David the boy who slew the Giant
The great King of Isreal I want you to see how he starts his praise unto God
The LORD IS MY Shepherd,..................... Here David is relating to his time in which he was once a Shepherd, Then He says I shall not Want He makes me lay down in green pastures
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 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.
Here in John we see Jesus Speaking Saying I am that Shepherd I am the Good Shepard Whom I will lay my life down so that they may live
So what are the duties of the Shepherd?
1. To care for the needs of 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.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
How God Supplied Their Need
How God Supplied Their Need
"Certainly I know Philippians 4:19 says, 'But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus,' but, does it work?"
Listen, and I will tell you:
It was during the panic of 1894, a terrible blizzard was sweeping East, the thermometer registered way below zero. In a little old house on the bank of the Susquehanna river, was a mother and two young children. Two years before the father had left them, and so the mother and children were alone.
It was evening, after supper, which consisted only of crusts and heels of bread left over, spread with lard; and some black coffee. The mother and children went into the front room to try to amuse themselves and forget their troubles. The children were playing upon the floor, when the mother turned to the older boy, who was just about seven, and said: "Boys, I don't know what we will do now, we have eaten the last bit of food in the house, and my money is all gone. You have no shoes to go out." Then bursting into tears, she continued, "Besides, your father has not brought any money around, and I haven't got clothes to go out, and the snow is now about two feet deep, and it is still snowing."
"Haven't we got anything to eat at all, now mamma?" inquired the older boy.
"No, the bread-box is empty and we have nothing else in the house, except some frying we ate on our bread." Then looking out through the window she said: "It is awful out tonight, and no one will come that we can tell about it."
"Well, mamma, let's say our prayers, maybe God will send someone around, like the stories you read to us," said the older boy.
"Well, boys, we will have prayer tonight; we haven't had prayer for a long time together, maybe God will hear us anyway," replied the mother. Then she read a passage of Scripture and all knelt in prayer. That mother told God how they were alone and everything was eaten up. She told God just how she felt, and asked Him to send some "Good Samaritan" around to help them.
"Mamma do you think someone will come tonight now?" asked the boys, after they arose from prayer.
"I don't know; maybe God will send someone around. We won't go to bed right away anyhow. We will wait, in case someone does come," she replied. Then, going to the organ, she played while the boys sang.
They had been at the organ only a short time, when there was a knock at the door. The singing stopped and all went to the door to see who it was. The prayer was heard, and here stood the answer, knocking at the door.
"Good - evening, Mrs.--," said Mr. Evans, and stepped into the room with a basket full of groceries and provisions —bread, sugar, rice, potatoes, coffee, butter and other things that were needed. The family asked him to stay a while, but he said he had another basketful he wanted to bring, and he would have to go and get it before the store closed.
He was gone only a short time, when he returned with the other basket laden with supplies. Everybody in that little home was happy then.
"Who ever made you think of us, Mr. Evans?" asked the mother.
"Well, I don't know," replied Mr. Evans. "I was sitting in our livingroom beside the fire reading the evening paper, and all at once I just thought of you, and wondered if you might be in need of coal or food. I tried to read, but could not get interested. I looked out and saw it snowing; then I thought perhaps you might be snowed in and have nothing to eat. So I put on my coat and hat, told my wife how I happened to think of you, and said I would go up to the store and get some things and take them around, so that's all that made me come; but I'm glad I came. By the way, do you have coal so you can keep warm, Mrs.—?" asked Mr. Evans.
"No, Mr. Evans, we have not had any coal for quite a while; we have been burning drift wood, and the last is in the stove now. I was just wondering what we would do now for fuel, the river is frozen over and the snow has covered all the wood that might be along the bank," the mother replied.
"Don't worry Mrs. --, I am going to send coal around in the morning. You just let them put it in; it's paid for and you are welcome, and if you need anything else, just let me know," said Mr. Evans.
The family could hardly get done thanking him, and after he left there was another prayer of gratitude offered. God had sent the "Good Samaritan," and the blessing was enjoyed by the giver as well as by the recipients.
The mother has gone to be with the Lord. The two boys are now active Christian men, one an evangelist. They have never forgotten this experience and it has many times encouraged their faith when the days were dark. They know Philippians 4:19 is true.—Gospel Herald.
A Good Shepard supplies your needs “ He makes me lie down in green pastures”
11 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. 16 “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”
2. A Good Shepherd protects his flock
David being a good shepherd knew what it was to protect his flock he knew it so well that as he went to battle against Goliath he recounted his battle with a bear and a lion to save his sheep willing to die so that they may live
34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”
David recognised that God alone could protect him as a faithful as a loving as a true shepherd would
vs 4
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.
God has been so good to me, better than I deserve he has saved me from horrific car accidents pulled me from the rubble of a blown up building saved me from enemy gunfire protected me from the explosion of a ied, He is my good Shepherd He is my protector He is who gives and takes away life for this I will praise him all the days of my life !
Wont you give god some praise today!
Oh what a Jesus I serve what a God I worship for His mercy know no limits and His grace abounds ever so deeply
Oh How I love Jesus
But the most special thing Jesus did For me for you as the good Shepherd HE willingly laid his own life down only to take it up again he died so that you may live he rose so that you too would rise so that we could sing together
55 “O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”
HE Is Alive
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
He is Alive He Is Risen The Victory Is isn Jesus Can I get a Amen
Do not be discouraged do not be dismayed do not fear
For We have victory in Jesus Come and praise the lord this morning
Why should we live bold?
Why should we rejoice even in the darkest of times
Because The Lord is a good shepherd
He Loves you he supplies your needs
He protects you from the evil in the world
He as the good shepherd layed his life down then took it up again so that we can have eternal life through Him
Praise be to God our Lord the Good Shepherd
Whos love is everlasting whos love covers all sin whos mercy knows no bounds
We Serve a mighty Lord a Wonderful Lord
We serve the Good shepherd
10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
So what family do you belong to ?
Are you destined for the eternal wrath of God or for external Life
Today is the Day That God is calling you from death into Life
Wont you answer His call today wont you come forward profess him as your Lord as your Good Shepherd as your Saviour wont you do this today please don't turn him away He is calling
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.