The 23rd Psalm is perhaps the most widely read psalm in the world. You most often hear it at funerals because of the peace and promise offered to believers. I wonder how often we neglect to remember that all of God’s Word is intended to be read and meditated upon, to guide and fill our daily lives, to center us on who God is and who we are in His sight. (HE LOVES YOU so much!)
Roy Lessin offers a simple way to personalize Psalm 23. As you read it out aloud, put your name in the 17 blanks to remind you how much God cares about YOU!
Psalm 23 – A psalm of David.
The LORD is ————————shepherd.
————————shall not want.
He makes ———————— to lie down in green pastures:
He leads ———————— beside the still waters.
He restores ————————soul:
He leads ———————— in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Yea, though ———————— walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
————————will fear no evil:
For You are with ————————;
Your rod and Your staff they comfort————————.
You prepare a table before ———————— in the presence of —————–enemies:
You anoint ———————— head with oil;
————————cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow ————————
All the days of ————————life:
And ———————— will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
So simple, yet so inspiring! Thanks for posting this!
Isn’t that one of the great things about God’s Word? It is simple and practical for all His children, and also deep enough to challenge the most ardent disciple! Thanks for stopping by the blog! Share it with whomever you think will be blessed!
Brought tears. Thank you I needed that prayer and for Stella as well as she takes her first solo air journey to WI for the summer. 🙁 I should be apply for her but selfishly I wish she wasn’t going.
Thanks for sharing the prayer concern. Dear Heavenly Father, may you prepare Stella’s path before her in this journey and summer vacation, and in your great provision, peace for mama Emily. Amen!
I love this put my name in every spot, then I went back and put the names of those I am praying for in them. What a blessing to see how the Word can be so personal when applied like this.
~ Blessings ~
We’ve found these personal approaches make the promises of God “pop out” in our lives. I like your idea of personalizing this as you prayfor OTHERS! Thank you for sharing.
Thayers