Jesus loved to use stories to illustrate profound, life-transforming concepts.

He loved to use real and genuine settings, characters, and ideas that apply to all of us

to reveal God's heart of pursuit and love.

This week, we're going to spend time allowing the parables of Jesus to speak directly to our

situations, mindsets, and core beliefs about who God is.

Open your heart and mind to be transformed by the powerful and captivating stories of Jesus.

Welcome to the first of teen podcast.

Our scripture for today comes from John 10, 14 through 15, where Jesus says, I am the good shepherd.

I know my own and my own know me.

Just as the father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep.

Have you ever experienced a sense of grand perspective

where you realize your smallness in comparison to the earth's grandeur? Have you ever contemplated your

small stature in light of how colossal the universe is? Every now and then, when I get a sense of my

smallness, I am overcome by the fear of being lost.

I think who will show me my path in the seemingly increasing world?

Who will guide me through the various trials and changes that will undoubtedly come my way?

Who will help me? One of my favorite metaphors in scripture is God as the good shepherd.

Jesus is the most equipped guide we could ever have. He holds all of creation in the palm of his

hand. And yet he knows the number of hairs on our head.

He is the God of the gigantic

and a lover of every little detail about us.

And he longs to lead us to safe pasture.

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