Summary: LEAD ME 1.IN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 2.IN THE TRUTH 3. BESIDE STILL WATERS 4. TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I 5.IN THE WAY EVERLASTING 6. IN THE WAY OF PROFIT 7.IN THE WILDERNESS

HE LEADETH ME , O BLESSED THOUGHT ! - Following the Lord in our daily walk

OUTLINE

1.LEAD ME IN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

2.LEAD ME IN THE TRUTH

3.LEAD ME BESIDE STILL WATERS

4.LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I

5.LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING

6.LEAD ME IN THE WAY OF PROFIT

7.LEAD ME IN THE WILDERNESS

THE MESSAGE

HE LEADETH ME , O BLESSED THOUGHT !

1)LEAD ME IN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

When we follow the Lord , He leads us in the path of righteousness. This is the path of safety especially when we are surrounded by dangers and snares which are ready to trap us.

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Psalm 23:3

he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Psalm 5:8

Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies— make your way straight before me.

Psalm 27:11

Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

2)LEAD ME IN THE TRUTH

When we follow the Lord , He leads us in the truth.This is the path of truth that will keep us from going astray especially when we are surrounded by false teachings which are trying to deceive us. The truth will bring deliverance in our lives. Jesus knew everything that the scriptures said about him.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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Psalm 25:5

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

Hosea 4:6

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

3)LEAD ME BESIDE STILL WATERS

When we follow the Lord , He leads us beside still waters.This is the path of rest and refreshing which will strengthen us especially when we are tired and weary of the burdens and pressures of life which tries to discourage and drown us in depression.

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Psalm 23:2

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

4)LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I

When we follow the Lord , He leads us to the rock that is higher than us. This is the path of elevation and refuge which will lift us higher than the waves which are trying to drown us especially when we are overwhelmed and think that our trials are beyond our ability to bear.

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Psalm 61:2

From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

5)LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING

When we follow the Lord, He leads us in the way everlasting. This is the path of eternal benefit which will cause us to live our life in such a way that would bring us great reward in eternity especially when we are tempted to waste our efforts to get some earthly benefit.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Luke 14:12-14

Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Matthew 6:1-6

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:19-21

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Luke 12:13-21

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”

Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.

And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Matthew 25:31-46

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?

When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

6) LEAD ME IN THE WAY OF PROFIT

When we follow the Lord, He leads us in the way of profit. This is the path of fruitfulness and blessing which will prevent us from wasting our life in futile and barren efforts especially when we are tempted to rely on our human wisdom instead of seeking the guidance of God.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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Isaiah 48:17

This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.

7)LEAD ME IN THE WILDERNESS

When we follow the Lord , He leads us in the wilderness.This is the path of trials and testings to prove our love and obedience to God as well as to help us to rely on His promises especially when we go through wilderness experiences where there is no earthly source of help.

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Deuteronomy 8:2-3

Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.