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  “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” (V. 4) Shepherds need rods and staff to navigate the terrain they walk on, also to help them guide the sheep, and...

  V 3 – “He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” (Notice that “restores & leads” are in the present tense. It is a CONTINUAL RESTORATION) Firstly, God leads us is into His rest. Secondly, He leads us is into...

  If we are in the flock of God, our Good Shepherd takes the responsibility to lead and guide us. Where does He lead us? Firstly, He leads us into rest. Jesus makes us “lie down in green pastures and He leads us beside still waters.” The main point here is not...

  Life can make us tired and discouraged. Psalm 23 is a precious encouragement, all about our Lord and us. Every line is about who He is and what He does for us. Every line is also about us when we belong to the Lord. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”...

  We” call” someone when we try to get their attention. To call means to shout or cry out. Psalm 50:15 says, “And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Little children usually call out to their parents when they need...

  What would you think of a farmer who prepares his fields but never sows seeds to nourish and harvest? Isaiah 28 speaks about this in verses 24 – 29 (please read in your Bible.) “Does he who ploughs for sowing plough continually? Does he continually keep on...

  Heb. 11:1 says, “Faith shows the reality of what we hope for. It is the evidence of things we cannot see.” Heb. 11:1 – “It is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must (continue to) believe that God exists and that He...

  I love a meaningful old song which says, “Why should I feel discouraged? …when Jesus is my portion, a constant Friend is He…His eye is on the sparrow…and I know He watches me.”  This song was based on Matt. 10:29-30 – “What is the price of two sparrows—one...

  Recently I listened to a sermon where the preacher spoke about how he met a man who was going through extreme hardships. When he asked the man HOW he was surviving and handling the trials, the man replied, “Of course I manage well because there are TWO of us”...

  From John 20 – “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance…But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,...

  (Jesus) humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2:8) In his book “Dare to Believe”, Dan Bauman wrote – “Crucifixion was the most painful method of public death in the first century. The victim was...

  Do you sometimes feel lonely, abandoned, troubled, in need for comfort when anxious? In the Old Testament we read a true story about a woman servant, Hagar, who was used by her master, Abram, according to the custom of the day, to produce a child on behalf of...

  Hebrews 12 speaks about how to endure discipline because it is for our own good, that it seems painful and not pleasant, but later yields peaceful fruits of righteousness. (V 7 – 11) Therefore we need to lift our drooping hands and strengthen our weak knees and...

  Psalm 65:11 states,” You CROWN the year with Your BOUNTY, and your carts OVERFLOW with ABUNDANCE.” Notice the great provision our God blesses us with. Psalm 65 is a harvest Psalm. The Israelites believed that God’s care for nature was a sign of His love,...

  When we read the story of Jonah, we notice that he, too, was in a mighty storm. But Jonah’s spiritual storm was of his own making. He disobeyed God and ran away when God commanded him to go to Ninevah and preach the Gospel to wicked people, to give them a...