Praise
The Lord
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.
The life of mortals is
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.
Psalm
103:1-18
What gift would you like
from Jesus Christ this year?
The most important gift
we can ever receive is God’s gift of His Son, our Savior, and with Him
forgiveness, restoration, and the promise of spiritual life that begins now and
lasts forever. And the most important gift we can ever give is to give Jesus
our heart.
If
I were a wise man, I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him-give Him my
heart.
Our
Daily Bread – December 23, 2016