THE SHEPHERD’S

LOVING DEDICATION

AND DEVOTION

Rev. Dr. Samuel P. FernandezPREACHER

Joy is love’s music

Joy is love’s music

Peace is love’s agreement

Longsuffering is love’s

enduranceKindness is

love’s serviceGoodness is

love’s deportment

Faithfulness is love’s

measure.

- (John Haggai)

Love is uplifting. Love is deep

when it is pure. Love sweetens sorrow. Love rules without

anger, resentment and animosity. Love

is the gift of oneself. Love is faithful to what it finds. Love is strong as death.

Love is life’s prize and

payment. Love is the crown of

all bliss.

Love is uplifting. Love is deep

when it is pure. Love sweetens sorrow. Love rules without

anger, resentment and animosity. Love

is the gift of oneself. Love is faithful to what it finds. Love is strong as death.

Love is life’s prize and

payment. Love is the crown of

all bliss.

“Where love rules, there is no will to power; and

where power predominate,

there love

is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”

“Again Jesus said, ‘Simon son of John, do you truly love me?’“He answered,

‘Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.’

‘Feed my sheep.’ “(v.16,NIC)

is interpreted as tend my sheep.

“My sheep” are precious to the

Lord. He gave His life for them.

is interpreted as tend my sheep.

“My sheep” are precious to the

Lord. He gave His life for them.

“The third time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’

“Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time,

Jesus used the verb agapao.

Apostle Peter used phileo.

Agapao expresses a higher type of devotion. Apostle Peter used phileo which means

“love as a friend.”

“Shepherd Psalm:”

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:He leadeth me in the paths of

righteousness for his name’s sake.Yea, though I walk through

the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me;Thou preparest a table before me in

the presence of mine enemies:Thou anointest my head with oil;

My cup runneth over.Surely goodness and mercy

shall follow meAll the days of my life:And I will dwell in the

house of the Lord for ever. (Ps 23:16, KJV)

“Shepherd Psalm:”

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:He leadeth me in the paths of

righteousness for his name’s sake.Yea, though I walk through

the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me;Thou preparest a table before me in

the presence of mine enemies:Thou anointest my head with oil;

My cup runneth over.Surely goodness and mercy

shall follow meAll the days of my life:And I will dwell in the

house of the Lord for ever. (Ps 23:16, KJV)

“Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine forth … “(Ps 80:, NEV)

Abel is the first shepherd

mentioned in the OldTestament. The sons of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

were shepherds, so with David, Moses

and Amos.

“I am a shepherd, and you are one of

my flocks. I shall return to

London immediately

to meet you and discuss your difficulties.” (Anon, Quotes and Anecdotes)

Jesus said: “Whosoever will be great

among you, let him be your minister.”

(Matt 20:27, KJV)

“If a shepherd has one hundred sheep, and one

wanders away and is lost, what will he do? Won’t he

leave the ninety-nine others and go out in the

hills to search for the lost one? And if he finds it, he will surely rejoice over it

more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander

away! In the same way, it is not my heavenly

Father’s will that even one of these little ones

should perish.” (Matt 18:12-14,

New Living Translation)

As the Lord is the Great Shepherd, let the dedication and

devotion from above be our guide as shepherds in the

vineyard of the Lord.

“If any man serve me, him will my Father

honour.”

(John 17:26, KJV)