{"id":36666,"date":"2025-07-09T22:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=36666"},"modified":"2025-07-09T22:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:35:21","slug":"2025-oil","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2025-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"The LORD Shepherd cares for His people!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Author Unknown<\/p>\n<p>I always wondered what this part of Psalm 23 meant. I thought \u201cHe anoints my head with oil\u201d was figurative language for God keeping the Psalmist healthy. I never knew this parallel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36667 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/516097816_10088268224560597_7096132444064755302_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/516097816_10088268224560597_7096132444064755302_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/516097816_10088268224560597_7096132444064755302_n-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/516097816_10088268224560597_7096132444064755302_n-469x705.jpg 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sheep can get their head caught in briers and die trying to get untangled. There are horrid little flies that like to torment sheep by laying eggs in their nostrils which turn into worms and drive the sheep to beat their head against a rock, sometimes to death. Their ears and eyes are also susceptible to tormenting insects.<\/p>\n<p>So, the shepherd anoints their whole head with oil. Then there is peace. That oil forms a barrier of protection against the evil that tries to destroy the sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have times of mental torment? Do worrisome thoughts invade your mind over and over? Do you beat your head against a wall trying to stop them? Have you ever asked God to anoint your head with oil? He has an endless supply!<\/p>\n<p>His oil protects and makes it possible for you to fix your heart, mind, and eyes on Him today and always! There is peace in the valley! May our good Father anoint your head with oil today so that your cup overflows with blessings! God is good and He is faithful!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oil-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oil-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oil-1-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":36667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[29],"class_list":["post-36666","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/36666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/36666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36669,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/36666\/revisions\/36669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36666"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=36666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}