Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
It is a call from the soul to itself to bless the Lord with heartfelt gratitude and to keep all His benefits in memory. Those benefits are forgiveness of iniquity, healing of body and soul, rescue from destruction, crowning with loving-kindness and tender mercy, renewed strength, justice for the oppressed, and compassionate pity for human weakness, with God honored as the great Healer working behind human agents in daily health and in deliverance when death seems near. Remembering such goodness moves the heart to thankful praise and rejoicing rather than dwelling on fears and troubles, and it builds strong, enduring trust for the future that guards against murmuring, anxiety, and discouragement. Actively recalling and telling His mercies brings daily strength and growing faith, hope, and joy, and becomes a testimony that leads others to praise, joining thanksgiving with petition and thanking Him even in affliction. Forgetting is taking health for granted while well and remembering God only in sickness to plead for recovery, while remembering is trusting Him as refuge in sickness and in health and, when restored, recognizing renewed obligation and returning to give Him glory.
Call to Remember Benefits
The soul is summoned to bless and praise the Lord and to forget none of His benefits, and that praise is the heartfelt language of gratitude. The benefits to be kept in memory are those named around the call itself: forgiveness of iniquity, healing, redemption from destruction, crowning with loving-kindness and tender mercies, renewed strength, justice for the oppressed, and compassionate pity for human weakness. Remembering them nourishes gratitude and gives a testimony of mercy and love to share so that others hear and are moved to praise Him. That praise is seen in glad thanksgiving after healing, as in the paralytic's restoration and his family's joy, and in renewed affection and unity expressed with tears.
Those benefits include Christ's healing for maladies of both body and soul. They include the daily and yearly mercy of health, which is to be acknowledged rather than taken for granted. They include merciful relief from critical sickness and pain when death seems near, with God honored as the great Physician and mighty Healer who heals in answer to earnest prayer and who works behind human agents. God sustained the speaker to speak despite severe illness and afterward relieved the lungs and improved health, showing that goodness and mercy call for praise.
The healing benefit includes gratitude for instruction that preserves life and health. When sickness comes, the Lord is to be called upon, who may remove it for His glory in connection with the treatment given. He blesses treatment given to the sick and lets Christ's healing power be felt through faithful medical workers who live in constant dependence on the great Healer, humble their hearts before God, believe His Word, and keep their eyes fixed on Jesus as leader and counsellor. The sick belong to Him by creation and by redemption, and pointing them to Christ the willing great Healer brings encouragement, especially to the afflicted and sick who must not forget all His benefits.
The benefits also include spiritual renewing through the Spirit's presence, strength, and precious promises, for which believers in affliction can give heartfelt thanks. They include timely help from others that meets need, such as provision that made it possible to build a meetinghouse without debt, and help received in time of need more generally. They include progress in establishing schools and meetinghouses and in providing a shepherd and a fold for the people. Remembering answered prayers and other blessings leads to thankful acknowledgment and praise of God.
Gratitude, Trust, and Testimony
Remembering goodness, precious love, and mercies is to move the heart to grateful praise, thanksgiving, and rejoicing. Glad thanksgiving after healing shows this response, as does renewed affection and unity expressed with shared praise and tears. Praising for benefits means living with gratitude, cheerfulness, and joy rather than dwelling on fears or troubles.
Such remembrance nourishes strong, active, enduring trust for the future instead of murmuring, complaining, and anxiety about future needs that blinds to present blessings. Remembering past care supports trust for what is to come and sustains gratitude even in difficulty, when the grateful soul can say that God has dealt bountifully with it. Recalling goodness, favors, and blessings encourages trust in love and guards against discouragement and sadness.
Actively recalling and telling over great mercies brings blessing and gives strength and support for daily life. Faith, trust, confidence, hope, and joy grow by recounting mercies and keeping in mind all that has been done, leading to much more praise. Realizing willingness to give abundant spiritual grace takes away murmuring and complaining, and for a people with great light this grateful remembrance is to result in righteousness prevailing everywhere. Remembering gives a testimony of mercy and love to share, with words believers can speak so that others hear of mercies and are moved to praise.
Praise belongs alongside petition, not asking only, for the thankful heart both gives thanks and receives care for its needs. Even in affliction there is ground to remember blessings, including renewing presence, strength, and precious promises, and to give thanks even for trials that help prepare for greater ones. Remembering especially includes the continued mercy of health given day by day and year after year, giving tribute of praise in health rather than taking health for granted while well and remembering only when sickness comes with earnest prayer for recovery. It means trusting as refuge in sickness as in health, ceasing worry and gloom, and when health is restored recognizing renewed obligation to the Creator and returning to give glory instead of leaving without thanks.
