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Thanksgiving Communion Sermon:
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
A psalm of David.
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 things He does for me.
He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
INTRODUCTION
In just a few short days we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
It is a shame that we have only one day set aside each year to give thanks to God as a nation.
We should have some time set aside each day, to give our praise to Him who has blessed us so richly.
I was shopping in one of the local grocery stores couple weeks and noticed that Thanksgiving has all but been overlooked.
Christmas, because of its great commercial power, was already being pushed in the stores.
Now as soon as the big push to buy costumes and candy is over, out comes the commercialization of Christmas.
We are bombarded with Santa Claus and snowmen.
But as God's people it is fitting that we should focus our thoughts, not only now but often, upon the goodness of God and offer our gratitude to Him for who He is and for all He has done for us.
If you have your Bibles turn to , the passage we read before our prayer.
Someone has called this Psalms David's "Hallelujah Chorus."
Someone has called this David's "Hallelujah Chorus."
Notice that in our text he addresses his soul.
He is reminding himself, as he praises the Lord, of all that God has done, but in the context we see that he is using a grammatical device here and is instructing his own soul.
This is important to a proper interpretation of this passage.
Notice that in our text he addresses his soul.
He is reminding himself, as he praises the Lord, of all that God has done, but in the context we see that he using this to instructed his own soul.
This is important to a proper interpretation of this passage.
1. Praise the Lord and count your blessings.
A psalm of David.
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 things He does for me.
It is a prayer of nothing but praise to God.
There is no supplication, no request, no petition or plea in this prayer.
It is pure praise to God.
It is a prayer of nothing but praise to God.
There is no supplication, no request, no petition or plea in this prayer.
It is pure unadulterated praise to God.
David was awestruck with God's blessings.
We are not told the circumstances in which David received this Psalm, but it is not difficult to imagine how it happened.
Looking at his life, counting his blessings instead of complaining about his burdens, it dawned upon David just how much God had done for him.
He realized how good God had been and how undeserving he was of all these blessings.
Springing up from the depths of his heart and gushing out onto his parchment came this prayer of praise, this benediction expressing his gratitude toward the Lord.
David was awestruck with God's blessings.
We are not told the circumstances in which David received this Psalm, but it is not difficult to imagine how it happened.
Looking at his life, counting his blessings instead of complaining about his burdens, it dawned upon David just how much God had done for him.
He realized how good God had been and how undeserving he was of all these blessings.
David praised the Lord with his song, If you ever have a problem praising the Lord
I can see David, full of emotion, passionate in all that he did, praising God with all his heart, He'd have a difficult time in some of our churches today.
I can see David, full of emotion, passionate in all that he did, praising God with all his heart, He'd have a difficult time in some of our churches today.
He believed in putting his all into it.
This ancient Hebrew King was also an accomplished musician, a man who sang with feeling and with conviction.
This was a joyous song of praise to the Lord.
He believed in putting his all into it.
This ancient Hebrew King was also an accomplished musician, a man who sang with feeling and with conviction.
This was a joyous song of praise to the Lord.
These words were not dry and stale when David sang them.
They were full of life and energy.
They were part of his worship.
You'll recall that David was accustomed to dancing when he worshiped God.
To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
David was serious about praising the Lord.
It wasn't something he only did at the temple during religious ceremonies.
It was part of his everyday experience.
He was grateful to the Lord and he could not help but praise him.
, , and many, many others are songs of praise to the Lord.
David was serious about praising the Lord.
It wasn't something he only did at the temple during religious ceremonies.
It was part of his everyday experience.
He was grateful to the Lord and he could not help but praise him.
Now, David was singing the ancient Hebrew version of "Count your blessings."
Now, David was singing the ancient Hebrew version of "Count your blessings."
2. Life in relationship with God is whole and healthy
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
One of the names of the devil is the accuser of the brethren.
In Job we see him going before God to accuse Job.
We have every reason to believe that he goes before God even now to accuse us.
He says, "Look at what he said.
Look at what she did.
One of the names of the devil is the accuser of the brethren.
In Job we see him going before God to accuse Job.
We have every reason to believe that he goes before God even now to accuse us.
He says, "Look at what he said.
Look at what she did.
These people of yours are sinners.
How can they say they really love you and continue to act like they do?"
He does not have to lie about us when he comes before the Lord, for God would not permit it.
No, there are enough faults in all of our lives that he simply has to point out the obvious.
These people of yours are sinners.
How can they say they really love you and continue to act like they do?"
He does not have to lie about us when he comes before the Lord, for God would not permit it.
No, there are enough faults in all of our lives that he simply has to point out the truth.
The Bible calls him the adversary, the enemy.
But we also have an Advocate.
We have one who goes to the Father on our behalf.
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