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It is good for us even to pass through the night with prayer and meditation that our thoughts may be cleansed and our ways directed by God. Is God’s word so important to you and the keeping of His statutes that you spend a whole night in its meditation. In the meditation of that word is our delight,
How unlike Him we are here: we are only like Him in principle. How imperfect we mortals be! But then – ah, then, we shall be like Him! “Meditate upon these things”, says Paul to Timothy (and to us). David says: “Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still”. Concerning the Book of the Law
“If we willingly banish holy meditations in our solitary hours, Satan will soon occupy our minds with sinful imaginations” (Matthew Henry). Notice: those who are “widows indeed” continue “in supplications and prayers night and day.” Likewise, the psalmist confesses, “My soul shall be satisfied…When
In our personal devotions we must not just read scripture, we must immerse ourselves in it. We must meditate on it so that we can remember it, carrying it with us through the day. Author and pastor Donald Whitney stresses the importance of not just reading, but of meditation on scripture, comparing
Mrs. Lubbers is a wife and mother in the Protestant Reformed Church of South Holland, Illinois. "Meditate on these things…." I Timothy 4:15 Ours is a noise-driven culture. From earliest morning, one's life is governed by the continuous sounds of conversation, music, and background noise. Alarm cl
We are told in II Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” Therefore, let us make meditation on the Word of God, an important part of our spiritual exercise, so that it will be said of
We live in a culture that is constantly trying to distract us from what really matters in life, namely Christ and the glorification of his name in all we do. There is no room anymore for thought and meditation on God’s word. Burk Parsons, editor of Tabletalk magazine, said in the January 2013 issue,
And I say this is an important Christian virtue. It's one that we ought to cultivate in ourselves. Listen to what the Word of God says about it in Psalm 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. It's a blessed thing, a good thing that a man doesn't go with the ungodl