The Heart of a Shepherd
Ezekiel 34:11-26
August 29-30, 2026
The book of Ezekiel. Welcome, everybody here. Welcome, everybody online. We're going to be in Ezekiel 34, and I said it's in verse 11, we're going to begin in verse 1. The title of our message, The Heart of a Shepherd. Let's pray and receive from God's word together. Lord, we are so thankful because we know that you send your word to reveal to us your heart's desire to bless our life, to show us the way of life, to stir up revival. God, we open our heart, pour out your Spirit through your word. Meet us in this place, we pray in Jesus' name. Everyone said, amen. Ezekiel 34, God is speaking through Ezekiel to the leaders of Israel that are there in Babylon.
He's going to give a prophecy against the shepherds of Israel. By that, he means the leaders, the princes, the officials who were supposed to be shepherding His people. It's an analogy that they would surely understand. Shepherding was certainly a very important part of the culture of their day, but he calls them out for not leading them, not shepherding them. He gives a prophecy against them. The leaders of Israel had a spiritual responsibility because Israel had been chosen by God to be a people who carry His name and marked by an everlasting covenant between them and God. He commissioned leaders to shepherd His people Israel. They did not shepherd them. They did not serve them.
No, they used them for their own advantage. They did not lead them to draw near to the Lord. They did not feed them so that they would be strengthened spiritually. If they had done that, they would not have been in all of this trouble. He lays it bare on them that they did not serve or shepherd the people. They served themselves, and they took what they wanted from those under them. Now, the first half of the chapter was written prophetically against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. The second half of the chapter, God reveals the heart of a shepherd, His heart, and He says that He Himself would be their shepherd.
That also that God would raise up leaders after His own heart that would follow the way of the Great Shepherd, that they would build up and strengthen His people with His heart and His way. Reminds me of when Jesus was restoring Peter after he had faltered there. He came to Peter and says, "Do you love me? Then feed my sheep." It's the heart of the Lord in it. If you don't know, the word pastor actually literally means shepherd. God calls pastors to feed the sheep, to tend to the flock. In fact, the greatest king in the history of Israel was himself a shepherd. That's David. David, in fact, when the prophet Samuel came to the house of his father Jesse to anoint the future king of Israel, David wasn't even there.
He was out shepherding the sheep. When Samuel first entered the house of Jesse, he saw his oldest son, Eliab, who was tall and good-looking. He thought, "Oh, surely this must be the next king who will be anointed for Israel," but no, he was not the one. God said to him, "Do not look at his appearance. God sees not as man sees." He is looking for the heart of a shepherd. One by one, the sons were presented before the prophet Samuel, but God had chosen none of them. He said to Jesse, "Are these all of your sons? Are there none further? He says, "Well, there is one, but that's David, and he's a shepherd. He's out with the sheep." "Well, go and get him, and we will not sit down until he arrives."
What a powerful scene. God uses those years when David was a shepherd to prepare him. God was preparing David. He wanted that heart of a shepherd. When David was watching the sheep, one day a lion came and took one of the lambs. David, with great boldness and courage, confronted the lion, snatched the lamb from its mouth, killed the lion. Later, then a bear came attacking the sheep. David confronted the bear, snatching the lamb out of its jaws, killing it. God was preparing David to one day face a giant. You can imagine all of the hours David spent to himself as a shepherd over the flock. What do you do with all of those hours all by yourself, out shepherding the sheep?
Well, you start throwing stones. That's what you do. You start target practicing with your sling. That's what a young man would do. Now, the slings that David had in those days, by the way, were real dangerous things. When we were growing up, we had these wrist rocket things that we would have and little tubing things. You could maybe put someone's eye out with that thing. At least that's what my mom said. You couldn't really hurt somebody. The slings that David used, you could kill somebody with that. They would wind up with such speed. David, hour after hour after hour, was target practicing with that sling and those rocks.
