Daily Bread_January 10, 2013

Title: The Greatest Comforter - - The Good Shepherd

Text: Psalm 23:1-6

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Observation:

The text today should give us a great amount of comfort no matter what we are going through. David was a shepherd and he knew what it was to go through the valley of despondency and death.

David learned, by personal experience, that God will be with you in times of distress. David knew what a good shepherd looked like, and he found that The Lord is a Good Shepherd.

When you are going through a rough time or rough water, you can count on the presence and power of the Lord.

Isaiah 43:2 (HCSB)
² I will be with you when you pass through the waters, and [when you pass] through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. You will not be scorched when you walk through the fire, and the flame will not burn you.

When in a storm ask this question, "Lord, What is there to learn about you?" Even in the midst of the storms of life, we can learn something new about God. Look at the lesson that the disciples learned from being in a storm.

Mark 4:41 (HCSB)
⁴¹ And they were terrified and asked one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!"

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so grateful that you are my shepherd.  Father, I trust in you to provide all of my needs; help me to obey you like the wind and the sea obey you. In Jesus name, Amen.

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Isaiah 50:4 (HCSB)
⁴ The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens ⌊Me⌋ each morning; He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.

 

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