When we meditate upon His Word, it transforms our lives so that we are more like Him. God said that his way would be prosperous and successful if he did so. See Joshua So shall it be for you. Meditation places the Word of God in your heart. It is a deliberate process of communing with God by quietly studying, singing, and reflecting on His Word again and again—over and over, and over again—and over again. In this way you are strengthening the Word of God in your heart, mind and soul.
When a sheep first swallows, the food passes to the first of its four stomachs. Again the sheep swallows, passing the cud to the second stomach. The sheep brings it back up a third time, chews it, and swallows it again.
Eventually the cud will go through all four of its stomachs. In the same way that the sheep is nourished by food, you receive sustenance from the Word of God. Meditating on His Word maintains your spiritual health and elevates you to receive revelation from Him. Meditation helps you have the mind of God. It disciplines your thinking so that you may know God better. God said:. It allows you to replicate the mind of Christ within you.
See Romans and 1 Corinthians Likewise, it enables you to bring every thought under obedience to His Word repeatedly until you automatically think, say, and do it. It is then that you experience Kingdom living and enter a heavenly realm of blessings in the here and now! His greatest fear is that this will happen and you will multiply your knowledge and faith to other men and women, inflicting severe and heavy casualties upon his kingdom and his activities.
His purpose, therefore, is to thwart you from obtaining your divine potential. He will do all he can to prevent the Word of God from richly dwelling in you. Be very careful about how you think.
If you allow it, your thoughts can cause you to separate yourself from God and negate the force of His power being manifested in your life. Your thoughts can also cause you to turn your focus away from God and toward a worldly mentality. See 2 Corinthians Sunday, February 2, Muslim who converted to Christianity will speak in Edmond. By Carla Hinton Published: February 1, Nabeel Qureshi, Ph. Qureshi, 30, of Atlanta, said he grew up in a devout Muslim family and had read the Quran in Arabic by the time he was 5.
He said he was proud of his Islamic identity, but a close college friend presented Christianity to him, eventually leading to his conversion.
With his book set for release Feb. He is a member of the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries speaking team, traveling around the world to discuss his perspective of Islam and Christianity. First Presbyterian's senior pastor, the Rev. Mateen Elass, Ph. In a recent telephone interview, Qureshi discussed his mission as a member of the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries speaking team:.
Q: Why do you make it a point to speak to different audiences about your life experiences and conversion? A: I feel that Christ is an important truth; the Christian message is important. It's not just something I believe, it's something that has the power to shape and change the world. That's why I share with people what happened to me. We were not in the West. These qualities of Jesus, just to be clear, are natural and normal in all children of God.
Why spend the majority of our time on divine Mind and our expression of this Mind? It guards yourself against the adversary. This section addresses a specific form of evil: mental malpractice. He decides to mentally attack the children of Israel by convincing Balaam, a prophet for other supposed gods, to destroy the Israelites by cursing them. This makes him so mad he begins to beat the animal.
Only then does he understand, his donkey is more perceptive than he is. Or how shall I defy, who the Lord hath not defied. When you seem to be under attack, there are lots of ways to reach out to God in prayer.
One way is called a prayer of petition, or a request for divine assistance as shared in citation B10 from Psalm It is the injurious action of one mortal mind controlling another from wrong motives, and it is practiced either with a mistaken or a wicked purpose.
By impersonalizing mental malpractice, which is to say, by seeing the person who seems to be doing the attacking as someone who is tricked or used by evil, you are able to focus your work against the evil, not the person.
And in this way, you yourself are not guilty of mental malpractice, but instead are loving your neighbor as yourself. This is the sentiment behind citation S14 SH Recently I had the opportunity to really feel a sense of God as Love and express it outward in the face of hatred and resistance. I was tasked with reading a book written specifically against Christian Science.
Before doing any work, I began with prayer. I really did know God was supreme, but I was concerned that frustration and anger would get the better of me. That sure stopped dead in its tracks any personal sense of frustration and anger. Citation S17 reminds us to wrap ourselves up in that sense of Love that completely protects like the suit of armor discussed in the Responsive Reading Eph.
I loved the healing in this section cit. This testimony, however, shall not include a description of symptoms or of suffering, though the generic name of the disease may be indicated. And then the boy is well, completely healed. Finally, in this healing example, Jesus rebukes his disciples for not being able to heal the boy. No sense of God!
No focus to your lives! How many times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring the boy here. Plugin W. Media Player Winamp. Editar playlist.
Tem certeza que deseja excluir esta playlist? Cancelar Excluir. Cancelar Sair sem salvar. Excluir playlist Cancelar Salvar. Let the sword of reason shine Let us be free of prayer and shrine God's face is hidden, turned away He never has a word to say He was never on your side God was never on your side Let right or wrong, alone decide God was never on your side No, No, No.
Nunca estuvo de tu lado Dios nunca estuvo de tu lado Nunca, nunca, nunca, nunca Nunca de tu lado Nunca de tu lado Dios nunca estuvo de tu lado Nunca de tu lado. Quiero recibir notificaciones de artistas destacados y noticias. God Was Never On Your Side If the stars fall down on me And the Sun refuse to shine Then may the shackles be undone May all the old words cease to rhyme If the skies turn into stone It will matter not at all For there is no heaven in the sky Hell does not wait for our downfall Let the voice of reason shine Let the pious vanish for all times God's face is hidden, all unseen You can't ask Him what it all means He was never on your side God was never on your side Let right or wrong, alone decide God was never on your side See the ten thousand ministries See the holy righteous dogs They claim to heal But all they do is steal Abuse your faith, cheat and rob If God is wise, why is He still When these false prophets Call Him friend Why is He silent?
Let the sword of reason shine Let us be free of prayer and shrine God's face is hidden, turned away He never has a word to say He was never on your side God was never on your side Let right or wrong, alone decide God was never on your side No, No, No He was never on your side God was never on your side Never, Never, Never, Never Never on your side Never on your side God was never on your side Never on your side.
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