1. Thank Jesus For Restoring My Soul
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. Psalm 79:13
Rev. David B. Hanson
November 14, 2010
Deaf Liberty Baptist Church
Overland Park, Kansas
Thank Jesus For Restoring My Soul

2. Jesus Christ Is The Good Shepherd

3. Jesus Christ Is Our Good Shepherd, And We Are His Sheep
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:1-21
Jesus Christ is the good shepherd
Owns, cares, feeds, protects, and dies for His sheep
The Pharisees are the false shepherds
Are interested in making money
Are interested in self-preservation

4. Psalm 23: The Lord Is Our Shepherd
The Lord David Called
The Shepherd
The King
The Messiah
Four Blessings David Experienced
Spiritual Nourishment – Psalm 23:2
Spiritual Restoration - Psalm 23:3
Spiritual Guidance – Psalm 23:3
Spiritual Protection – Psalm 23:4

5. Jesus Christ Restores My Soul
Psalm 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
A shepherd leads his sheep to placid waters for rest and cleansing.
The Lord restores or refreshes the soul.
The Lord provides forgiveness and peace for those who follow Him.

7. A “Cast Down” Sheep Is Helpless
Has turned over on its back and cannot get up again by itself
Has frightened frustration
Is helpless, close to death and vulnerable to attack
Has gases built up in the rumen to cut off blood circulation
Could die in a few hours if the weather is very hot and sunny
Could survive for several days if it is cool and rainy

8. Sheep’s Rumen

9. A Careful Shepherd Look over his flock every day Count his flock
See that all his sheep are able to be up and on their feet
Go in search and set sheep on its feet again
Pick the sheep up - Roll the sheep over on its side
Lift the sheep onto its feet
Straddle the sheep with my legs
Talk with tenderness, rebuke, compassion and correction

10. We Are “Cast Down” Sheep
Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
We often fall in sin and become frustrated and helpless.

11. Jesus Christ’s Compassion
Hebrews 12:5-6
 5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
 6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Jesus Christ has the depth of compassion and the depth of His understanding to come quietly, gently, reassuringly to restore one of His own.