A Meditating Christian

If you want to know the three most important keys to
keeping the sabbath day Holy that were told in
detail direct from the mouth of the almighty, all
powerful, all knowing, all seeing, all present God,
and the high riding blessings that come along with
it, then listen to this.

First off, in today’s working society you might not
ever get the chance to have saturdays and sundays
off from work, so that would make it virtually
impossible for you to go to church and worship God,
read the Bible and pray all day on the sabbath day,
right?

Well, I’m going to introduce a suggestion to you
that might sound a little bit controversial.

So listen up.

Let’s say you work wednesday threw sunday and have
mondays and tuesdays off.

This would make tuesday your seventh day.

So, what if you could turn this day into your day of
rest to honor the lord?

Couldn’t you at least use this day to practice until
God blesses you with saturdays and sundays off?

Not only do I think you can do this, but I also
think you should.

Because listen, even if you work all day on sunday
and go to the night service at your local church you
still worked that day therefore it wasn’t really a
day of rest now was it.

That’s why, in the next few minutes I’m going to
explain exactly how you can practice sabbath keeping
even if you can’t make it to church on sundays.

Plus, I’ll show you how you’ll still be able to
honor God and receive the blessing of “riding upon
high places” just like the Bible says.

So let’s begin then.

How To Keep The Sabbath Day Holy – Step #1 -
Stop Finding Your Own Pleasure

With so many riduculous entertainment choices in
today’s society, it’s no wonder why people
feloniously claim they’re to busy to read, study or
meditate on the Bible.

But the truth is, it’s just not pleasurable and
entertaining enough for people to commit to.

Besides, the social presures are outrageous.

But, with all that aside, can you answer this one
question?

Are you too busy to set one day aside for the lord?

Think about it, if you get two days off from work
you got a day to get your house in order, or
entertain yourself and a day to spend time with the
lord.

How To Keep The Sabbath Day Holy – Step #2 -
Call The Sabbath A Delight

If by some strange chance you actually are too busy
to spend time with God and entertainment has nothing
to do with it, then that’s O.K.

But, you still need to set a day aside where you can
really get into the word of God, pray, and do what
He wants you to do.

After all, keeping the sabbath day holy is the
fourth commandment out of the ten commandments that
God gave to Moses.

You can be as busy as a bee for six days but on the
seventh day you need to relax and spend Some time
with the lord your God.

So what you need to do is keep saying it so you can
commit to it.

Say “the sabbath is the lord’s day and I need to
keep it holy so I can honor God and keep His
commandments and receive His blessings”.

Then all you need to do is get the word of God so
you can do this last and final most God pleasing and
self beneficial step.

How To Keep The Sabbath Day Holy – Step #3 -
Call The Lord Honorable

Yes, you need to be praising the lord and calling
the lord honorable.

Because He is.

And because that’s what you were created for.

But how are you going to do it if you don’t
experience His word?

You need to get the word so you’ll know why you
should be praising Him.

There’s a boatload of reasons to praise God in the
Bible and pretty soon if you keep praising Him He’ll
do some of those things for you and you’ll really
know how to praise Him then.

The best praises will always come from your own
personal miraculous experiences, but until you get
some you can praise Him for somebody else’s.

David beating Goliath, Daniel and the Lions, Joseph
and His brothers are some of the most popular ones.

But there are many other less popular ones that are
just as great and might relate more to your
situation.

Try Hannah and her barren womb, or how Job lost
everything, or how Isaiah made it rain for forty
days and nights.

There’s so many blessings tied into praising God
that you’ll probably be amazed.

And one day I’ll probably write an article about
them.

But one point I’d like to make right now is this.

Praising God is the most powerful form of prayer
there is, period.

If you don’t do nothing else for the kingdom of God,
I would suggest that you at least learn how to
praise the lord.

Therefore, the three things you need to do in order
to keep the sabbath day holy is, stop finding your
own pleasure, call the sabbath a delight, and call
the lord honorable.

Then you’ll please God and He will Cause you to ride
upon high places just like He promised.

Now, how simple is that?

And noooo, riding upon high places does not mean
doing drugs while driving and ducking from the
police.

He’s talking about living a fun and exciting life
full of adventure and health with Him for the
kingdom of God.

Here, read it for yourself.

Isaiah 54:13-14 If thou turn away thy foot from the
sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and
call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD,
honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine
own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor
speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight
thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride
upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee
with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth
of the LORD hath spoken it.

