8/21/2025 Daily Devotion: Remember. Recognize. Respond.

Psalms 103:1-22 NASB - A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; Who satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle. The LORD performs righteous deeds and judgments for all who are oppressed. He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts to do them. The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, and His sovereignty rules over all. Bless the LORD, you His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His word, obeying the voice of His word! Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, you who serve Him, doing His will. Bless the LORD, all you works of His, in all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Psalm 103 is a beautiful place to begin a morning! … BLESS THE LORD, O my soul!

• How do we Bless the Lord with all that is within us? … let’s follow David’s example this morning!

REMEMBER the Goodness of God in your own life.

• REMEMBER your life before He Saved you!

• God FORGIVES your sinful transgressions against Him.

• God HEALS your dependency on your sinful flesh.

• God REDEEMS your life from muck & mire to LOVE & MERCY!

• God SATISFIES & FULFILLS you with HIM & HIS GOODNESS!

RECOGNIZE Who God has revealed Himself to be.

• The Bible is the story of God revealing Himself to us & sending Jesus to Redeem us SO THAT we would be able to KNOW GOD!

• He reveals His Ways, His Acts & His Character to us throughout all of Scripture … (read it all!)

• God is RIGHTEOUS.

• God is JUST.

• God is MERCIFUL.

• God is GRACIOUS.

• God is PATIENT.

• God is LOVE.

• God is FORGIVING.

• God is COMPASSIONATE.

• God is EVERLASTING.

• God is AVAILABLE to us … when we TRUST & OBEY Him!

REALIZE your role in God’s Kingdom.

• God has established His Kingdom, ruling over ALL.

• His angels BLESS GOD by obeying His Voice.

• His spiritual forces BLESS GOD by executing His Will.

• His Will BLESSES GOD by never returning void through all of His Kingdom.

• IN THE SAME WAY your own soul BLESSES GOD by obeying His Voice, doing His Will & stepping out into His Works!

• You & I are each individual members of GOD’s ESTABLISHED KINGDOM!

Remember God.

Recognize God.

Respond to God.

Bless the Lord, O our souls!