God was preparing David that one day with that sling and a smooth stone, he would save the nation of Israel. David wrote Psalms and he was a musician. While he's out shepherding the sheep, you can just imagine him out there singing and worshiping unto the Lord. I had this picture in my mind that David's out there just singing at the top of his lungs and the voices of David just falling on the ears of the sheep. This beautiful picture of David's heart, a shepherd caring for his sheep. The heart of the shepherd. There's that loving relationship where the sheep completely trust the shepherd and they know the voice of their master.
Reminds me of the story that took place during World War I in the days of the Ottoman Empire. There's a conflict with Israel and some of the Turkish invaders broke into a Jewish sheep fold, of course, to drive away the sheep and steal them. The shepherd heard the commotion, went out into the field and called out to them, and the invaders were powerless to stop the sheep as they ran back to the shepherd following his voice. That is the heart that the leaders, the shepherds, ought to have had, but the leaders of Israel had lost their way. They were not caring for the sheep at all. Quite the opposite. They were taking advantage of the sheep and thought nothing of it.
There's a personal application for us to see in this chapter as well. Interestingly, in this chapter there is a prophecy fulfilled by the Lord Jesus that is so clear, a messianic prophecy, amazing, where he speaks that God would raise up a shepherd, His shepherd, and that that is the one who will arise as prince over His people. Of course, we know His name, Yeshua HaMashiach. Jesus is that Messiah who comes, Jesus says, "I am that good shepherd who lays down my life for his sheep." All right, let's read it. We're in Ezekiel 34. We're going to begin reading verse 1 and we're going to read just different verses through this chapter.
I. Sheep Need a Shepherd
We'll cover the other verses around it at our midweek verse-by-verse service. Verse 1, "Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, you say, Thus says the Lord God, woe, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves, should not the shepherds feed the flock? You eat the fat, clothes yourselves with wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock."
Then verse 11, "For thus says the Lord God, Behold, I myself will search for my sheep and I will seek them out as the shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep. I will care for my sheep and I will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and I'll bring them into their own land and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the streams and in all the inhabited places of the land. I will feed them in good pasture and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel."
Beautiful picture. The land of Israel is the glory of all nations, he says. "And there they will lie down in good grazing ground, and they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel, and I will feed my flock and I will lead them to rest, declares the Lord God. And I will seek the lost. I'll bring back the scattered. I'll bind up the broken. I'll strengthen the sick. But in the fat and the strong, I will destroy, and I'll feed them with judgment."
Verse 23, "Then I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David," of course, Jesus is called the Son of David "and He will feed them. He will feed them himself and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I, the Lord, has spoken. I will make a covenant of peace with them, eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing, and I'll cause showers to come down in their season, and there will be showers of blessings."
A wonderful, amazing chapter that God has much in store for us to see. I want us to really begin by seeing it from this perspective, that sheep need a shepherd. When God says that He Himself will be a shepherd over His people, it says wonderful things about God, but when God describes us and uses the word sheep, I'm not sure that it's necessarily a compliment. Sheep aren't necessarily the sharpest tool in the tool shed, mixing my metaphors.
Can you imagine a sheep without a shepherd? Phillip Keller some years ago wrote a book called Lessons from a Shepherd, and in it he wrote this. That the strange thing about sheep, he wrote, is that because of their very makeup, it's almost impossible for them to lie down unless certain requirements are met. Owing to their timidity, they refuse to lie down unless they are free from all fears. Sheep are so easily panicked that even a stray jackrabbit suddenly bounding from behind a bush can stampede the whole flock.
When one sheep is startled and runs in fright, a dozen others will bolt with it in blind fear, not even waiting to see what frightened them in the first place. Sheep need a shepherd. Sheep are weak and vulnerable. They're gripped by fear, often irrational fear. Some of you are old enough to remember when newspapers were a thing, and they would have a column in the newspaper called Dear Abby. Some of you remember Dear Abby. Later it was Dear Ann Landers. People would send in their letters describing their problems, and then Abby or Ann Landers would answer and give advice.
