Count Your Blessings Series

Psalm 103 Count Your Blessings

1. David's Praise For - God's -

Person - 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Purpose - 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits

Forget not His spiritual benefits, material benefits, physical benefits.

Pardon - 3 who forgiveth all thine iniquities & healeth all thy diseases

Plan - 4 who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Provision - 5 who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;

so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

2. David's Prince

His Righteousness - In His Works 6 The Lord executeth righteousness

and judgment for all that are oppressed.

His Ways - 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

His Will - 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

His Words - 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

His Restraint -

It's Mystery 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins

nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

It's Mercy - 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth,

so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

THE MERCY OF -

GOD’S PATIENCE - 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

GOD’S PARDON - 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

GOD’S PITY - 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

GOD’S POWER - 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

It's Majesty - 12 As far as the east is from the west,

so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

His Relief Of -

Our Fear - 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Our Frame - 14 For he knoweth our frame;

Our Frailty - he remembereth that we are dust.

3. David's Perception Of -

Man's Posing -

15 As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Man's Passing -

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Man's Purging -

It's Sovereign - 17 But the mercy of the Lord

It's Settled - is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,

and his righteousness unto children’s children;

It's Sure - 18 to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

It's Satisfying - 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens;

and his kingdom ruleth over all.

4. David's Persuasion Of -

God's Redemption - v 17-19

God's Reign - 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens;

and his kingdom ruleth over all.

God's Rule - 20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

God's Right - 21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

God's Reach - 22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.