Meditation
The Power of Prayer and Meditation
A way of meditating according to the Bible is
to pray before you read scripture. We are to be completely immersed in
Scripture. We learn about God and are changed by His Word. It is so easy to
grab your phone and read a verse and think that you’re good for the day. But
that’s not quite it. We need to take a moment to pray – to praise the Lord for
providing His Word, to pray that He calms our hearts and help us to understand
what we are reading. We need to pray that we are changed by what we read so
that we can become more transformed into the image of Christ.
Scripture
memorization is essential in the life of a Christian. Memorizing the Bible will
help you to know the Lord better and grow in your intimacy with Him. When we
expose our minds to the Bible not only will we grow in the Lord, but we will
also help to keep our minds centered on Christ. Other reasons to memorize
Scripture are to transform your prayer life, avoid the schemes of Satan,
receive encouragement, and more.
We
can spend many, many hours pondering the great works of the Lord. He has done
so much for us – and so many magnificent things throughout all of creation to
proclaim His glory.
We
must make sure that we find time to meditate on God Himself. He is so amazing
and so beautiful. God is infinitely HOLY and perfect – and we are merely finite
pieces of dust.
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1
Timothy 4:13-15
“Until
I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to
teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy
when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things,
immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.”
2
Psalm
33:4-5
“For
the word of the Lord is upright, and all His work is done in faithfulness. He
loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the
Lord.”
3
Psalm
119:90
“Your
faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and
it endures.”
4
Psalm
77:11
“I
will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.”
5
Psalm
119:55
“I
remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law.”
6
Psalm
40:10
“I
have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your
faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and
Your truth from the great congregation.”
7
Psalm
111:1-3
“Praise
the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, In the company of
the upright and in the assembly. Great are the works of the Lord; They are
studied by all who delight in them. Splendid and majestic is His work, And His
righteousness endures forever.”
8
Revelation
15:3
“and
they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful
are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the
nations!”
9
Romans
11:33
“O,
the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable
His judgments, and untraceable His ways!”
10
Psalm
90:16-17
“May
your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. May the
favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us–
yes, establish the work of our hands.”
11
Psalm
119:97
“Oh
how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.”
12
Psalm
143:5
“I
remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the
work of your hands.”
13
Psalm
77:12
“I
will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.”
14
Psalm
104:34
“May
my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.”
15
Isaiah
26:3
“The
steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.”
16
Psalm
77:10-12
“Then
I said, “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most
High.” I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders
of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.”
17
Psalm
145:5
“On
the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will
meditate.”
18
Psalm
16:8
“I
have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not
be moved.”
19
Psalm
119:97-99
“Oh
how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandment makes me
wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than
all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.”
20
Psalm
4:4
“Be
angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.”
21
Psalm
119:78
“Let
the insolent be put to shame, because they have wronged me with falsehood; as
for me, I will meditate on your precepts.”
22
Psalm
119:23
“Though
rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.”
23
Romans
12:2
“Do
not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect.”
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2
Timothy 3:16-17
“All
Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be
competent, equipped for every good work.”
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Romans
10:17
“So
faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
