“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep … I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep … For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord …” Jesus.
I wish I could be with you all to preach this passage this Sunday, but my family needs me. This 4th Outrageous Claim of Jesus has touched new depths for me and Rhonda over the past 4 days. You are all in my heart and in my prayers.
Rhonda and I rest in the knowledge that we are ‘known’ by the Good Shepherd.
