Meditation

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Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my [h]strength and my Redeemer.

Psalm 104:34

May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.

Words of my mouth   -   Meditation of my heart

What a wonderful words this man of God is saying.

Lord Jesus says in Luke 6;45

Luke 6: 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil [i]treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Heart is not the physical heart - just as Pastor mentioned in the bible study

but the human body consists of 3 parts

Body, Soul, Spirit

You are a spirit, living in a body and has a soul.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify[g] you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

you as a whole has to be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord.

That is why Psalmist says - My meditation be acceptable, pleasing in your sight.

But the problem is 

body soul spirit

who is the master? It is the spirit that should be the master of the man.

and soul and body should do what the spirit directs.

But what happens, we do what our mind says.

very often - our Soul becomes the boss.

Romans 7 : 19-23

 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

The war is always on the mind.

Carnal mind - death

Spiritual mind - life

Romans 8: 6,7

6 For to be [b]carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the [c]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 

That is the reason your meditation plays a big role in renewing your mind.

Why you should read your bible everyday? not because you want feel happy that you finished your reading and God will put a attendance mark that i finished reading.

It is for the renewal of your mind.

Let us look at the meditation of one woman.

Mark 5 : 25-34

25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the [f]affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”

Doctor after doctor gave her the certificate that she could not be healed.

She spent all the money she had for medication.

V27 - She heard - Faith comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God

V28: Now She started Meditating in the midst of the crowd.

When we come to Church and hear the Word of God, we go back and we talk about what did they wear, which is the new car in Church - lot of meditation of things that don't matter.

But this woman is different, in the midst of big crowd, she started meditating.

She Heard, and She meditated and She acted.

the fountain of blood stopped.

Don't be the crowd, be the remnant.

You have to tell your mind what you should do?

You mind might say, so many things hapenned, so many experiences, but the spirit says go to Jesus.

SPIRIT SPEAKS TO SOUL

Psalm 103: 1,2

103 Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:

Psalmist is telling his soul, directing is soul  to bless the Lord.

forget not all HIs benefits - meditate 

When David faced goliath, he did not forget how God helped him to kill the bear and lion and protect his sheep.

Your meditation involves remembering what God has done and telling your soul to bless the LORD.

ABRAHAM Meditation

Identity

. 5 No longer shall your name be called [c]Abram, but your name shall be [d]Abraham; for I have made you a father of [e]many nations.

From 99 to 100 - one year that mind has to be renewed, 

Gods Word should speak toyou again and again and the mind should take it

The Spirit should tell the mind what to do.

Biblical, godly