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Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me
the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your
progress may be evident to all.
Genesis 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening;
Psalm 119:97 Oh how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.
Rule #1: Unless we’ve been born again we cannot know Christ and understand
the Word of God
Rule #2: All the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, Prayer, and Worship go through
Meditation that honors God.
Psalm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”
Meditation: Let us get in the Word, so the Word can get in us.
I. GENUINE BIBLE STUDY COMES FROM MEDITATION.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your
progress may be evident to all.
Meditation is the practice of turning each truth we learn from God into matter for
contemplation and reflection before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.
Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line,
line upon line, here a little, there a little.
Hebrews 5:13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of
righteousness, for he is a babe.
Hebrews 5:14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who
by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalm 23:2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the
still waters.
Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His
name’s sake.
Someone once said that 1 in 100 Christians read Scripture regularly; 1 in 1000
memorize Scripture; but only 1 in 10,000 meditate on Scripture!
Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me
the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
Charles Spurgeon said, “It is one thing to hear the Word. It is another thing to taste it.
Hearing the Word is often blessed, but tasting it is a more inward and spiritual thing—
it is the enjoyment of the Truth in the innermost parts of our being!”
Read the Bible carefully, and then meditate and meditate and meditate …For lack
of meditation, the Truth of God runs by us and we miss and lose it.”
The word “meditation” Is mentioned about 25 times in the Bible
Genesis 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening;
Joshua 1:8 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 will make your way prosperous, and then you will have
good success.
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day
and night.
Meditation is like taking a wet towel and trying to squeeze it as dry as you can.
II. GENIUNE PRAYER COMES FROM MEDITATION.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble,
whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely,
whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
The Amplified Bible translation of the first and last part of this verse says:
“Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect,
whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word …think continually on these things
[center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].
Psalm 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand
I shall not be moved.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You.
Because He trusts in You.
Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut
your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees
in secret will reward you openly.
Praise song lyrics “In the secret,”
In the secret,
In the quiet place
In the stillness you are there.
In the secret, in the quiet hour
I wait, only for you
Because I want to know you more.
I want to know you
I want to hear your voice
Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God,
Psalm 92:5 – “Your thoughts are very deep.”
Psalm 42:7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and
billows have gone over me.
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that
we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
III. GENUINE WORSHIP COMES FROM MEDITATION.
John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
Psalm 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Jeremiah 33:11 “… Praise the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for His mercy
endures forever”— and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the
house of the Lord.
Psalm 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Jeremiah 33:11 “… Praise the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for His mercy
endures forever”— and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the
house of the Lord.
Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you;
Psalm 119:97 Oh how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.
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And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
Charles Spurgeon said, ” Everything is wonderful until you get used to it ”
Psalm 103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
Psalm 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalm 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving.
Luke 1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
How great thou art, how great thou art!
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Psalm 77:13 Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God?
