Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Friday, June 20th.

Ephesians chapter two reminds us that God is rich in mercy.

Today we are taking a closer look at the expressions of God's goodness.

How important to you is your view of God?

Is it important enough that you know exactly what you believe, at least to some degree, about some aspects of God?

Is it important enough that you're able to share it with someone else?

Is it important enough that you keep on pursuing your understanding and your knowledge to help you know

how to relate to this God whom you serve? You see, the truth is that it affects every aspect of our

life. Your view of God is either going to strengthen your faith or it's going to cause you

lots of uncertainty. And that's the reason

we take the time to open God's word and to find out what does he say about himself? Because there

lots of people who have lots of ideas about God. But what does God say about himself? And the best

place to find that out is in His Word. So I want you to turn, if you

will, to the 118th Psalm. And the first verse of this 118th Psalm is the same thing that you'll find

in the first verse of the 106th Psalm and the 107th Psalm and the 118th Psalm. They all say the same thing.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving

kindness is everlasting. And as we think of all the attributes of God and been thinking about

his greatness and who he is and how he works, I want us to think about the privilege of knowing

the goodness of God. The privilege of knowing the goodness of God.

The privilege of knowing the goodness of God.

Now, when we usually think about it, most people don't think about him just being good.

They think about him being just and omniscient, omnipresent, all the rest.

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