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Do you blame God for not answering your prayers even
though you’re the one who’s not following the rules,
then you get mad and end up going on a sinning spree
and missing out on even more blessings?

Or.

Do you wait for the last minute to ask for His help
and only because nothing else worked when things
seem hopeless and you’re even more worried, then try
to use Him like a genie who needs to grant you three
wishes?

If you said yes to any of the questions above then
listen to this.

The first step to answered prayer is a very
important prequel to praying by the rules.

And while you don’t have to actually do this while
praying your prayer life will remain ineffective if
you don’t do it at all.

Step #1 Meditate Your Worries Away

Think about it this way.

God is the ultimate problem solver.

And He already set up a solution to every problem
you could possibly have and it’s in your Bible,
therefore if you find it and meditate on it you’ll
be preparing yourself for answered prayer.

For instance if everybody at your job is worried
about getting laid off and they’re all in panic mode
throwing each other under the bus you don’t have to
worry because you’re not participating.

And the reason you’re not participating is because
you’ve been meditating on psalms 91:7 “A thousand
shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy
right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee”.

Now let’s say one of you’re worried co-workers tries
to throw you under the bus, you don’t care, why,
because you’ve also been meditating on Isaiah 54:17
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;
and every tongue that shall rise against thee in
judgment thou shalt condemn”.

Therefore, when you’ve meditated to the point where
you’ve replaced worry or anger with the good news in
your Bible then you’ll be ready to get on your knees
and pray to God with confidence, and by the rules
without cheating.

And this way you’ll be calling Him out on His word
and seeing if He’s a liar instead of waiting for bad
stuff to happen then begging for help, then
disbelieving when it doesn’t just disappear like it
never happened.

Step #2 Confess Your New Found Beliefs

This is probably the most important step there is
when it comes to answered prayer.

And I say that because this is how you know whether
you believe His word or not.

Because whatever you believe in your heart is what
will eventually come out of your mouth.

Mt 12:34 “..for out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh.”

But who or whatever you listen to is what will
determine what you will believe.

Like a two-way street.

But you’re more likely to believe what you say than
what anyone else says.

Mt 12:37 “For by thy words thou shalt be justified,
and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

This is what it means.

Let’s say one of your worried co-workers, you know
one of the ones who’s always worried about getting
laid off and throwing each other under the bus asks
for your opinion after a nervous rant about how
you’re all going to get fired soon.

If you say something that agrees with what they said
then guess what.

You got the worry bug too.

And you might just attract the thing that you’re
worried about and get yourself laid off next.

What you should say instead is this “but it shall
not come near me!” and leave it at that, unless they
want to know why.

This way later on that night or in the mourning when
you’re praying there will be no contradiction or
mistake about what you believe.

But check this out.

Does your prayers sound similar to this example?

“God please help me I need one thousand dollars by
next Friday or I’m going to lose my apartment and be
homeless, please make a way for me to get this money
so I won’t get kicked out” with tears running down
your eyes.

If so, you may be emotional and serious, but you’re
still not praying by the rules.

So, after you’ve found at least one verse to
meditate on.

Let’s see, you could use Philippians 4:19 “But my
God shall supply all your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

Then you simply return it back to Him by confessing
it in prayer like this.

“God the Bible says that you supply all my needs,
according to your riches in glory threw Jesus Christ
my lord and saviour therefore I know that my rent is
paid and on time because I believe your word”

Notice I said “is paid” instead of “will be paid”
because this is important.

That’s enough to get the job done but I like to get
outrageous.

I would also add.

“the Bible says “your mercy endureth forever” so I
know even though I messed up you still help me.

“The Bible says that you will never leave me or
forsake me” so I know you are with me on this”

The Bible says “The Lord is my shepherd I shall not
be in want” so I know you take care of all my needs”

And I could go on and on.

Because God already did everything that He’s going
to do but it’s up to you to receive it.

Step #3 Praise Him For What He Already Did

Since you already established the facts that God
supplies all your needs, His mercy never runs out,
He won’t leave you and turn His back on you, and He
will give you everything you want, that’s plenty of
reasons to be happy and praise Him.

By this time you should be excited and maybe even
shedding a few tears because you realize how much
God really does love you.

This also demonstrates gratitude and shows that you
trust Him and are not worried about your problems.

Which upsets Him because He is way higher than your
little bitty problems.

We don’t call Him the most high God for nothing.

