The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death - Devotional For Sept 29

When I started preaching at the Kelowna Gospel Mission, my first few messages were on the different Valleys of Life. One of my favourite of that series that I called Lessons In The Valleys was The Valley of the Shadow of Death. While I preached Psalm 23 in two parts, I only ever wrote up my study for the first part. It is still worth the read though.

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Lord willing, tomorrow I will post another one in this series about how the Lord Jesus Christ is with us in all our valleys.

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