My wife was an excellent host or hostess when we would have a meal like let's say Thanksgiving she would make sure that everyone had a place setting and a seat at a table and Even at the last minute if we had additional guests or not people we invited late She would bring in additional tables and chairs to make sure everyone had a place to sit not only this she would also Prepare an abundance of food and she did so not because we like Leftovers because quite frankly generally I don't but we wanted to make sure that everyone felt that they could eat is They're filled without having to limit what they're eating so that it might go throughout everybody But the most important thing she did was to make sure that everybody felt invited and welcomed being there The psalmist in Psalm 23 in chapter verse 5 is going to talk about God as host Let's see how

Sermon Notes

Psalm 23:5a God prepares a table for me while my enemies see it

Song of Solomon 2:4 God brings me to His banquet hall and His banner over me is love

Psalm 23:5b God anoints my head with oil

1 Samuel 16:12 & 13 Samuel anoints David as instructed

Luke 7:44 – 46 A woman anoints Jesus’ feet with perfume and kisses

James 5:14 Anoint the sick

Psalm 45:7 Because you loved righteousness and hated wickedness God anointed you above your fellow

Psalm 23:5 c My cup overflows

Matthew 26:39 Jesus asks for “this cup” to pass from Him

Psalm 16:5 The Lord is my cup

Psalm 116:12 & 13 Because of the Lord’s benefits to me I will lift up my cup of salvation and call upon His name