Heavenly Father, Your church gathers again, as you have called us to do, in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit to rejoice and exult in You (Ps 5:11). For you are holy, and good, and beautiful. You are love. You work righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. You …
Exhortation: Our call to worship today is from Psalm 103. It is a beautiful and emotive passage of scripture where we hear the Psalmist rehearsing all the reasons he has to worship the Lord. In particular, I want us to focus specifically on the verses pertaining to our relationship to God. The Psalmist describes a …
“Bless the Lord, O my soul,and all that is within me,bless his holy name!Bless the Lord, O my soul,and forget not all his benefits…”(Psalm 103:1–2 ESV) Exhortation: David Kinder, commending on this verse, says the “psalmist is rousing himself to shake off apathy and gloom, using his mind and memory to kindle his emotions.” (Tyndale …