What Do You Really Want? | The Writings | Psalm 23

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

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As you might know, Psalm 23 begins with, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Does that seem easier said than done? What if you really want your kids to be healthy or have a new job or a bigger house? In today's episode, Jensen jumps into Psalm 23 to discuss what's at the heart of your wants. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Psalm 23 Resources: Psalm 23 by Joshua Sherman

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:18.6	What do you want? Really, right now think about it. What are you wanting? Do you want food? Do you want more sleep? A hot cup of coffee? A better job, obedient children?
0:26.7	Maybe you want more friends? A spouse. Maybe it's healing for your body or for a relationship.
0:33.0	Maybe you want more money or better clothes or a cleaner, bigger, better organized house.
0:39.0	I'm sure it isn't hard to come up with a whole big long list of things you want.
0:44.4	Is it? It definitely isn't for me.
0:47.0	I want my husband to be done with residency so we can have more time with him.
0:51.2	I want my parents to move closer to me. Sorry mom. I want my
0:54.8	daughter to sleep through the night. I want my son to want to listen to me. I want a
1:00.1	cute bag I've been looking at for a while now. I want to go on vacation to take a break. I want
1:05.6	someone else to clean the dishes I left in the sink this morning. I want a comforter chair
1:10.2	to sit on in this coffee shop. I want a lot of things, big and small.
1:15.7	Sometimes what I want is selfish and misguided. Sometimes it isn't, but I want something every second of every day. And oftentimes when I don't get what I want,
1:29.6	I get a little cranky, or I get really sad sad or I get frustrated with God why isn't he giving me this thing that I want it would fix so many things and then I read Psalm 23 and the first line says, the Lord is my
1:48.2	shepherd I shall not want. Other translations say I lack for nothing. And that statement doesn't feel
1:57.1	realistic to me. Lacking nothing, wanting nothing, that is not my experience. I want lots of things. I feel like I
2:07.0	lack lots of things. But verse one tells us that we shall not want because the Lord is my Shepherd. See I know that
2:17.3	truth. Maybe you've heard the Lord is your Shepherd before and you're thinking yeah I
2:21.6	know that and I still have needs I still have once
2:25.5	this first verse of Psalm 23 it's challenging us but it's also offering us a deep and
2:32.1	lasting comfort see this Psalm challenges us by clearly
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