Preaching notes LTC Chapel service - 28th Apri 2013

1. Psalm 103:1-5
Remember to fly

2. From The ESV
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,

3. who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast
love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like
the eagle's.

4. From The Message
O my soul, bless God.
From head to toe, I’ll bless his holy
name!
O my soul, bless God,
don’t forget a single blessing!
He forgives your sins—every one.
He heals your diseases—every one.

5. He redeems you from hell—saves
your life!
He crowns you with love and
mercy—a paradise crown.
He wraps you in goodness—beauty
eternal.
He renews your youth—you’re
always young in his presence.

6. Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!

7. Beware!

8. Both male and female eagles participate in
raising the eagle family. She lays the eggs
and protects them; he builds the nest and
hunts. During the time of training the young
ones to fly, the mother eagle throws the
eaglets out of the nest. Because they are
scared, they jump into the nest again.
Next, she throws them out and then takes
off the soft layers of the nest, leaving the
thorns bare When the scared eaglets again
jump into the nest, they are pricked by
thorns.

9. Shrieking and bleeding they jump out again
this time wondering why the mother and
father who love them so much are torturing
them. Next, mother eagle pushes them off the
cliff into the air. As they shriek in fear, father
eagle flies out and catches them up on his
back before they fall and brings them back to
the cliff. This goes on for sometime until they
start flapping their wings. They get excited at
this newfound knowledge that they can fly.
Myles Munroe

10. Fight!

11. “I saw...that the first great and primary
business to which I ought to attend
every day was, to have my soul happy in
the Lord. The first thing to be concerned
about was not, how much I might serve
the Lord, how I might glorify the Lord;
but how I might get my soul into a
happy state, and how my inner man
might be nourished.”
George Mueller

12. Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his
benefits,

13. Remember!

14. who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from
the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast
love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good

15. Note the present tense
Forgives (forgave)
Heals (healed)
Redeems (redeemed)
Crowns (crowned)
Satisfies (satisfied)

16. “Aslan,” said Lucy, “you’re bigger.”
“That is because you are older,
little one,” answered he.
“Not because you are?”
“I am not. But every year you grow,
you will find me bigger.”
CS Lewis, Prince Caspian

17. Moult!

18. ...so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle's.

19. Soar!

20. Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can
fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.

21. Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31