The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want (Psalm 23:1 ESV). David, the shepherd-king, knew how sheep trusted their shepherd with every need. As he considered his relationship with God, he wrote of his total dependence and contentment to the Lord as his shepherd. He said that having the Lord as his shepherd meant

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” (Exodus 4:12 ESV). God rebuked Moses for saying he couldnt obey Gods call because he wasnt an eloquent speaker. “Who has made mans mouth? God asked him. The Lord wanted to move Moses perspective from his own abilities

Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God (Exodus 3:1 ESV). Moses had spent the first 40 years of his life as an Egyptian prince. Now, he would spend

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18 ESV). After Simon confessed Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, Jesus blessed him and gave him a new name, calling him, Peter, or

“Judah is a lions cub The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the rulers staff from between his feet (Genesis 49:9-10 ESV). When Jacob, whom God named Israel, was on his deathbed, he called each of his twelve sons to his bedside that he might bless them. The blessing he spoke over his fourth

“But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person (Matthew 15:18 ESV). The Pharisees asked Jesus why His disciples didnt follow the tradition of the elders by washing their hands before eating. He replied that it isnt what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick (Matthew 14:14 ESV). After Jesus heard about the beheading of His relative, John the Baptist, He withdrew by boat to a remote place to be alone. However, as soon as He stepped ashore, He saw a

“Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old” (Matthew 13:52 ESV). After Jesus had finished using many parables describing the kingdom of heaven, he asked his disciples whether they understood. They

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt (Genesis 41:46 ESV). Joseph is a christological type. His story foreshadows the life of Christ, so that when the time came, the people of God would recognize Jesus as the Messiah. The Scripture records that Joseph was thirty years old

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness (Psalm 17:15 ESV). In this psalm of David, he asked the Lord to deliver him from violent men whose portion was found in the things of this world. After asking the Lord for deliverance from