The Holy Spirit guides us into all truth; He doesn’t push us into truth. He guides – but we need to be attentive to His leading and we need to choose to follow. And when we follow His leading (His divine wisdom) it will result in protection and blessing. “My cup runs over” speaks of abundance, excess […]
“You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.”Psalm 23:5b (NKJV) In Bible times, shepherds would anoint their sheep by pouring oil on their heads. This is because lice and other insects would try to burrow their way into the sheep’s ears, which could eventually kill the sheep. Anointing the sheep’s head would make the […]
“Thou preparest (put in order) a table (a meal) before me in the presence of mine enemies…”Psalm 23:5 (KJV) – brackets mine Even though you may be going through the valley of the shadow of death, God is providing for you in full view of your enemies. Right in the middle of the chaos and attack, your Good […]
“Yea, 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.”Psalm 23:4 (ESV) You might be facing difficult financial challenges. Maybe you’ve been told that you have some incurable disease, or maybe it’s just that everything is […]
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…” Psalm 23:4 (ESV) – emphasis mine “I will” reveals that it’s a choice or decision to fear or not. Fear is not an uncontrollable force – you can live a fear-free life! In Deuteronomy 30:19, God gives […]
“Yea, 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.”Psalm 23:4 (ESV)Sometimes it feels like all hell is breaking loose in life and circumstances are just pressing in against you. It’s important to know that […]
“…Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]…” Colossians 3:15 (AMP) As you seek God, you will find that you have more peace about something or less peace about something. I’m not saying you won’t […]
In the last episode, we started looking at how to make good decisions. Everybody needs to make decisions in life at some point or another, and there are keys in the word on how to make good decisions because good decisions set you up for success! Psalms 23:3 says, “he leads me in paths of […]
“The Lord is my shepherd… He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” Psalm 23:1a, 3b (ESV) Your decisions determine your destiny. Your life is made up of a series of decisions; some smaller and seemingly insignificant decisions and others larger and weightier ones, but they all carry some significance in building […]
We’re busy looking through psalm 23 which is a famous Psalm, and we’re still in verse 1! It says, “the Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need,” and the point I want to just bring out again today is that because God is our Shepherd we never lack anything! That is such an […]