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July 12, 2020 Steve Lombardo

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Remember (Part 1) Psalm 103

Big Idea: God is wonderfully ________________, and He

lavishes His children with awesome ________________.

Bless the Lord!

The Benefits of Following God

1. ________________ (vv. 3a, 12)

• Many people ________________ their sin

and/or ________________ their sin.

• We must realize

how ________________ our ____________ problem

is and turn (repent) to the Lord!

2. ________________ (v. 3b)God has a multitude of all kinds of mercies. As our hearts and the devil

are the father of variety of sins, so God is the father of variety of

mercies. There is no sin or misery but God has a mercy for it. He has a

multitude of mercies of every kind. As there are variety of miseries which

the creature is subject unto, so he has in himself a shop, a treasury of all

sorts of mercies, divided into several promises in the Scripture, which are

but as so many boxes of this treasure, the caskets of variety of mercies.

If your heart be hard, his mercies are tender.

If your heart be dead, he has mercy to liven it.

If you be sick, he has mercy to heal you.

If you be sinful, he has mercies to sanctify and cleanse you.

As large and as various as are our wants, so large and various are his

mercies. So we may come boldly to find grace and mercy to help us in

time of need, a mercy for every need. All the mercies that are in his own

heart he has transplanted into several beds in the garden of the

promises, where they grow, and he has abundance of variety of them,

suited to all the variety of the diseases of the soul — From the Puritan

Thomas Goodwin. (Ortlund, Dane C. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of

Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, [pp. 113–114]. Crossway.)

3. ________________ (v. 4a)

4. ________________ — Loyal love (vv. 4b, 11)

5. ________________ (v. 5)

Application: ________________ these benefits and sing this song! "Bless the Lord O my soul!"

Middle School

Sermon GuideAs you attend worship service with your family, use this guide to help you pay attention and learn.We want you to worship by singing to God and listening to the sermon.

Who IS Speaking?

What passage are we studying?

Definitions:

Words you heard but don’t understand:

Which song from today’s service is your favorite and why? What lyrics did you enjoy the most?

On the way home, talk about what you heard and the notes you wrote down. Fill in the blanks below and share with your family.

Fill in the blanks:

CHECK one or more of the attributes of God that were talked about in the sermon.

What are we learning about God from this passage? What is the main idea of this sermon?

I heard _______________________________________________ today but was confused or had a hard time believing it.

Hearing and believing that God is ___________________________________________________________________________

changes the way I _________________________________________________________________________________________ .

Creator

Holy

Loving

Provider

Unchanging

Worthy

Merciful

Sovereign

Faithful

Write down other verses mentioned in the sermon.

Just

Generous

WORDS YOU HEARD BUT DON’T KNOW…

WHO IS SPEAKING?

WHAT IS THE MAINPASSAGE WE ARE READING TODAY?

WHAT ARE WE LEARNINGABOUT GOD FROM THIS PASSAGE?

BOOK:

CHAPTER:

VERSE:

WHICH SONG FROM TODAY’S SERVICE IS YOUR FAVORITE AND WHY?

AS YOU ATTEND CHURCH SERVICE WITH YOUR FAMILY, USE THIS SHEET TO HELP YOU PAY ATTENTION AND LEARN. WE WANT YOU TO WORSHIP WITH US BY SINGING TO GOD

AND LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE.

WRITE OR DRAW SOMETHING THAT YOU

HEARD IN THE SERMON OR IN A SONG TODAY. FILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW WHILE IN SERVICE AND THEN, ON THE WAY

HOME, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU HEARD AND THE NOTES YOU WROTE DOWN.

I HEARD

TODAY BUT WAS CONFUSED OR HAD A HARD TIME BELIEVING IT.

HEARING AND BELIEVING THAT GOD IS

CHANGES THE WAY I