1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:06,920 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:18,400 Now enjoy this message. Psalms 23 Psalms 23. 4 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:24,160 You know, we know and have been taught here at Anchor Faith 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:33,840 Church that you know, God is a king and we are here as 6 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,840 citizens, come on, and ambassadors in his Kingdom, 7 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,960 Amen. And so we know the facet of God 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,400 as King. We know through Scripture, you 9 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,120 know, the Bible calls Godfather Father God. 10 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:56,360 We know that God is King of the Kingdom, Amen. 11 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:04,440 But we can also see another facet of God, or, you know, the 12 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:10,120 nature of God by looking at what the Scripture says is that he is 13 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,840 the shepherd. He's the shepherd, Amen. 14 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,560 So in these next two Wednesday nights coming up, we're going to 15 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:26,280 be discussing him, looking at the side of him as the shepherd. 16 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:30,560 Amen. And and looking at some of the 17 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:38,880 benefits that he talks about with him being our shepherd. 18 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,520 Hallelujah. You know, Pastor actually 19 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:48,200 brought up a scripture on Sunday concerning the shepherd, and it 20 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,680 just seems like these last few weeks there's been some things 21 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,320 about the sheep hear the shepherd's voice. 22 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,320 We've been talking about this in prayer as well, how important it 23 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,520 is that we are hearing his voice in this day and in this hour 24 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:08,320 that we are living so that no other voice we will follow. 25 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:15,360 So we won't follow a stranger's voice, something that sounds 26 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:22,320 strange, right? And so, you know, in looking and 27 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:33,800 Psalms 23, let's read it, it says this, the Lord is my 28 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:38,000 shepherd, the Lord's my shepherd. 29 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,920 Is he your shepherd? He's my shepherd. 30 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:49,280 He's my king, but he's my shepherd as well. 31 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,960 Hallelujah. And we see here it says I'm 32 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,640 going to be reading out of the amplified. 33 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:03,160 It says the Lord is my shepherd to feed, to guide and to shield 34 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,000 me. Say my shepherd guides me. 35 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,280 Come on. He feeds me and he Shields me. 36 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,360 Hallelujah. He guides me. 37 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:23,760 He feeds me and he Shields me. Oh, Hallelujah. 38 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,360 Glory to God. You know, we've talking about 39 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:33,400 that Iron Dome over Israel. It's like a big shield, isn't 40 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:34,960 it? Hallelujah. 41 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:41,320 That's able to penetrate all those fiery missiles that are 42 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,000 coming at them. And he lets us know as our 43 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:52,040 shepherd, Come on, there is a shield about us. 44 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,040 We know that Scripture talks about this, but he is a shield 45 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:01,560 so that when all the fiery darts come on, all the things that are 46 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,480 being said, whatever the circumstances are that are just 47 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:10,440 coming to bombard you one after another after another, He says, 48 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:15,880 don't worry, I'm your shepherd. Come on, I I am a shield about 49 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,120 you. Glory to God. 50 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,959 I'll be your shield. Come on. 51 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,519 I'll be your shield on the front side. 52 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:23,840 I'll be your shield on the backside. 53 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:27,840 Come on. So no matter what, I've got you 54 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,240 covered. Hallelujah. 55 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,960 Because he is a great shepherd. Glory to God. 56 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,760 Glory to God. So He's here to feed us exactly 57 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,160 what we need to be fed. He's here to guide us and lead 58 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:50,960 us exactly where we need to go, exactly where we need to go, 59 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,760 Hallelujah. And he is that shield about us, 60 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,440 Hallelujah. And then he goes on to say, and 61 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,400 I shall not want. He lets me lie down in green 62 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,080 pastures. Hallelujah, glory to God. 63 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:13,120 He leads me besides still and quiet waters. 64 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,880 He refreshes and restores my soul. 65 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:26,120 Hallelujah, He restores life. He leads me in paths of 66 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,400 righteousness. You know why? 67 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,280 For His name's sake. For his name's sake. 68 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:38,280 So that his name can be glorified. 69 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,640 Hallelujah. And lifted high and lifted up. 70 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,400 Glory to God. Even though I walk through the 71 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,280 sunless valley of the shadow of death. 72 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:52,240 What does he say? I will fear no evil. 73 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,120 You know why? Because he's with us. 74 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,160 Come on, He's with us. Glory to God. 75 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,040 He is in US. Come on, He's upon us. 76 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,880 Glory to God. He's surrounding us. 77 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:07,440 Listen, there's nowhere we can't be that he is not. 78 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:12,400 He is with us. Glory to God, He's with us. 79 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:19,160 Hallelujah, He says this. You are with me. 80 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:25,480 Your rod protects me and your staff guides me. 81 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:32,440 They comfort and console me. You prepare a table before me in 82 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:38,960 the presence of my enemies. You have anointed and refreshed 83 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,960 my head with oil. Glory to God, Hallelujah. 84 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,160 We're going to get into that later, probably next week. 85 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,000 My cup overflows. Shirley. 86 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:56,120 Goodness and mercy and unfailed love shall follow me all the 87 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:01,480 days of my life, and I shall dwell forever throughout all my 88 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:06,240 days in the house and in the presence of the Lord. 89 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,960 Come on, that is something to shout about. 90 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,240 Glory to God. Hallelujah, the Lord is my 91 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,760 shepherd. Hallelujah, glory to God. 92 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:23,720 Oh, thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. 93 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,880 Whoa, I could just laugh. I could just laugh. 94 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,560 Glory to God, Hallelujah. I'm excited that He's my 95 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,200 shepherd. Hallelujah. 96 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,800 I'm excited that I'm reminded when I read through His word 97 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,120 that He is my shepherd. Glory to God. 98 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,680 John, chapter 10. I believe this is where Pastor 99 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:50,560 came out of on Sunday, but I want to read verses one through 100 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,480 15. And are they amplified? 