Pastor Hugh Chalk preaches from Psalm 23v3, reminding us that like sheep who wander into danger, we need His guidance, echoed in Isaiah 53v6 and Proverbs 14v12. Jesus, the Good Shepherd of John 10, leads us through His Word. Proverbs 3v5–6 shows that we discern His will by trusting Him fully and aligning our lives with Scripture, including the enduring moral principles of the Ten Commandments. As we delight in the Lord (Psalm 37), He shapes our desires and directs our steps, even through dark valleys, always for His name’s sake. We were created, redeemed, and are continually led for His glory. Because our Shepherd restores, guides, and sustains us, we can face the future without fear.

In this second message of a series on Psalm 23, Pastor Hugh Chalk preaches from Psalm 23:2, showing us that because the Lord is our Shepherd, we lack nothing, especially rest. He leads us into “green pastures” and beside “quiet waters,” offering peace and contentment in a weary world. Just as sheep can only lie down when four needs are met: freedom from fear, from conflict, from irritating pests, and from hunger, so we find true rest when Jesus meets those same needs in us: calming our fears with His presence, replacing pride and tension with humility and peace, covering life’s irritations by His Spirit, and satisfying our deepest hunger through salvation and His Word. Though storms still come, He is with us, and in Christ’s finished work we find forgiveness, contentment, and rest for our souls.

Pastor Hugh Chalk teaching at Mossvale Men's Meeting.

In Three Kinds of Men (Part 2), the focus turns to the spiritual man as described in 1 Corinthians 2:15–16—a person who has been born again, made alive by the Spirit of God, and now lives yielded to Him. This message explores how the spiritual believer is able to discern and understand spiritual truth through the Word of God, even while remaining misunderstood by the natural world. Though the unbelieving mind cannot grasp their joy, peace, forgiveness, or hope, the spiritual person lives with confidence rooted in God’s sovereignty and eternal life. Most profoundly, Paul reminds us that believers have been given the mind of Christ, marked by humility, obedience, and a servant’s heart, calling us to ongoing transformation as our minds are renewed and our lives increasingly reflect the character of Jesus.