SEPTEMBER 17

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Psalm 40:8

“I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law (Word) is within my heart.”

Psalm 1:2

“But his delight is in the law (Word) of the Lord, And in His law (Word) he meditates day and night.”

(REMEMBER: For Christians, since Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament Jewish Law for us,  when we see “the Law” in the Old Testament writings, it means the Word of God….in both Testaments)

Psalm 63:6

“When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.”

Psalm 94:12

“Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, And teach out of Your law,(Word).”

Psalm 19:14

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in Your sight,

O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.”

Psalm 119:72

“The Word of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.”

Psalm 119:97

“Oh, how I love Your Word! It is my meditation all the day.”

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This month we will read choices from Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”   It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

In trouble, God’s children turn to their Father.  It is their newborn nature to seek Him. The believing heart is like the needle in a compass.  You may turn it with your finger, but when you withdraw the pressure it will turn toward its pole.  The force of trials, the demands of business, or the overpowering lethargy can make us indifferent to our highest love, but this cannot continue because our only rest is in God.

These busy days leave little time for meditation on the Word, yet there is no exercise more nourishing to faith, love, and grace.  A transient thought of God may greatly bless, just as a touch of the Savior’s garment healed a woman (Matthew 9:21-22).  When we meditate, we lean on His embrace and enjoy the full fellowship of His love.  David said, “I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.” (Ps 63:6).  Oh for more meditation!  It would mean more grace and more joy.  May you and I find pleasure in our sleepless hours and enter into close fellowship with Him through heavenly meditation.

Private  meditation and devotion should be a dialogue between your soul and God.  The Lord speaks to us through Scripture, and by prayer we speak to Him.

When prayer is not urgent, read your Bible and hear His voice; then you will usually find it in your heart to pray. 

Speak to Him as you would to a friend.  When you have expressed all your thoughts, let the Lord speak again, and realize His presence.

If half of our conversations with friends were silenced and our talks with God were multiplied ten times, it would be well for us.

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