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CHRIST, AS SHEPHERDBlind SkiersDate: 12/2007.101 Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching from Leadership Journal ed. Craig Brian Larson #252 A television program preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics featured blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing, impossible as that sounds. paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats how to make right and left turns. When that was mastered, they were taken to the slalom slope, where their sighted partners skied beside them shouted "Left!" and :Right!" As they obeyed the commands, they were able to negotiate the course and cross the finish line depending solely on the sighted skiers' word. It was either complete trust or catastrophe. What a vivid picture of the Christian life! In this world, we are in reality blind about what course to take We must rely solely on the Word of the only One who is truly sighted - God himself. His Word gives us the direction we need to finish the course. CHRIST, AS SHEPHERD Herd InstinctDate: 6/2007.101 Nov 13 2011 DCFC English [Jesus came to the world to...] John 10:1-18 – Lay down His life
Daily Bread April 17 2007 Near the village of Gevas in eastern Turkey, while shepherds ate their breakfast, one of their sheep jumped off a 45-foot cliff to its death. Then, as the stunned shepherds looked on, the rest of the flock followed. In all, 1,500 sheep mindlessly stumbled off the cliff. The only good news was that the last 1,000 were cushioned in their fall by the growing woolly pile of those who jumped first. According to The Washington Post, 450 sheep died. The Bible often refers to human beings as sheep (Psalms 100:3; Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 9:36). Easily distracted and susceptible to group influence, we would rather follow the crowd than the wisdom of the Shepherd. I’m glad the Bible also describes sheep in a positive way. Jesus said, I am the Good Shepherd . . . . My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me (John 10:14,John 10:27). So the big question for us is: Whom are we following? One another? Self-centered shepherds? Or the voice and direction of the Good Shepherd? Our challenge is to avoid the mistake of the sheep who blindly followed one another over a cliff. We must make it our daily purpose to ask ourselves: Am I listening for the voice of the Good Shepherd? Am I following Him? Mart De Haan
16 April 2017 QBC English – Matt 28:1-15 The victorious King This past Saturday, GenPaul has a prayer marathon. We had reading of God’s Word, prayer, meditation and just lingering. Without realizing, I spent 3 hours there. One of the recurring themes that came up during the reading, the devotion that was provided was the imagery of Jesus being the shepherd. In the NT, there are three different description of Jesus being our shepherd. He is the Good Shepherd, the Great Shepherd and the Chief shepherd! John 10, he is our Good Shepherd that laid down His life willingly. It is because of Jesus laying down his life that He becomes a Great shepherd (Heb 13:20) who leads us through the valley of shadow of death. But not only is he the Great shepherd, he is the chief shepherd who will come again and give us an unfading crown of glory (1 Pe 5:4). The point is Jesus laid down his life as a good shepherd but He resurrected to be able to lead us in life as the Great shepherd and He will come again as the Chief shepherd.
Ps 23Date: 6/2009.101 7 June 2009 DCFC English Worship - [Heavenly Songs for Earthly Woes] Ps 23 The Lord is my shepherd Dec 2016 GenPaul Retreat [Lingering in the presence of God] – Ps 23 The Lord is my shepherd This psalm is popular and endearing because it brings out deep theological truths of God's provision and protection in such simple poetic terms even when misquoted by children. As a little child said, "The Lord is my shepherd, what more shall I want?" What more do we need? Truly, with the Lord in our lives, what else do we need?
Date: 5/2007.101 Hot Illustrations A famous evangelist was in town to hold an evangelistic crusade. On the way to the stadium where the crusade was being held, the evangelist wanted to stop at the post office and mail a letter. But he got hopelessly lost and finally decided to ask someone for directions. He noticed a little boy walking on the sidewalk, so he pulled over and said, Excuse me, son, but can you tell me where the post office is? The little boy said, Sure. Turn around and go back down the street to the first light, turn left and it’s a block or two on your right. Thank you very much, young man, said the evangelist. By the way, he added, handing the boy an announcement for the crusade, I’d like to invite you to come to a meeting later today where I’ll tell you how you can find Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. Fat chance, said the little boy. You can’t even find the post office. Where to Take It from Here... Fortunately for us, we don’t have to find Jesus. Jesus finds us. In Luke 15, Jesus describes us as lost sheep. As a shepherd with a flock of one hundred sheep, he says, he leaves the ninety-nine in order to go out and find the one that has gone astray. We don’t have to find our way back to the fold. Jesus is pursuing us. All we need to do is stop running and let him take us back.
Date: 7/2006.101 July 22 2006 - DCFC YOC 16 March 2008 DCFC English - Mark 12:28-34 - A Mountaineering Guide 12 July 2006 - ABC Nightline A group of 18 kids went to Peru to climb a mountain - the mountain of Machoo-peechoo, it is one of the sacred trails of the Incas. An interesting feature of this group is that it consist of a group of blind kids with some normal kids. They lived together and trained together, with the normal kids guiding the blind. Their treks takes a few days, up and down slopes, crossing rivers, through forest. It was difficult because the air gets thinner as they go higher. It was essential that the blind kids follow their guide as they ascend and descend slopes. They can't see anything but managed to complete the journey, wholly trusting and following their guide through all the obstacles before them. Likewise, we have a guide who walks with us through our lives - Christ. And we need friends who would walk with us too.
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