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| Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalm 103:1 – 18 (NASB) |
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Psa 103:1 (A Psalm of David.) Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Psa 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits;
Psa 103:3 Who pardons all your iniquities; Who heals all your diseases;
Psa 103:4 Who redeems your life from the pit; Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
Psa 103:5 Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
Psa 103:6 The LORD performs righteous deeds, And judgments for all who are oppressed.
Psa 103:7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel.
Psa 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Psa 103:9 He will not always strive with us; Nor will He keep His anger forever.
Psa 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Psa 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
Psa 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Psa 103:13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Psa 103:14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.
Psa 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Psa 103:16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more; And its place acknowledges it no longer.
Psa 103:17 But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,
Psa 103:18 To those who keep His covenant, And who remember His precepts to do them. |
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| New Testament Scripture Reading: James 1:9 – 12 (NASB) |
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James 1:9 But let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position;
James 1:10 and let the rich man glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
James 1:11 For the sun rises with a scorching wind, and withers the grass; and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.
James 1:12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. |
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Transforming Power Statements:
#1) God is no respecter of persons, therefore, all men are equal in His sight, although comparing people with people we choose to observe & even honor great variation and many levels of status among ourselves. In Christ Jesus, however, God has equalized all people. {2 Corinthians 5:14 – 16}
#2) Only a proper understanding of this principle can aid us in the production of the contentment possessed by such saints as Paul who said he had learned the secret how to be content in whatsoever state or conditions he was in. {Philippians 4:11 – 13}
#3) God will judge all sinners who reject His free gift: His only-begotten Son, Jesus the Christ; but He will reward every believer in His Son in accordance with their earthly supply, capacities, and abilities, and opportunities regardless of how great or how small. |
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