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This program is made
possible by the giving
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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My name is Rick Renner.
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Today I'm with a flock of
sheep near my home in Moscow.
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Can you believe Denise and I live near all
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of these sheep out in the
country just on the outskirts
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of Moscow, and I'm teaching
a brand new series called The
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Lord is My Shepherd.
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And in Psalm 23:1, the Bible says,
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the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.
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And then in verse 2, it says, he maketh me
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to lie down in green pastures.
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God gives us such supernatural
protection that we can rest
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and lie down and trust that
he's going to take care of us
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and he's going to take care of you.
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And that is what I'm going
to talk to you about today.
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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind: where the word
is the anchor in uncertain
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times and doctrine
doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that
touches the world. Let's
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join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and I've been waiting to meet with you today.
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And today you and I are going
to return to the 23rd Psalm
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to look at the 10 promises
that God makes to his people.
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It is so powerful. Yesterday's
program was wonderful
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as we begin to look at the fact that Jesus is our shepherd
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and that means we are sheep.
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If you miss that program,
you need to go back
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to the archives and watch it
to find out what it means
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when we acknowledge that we are sheep - we really need help.
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That's why Jesus is our shepherd.
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Oh, I'm so grateful. He is my shepherd.
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Personalize that; say the Lord is my shepherd.
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He is. But I want you to
order the whole series,
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which is called Psalm 23 -
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The Lord is My Shepherd, and it comes with a study guide.
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Or maybe you're discipling someone.
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And for those who become
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People out there are
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please send somebody to me
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We always give this to our partners
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So the moment you become a
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of saying Welcome to the family and we want to pray for you.
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If you'll give us a call
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or send us an email - the
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or the moment that your
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we're gonna put our faith
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to move mightily in your life.
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So let us know how to pray for you,
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but reach for your Bible.
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And today we're going to
return to the 23rd Psalm
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and I wanna read the whole Psalm.
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It's short. It just
takes a moment to read.
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In Psalm 23:1, David says,
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the Lord is my shepherd,
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I shall not want.
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We covered that yesterday
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and I quoted for you what
a little girl said when she
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misquoted this verse.
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She said, the Lord is my
shepherd - that's all I want.
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Well, really, she was right
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because if the Lord is your shepherd,
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you have everything that you need.
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But David said, the Lord is
my shepherd. I shall not want.
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Verse 2: He makes me to
lie down in green pastures.
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What does that mean - he makes me
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to lie down in green pastures.
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We're going to see that today.
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He leads me besides still
waters - which we're going
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to see tomorrow.
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Verse 3: He restores my soul.
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He leads me in the path of righteousness for his namesake.
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Verse 4: Yay, though I walk through the valley
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of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil
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for thou art with me.
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Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
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Verse 5: Thou preparest a table before me
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and the presence of mine enemies -
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and my friend, he really does.
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I've experienced that in my life.
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Thou anointest my head with oil,
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my cup runs over - verse 6: Surely goodness
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and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life
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and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord forever.
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And in this Psalm, we find
10 promises of God to you
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and to me and to every child of God.
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No.1: God's supernatural provision.
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We saw that yesterday.
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No.2: God's supernatural protection.
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We're going to see that today.
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No.3: God's supernatural peace.
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No.4: God's supernatural restoration in our lives.
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No.5: God's supernatural guidance.
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No.6: God's supernatural confidence
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that he imparts to us.
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No.7: God's supernatural loving
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correction in our lives.
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No.8: God's supernatural prosperity.
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No.9: God's supernatural anointing.
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And No.10: God's supernatural promise.
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But in verse 1, David said, the Lord is my shepherd.
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He didn't say our shepherd
or their shepherd,
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he personalized it.
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And I want you to
personalize this as well.
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The Lord is your shepherd.
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Just say, the Lord is my shepherd.
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And we saw yesterday - I shall not want.
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And that is because as a faithful shepherd, he tends to us
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and provides for every need in our life.
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But today we're going to go to verse 2
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to see God's supernatural
promise of protection.
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Listen to what David says in Psalm 23:2,
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He makes me
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to lie down in green pastures.
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What in the world does it
mean when it says he makes me
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to lie down in green pastures?
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And notice the focus on
those words - lie down.
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This verse is about God's
supernatural protection in
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our lives.
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In the 1st verse, we acknowledge that as a shepherd,
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Jesus provides everything that we need.
