I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep and I am known by my own. I am the good shepherd and I lay down my life for the sheep. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down for myself. John 10

“He who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber, but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.” My brothers and sisters in Christ, let us not allow the thief to enter the door of our hearts, for he comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy, but follow the good shepherd who daily lays down his life for us, He is the door of the sheep. If you hear His voice this morning, harden not your heart, but follow Him, for all who have come before Him are thieves and robbers, do not listen to them. When the good shepherd brings out His own sheep, He goes before them and the sheep follows him for they know His voice. The good shepherd willingly lays down His life for us, but the thief destroys us. God promised that as our good shepherd He will never leave us nor forsake us, but the one who is not the shepherd, when he sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf catches the sheep and scatter them. Will you allow yourselves to be scattered or to be led into the sheepfold of God?