Sermon Discussion - Our Good Shepherd

Rob Eyman and Michelle Leichty discuss his sermon from Sunday, July 9, Our Good Shepherd, part of the There You Are sermon series. Rob preached from Psalm 121.

 

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Psalm 121:1-8

 

1 I look up to the mountains—
    does my help come from there?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth!

3 He will not let you stumble;
    the one who watches over you will not slumber.
4 Indeed, he who watches over Israel
    never slumbers or sleeps.

5 The Lord himself watches over you!
    The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
6 The sun will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon at night.

7 The Lord keeps you from all harm
    and watches over your life.
8 The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,
    both now and forever.

 

Isaiah 32:1-2

 

1 Look, a righteous king is coming!
    And honest princes will rule under him.
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
    and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
    and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.

O Jesus, hear us as we pray.

 

Sunday Prayer

 

Deliver me…

from the desire of being praised…from the desire of being preferred to others...from the desire of being consulted by others...from the desire of being approved by people, Deliver me, O Jesus. 

 

Shepherd me O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life.  

 

Deliver me…

From the fear of being forgotten...from the fear of being ridiculed...from the fear of being wronged… from the fear of being suspected, Deliver me, O Jesus.

 

Shepherd me O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life.  

 

Grant me the grace to desire…

That others may be loved more than me…that others may be esteemed more than me…that, in the opinion of the world, others may increase more than me…that others may be preferred over me…that I might love others in the same way that you have loved me. Grant me the grace to desire these things. 

 

Shepherd me O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life.  

 

I am one of your sheep; you are my Shepherd. I am needy; you provide. I am vulnerable; you watch over and protect me. Lord, there is a place beyond my wants and fears that you desire me to know. It is the green pasture, still water, well-resourced life that you intend for me to experience. I surrender my will to you and ask you to take me there. 

 

Shepherd me O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life.  

 

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.