Series: The Shepherd and the SheepTitle: The Shepherd Restores MeText: Ps 23:3I. He Retrieves Us When We Wandera. Isa 53:6b. Galatians 2:20c. Quote: Octavius Winslow,” If there is one consideration more humbling than another to aspiritually-minded believer, it is that, after all God has done for him...there should stillexist in the heart a principle, the tendency of which is to secret, perpetual, and alarmingdeparture from God.”d. Rev 2:2-4e. Rev 2:5 Therefore remember from where you have fallenf. Rev 2:5, Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the [d]deedsyou did at first;II. He Revives Us When We Falter.a. Faith can falter when we are disoriented by injusticei. Psalm 73:2ii. Ps 73:3, “...I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”b. Faith can falter when we are drained by conflicti. 1 Kings 19:10, “And I alone am left;”c. Faith can falter when we are disappointed by outcomesi. Galatians 6:9 Let us not lose heart in doing goodd. Faith can falter when we are disheartened by sufferingi. Heb 10:32, “after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings”e. Faith can falter when we are depleted by demandsi. 2 Corinthians 2:16 “Who is adequate for these things?”f. How were they restored?i. Asaph was restored by getting busy1. Psalm 73:16-17ii. God restored Elijah after a time of rest1. 1 Kings 19:5iii. God restored the Galatians through a promise1. Galatians 6:7-8iv. God restored the Hebrews with a challenge1. Heb 12:2-3 “...who for the joy set before Him endured the cross,despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne ofGod. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners againstHimself, so that you will not grow weary [c]and lose heart.”2. Heb 2:12v. God restored the apostle Paul through the gift of a faithful friend1. 2 Cor 7:52. 2 Cor 7:6III. He Restores Us Himselfa. Psalm 18:35

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