Crossridge Church
CROSSRIDGE - Sunday, September 8, 2024
Locations & Times
Crossridge Sundays
5732 176 St, Surrey, BC V3S 4C8, Canada
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:40 AM
1. This psalm is about a...
2. This psalm is not...
QUOTE - David Gibson
“The imagery of the psalm is dominated with food, water, rest, security; it’s about going to a banquet where you have perfumed oil poured on your head and you have a cup of wine in your hand, where you have to say to the host, “No, stop, it’s overflowing!” Psalm 23 is about abundant life. It is more about the happiness of living than the sadness of dying, and all of the happiness is bound up with being able to say that this Lord who is a shepherd is also my shepherd.”
“The imagery of the psalm is dominated with food, water, rest, security; it’s about going to a banquet where you have perfumed oil poured on your head and you have a cup of wine in your hand, where you have to say to the host, “No, stop, it’s overflowing!” Psalm 23 is about abundant life. It is more about the happiness of living than the sadness of dying, and all of the happiness is bound up with being able to say that this Lord who is a shepherd is also my shepherd.”
3. There is a...
QUOTE - David Gibson
“If I find myself in the valley of deep darkness, it is because he has led me there.”
“If I find myself in the valley of deep darkness, it is because he has led me there.”
QUOTE - David Gibson
“At this very moment, you might feel more lost than ever, in deepest darkness like a shroud, but your Lord Jesus is not standing there beside you lost or scratching his head wondering what to do. It may not yet be part of your theological framework that all things, including each valley, come from God’s fatherly hand. But it needs to be. For if God is not in charge of the valley, how do you know he can get you through it?”
“At this very moment, you might feel more lost than ever, in deepest darkness like a shroud, but your Lord Jesus is not standing there beside you lost or scratching his head wondering what to do. It may not yet be part of your theological framework that all things, including each valley, come from God’s fatherly hand. But it needs to be. For if God is not in charge of the valley, how do you know he can get you through it?”
4. The center of this psalm contains...
QUOTE - Dale Ralph Davis
“Let us realize that Jesus Christ, our Shepherd, is no emaciated weakling. Our Shepherd is a warrior, as shepherds had to be. No one can snatch his sheep out of his hand (John 10:28). The muscles of Jesus’ arm are flexed to defend his flock; He doesn’t carry a club for nothing. He is obviously enough for whatever the valley throws at us.”
“Let us realize that Jesus Christ, our Shepherd, is no emaciated weakling. Our Shepherd is a warrior, as shepherds had to be. No one can snatch his sheep out of his hand (John 10:28). The muscles of Jesus’ arm are flexed to defend his flock; He doesn’t carry a club for nothing. He is obviously enough for whatever the valley throws at us.”
5. This psalm is...
6. This psalm teaches us how to...
QUOTE - David Gibson
“In Psalm 23 the words of verse 6 tell the most beautiful story. After all the focus on our following the good shepherd, we now look over our shoulder and see two things following us: goodness and mercy.”
“In Psalm 23 the words of verse 6 tell the most beautiful story. After all the focus on our following the good shepherd, we now look over our shoulder and see two things following us: goodness and mercy.”