Christ the I AM – “I am the Good Shepherd”

^{John 10:14-1814} ‘I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me – ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶ I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. ¹⁷ The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life – only to take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.’(chosen, belonging) (Ps23; Is 40:11; Psalm 28:9)

^{Ezekiel 34:11-16
11} ‘“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. ¹² As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. ¹³ I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. ¹⁴ I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵ I myself will tend my sheep and make them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. ¹⁶ I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. (Luke15:1-7 Parable of the lost sheep)

Isaiah 53:11
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.(Psalm 119:176; 1 Pet 2:21-25)

The Mercy and grace of God through Christ

Wednesday Prayer Group

July 5^th 2017

Is 42 1-4 (Matt 12:15-21)

1“Here is my servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen one in whom I delight;

I will put my Spirit on him,

and he will bring justice to the nations.

2He will not shout or cry out,

or raise his voice in the streets.

3A bruised reed he will not break,

and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out.

In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;

4he will not falter or be discouraged

till he establishes justice on earth.

In his teaching the islands will put their hope.”

Isaiah 40:11¹¹ He tends his flock like a shepherd:
    he gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
    he gently leads those that have young. (John 10:11-18)

Titus 3:3-5 God's Mercy to Us

3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

4But when the kindness of God our Saviour and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, 7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life. 8This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people

Ephesians 2:1-10 1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh^a and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Heb 4 14-16

 14Therefore, since we have such a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Eph 3:18-19

Who TOUCHED YOU? -NEW

Who TOUCHED YOU?

THE TOUCH OF GOD cures all contrary touches of Satan or man.

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Wholeness -containing all components; complete:  Not divided or disjoined; in one unit: Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration:  Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt: Having been restored; healed: After the treatment he felt whole.

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restored; healed: After the treatment he felt whole.

1.    Touch of GOD:

a.    Matthew 17:7 Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”

b.    Luke 5:12-16 A man who was covered with leprosy saw Jesus, and fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. Jesus said “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him

c.    MARK 8:22-26 - [22]  They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. [23] He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?" [24] He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around." [25] Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

d.    Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

e.    Isaiah 6:7 He touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."

f.     Psalm 104:32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

g.    Psalm 144:5 Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

h.    Matthew 8:3 Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

i.      Mark 1:41-42 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed." Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.

j.      Luke 5:13 And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." And immediately the leprosy left him.

k.    Matthew 9:29-30 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "It shall be done to you according to your faith." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: "See that no one knows about this!"

l.      Matthew 20:34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

m.   Mark 7:33 Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;

n.    Mark 8:22-25 And they came to Bethsaida And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him. Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, "Do you see anything?" And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around." read more.

o.     Luke 22:51 But Jesus answered and said, "Stop! No more of this." And He touched his ear and healed him.

p.    Luke 7:14 And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"

q.    Matthew 17:6-7 When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid."

r.     Mark 10:13 And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

s.     1 Kings 19:5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat."

t.      Genesis 20:6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

u.    1 Chronicles 16:22 "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm."

2.    Breathe of God: Hebrews 7:7 without It takes somebody greater influential to bestow favour on you – no doubt the one who blesses is greater than the one who is blessed

a.    No wasteful years/health/resources.

b.    Ordinary Chair vs Throne

c.    Consumer to Distributor  to Manufacturer

d.    Slave vs King.

e.    NO more stagnancy, backwardness demotion failure or disadvantages.

f.     I move up and forward progressively.

g.    I am and shall continually be in favour with God & Man

3.    Genesis 18:3 my Lord if I have found favour in your eyes do not pass me by.

4.     Mark 5:22-43 (KJV) - And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. 24 And Jesus went with him ...25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, (long standing recurrent prolific problem, she gate crashed!!!!) 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse (defies man-made solutions, ideas, care), 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole (but determined and fed up of the status quo, she chased and stalked Jesus Christ) 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said Who touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

5.    TOUCHED contrarily (sickness sin satan society superiors haters blockers).

a.    TOUCHED contrarily (sickness sin satan society superiors haters blockers).

b.    Bleeding, suffering, in pain, Being raided, leaking gradually but consistently and helpless.

c.    Not together, incomplete, living with unstable situation for a long time.

d.    She had exhausted all her hope; she was not welcomed among the people because she suffered from "an issue of blood"

e.    Rendered unfit, undeserving, unclean, sad life, no compassion, desperate.

f.     We run from prophet to prophet, from ministry to ministry, leaders to leaders, seminar to conferences, looking for just one thing to help us. God is the answer.

g.    Has the impact multiple blows, left you crushed, discouraged, heartbroken, tired broke, depressed, and wounded in some way?

6.    God’s is telling you NOW that:

a.    “You are not broken beyond repair. I will put you back together again.”

b.    All the pieces that lay scattered will come together.

c.    "All who touched Him were healed" (Mk. 6:53-56).

d.    Proverbs: 25. 4. Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

e.    Psa 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit.

f.     Isa 66:2 for all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

g.    Psalm: 80. 7. Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9. Thou prepares room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land 10. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river (the beginning was good but something tampered with it). 12. Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13. The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16. It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 18. So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.