The psalmist calls on his soul and all that is within him to bless Jehovah and not forget all of His benefits. These benefits include forgiving all iniquities, healing all diseases, redeeming life from the pit, crowning with steadfast love and mercy, and satisfying with good so that youth is renewed like the eagle's. The psalmist emphasizes blessing and praising God for all that He does.

1. Bless Jehovah
Psalm 103.1-5
CB OT p. 945

2. “Bless Jehovah, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless His holy name!
Bless Jehovah, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits,
Who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love
and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
So that your youth is renewed
like the eagle’s.”
Psalm 103.1-5, CB OT, p. 945

3. “Bless”
expressing thanks
and praise...
with devout affection

4. How do you
speak
of Jehovah?

5. Speaking of
Jehovah

6. “With it we bless our
Lord and father, and
with it we curse
people who are made
in the likeness of
God. From the same
mouth come blessing
and cursing. My
brothers, these things
ought not to be so.”
James 3.9-10
CB NT p. 403

7. “Curse God,
and die.”
“Blessed be
the Name of
Jehovah.”

8. “You shall not take the name
of Jehovah your God in vain.”
Exodus 20.7,
CB OT p. 114

9. Vain:
meaningless
empty
thoughtlessly

10. “I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among
the peoples; I will sing praises to You
among the nations. For Your steadfast
love is great to the heavens,
Your faithfulness to the
clouds.
Be exalted, O God, above
the heavens! Let Your
glory be over all the
earth!”
Psalm 57.9-11, CB OT p. 895

11. How do you
think
of Jehovah?

12. Thinking of
Thinking of Jehovah
Jehovah

13. “nor
grumble,
as some of
them did
and were
destroyed
by the
Destroyer.”
1 Corinthians 10.10,
CB NT p. 300

14. “If Jehovah is with
us, why then has all
this happened to
us?”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381

15. “And where all all His
wonderful deeds that
our fathers recounted
to us...”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381

16. “saying, ‘Did not
Jehovah bring us up
from Egypt?’”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381

17. “But now Jehovah
has forsaken us”
Judges 6.13, CB OT p. 381

18. “Therefore I tell
you, do not be
anxious about your
life ...
O you of little faith?
Therefore do not be
anxious”
Matthew 6.25, 30;
CB NT p. 11

19. “when you have eaten and
are full and have built good
houses and live in them and
when your herds and flocks
multiply and your silver and
gold is multiplied and all that
you have is multiplied...”
Deuteronomy 8.12-13, CB OT p. 284

20. “then your heart be lifted up,
and you forget Jehovah your
God”
Deuteronomy 8.14, CB OT p. 284

21. “God has made
me forget all my
hardship”
Genesis 41.51,
CB OT p. 66

22. “Every good gift and
every perfect gift is
from above, coming
down from the
Father of lights”
James 1.17,
CB NT p. 401

23. “If you then, who are evil,
know how to give
good gifts to your
children, how much
more will the
Heavenly Father
give the Holy
Spirit to those
who ask Him!
Luke 11.13, CB NT p. 128

24. Think great
thoughts
of your
God!

25. “Our God, whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning
fiery furnace, and He will
deliver us out of your hand,
O King. But if not, be it
known to you O King, that
we will not server your
gods or worship the
golden image that you
have set up.”
Daniel 3.17-18,
CB OT p. 1412

26. “Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly of my weaknesses, so
that the power of Christ may
rest upon me. For the sake
of Christ, then, I am
content with weaknesses,
insults, hardships,
persecutions, and
calamities. For when I
am weak, then I am
strong.”
2 Corinthians 12.9-10,
CB NT p. 325

27. Think great
thoughts
of your
God!

28. “The earth has yield its increase; God,
our God, shall bless us. God shall bless
us; let all the ends of the earth fear
Him!
Psalm 67.6-7, CB OT p. 904

29. The
Benefits

30. Forgives...
ALL your iniquity

31. Heals...
ALL your diseases

32. Redeems...
your life from
the pit

33. Crowns...
with steadfast love
and mercy

34. Satisfies...
you with good

35. “so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle’s.”

36. Bless Jehovah!

37. Will today be the
day you decide to
go to heaven?

38. Lesson slideshows (with notes)
and audio can be found at:
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41. Compiled and Presented by:
Bless Jehovah! Dave Stewart
14 August, 2011
#01 Las Cruces, NM
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Bless Jehovah!
Psalm 103.1-5
Synopsis: You need to be aware of how you speak of God and how you
think of Him. This lesson will help you understand how you can speak
and think positively of God no matter what is happening in your life,
because you know all that He does for you.
“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright
© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”
“Let all that you do be done with love.”