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Summary: The Jesus Storybook Bible tells the story beneath all the stories in the Bible. It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And in the story Jesus is at the center of it all.
Disclaimer: I don't own "The Jesus Storybook Bible" or anything, all the credit goes to Sally Lloyd-Jones. This is to help others understand the Bible easily for free.
Chapter 14:
The young hero and the horrible giant
David the Shepherd King, from Psalm 51, 2 Samuel 7;(Paraphrase of Psalm 23)
DAVID WAS A SHEPHERD, but God looked at him and he saw a king.
Sure enough, when David grew up, that's just what he became. And David was a great king. He had a heart like God's heart – full of love.
Now, that didn't mean he was perfect, because he did some terrible things – he even murdered a man. No, David made a big mess of his life. But God can take even the biggest mess and make it work in his plan.
"I need a new heart, Lord," David prayed, "because mine is full of sin. Make me clean inside."
God heard David's prayer. He forgave David made David a promise: "I will make you great, David. And one day, a King will be born in your family, and he will heal the whole world."
Did you know that David was a song—writer, too? In fact his songs were so good, they might have been in the top 40 charts (if they'd been invented then).
David's songs are like prayers. They are called psalms and this one is called "The song of the Shepherd." (It's probably number one on the Psalm Charts.) And it goes like this…
God is my Shepherd
And I am his little lamb.
He feeds me
He guides me
He looks after me.
I have everything I need.
Inside, my heart is very quiet.
As quiet as lying still in soft green grass
In a meadow
By a little stream.
Even when I walk through
The dark, scary, lonely places
I won't be afraid
Because my shepherd knows where I am.
He is here with me.
He keeps me safe
He rescues me
He makes me strong
And brave.
He is getting wonderful
Things ready for me
Especially for me
Everything I ever dreamed of!
He fills my heart so full of happiness
I can't hold it all inside.
Wherever I go I know
God's Never Stopping
Never Giving Up
Unbreaking
Always and Forever Love
Will go, too!
God gave David that song to sing to his people, so they could know that he loved them and would always look after them – like a shepherd loves his sheep.
And one day, God was going to show his people once and for all just how much he loved them.
Another Shepherd was coming – a greater shepherd. He would be called the Good Shepherd. And this Shepherd was going to lead all of God's lambs back to the place where they had always belonged – close to God's heart.
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Next:
Chapter 15:
A little servant girl and the proud general
The little slave girl and Naaman, from 2 Kings 5
P.S. A friend of mine didn't know what praying to God was, he thought it was talking to God which is correct, but it is also begging to God and asking him to help with certain aspects or to help you change your life and yourself for the better, as said in this chapter no one is perfect, even me. We all had our shares of ups and downs, but what is important is that we at least try to make a difference. Also do not think that if you pray to God for something then it will immediately happen, it could happen but in other cases it takes longer to occur, but if it's something you really want God to do then stick to it and keep hoping and believing that God will do what you asked of him because you don't then you will give up about it, so instead you have to believe in your heart that he heard you and promised to do so.
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