DAVID: THE HEART OF A SHEPHERD (PART 2) YOUNG ADULT CELLS FEB 2006

THE HEART OF A SHEPHERD Leader’s Notes

IMPORTANT NOTE:
THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS LESSION IS TO COMPARE THE
QUALITIES OF A GOOD SHEPHERD AS EXAMPLIFIED BY Learning Outcomes:
DAVID AND TAUGHT BY JESUS. To understand the heart of a
good shepherd in caring for the
AT THE END OF THE LESSON, THEY WILL EVALUATE IF flock of God.
THEY HAVE THE QUALITIES OF A GOOD SHEPHERD. THEY
SHOULD ALL DESIRE TO ASPIRE TO BECOME A SHEPHERD
AND DISCIPLE SOMEONE ESPECIALLY WE ARE Objective:
LAUNCHING INTO EVANGELISM THIS YEAR. At the end of this lesson, you will
be able to:
ALSO LET THE CELL DISCUSS HOW TOGETHER WE CAN • Memorise Psalm 23.
ENSURE THAT PASTOR CARE IS GIVEN TO EVERY MEMBER • List at least 3 qualities in the
OF THE CELL. (EG. YOU MAY ASSIGN SOMEONE MORE role of a good shepherd as
MATURE TO TAKE CARE OF LESS MATURE OR SET UP AN demonstrated by David and
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.) taught by Jesus.
• Desire to be a good shepherd
and disciple someone in the
future.
I. FOCUS (10 mins)
Ask members if they have any favorite Psalm? Remember to keep time. This
If yes, ask them to recite it. focus is only about 10 mins.
Many will not be able to. In fact, each section is 10 mins,
so entire lessons should be about
Ask if they know which is the most famous Psalms in the Bible? 40 mins.
It is Ps. 23. (of course, they can dispute this if they want, but
everybody would not deny that Ps. 23 is very well known).

Ask if anyone can recite the entire Ps. 23 without looking at Bible. Note:
(As cell leader, try to memorize it before cell, so you can help There are a few qualities from my
members as they may miss out a word or two. This will also show own observation of the passages
that you are diligent to fulfill the requirements before them.) is that a good shepherd. I will list
4 of them. You may have more.
1) cares for his sheep
Ask members to share what the Psalm meant to them?
2) willing to lay down his life for
(As cell leader, write down some personal applications, testimony or his sheep.
insight as you memorize this Psalm) 3) gather the sheep and ensure
that they are well taken care of.
You may hand out the lesson notes at this time. 4) that none of the sheep is lost.
Explain that we are on week 2 of our 4 weeks series on David.
You may recap the points on last week lessons.

II. The Heart of A Shepherd

You may just go through the lesson point by point.

A. David, The Good Shepherd (10 mins)

i. What do you think caused David to go after the lion and the
bear?
 care and concern for this sheep.
 worry about the welfare of this sheep
 willing to leave the 99 for that one lost sheep. (Luke 15:4)
 sense of responsibility for his sheep.

ii. Where do you think he gets such courage?

 Not sure.
 maybe he is very much afraid but his love for his sheep cause him
to case away all his fear?
 Maybe from the Lord, cause he attribute it to God who delivered
him in verse 37.

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iii. On what basis do you think King Saul allow David to go and
fight Goliath?
 not sure why Saul would allow a boy to fight Goliath?
 he might have heard about David’s exploits beforehand and also
the boldness of David might have cause him to sit up?
 at this point, Saul has not totally fallen away so he might have
trust God and trust David’s account of God’s deliverance.
 so, answer would be on the basis of God’s deliverance on David

iv. Do you think you would ever care for someone to the point of
endangering your own life? Note:
 personal application question. Be prepared to answer it yourself Only brief answers were provided
first. on the left. Please feel free to add
 general possible if you love someone deeply. your own elaboration when
necessary.
 even non-Christians (eg. during war times) have been known to
give the ultimate sacrifice.

B. Jesus, The Good Shepherd (10 mins)

John 10:1-5
Those who belong to God, recognize the voice of God. This means
we need to stay close to Him and be sensitive enough to be able to
hear His voice. If we do not stay close, we will be in danger of being
lost.
Satan seduces, entices and lures with false promises. God knocks at
the door of your heart and come in when you open your heart.

John 10:9-10
Christ came to the world to die on the cross to bring salvation to the
world.

John 10:11-13
Christ is the good shepherd and he is willing to die for his sheep.
Compared to the hired hand who cares only for himself, Christ cares
totally for his sheep. The result of the hired hand is that sheep are
attacked by wolf (Satan) and scatter (lost).

John 10:14–16
God desire to have an intimate fellowship with us, where we can
know him and He will know us. And there are many who need to be
in the shepherd’s pen – the Good Shepherd will go out to bring them
in.

John 10:17- 18
Jesus is predicting here of His resurrection.

Note: in the above passage, try to contextualize how each of us can

be a good shepherd and exemplify the qualities mentioned by Jesus.
Make the passage applicable to present context of the cell and our
walk with God.

III. Conclusion (10 mins)

Go through the 3 questions. Give time for members to voice their

opinions and share.

If group is big and people are not so forthright in sharing, you may
do neighbour-nudging (share with neighbour first) or share in group
of 3s before sharing together as a group.

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