How often do we read a Bible verse and just hours, or a day later, find that we can’t recall much about it? It happens to every one of us from time to time. We read God’s Word, but we don’t always think about the next steps to living it out in our lives.

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how often do you pick up your Bible you

read a passage of Scripture you lay it

down and very shortly you’ve forgotten

everything you’re it Amen that’s in that

true that’s true a few of you let’s be

honest right up front that’s true in it

yes it is so you read it and you fulfill

your promise that may be pray or to read

the Bible all the way through in a given

year or whatever it might be whatever

your goal is and so you have the

assurance that God’s going to bless you

because you read his word which he will

but what about the application of what

you read when you read the Bible do you

apply the truth you say well sometimes I

don’t want to say that I understand that

but most of the time you understand at

least of something or he said to you and

if you ask him Lord speak to my heart

then he’s going to lead you to a passage

that he has something to say does that

mean that you understand everything that

you read no probably nobody can say I

understand every single thing I read and

so the whole issue of meditation upon

the Word of God it’s far more involved

than most people think most people think

that meditation means I read it quietly

and then I go on my way that’s not what

meditation is meditation is one of the

most important things that is biblical

meditation and there’s a Eastern

meditation that believes all kinda

thyself but we’re talking about

meditation upon God’s Word which I’ll

explain when you read it would you say

that you meditate upon it that that is

you think about it you ask questions

like lord have might apply this to my

heart Lord what are you saying to me

Lord is is a word of encouragement is

this a warning am I to be careful am I

to be sensitive to somebody around me

am I to give something that I hadn’t

thought about giving what are you saying

I mean no words meditation isn’t just

reading a passage and moving on

meditation is thinking asking giving

praying whatever God may be saying to

you and so it involves far more than

just reading it it involves prayerful

listen it involves prayerful application

Lord what are you saying to me

personally I can’t imagine anybody

coming to church and hearing a whole

sermon for 30 or 40 minutes and saying

God didn’t say a thing to me unless you

didn’t come in with an open heart so

let’s just think right now wherever you

sit and whoever you are and whoever you

are

why don’t we just agree right now we are

going to listen to God we’re gonna

believe that God’s gonna speak to us in

this message we’re gonna listen to him

and we’re gonna do our best to apply it

to our heart because I’m sure God has

something that said to all of us so the

scripture says in 104 song let my let my

meditation be pleasing to you O God let

my meditation be pleasing to you so

that’s what I want to talk about the

power of meditation in the life of the

believer so I want you to turn to the

hundred and nineteen song now I know

what you’re gonna be thinking for a

moment so I’ll get to this in a minute

you say well that was written thousands

of years ago well who hadn’t written

Almighty God did he not know what was

going on today yes he there so that none

of us can say well you know God doesn’t

speak today he spoke a long time ago but

not today yes he does because he’s given

us his word he’s preserved his word so

that every generation from the time he

spoke it can hear it from someone or

read it today or listen in

fashion so this 119th song listen to

what David is saying beginning in verse

97 oh how I love your law it is my

meditation all the day which is David’s

way of saying I think about it all the

day your Commandments make me wiser than

my enemies that’s a promise his

commandments make us wise their enemies

for their ever mine I have more insight

than all my teachers because you’re

listening to God for your testimonies

are my meditation that is meditation I’m

thinking about what God is saying to me

I understand more than the ages and

which age has nothing doing

understanding necessarily because I have

observed your precepts that is because

I’m observing and attempting to do what

you asked me to do Lord in this passage

I understand what you’re saying

I have restrained my feet from every

evil way that I may keep your word I

have not turned aside from your

audiences for you yourself have taught

me how sweet on your words to my taste

yes sweeter than honey to my mouth from

your precepts I get understanding

therefore I hate every false way and

look at this 150 your word is a lamp to

my feet and the light to my path let’s

say that one day yellow your word is a

lamp to my feet and a light to my path

now if I really and truly believe that

I’m gonna be in this word I’m gonna be

