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SUNDAY JANUARY 3


ALL HIS BENEFITS

READ:
Psalm 103:2
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Praise the LORD,
my soul, and forget
not all his benefits
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A recurring difficulty on our journey of life is becoming so focused on what we need at the moment that we forget what we already have. I was reminded of that when our church choir sang a beautiful anthem based on Psalm 103. "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" (v.2 NIKJV). The Lord is our forgiver, healer, redeemer, provider, satisfier, and renewer (vv. 4-5). How could we forget that? And yet we often do when the events of daily life shift our attention to pressing needs, recurring failures, and circumstances that seem out of control.

The writer of this psalm calls us to remember, "The LORD is compassionate and gracious....He dos not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him" (vv. 8,10-11).

In our walk of faith, we come to Jesus Christ humbled by our unworthiness. There is no sense of entitlement as we receive His grace and are overwhelmed by the lavishness of His love. They remind us of all His benefits.

"Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name" (v. 1).
__David McCasland

**Heavenly Father, we pause to consider all we have in You.
Grant us eyes to see Your provision and help us to remember
every benefit You have given to us.
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Love was when God became a Man.

***************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 103:1-18*************************
1 Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits__ 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. 15 The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; 16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children__ 18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Written by David, Psalm 103 celebrates who God is and what He has done for us.
He is our King (v.10), our father (v. 13), and our Creator (v. 14). Calling us to praise God for
His goodness and greatness, David reminds us of the many blessings God in His grace has given to
us: forgiveness and healing (v. 3), deliverance (v.4), provision and strength (v.5), and
protection (v.6).
Sim Kay TEE