Interestingly, both wrote later that the one problem that dominated the letters they received, and they received thousands and thousands and thousands of letters, the one problem that dominated the letters they received was fear. People are gripped by fear. Fear of losing their health, fear of losing their wealth, fear of losing a loved one, all manner of fears.
In fact, it reminds me of Matthew 9:36, where it says, "Jesus, seeing the people, He felt compassion for them because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd." Sheep need a shepherd because wandering sheep are in danger. Oh, sheep are absolutely prone to wander. If sheep don't have a shepherd, they're just gone.
A. Wandering sheep are in danger
They'll see a tuft of grass, and they're just gone. Prone to wander. The analogy is meant to be seen personally, for people are prone to wander as well. Reminds me of that hymn that we've sung in the church, Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing. It says in verse 3, "Prone to wander, Lord," I feel that "Prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it. Seal it for thy courts above." Sheep need a shepherd. Sheep are vulnerable. They can't run fast. They have no natural defenses. They don't have sharp teeth, and without a shepherd, they're easy prey for being attacked. That's the point. When sheep wander, they are in grave danger. The application is easy to see in a personal application.
When you wander from the Lord and go into wilderness places, when you go into worldly places, it is going to end badly. You are in great danger when you wander away from the Lord and into wilderness places. There's a lot of people in this very room that can add their testimony to that great truth. Sheep wander, and they are in grave danger because they're easily attacked. Notice verses 5 and 6, "My sheep were scattered, and they became food for every beast of the field. My flock wandered through all the mountains and every high hill and were scattered over the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search for them or to seek for them."
See, when you wander from the Lord, you're in great trouble because you're in danger when you wander away. You have turned away from His guiding hand. You have turned away from His wisdom that you need to guide your steps. It's like Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." See, when you wander into wilderness places, in the worldly places, you are vulnerable to an attack from the enemy, spiritual attack. Notice 1 Peter 5:8, "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert, for your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour." Lions prowl about looking for those who are weak, who are separated from the group. They prefer to attack those who are vulnerable.
They are vulnerable because they've wandered away from the hand of their shepherd. They have wandered into wilderness places. One of the things He next shows us is that wandering sheep must be found. Notice verses 11 and 12, "For thus says the Lord God, Behold, I myself will search for my sheep. I will seek them out as a shepherd cares for his sheep in the day when he is among his scattered sheep. I will care for my sheep. I will deliver them from the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day."
B. Wandering sheep must be found
See, in other words, wandering sheep must be searched for. They must be pursued.
Now, I'm sure you've heard stories of dogs who have been lost and then climbed over hill and dale to find their way home. For example, one of the most famous of such stories actually takes place here in Oregon. One of the most amazing stories in the country takes place right here in Oregon. The story is that the Brazier family of Silverton, Oregon, one day went on a long road trip, and they took their two-year-old collie mix, Bobby, with them. When they were in Indiana- from Silverton, Oregon, they were on a road trip and they were in Indiana in the town of Wolcott, and Bobby got chased by a local pack of dogs. They went after Bobby, but they could not find Bobby.
They searched, and they searched, and they searched, and despite great effort, they could not find him. Finally, they had to give up and take the long, sad journey home without their beloved Bobby. Six months later, to the amazement of the whole town of Silverton, Bobby staggered into town, thin, weak, filthy, toenails worn to the nubs. The Oregon Humane Society investigated. They collected witness reports along the route and concluded that Bobby had walked 2,551 miles, crossing the Rocky Mountains in winter, averaging 14 miles a day. He is today buried at the Oregon Humane Society in the town of Silverton, Oregon, and Silverton still holds a pet parade in his honor to this day. That is an amazing story.
You'll even hear stories of cats. Even cats can find their way home, trekking sometimes hundreds of miles, but you will never hear of a story of a sheep.