reading the Word of God and believing in

and applying it to my heart your word is

a lamp to my feet and light to my path

so ask discussion if the Word of God is

not a lamp to your feet a light to your

path what is I can tell you what is the

other stuff that people read the other

things they watch on television the

other things they hear peep

say but he says your word is a lamp to

my feet and a light to my path all of us

watch this carefully all of us are

following something in some fashion to

some degree to what we see and what we

hear this is what makes every con amigo

what you see what you watch on

television if you listen and you watch

and you listen and you watch and next

thing you know you’ve got you bought it

because they have programmed your

thinking into thinking you must have

this product you’ll be more beautiful

you’ll be richer you’ll only know they

go with promises and so what happens you

go out and buy some and that’s true

that’s true you go ahead and buy because

somebody said to you this is what will

happen to you you’ll be better looking

you’ll feel better you look like a

million dollars you’ll prosper in your

job you’ll get a head about though it’s

only known and on that they go with

promises from man that most of the time

are not true then when you come to the

Word of God which is all true you and

where it is a lamp to my feet and a

light to my path the direction I’m going

in is gonna be according to God’s Word

so ask yourself the question do I walk

and do I talk and do I live according to

the Word of the Living God am I am I

more attuned to advertisement and

propaganda on television than I am the

Word of God they say you’ve got to have

this you’ve got to have that you’re more

beautiful you’ll be a much more

accessible you believe that you believe

the Word of God we’re all believing

something right we’re all listening to

somebody and we’re all responding to

something as somebody and I’m simply

saying you the Word of God is the most

important book in the world and the

guidance from the Word of God is the

most important guy

because listen you’ll choose wise

friends you will not get into debt and

only could go of the promises that God

makes and the promise and the response

you experience in your life when the

word of God becomes your guidebook

meditation is the process by which you

and I learn to listen to God apply these

principles throughout life and watch him

work you can’t read the Word of God

apply the principles of the word of God

to your life without him having an

affect you so how do you know that I’ll

tell you why because the day you trusted

Jesus Christ as your personal Savior the

Holy Spirit came into your life the

sealed you as a child of God and to

empower you enabled you to teach you to

believe the Word of God and therefore

direct your life so we have God’s divine

direction to every one of us and

somebody says well but that’s not

everybody well who does he leave out

only people who refuse to listen to him

the Word of God is applied to your heart

and my heart by the same Holy Spirit but

the Holy Spirit applies the Word of God

to your life in my life according to the

need of the moment

not according to somebody else according

to the need of the moment so the needs

of the moment of change all the time

God gives direction in every

circumstance of life to those who are

listening and believing what he says

teach me thy way O Lord my God that I

may walk in it so meditation is your

thinking about the word is the

application of the word of God in your

life to give you direction and so when

people say I don’t believe the Bible is

what that’s like it’s like being in the

middle of the Pacific Ocean no compass

no map nothing in a sailboat or their

oars that you had you threw those away

and you finally tossed the sail away and

then you are where would you be

where would you go what direction would

you have for your life you and have it

you’d float around till finally you sank

if something happened to you many people

are living without a guidebook many

people living a lot without the guide

and many people are living their life

out according to what the world says

that’s why they missed the best part of

life so much you listen carefully what

we just read is the promise your word is

a lamp to my feet and a light to my path

now what do we mean by meditation

according to the Word of God it’s

important enough that you write them

down you may say well I’m not even a

Christian write them down anyway because

you may get save the time this message

is over and if not say some point you

may

so what we’re at what we’re talking

about here we’re talking about what

meditation is first it’s focusing my

heart on God and shutting out everything

else that’s meditation not reading the

world watch this carefully now don’t get

upset and don’t get mad don’t get angry

it isn’t reading the Bible or the

television set on unless you’re reading

what I’m preaching while you’re watching

that’s the difference but it’s not I’m