It is a call from the soul to itself to bless the Lord with heartfelt gratitude and to keep all His benefits in memory. Those benefits are forgiveness of iniquity, healing of body and soul, rescue from destruction, crowning with loving-kindness and tender mercy, renewed strength, justice for the oppressed, and compassionate pity for human weakness, with God honored as the great Healer working behind human agents in daily health and in deliverance when death seems near. Remembering such goodness moves the heart to thankful praise and rejoicing rather than dwelling on fears and troubles, and it builds strong, enduring trust for the future that guards against murmuring, anxiety, and discouragement. Actively recalling and telling His mercies brings daily strength and growing faith, hope, and joy, and becomes a testimony that leads others to praise, joining thanksgiving with petition and thanking Him even in affliction. Forgetting is taking health for granted while well and remembering God only in sickness to plead for recovery, while remembering is trusting Him as refuge in sickness and in health and, when restored, recognizing renewed obligation and returning to give Him glory.
Call to Remember Benefits
The soul is summoned to bless and praise the Lord and to forget none of His benefits, and that praise is the heartfelt language of gratitude. The benefits to be kept in memory are those named around the call itself: forgiveness of iniquity, healing, redemption from destruction, crowning with loving-kindness and tender mercies, renewed strength, justice for the oppressed, and compassionate pity for human weakness. Remembering them nourishes gratitude and gives a testimony of mercy and love to share so that others hear and are moved to praise Him. That praise is seen in glad thanksgiving after healing, as in the paralytic's restoration and his family's joy, and in renewed affection and unity expressed with tears.
Those benefits include Christ's healing for maladies of both body and soul. They include the daily and yearly mercy of health, which is to be acknowledged rather than taken for granted. They include merciful relief from critical sickness and pain when death seems near, with God honored as the great Physician and mighty Healer who heals in answer to earnest prayer and who works behind human agents. God sustained the speaker to speak despite severe illness and afterward relieved the lungs and improved health, showing that goodness and mercy call for praise.
The healing benefit includes gratitude for instruction that preserves life and health. When sickness comes, the Lord is to be called upon, who may remove it for His glory in connection with the treatment given. He blesses treatment given to the sick and lets Christ's healing power be felt through faithful medical workers who live in constant dependence on the great Healer, humble their hearts before God, believe His Word, and keep their eyes fixed on Jesus as leader and counsellor. The sick belong to Him by creation and by redemption, and pointing them to Christ the willing great Healer brings encouragement, especially to the afflicted and sick who must not forget all His benefits.
The benefits also include spiritual renewing through the Spirit's presence, strength, and precious promises, for which believers in affliction can give heartfelt thanks. They include timely help from others that meets need, such as provision that made it possible to build a meetinghouse without debt, and help received in time of need more generally. They include progress in establishing schools and meetinghouses and in providing a shepherd and a fold for the people. Remembering answered prayers and other blessings leads to thankful acknowledgment and praise of God.
Gratitude, Trust, and Testimony
Remembering goodness, precious love, and mercies is to move the heart to grateful praise, thanksgiving, and rejoicing. Glad thanksgiving after healing shows this response, as does renewed affection and unity expressed with shared praise and tears. Praising for benefits means living with gratitude, cheerfulness, and joy rather than dwelling on fears or troubles.
Such remembrance nourishes strong, active, enduring trust for the future instead of murmuring, complaining, and anxiety about future needs that blinds to present blessings. Remembering past care supports trust for what is to come and sustains gratitude even in difficulty, when the grateful soul can say that God has dealt bountifully with it. Recalling goodness, favors, and blessings encourages trust in love and guards against discouragement and sadness.
Actively recalling and telling over great mercies brings blessing and gives strength and support for daily life. Faith, trust, confidence, hope, and joy grow by recounting mercies and keeping in mind all that has been done, leading to much more praise. Realizing willingness to give abundant spiritual grace takes away murmuring and complaining, and for a people with great light this grateful remembrance is to result in righteousness prevailing everywhere. Remembering gives a testimony of mercy and love to share, with words believers can speak so that others hear of mercies and are moved to praise.
Praise belongs alongside petition, not asking only, for the thankful heart both gives thanks and receives care for its needs. Even in affliction there is ground to remember blessings, including renewing presence, strength, and precious promises, and to give thanks even for trials that help prepare for greater ones. Remembering especially includes the continued mercy of health given day by day and year after year, giving tribute of praise in health rather than taking health for granted while well and remembering only when sickness comes with earnest prayer for recovery. It means trusting as refuge in sickness as in health, ceasing worry and gloom, and when health is restored recognizing renewed obligation to the Creator and returning to give glory instead of leaving without thanks.