THE SHEPHERD WE NEED (1 OF 7)

The Shepherd We Need (1 of 7)
Series: A Look at Psalms 23
Samuel Burgess
Psalms 23:1


INTRODUCTION> Psalms 23 is without a doubt one of the most familiar passages of Scripture in the entire Bible. Psalm 23 has been referred to as ‘‘everybody’s Psalm.’’ So often we come to passages such as this that we have heard time and time again from pulpits and have heard it quoted by people basically all our lives and we wonder what else could be said about this these {6} verses.
Yet, every time you hear or read these words, {all 118 of them in KJV}, you still find yourself being comforted and calmed no matter what is going on around you.

[Psalms 23 has encouraged people in their desperate time of need.]

*It has strengthened the soldier in battle, fearing injury and possible death.

*It has comforted the grieving man/woman standing before a fresh grave, wondering how he/she can go on with his/her life.

*It has encouraged the guilty wanderer seeking forgiveness and direction.

*It has helped the lonely stranger longing for love and companionship.

*It has given strength to the suffering saint confined to a bed of pain waiting to go home.

*It has given calmness to so many people that are living in a Nation that is falling apart, filled with sin; living under constant fear because of a disease ...the unknown...our future is the hands...

This Psalm is a Psalm that cannot be exhausted. No one will be able to fully get all the meaning out of it; for every time you read it, you will discover that it gives you something new that you haven’t seen that will refresh your soul and renew your spirit.

{ILLUSTRATION}> Dr. Charles Allen was counseling a nervous, tense man. This confused executive confessed that he had tried every prescription ordered by a score of physicians with no relief. After listening to the man’s problems, Dr. Allen wrote another prescription: ‘‘Read the 23rd Psalm 5 times a day for 7 days.’’
The businessman was to read Psalm 23 car ...

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