Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2003
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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD- COMMUNION MEDITATION
The 23rd Psalm is a beautiful passage of scripture to use when celebrating communion. It describes in detail what the Good Shepherd does for us. He provides for us, comforts us, heals us, restores us, feeds us, and protects us.
And if that were
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ON SHEPHERDS
"Let me tell you a bit about shepherds. They were the last people you’d expect God to take notice of. First of all, they were religious outcasts. According to Jewish religious law, these men were unclean. Their line of work prevented them from participating in the feasts and holy days
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2022
Two people were watching a man drive a herd of sheep through the main street of a small town.
“I thought shepherds led sheep. I didn’t know they drove them with a whip.”
“They do,” the other fellow remarked. “That’s not a
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Contributed by Frank Gallagher on Sep 12, 2001
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These shepherds were symbolic of Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd, who would also humbly follow God’s will. Their sheep represent us as believers, in several ways:
- Sheep cannot clean themselves. Some animals such as a cat can do that, but not sheep. Likewise, we as unbelievers were not able to
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 5, 2011
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WHO IS THE SHEPHERD?
Keith Miller writes, "Years ago, when our daughters were very young, we'd drop them off at our church's children's chapel on Sundays before the eleven o'clock service. One Sunday, just as I was about to open the door to the small chapel, the minister came rushing up. He said
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Introduction: the Christmas story, the birth of Jesus Christ into this world, is one of the most beautiful ever told. Many believers and others are more or less familiar with Mary and Joseph traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and how Jesus was born in an inn and laid in a manger because there
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2003
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GUARDED BY THE SHEPHERD
Charles Spurgeon says this about the Great Shepherd:
What is there in you, dear friend, more than there is in any other professor, why you should not prove an apostate after all? What is there about me that I should stand where so many others have fallen?
There is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD
There once was a shepherd that lived in the Scottish highlands. This shepherd had a daughter and he would take her with him when he went out on the moors to take care of the sheep. The thing that the little girl liked best was to hear the call of shepherd. His voice
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
First of all, what is a shepherd and what does he do?
I think that Dr. Andrew Bonar, a close friend and biographer of Robert Murray M’Cheyne, says it best when he had this to say to a friend of his about sheep and shepherds.
Dr. Andrew Bonar told me how, in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would
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Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 20, 2002
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The message of the angels to the shepherds was that there was Good News! We like good news. We certainly don’t like bad news. A father came home from a very rugged day at work and said to his wife, "I’ve had a bad day. Please! If you have any bad news tonight, keep it to yourself." To which she
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Pentecostal
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A SHEPHERD VS. A FISHERMAN
A shepherd is usually given an existing flock and maintains that flock in good fashion. A fisherman, by nature, is more aggressive than
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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THE "BROKEN" SHEEPDOG AND THE SHEPHERD
Philip Keller tells a story in his book, Lessons from a Sheep Dog, about how a bedraggled collie named Lassie came into his possession. One day he happened to notice an ad in the paper that simply said: "Border collie to good owner. Currently uncontrollable
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 11, 2001
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There is an ancient Scottish legend - a shepherd boy tending a small flock of sheep on the side of a mountain. One day as he cared for his sheep he saw at his feet a beautiful flower -- one that was more beautiful than any he had ever seen in his life. He knelt down upon his knees and scooped the
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Christian/Church Of Christ