You can search for all eternity beyond. You'll never hear a story of a sheep that trekked over hill and dale to find their way home. No, sheep have to be searched for. You got to go looking for them because they're never going to find their way home. That's the whole heart of the chapter. These false shepherds would not go after those who were lost. I myself will go after them. I myself will seek them out. I tell you, this is one of the most glorious truths of the gospel. It's in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and it's found right here in Ezekiel 34. It's such an important understanding because so many people don't understand this.
Many people have it the wrong way, and I mentioned this before, it bears repeating because so many people believe that God is offended at their sin, therefore, God rejects them. I have nothing to do with thee, you have offended me with your sin, and that God rejects them. That is not the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. No, I will seek out, I will go and search for them, and I will find them. I find them, I'll bring them home. That's the gospel. There are many stories, of course, in the gospels. One of the most famous, I think, is that of Zacchaeus. The story unfolds that one day Jesus is approaching Jericho, and there was a man by the name of Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector and rich.
Now, I mentioned before that tax collectors were like the worst of sinners. He wasn't just a tax collector, he was a chief tax collector. He was despised. One day he heard that Jesus was coming through Jericho, and he wanted to get a look at him, but because of his small stature, he could not see because of the crowd. He ran on ahead, went up to a sycamore tree to get a look at Jesus. When Jesus passed by, of course, He called him by name, "Zacchaeus, come down. I'm going to your house today."
Story picks up in Luke 19:6-10, says, "He hurried and came down and received Him gladly. Now, when they saw it," who are the they? The Jewish, the leaders of Israel, the false prophets, the false shepherds, I should say, "they began to grumble, saying, Would you look at this? He has gone to be the guest of a man who's a sinner. Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I'll give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much. Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." The famous verse that declares the heart of the Lord so wonderfully and so clearly, for the Son of Man--
II. The Good Shepherd Cares for His Sheep
By the way, the same word described Ezekiel describes the Lord. The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. Then we see this in Ezekiel 34, that the Good Shepherd cares for His sheep. Notice verse 11 and onward, God declares He Himself would be their shepherd and that he would be a shepherd like no earthly shepherd could ever be. He will search for them. He will deliver them. He'll bring them out of the places from where they were scattered, and he will bring them into their own land. He will do much more than that. He is the good shepherd who will do what the false shepherds of Israel did not and would not do. Number one, He will feed them in good pasture.
A. He will feed them in good pasture
Notice verses 14 and 15, "I will feed them in good pasture, and the grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down in good grazing ground, and they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock and lead them to rest, declares the Lord God." Now when He says he's going to feed them, He means He's going to feed them on the word of God. That which strengthens the soul, that nourishes the soul within, because God reveals His heart through His word. The word of God is not just pages or ink on a page. No, it is sent in power by the Holy Spirit. The word of God is alive, sharper than any two-edged sword.
He sends it with His heart to speak life, to revive, to build up, to strengthen, to accomplish by revealing His heart to His people through His word. Isaiah 55:10-11, "As the rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth and making it bear and sprout, furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be which goes forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty or void without accomplishing what I desire, without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." God sent His word in power. He sent it to reveal His heart and to accomplish His desire, that you might know Him and that you would take His word into your heart, and by that word you would be transformed.
It's like when Moses said to the Lord, "Show me your ways, I want to know you." God reveals Himself, His ways, His heart in His word. It's like what I mentioned before in Luke 6:45, where Jesus says, "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what's good, for the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart." How do you get that treasure that he speaks of into the heart? It's like Psalm 119, "Your word have I treasured in my heart that I might not sin against you. Your word, Lord, is the treasure I take into my heart."
