{"id":4123,"date":"2011-08-03T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2011-08-01T11:46:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T15:46:18","slug":"bless-the-lord-sermons-on-psalm-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/2011\/08\/03\/bless-the-lord-sermons-on-psalm-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Bless the Lord: Sermons on Psalm 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Bless the Lord\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stephenbarkley.com\/media\/images\/bless_the_lord1.jpg?w=400\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year I’ve been trying memorize some of the Psalms. I’ve been amazed by the depth of meaning that surfaces once they’re committed to memory. Psalm 103 is one of those Psalms. Our church spent four Sundays delving the riches of the famous call to, “Bless the Lord, O my soul.”<\/p>\n<p>As usual, you can find download links to these messages on the <a title=\"StephenBarkley.com Sermon Page\" href=\"..\/..\/messages\/\">Sermons page<\/a>. Detailed write-ups are over at <a title=\"Wellington Street Pentecostal Church\" href=\"http:\/\/wspc.ca\/\">my church\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Membership has its privileges: Psalm 103:1-5 (June 26, 2011)<br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/media\/messages\/062611.mp3]<\/li>\n<li>Deeply Forgiven: Psalm 103:6-14 (July 10, 2011)<br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/media\/messages\/071011.mp3]<\/li>\n<li>Two Uncomfortable Truths: Psalm 103:15-18 (July 24, 2011)<br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/media\/messages\/072411.mp3]<\/li>\n<li>God’s Throne: Psalm 103:19-22 (July 31, 2011)<br \/>\nThe audio didn’t work this week. <a title=\"WSPC Website\" href=\"http:\/\/wspc.ca\/2011\/08\/01\/gods-throne\/\">Check out the summary here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year I’ve been trying memorize some of the Psalms. I’ve been amazed by the depth of meaning that surfaces once they’re committed to memory. 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