Psalm 23:1-6 NIV The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23:3 he refreshes my soul.

Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul.

Shuwb: REPAIR, restore, to BRINGBACK

A “cast” sheep is one that has rolled over onto it's BACK and cannot get up without ASSISTANCE.

How does a sheep become “cast”?
EXHAUSTION, COCKINESS, SEPARATION

How do we prevent exhaustion: LEARN to REST.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

How to prevent cockiness: WALK in HUMILITY.

Romans 12:3 Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

How to prevent separation: ACCOUNTABILITY.

Psalm 42:11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God.

1. Allow the SHEPHERD to meet you where YOU ARE AT.

Matthew 18:12 What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

2. Restoration is a PROCESS, don’t FIGHT it.

EVERYTHING truly worth doing takes LONGER than you expect.

GREATNESS doesn’t happen in a day, it happens DAILY.

3. Stay HUMBLE.

I Corinthians 10:12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

The same shepherd that SAVES you is the one who SUSTAINS you.