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Soul-Renewal
Learning to Quiet Your Soul
“Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.”
Isaac of Nineveh
“He restoreth my soul . . .”
Psalm 23:1 (KJV) The Twenty-third Psalm is a well quoted passage of Scripture at funerals. This passage of Scripture has brought comfort to millions of grieving souls grappling with losing a loved one. I suppose there is no other passage better known nor more comforting than the Twenty-third Psalm. It’s quite often quoted in the King James Version:
Soul Health
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness …show more content…
. .” “Lord” here comes from the Hebrew word, “râʻâh” indicating many encouraging qualities of our shepherd. According to Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon, “shepherd” means, “to feed, shepherd, or tend to a flock. As far as the origin of the word, it probably carries a sense of looking upon . . . with pleasure.” David wrote, “My shepherd looks upon me with pleasure.” David’s connection with The Great Shepherd, brought him to a rich relationship of enjoyment. “The Lord is my shepherd; he takes great pleasure in me.” Think about this for a moment. When is the last time you thought, “God takes pleasure in me?” Yes, David failed many times. In fact, he really dropped the ball a couple of times. So severe were his short comings that God stepped in radically to bring David, his sheep, back into the fold. Yet, God’s pleasure in David’s kept his soul connected to God. Soul health requires a connection to someone or something greater than one’s …show more content…
Surrounded by power, authority, wealth, and pleasure, David boiled his life down to one essence. “The Lord is my shepherd, in him, I have all I need.” The Shepherd’s care for his sheep is a dominant theme. Sheep from different cultures thousands of years ago worried about this same stuff we do today; provision. Am I going to have enough? Look at just a few Bible verses reassuring a caring Shepherd cares for his
Soul-Renewal
Learning to Quiet Your Soul
“Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.”
Isaac of Nineveh
“He restoreth my soul . . .”
Psalm 23:1 (KJV) The Twenty-third Psalm is a well quoted passage of Scripture at funerals. This passage of Scripture has brought comfort to millions of grieving souls grappling with losing a loved one. I suppose there is no other passage better known nor more comforting than the Twenty-third Psalm. It’s quite often quoted in the King James Version:
Soul Health
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness …show more content…
. .” “Lord” here comes from the Hebrew word, “râʻâh” indicating many encouraging qualities of our shepherd. According to Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon, “shepherd” means, “to feed, shepherd, or tend to a flock. As far as the origin of the word, it probably carries a sense of looking upon . . . with pleasure.” David wrote, “My shepherd looks upon me with pleasure.” David’s connection with The Great Shepherd, brought him to a rich relationship of enjoyment. “The Lord is my shepherd; he takes great pleasure in me.” Think about this for a moment. When is the last time you thought, “God takes pleasure in me?” Yes, David failed many times. In fact, he really dropped the ball a couple of times. So severe were his short comings that God stepped in radically to bring David, his sheep, back into the fold. Yet, God’s pleasure in David’s kept his soul connected to God. Soul health requires a connection to someone or something greater than one’s …show more content…
Surrounded by power, authority, wealth, and pleasure, David boiled his life down to one essence. “The Lord is my shepherd, in him, I have all I need.” The Shepherd’s care for his sheep is a dominant theme. Sheep from different cultures thousands of years ago worried about this same stuff we do today; provision. Am I going to have enough? Look at just a few Bible verses reassuring a caring Shepherd cares for his