I Am the Good Shepherd

Message from John 10:11-18. Do you know the difference between voice recognition and speaker identification? Using voice recognition, our electronic devices can send our voice messages as texts. But speaker identification means a device can discern that you are yourself. We all recognize certain voices. But have we come to identify Jesus’ voice as he speaks to us and leads us? As our worthy Shepherd, Jesus speaks to each of us. Our work is to cultivate the ability to discern his voice above the noise. We must learn to listen to Jesus so that we may live Jesus’ life.Quotes: A. W. Tozer: The world is waiting to hear an authentic voice, a voice from God--not an echo of what others are doing and saying, but an authentic voice.A.W. Tozer:  Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late-and how little revival has resulted?Considering the volume of prayer that is ascending these days, rivers of revival should be flowing in blessing throughout the land. That no such results are in evidence should not discourage us; rather it should stir us to find out why our prayers are not answered....I believe our problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying; and it simply will not work....Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by obedience. To pray for revival while ignoring or actually flouting the plain precept laid down in the Scriptures is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble.Lynda Randle: One day Jesus will call my nameAs days go by, I hope I don't stay the same.I wanna get so close to Him that it's no big change,On that day that Jesus calls my nameTo discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbcFollow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptistFollow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist