PSALM 23 PART FIFTEEN THY STAFF “Thy STAFF…comforts* me” PSALM 23:4 The Hebrew Word translated here as staff has two meanings. The first is translated generally as anything that supports and stabilizes (A feminine noun indicating a support, a supply. It is used of what firms up, keeps stable, furnishes needed supplies…{TCWS of the Old [...]
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PSALM 23 – PART 15 – HIS STAFF
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, PSALM 23, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Home, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged Be Strong in the Lord, faith, Faithfulness, God's Supply, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, Heart of a Priest, His Staff, Jesus the Good Shepherd, love, Mercy, Provision in Jesus, Psalm 23, Relationship, salvation, The Lord is our Shepherd, The Royal Priesthood, The Way of Truth, trust on July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
PSALM 23 – PART 14 – CORRECTION AND GROWTH -
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Identity, Our New Nature, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Prophetic, PSALM 23, The Church, The Home, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged A Right Heart, All for Him, Apathy, Body of Christ, Correction the way to Life, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, faith, Faithfulness, Fear of the Lord, friend of God, Fruitfulness, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, Kingdom of God, obedience, Prepare the Way, Psalm 23, Relationship, Righteousness, salvation, Teach Me Lord Thy Ways, The Day of the Lord, The Good Shepherd, The LORD is MY Shepherd, The Rod of God, The Way of fruitfulness, The Way of Life, The Way of the Lord, The Way of Truth, True Sons of God, trust on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
PSALM 23 PART FOURTEEN CORRECTION AND GROWTH “Thy Rod…comforts* me” PSALM 23:4 Without correction and accountability personal growth and fruitfulness becomes stagnated and stunted. Men who refuse correction cease to grow and cease to live. Jesus said “every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit”. We see this truth so [...]
PSALM 23 – PART 13 – THE NEED FOR CORRECTION -
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Struggle, Overcoming, PSALM 23, Simplicity of Faith, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged AUTHENTICITY of the Believer, CONFIDENCE, Faithfulness, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, Honesty of Heart, Integrity, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Love of the Truth, Relationship, religion, Religious Deception, Religious Truth, Righteousness, Search me, The Good Shepherd, The LORD is MY Shepherd, The Shepherd's Rod, The Way of Truth, True Being, truth on June 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
PSALM 23 PART THIRTEEN THE NEED FOR CORRECTION “Thy Rod…comforts* me” PSALM 23:4 Freedom, Peace and Confidence are not possible without authenticity. Authenticity is the result of truth. Truth by its very nature must reveal and make manifest that which is false and superficial. Men may have knowledge and information concerning God without ever touching [...]
PSALM 23 – PART 12 – THY ROD and THY STAFF -
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, PSALM 23, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Priesthood, tagged Becoming, becoming in Christ, faith, Faithfulness, friendship with God, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, Heart of a Priest, love, Ministry, obedience, Psalm 23, Relationship, Righteousness, The Good Shepherd, The LORD is MY Shepherd, The Way of Truth, truth on June 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
PSALM 23 PART TWELVE THY ROD and THY STAFF “Thy Rod and Thy staff they comfort me” PSALM 23:4 We see here that the ministration of His Rod and His Staff are meant to have a profound effect upon our lives. We must realize in all of the scriptures that change and growth are to [...]
NEVERTHELESS
Posted in Faith and Works, He is Able!, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Prayer, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Home, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged Dynamic Faith, faith, Faith never quits, Faithfulness, Fresh Faith, good works, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, Invincible, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, love, Ministry, Nevertheless, obedience, power, Prayer, Relationship, Service unto the Lord, The Way of Truth, trust, truth, works on June 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“Nevertheless” “And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net” ISAIAH 51:4 True living faith will never be conditioned by experience. Faith, to be faith, must always find its dependence in God not ourselves. Though experience says [...]
PSALM 23 – PART 11 – THOU ART WITH ME -
Posted in Faith and Works, He is Able!, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, PSALM 23, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Home, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged faith, Faithfulness, friend of God, friendship with God, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, His Presence, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, love, obedience, Psalm 23, Relationship, Righteousness, salvation, The Day of the Lord, The LORD is MY Shepherd, The Way of Truth, trust, truth on May 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
PSALM 23 PART ELEVEN HIS PRESENCE “For Thou are with me” PSALM 23:4 His Presence is the chief end and summation of all things. While some may seek recognition and the approval of men a new generation is arising; one that will know the full purpose of God in Christ is to bring forth a [...]
PSALM 23 – PART 10 – FEAR
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Prayer, PSALM 23, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Priesthood, tagged faith, Faithfulness, FEAR, Growing in Jesus, He is our Salvation, His Presence, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, obedience, Overcoming, Overcoming Life, Overcoming the Obstacles, power, Psalm 23, The Day of the Lord, The LORD is MY Shepherd, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, The Way of Truth, truth, Victory in Jesus on May 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
PSALM 23 PART TEN FEAR “I will fear no evil…” PSALM 23:4 Fear is a common reality felt from the poorest of men to the richest. Fear, in itself, is not a sin. If fear were not a part of our everyday life words such as courage, bravery, overcoming and fearless, among others, would have [...]
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Posted in Faith and Works, He is Able!, Our Identity, Our New Nature, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Home, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged Ever Growing Faith, faith, Faithfulness, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, Jesus Christ, Law of the Spirit of Life, Paths of Righteousness, REAL RIGHTEOUSNESS, Reality, Relationship, Righteousness, salvation, Service unto the Lord, The Way of Truth, truth, Vision on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
RIGHTEOUSNESS PART ONE “The Gentiles shall SEE your righteousness” ISAIAH 62:2 We live in a time of great religious activity within the landscape of a secularized Christian “church”. Within this environment “righteousness” has taken on a profession of a faith that is to be stated and debated rather than a life that is actually to [...]
PSALM 23 – PART 9 – THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH -
Posted in Faith and Works, He is Able!, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, PSALM 23, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged All for Him, Becoming, faith, Faithfulness, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, HE is able, His Grace is Sufficient, obedience, Overcoming, Overcoming the Obstacles, Psalm 23, Relationship, The LORD is MY Shepherd, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, The Way of Truth, trust on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
PSALM 23 PART NINE THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…” PSALM 23:4 The Valley of the Shadow of Death is a place that we are to walk through. Valleys are places where our vision is reduced, our world shrinks, we are hemmed [...]
PSALM 23 – PART 8 – THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH -
Posted in Our Identity, Our New Nature, Overcoming, Our Struggle, Our Relationship with God, Faith and Works, Our Salvation, The Kingdom of God, The Church, He is Able!, PSALM 23, tagged Law of the Spirit of Life, Jesus Christ, Relationship, faith, trust, HOPE, The Way of Truth, Growing in Jesus, Fresh Faith, Hope Makes not Ashamed, Resurrection Life, Victory in Jesus, Psalm 23, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, The Paths of Righteousness, The Hope of Glory, The Contradiction of the Christian Faith, Hope in our Darkness, He is Faithful, Our Hope, Our Rock in times of trouble on May 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
PSALM 23 PART EIGHT THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…” PSALM 23:4 Throughout this Psalm we read of Him leading us to places of quiet waters and green pastures, in paths of righteousness and yet in the midst of all this we [...]