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Goodness & Mercy

Primary Text:  Psalm 23:6                                                                    November 7 & 8, 2026

Previous Teaching:  The Oil of Anointing

1)  A Sacred Anointing

Psalm 23:5:  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.  You anoint my head with oil….

Exodus 30:25, 30:  Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer.  It will be the sacred anointing oil….  Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. 

Mark 6: 12-13:  They went out and preached that people should repent.   They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. 

2)  Brimming Over

Psalm 23:5:  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.  You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

This Week’s Teaching:  

1)  Goodness & Mercy

Psalm 23:6 (KJV 1900, NKJV 1982):  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me….

Psalm 23:6 (NASB 1995):  Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me….  

DQ 1) Define the goodness of God.

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2)  Compassionate & Gracious

Exodus 34:6-7:  And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.” 

Psalm 119:65, 68:  Do good to your servant according to your word, O Lord….  You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.  

DQ 2) Identify examples recorded in Scripture where God displayed

           Compassion.

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3)  Divine Companions 

Psalm 23:6 (NIV 1984):   Surely goodness and love will follow me….

Psalm 139:7:  Where can I go from your Spirit?  Where can I flee from your presence? 

Luke 19:9-10:  Jesus said to him [Zacchaeus], “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”  

DQ 3) What does it mean that God’s goodness and love follow us?

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4)  Seek & Find 

Jeremiah 29:11-14:  “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.  I will be found by you,” declares the Lord….   

DQ 4) What is our responsibility to receive and enjoy the goodness of 

            God?

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5)  The Days of Our Lives

Psalm 23:6 (NIV 1984):   Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life….

Psalm 90:10 (KJV 1900):  The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Psalm 90:12:  Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.  

DQ 5) How does God make the days of our lives meaningful and 

           purposeful?

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