Psalm 1:1-2 NLT
Psalm 119:16 says, “Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word” (GW). Do you want to be happy? Following God’s principles will produce happiness. You remember those principles by hearing them, reading them, studying them, memorizing them, meditating on them, and then applying them to your life.
The Bible says in Psalm 119:35 NLT, “Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found”. If you’ve been looking for happiness in all the wrong places, then turn around. God says happiness is found in the path of his commands.
Talk It Over
What distractions keep you from meditating on God’s Word?
Who in your life can help you as you memorize Scripture? How can you help each other develop this healthy habit?
You find happiness when you obey God’s commands. What does that truth tell you about God?
How do you meditate? Well, if you know how to worry, then you already know how to meditate. Worry is when you take a negative thought and think on it over and over and over. On the other hand, when you take a passage of Scripture and think on it over and over and over, that’s also meditation. It just means to think about it, mull it over, talk about it with your family and or friends.
If your only contact with the Bible is when you hear it at church, you’ll have a weak grip on God’s Word, and it can easily be pulled out of your mind. But if you hear God’s Word and you also read it every day, then you’ll start to get a better grip. Then, if you hear it and read it and study it, you’ll get an even better grip. And then, if you hear it and read it and study it and start memorizing and meditating on it, you’ll have a solid grip on the Word of God.
Psalm 119:16 says, “Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word” (GW). Do you want to be happy? Following God’s principles will produce happiness. You remember those principles by hearing them, reading them, studying them, memorizing them, meditating on them, and then applying them to your life.
The Bible says in Psalm 119:35 NLT, “Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found”. If you’ve been looking for happiness in all the wrong places, then turn around. God says happiness is found in the path of his commands.
Talk It Over
What distractions keep you from meditating on God’s Word?
Who in your life can help you as you memorize Scripture? How can you help each other develop this healthy habit?
You find happiness when you obey God’s commands. What does that truth tell you about God?
- by Pastor Rick
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Prayer:
Father,
Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for its ready accessibility to us. We are so thankful that Your Word is a lamp to guide our feet and a light for our path. We declare as David did, "Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart’s delight." Give us wisdom and Your strength to keep Your decrees to the very end. We want to keep Your Word hidden in our hearts so that we don't sin against You. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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