Scripture of the week

This Sunday Malcolm Calvert will be concluding our sermon series ‘Off the Map’, with a talk titled ‘I lack nothing’. The scripture for this week is Psalm 23. As you read through this psalm you might like to consider the following question;

•  In what unexpected ways have you noticed God’s presence in your life during the disorientation of the past year?

   

  ¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
  ²     He makes me lie down in green pastures,
  he leads me beside quiet waters,
  ³     he refreshes my soul.
  He guides me along the right paths
      for his name’s sake.
  ⁴ Even though I walk
      through the darkest valley,^[a]
  I will fear no evil,
      for you are with me;
  your rod and your staff,
      they comfort me.

  ⁵ You prepare a table before me
      in the presence of my enemies.
  You anoint my head with oil;
      my cup overflows.
  ⁶ Surely your goodness and love will follow me
      all the days of my life,
  and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
      forever

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