Meditate

Peace, beauty and love, it surrounds us and is practicing meditating and it is working!- My daughter-in-law posted this on FB today. As I was doing my morning Bible Study - (I am doing a Precept study of Psalm 119), meditate was the word that kept jumping off the page to me me. I have a special journal I am using for my precept study, on the front of that journal is - Rejoice in the Lord always Philippians 4:4. As I read in Philippians again I got a message on meditating--- ok Lord, you want me to really use this today. So I decided it was time for me to start documenting some of my devotionals as blog posts.

Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious--the best, not the worst; the beatiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Philippians 4:8-9 (The Message Bible)

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anythuing is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me--put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9 (NIV)
What more can we ask for than for the God of peace to be with us! Lord today I claim that promise!

Stormie Omartian Prayer Themes for Philippians:

• Pray often for your family and friends, and tell them that you thank God for them every time you remember them in your prayers (1:3-6)
• Pray for an overwhelming hunger and thirst to know Christ and that He would become the greatest passion in your life (3:7-11)
• Take to heart Paul's suggestion to not worry about anything but "in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God" 4:6

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your reqests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" Philippians 4:6-7 These verses always remind us to go to the Lord in prayer, but remember to worship and prase God for who he is, and to also go to him with THANKSGIVING for everything!

"Thank you Lord, that You have promised to give us everything we need and give us the desires of our hearts."

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Thank you Lord for today is the day you have made - let me be happy in it!