gonna do my devotions while I’m watching

my favorite program now meditation is

shelling out everything else think about

this you’re talking to omniscient I’m

the president I’m never done Almighty

God who loves you unconditionally why

would you want to be listening to

watching anything else when you are

talking to holy Almighty God who has

over who has power over all of your life

so it’s shutting out everything else

secondly it’s more listening than

talking meditation is more listening

than talking Lord what are you saying

and in any given time you may go through

a lot of emotions when you’re talking to

God is he

things to your line thirdly it’s the

most important activity in the life of a

follower of Jesus now you may have been

a Christian a short period of time and

nobody’s ever said that to you but I

want you to listen carefully

meditation reading and we’re gonna talk

about what that’s involved reading the

Word of God meditating upon the Word of

God is the most important activity in

your life because that’s where you get

clear direction about what to do who to

talk to who to listen to what about what

not about meditation you’re focused in

on the one God Jehovah God who has the

answer to every question you have and

secondly who is they’re willing to give

you direction and guidance in your life

if you’re willing to listen now think

about that you don’t have to make

mistakes I’m not saying you never will

but you know words you should know how

to make any spiritual mistakes and on

your job is God listening to you I mean

any vocation absolutely is when you

trusted him as your Savior he became

involved in every single area of your

life so if you want the best then you

make meditation a priority in your life

which says the most important thing I

can do is listen to God

either through reading his word or if

God sends somebody to me who is giving

me wisdom for my life and that can be

true at times most important thing in

your life then I want you to turn to two

passages of Scripture let’s turn first

of all to Matthew 14 and I’m sure you

know these by heart but I just want to

emphasize them Matthew 14 and you recall

that Jesus has just fed the 5,000 and

they just about worn him out talking to

him and and imagine what he did so

listen to this there were about 5,000

men and women besides children and so

what happens when he finished feeding

everybody immediately now there’s

there’s a reason for immediately he was

worn out physically speaking immediately

he made the disciples get into the boat

and go ahead of him he didn’t get in

there with him go ahead of him to the

other side while he sent the crowds away

exactly he’s got to have some time by

myself after he sent the crowds away he

went up on the mountain by himself to

get away from it all to pray and when it

was evening he was there long Jesus got

tired he had to be refreshed imagine if

there were 5,000 people was children and

so forth imagine what was going on his

mind and heart so he needed time to be

refreshed so do you so do I Jesus who

was the son of God who had all power had

that human part of him that when he was

tired and worn to get away and not just

the other way and take a break but he go

up into the mountain and do what went up

in the mountain and prayed separated

himself from them to pray and when it

was evening he was there long if

meditation was important that Jesus is

very important to us it’s where we get

refreshed it’s where we get a good new

sense of direction God is always

speaking to us children whether we’re

listening or not but he’s willing to

give you direction in every area life

and so if you want to turn one little

passage and just so you’ll be familiar

with them in mark Oh 1:35 and listen to

what he says in the early morning while

it was still dark because he knew better

than to wait till 8 o’clock in the early

morning while it was still dark Jesus

got up left the house went away to a

secluded place and he was praying there

think about this Jesus the Son of God

they’ll fit necessary to spend time away

from everybody and be alone with God and

so the most important thing you and I

can do for our life in spend time

meditating you so how long that’s

between you and God but giving God at

least some portion of your day to be

alone with him shut everything else out

and just ask God to speak to your heart

you say well I don’t know that you’ll

speak to my heart why don’t you think so

maybe you have guilt in your life sin in

your life and you think well go to and

speak to me you may be the one he’s

really working on so you can’t say God

won’t do this anymore do that you set

aside or you say God I just need you in

my life God is there to give direction

for your life with us for confession of

sin repentance and just simply saying

Lord what do I do about this opportunity

I have he had three choices Lord I don’t

know what’s what what am I to do he’s

there to help you so that’s what

meditation is all about it’s the most

