Sermon Title: THE LORD, MY SHEPHERD
Scripture Text: PSALM 23:1
Sermon Series: SUMMER IN THE PSALMS
Sermon Notes:
PSALM 23:1-6 ESV
1 A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
I. OUR SHEPHERD LEADS US
PSALM 23:1 ESV
1 A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
MATTHEW 9:36 ESV
36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
“The moment you have decided to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, he becomes your shepherd.”
II. OUR SHEPHERD TAKES CARE OF US
PSALM 23:1 ESV
1 A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
DEUTERONOMY 2:7 ESV
7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.
PHILIPPIANS 4:19 ESV
19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
“I also asked of the consuls, agents, merchants and citizens of any nation, to furnish you with those supplies which your necessities may call for. And to give more entire satisfaction and confidence to those who may be disposed to aid you. I, Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, have written this letter of general credit for you with my own hand and signed it with my own name.”
“If God didn’t meet it, then it wasn’t really a need.”
III. OUR SHEPHERD KNOWS US
PSALM 23:1 ESV
1 A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
“There’s only one way to know that the Lord is your shepherd; and that is to make the shepherd your Lord.”
JOHN 10:27 ESV
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
“When the Lord is our shepherd, we lack nothing of what we truly need in life.”