Country church
style
So some of you may not
be aware my dad is the pastor of a small church called Lakeview Baptist Church
so named because it is on a hill and you can see Lake Mathis for miles from the
top of this hill. There’s a man who stands up each week and simply reads
a passage of scripture. No explanation on the chapter just simply reads
it. There’s never been a real guide to tell me how to do a online Bible
study blog. Sometimes simplicity is all you need. So I give you
Psalm 103. I don’t know if I can read as well as the man at my dad’s
church but I’m going to try my best. If you get this via email you might
want to read it out loud for emphasis. We all need this chapter.
Psalm
103
1Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is
within me, bless His holy name.
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget
none of His benefits
3Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;
4Who redeems your life from the pit, Who
crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
5Who satisfies your years with good things, So
that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
6The LORD performs righteous deeds, And
judgments for all who are oppressed.
7He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to
the sons of Israel.
8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow
to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our
sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11For as high as the heavens are above the
earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
12As far as the east is from the west, So far
has He removed our transgressions from us.
13Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
14For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful
that we are but dust.
15As for man, his days are like grass, As a
flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16When the wind has passed over it, it is no
more, And its place acknowledges it no longer.
17But the lovingkindness of the LORD is
from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to
children’s children,
18To those who keep His covenant, And remember
His precepts to do them.
19The LORD has established His throne in
the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
20Bless the LORD, you His angels,
Mighty
in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
21Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You who
serve Him, doing His will.
22Bless the LORD, all you works of His,
In all
places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul!
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