101 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,240 It says this, I assure you, and most solemnly say to you, he who 102 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,920 does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up 103 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,720 from some other place, come on. This is saying, listen, there's 104 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,520 only one way. Come on, There's only one way to 105 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,960 the shepherd. There's only one way through the 106 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,040 Kingdom of God, and that is by him. 107 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,360 This is what he's saying here, the door into the sheepfold. 108 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,400 But if you climb up from some other place on the Stonewall, 109 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,720 that one is a thief and a robber. 110 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,800 Come on, there's not going to be anybody in the Kingdom 111 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:34,360 illegally. It's not going to happen. 112 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,880 Mama's not going to get you in unless you confess Jesus Christ 113 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,159 as your Lord. Grandmama's not going to get you 114 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:47,560 in and smuggle you in by her, Her grace and her whatever. 115 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:54,360 No, there's only one way in, and it's if you confess Him as your 116 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,600 Lord. Come on as your shepherd. 117 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:02,400 Glory to God, Hallelujah. Glory to God, Hallelujah. 118 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:13,280 Where was I verse 2? But he who enters by the door is 119 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:19,000 the shepherd of the sheep. Hallelujah, the protector and 120 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:26,160 provider. The protector and provider, the 121 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,720 doorkeeper opens the gate for this man and the sheep. 122 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,320 What? Hear the voice? 123 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,280 Hear his voice and pay attention to it. 124 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,160 Hallelujah. Say pay attention. 125 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,200 Come on, pay attention. Isn't that what you tell your 126 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,880 kids after you've said stuff several times? 127 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,800 Come on now, pay attention to what I am saying. 128 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:55,480 Hear my voice and pay attention to it, He's saying and knowing 129 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:01,920 that they listen. He calls his own sheep by name. 130 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:06,920 That's personal. And he leads them out to 131 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,200 pasture. Hallelujah. 132 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:15,480 Say he knows my name. He knows my name. 133 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:20,560 Come on. He knows my name. 134 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:21,960 Come on. I wish I could sing it like 135 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:28,040 Tasha Cobb. He knows our name. 136 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,920 We're in the sheepfold. And you ought to be thankful 137 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:44,320 that he knows your name. Let me get to my place. 138 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:53,480 And then he says this. He calls his own sheep by name 139 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:58,120 and leads them out to pasture. And when he has bought brought 140 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:03,600 all his own sheep outside, he walks on ahead of them, and the 141 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:13,680 sheep follow him, because they know his voice and recognize his 142 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:18,720 call. They will never follow a 143 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:26,080 stranger but will run away from him because they do not know the 144 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:31,440 voice of strangers. Jesus used this figure of speech 145 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,840 with them but they didn't understand what he was talking 146 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,560 about. South Jesus said again, I assure 147 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:41,920 you and most solemnly say to you, I am the door for the sheep 148 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:47,560 leading to life and all who come before me as false Messiahs self 149 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:51,320 appointed leaders are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep 150 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,800 did not hear them. I am the door. 151 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:59,000 Anyone who enters through me will be saved and will live 152 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,800 forever, and we'll go in and out freely and find pasture. 153 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,400 Listen to what he says. Spiritual security. 154 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:14,520 The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy. 155 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,600 But I came that you may have life and have it to an 156 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,680 abundance, to the full, till it overflows. 157 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,520 Here he is saying this. I am the Good Shepherd, 158 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,960 Hallelujah, I am the Good Shepherd. 159 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:35,560 Say he's a Good Shepherd. Oh, he is a Good Shepherd. 160 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:40,840 Glory to God, the Good Shepherd. And he lays down his own life 161 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,280 for his sheep. But hired man who merely just 162 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,480 serves for wages, who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of 163 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:54,080 the sheep, when he sees a wolf come and deserts the flock, runs 164 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,800 away, and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. 165 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,960 The man runs because he is a hired hand who serves only for 166 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,800 wages and is not concerned about the safety of the sheep. 167 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,920 But I am the Good Shepherd, and I know without any doubt those 168 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:17,520 who are mine, my own and my own no me, and have a deep personal 169 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,040 relationship with me, even as the Father knows me. 170 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,880 I know the Father and lay down my very own life, sacrificing it 171 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:32,120 for the benefit of the sheep. Hallelujah. 172 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,960 Jesus is the Good Shepherd, Hallelujah, that laid his life 173 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:46,560 down for us so that we can walk and be LED into those green 174 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,720 pastures. Hallelujah. 175 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,480 Be fed properly. That's what a green pasture 176 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,400 represents. Be fed properly and taken care 177 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,160 of, nourished properly, Hallelujah. 178 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:06,360 Given everything we need to be able to sustain life because he 179 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,560 is a Good Shepherd and he's never going to lead us to a 180 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:14,480 pasture that's not going to feed us, that's not going to take 181 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,720 care of us. Hallelujah. 182 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,720 Now look at Matthew 935 through 38. 183 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,760 It says this. And Jesus went about in all the 184 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,200 cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching 185 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:32,400 the gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every 186 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,160 disease among the people. But when he saw the multitude, 187 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:40,160 he was what moved with compassion on them, because they 188 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:46,840 fainted, and were scattered abroad as sheep, having no 189 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:53,240 shepherd, So then sayeth he unto his disciples, The harvest truly 190 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,400 is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 191 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,800 Pray ye therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He will send 192 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:07,520 forth laborers into his harvest. You know how good of a great 193 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:13,680 shepherd Jesus is that He knew that when He left, you would 194 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:22,640 still need a shepherd in your life, in the earth, in the earth 195 00:15:28,340 --> 00:15:35,480 to lead you, to feed you, to help guide you into all truth. 