Call to Worship

Oh how do I need to get this deep down into my soul. It isn't about what others can do to help me get closer to God it's all about what I can do. I must bless The Lord for it is only through Him that I can be saved, healed, and whole.

Call to Worship

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits

- Psalm 103:2

Although we are consistently called to thanksgiving and worship by our faithful pastors, by the Word of God, and by godly friends there is another source from which we should expect this admonition -- our own soul.

David writes, preaching to himself the gospel of grace, "Bless the Lord, O my soul." We should constantly be preaching to ourselves, as David does in the Psalms. It need not be a complicated or particularly academic sermon. It can be as simple as these three words: "Bless the Lord!"

As the first point in his sermon to himself, David exhorts "forget not all his benefits." The most powerful antidote to depression is a grateful heart. And the most effective way to develop a grateful heart is to consciously, specifically recount the Lord's blessings and to thank him for each one.

Are you spiritually cold or disheartened? Preach this sermon to yourself-bless the Lord, O my soul! Are you discouraged? Forget not all his benefits.

"When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,

When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,

Count your many blessings, name them one by one,

And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done."

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