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But now in the 2nd verse,
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we see God's divine
protection in our lives
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and God providing that supernatural protection for us.
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Now, I want you to turn in your Bible
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to Ezekiel 34,
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and we're going to begin reading in verse 11
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where God has been rebuking
the shepherds of Israel
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because they have failed
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to perform their shepherding responsibilities;
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and God is quite upset with him
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and God basically says, because you're not doing the job,
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I'll do the job.
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My friends, God has
always been a shepherd.
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He is a shepherd.
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He will always be a
shepherd for his people.
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And if shepherds will not do
their jobs, Jesus will step in
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as the good shepherd to do the job.
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And when you come to Ezekiel 34:11,
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Thus sayeth the Lord God,
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behold I, even I, will both search my sheep
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and seek them out.
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Listen to verse 12; As a shepherd
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seeketh out his flock in the day that he is
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among his sheep that are scattered,
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so will I seek my sheep
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and will deliver them
out of all the places
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where they've been scattered
in the cloudy and dark day.
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Verse 13: And I will bring them out from the people
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and gather them from the countries
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and I will bring them to their own land
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and feed them up on the mountains of Israel by the rivers
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and in all the inhabited places of the country
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and listen to this amazing promise in verse 14;
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I will feed them in a good pasture
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and upon the high mountains
of Israel shall there fold be:
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Now, listen - there shall they lie in a good fold
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and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the
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mountains of Israel.
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But in verse 14, God says they shall lie.
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There we have it again.
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What in the world does
that mean for you and me
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and for all the people of God?
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Well, let me ask you - when do sheep lie down?
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When do sheep lie down?
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Sheep normally are running when they are in a state of fear.
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That's why they band together in groups
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because they feel more protected.
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This is the only protection
they have from predators
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unless they have a shepherd
that is watching over them
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and who is providing for them protection.
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Sheep feels safe in numbers
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because it's harder for a predator
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to pick a sheep out from the
crowd or to go after astray.
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But sheep lie down when they feel safe,
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when they feel protected and free from fear.
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Listen to this. Sheep refuse
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to lie down in the presence of fear
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because they're disturbed.
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Sheep are so easily panicked
that if a jackrabbit
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suddenly bolts from behind the bush,
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it can stampede a whole flock of sheep.
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When one startled sheep
runs in a frightened state,
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a dozen others will bolt
with it in blind fear,
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not even knowing why
they're running, simply
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because that's how fear affects them.
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Sheep simply will not lie down
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unless they are free from fear.
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Sheep will lie down only
if they are not tormented.
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If they're in a state of torment, they will not lie down.
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If they're tormented by flies
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or if they're tormented by parasites,
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they simply will not lie down.
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Only when sheep are free from
fearful pests can they relax
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and finally lay down.
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Sheep will lie down when they
are free from the of hunger;
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but if they're afraid that
they don't have enough to eat,
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they roam, they fidget, they move about.
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They will not lie down
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if they have a fear of hunger;
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they must be free from the fear of hunger
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and from all fears in
order for them to lie down.
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So when sheep are lying down,
it means they feel protected.
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They feel the absence of fear.
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Sheep will only lie down if these 4-things
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are present.
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There must be, No.1: freedom from all fear.
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No.2: freedom from panicky situations.
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No.3: freedom from the fearful torment of flies
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or parasites.
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No.4: freedom from the fear of no food
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and the fear of hunger.
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You say, wow, that is amazing.
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Well, we're told in 1 John 4:18,
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that fear has torment.
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Have you ever been in a state of fear
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and so tormented with fear about
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what could possibly happen to you?
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Are you going to have enough
money to pay your bills?
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Will you have enough
food to feed your family?
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Will you be able to buy clothes?
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Are you going to be fired from your job?
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What are people going to say about you?
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What kind of rumor is going
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Fear has torment,
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and in fact, it is very hard to lie down
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and sleep when your mind
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of torment and fear.
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I know I have been in
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that position in my life when
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unable to sleep
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because my mind was so tormented with
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what if this, what if this,
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what if that, what if this, what if that. It is tormenting.
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It is impossible to sleep and to rest
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when you are in the torment of fear.
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The fears are unrealistic -
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they're unrealistic.
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You worry about what people
are going to do, what's going
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to happen, situations probably
that will never take place.
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that they steal from you
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the ability to lie down and to rest. It affects our feelings
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of security, our protection,
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it just shakes up our life.
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it puts an end to fear.
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It puts an end to it
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because a shepherd gives protection
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to the flock.
