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Psalms for the Summer

Count Your Blessings

Bishop Terry L. Hill, Jr.Sunday, July 27, 20251130am
📖 Psalm 103:1-7
The message explores Psalm 103 as a call to intentional gratitude: praise is personal, remembering God’s benefits sustains thankfulness, and praise renews strength. Listeners are urged to take stock of forgiveness, care and provision rather than letting complaint become their only response. The sermon also cautions against judging another person’s praise when we do not know the full weight of their experience. Recalling our own testimony helps turn attention back to God’s goodness. The preache
Key Points
1.
Praise is deeply personal and stems from our individual encounters with God's grace and faithfulness.
2.
Rehearsing God's benefits and remembering His past faithfulness keeps our spiritual memory intact.
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Counting our blessings and offering continuous praise renews our strength like the eagle.

From the Series

Psalms for the Summer

📖 Psalm 103:1-7
[1] Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. [2] Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: [3] Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; [4] Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; [5] Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. [6] The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. [7] He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Sermon Summary

The message explores Psalm 103 as a call to intentional gratitude: praise is personal, remembering God’s benefits sustains thankfulness, and praise renews strength. Listeners are urged to take stock of forgiveness, care and provision rather than letting complaint become their only response.

The sermon also cautions against judging another person’s praise when we do not know the full weight of their experience. Recalling our own testimony helps turn attention back to God’s goodness.

The preacher’s name is unconfirmed in the recording; attribution to Bishop Terry L. Hill, Jr. follows the church’s archival default.

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