What kind of courage does a sheep need?
David says, “When I walk through the valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid.”
A sheep does not need courage to fight its enemies.
The most courageous sheep would be an easy victim to the
PURPOSE: To help listeners realize that courage is bound up in trust.
I. What kind of courage does a sheep need?
Early in the year the shepherd leads his flock in the lowlands. But when the snows melt, he leads them to higher ground.
To get there, he often has to take them through a threatening ravine with dangers on every side.
PURPOSE: To help listeners understand that God sometimes leads us into difficult and dangerous places.
I. There is a comparison and a contrast between verse 3 and verse 4.
The first verse of Psalm 23 is the key to the rest of the psalm.
The psalm is saying that if the Lord is your shepherd, then you will not lack for anything you really need.
PURPOSE: To help listeners appreciate the rest that God can bring into their lives.
I. The first verse of Psalm 23 is the key to the rest of the psalm.
When David writes “The Lord is my shepherd,” he implies that I am a sheep.
This is a strange way for a mighty near-Eastern king to think of himself.
Sheep are dependent, defenseless and helpless.
PURPOSE: To help listeners admit that they are dependent and defenseless and helpless in facing the great issues of life
I. When David writes “The Lord is my shepherd,” he implies that I am a sheep.
If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you like to be?
Suppose you didn’t have the Bible. If you were thinking of an animal to represent Christians, what animal might you choose?
PURPOSE: To help listeners realize the qualities that characterize God’s people.
If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you like to be?
If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you like to be?
Suppose you didn’t have the Bible. If you were thinking of an animal to represent Christians, what animal might you choose?
From what you know of the Bible, when God wants to speak of believers, what is His animal of choice?
PURPOSE: To help listeners realize the qualities that characterize God’s people.
If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you like to be?
We know that we are to love God. Do you think most people like Him?
Do you think it matters?
PURPOSE: To have listeners understand why belief about God is basic to their behavior.
We know that we are to love God. Do you think most people like Him?
Some say that our talents are the spiritual gifts that God gives Christians that we are to use for His kingdom. This reads or implies something from another book of the Bible into Matthew’s gospel.
Others say that talents represent the money that God has given us to use for Him
PURPOSE: To have listeners realize that talents are given to them to use.
Yesterday we were trying to figure out what Jesus had in mind when He talked about “talents” in His story in Matthew 25:14-18.
A good environment is not the same as a godly character.
PURPOSE: To help listeners realize that a good environment is not the same as a godly character.
Suppose we rewrote part of the parable of the wise and foolish maidens. Let’s keep the first 9 verses the way they are and begin our rewrite with verse 10:
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