1. The Lord Is My Shepherd Psalm 23:1-3

2. How do you know if he is your shepherd? My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. John 10:27-28

3. How do you know if he is your shepherd? o Test #1: Do you listen? o Test #2: Do you follow?

4.  We like sheep are defenseless, dependent, and helpless.  The Shepherd has a relationship with you.  Your life is fully under his care and you trust him.

5. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5-6

6.  We like sheep are defenseless, dependent, and helpless.  The Shepherd has a relationship with you.  Your life is fully under his care and you trust him.  He will give you rest.

7. For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith. 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest… Hebrews 4:2-3b

8. Paul tells us “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13

9.  We like sheep are defenseless, dependent, and helpless.  The Shepherd has a relationship with you.  Your life is fully under his care and you trust him.  He will give you rest.  He restores or refreshes you.

10. On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. John 7:37-39