Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
— Psalm 23:6
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The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
— Galatians 5:22-23
My mother used to advise me and my sisters to leave a pl…
Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
— Psalm 23:6
Looking again at Psalm 23, we can see that the Lord our shepher…
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
— John 14:18
One of the hardest things for the disciples to grasp was how Jesus could continue to shepherd them after he returned to be with t…
“It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”
— Luke 24:34
Buoyed by a renewed understanding of Jesus’ mission and their calling to tell others, all of the disciples found renewed hop…
They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. . . . Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
— Luke 24:33-35
The news about Jes…
Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
— Luke 24:27
The two disciples from Emmaus needed to be reminded that they be…
. . . Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.
— Luke 24:15-16
Does it seem unfair that these disciples were kept from seeing Jesus? I have heard p…
As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them. . . .
— Luke 24:15
One of the more poignant places where Jesus shows up as the good shep…
When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”
— John 19:26-27
Here we see t…
While they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
— Matthew 26:21
The patience and generosity Jesus shows as he prepares for his last supper with his disciples is real…
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
— John 10:11
Jesus makes clear that his work is much more than a job to do. He has real skin in the game. He is not pla…
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me. . . .”
— John 10:14
When Jesus, the Son of God, came to live and teach among us, he picked up on the imagery of Psalm 23 and told all …
You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession. . . .
— 1 Peter 2:9
Remembering that priests and prophets and kings were anointed as confirmation of their spec…
You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
— Psalm 8:5
Earlier this month (July 2) I mentioned that I wasn’t so sure I liked being compared to a sheep,…
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
— Psalm 23:5
This line in Psalm 23 picks up on an interesting tidbit about the shepherd’s care for his sheep. Shepherds will use oil on a sheep’s head…
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
— Psalm 23:5
One of my favorite sights is to see pets and other animals playing in the spring when plants and trees are blossoming and g…
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
— Psalm 23:4
The psalm writer, King David of Israel, provides here…
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. . . .
— Psalm 23:4
As we noted earlier (July 4), Psalm 23 is attributed to King David. In this part of the p…
He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
— Psalm 23:3
While sheep are not marked in the same way as cattle, they do bear the mark of their owner along with other helpful information …
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