Solomon instructed us to: “Keep them (God’s Word) in the midst of your heart” (Proverbs 4:21). The “heart” refers to the spirit, which is recreated at the new birth. We must maintain a regular diet from God’s Word to keep a strong spiritual life. It is not a matter of eating just once. We must continue …
Pictures and images are formed in our spirits from what we continually hear and see. As a result, it is of the utmost importance that we use the Word of God to paint the correct pictures in our hearts and minds. This is the primary reason for the instructions in Proverbs 4:20-21: “My son, give …
As believers, we probably don’t have trouble seeing ourselves enjoying heaven in the ages to come. You may have even heard other people talk about heaven and perhaps you have visualized what the Bible says about it for yourself. Most of us have some idea of what heaven will be like and we can easily …
Within every person alive there lies the power-packed ability to imagine. The human imagination is an inspiring and motivating force. As we practice meditating on God’s Word, the inborn creative power of God will be released from our spirits into our imaginations. Many great ideas have been born into the world because a believer used …
The third meaning of meditate is to muse. To muse means to “ponder, consider, and study closely.” This is the aspect of meditation that most people are aware of — taking hold of a promise or a truth and going over it again and again; not going over it in order to memorize it, but …
The second way to meditate God’s Word is to speak aloud. It is interesting to note that the Hebrew word in Joshua 1:8 translated meditate is also rendered “to speak” in the following three verses: “For my mouth will speak (or meditate) truth” (Proverbs 8:7). “And my tongue shall speak (or meditate) of Your righteousness …
There are various avenues in which to meditate the Word of God. The first way to meditate is to mutter God’s Word. To mutter means to speak things quietly or under our breath, speaking to ourselves regardless of whether people are present to hear us. Everyone knows how to mutter. We may mutter while we …
The Psalmist David gives us insight to the immense benefits of meditation in Psalm 1. Notice what he says: “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of …
The results of meditating day and night are wonderful! Joshua 1:8 says, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make thy way prosperous, and …
You may not realize it but there is a significant difference between fact and truth. The truth in God’s Word is more than just fact. For instance, a theological fact remains totally unassociated and detached from a person’s life; whereas God’s truth is alive, creative, and life-changing. When we begin to allow the Word of …
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