It's like what Job wrote in Job 23:12, "I have not departed from the command of His lips. I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food." Oh, what God does upon the soul." See, many do not understand the treasure of God's word, the value that God brings to the soul, the wisdom that comes with it. Wisdom, I say to you, is life. It is glory. It's more valuable than money. If you could choose between vast wealth and vast wisdom, which would you choose? I submit to you, you would choose wisdom. Amen. Because it is far more valuable than money. I can prove it to you. If you had to leave an inheritance to your children, would you rather leave to them great wealth or great wisdom?
Oh, wealth can ruin them, but wisdom would build them up. Wisdom would strengthen the soul. Wisdom would edify them. It's like what he wrote in Job 28:13-18, "Man does not know the value of wisdom." This is true. "Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can silver be weighed as its price. The acquisition of wisdom is far above that of pearls." Then it says next that He will lead them to rest. Notice verse 15, "I will feed my flock. I will lead them to rest, declares the Lord God." That is the heart of a shepherd. David wrote this in Psalm 23. David understood, of course, the heart of a shepherd.
B. He will lead them to rest
He says, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul." The idea, of course, of lying down in green pastures is that they have the freshest, most nourishing, lush grass that feeds the soul. It's a spiritual picture. God wants you to be well fed, spiritually speaking. The soul must be fed well, He says. In other words, God doesn't want you to go to a church just because that church serves Krispy Kreme donuts on Sunday, or serves dinner three times a week, or fresh cookie after the Wednesday service. No, He wants you to go to a church because that church delights in the word of God. Healthy sheep love to feed on the word of God, and that's why I love this church. There is a heart and a delight in the word of God here.
Amen. Amen. Amen. It says, "He leads them beside still waters." He brings the soul to peace, a deep residing peace. It's beautiful. The soul at rest, the soul that is at peace, he speaks of, is a soul that believes. Because of that faith, he rests on that grace. He believes. He takes confidence that he is under the protection and covering of his Great Shepherd. It's like what David wrote in Psalm 46:10, "Be still and know that I am God." Stop all this striving, be still. Let this be settled in your heart. I know in whom I have believed. I know my God. This matter is settled with me. I am resolved. There is no striving.
It's like what David wrote in Psalm 71:1, 5, "In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge. Never let me be ashamed- For you are my hope, O Lord God, and you are my confidence from my youth." There David speaks of it, such a wonderful truth, I know in whom I have believed. I am persuaded that my God is able to take that which I have committed to Him until that day. I know my God, and I rest in His hand over my life. One of the ways to say that, one of the ways to see that would be this. I submit to you that one-on-one David had no chance against Goliath. You say, "Wait, was there somebody else there? I think I read that story."
Was there somebody else there? I say to you, yes, there was. God was there. In fact, David makes this very clear in the answer that he gives to the taunts of the Philistine giant, Goliath. This is found in 1 Samuel 17:45-46, "Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with sword and a spear and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have just taunted. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel." That is a great speech. He makes it clear that it was by God's help that this great thing was done. By my God, I can leap over a wall. By my God, I can run over a troop.
C. He will bind up the broken
It is the hand of God that moves in my life by which David had his confidence. That is the soul that rests. That is the soul that believes, I know my God and I know how He moves. Then we see this, the heart of the shepherd, and He will bind up the broken. Notice verse 16, "I will seek the lost. I'll bring back the scattered. I'll bind up the broken and strengthen the sick." Here, the beautiful heart of a shepherd that cares, meant to be personal, hurting, broken within, the heart that cares is revealed in these words. He carries your burdens.
He carries your hurt near to His heart. Like Psalm 56:8, "You have taken account of my wanderings. You have put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?" That is a beautiful verse. My hurts, my tears mean so much to you, you put them in a bottle and write them in a book. How beautiful. It's like Isaiah 40:11, "Like a shepherd, He will tend His flock, and in His arms, He will gather the lambs and carry them in His bosom." The way a shepherd cares. There's an intimacy. There's a heart that's so beautiful. Carrying your burden in his arms. When I think of that, I'm reminded of a time when our daughter, Nicole, was nine years old, and she came down with this mysterious illness.