196 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:40,760 And you know what he said? And Jeremiah 315, it says this. 197 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,680 I will give you spiritual shepherds after my own heart and 198 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,360 in the final time who will feed you with knowledge, 199 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:56,680 understanding and judgement. You see how good He is that He 200 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,960 knew that the sheep were scattered. 201 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,840 They're everywhere and that when he left that they would still 202 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:09,560 need a shepherd to take care of them in the natural. 203 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:16,760 Even though he is our spiritual shepherd, Hallelujah, this is 204 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:22,160 how good he is that he said you still need a shepherd in the 205 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,640 earth. Not one of us are to be without 206 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:30,960 a shepherd in our life, someone to care for us, to lead us, to 207 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:36,240 guide us into knowledge, into the truth, into understanding, 208 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,760 into the judgement that is to come if we do not call on this 209 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,280 Great Shepherd. Amen. 210 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:51,360 So he left you pastors after his own heart to make sure that they 211 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,320 would feed you the knowledge that you needed. 212 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,440 Hallelujah. So you are. 213 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:02,160 I want to say thank you that you honored us as pastors this past 214 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,480 Sunday. I want to say thank you for all 215 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,079 the cards and the gifts and the love. 216 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:13,319 And thank you that you honor all the pastors on staff, Pastor 217 00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:17,440 Mike and Angie, Pastor Vanessa, Pastor Chase and Alyssa. 218 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,920 Because when there is honor there, knowing that they are 219 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:26,920 shepherds over our soul in the earth and that God ordained 220 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:31,200 that, you're going to then be able to receive from that. 221 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,960 But if you don't honor it and you don't think you need it, 222 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,480 well then actually you're saying to Jesus, who was the great 223 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,120 shepherd that said we needed a shepherd in the earth. 224 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:50,680 You're saying that towards him. And Pastor Tim and Bridget, 225 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,920 Let's go to first Peter chapter 5, First Peter chapter 5 and 226 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:04,440 verses one through 4, it says. Therefore, I strongly urge the 227 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,880 elders among you pastors, spiritual leaders of the church, 228 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:13,680 as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness called to testify of 229 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:18,480 the sufferings as Christ as well as one who shares in the glory 230 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:23,560 that is to be revealed. Shepherd and guide and protect 231 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:28,920 the flock of God among you. You see that this is what He's 232 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:34,720 telling us as ministers to do. Shepherd the flock, guide the 233 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,680 flock, protect the flock among you, exercising oversight, not 234 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,200 under compulsion, but voluntarily according to the 235 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:48,080 will of God, and not motivated for shameful gain, but with 236 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:53,320 wholehearted enthusiasm, not lording it over those assigned 237 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,920 to your care. Do not be arrogant or 238 00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:00,640 overbearing, but be examples of Christian living to the flock. 239 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:05,240 Set a pattern of integrity for your congregation and when the 240 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,520 chief shepherd so he's what's in one scripture called the Good 241 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,640 Shepherd. Now he's called the chief 242 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,760 shepherd Hallelujah. So when the chief shepherd 243 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:24,480 Christ appears, you will receive the conquerors unfading crown of 244 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:32,360 glory Hallelujah, glory to God. So there is a crown of glory 245 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:40,680 waiting for us who have talked and walked and lived before the 246 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,360 congregation exactly how they should be in the earth. 247 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,360 Psalms 100 and verse 30. Excuse me, no, go to Acts 20. 248 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,360 I skipped that. Acts 20. 249 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:58,120 I'm just laying a foundation because I I think it important 250 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,840 that you see all through Scripture where he talks about 251 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:07,000 the shepherd. Verse 28 through 30. 252 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,880 It says take care and be on guard for yourselves and for the 253 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:16,280 whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as 254 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,600 overseers to shepherd. Look at the same thing that 255 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:25,320 Jesus that Jesus as the Good Shepherd says that he would do. 256 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,000 He lets those know that are overseeing you. 257 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,840 How they should be the shepherd should tend, should feed, and 258 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:38,400 should guide the Church of God, which he bought with his own 259 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,800 blood. And I know that after I am gone, 260 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:46,320 false teachers, ferocious wolves will come in among you, not 261 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,640 sparing the flock. Even from among your own selves. 262 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:54,640 Men are going to arise speaking perverse and distorted things to 263 00:20:54,640 --> 00:21:00,120 draw you away, or to draw away the disciples after themselves 264 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,560 as their followers. You see that? 265 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:08,600 That's why it's so important that you're in a sheepfold and 266 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:13,560 that you have a shepherd over your soul so that you can be in 267 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,480 that covering and under that protection. 268 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:21,120 So that when the wolf or false teacher or false prophet tries 269 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:25,960 to come in, no, the shepherd can see them come on a mile away, 270 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:30,200 can sniff them out and deal with them so that they do not affect 271 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:35,880 the fold. Hallelujah, Psalms 103 says 272 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,920 this. Acknowledge that the Lord is 273 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,720 God. He made us, and we are His. 274 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:47,960 We are His people, the sheep of his pasture. 275 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,840 Hallelujah, we're the sheep of his pasture. 276 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,600 So let's look at how the shepherd leads us. 277 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,960 OK, look at how the Shepherd leads us here. 278 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:07,720 As he says, the Lord is your shepherd, what you shall not 279 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:12,920 want, and that is want for anything. 280 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:19,960 The Lord is your shepherd, and you shall not want for anything, 281 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:28,880 because He's your shepherd. You shall not want for anything, 282 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:34,840 for any good thing. You shall not want because He is 283 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,160 your shepherd. Look at Psalms 34, nine through 284 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,680 10. Oh, reverently fear the Lord, 285 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:45,440 you, his Saints, believers, holy ones. 286 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:51,280 For to those that fear Him, there is no want. 287 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:57,120 For those who fear Him, there is no want. 288 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:04,880 Hallelujah. For those who fear Him there is 289 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:11,480 no want, no lack for any good thing, no want. 290 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:22,680 If you fear Him, if you fear Him, verse 10 says the Young 291 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:29,960 Lions lack food and grow hungry, but they who seek the Lord will 292 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:38,200 not lack any good thing. Those who seek the Lord will not 293 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,160 lack any good thing. Hallelujah. 