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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Meditate on the Scriputures...Joyfully!


            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  It’s always fresh and ready.

            In an excellent article on the “Institute in Basic Life Principles” website, the unnamed author most definitely knew a thing or two about meditating on the Word of God.  The article states:

“The words of Scripture are living words. (See Hebrews 4:12.) They contain eternal wisdom held in the shell of human words. God wants us to ‘break open’ these human words and begin to discover the rich wealth of personal application and understanding that they hold. This goal can be accomplished as you memorize and meditate on Scripture.”

In Colossians 3:16, the Apostle Paul said, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom”.  The article lists several keys:

1.      Worship God in your spirit as you quote God’s Word back to Him.

2.      Personalize the passage; turn the Scripture into a first-person prayer back to God.

3.      Give attention to each word of each verse

4.      As you memorize and meditate on a passage, look for Biblical concepts and patterns.

5.      Meditate on God’s Word as you go to sleep each night.

6.      Respond to God as He teaches you. (That’s what leads to genuine joy)

Mediate upon the Scriptures with joy in your heart ….so that they may “dwell in you richly in all wisdom”.







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