The Lord is my shepherd 3 | Dr. Conrad Vine

Key Verses:

• Psalm 23 (focus on second half): “He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake” (verse 3); “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (verse 4); “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over” (verse 5); “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever” (verse 6)

• Proverbs 14:12: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”

• John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

• Mark 8:34: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”

• Philippians 2:12-13: “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you to both will and to work for his good pleasure.”

• Psalm 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.”

• Psalm 139:23-24: “Search me, O God, and know my heart… see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

• John 16:13: “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.”

• Isaiah 30:20-21: “Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teacher will not hide himself… your ear shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk ye in it.’”

• Luke 11:13: “How much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

• Philippians 4:8: “Whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise—think about these things.”

Quotes from the Speaker:

• “What I like about the word of God is that you can read something 100 times. Each time you read it, God gives you a new lesson from it.”

• “Sheep are creatures of habit… Without a shepherd to lead them, the sheep will destroy their own environment.”

• “Jesus as the good shepherd has walked the path of life before us. He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.”

• “We are more like sheep than we care to admit. All we like sheep have gone astray.”

• “The truth is, most of us don’t want to be led in paths of righteousness. We’re stubborn, self-willed, self-sufficient sheep.”

• “If you want to be spiritually healthy, you’ve got to be countercultural. You have to be intentional about it.”

• “The psalmist doesn’t say ‘I die in the valley’ or ‘I get stuck in the valley’ — he says ‘I walk through the valley.’ We’re not defined by those valleys.”

• “It’s in the dark valleys that we find the Holy Spirit like never before.”

• “The question is not ‘Why me?’ but ‘Is He with me in this valley experience?’”

• “When I read the word of God, more often than not, it is God who is reading my heart.”

• “A dying brook is not the sign that God has abandoned us. It’s the sign that He’s preparing us for the next chapter of life.”

• “The Christian’s life is not a modification or improvement of the old, but a transformation of nature.” (citing Ellen White, Desire of Ages)

• “What legacy are we leaving? Do our footprints lead others to Jesus or away from Him?”

• “I chose to follow the good shepherd when I was 13… God has been good every day of my life.”