294 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,840 You know why? Because He is a Good Shepherd. 295 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:52,320 Hallelujah, glory to God. Look at Luke 1231 through 32. 296 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,960 It says this. But seek the Kingdom of God, and 297 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,680 all these things shall be added to you. 298 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:07,240 Do not fear little flock, for it is your Father's Say good, good 299 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:12,320 pleasure. Come on to give you the Kingdom, 300 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,800 and that is everything. Come on within the Kingdom that 301 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:23,920 you have been promised and that you inherit from Him as heirs of 302 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,600 salvation. Glory to God, glory to God. 303 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:33,160 So if we fear Him and if we seek Him, come on and His Kingdom 304 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:38,160 first, guess what? There is nothing, no good thing 305 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:44,240 that He is going to withhold from us, Hallelujah, because He 306 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:50,800 is a Good Shepherd and He takes care of his sheep. 307 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,680 Hallelujah, he takes care of his sheep. 308 00:24:54,000 --> 00:25:00,480 Romans 832 It says For he who did not spare his own son, but 309 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,680 delivered him up for all of us, how shall he not with Him also 310 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:12,800 freely give us all things, All things. 311 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,200 He's freely going to give us all things, Hallelujah. 312 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,080 All things. Y'all are not even acting 313 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,440 excited. Are there some things? 314 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:29,160 Come on, whatever, I'll get up here and dance myself because I 315 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:34,600 know what's happening here. Glory to God. 316 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,920 So He is a Good Shepherd and He doesn't want us to want for 317 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,680 anything. Hallelujah, glory to God, and He 318 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:47,120 has given us freely all things. And then he goes on to say now 319 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:52,200 #2 He lets me lie down in green pastures. 320 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,680 He lets me lay down in green pastures. 321 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,080 What does this mean? It also means rest. 322 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:05,920 Just as Pastor April had auction as singing that song that we 323 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:12,720 would lay in pastures. Come on and rest in Him, glory 324 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:21,320 to God, rest in Him. Just enjoy what he's done for 325 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,520 you. Rest in Him and his good 326 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,080 pleasures. Come on and what he has done for 327 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,640 you. And so he says, here he rests. 328 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:38,000 Or what else does he say? He leads me beside still and 329 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:43,160 quiet waters. Hallelujah, still and quiet 330 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:48,320 waters. Hallelujah, still and quiet 331 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,160 waters. Just think about that. 332 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:59,640 Just think, close your eyes. Just think that maybe you're up 333 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:08,240 in the mountains somewhere. Beautiful mountains and you're 334 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:17,720 down in the valley and you see a stream going through and you're 335 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:23,560 walking, taking a nature bath. That's what I call it, walking 336 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:27,480 in the outdoors, not a nature bath like that. 337 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,560 You're naked. So don't. 338 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:38,400 Don't imagine that in your mind. If it was up to my grandchildren 339 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,560 and you know, son, they would be butt naked all the time. 340 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,800 But anyway, got y'all off sidetracked. 341 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:52,840 OK, so you're walking down, you see a quiet little stream down 342 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:58,600 in the valley and you just hear the trickle, right? 343 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,120 The calming. You're not. 344 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:03,720 Maybe you're hearing the birds chirping, but then you're also 345 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:11,440 hearing the calming, peaceful trickle of that Stillwater just 346 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,600 trickling along. And isn't that what we call kind 347 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:26,280 of like tranquility, right? You know, he created nature and 348 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:31,840 everything in it. And he said because he created 349 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:39,320 that, we're without excuse even by the creation of nature. 350 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:50,840 And so it's good for you to get out sometimes and enjoy nature 351 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:58,120 because it reminds you. It will remind you of him. 352 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:08,800 He created it, Hallelujah. So he lets us lay down in green 353 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,360 pastures. I remember driving, you know, 354 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:16,720 we've driven places and I think it was actually one time when we 355 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,120 were driving up to East Coast camp. 356 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:24,640 And in Virginia, they have these rolling hills in some places and 357 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:29,520 big, old pastures, and you just see the beautiful green pastures 358 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:34,560 and, you know, see flowers. And I've always wanted him to 359 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:39,760 stop so that I could run out, jump the fence that was in the 360 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:47,040 earlier days and lay just in the middle of that field in that the 361 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:51,000 middle of that green pastures. Has anyone ever been tempted to 362 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,960 do that or have done that? Raise your hand. 363 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,400 Yeah. Why do you have that desire to 364 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,560 do it? Because of this right here. 365 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,800 He makes us lie down in green pastures. 366 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,920 Come on. He wants us to be able to rest 367 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:17,440 in him, to lie down in him and enjoy everything that he has 368 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,040 done for us. Amen. 369 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:27,600 So let's look at this in Matthew 11 and 28 and verse 29. 370 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:35,760 It says, come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, burdened. 371 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:40,200 I love the way the amplifies reading this by religious 372 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:47,680 rituals that provide no peace. Do you know even in spirit 373 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:55,800 filled Kingdom teaching, faith, teaching churches that people 374 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:03,800 can take on a ritualistic service that you have to back up 375 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:09,480 and say, hey, am I working this in the flesh or am I working 376 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:14,200 this in rest and peace and come on. 377 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:18,040 Because especially for those that are bent with that 378 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:26,560 personality that are, you know, those that are workers, if 379 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:31,040 you're bent with that personality, you can easily do 380 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:35,680 it in the flesh and even get caught up. 381 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,480 Even though you're spirit filled, even though you know 382 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:46,080 this is not of works, your flesh will always want to take that on 383 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:51,760 and it can become religious and ritualistic in your life. 384 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,040 That's why you always have to back up and say, am I doing this 385 00:31:56,040 --> 00:32:01,720 because I just love God and because he's a Good Shepherd, 386 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:09,520 and because in Him there is rest and I don't have to work this 387 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:14,240 thing, I can rest in Him and flow with him. 388 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:19,960 And that's what grace is about, flowing in the rhythms of grace 389 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:28,960 in your life through every season and tapping into it so we 390 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,480 all could. You know, isn't that what 391 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,920 Galatians says? Who so easily bewitched you? 392 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,440 You started this thing out in the Spirit. 