Gratitude: Because of God's Grace
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· 9 viewsPsalm 103:1-5 gives the believer five reasons to express gratitude for God's grace.
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Introduction
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Transition
What does “Bless the Lord” mean?
Bless the Lord: To speak well of him for his abundant generosity.
God’s grace, received by faith, has radically changed your life!
Through God’s generous grace, the Psalmist gives reason for the believer to demonstrate gratitude to God.
The benefits God has given to you:
God forgives you
God forgives you
God forgives you of your sins.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Confession: Admit and take responsibility of your sin (don’t blame ignorance, or culture, or others.
Repent: Go in a new (righteous) direction.
God heals you
God heals you
God heals your diseases.
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
We live in a fallen world. Adam and Eve infected humanity with a bent toward sin.
And in that nature to sin, it also affected every aspect of your life: physical, emotional, mental—all of creation is affected.
God provides healing—and often that healing is brought about through relationships.
God redeems you
God redeems you
God redeems you from spiritual bondage.
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Lost in your sin, there seems no hope.
But through God’s redemptive plan, Jesus (Son of God) took your place in judgment, rescuing you from spiritual enslavement.
The price God paid for your ransom was his Son.
God crowns you
God crowns you
God crowns you with love and mercy.
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Fighting the good fight, finishing the race called life, and keeping the faith is not your attempt at earning God’s favor. fighting, finishing, and keeping all is motivated by our love for God—for who he is and what he has done for us.
Faithfulness, fueled by gratitude, invites the blessings of God.
Ultimate blessing: resurrection!
God satisfies you
God satisfies you
He satisfies you with good.
9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
Key to a better life: Draw your satisfaction in your purpose, in your activity, in your hopes fully on God!
You are an image barer of God.
Nothing can adequately fill that image other than God.
Not fame!
Not fortune!
Not people!
Not things!
Conclusion
The benefits, the graces, that God gives you is the only hope that gives you PEACE, JOY, COMFORT, and COURAGE.
He has forgiven you of your sins.
He has healed you of all kinds of diseases.
He has redeemed and rescued you from the pit of destruction.
He has promised that death will not be the end of your story (resurrection).
He has satisfied you with good acts of his grace.
In the experience of God’s grace, gratitude becomes alive. What else can we do, but give thanks!
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