She woke up one day, and every joint in her body hurt with excruciating pain. She could not move. Every joint in her body hurt. Then she had rashes on the palms of her hands, soles of her feet, and her neck. She had a fever of 106.5. We called the doctor, and the doctor said, "Bring her in right away, but bring her in through the back door in case--" We don't know. The doctor looked at her and said, "I don't know. She needs to go to the children's hospital now. I will call ahead. You get her to Emmanuel Children's Hospital now. Don't wait for an ambulance. You go. Carry her up there yourself." I carried her like a board. She was so stiff. It hurt so bad. Brought her and put her there. The doctor started doing all these tests.
They had no idea what it was. By this point, the family was starting to come in and to gather in her room. At one point, the doctor says, "We really do not know what this is, but we're going to need to do a spinal tap in case it's meningitis." Which we said, "Of course, we understand." Then he said, "To do this, I would like to ask that everyone leave the room." I said, "Why?" "Because her body hurts so bad, this will bring so much pain to her, I'd rather you not see it. I'd like you all to leave the room." Everyone started to leave. I stayed behind. I said, "No, I don't want to leave. In fact, if anyone is going to bring this kind of pain to her, it should be me. I'm her father, and she will be in my arms. She will know that she is loved and that she is safe."
He said, "That's good." I came to her and whispered to her what we were going to do. I rolled her towards me. I put one arm around her knees, one arm around her neck, and I started to squeeze, and she started to scream. I just kept squeezing until I had her into a tight ball. The doctors did the spinal tap they needed to do. I released her and held her, held her, and held her. She cried and cried. She was in my arms, and she was loved, and she was safe. There's something about the intimacy, the Father's hand over us that He cares so deeply for us pictured in that story. By the way, I should tell you the end of it.
I told this story last night, and somebody said, "What was the end of the story?" She ended up, they believe, having Kawasaki syndrome, which is very, very rare. They treated it with gamma globulin, which is the antibodies from hundreds of people. She eventually got better. Interestingly, she was nine years old when she had this thing happen. She was 19 years old when, then, she got non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, went through cancer. She almost died from that. 9, 19, and then she was killed when she was 29. Very interesting. I know this, that she is now in the arms of the Good Shepherd, and we will be together again.
D. God will send showers of blessing
Amen. Amen. Then lastly, we'll close with this. He says, "And I will send showers of blessings." The heart of the shepherd, showers, showers of blessings. Notice verses 23-26, "I will set over them my servant David. Jesus is that servant, and He will feed them Himself, and He will be their shepherd. I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I will make a covenant of peace, and I'll make them and the places around my hill a blessing, and there will be showers of blessings."
He is that Good Shepherd, and because of His hand over your life, the favor of God rests. Stand in this. Dwell in this great truth. Abide in great peace, faith. I know in whom I have believed. Let faith arise. Rest in this great understanding of His care, His hand. It's like what David wrote in Psalm 23:6, "Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." I know in whom I have believed. Now rise in this. He is the shepherd who places His hand over your life.
Let's pray. Lord, we are so thankful for this great truth that you're the one who seeks, you're the one who pursues, you're the one who cares, and you pour out upon us blessings, showers of blessings. You feed us with the word that reveals the heart of God poured out. You bring us to peace that we can reside in that with such confidence. I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced, I am persuaded that my God is able. Church, how many would say that to the Lord, as we are praying, how many would say to the Lord today, I put my trust in your hands for you are my good shepherd? I know in whom I have believed. I will reside in this truth. I will reside in the confidence of this because I know in whom I have believed. You are my good shepherd. Would you just raise your hand as a declaration of saying that to the Lord? God, I stand in this. I will reside in this. I will abide in this. I know in whom I have believed. Father, we love you, honor you, and praise your holy name for all that you are doing among us in Jesus' powerful name. Everyone said amen.
Give the Lord praise and glory and honor. Can we do that? Amen.