important thing in your life because

think about this who else can direct you

in such a way to live your life that you

live it out the best you live it out the

fullest you let out the happiest you

live it out with the most profitable who

can direct you other than God nobody

knows your life by God knows it he knows

why he created you news

he knows what purpose he has for you in

your life and what the Word of God this

demonstrates in this passage are all

these passages and throughout the

scripture he is willing and ready to

give direction to those who willing to

listen and so once you trusted Christ as

your Savior that opens the door until

you trust Christ as your Savior you have

no promise that God will speak to you

except a conviction of your sins when

you trust him as your personal Savior

God begins to speak to your heart

immediately and so we have the privilege

of meditating upon the word receiving

direction and divine guidance about any

in a situation in his circumstance we

face we have the promise of his

assistance ask and it shall be given you

if I need to know what to do here he

will direct me whatever it might be so

when we learn to meditate what will

happen it listen it’s a way of life that

we live in a relationship to God where

about meditation waiting upon him is

having those times in life we shut out

everything and listen to him so what can

you expect to happen

jot them all down first of all it’ll

quieten your spirit your trouble you

come home late the traffic was horrible

everybody around you is sort of you know

saying things and doing things that you

didn’t like or you didn’t feel

comfortable in your job quiet in your

spirit that is meditation will calm you

down when you get before God and say

Lord you know what are they I’ve had and

so forth or maybe you had some bad news

whatever it might be

God will quiet in your spirit he’s

promised that secondly he will enlighten

your mind to think the way he thinks

about what concerns you when you begin

to think the way God thinks about what

concerns you there is an immediate sense

of degree of peace because your heavenly

father has said to you and shown you

made it known to you I understand and I

know what to do and I’ll direct you and

I’ll give you guidance

so don’t worry you trust me and don’t

worry just trust me the third thing

that’ll happen is it’ll increase your

energy so what’s that got to do with all

everything and there been many times

when I look back over the years that I’d

wake up on Sunday morning and just get

on my knees and say God you you gonna

have to help me Lord I don’t I I I’m not

gonna be able to preach me I have to

help me

I didn’t have an associate pastor and so

it was me or nobody and they’re

expecting it and I just I could Holly

get out of the bed at some point between

there at that moment and the right time

God get me up get me dressed get me

ready

looking over the message get me excited

and preach like nothing ever happened

I can tell you God knows how to give us

the kind of energy we need because he

knows what the need is now watch this my

God will meet all of your needs

according to his riches in glory and

certainly his timing what I want you to

see says God’s a personal God he’s not

just something up in heaven so I got us

an intimate personal be who the moment

you received Christ as your Savior he

enters your heart through the whole is

ready promised it and one of the things

he promises is to give direction and

peace and quietness and godliness in our

heart when we willing to listen to him

and so there’s gonna be an energy he

knows from the worn out and he knows

when we need divine energy and one of

the wonderful things about God is think

about this he knows what you need and

he’s unlimited to give you exactly and

everything you need whatever you going

through in life but meditation this

means watch this you and God have a

relationship more intimate than a

relationship between a husband and a

wife because but with God everything is

right you’ll always have the truth you

always know what to do when you listen

to him and waiting upon him and obeying

him you always do the right thing that

you have the capacity to now you can

disobey Him but he will give you wisdom

to know exactly what’s right he will

increase your energy you’ll be able to

do things otherwise you couldn’t do I’ve

reached the times from every cell of my

body was crying

no God knows what you need he knows when

you need it how much you need it why you

need it so that every day you should

spend a little time talking to him

listening to him don’t do all the

talking you can’t listen to you doing

all the talking and I’ve heard a few

people pray uh house as far as I’m going

with that I’ve heard a few people pray

God didn’t have a chance to say a thing

because as soon as they finished praying

that up and gone I’m saying God loves

you give him time to express that love

whatever that love is needed in your

life

if you would even somebody to cheer you

up sometimes you’re not gonna find

