{"id":194450,"date":"2024-12-27T04:21:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=194450"},"modified":"2024-09-23T05:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T10:27:37","slug":"53-q-joshua-39-17-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/53-q-joshua-39-17-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathway to Victory – Devotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

They delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on his laws and thinking about ways to follow him more closely.<\/p>\n

\u2013Psalm 1:2 TLB<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hold tightly to God\u2019s Word: listen to the preached Word of God, read the Word of God, and study the Word of God. Two ways to allow God\u2019s Word to dwell richly in you.<\/p>\n

Memorize the Word of God. Psalm 119:11 says, \u201cYour word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You.\u201d Memorizing God\u2019s Word is like depositing money in the bank. If you make regular deposits of Scripture in your heart, you\u2019ll have something to draw on to say no to temptation. You might say, \u201cPastor, I can\u2019t even remember where I put my keys. How am I going to memorize Scripture?\u201d Let\u2019s say I challenged you to memorize Colossians 3, and I promised that if you were able to do it, I\u2019d give you a check for $100,000. Do you think you could learn Colossians 3? It\u2019s not a question of ability; it\u2019s a question of motivation. Think about the emotional, spiritual, and even financial cost of losing your family, losing your church, losing your reputation, or dishonoring the name of Jesus Christ. That ought to motivate you to make Scripture memorization a priority in your life.<\/p>\n

Finally, you have to meditate on the Word of God. That doesn\u2019t mean sitting around in a trance. The Hebrew word for \u201cmeditate\u201d means to mutter. The picture is of somebody who is so saturated with Scripture that they\u2019re continually muttering it under their breath. Psalm 1:2 says, \u201cThey delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on his laws and thinking about ways to follow him more closely\u201d (TLB). What happens to a person who meditates on God\u2019s Word? The psalmist continued, \u201cThey are like trees along a riverbank bearing luscious fruit each season without fail. Their leaves shall never wither, and all they do shall prosper\u201d (v. 3 TLB). Picture a tree that\u2019s green and blooming even in the middle of the desert\u2013a tree so massive that it can\u2019t be blown down by any storm. That\u2019s the success that comes with meditating on God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n

Do you desire stability in your life, no matter your circumstances? Do you desire productivity and meaningfulness in your day-to-day activities? Do you desire consistency in your relationship with God? Both Paul and the psalmist said the key to a life that is marked by stability, productivity, and consistency is allowing the word of Christ to dwell richly within you (Colossians 3:16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on his laws and thinking about ways to follow him more closely. \u2013Psalm 1:2 TLB Hold tightly to God\u2019s Word: listen to the preached Word of God, read the Word of God, and study the Word of God. Two … Continue reading “Pathway to Victory – Devotion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194453,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194450\/revisions\/194453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}