Psalm 103:1-8

Which one is worse of the two? Some are blind, but worse are those of us who see and don't give thanks for our blessings!

How could we forget something this important? In times of trouble, we need to remember our blessings so that we can bless others in need.

"Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good..."

"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."

Inspirational illustration of Psalm 103:1-3 -- -3 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.

What do you do when you mess up? I messed up by assigning the wrong author to the article, but I'm not going to rationalize my mistake away!

"Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits — who forgives all our sins and heals all our diseases..."

One of the important areas of our focus for our shared hour of prayer is the healing and health of our world and the people in our world. Phil Ware shares Scriptures, stories, and ideas to help us prepare for the hour of worldwide unified prayer for our broken world, especially focused on healing and health for our broken world.

"[Bless the LORD] who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."

"The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. "

"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love."

"The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love."

Inspirational illustration of Psalm 103:6 -- 6 The LORD works righteousnessand justice for all the oppressed.

Inspirational illustration of Psalm 103:5 -- who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Inspirational illustration of Psalm 103:8 -- The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Can you really hold off the condemnation? God is forgiving of us and we must be of each other.

God knows how it feels, do you? The storm comes and rages and destroys, do you know how that feels? God does!

Take time to be thankful There are lots of reasons to give thanks. It doesn't always seem that way, but if we put our mind to it, we can usually think of more reasons for being thankful than for complaining.

We must never forget God's most consistent message to each of us! Brian McCutchen reminds us that God's love is redeeming -- it forgives, cleanses, makes whole, and buys us back from our messes and lifts us from our burdens.

Is your storehouse of anger doing you any good? Are you happier? Better? More fun to be with? Max Lucado helps us deal with the hurts of the heart that lead to bitterness, anger, and depression, as we are provoked and frustrated into sullen and negative states of spirit and emotion and mind.

You have not lived one moment when you were not loved. Max Lucado reminds us that Jesus appeared to Mary and what this exchange means to all of us.