- WELCOME-
- LAST WEEK INVITED YOU TO GIVE
- RICHARD AND DANIEL DUNN- PLANE CRASH
- MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS TEENS WANTING TO ATTEND CAMP/OTHER TEEN ACTIVITIES
WANT TO INVITE YOU TO PAUSE WITH ME TODAY AND PRAY:
- WE HAVE MUCH GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY
- MUCH GOING ON IN OUR WORLD
- WARS/ PLANE CRASHES
- HOW DOES A PLANE SOLVE/FIX IT? IT DOESN’T
PSALMS SERIES
- PSALMS WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF 1000 YEARS
- DAVID WROTE ABOUT HALF
- DAVID WRITER OF TODAYS PSALM
- 150 CHAPTERS LONGEST BOOK
- LONGEST CHAPTER AND SHORTEST CHAPTER
- THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT- GODS WORD TO US
- THIS BOOK IS OUR WORDS TO HIM
- 70 % OF THE BOOK IS LAMENT
- PSALMS OF LAMENT- FOLLOWED BY PRAISE
- JESUS QUOTES THE PSALMS (2 ON THE CROSS)
PSALM 22:1
“MY GOD MY GOD- WHY HAVE YOU ABANDONED ME? WHY ARE YOU SO FAR FROM HELPING ME, SO FAR AWAY FROM AWAY FROM THE WODS OF MY GROANING.”
10 JESUS SPEAKING.
JOHN 10:10
10. “I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD; I KNOW MY SHEEP AND MY SHEEP KNOW ME-SO I GIVE MY LIFE FOR MY SHEEP.”
JOHN 10:27
27. “MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE; I KNOW THEM AND THEY FOLLOW ME.”
VIDEO SHEEP
- OVER 500 REFERENCES TO SHEEP AND SHEPHERD
PSALM 23:1-2
- THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I LACK NOTHING. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES, HE LEADS ME BESIDE QUIET WATERS
PSALM 23:3
- HE REFRESHES MY SOUL. HE GUIDES ME ALONG THE RIGHT PATH FOR HIS NAMES SAKE.
PSALM 23:4
- EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE DARKEST VALLEY, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME; YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME.
PSALM 23:5
YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES. YOU ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL; MY CUP OVERFLOWS.
PSALM 23:6
6. SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVE (MERCY) WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.”
- DAVID WRITES THIS AS A SHEPHERD- HE’S LOOKING BACK AT THAT RELATIONSHIP
PSALM 23:1
- THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I LACK NOTHING. (FIRST PERSON)
ITS PERSONAL- DOESN’T SAY HES A SHEPHERD- (MINE)
- HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES, HE LEADS ME BESIDE QUIET WATERS,
(THIRD PERSON)
PICTURE OF SHEEP GRAZING
- MIDDLE EAST SHEEP GRAZING/FEEDING
- SHEEP ARE LED- NOT DRIVEN
- SHEPHERD HAS TO GO OUT AND PREPARE BY LOOKING FOR PLACES TO FEED THE SHEEP
TUFT OF GRASS PICTURE
- MIST AND SPARSE DEW COME OFF 3
- FEW BLADES HERE AND THERE TO FEED ON
- SHEPHERD IS PROVIDER
FLOODING IN THE DESERT
- WHEN IT RAINS- NOT OFTEN- IT POURS –
- FLOODING TAKES PLACE
- CREATES MUD/MIRE
PSALM 40:2
- HE LIFTED ME OUT OF THE PIT OF DESPAIR, OUT OF THE MUD AND MIRE. HE SET MY FEET ON SOLID GROUND AND STEADIED ME AS I
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DAVID LOOKS BACK AS A KING ON BEING A SHEPHERD
I CAN LOOK BACK AND USE COACHING LANGUAGE
PSALM 23:3
- HE REFRESHES MY SOUL. HE GUIDES ME ALONG THE RIGHT PATH FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE. (SHEEP DOG)
- GREEK FOR REFRESH RESTORES/BRINGS BACK
PSALM 23: 4
- EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE DARKEST VALLEY (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.
LANGUAGE SHIFTS- GOD WALKS INTO THE SCENE
DAVID HAS A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH HIM
- ACTUAL PLACE CONSIDERED VALLEY OF DEATH
- NOTICE YOU DON’T STAY THERE
- TWO DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTS- ROD AND A STAFF
- STAFF HAD A CROOK/HOOK ON THE END
- REACH DOWN AND RESCUE ANIMALS IN NEED
- THE ROD- THE CLUB HAD SPIKES AT THE END
- MEANT TO FIGHT OFF ANIMALS
- THOSE TWO WEAPONS BROUGHT THE SHEEP COMFORT
- THE LORD IS THE LIFTER OF OUR HEAD
- HE FIGHTS AND IT SAYS THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS
CAN’T HAVE A SHADOW WITHOUT LIGHT
23 SUNDAY NIGHT MID JULY
PICTURE FOOTBALL PLAYER
- 6’8 315 POUND HUMAN
- STANDING IN DOORWAY
- WENT ANYWHERE WITH ROB- NO FEAR
- BURGER KING
- SHEPHERD IS PROTECTOR
HOW MANY GUYS SHEEP TATOO?
PSALM 23:5
- YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES. YOU ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL; MY CUP OVERFLOWS.
- OIL IS USED FOR MANY THINGS
- CALM THE SHEEP
- KEEP INSECTS OUT
- SNAKE REPELLENT
- OIL SIGN ”YOU ARE WELCOME HERE”
- SO WOULD THE OVERFLOWING CUP
- HE PREPARES A TABLE BEFORE ENEMIES
PSALM 23:6
- SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVE WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAY OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.”
SHEPHERD IS PURSUER
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- YOUNG GIRL- HORSE RIDER- HORSE INJURED
- YOUNG GIRL IS STRUGGLING
- MOM SEES HER FADING- SHE LOVES HER HORSE
- PEOPLE TOLD MOM PUT THE HORSE DOWN
- MOM DECIDES SHES RESCUE AND REACH BOTH
- ON FATHERS DAY
- WE HAVE A GOOD SHEPHERD
- HE SOMETIMES COMES AFTER US
- SOMETIMES WATCHES AND WAITS
- UNDETERED GAZE IN OUR DIRECTION
- WHEN WE TURN IN HIS DIRECTION
- HE LEADS US SAFELY HOME
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY (LOVE) WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER
- PROXIMITY TO THE SHEPHERD= HIS PRESENCE
- MORE I LOVE SHEPHERD- MORE I LOVE THE SHEEP
TATOO