393 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:42,160 You were doing this by the spirit, but you got called up 394 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:46,440 into doing it through the flesh. You see what I'm saying? 395 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,280 So he doesn't want us doing that because it's going to burn us 396 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:52,160 out. That's what it says. 397 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,760 It's going to keep us burning down or like we're we're never, 398 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,200 it's like a, a hamster on that wheel. 399 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,240 You're working, running that wheel, but you're never getting 400 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,720 anywhere. That means you're doing it in 401 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,080 the flesh and you're not doing it in his rest. 402 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,000 You see that? So he says, come on, all who are 403 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,320 weary, heavy, burdened by religious rituals that provide 404 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:24,120 no peace, and I will give you what rest, refreshing your souls 405 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:30,760 with salvation. Verse 29 take my yoke upon you 406 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,960 and learn from me. Well, you know what he's saying. 407 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,200 Learn how to lay down in those green pastures. 408 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:46,200 Learn how to take a minute to what we call smell the roses. 409 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,760 You see what I'm saying? And so he says, listen. 410 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:00,480 Learn from me, following me as my disciples, for I am gentle 411 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:05,360 and humble in heart and you will find rest. 412 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:12,280 Listen to what it says, renewal and blessed quiet for your 413 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,040 souls. This is how you know you're 414 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,080 resting in God is when your mind is in control. 415 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:26,159 You have soul control that you're in rest because you've 416 00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:30,120 actually learned how to quiet your mind. 417 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:37,360 You're not letting all the thoughts, all the concerns, all 418 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:43,239 the processing, all the things that just keep you wound up in 419 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,920 your mind. I mean, it is like you're wound 420 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:54,360 up tight, like one of those little top things or whatever 421 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,480 you're, you want. You're wound up in your mind and 422 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,800 that is why you actually have no peace. 423 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:08,400 When he says we're going to see that he is the Prince of Peace. 424 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:14,640 And so we have to ask ourselves, why is there no peace? 425 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:19,360 When he says he is my Good Shepherd, He's going to lead me 426 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,920 into rest. He's going to lead me into 427 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,120 quiet, still waters. He is going to be there to give 428 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:31,120 rest to my soul. Hallelujah. 429 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:37,920 So Psalms 91 one says this. Those who live in the shelter of 430 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:44,200 the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 431 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:51,160 There is no reason why you should not be at rest period, 432 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,040 period there. You should be at rest no matter 433 00:35:56,240 --> 00:36:00,320 what's going on. Our spirit should be at rest. 434 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,760 There should be peace for our soul. 435 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:09,480 We should be at rest internally. That is a promise from our Good 436 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:16,720 Shepherd. Rest, resting in him. 437 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:24,320 Hallelujah. Glory to God and the way that 438 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:29,520 it's going to be found as if we come to Him and if we allow 439 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:34,120 ourselves to be up underneath what the shelter of the most 440 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,360 high, that's that protection again. 441 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,000 So when you're up underneath that shelter, you're being 442 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:46,480 protected from everything that is going to try to cause unrest 443 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:51,520 within you, right? You you hear of how they call 444 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,280 when something's going on into other countries, they're in 445 00:36:55,280 --> 00:37:00,520 unrest because wars are all kinds of things are going on. 446 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,000 But we can be up underneath the shadow of the Good Shepherd. 447 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,760 Come on in the midst of all kinds of things that's going on, 448 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:14,800 all the wars, all the things in the natural and you know, things 449 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,080 that may be warring that you're struggling with or things that 450 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,720 are happening. But if you'll get up underneath, 451 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:25,840 come on the shadow of the Almighty, if you'll let him be 452 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,680 the Good Shepherd to you, you'll find rest in the midst of those 453 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,680 things, right? Hallelujah. 454 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,360 And it's important, as He says here, He lets me lie down and 455 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:42,920 green pastures. That means it's OK to rest your 456 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:47,480 physical body. Your body will actually let you 457 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:52,840 know when you need to rest it because the spirit man is alive 458 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,880 and ready to run. As long as you are feeding it 459 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,520 properly and as long as you're taking care of your spirit man, 460 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,960 it's always ready, willing to go, to run, to do. 461 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:09,000 And then if you tap into the supernatural, the anointing can 462 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:15,040 keep you running. The anointing can keep you 463 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:20,200 running, but your physical body will eventually not be able to 464 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:25,120 outlast the anointing. Or you know, you're ready to run 465 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,920 because your body can get physically tired because your 466 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:32,800 body is not glorified yet and it needs the rest physically, 467 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,000 right? And so we have to rest our body. 468 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,400 That's what he's talking about. Lie down in this green pasture a 469 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,400 minute. It's OK Roll around, chew on 470 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,240 some grass with a straw hanging out your mouth. 471 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:54,920 Smell the flowers right? Rest for a moment in me. 472 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,720 Let your body physically rest. Jesus rested. 473 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:05,800 Let it rest so that then during that time of rest I can refresh 474 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:10,200 you and your soul. He says even when you sleep, his 475 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:15,600 spirit can speak to you and refresh you and you can wake up 476 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,600 with a download because your spirit is alive. 