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It is my meditation all the day.” (Psalm 119:97) And verse 99 of the same Psalm states “I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. One verse clearly shows us the error of TM. “For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the
And not just even the particular parts of God's Word that are imperatives. Do this or don't do that. Generally speaking, it is the entirety of the revealed will of God. For the saints in the Old Testament, the focus would have been those first five books of the Bible. But here we sit tonight as
Referring for the Old Testament saints to the first five books of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. That was to them the law of God, and then the heart of it was what we read this morning in the Ten Commandments that we still have today and
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
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
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
It is my meditation all the day.” He doesn’t say, “It is my meditation all the day, except for some time off in the summer.” Notice the exclamation mark — this is no indifferent or mediocre attitude. If we really love God’s Word, we won’t take a vacation from it. Everyone is familiar with II Timothy
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
Psalm 1 speaks of the righteous as meditating upon the Word of God day and night. Psalm 111 speaks of the Lord's works as being sought out of all that have pleasure therein. Psalm 139:17, "How precious are also thy thoughts unto me, If I should count them they are more than the sand". Then, falling