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April 19, 2026

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(Sundaycast) Good Shepherds Needed (Ezekiel 34:16; 1 Peter 2:25) (Repentance)

Our friends the Hesses are sheep farmers in Moses Lake, Washington. We stopped through there a year ago when we were visiting our good friends in Tacoma, Jane and Phyllis and Paul. Lou is letting me hold one of his young lambs. Lou is also a shepherd for a flock of God’s people in Moses Lake. We all know that holding a lamb does not make you a shepherd. We need a heart for the sheep. The qualifications our God has for shepherds is found in Ezekiel 34. As you read these verses you see that God shows His willingness to do what shepherds need to do. Read Ezekiel 34 today. Pray for the person God has given you to be your shepherd(pastor). Pray for God to raise up more shepherds who will minister to the sheep as He desires. Pray for yourself to have the heart of a shepherd. And then offer yourself to God saying, “here I am send me.”

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Daily Texts for 04/19/2026

Old Testament Verse

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strays, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak.
Ezekiel 34:16

New Testament Verse

For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
1 Peter 2:25

Prayer

Good Shepherd, I praise you for gathering up the lost and the weak; for healing the sick and injured. Without your help we would be lost and hopeless. Thank you for your redeeming wonders and all the ways you claim us as precious and valuable. Show me how to gather the lost and lonely among my family and friends. Amen.

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