1. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

2. SHEEP  Tell me everything you know about sheep

3. SHEEP  Nearly two hundred times in the Bible, GOD's people are called sheep.  Sheep are very dirty. They need someone else to clean them.  Wandering from grass clump to grass clump, sheep chew away without looking up…. They become lost very easily.  Prompt rescue is necessary. Sheep can’t digest until they lie down. But sheep don’t have sense enough to lie down, even when their aching, expanding girth signals impending doom. You have to make them lie down for their own good.  They have an inherent “follower” nature. Sheep life is one long game of follow-the- leader. The lead sheep heads over a cliff? Problem!  Sheep are helpless against predators.  If sheep fall into moving water, they drown. Their coats, heavy to begin with, absorb water rapidly, adding poundage by the second, and sheep can’t swim. Sheep fear moving water and won’t drink from a lake or stream unless the water is still.

4. PSALM 23  Read by soldiers going to battle  Read by those who grieve at funerals  Read by the guilty, the lonely, the depressed, the forsaken  Read by Christians for daily living  David was an experienced shepherd who had experienced the Lord’s assistance  Please read Psalm 23 and make a list of principles and doctrines of Christ

5. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. How the Lord like a shepherd? What is the difference between wants and needs? In what ways has the Lord provided for your wants and needs?

6. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. When (and why) would the Lord need to ‘make’ you lie down? What else has the Lord taught about ‘rest’? Why do sheep need ‘still waters’?

7. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. What does a restored soul look like? What’s another word for ‘restored’? Where else has the Lord taught using a pathway as an analogy? According to verse 3, what is the purpose of Him leading us? Can you pinpoint a time when the Lord lead you?

8. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD The gigantic sheep, named "Chris" was found just outside Australia's capital, Canberra. Shearer Ian Elkins volunteered to shear the mammoth creature. He took 42 minutes to remove the 18 inch fleece, which weighed 89 pounds (an average Australian fleece in comparison weighs just 11 pounds and takes approximately three minutes to shear).

9. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Australian Sheep

10. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Chris, before.

11. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Chris, before.

12. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Chris, after.

13. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Chris’ wool

14. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

15. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Why the word ‘walk’? Why the word ‘through’? What has the Lord taught about fearing? What are examples of the Lord’s rod/staff?

16. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Why would the Lord want to prepare a table for you in the presence of your enemies? What are the purposes of the Lord’s anointings? Restate ‘my cup runneth over’ using other words

17. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. How could ‘goodness’ and ‘mercy’ be like sheepdogs? Where is the house of the Lord?

18. THE GOOD SHEPHERD “We need a shepherd because in innocence or ignorance—(occasion willfully)—we ‘have gone astray’. We wander here and scamper there, inspect this and nibble that, until at some point we look up and realize we are lost or about to be destroyed. We realize that we have done something stupid or something wrong and that we desperately need help; we are in trouble and frantically look about for our shepherd, our defender, our Savior” (For Times of Trouble, 204).

19. PSALM 23 Ponder experiences you have had when you trusted in the Lord and felt that He led or cared for you.

20. 23 RD PSALM

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22. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.