Last night, I got together with the Grace College girls who met with me last semester for Bible study. It was really good. It was the unofficial start to our Bible study this semester, basically because I hadn’t invited anyone else yet or made posters to advertise and I’m hoping that more people will be able to come next week given due notice. So, next week we’ll start back into Romans.
Psalm 103 was the topic of discussion last night, and we used the inductive Bible study method. It was really good. Psalm 103 is – wow – it’s really good! Praise the Lord, Bible study leaders – our God is loving and compassionate! Because of Him, we have hope. Because of Him, all artists can have that same hope. He is in control. Stand in awe. We are but mere mortals. He is forever and ever and holds all power and authority. Take a fresh glance yourself at Psalm 103 and be amazed at the God to whom all glory is due.
Psalm 103 – Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul; and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 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. He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. As for mortals, their days are like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children – with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. Praise the Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the Lord, my soul.
