{"id":401,"date":"2026-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:09:22","slug":"april-11-the-lord-our-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/april-11-the-lord-our-shepherd\/","title":{"rendered":"April 11 \u2013 \u201cTHE LORD OUR SHEPHERD\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201c<strong>The Lord is my shepherd<\/strong>; I shall not want.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Psalm 23:1<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, David is saying, \u201cI do not worry, get anxious or fret\u201d. <em>(\u201cThe Lord is my shepherd;\u2026\u201d)<\/em> The Lord provides my every need and according to His will, my desires <em>(Ps. 37:4, Phil. 4:19)<\/em>. He guides and leads me to the right paths that my feet are to tread <em>(Ps. 23:2-3, Ps.17:5)<\/em>. The mighty Lord God who made the heavens and the earth is the One who protects and delivers me from mine enemies <em>(Ps. 5:8, Is. 45:12).<\/em> These things are for all true believers, the saints of the Lord. Glory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;David declares it is the omniscient, all-knowing, and all-wise Lord God which instructs and teaches mine hands to war and mine fingers to fight <em>(Ps. 144:1)<\/em> and giveth strength unto His servant <em>(Ps. 18:1, Ps. 73:26)<\/em>. He is the One that cares for and healeth all my diseases and maketh my bed in sickness <em>(Ps.41:3 Matt. 9:35). <\/em>Let us with faith and love as David, claim and rely upon our mighty God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who loved us and gave Himself for us <em>(Is. 53:5-6),<\/em> knowing assuredly His Word doth not fail. <em>(\u201cBut <strong>the word of the Lord endureth for ever. <\/strong>And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.\u201d I Peter 1:25)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.\u201d Psalm 23:1 In other words, David is saying, \u201cI do not worry, get anxious or fret\u201d. (\u201cThe Lord is my shepherd;\u2026\u201d) The Lord provides my every need and according to His will, my desires (Ps. 37:4, Phil. 4:19). He guides and leads me to the right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}