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Remembering Christ's Benefits

Remembering Christ's Benefits

There has been a method behind my madness in sending out the prompts that I have sent to the Take Up Your Cross group for the last month or so. They all have a common theme. I want to thank you for exploring with me the blessings of the Lord. I have wanted to study them for awhile. If you will notice, the Beatitudes are not the only Bible verses saying we are blessed if we do this or that.

Psalm 103:2 says we should not forget all the benefits of the Lord. Psalm 103 has a list of benefits in the Lord also if you read it carefully.

The Lord:

-Forgives all our iniquities.

-Heals all our diseases.

-Redeems our life from destruction.

-Crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercies

-Satisfies our mouth with good things

-Renews our youth like an Eagle’s

-Executes righteousness and judgement for all who are oppressed

-Made his ways known to Moses and his acts to the children of Israel

-Merciful and gracious toward us, plentious in mercy

-Slow to anger

-He doesn't always hold on to his anger and continue to chide with us (forgiving)

-He doesn't deal with us according to our sins or punished us as we deserve

-Removed our transgressions from us as far as the east is from the west

-Pities those that fear him as a father does his children

-Remembers our frame and that we are dust.

-Has prepared his throne in heaven and is ruler over us all

Psalm 103

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.

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.

God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings.

Ephesians 1:3-6
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

This is the blessings according to the old covenant with the children of Israel.

(Deuteronomy 281-14)
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Here are a review of blessings in the verses that we took a look at and wrote about in or blogs.

(Matthew 5:3-11)
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

(James 1:12)
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

(Psalm 1:1-3)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the Scornful

(Revelation 22:12-14)
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

(Isaiah 56:1-2)
Blessed is the man that keeps judgement and does justice, for God's salvation will soon come and his righteousness will be revealed.

(Isaiah 30:18)
Blessed are they that wait upon the Lord, for they will receive mercy and grace.

(Psalm 119:1-2)
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

(Luke 12:37-39)
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

(Revelation 20:6)
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

(John 20:29)
Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

(James 1:25)
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

(Luke 7:23)
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

(Jeremiah 17:7-8)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

(Romans 4:6-8)
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

(Psalm 32:1-2)
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there Is no guile

(Psalm 33:12)
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

(Psalm 34:8-10)
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him Because they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

(Luke 11:28)
Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

(Psalm 30:4)
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

(Psalm 41:1-3)
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in times of trouble

(Psalm 65:4)
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

(Psalm 84:4-5;12)
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

(Psalm 89:15-18)
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

(Luke 6:20-23)
Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.

Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

(Matthew 24:43-47)
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing, because he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

(Psalm 94:12)
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

(Psalm 106:3)
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

(Psalm 112:1-8)
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

(Psalm 128:1-6)
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

(Proverbs 10:6-7)
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The Lord’s blessings makes you spiritually rich and he does not add sorrow with it!

(Proverbs 10:22)
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

We are so blessed in the Lord. Next time you begin to feel discouraged, remind yourself of these. Keep them where you can refer back to them.