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1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
2. Topic Introduction with headline.
3. Scripture
   1. John 10:11-18
   2. Jesus: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep in His care.  The hired hand is not like the shepherd caring for His own sheep. When a wolf attacks, snatching and scattering the sheep, he runs for his life, leaving them defenseless.  The hired hand runs because he works only for wages and does not care for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd; I know My sheep, and My sheep know Me. As the Father knows Me, I know the Father; I will give My life for the sheep.  There are many more sheep than you can see here, and I will bring them as well. They will hear My voice, and the flock will be united. One flock. One shepherd.  The Father loves Me because I am willing to lay down My life—but I will take it up again.  My life cannot be taken away by anybody else; I am giving it of My own free will. My authority allows Me to give My life and to take it again. All this has been commanded by My Father.
4. Devotional
   1. These words remind me of the many Congressional Medal of Honor recipients I’ve been privileged to meet.
      1. Director for officer training in the Army Medical Department
      2. Chief of Staff of Army’s schoolhouse for medics
      3. Medal of Honor speakers
      4. Stories were usually the same
      5. Anyone would have done the same, fought for their fellow soldiers and didn’t think about the danger they were facing
      6. Just doing their job
   2. Most awards of the Congressional Medal of Honor are presented to family members posthumously.
      1. Service member died saving the lives of his or her teammates.
      2. Every one I’ve seen suffered severe injury in the course of duty in earning the right to wear the medal
      3. All ready to give their life for their team in the face of the enemy
      4. Only 3,440 people awarded the medal (19 double awards) of the roughly 57 million who have served throughout America’s 240 year history
   3. That’s 0.006% of the people who have served. Not many.
      1. Speaks of Paul’s thought that not many are willing to give their life for a friend
      2. Jesus gave His life for us while we were still God’s enemies, sinners, living apart from Him in disobedience
      3. Many Medal of Honor recipients tell me they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time and just did what their training taught them to do
      4. Jesus gave Himself willingly to save us from certain destruction at the hand of Satan
   4. So to whom should we pledge our allegiance? Don’t you think He deserves our thanks, our praise, and our devotion?
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