anybody God’s always there and listening

he knows exactly what you need when you

come to him and say Lord you know that

I’m needed today I don’t exactly know

everything I need but I’m just needed

you don’t have to define your need to

God he knows exactly what you need he

knows exactly how to fulfill that need

he’s a wonderful God and didn’t think

thinking about this also meditation

purifies your heart what I mean by that

simply this the Holy Spirit within you

will expose exposed sin in your heart

you think well you got nothing’s working

right you God knows why it’s not and

here’s what we did watch this we call

our friends we called our friends whom

we know will agree with us who will feel

sorry for us oh my goodness I’m so sorry

you’re not doing good and so we love to

be pitied and we love to hear friends

tell us well you’re a Christian and

certainly God only known and only you

know God knows how to purify our heart

we need to come to him saying Lord Here

I am I don’t understand why this is

going on in my life Oh Lord I do

understand and I’m needy I need you to

help me Lord and He will show you

whatever there is going on in your life

that should not be he will always point

you in the

direction and the right direction is

first of all to him to ask him Lord

forgive me of my sin if that’s an issue

what show me exactly what to do this is

why he says if we confess our sins

listen to these words faithful and just

to forgive us of our sins and to do what

cleanse us from all unrighteousness

that’s the promise we have and when I

think about how he purifies our heart

he promises unmistakably if we can’t a

confession means I agree with him Lord

here’s something my life is not right if

we confess our sins he’s faithful and

just that means yes he will every time

every time but you know what I’ve done I

know what I know this when Jesus went to

the cross we’ll watch this that made it

possible for God to say if we confess

our sins he’s faithful and just to

forgive us of our sins and they cleanse

us from all unrighteousness and so

purifies their heart it also enlarges

our view of God when you’re praying and

you’re meditating upon the Lord and you

listening to him and you’re reading the

word what’s that what happens you you

get a you get this enlarged view of who

God is I don’t mean sighs I’m talking

about capacity of a loving God who’s

able to forgive you and how many times

have I heard people pray when we talk

together and they said well you know

what I don’t even deserve forgiveness

surely you don’t nobody does it’s not a

matter of deserving it’s a matter of God

exposing our heart and helping us to see

what’s there

and enlarging our view of God in other

words when you get on to pray and you

pray and you pray and you pray and you

pray and you pray and you pray and you

pray and you pray and you pray and pray

nothing happens and don’t look around

somewhere else look right here because

there’s something going on in your heart

that’s not right well let me give you

some assurance you know we’ll take you

long to find out if you asked him Lord

what is it in my life that’s holding me

back

whatever it’s in my life that’s that

causing me and not to have answered Fred

Lord why am I so miserable why is

nothing please me god oh I mean such a

mess he’ll show you if you want to

listen because remember this that every

act of get watch this one every act of

God

his children is an expression of the

love of God every act even the

chastisement is an act of love from God

so what happens is when you meditate

upon his word it enlarges your view of

God you begin to see things about God

that you did before you you know it’s

how could how could God be interested in

this how many times I’ve heard people

say well when I’ve said to them well if

you want Direction ask God God is not

interested in yes he is your spending

money God’s interested you’re living in

sin or sin again you know it go right

that front listen from A to Z in the

alphabet God is interested so when you

say well God can be interested in me yes

he is

he created you he created you you have a

soul you gonna spend eternity somewhere

no matter how long I has short life is

you know what is God interested in you

personally yes he knows the day you were

born and he before you were gonna be

born he knows the day in the moment when

the clock ticks your last second click

you’re gone does he are to know that yes

he does he’s this awesome wonderful holy

God

who’s has our best interest at heart and

the best way to live your life is to

live it and make meditation your

relationship with him a vital part of

your life listen it determines

everything it determines everything

either I’m gonna live a life of

obedience or not I can explain it away

well you know I didn’t have this listen

if somebody says well I just didn’t have

the privileges other people had forget

it

I didn’t have an approval

azita my mom and I lived in one room for

a while before I went to college I had

