DAILY READINGS: Numbers 1; Psalms 144-145; Mark 11:27 to 12:17
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. John 10:11
Therefore take heed…to feed the church of God. Acts 20:28
The good Shepherd was going to die. But prior to His death, for over three years, He had ministered with unstinting compassion to heart and body-broken individuals. He was always in the right place at the right time to administer comfort. Paul’s charge to the shepherds of Ephesus illustrates that elders today must exhibit these same qualities else the sheep will not recognize their voice. —Drew Craig
Open Thy Word of truth that I may see
Thy message written clear and plain for me;
Then in sweet fellowship walking with Thee,
Thine image on my life engraved will be. —Mary A. Lathbury