1. The WORD works if you work the WORD!

2. Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he’ll make straight all your paths Trust in the Lord. REFRAIN (2x) Jesus your my confidence, Jesus your my hope You can keep my feet from stumbling

4. 4 BENEFITS OF MEDITATING ON GOD’S WORD 1. Meditating on God's Word will give you spiritual _______ 2. Meditating on God's Word will help you keep your heart ______________ 3. Meditating on God's Word will give you _______ and _______ that will guide you at every turn in your life. 4. Meditating on Scripture will help you ___________ with the things of God. success right before Him wisdom insights fill your mind

5. We meditate on God's Word, because... 1. we get real _________ out of them 2. it fixes the _____ in our memory 3. it ______ up truth & leads us into its _______ 4. after awhile it becomes ______ for us. nutriment truth openssecrets easier

6. The Objectives of Meditation (1) Worship It is designed to focus on the Lord and His works Psalm 27:4 4 The one thing I ask of the Lord - the thing I seek most – is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple. Psalm 77:12 12 They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.

7. The Objectives of Meditation (1) Worship (2) Instruction It is designed to improve our understanding of the Word and God’s ways. Psalm 49:3 3 For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight. Psalm 119:15 15 I will study your commandments and reflect on your ways.

8. The Objectives of Meditation (1) Worship (2) Instruction (3) Motivation or Encouragement It is designed to inspire us in service and courage for the works God has called us to do Josh. 1:7-8 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. 8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.

9. The Objectives of Meditation (1) Worship (2) Instruction (4) Transformation (3) Motivation or Encouragement It is designed to transform and change our lives. Romans 12:2 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

10. The Objectives of Meditation (1) Worship (2) Instruction (4) Transformation (3) Motivation or Encouragement It is designed to transform and change our lives. Romans 8:29 29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

11. The goal of Christian meditation is to: internalize and personalize the Scripture so that its truth can affect: - how we think, - our attitudes, and - our actions.

12. Ecclesiastes 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. made: to do or to accomplish every thing: the whole beautiful: appropriate, fair, pleasant, well in his time: due season set: to give, put, add, apply, appoint, assign world: eternity, long duration, everlasting, eternal heart: inner man, mind (intellect), will God: Elohim - great and mighty God beginning: the head end: a termination, conclusion

13. The WORD works if you work the WORD!