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Welcome back, happy Tuesday. If you listened yesterday, then you know that I

have dedicated this batch of the Daily Blade episodes to the memory of my uncle Kevin, who just passed

away here recently. So just hours before he died, I was at his side and I was able to read the Bible to

him, and I chose a couple of Psalms, and then I shared some personal thoughts and feelings with him.

And the first Psalm that I read to him was Psalm 23, and to me, it just seemed like an appropriate Psalm to read to him as he was preparing to enter eternity. So I'll read the entire Psalm again now, again, Psalm 23 is Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me besides still waters he restores my soul

he leads me in paths of righteousness for his namesake 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 you You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell

in the house of the Lord forever.

So yesterday we talked mainly about verses 1 through 3.

We talked about how David acknowledged God or Yahweh as his shepherd, and from that we see that

David had put his full faith in God,

and he was not just simply relying on himself at that point. And that since David had put his

faith in God, that allowed for him to find his ultimate fulfillment in God. And God showed his

divine provision by giving David rest, restoration, renewal, and a lot more. And today I want us to key in on verses 4 through 6, but before we get there, I want to address

something that I used to be guilty of and that I still see all over the place today.

If you don't read Psalm 23 carefully, you might come away with wrong ideas about what God is doing

with his sheep, okay?

So what a lot of people think, including

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