no money at $75 and I told somebody else

going to college how much money do you

have I had $75 well they said you can’t

go to college on $75 what they didn’t

know is a few months later I’m standing

on a street corner a pastor that I heard

a new walks by and as a result of me

meeting him gets me a four-year

scholarship University of Richmond

that’s that you don’t don’t

underestimate God I didn’t even know

this pastor I just started to that

church a few months of before that don’t

underestimate God don’t think about well

well when I look back now thank God I

had nothing to do it I just told my

friend what I needed and my friend had

until the past in the past that tell

somebody else and finally everything I

needed Lord you provided was that an

accident no was it an answer to my

prayer yes because I’ve been praying and

praying God I know you’ve called me to

preach but how am I going to school

here’s what I want you to see God is not

only perfectly and eternally interested

in your life in every aspect of it he

can handle it all he wants you to do is

to be willing to spend time with him

listen how can you know what to do

without God you may guess a few things

but you’ll make wrong decisions in your

life and think about people who have

made wrong decisions and come to me

crying and we begin saying you tried to

tell me but I didn’t listen you God

tried to tell you you didn’t listen this

is the kind of awesome guy than words

here’s what happens when we get a whole

different perspective of God when we

started meditating upon his word because

just what you lose cover you can’t bring

up anything God doesn’t already know he

knows everybody in other words whatever

you bring up to him he doesn’t have to

say haha

that’s not god yeah watch this you know

instantly has an answer because he had

an answer before you ask him but he

oftentimes will wait until we’re wise

enough to acknowledge we don’t have

dance and we do need him and need his

direction purifies your heart and larger

serve you have God increases your love

for God yes what happens when you read

the Word of God and you get it in your

heart and you read such I think for

example and this probably started up

more love of God I believed him but I

think this verse probably stirred up

more love for God for me than any other

one when Joshua was asking for direction

the air gotta tell him he was to take

Moses place and he had a lot of

questions and here’s what he said to him

have I not commanded you be strong and

courageous do not tremble or be dismayed

for the Lord your God is with you

wherever you go

he didn’t tell him and he didn’t say

well look we don’t knock down a Jericho

wall no here’s what he said heaven God

commanded you to be strong and

courageous do not tremble or be dismayed

for the Lord your God is with you

wherever you go that verse of scripture

before I preached my first sermon and

naturally I was a little bit uptight

fact that’s probably very all dice and

it was in my home church and that’s

where and nobody believes you when

you’re kidding and you say God’s called

you to preach it but I had a chance to

preach my mother came in the bedroom she

says I want you to read this verse that

verse inscription gave me the courage

and the realization it didn’t make any

difference how well I did I didn’t do

and what they thought of me or not God

said be strong and of a good courage he

met he promised to help me through this

and I’m saying to you here’s the key to

meditation if you will meditate upon the

Word of God there will be times that

arise in your life of situations and

circumstances that God will take you

back to a passage that you read you say

yes Lord thank you thank you thank you

because at that moment you shut out

everything else

you remember done listen and read again

what God said to you and your faith

skyrockets meditation is a concentration

upon God we believe what he says we

expect him in any moment of our life

whatever we need he’s gonna be there to

give direction for our life you say well

but suppose I’m living in sin well

here’s what happened you get end you say

Lord no I haven’t been doing what I’ll

do but I need some direction God says

hmm God’s not promised to answer our

petitions about anything as long as I’m

living and willful known disobedience to

God you say well listen he knew all

about yes he does think about this if

God let us get by with living in sin you

know what we would do it keep sinning so

what does he do he shuts heaven down

until we’re willing to submit to his

will until we’re willing to listen to

him and do first of all what’s necessary

be confessing of that repenting

evidencing good okay I’m just laying my

life before you and I’m gonna trust you

he’s a loving God willing willing to

help us at any moment in their life then

of course even it will increase our

sensitivity to the authority and power

of God meditation well increase that

will become more and more aware of what

of his authority and power in our life

