April 16, 2023
The Shepherd Of Our Souls
“For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls” (1Pet 2:25).
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake” (Ps 23:1-3).
Christ as the Good Shepherd laid down His human life to accomplish redemption so that we as His sheep may share His divine life.
“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd” (John 10:9-16).
“For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD” (Eve 34:11-15).
WORSHIP IN OFFERING: BRO JASON MCNABB
BLESSED ASSURANCE 44
I WILL EXTOL THEE
SAVED SAVED 429
WHERE HE LEADS ME 372
IT IS MINE 458
BECAUSE HE LIVES
PRAYER REQUEST: Candace Hensel’s heart problem, Yolanda Garcia, Tim Allen, Judith Weir family, Christine Elisabeth, Jim Partain, Nola NZ. Kimberly Palmer, Jim Ludwig an aneurism, Pastor Yaqub Sadiq, the youth of this generation, Kaeden Hensel, Kim Deese very sick and fever, Jennifer Myers to be cancer free and for mental health problems and exhaustion and healing in my heart
WORSHIP IN OFFERING: HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL
SPECIAL SONG: JESUS LOVER OF MY SOUL
SERMON: BRO JOEL MCNABB
“The Shepherd of our souls”