477 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:25,800 It's always alive unto God. Hallelujah, and give you exactly 478 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:31,240 what you need. So and we must be those that 479 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:37,040 know how to rest up in enter into his rest through him 480 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,000 Hebrews chapter 4 verses one through 10. 481 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:45,440 Therefore, since a promise remains, listen to this Hebrews, 482 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:50,880 since a promise, this is a promise remains of entering into 483 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,480 what? His rest. 484 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:59,880 This is a promise. Praise God that we get to enter 485 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,200 into his rest and just rest in Him. 486 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:07,160 Every single time there's something going on, just go on 487 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,040 and rest in Him. Don't let all the things 488 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:13,160 overtake you or whatever the case may be. 489 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,800 Just go and just say, you know what? 490 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:19,360 I'm just going to walk out my backyard and listen to the birds 491 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,400 chirp for just a minute and I'm going to rest in him. 492 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,160 I'm going to sit. And just rest in Him and just 493 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:33,200 remind yourself that He is your Good Shepherd, Hallelujah, and 494 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,640 let Him bring you the rest you need. 495 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,320 Now look, look what it says though in Hebrews chapter one 496 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,560 through 10. It says, Since a promise remains 497 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:47,040 of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to 498 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:52,200 have come short of it, So you can come short of entering into 499 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:56,160 His rest, right? For indeed the gospel was 500 00:40:56,160 --> 00:41:00,400 preached to us as well as to them. 501 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:04,840 But the word which they heard, This is why you will not enter 502 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,000 into rest. I don't care how many times you 503 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,360 come to church. I don't care how many 504 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,680 conferences you listen to, how many YouTube things you listen 505 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,640 to, you can still not have true rest from God if you don't enter 506 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,720 into it. Listen to why it says because 507 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:25,840 they heard. That did not profit them because 508 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:30,440 they did not mix their faith in with those who heard. 509 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,720 So you can hear what to do all day long. 510 00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:38,400 You can hear that He is your Good Shepherd and He wants to do 511 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,520 all these things for you. But listen, unless you actually 512 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:48,320 put your faith to it, you won't enter into the rest. 513 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:52,200 That, He says, is a promise for every single one of us. 514 00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,960 He says it's a promise to us, but we have to mix our faith 515 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,720 with it. That's with everything that he 516 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:07,080 says, every promise that belongs to us. 517 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:11,560 We have to mix our faith with what we have heard. 518 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,480 What does that mean? We have to believe it. 519 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,360 We have to receive it. We have to act upon it. 520 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,320 We have to do it. And the way you do it is say, 521 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,480 you know what? I'm going to sit on my back 522 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,200 porch. I'm going to listen to the birds 523 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,000 and I'm going to say thank you, Lord, You are my Good Shepherd. 524 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,480 I believe that you are my Good Shepherd. 525 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,640 Hallelujah. I believe that you said I will 526 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,360 not want. So this bill I don't really care 527 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,520 about because you said I will not want for any good thing. 528 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:41,520 Here it is. You take care of it. 529 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,080 I don't have to worry about it. I'm in covenant with you. 530 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:49,520 I am actually believing that when I tithe, you will rebuke 531 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,280 the devourer. Come on, all of these things, I 532 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,240 believe it. I'm acting lean upon it and you 533 00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:57,680 know what? I'm mixing my faith to enter 534 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:03,440 into that rest Hallelujah. So we must be people that 535 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:08,120 believe because it doesn't matter that we're hearing, we 536 00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:12,200 have to believe. It says For we who have believed 537 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:16,640 do verse 3. For we who have believed do 538 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:23,280 enter that rest, as he has said I, so I swore in my wrath, they 539 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,680 shall not enter my rest. Although the works were finished 540 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,520 from the foundations of the world. 541 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:32,960 For he who spoken in a certain place of the 7th day in this 542 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:39,240 way, and God rested on the 7th day from all of his works, and 543 00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:42,720 again in this place they shall not enter my rest. 544 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:47,040 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those 545 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:50,040 whom it was first preached did not enter because of 546 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,720 disobedience. There's another reason why they 547 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:56,000 don't enter into rest, because they're actually simply just 548 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,680 disobeying what they've heard. Again, he designates a certain 549 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:06,400 day saying in David today after such a long time as it has been 550 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:10,680 said today, if you will hear my voice, there it is again, if 551 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:15,640 you'll hear my voice, if we'll listen to the Shepherd's voice, 552 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:22,240 if we'll just yield to his voice and the time and the situation 553 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:25,360 of whatever it is that do not harden your heart. 554 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:31,360 But what is he saying in the midst of you that could possibly 555 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,280 be offended because of somebody else that just said something 556 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,520 about you? Don't harden your heart to what 557 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,880 His voice is saying. This is what it's saying. 558 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:46,520 Don't harden your heart to what you know the word is saying in 559 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:54,880 the midst of your situation. Don't back bite or or or lash 560 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,840 out at your husband or your spouse because that's not love. 561 00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,160 And in that moment, you get to choose. 562 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:07,960 Am I going to enter into the promise of rest in my marriage 563 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,680 or whatever the case may be? And the way I'm going to do that 564 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:17,440 is I must obey what I'm hearing His voice say in the midst of 565 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:23,480 the situation. Because if you don't, there will 566 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,480 be no rest. And we know there'll be no peace 567 00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,000 in your home. You'll constantly be this 568 00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:33,480 because you're not listening to His voice and mixing your faith 569 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:37,560 with what He says in the midst of the thing that you're going 570 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,720 through. That's just how it is. 571 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,440 It's what it says today. Don't harden your heart. 