{"id":3285,"date":"2024-05-13T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3285"},"modified":"2024-05-18T13:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T13:44:42","slug":"12-may-2024-jesus-the-good-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3285","title":{"rendered":"12 May 2024: Jesus the Good Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221127.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2705 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221127.jpg 291w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221127-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221127-21x24.jpg 21w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221127-31x36.jpg 31w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221127-41x48.jpg 41w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>Bethel Baptist Church<br>Worship Service @ Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>12 May 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/> <strong>Previous Service<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3293\"><strong>Next Service<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cMy prayer for you is that you may know how much Jesus loves you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><br><br>Stella<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Worship<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Here is love, vast as the ocean - Robin Mark\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8YOPj5TnUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I am the good shepherd. The Good-Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. <\/p>\n<cite>John 10:11<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If we really realised the great and deep love of Jesus for us, His sheep, we would be different people. If He has done the absolute ultimate in laying down His life for us, is there anything greater than this? So, all other things we might ask of Him, need of Him, are very much less. So, if these things we ask, and need are going to bless us, and help us, then He will surely do it. And when He says \u201cNo\u201d, it is for our greater good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David, when writing Psalm 23 had a deep insight into this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Lord\u2019s my Shepherd, I lack nothing. <\/p>\n<cite>Psalm 23:1<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The more we know about how much a shepherd like David cared for his sheep, the more we will appreciate how much the Lord cares for us. When David had volunteered to go and fight Goliath, King Saul was reluctant to let him go as he was too young and inexperienced. David states his case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>But David said to Saul, \u201cYour servant has been keeping his father\u2019s sheep. When a lion&nbsp;or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized&nbsp;it by its hair, struck it and killed it \u2026 this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>1 Samuel 17:34-35<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>David was willing to risk his own life for the sheep. Jesus said He is the Good Shepherd who not only risked His life for the sheep but laid His life down for the sheep. We are the sheep who have sinned and gone astray and the only way we can get back is through Jesus and all that He has done for us. So let us not worry, or fret, or fear, about the future, our Good-Shepherd has it all in hand, Amen.&nbsp; <a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Let\u2019s Pra<\/strong><strong>y<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Jesus, we thank you that You are our Good-Shepherd, and that You love and care for us so much. Thank you that in all situations You go before us and make a way for us to walk safely, and to be abundantly blessed with You living in our lives by Your Holy Spirit. Lord that we might love and care for others in the same way that You do for us, in Your Name and for Your glory, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome \u201cMy prayer for you is that you may know how much Jesus loves you.\u201d&nbsp; Stella Worship Word Jesus said, I am the good shepherd. The Good-Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. John 10:11 If we really realised the great and deep love of Jesus for us, His sheep, we would be different &#8230; <a title=\"12 May 2024: Jesus the Good Shepherd\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3285\" aria-label=\"Read more about 12 May 2024: Jesus the Good Shepherd\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3285","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3297,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3285\/revisions\/3297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}