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Our current series at The Community Fellowship is “Get to Know the Shepherd”, and Sunday I shared a message from Psalm 23.  David shared his experience as a shepherd and how it led him to know and follow God.


Psalm 23:1  KJV

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.


That is a personal word from personal experience.  Literally David that that God supplies his need through the relationship he has with God, the supreme shepherd.  What an awesome truth we need to hold to as well.


1 Peter 2:25  NLT  

Once you were like sheep who wandered away.  But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.


That is why Jesus came.  He is our shepherd and makes a huge difference because He seeks us, He died for us and He guides us all the time.


Psalm 69:33  NLT  

For the Lord hears the cries of the needy; he does not despise his imprisoned people.


No matter our need, He knows and is ready to help.  Claim this truth.  He hears our prayers.  He knows our needs.  He is able to do even more.  But that is where we begin to really know and truth the true Shepherd.


Philippians 4:19  NLT  

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.


The supply is 100% from God.  Trusting God does so many things for us.  That is where I will leave us today as the week begins… trust God, turn to God, let God guide you… then let the outcome come from God!


Acts 3:19  NIV  

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 


Psalm 36:8  NLT  

You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights.

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