CHRIST, THE PERFECT SAVIOR

I am the Good Shepherd

I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.

Just as my Father knows me,

and I know Him.

The Gatekeeper opens the gate for him 

and the sheep listen

He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out 

His sheep follow Him because they know His voice

I am the Gate. 

Whoever enters through Me will be saved

They will come in and go out

and find pasture. 

I am the Good Shepherd.

The Good Shepherd lays down His life

for the sheep.

The reason the Father loves me is that

I lay down my life

only to take it up again.

No one takes it from me

I lay it down of my own accord.

I have authority to take it up again.

This command I received from my Father.  

John 9:14, 15, 3, 4, 9-11, 17-18, Jn 8:37

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Do you have room in your heart to receive the Word of God?

Do you have room?

Some people reject the perfect Savior! They can not abide His teachings, much less the scripture

you just read.  The shame of it all is they make no room for our Savior, who is also their Savior; if they allow.

The only way to SEE God is through Jesus.  He is the Way, the Gate, the True Shepherd.

We are likened to these dumb sheep.  Sheep are dumb- they need help in every way.

Well, I hate to say it, but I humbly admit, I can not reach God except through Jesus.

I am dumb- I need Jesus! and that’s okay by me!

Do you know the voice of Jesus?  

I do, and it is wonderful!  His voice is so gentle.

When God speaks, or reprimands me, He is so gentle, and even though 

I am so ashamed, yet I am so loved at the same time.

When He loves me, and kisses me with His butterfly kisses, I am on top of the world in 

blessings heaped over blessings! 

When He smiles upon me, ah… His smile radiates all the way through me.  

He heals me,

He blesses me

He honors my faith

He listens to my voice, because He knows that I belong to Him.

You see, God knows me, and I know Him too; He is my Abba.

He loves me, and I love Him too; He is my everything, my all.

I love His Son, who is God!  I love the Holy Spirit, who is God.

I love God, my creator- and He loves me! 

He loves you too!

But listen, you have to have room in your heart to receive this message.

God loves humble.   

Do you have a humble heart?  Do you have a contrite spirit?

Are you malleable so God can work in you?  

Do you have an ear ready  to hear the voice of God?

Because He loves you, and wants to talk to you.  He wants to bless you!

Now it is time to realize this- Jesus gave His life up to be crucified.

Not only that- He raised Himself up after He was dead

because of the authority that God gave to Him.

No man took His life- and killed Him.  They were used

for God’s glory.

Look at it this way, Col 1: 15-23

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.

He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,

for through him God created everything

in the heavenly realms and on earth.

He made the things we can see

and the things we can’t see—

such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.

Everything was created through him and for him.

He existed before anything else,

and he holds all creation together.

Christ is also the head of the church,

which is his body.

He is the beginning,

supreme over all who rise from the dead.

So he is first in everything.

For God in all his fullness

was pleased to live in Christ,

and through him God reconciled

everything to himself.

He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth

by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world…..

Now, do you have room in your heart to receive?

Pray this prayer with me, and make it yours:

Jesus, we thank you right now for your LOVE.  Thank you for dying on the cross, and raising in victory for my salvation, Good Shepherd.  Help me, I am like the dumb sheep- I need guidance in everything pertaining to my life!

Let me only hear your voice, and not the voice of the enemy when he calls, for Lord, I know he will.

Let my heart have room for only You, Lord.  You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You,

all the day long.

Thank you for the authority You have in heaven and in earth over me-

I can hide IN You, my Lord, and have rest on every side.  Thank You!

Thank you that because I am Your child, I have the FULLNESS of you

I have the Fullness of your JOY, of your LOVE, and ALL of YOU, precious Jesus!

I believe YOU- I believe you are the invisible God, and the God who lives in my heart.

I believe that You are the God who blesses me with blessing heaped over blessing

because I trust You, I rely on You and lean on You.  Where else would I go to Lord,

who else would I turn? YOU are GOD, there is NONE other!

So with this we say: Thank YOU- Good Shepherd that You are the Gate 

the Way to my salvation, and preservation.  You are my protection,

my provision, and Lord, there is LOTS of room in my heart for YOU.

I love you, Lord. 

In Jesus name I pray.  Amen Jesus