Sermons on God Told Shepherds:

Don’t Miss God’s Best Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Oct 16, 2022

Moses was told to go and explore the land. It was two men who became famous for their faith in God. Joshua and Caleb believed with God they would take the land.

Israel missed Gods best when 12 spies returned, and the majority said it was too difficult to take the promised land. Any task can feel giant when you look to the size of the task and not to God. When you look at the giant impossible task compared to your own abilities you feel like a ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:19-32

Denomination: Baptist

Psalm Sunday Rather Than Palm Sunday

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 5, 2020

I have decided that I would change Palm Sunday today to Psalm Sunday and especially during the coronavirus pandemic

05-04-2020 Tilney Vicarage Introduction Although today is PALM Sunday, I would like instead to make it PSALM Sunday. And in particular Ps 23 Sunday. Why? Because we are in a time of severe Crisis People are hurting. People are afraid. People’s lives have been turned upside down and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6, John 10:1-29

Denomination: Anglican

Tidings Of The Comfort And Joy

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Dec 12, 2024

Christmas brings joy, and it is a joy we should share with all 3rd Sunday of Advent 2024

Tidings of Comfort and Joy Text: Luke 2:1-20 It is the third Sunday of Advent, and I do hope that everyone is full of joy this morning. We can have joy because the Lord has come… and He’s coming again. We’ve been looking at the birth of Jesus for a few Sunday’s now, and we’re going to continue on ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20, Hebrews 11:6, Romans 5:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Good Shepherd Takes Care Of Sheep

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 25, 2012

Encouragement to confirmands to stay faithful and focused on the Good Shepherd.

April 29, 2012 John 10:11-18 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-18

Denomination: Lutheran

The Miracles Of Christmas - All It Needs Is Belief

Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Dec 20, 2008

In order for miracles to happen, there needs to be the key ingredient of BELIEF. What would have happened if Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds and Magi had not believed what the angel from God told them?

Every now and then every person asks for a miracle in their life. Can you recall miracles you have asked God for? Isn’t it great that we have the ability to ask God for such a thing? A miracle is a visible interruption of the laws of nature, such that can only be explained by divine ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Nazarene

Do Sheep Hear Their Shepherd's Voice?

Contributed by William Mouser on May 17, 2005

Sheep know their shepherd’s voice. Does our behavior show that we are Jesus’ sheep?

Psalm 23, John 10:1-10 Do Sheep hear their shepherd’s voice? There is a story told about President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Apparently, sometime after being president for a very long time, he got tired of smiling that trade-mark Roosevelt smile and saying the trade-mark Roosevelt things at all ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-10

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Let’s Go To Bethlehem!

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Dec 25, 2023

Although Luke’s account of the shepherds going to see baby Jesus is filled with familiar details, the thread that ties the whole thing together is what the shepherds were told about the child. We hear that connection three times in these verses.

“Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” Those words spoken by the shepherds on the first Christmas Eve are familiar to us. An angel of the Lord had brought them “good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” And the angel told ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Lutheran

23rd Psalm Part I Series

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 1, 2011

We will be going through a two week study of the 23rd Psalm. The 23rd Psalm has everything from Salvation to trust to the reasons for being still before God. It also shows how much God cares about one person.

Psalm 23 As my rehab on my shoulder continues my sleep has been off. Late Saturday night I could not sleep but I felt the Lord give me a prompting to do a series on the 23rd Psalm. For the next 2 weeks each devotional will be about this great passage in the Old Testament. Since the Lord gave this ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1

What Makes God Smile

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Mar 8, 2013

jesus told three parables, each revealing the Fathers heart. The one message from each stroy is that God rejoices when a child returns home.

WHAT MAKES GOD SMILE Luke 15:1-32 INTRODUCTION ILLUSTRATION There is a story of an old bag lady that was saved while attending a Billy Graham crusade. At the end of the service as he always does, Billy instructed the new believers to find a Bible believing church to attend. The woman, not knowing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Pentecostal

Different Sheep For A Very Different Shepherd Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 28, 2023

We must think of Jesus as Shepherd in a new way, lest we just think of a fellow in a robe and beard cuddling a little lamb.

Fourth Sunday of Easter 2023 We have a great privilege this week. Today is, as most of you know, Good Shepherd Sunday, and not just for us Catholics. But in the weekly readings, we are also given texts telling us more about our Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Still, lest we just think of a fellow in ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-10, 1 Peter 2:20-25

Denomination: Catholic

Micah's Shepherd King Wk 3 Series

Contributed by Terry Jones on Dec 13, 2008

In this third week of Advent we continue to "Major on the Minors" as Pastor Terry looks at the Prophecy of Micah of the one who would come to deliver Israel from captivity and how that same One has come to deliver you and I.

Again on this third week of Advent we are “majoring on the Minors” as we consider a prophetic word from the Book of Micah. The entire book that bears his name speaks of a redeemer who is unmatched in His compassion toward sinners and His desire to pardon. In one of the prophet’s visions he sees ...read more

Scripture: Micah 2:12-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christ The King Is Our Good Shepherd

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Nov 22, 2004

PENTECOST LAST / CHRIST THE KING(A) - Christ the King is our Good Shepherd who searches for and rescues sinners.

CHRIST THE KING IS OUR GOOD SHEPHERD EZEKIEL 34:11-16 -- November 21, 2004 – Last Sunday of End Time / Christ the King EZEKIEL 34:1-16 11" `For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 34:11-16

Denomination: Lutheran

Funeral Service - The Lord Is My Shepherd

Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Sep 4, 2019

Comfort from one of the most reassuring passages of scripture that has comforted believers throughout history.

Welcome and Words of Comfort • Thank you for coming today to say goodbye and to pay your last respects to ……. • Whether we are family or friends, we have been drawn together today by the life of …………………... • ………...... was born ………… and lived a full life until he died on ……………. this year at the age ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 116:15, John 14:1-3, Matthew 25:21, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Revelation 21:3-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian Church

Do You Know The Good Shepherd?

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 7, 2009

A talk given at our ’Pensioners Praise’ service. Jesus said his sheep know his voice. This talk encourages people to want to know Him.

A Shepherd loses his sheep, goes into a pub and hears it calling him. Which bit of the pub does he head for: The bar! A few years ago I was reading a book by Stephen Gaukroger. He tells the story of a New York Methodist minister who saw the need to bring his ‘ninety nine righteous’ sheep back ...read more

Scripture: John 10:14-16

Denomination: Anglican

“the Sheep's Shepherd”

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 4, 2015

“The Sheep's Shepherd”

Psalms 23:1-6 “The Sheep's Shepherd” “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” (v. 1). The word “Lord” in verse 1 is the word ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Holiness