{"id":4756,"date":"2026-04-20T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/?p=4756"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:07:14","slug":"the-good-shepherd-part-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/the-good-shepherd-part-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Shepherd &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April 20, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Recordings\/2026\/Trinity_20260420.mp3\">Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>                      The Good Shepherd - Part 1\n                             John 10:11-13\n                              04\/20\/2026\n\n\n        11   I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays\n             down his life for the sheep.\n        12   He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who\n             does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and\n             leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches\n             them and scatters them.\n        13   He flees because he is a hired hand and cares\n             nothing for the sheep.  (ESV)\n\n        Jesus told His disciples:\n        I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his\n        life for the sheep.  He who is a hired hand and not a\n        shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf\n        coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf\n        snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he\n        is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.\n\n\n        On this, the Third Week of Easter, our focus shifts to the\n   blessings of God given to us through Jesus.  His greatest gift,\n   given for the sake of His death and resurrection, is the\n   forgiveness of our sins.  We, like sheep, have gone astray, yet\n   because of God's love, He has sought us and preserves us.\n\n        Our prayer this week reflects the love of God for His\n   people.\n        O God, through the humiliation of Your Son You raised\n        up the fallen world.  Grant to Your faithful people,\n        rescued from the peril of everlasting death, perpetual\n        gladness and eternal joys; through Jesus Christ, our\n        Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy\n        Spirit, one God, now and forever.\n\n\n        Truly, this prayer reminds us of Jesus' sacrifice, and the\n   gift of eternal life which He gives to those who trust in Him.\n\n        May our Lord grant us faith to receive the joys of heaven\n   for the sake of Jesus Christ.  Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 20, 2026 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4757,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756\/revisions\/4757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}