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Green Pastures, Quiet Waters

Primary Text:  Psalm 23:1-3                                                  September 26 & 27, 2026

Previous Teaching:  My Provider

1)  No Lack 

Psalm 23:1:  The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.  

2)  Your Father Knows 

Matthew 6:7-11:  And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.  This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us today our daily bread.’

3)  Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:25-34:  Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.  Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?...  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?...  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.

This Week’s Teaching:  

1)  Rest & Relaxation

Psalm 23:1-2:   The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. 

DQ 1) How does viewing quiet waters affect humans physically?

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2)  Rest For Your Soul

Matthew 11:28-30:  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

DQ 2) Are you weary and burdened?  In what ways?  Why?

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3)  Restoration 

Psalm 23:1-3:   The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.

2 Corinthians 4:16:  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 

DQ 3) Identify different ways in which God restores the soul of people 

           who know Him.

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4)  Worship and Restoration 

Psalm 100:1-5:  Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; 

come before him with joyful songs.  Know that the Lord is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

DQ 4) How does worshiping God restore and renew your soul?

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