I wouldn’t dare walk up here on a Sunday

morning and open the Word of God and

propose to preach a message unless I

knew it was all of God and none of me

this is why prod is so devastating pride

says I can do it pride is devastating in

any area of life prod is devastating

it’s humility it’s the awareness that we

need him and it’s the awareness that

being in need my God shall supply all

not most of all your needs according to

his riches in glory means according to

what he possesses

a person is foolish not to meditate upon

God it’s the key to everything

then strengthens their faith when you

watch God answer your prayer

you watch me everything else is looking

bad everything else is stormy it looks

no other way and I can think of times

many times in my life when I thought God

only you can handle this very critical

times God only you can have this but I’m

trusting you he listened he’s willing to

come to your rescue in any situation if

you’re walking in his will he’s willing

to because it gives him glory and honor

you serve God only you can do this you

you’ve you’ve glorified God in expecting

and then anticipating and then watching

God do his work in whatever situation

you’re faced with and one other thing

here strengthen your faith naturally and

it’ll increase your awareness of the

presence of God and nothing does that

anymore than meditation when you set

aside time to read the Word of God and

talk to him what does it do it increases

your awareness of his presence and the

possibilities and you look at the

scripture how does God work in David’s

life how did they work in Joshua’s life

you go right through the world of God

and then the last one I would say isn’t

it infuses those with joy when you have

spent time meditating upon the word

reading the word and listening to him

watching him working at life what

happens there’s a joy that’s there why

is there such a joy because you have

this awesome sense of awareness that

whatever happens God’s in control if I

should ask you do you believe God is in

control of your life what would you say

well about 10 of you would now I’m glad

you didn’t answer that because that

means a lot of you not sure

so let me ask you this you don’t say

anything I don’t get too personal if

God’s not in control of your life who is

who is is your husband is your wife are

your children are your parents are your

boss all the doctor it was vici all

right and if God’s not in charge then

who is

so that’s why I take the time to go

through all these simple points because

whatever else in like you face you of

you will face it depending upon the

influence or your response to the time

you gave God in meditation

you said I just don’t have time for it

then you know what you reap the results

and the results is confusion

indebtedness lack of love sickness we go

right there once you’re right down the

line of all the things that happen to

people and most of the time you said

well when spends time you talk to God I

don’t talk to God so I want to say to

see the most important event in your

life in any given moment at any time

since the moment you’re saved is your

time you spend alone with God he’s

reading his word or just talking to him

it’s very important to be reading the

Word of God no words nothing is so

important in shutting the world out you

and God to get along in other words it’s

like this physically it’s like you

getting in this closet they’ve already

put a strip on the bottom of the door

there’s no light you’re in pitch-black

darkness absolute pitch black darkness

when you learn to meditate upon the

artist like being in his room with total

light God opens the door shows you

things you won’t see in LA you know what

the issue is do I value my relationship

with God enough to spend time with him

that I’m spending doing something else

so listen to something

elsa watching something else god is so

awesome and and defend the truth is that

lots of times I feel totally inadequate

to tell you how awesome God is I can

best do that by giving you one

illustration after the other one how God

works in their life hey listen yeah

God’s not prejudiced and yes he does not

play favorites you say well passes this

that no no no no no no being a past has

nothing to do with this what has to do

with it is it’s the truth of God’s Word

applicable and available to every single

person godly meditation is a powerful

fruitful exciting habit that we should

develop because it changes everything

Amen father we love you and praise you

not because of what you do just because

of who you are and I pray that you’ll

sink this message into the heart and

life of every person who hears it today

now tomorrow in years to come it is the

truth it is the most important area of a

life because it determines everything

else make these truths crystal clear we

love in we praise you and I pray God

make this message stick cement it glue

it fastened it father and every heart

who hears it in Jesus name Amen

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