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Everything I Need!

Posted in Prosperity, tagged on December 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Psalm 23 describes God’s blessing and care for those who are his.

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want” – Psalm 23:1

Want doesn’t mean desire as we think of the term, today. This tells us that with God as our shepherd we will not lack.

Instead of being worried about going broke we need to turn our finances over to God and trust he will guide and provide.

A hardware store, where my wife worked when we were first married, put up a sign, “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it!”

That should be our attitude in Christ!

– fritz

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We have a Shepherd (Not Everyone Does)

Posted in Good Shepherd, Sheep, tagged on December 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »


Psalm 23 must be the most quoted of all the Psalms and for good reason. In six (6) short verses it describes God’s blessing and care for those who are his.

“The LORD is my shepherd” – Psalm 23:1a

While people are often referred to as sheep not all have shepherds. They are described as having no one to give them purpose, no one to defend them from preditors, no one to bind up their wounds or give them peace.

But when [Jesus] saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. – Matthew 9:36

Jesus has compassion and takes those who see their need and call to him to be their shepherd.

“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me” – Jesus (John 10:14)

– fritz

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Abraham’s Blessing – Chased by Good

Posted in Experience, tagged , , on November 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, … and I will bless thee…”- Genesis 12:1-2

Many years ago God appeared to Abraham and gave what is called “Abraham’s Blessing”. Passed down through the centuries it finally resides in Christ, Abraham’s promised heir, and we, too, become eligible.

“Christ hath redeemed us … That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ” – Galatians 3:13a, 14a

For us in Christ this has unique meaning.

There are six (6) things we get to participate in, not the least of which is the fact we no longer have to chase after the blessings we think we want.

When I follow Christ, God’s blessings chase me!

This is precisely the meaning of Psalm 23 when it says,

“The Lord is my Shepherd … Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life”

God is working all things for my good1 as I love him and follow his call his blessings follow me.

– fritz
1 – Romans 8:23

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