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Call to Worship
Come, all you people,
wandering and lost, far from home.
Come to the shepherd –
the one who guides us,
the one who remakes us,
and the one who will bring us to safety.
Listen!
The shepherd is calling!
Listen!
The shepherd is searching for you.
Listen!
He is calling you by name.
Hymn
Crown him with many crowns
Prayers
Let us come before the God of our salvation,
offering him all praise and glory.
Let us join the angels standing around the throne,
as we offer ourselves in worship to God, saying:
Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks
and honour and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen.
Lord, you walk with us through all kinds of terrains in life:
mountains, mole hills, valleys, clifftops, deserts, woods, town
centres, playing fields…
When the going gets tough and life takes on a dark hue –
black, blue – we sometimes attempt to push through it on
our own, only to find ourselves weighed down and getting
nowhere fast.
We may despair of ever being rid of our burdens
and seeing life in colour again.
Forgive us for these times, for
not resting in you, for not trusting in the light of your promises,
for not persevering in faith.
Merciful Lord,
forgive us, we pray.
When things are going well and we’re galloping on enjoying
life in colourful detail – yellow, crimson – we often take you
and others for granted.
Forgive us for not being more aware
and appreciative of your company, for not recognising or
acknowledging your blessings and guidance.
Forgive us our
self-absorption.
Merciful Lord,
forgive us, we pray.
Amen
The Lord is our shepherd, who restores our soul.
He washes us clean and anoints us with the oil of forgiveness.
Thank you, Lord.
Amen.
Lords Prayer
Children’s Address
Hymn
The Baa Baa Song (Children leave)
The 23rd Psalm
Offering
Readings (Malcolm) (Olive)
Reading
Sermon
I have two short stories about sheep:
the first is one is that Karon and I had where lucky enough to go on a cruise with some friends.
we visited some amazing sites Ephesus, and Santorini then we visited somewhere that i cannot even remember the name of, i titled it CAT ISLAND you have never seen so many cats roaming around, very few people.
What there was though was a feeding station obviously for the cats as there was a big picture of cats on a rather large board.
munching away were maybe ten sheep, eating the cat food, the shepherd eventually appeared and tried to move them on but as he pushed them away they went behind the board and came back to the food.
they had their own idea of what they wanted to do.
Many years ago, Dr and Mrs. Leo Eddleman were missionaries in Palestine.
He spoke about seeing lots of flocks mingled at a watering place.
When one shepherd was ready to leave, he simply walked away, making a certain sound.
Immediately, his sheep separated themselves from the others and followed him.
His sheep followed him because they knew his voice.
I think we can see both this type of sheep in today’s reading.
Jesus is the Good Shepherd who, When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John chapter 10 paints a vivid picture of God as Saviour and Shepherd.
Every Christian needs the absolute assurance that he or she has the experience of salvation that Jesus gives.
To grow in your Christian life, you need to know you’re saved.
DOUBT which is lets face it, it is our normal condition it doesn't mean you haven’t been saved.
So, this morning I want to focus on Christ as the Shepherd.
But what does Jesus mean when He talks about “My sheep?”
Firstly lets think about how it might be if we are not one of His sheep.
The people who question Jesus in our reading this morning are described by Jesus as not his sheep.
These people would no doubt call themselves followers of GOD and want to know who Jesus claims to be! not to follow him but to accuse him of blasphemy!
Jesus's actions are becoming known stories have spread earlier in the chapter Jesus healed a blind man astonishing.
, a miracle, but what did the leaders pick up on?
The fact that the man was healed on the sabbath!
It’s against the rules!
That’s what they picked up on, not the miracle.
There is even suspicion that he was not blind in the first place.
But are there may be times in our lives when we too get bogged down with the rules and regulations sometimes that we impose on ourselves rather than the amazing things God continues to do right in front of us.
concentrating on the trivial things and not the important things.
It will put us outside of the kingdom of God.
It would mean that we would exist in the false security of thinking we are right with God when we are not, rather like the people in our reading.
It means that whoever, or whatever we follow, if it is not Jesus so there is no connection to God.
So, Jesus speaks to the people in terms that they and we today can easily understood, that is, he describes himself a shepherd and us his sheep.
You see, a shepherd knows his sheep he understands them.
He knows what they need at any time.
And nobody knows each one of his sheep better than Jesus.
He knows the depths of the human heart.
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