Psalm 23 Explained: 7 Life-Changing Truths About God as Your Shepherd | Jonny Ardavanis

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dive deep into the most beloved passage in the Bible with this verse-by-verse study of Psalm 23. Discover 7 powerful truths about God as your shepherd that will transform how you view His care, protection, and love for you.

🔍 What You'll Learn:

Why David calls God "MY shepherd" (the intimacy of God's care)
How God actively leads and provides for His people
The meaning of "green pastures" and "still waters"
What it means that God restores your soul
Why you don't need to fear in the valley of the shadow of death
How God's rod and staff bring comfort and protection
The lavish love of God as our host and provider

This Bible study explores how the Psalms speak FOR us, not just TO us, offering raw emotion and honest faith. Perfect for personal devotion, small group study, or Sunday school preparation.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, we want to talk through the 23rd Psalm, Athanasius, the theologian of the 4th century,
0:05.6	regarding the Psalms said that most of Scripture speaks to us, but the Psalms speak for us.
0:12.1	And one of the things that you see jumping out to you from the beginning of the Psalm is that
0:15.4	taking care of the sheep is the dominating thought of the shepherd.
0:19.7	One of the things I always want to articulate is that God's glory and our good are not at odds.
0:23.6	He restores our soul for his name's sake.
0:27.6	That's the reality. God loves to replenish and restore the souls of this sheep.
0:33.6	He was abandoned. He was forsaken so that we would be able to say,
0:38.8	you're with me.
0:47.6	Hello, everybody. Welcome to Dialen Ministries. I'm sitting here with Hank. Hank,
0:50.9	how you doing? Doing fantastic, Johnny. How are you doing? I'm doing pretty good. Hanging in there. Hanging in there, Chris. You're about to hit some,
1:00.4	hit the links? I'm not hitting the links. And every time I wear a polo, Johnny asked me if I'm ready
1:04.7	to go hit the links. Well, in Tennessee, it's about 95 degrees with 95% of humidity. So,
1:10.6	95% humidity. So if you're not trying to
1:13.7	roast, you kind of have to wear a golf polo. Absolutely. The struggle is wearing the pants
1:18.9	professionally. It's just a brutal reality. What are we talking about here today? Well, let's move on.
1:25.1	Hey, we want to talk through the 23rd Psalm, Athanasius, the theologian of the 4th century, regarding the Psalms, said that most of scripture speaks to us, but the Psalms speak for us. This is the testimony of God's children. You know, one of the things that you've heard me say before, but I love the Psalms because you and I live in a world of posturing and pretend, like even when you say, Johnny, how you
1:47.9	doing? And I say, hang it in there. But most people respond in a way that's kind of fabricated in
1:52.2	plastic. They say, hey, doing really well. But in the Psalms, we find raw, uncut emotion. People pouring out their heart to God. They're asking questions like,
2:01.5	where are you, God? Why does it feel like you've left me? You've forsaken me. And so the Christian
2:07.8	finds their own experience articulated through the Psalms. And the Psalm that we're going to look at
2:14.1	in this episode is probably the most well-known passage of
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