{"id":6776,"date":"2021-08-15T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T19:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6776"},"modified":"2021-08-15T15:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T19:39:21","slug":"the-sheep-psalm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6776","title":{"rendered":"THE SHEEP PSALM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.6435-9\/232030765_2951571045097277_5849424588080283565_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=825194&amp;_nc_ohc=acRmV0vSuv8AX8pWMas&amp;tn=uLnPbM-FbmiccPh8&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&amp;oh=2e9adc4546ff38fb6666a989fdb7133a&amp;oe=613D34C0\" alt=\"May be an image of outdoors and text that says 'Psalm 23'\" width=\"465\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rec-08-15-21.mp3\">rec 08-15-21<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>The Sheep Psalm<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Psalm 23<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Psalm 23:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>The\u00a0Lord\u00a0is my\u00a0shepherd; I shall not\u00a0want. <strong><sup>2\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He makes me lie down in green\u00a0pastures.<br \/>\nHe leads me beside still waters. <strong><sup>3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He\u00a0restores my soul. He\u00a0leads me in\u00a0paths of righteousness\u00a0for his\u00a0name&#8217;s sake. <strong><sup>4\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Even though I\u00a0walk through the valley of\u00a0the shadow of death,\u00a0I will\u00a0fear no evil, for\u00a0you are with me;\u00a0your\u00a0rod and your staff,\u00a0they comfort me. <strong><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>You\u00a0prepare a table before me\u00a0in\u00a0the presence of my enemies; you\u00a0anoint my head with oil;\u00a0my\u00a0cup overflows. <strong><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Surely\u00a0goodness and mercy\u00a0shall follow me\u00a0all the days of my life, and I shall\u00a0dwell\u00a0in the house of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0forever.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>IN THE PASTURE- ADEQUACY\u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 23: 1-3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>The\u00a0Lord\u00a0is my\u00a0shepherd; I shall not\u00a0want. <strong><sup>2\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He makes me lie down in green\u00a0pastures.<br \/>\nHe leads me beside still waters. <strong><sup>3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He\u00a0restores my soul. He\u00a0leads me in\u00a0paths of righteousness\u00a0for his\u00a0name&#8217;s sake.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Psalm 95: 7<\/h2>\n<h2>For he is our\u00a0God,\u00a0and we are the people of his\u00a0pasture, and the sheep of his hand.<br \/>\nToday, if you\u00a0hear his voice,<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Isaiah 40: 11<\/h2>\n<h2>He will tend his flock like a shepherd;\u00a0he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom,\u00a0and gently lead those that are with young.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>John 10: 11-15<\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd\u00a0lays down his life for the sheep.\u00a0<strong><sup>12\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He who is\u00a0a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and\u00a0leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and\u00a0scatters them.\u00a0<strong><sup>13\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He flees because\u00a0he is a hired hand and\u00a0cares nothing for the sheep.\u00a0<strong><sup>14\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I am the good shepherd.\u00a0I know my own and\u00a0my own know me,\u00a0<strong><sup>15\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and\u00a0I lay down my life for the sheep.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Matthew 6: 25-33<\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cTherefore I tell you,\u00a0do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?\u00a0<strong><sup>26\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.\u00a0Are you not of more value than they?\u00a0<strong><sup>27\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his\u00a0span of life?\u00a0 <strong><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,\u00a0<strong><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>yet I tell you,\u00a0even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.\u00a0<strong><sup>30\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you,\u00a0O you of little faith?\u00a0<strong><sup>31\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Therefore do not be anxious, saying, \u201d\u02dcWhat shall we eat?\u201d\u2122 or \u201d\u02dcWhat shall we drink?\u201d\u2122 or \u201d\u02dcWhat shall we wear?\u201d\u2122\u00a0<strong><sup>32\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For\u00a0the Gentiles seek after all these things, and\u00a0your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.\u00a0<strong><sup>33\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But\u00a0seek first\u00a0the kingdom of God and his righteousness,\u00a0and all these things will be added to you.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>John 10: 1-4<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.\u00a0<strong><sup>2\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.\u00a0<strong><sup>3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.\u00a0<strong><sup>4\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Isaiah 40: 31<\/h2>\n<h2>but\u00a0they who wait for the\u00a0Lord\u00a0shall renew their strength;\u00a0they shall mount up with wings\u00a0like eagles; they shall run and not be weary;\u00a0they shall walk and not faint.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>IN THE VALLEY- SERENITY\u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 23: 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Even though I\u00a0walk through the valley of\u00a0the shadow of death,\u00a0I will\u00a0fear no evil, for\u00a0you are with me;\u00a0your\u00a0rod and your staff,\u00a0they comfort me.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>IN THE FOLD- CERTAINTY\u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 23: 5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>You\u00a0prepare a table before me\u00a0in\u00a0the presence of my enemies; you\u00a0anoint my head with oil;\u00a0my\u00a0cup overflows.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>John 10: 7-9<\/h2>\n<h2>So Jesus again said to them,\u00a0\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,\u00a0I am the door of the sheep.\u00a0<strong><sup>8\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.\u00a0<strong><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I am the door. If anyone enters by me,\u00a0he will be saved and will go in and out and\u00a0find pasture.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Psalm 4: 8<\/h2>\n<h2>In peace I will both\u00a0lie down and sleep;\u00a0for you alone, O\u00a0Lord, make me\u00a0dwell in safety.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>IN THE FATHER&#8217;S HOUSE- ETERNITY\u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 23: 6<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Surely\u00a0goodness and mercy\u00a0shall follow me\u00a0all the days of my life, and I shall\u00a0dwell\u00a0in the house of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0forever.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>John 14: 2-3<\/h2>\n<h2>In\u00a0my Father&#8217;s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that\u00a0I go to prepare a place for you<sup>]<\/sup>\u00a0<strong><sup>3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you\u00a0to myself, that\u00a0where I am you may be also.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>rec 08-15-21 The Sheep Psalm Psalm 23 \u00a0 Psalm 23: The\u00a0Lord\u00a0is my\u00a0shepherd; I shall not\u00a0want. 2\u00a0He makes me lie down in green\u00a0pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3\u00a0He\u00a0restores my soul. 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