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PAUSE
BREAD
10 “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among
the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” 11 The
LORD Almighty is with us; the God
of Jacob is our fortress. Selah Psalm 46:10-11 (NIV)
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your
mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
13 “Be
still before the LORD, all
mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.” Zechariah
2:13 (NIV)
97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. 98 Your commands make me wiser than my
enemies, for they are ever with me.
Psalm 119:97-98 (NIV)
1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of
the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day
and night. 3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf
does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)
39 Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Deuteronomy 4:39 (NIV)
39 Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Deuteronomy 4:39 (NIV)
1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out
of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to
stand. 3 He put a new song in
my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust
in the LORD. Psalm 40:1-3 (NIV)
7 Be still before the LORD
and wait patiently for him. Psalm
37:7 (NIV)
20 “But
the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.” Habakkuk 2:20 (NIV)
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living
according to your word. 10 I seek
you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that
I might not sin against you. 12 Praise
be to you, O LORD; teach me your
decrees. 13 With my lips I
recount all the laws that come from your mouth. 14 I
rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 15 I meditate on your precepts and consider
your ways. 16 I delight in
your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalm
119:9-16 (NIV)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Meditation
is a lost art today, and Christian people suffer grievously from their
ignorance of the practice. Meditation is
the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying
to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and
purposes and promises of God. It is an
activity of holy thought, consciously performed in the presence of God, under
the eye of God, by the help of God, as a means of communion with God.” J. I. Packer
“Spiritual work is taxing work. We sometimes
become lax in our praying, and do not realize the peril until the damage has
been done. Hasty devotions make weak faith, feeble convictions, and
questionable piety. To be little with God is to be little for God. To cut the
praying short makes the whole Christian character short, miserable and
careless.” E.M. Bounds
“Be
still my soul, the Lord is on thy side.” Katharina von Schlegel
“We
must be aware of the various ways sin pulls us to wrong thoughts about God,
righteousness, grace, ourselves and sin itself. Only the truth of God’s word
and meditation in prayer can reveal the deceitfulness of sin. Sin works against God. Sin will either
deceive us into thinking God is a cruel taskmaster, or, if that will not work,
will deceive us into thinking He is like a doting grandfather who really does
not care what we do. Sin affects every Christian’s view of God and leads us to
worship idols, figments of our own imaginations, and not the true God. Sin will
deceive us concerning grace. We will either be deceived into thinking it is too
good to be true, or we will buy into cheap grace and think that ethics are
unimportant.” Dr.
Bob Flayhart
“Just as our bodies need food, so
our souls need spiritual food. Without
it we become malnourished and weak, susceptible to every temptation and unable
to do the work God calls us to do. Where
do we find this spiritual food? In the
Bible, the Word of God. The Bible
reveals Christ, the Bread of Life and the Water of Life…Don’t be content to
skim through a chapter, merely to satisfy your conscience or because of some
long-established habit…Meditate on it, memorize it, hide it in your heart so it
permeates your whole being. A small
portion well digested is of far greater spiritual value than a lengthy passage
scanned hurriedly.”
Billy Graham
“Isaiah's words remind me that God is God and I am not. He has no
rivals and there is none like Him. He is the One who is utterly holy; the One
who reigns and rules; who sees the beginning from the end; who knows me inside
and out, yet still chooses to love me unconditionally. As I meditate on God's
immeasurable attributes I am forced to ask, ‘How should the knowledge that God
is _________ change the way I live today?’”
Donna Evans
“Meditation is…..allowing the Holy
Spirit to take the written word and apply it as the living word to the inner
being.” Campbell McAlpine
“You have to make time to be still — in order to make a life.” Ann Voskamp
HEART SAVOR
·
The Lord
delights in my hiding His Word in my heart.
·
When I
hide His Word in my heart it will affect my actions. Word in works out.
·
Meditating
on His Truth – chewing it as one chews food – assimilates it into the soul and
I am a changed person. Seriously, who wants
to remain the same?