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That is what a shepherd does.
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by Jesus himself that
he is the good shepherd.
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Jesus said, I am the good shepherd.
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And the good shepherd giveth his life
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for his sheep.
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Jesus is a shepherd
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and one of the things that he provides
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for his people is supernatural protection:
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such a sense of security that they can lie down
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and not be fearful about
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what could potentially happen to them.
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When the apostle Paul wrote
to the elders in the city
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of Ephesus, listen to what he said to them;
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they were the shepherds of the church.
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He said; Take heed therefore unto yourselves
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and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost has made you
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overseers to feed the church of God.
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That word - feed, is the Greek word to shepherd.
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He's describing them as shepherds,
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which he had purchased with his own blood.
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Then in verse 29, he says, For I know this, that
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after my departing shall
grievous wolves enter in
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among you not sparing the flock.
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The only way the flock
was going to be safe
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was if the shepherds in
Ephesus took their position
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to protect the flock.
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As a pastor, I know that my
church will still feel safe
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and protected if I am present.
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They know as long as I'm
there, nothing crazy is going
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to come into the church
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because Pastor Rick is going
to guard them from nonsense.
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Well, my friends, I want to tell you, as long
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as Jesus is working in
your life as your shepherd,
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he's going to hover over you
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and he's going to protect you
from nonsense that will try
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to come into your life.
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But in John 10:10, Jesus said, I am the good shepherd.
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The good shepherd giveth
his life for the sheep.
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Jesus is our shepherd and
he is the good shepherd.
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You know what the Greek says?
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It says, I am the shepherd, the good one.
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Jesus meant he was the
shepherd of all shepherds.
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He was the perfect shepherd.
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And the Greek literally
says, I am the shepherd,
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the good one who gives
his life for the sheep.
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The word, for, in Greek is the word, huper.
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This word, huper, means holy completely.
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He's given himself lock, stock,
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and barrel to perform a shepherding ministry in
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all of our lives.
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He says for the sheep: the word, sheep,
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the Greek word, probaton, which describes a flock of sheep.
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That's who we are.
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And the Bible says that
Jesus has given his life
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to protect the sheep.
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The word life, believe it or not,
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it is the Greek word psuche.
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And that is so strange
that it is used here.
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Normally you would think it is the word zoe,
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which would describe life
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or the word, bios, which
would describe physical life.
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But this is the Greek word, psuche.
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And the word, psuche, depicts the mind,
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the will and the emotions.
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It's where we get the word
for a psyche or for psychology
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and the use of this word life,
the Greek word psuche tells us
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that Jesus gives and gives and gives
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and gives his mind, his will,
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and his emotions for our
care and our protection.
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Jesus is totally involved in watching over me
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and watching over you.
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Jesus gave his life for us.
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He is still giving his life for us and
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because this word life, the
Greek word, psuche is used,
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which depicts the mind,
the will and the emotions,
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it tells us Jesus mind is
involved in looking over us.
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His will is involved. He is
intentionally looking over us.
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And because it depicts emotions,
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it means his heart is involved
in looking over us, his mind,
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his will and his emotions
are totally given
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for you and for me.
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And one of his promises is
to protect us in so much
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that we can lie down and be at peace.
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In 1 Peter 2:25, Peter said this;
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For you were as sheep going astray,
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but now are returned unto the shepherd
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and bishop of our souls.
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Our souls are where we deal with fear.
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It's in our mind, it is in our imagination.
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We worry about things that might happen
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but probably will never take place.
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We're tormented mentally with fear.
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I don't know what you're
tormented with right now
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and what you're fearing,
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but my friends, this verse
says, we are to return
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to the shepherd and the
bishop of our souls.
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Jesus will shepherd our mind;
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Jesus will bishop our imagination if we will submit our
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minds to him.
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But it means, if we will submit to Jesus
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and really let him be the shepherd that he wants to be to me
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and to you, we can put an end to fear
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and we can lie down just
like the Bible says;
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He maketh me
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to lie down in green pastures
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just like a sheep who lies in the pasture
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not worrying about the wolf in the distance
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because the shepherd is there.
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And as long as the shepherd is there,
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the sheep knows nothing
bad is going to take place.
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And my friends, the Lord is your
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shepherd.
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That is what the Bible promises you.
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And in verse 2, you're giving this supernatural
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protection promise.
