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T.O.D.A.Y.'S ENCOURAGEMENT for April 13, 2005
T.O.D.A.Y.
Ministries
14745 Merrilltown #1611 Austin TX 78728
Good
Morning!
I
will continue to "chew" on Psalms 23:1...."The Lord is my
Shepherd, I shall not want". I know that this is a very
"familiar" verse of scripture to all of you. However, we have
a tendency to just scan over a verse that we have read before, because we
think we already know what it says. I want to encourage you to
not "think" that way! Just because we know what a verse of
scripture says, does not mean that we know everything that
the Holy Spirit wants to "reveal" to us about what it says!
Today, I want to "focus" on the
word SHEPHERD. I am going to list some of the attributes
(character) of an "earthly" shepherd, and I want you to think
about how they relate to our "heavenly" Shepherd, Jesus (who is your
Shepherd)!
A shepherd (who has been called by God to
be a shepherd), will be make sure that his "sheep" have
PROVISION, PROTECTION, AND DIRECTION. He is willing to "face
death" to bring this to pass. He will seek for the "ones
who have strayed away" and the ones that are "lost". If
one of them are "wounded" or "sick", he will pick them up
in his arms and carry them! He does not see his flock as just being a
"bunch of sheep", but cares about each "individual" one!
Oh! I pray that you are getting a "revelation" about this!
Our "heavenly" Shepherd, Jesus,
has already done all of this for us and continues to do it for us! I
thank Him every morning for being my "Shepherd", and for
being the Shepherd of my "household"! I open my mouth and
thank Him that all of my children and grandchildren "hear" His voice
and "follow Him" (John 10:27).
I encourage you to read the 10th chapter
of John...there is a difference between a "hired" shepherd
(Pastor), and a "called" shepherd (Pastor)...I am saying this
by the leading of the Holy Spirit....it must be for someone that is reading
this!
Tomorrow, I will expound on the last part
of this verse of scripture~~~~~~~
Have
a Blessed Day!! (Keep
"chewing" on His Word!) In His Love, Luanne
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