Benefits of the Blessed
Psalm 103:1-2 (NIV)
Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
Psalm 103:1 (NIV)
Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Psalm 103:2 (NIV)
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits —
Psalm 100:4 (NIV)
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
1. What has God done
1st - Forgiveness
Psalm 103:3a (NIV)
Who forgives all your sins.
Romans 5:8
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us!
2nd - Healing
Psalm 103:3b (NIV)
And heals all your diseases,
3rd - Deliverance
Psalm 103:4 (NIV)
Who redeems your life from the pit...
Psalm 34:19 (NKJV)
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
4th - Favor
Psalm 103:4b (NIV)
and crowns you with love and compassion..
Favor is the blessing of God on our life that:
a. Increases our influence with God and with people
b. Results in unusual success or effectiveness
c. Affirms the things we do by His presence upon us
d. Acts as a shield of protection
5th - Satisfaction and strength
Psalm 103:5 (NIV)
Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 103:5 (NIV)
Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Joshua 14:10-12 (NIV)
So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Now give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said."
Deuteronomy 34:7 (NIV)
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
Psalm 103:5 (NIV)
Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
2. What is God like
1st - He is just
Psalm 103:6 (NIV)
The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Exodus 34:6-7 (ESV)
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin...
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
2nd - He is compassionate and gracious
Psalm 103:8 (NIV)
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
Psalm 103:9-10-12 (NIV)
He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:11 (NIV)
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
Psalm 103:13 (NIV)
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
Psalm 103:17 (NIV)
But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD'S love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children —
3rd - God Understands our weakness
Psalm 103:14 (NIV)
For he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
4th - God is the king over everything
Psalm 103:19 (NIV)
The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
Psalm 103:20-22 (NIV)
Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