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He makes me to lie down
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in green pastures - which means - you can say goodbye
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to torment, goodbye to fear and rest
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because the Lord himself,
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your shepherd is hovering over you.
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But wait: there's another marvelous promise
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in the next verse. It says, He leads me
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besides still waters. What are still waters?
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This is God's supernatural promise
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of peace.
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Rather than be tormented,
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you can really live in a state of peace.
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You say - how can I live in a state of peace?
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Well, that's what I'm going
to show you tomorrow, but
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because the Lord is your
shepherd, he will lead you
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besides still waters.
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Isn't it marvelous that
the Lord is our shepherd?
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And like the little girl said, The Lord is my shepherd,
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that's all I need.
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If you have the Lord, everything's gonna be all right.
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I'll be back in just a moment and I want to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question: What happens to us when we die?
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And the answer is very clearly answered
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for us in 2 Corinthians 4:8,
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where the apostle Paul says
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that when we are absent from the body, we are present
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with the Lord which means - in a split second we breathe our
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last physical breath, our spirit departs
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to be with the Lord.
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Now our body lies in the grave waiting
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for the great resurrection,
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but we immediately are in
the presence of the Lord.
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And one day when Jesus comes
for the rapture of the church,
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all the saints that have gone
on to be with him are going
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to come with him.
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Their bodies are going to be raised,
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they'll be rejoined with their bodies.
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It's going to be an amazing moment.
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But my friends, there's no doubt about it,
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2 Corinthians 4:8,
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clearly states, the moment a believer draws his last breath,
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immediately he's ushered into the presence of the Lord.
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The 23rd Psalm is a
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Hey, this is Rick Renner
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and I'm standing in one
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of the long corridors in the
Tulsa headquarters building,
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and these corridors are
lined with photography
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of our past ministry.
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For example here, it's amazing;
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you see a picture of me and Denise's first starting our
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ministry as we're traveling
in the car with Paul
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and Phillip on her lap,
and there's little Joel,
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but then you look over here
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and you see our Russian ministry.
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Here's Golden Stars with some of the Russian movie stars
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who came to help us; at that event,
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we had more than 16,000 senior citizens show up.
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That is amazing. Then you
see the youth ministry
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and us working with
members of the government.
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And here you see again, me and Denise
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and our first little church
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we started in Arkansas - many, many, many years ago.
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And then you look over here
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and you see us filming TV programs.
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I mean, there's just so much.
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And when you walk through these hallways
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and look at all these pictures, you're just surrounded with
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what God has done throughout our ministry and it is amazing.
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And now every day in this facility,
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ministry is taking place.
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Oh, I wish you could hear the phone calls.
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And when our team begins
to pray, it is like a roar
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of prayer that you can hear when you walk
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through our partner care ministry
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or the letters that are
going out or the resources
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and resources are books and
USBs and all kinds of video
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and audio, and it's going
to the ends of the earth.
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And we're able to do all of that
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because we have a facility
where we can do it.
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And paying off this facility
is our current goal.
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You know, when we started the
Ministry Expansion Project,
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it was quite large.
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70% of it is already finished
and I want to say thank you,
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and now we need to keep it up
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until we knock out the remaining 30%.
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Please help us continue
until we finish it.
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And if you're not a part of the team yet,
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please pray about becoming a part
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of our Ministry Expansion Project giving team
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so we can pay off all of this
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and then liberate all that
money to take the gospel
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to the ends of the earth,
and that's our desire.
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So I wanna say "thank you" in advance for helping us.
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I have had such a good
time being with you today,
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and I want to say thank you for joining me for the program.
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And remember to order the
whole series called, Psalm 23:
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The Lord is My Shepherd, and it comes with a study guide.
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You can order these by going online
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or give us a call right now.
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And by the way, when you reach
out to us, let us know how
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to pray for you.
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We really want to know
how to pray for you,
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and I promise you, we will
really just give us a call
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or send us an email.
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And remember that we're
also offering you the book
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by Tony Cook called,
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Because the Lord is My Shepherd, The Blessings
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of an Empowered Life.
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You will eat up this little book.
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But Father, I thank you in the name of Jesus
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that the Lord is our shepherd.
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I thank you Lord that because
you're watching over us,
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we do not have to be in a
state of fear or torment.
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We can lie down and be at peace.
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In Jesus' name - Amen. I'll see you tomorrow.
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But remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word
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of a king is there's power."
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If you've never received Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now; Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.
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If you just prayed the
prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation.
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We would love to connect with you.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.