572 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,680 For if Joshua had given them rest, then he would have not 573 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:51,600 afterward have spoken to another day. 574 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:56,760 There remains therefore rest, listen, rest for the people of 575 00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:00,800 God. For he who has entered his rest 576 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:06,720 has himself also ceased from his works, as God did from his. 577 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:14,960 See that Hallelujah, glory to God. 578 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:19,440 Let me read verse three out of the Amplified of Hebrews. 579 00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:24,880 It says this For we who believe, that is, we who personally trust 580 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:33,000 and confidently rely on God, enter that rest so we have His 581 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:39,600 inner peace now, because we are confident in our salvation and 582 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:44,440 ensured of His power. Just as he said, as I had swore 583 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,520 an oath in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest. 584 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:52,040 This he said, although his works were completed from the 585 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:56,120 foundations of the world, waiting for all who would 586 00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,320 believe. Do you believe that He's the 587 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:07,080 Good Shepherd? Hallelujah #3 He leads us beside 588 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:12,320 still and quiet waters. Still in quiet waters. 589 00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:16,200 Literally serenity. Think of this tranquility, 590 00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:17,680 right? Peace. 591 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:22,080 This is what he's talking about. This ought to be ongoing in your 592 00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:25,080 life. You can have tranquility. 593 00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:29,240 You can have peace. Come on, you can have serenity 594 00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:36,600 in the midst of every situation, but you have to activate it. 595 00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:43,800 You have to activate and say, I just need you to be my shepherd 596 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:49,800 today in this situation. I need you to be my shepherd 597 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:56,320 today. And He'll do it every single 598 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:58,400 time. Hallelujah. 599 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,920 So He'll lead you. Look at that, He'll lead you. 600 00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:08,640 That again goes back to the sheep hearing the shepherd's 601 00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:12,840 voice. He's going to lead us into a 602 00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:17,320 place of peace in the midst of whatever we're going through. 603 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,400 If we'll say, Lord, I need you to be my Good Shepherd and I 604 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,800 need you to lead me into that place of peace about this 605 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,400 situation. You know what he's going to do? 606 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:31,800 He's going to lead you straight there, straight there to peace, 607 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:38,280 straight there to tranquility, straight there to serenity, that 608 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,800 in the midst of whatever chaos is going on in your life, if you 609 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,800 say, Lord, you're my Good Shepherd, I just need you to 610 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,720 lead me into peace about this situation. 611 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:52,240 And he's going to lead you right there. 612 00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:56,920 And therefore you can be at, what did he say? 613 00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:04,040 Perfect peace, perfect peace trusted in Him that He is the 614 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:05,920 Good Shepherd. He's going to lead me. 615 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,600 He has never LED me astray. Come on. 616 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,560 He's never forsaken me in the midst of situations. 617 00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:16,400 That's what you've got to continue to call on that every 618 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,360 time, Father. You have led me to a place of 619 00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:22,520 peace in the midst of the situation. 620 00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:28,600 John 14 One, do not let your hearts be troubled, afraid, 621 00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:34,560 cowardly. Believe confidently in God and 622 00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:40,040 trust in Him. Have faith, hold on to it, rely 623 00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:44,040 on it and keep going on. Hallelujah. 624 00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:52,360 Keep going on. Believe also in me, Hallelujah. 625 00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:56,080 He does not want our hearts troubled at all. 626 00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:01,040 Again, He wants to lead us into peace in every situation. 627 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:07,440 You know, follow peace. That's what Pastor Angie means 628 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:11,440 when she always says that follow peace. 629 00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,680 What are we saying? The Good Shepherd is going to 630 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:20,560 lead us into a place of peace in this scenario or this situation. 631 00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:25,360 Amen. Hallelujah, glory to God. 632 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,960 Look at John 1427. It says peace. 633 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,880 I leave with you. My perfect peace I give to you. 634 00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:34,960 Not as the world gives do I give to you. 635 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:38,680 Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. 636 00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:45,480 Let my perfect peace calm you. Here's those calm still waters. 637 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:53,960 Let my perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and give you 638 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:58,200 courage and strength for every challenge. 639 00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:04,040 Glory to God, we get ourselves in some places of challenge, 640 00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:07,720 don't we? We get ourselves in some places 641 00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:13,760 that we need courage to be able to say, Lord, come on, I I'm not 642 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,760 going to let my heart be troubled about this situation. 643 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,880 I'm going to need your peace. I'm going to need courage Come 644 00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:24,320 on in the midst of this because I want to be upset about it. 645 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:28,600 I want to get anxious about it. I want to get stirred up about 646 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,040 it. But you know what? 647 00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:35,760 The Lord is my shepherd. I've always listened to his 648 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,560 voice, I always will listen to his voice, and he's going to 649 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:44,280 lead me into peace in this situation. 650 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:53,560 So Shepard, lead Hallelujah and bring strength for whatever is 651 00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:56,480 the challenge that's going on in the situation. 652 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,680 And we know we can do that also through prayer. 653 00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:07,360 Philippians 4-6 and nine, don't be anxious or worried about 654 00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:13,040 anything. You mean anything, anything, 655 00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,560 anything. Just as he said. 656 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,960 I don't even want you to want for any good thing. 657 00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:29,280 I don't want you to have to worry about anything. 658 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:34,200 Don't be anxious about it. Don't be worried about it, just 659 00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:38,400 ask me as your Good Shepherd to help you in the midst of it. 660 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:44,520 Come on, He says this, but in everything, in every 661 00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:48,520 circumstance, in every situation, by prayer and 662 00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,600 petition with Thanksgiving to continue. 