Daily Bread_November 6, 2014

Title: Who is Your Leader?

Text:

John 10:14-15 (ESV)
¹⁴ I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Observation:

When you choose a leader you want a person who is able, qualified, and faithful to be able to do what he says he will do. Do you know a leader like this? Let me introduce you to my leader.

Psalm 100:3 (ESV)
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Notice that the Lord is a good shepherd; he knows, he cares, and he is competent to lead us and guide us in our walk through this world. Here is why we need the Lord to lead and guide us.

Isaiah 53:6 (ESV)
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

The words of hymn writer William Bradbury is my prayer.

"Savior, like a shepherd lead us,

much we need thy tender care;

in thy pleasant pastures feed us,

for our use thy folds prepare."

Would you rather put your trust in God or man? As for me I have made my choice, and I will go with God.

Psalm 118:8 (ESV)
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I pray that by the convicting and convincing power of the Holy Spirit that You would draw Your people into a more closer and intimate walk with You. Lord, if we ever needed Your presence, we sure do need it today. In the might name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

My Soul Sings:

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus!

Thou hast bought us, thine we are.

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus!

Thou hast bought us, thine we are.

Source: http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh381.sht

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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
⁴ But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
⁸ Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.

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