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Bless JehovahPsalm 103.1-5CB OT p. 945
“Bless Jehovah, O my soul,and all that is within me,bless His holy name!Bless Jehovah, O my soul,and forget not all His benefits,
Who forgives all your iniquity,who heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from the pit,who crowns you with steadfast love
and mercy,who satisfies you with good
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
Psalm 103.1-5, CB OT, p. 945
“Bless”
expressing thanksand praise...
with devout affection
How do you
speakof Jehovah?
Speaking ofJehovah
“With it we bless our Lord and father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
James 3.9-10CB NT p. 403
“Curse God, and die.”
“Blessed be the Name of
Jehovah.”
“You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain.”
Exodus 20.7,CB OT p. 114
Vain:
empty
meaningless
thoughtlessly
“I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations. For Your steadfast love is great to the heavens,Your faithfulness to theclouds.
Be exalted, O God, abovethe heavens! Let Yourglory be over all theearth!”
Psalm 57.9-11, CB OT p. 895
How do you
thinkof Jehovah?
Thinking of JehovahThinking of
Jehovah
“norgrumble,as some ofthem didand weredestroyedby theDestroyer.”1 Corinthians 10.10,CB NT p. 300
“If Jehovah is with us, why then has all this happened to us?”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381
“And where all all His wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us...”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381
“saying, ‘Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt?’”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381
“But now Jehovah has forsaken us”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life ...
O you of little faith?
Therefore do not be anxious”
Matthew 6.25, 30;CB NT p. 11
“when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied...”
Deuteronomy 8.12-13, CB OT p. 284
“then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Jehovah your God”
Deuteronomy 8.14, CB OT p. 284
“God has made me forget all my hardship”
Genesis 41.51,CB OT p. 66
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, comingdown from theFather of lights”
James 1.17,CB NT p. 401
“If you then, who are evil, know how to givegood gifts to your children, how muchmore will theHeavenly Fathergive the HolySpirit to thosewho ask Him!Luke 11.13, CB NT p. 128
Think great thoughtsof yourGod!
“Our God, whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burningfiery furnace, and He willdeliver us out of your hand,O King. But if not, be itknown to you O King, thatwe will not server yourgods or worship thegolden image that youhave set up.”Daniel 3.17-18,CB OT p. 1412
“Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, sothat the power of Christ mayrest upon me. For the sakeof Christ, then, I amcontent with weaknesses,insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when Iam weak, then I amstrong.”2 Corinthians 12.9-10,CB NT p. 325
Think great thoughtsof yourGod!
“The earth has yield its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear Him!
Psalm 67.6-7, CB OT p. 904
TheBenefits
Forgives...
ALL your iniquity
Heals...
ALL your diseases
Redeems...
your life fromthe pit
Crowns...
with steadfast love and mercy
Satisfies...
you with good
“so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
Bless Jehovah!
Will today be the day you decide to
go to heaven?
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Bless Jehovah!
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Bless Jehovah!Psalm 103.1-5
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart14 August, 2011Las Cruces, NM
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: You need to be aware of how you speak of God and how you think of Him. This lesson will help you understand how you can speak and think positively of God no matter what is happening in your life, because you know all that He does for you.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”