#6 “Preparing For The Future” Psalm 23:5

Psalm 23:5 (NIV) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

1. Our Shepherd ____________ ________________ _______.

Psalm 23:5 (NIV) You prepare a table before me…

Deuteronomy 1:30-33 (NIV) The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you…, the Lord your God, …who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

Isaiah 52:12 (NIV) But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

In your future:

• There is no place God will lead you that He has not carefully planned for you.

• There is no situation you will face that He has not faced.

Isaiah 53:3 (NIV) He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.

• There is no test you will experience that He has not experienced and conquered.

Hebrews 4:15-16 (NLT) This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same temptations we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it.

Pastor Dale O’Shields | Church of the Redeemer | May 2 & 3, 2020

2. Our Shepherd ____________________ __________ __________ for us.

Psalm 23:4-5 (ESV) Even 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. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

1 Corinthians 2:9 (NLT) That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

3. Our Shepherd ___________________ the ___________________ to help us.

Psalm 23:5 (NIV) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

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