663 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,840 Make your specific request known to God. 664 00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:59,760 I love that specific. He cares about every detail in 665 00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:03,680 your life. He cares about the specifics 666 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:09,200 that you're going through because he's a Good Shepherd and 667 00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:14,080 he wants to take care of you and lead you properly in the midst 668 00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:17,280 of whatever circumstance and situation is going on. 669 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:19,480 And he does not want you to have to be anxious. 670 00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,680 He does not want you to have to be worried. 671 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:23,720 He does not want you to have to doubt. 672 00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:25,880 He doesn't want you to have to fear. 673 00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:29,440 He doesn't want any of that for you. 674 00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:34,560 He only wants peace. He only wants you to walk in 675 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:38,560 that perfect peace. And we can do that through 676 00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:42,560 again, making our specific request known to God and the 677 00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:46,200 peace of God, the peace. Listen to what this peace does, 678 00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:55,680 which reassures the heart. He wants to reassure your heart. 679 00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,720 Listen, you don't have to stress about this. 680 00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,120 You don't have to be worried about this. 681 00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,040 You don't have to be troubled about this. 682 00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:10,400 Don't fear anything because he's a Good Shepherd. 683 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:15,640 He doesn't want us to fear any good thing. 684 00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:17,280 He doesn't want us to fear anything. 685 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:20,080 He doesn't want us to fear, man. He doesn't want us to fear 686 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:29,160 anything. Anything, anything, Hallelujah. 687 00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:35,760 Who reassures your heart that that peace which transcends all 688 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:42,880 understanding, that peace which stands guard over your heart and 689 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:48,080 your mind. Again, your mind can be still. 690 00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:52,320 You need to start say speaking to your mind and say peace be 691 00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:56,080 still to it. Like he stood up and said it to 692 00:54:56,080 --> 00:55:00,040 the raging storms of the sea. Some of you that have that rage 693 00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:03,320 going on in your mind, that's always going, going, going, 694 00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:05,160 going, going, going in your mind. 695 00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:10,440 You need to say in the name of Jesus, peace, be still to your 696 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:21,840 own mind, to your own mind. Finally, believers, whatsoever 697 00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:26,080 is true, whatsoever is honorable, worthy of respect, 698 00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:30,400 whatever is right, confirmed by listen to this God's Word, 699 00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:34,920 whatever is pure, because we know that the world is calling 700 00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:39,200 what is evil good and good evil. So it's got to be confirmed by 701 00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,800 the Word. That's what you are to meditate 702 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:45,520 on and to think on. Come on the Word of God, that 703 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:50,200 will prove everything. It's the truth, right? 704 00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:54,920 In the midst of people calling good evil and evil good, all the 705 00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:59,360 things that are going on now, where was I at? 706 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:04,120 Stand guard over your hearts, your minds, in Christ Jesus, in 707 00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:07,920 your believers, whatever's true, whatever's honorable respect, 708 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:11,520 whatever's right confirmed by God's Word, whatever is pure and 709 00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:14,680 wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings you peace. 710 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:17,920 You can watch things, you can listen to things, you can put 711 00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:21,680 things in your ears and in front of your eyes that will not bring 712 00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:26,400 you peace in the natural. So what are you watching? 713 00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,160 What are you thinking on? What are you listening to? 714 00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:32,960 What are you meditating on? What are you allowing to go in 715 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:37,120 your eye gate, your ear gate that is helping not bring peace 716 00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:39,600 to you? Are you listening to crazy 717 00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:44,400 thoughts and crazy things that people are saying to just bring 718 00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,880 fear into you? I want to think on and I want to 719 00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:52,880 listen to and I want to only meditate on His Word because 720 00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:57,640 people that have their opinions also have a spirit about them. 721 00:57:03,470 --> 00:57:09,040 And I don't want to hear their opinion on something if it's not 722 00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:12,280 in line with God's Word and it's not coming from the right 723 00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:14,400 spirit. I don't care if they're a 724 00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:19,120 psychologist, a doctor, because a doctor can come in with their 725 00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:21,640 own fear. You're getting ready to die and 726 00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:23,400 are you going to take hold of that? 727 00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:28,080 Because it's sure not going to bring you peace. 728 00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:33,320 You see what I'm saying? So what are we listening to? 729 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:37,400 Some of the things we're listening to, agitating us, not 730 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:40,800 bringing peace to the situation, but just stirring up more 731 00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:43,320 thoughts that you're having now to take captive. 732 00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:51,600 So guard. Guard your mind, guard your 733 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:57,640 hearts, guard your ears and what you're allowing to be put in 734 00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:00,720 you. Hallelujah. 735 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:09,960 So whatever is lovely brings peace, whatever is admirable and 736 00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:14,440 of good repute, repute if there is any excellence, if there is 737 00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:17,800 anything worthy of praise. Think continually on these 738 00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:20,720 things. Center your mind on them, listen 739 00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:25,960 to that. Center your mind on them and 740 00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:31,040 implant them in your heart. Hallelujah. 741 00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:36,200 The things which you have learned and received and heard 742 00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:43,160 and seen in me. Practice these things in daily 743 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:50,480 life and the God who is the source of peace and well-being 744 00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:55,080 will be with you. Hallelujah. 745 00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:59,520 Aren't you thankful that He'll be with us and that He will 746 00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:03,280 bring peace in every situation in our life? 747 00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:06,160 But we have a responsibility. Amen. 748 00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:10,320 To be able to call on the Good Shepherd and say Shepherd, lead. 749 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:14,800 Come on, Shepherd, guide me. Do these things in and through 750 00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,760 me in this situation that I'm going through. 751 00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:21,040 Come on, let's bow our heads. Father, we just thank you so 752 00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:25,560 much for your word. Thank you so much for listening 753 00:59:25,560 --> 00:59:28,000 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 754 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:31,400 our message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and 755 00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,400 SoundCloud. 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