Step #4 Ask For What You Want

Now you’re ready to ask God for what you want and if
you followed the first three steps correctly He has
to do it for you.

Because you put together a open and shut case
against the prosecution and you got a jury full of
angels on your side and the most high Judge who is
more than honorable and has to follow His own rules
and keep His own word in which you sent back to Him
respectfully with confidence and gratitude.

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Have you ever asked or said, Jesus help me? if so,
what would you say if Jesus asked you in return have
you ever read what I said in the Bible?

If you ever read the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John you may have come across the parts where
Jesus seemed to get pretty annoyed when fellow
followers of God asked Him questions about the
Scriptures, and you may have noticed that He often
started His responses with questions of His own like,
“have you never read?”, “how readest thou?”, or
“have ye not read?”.

Jesus had a brilliant way of explaining the word of
God to people without being judge mental, but at the
same time He hinted to them that they needed to spend
more time reading the Scriptures for themselves.

That way, they wouldn’t need to ask Him questions
that seem to contradict the word of God because they
would’ve already found the answer, just like He did.

And let’s not forget how He defeated the temptations
of the devil by starting His responses with “it is
written” right before quoting scripture and busting
open the devils diabolical plans to rob us of our
salvation. (Mt 4:4, LK 4:4)

The point is this, if you spend more time reading
your Bible, you’ll uncover wisdom and understanding
for yourself which will help prevent you from making
errors in judging how the kingdom of God system
really works, like the people who asked the
questions to Jesus did.

Which is the main reason Jesus asked a question on
top of peoples questions before answering it.

A rule of thumb is that the kingdom of God system
seems to work in a way that’s completely opposite of
what most people think.

Like, the poor is more blessed than the rich because
of Gods never ending mercy and compassion. (Mt 5:3)

Unlike what most people believe that the rich is the
most blessed because they can buy what they want, go
where they want, and do what they want.

And like, you should do good to people that curse
you, hate you and use you so you can help bring them
to God and understand the truth. (Mt 5:44)

Unlike what most people believe, which is to do the
same bad things back to them or worse to get revenge
and feel better.

Also, not eating for long periods of time and giving
God’s will your full attention to improve your
spiritual, mental and physical health by fasting.
(Isa 58:6)

Unlike what most people believe, always eat three
meals a day, drink plenty of water, exercise, then
focus on making more money and whatever entertainment
makes you happy.

And also, not worrying about your problems in order
to get them solved quickly by releasing your faith
in God threw prayer. (Phl 4:6)

Unlike what most people believe you have to worry
yourself to death and stress your family and friends
out then beg, borrow or steal in order to come up
with a solution.

And the list goes on.

But the only way to keep these types of things
rooted in your mind is to keep going over the word
of God for yourself by meditating in the Bible.

Then when it’s rooted you’ll start speaking it
automatically without rehearsal in key situations.

Then you’ll know you believe it because finally this
will cause you to either start doing what the word
of God says or you’ll act accordingly.

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Psalms 119:99 I have more understanding than all my
teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

If you want to know how four simple Christian
meditation techniques allow you to hear from God as
clear as a sunny day and get answered to your
prayers in a flash like lightning, without the need
to depend on a church pastor, minister or priest,
then listen to this.

Psalms 119:100 I understand more than the ancients,
because I keep thy precepts.

Christian Meditation Technique #1 Search The Bible For Verses That Build Faith Or Defeat Fears

After and preferably only after you’ve finished
reading one of the sixty six books in your
Bible that’s when you’ll be ready to follow these
four steps so you can dig for more understanding of
the word of God and get additional revelation
knowledge from the Holy Spirit.

First you need to gather all the key verses in that
book that will help you pass the real life tests
of life from the devil.

Since you already read the book you probably already
have a few key verses in mind.

So start with those.

I do everything from my computer for efficiency and
speed with a Bible reading program that will
bookmark my key verses into categories that I set up
for quick reference.

I also use it to write notes next to specific verses
to help me understand them better.

But you can do it the old way and write them all down
in a notepad if you prefer.

Next, I search that book and my mind to come up with
more faith building verses and I’m picky about it
because some books are loaded with them like psalms
and proverbs.

Christian Meditation Technique #2 Define Keywords For Better Understanding

For example lets take one of the verses I used at
the beginning of this article.

Psalms 119:100 I understand more than the ancients,
because I keep thy precepts.

I remember back when I first read that verse my mind
immediately said “now what the heck is a precept?”

But wait, before you go grabbing your Bible dictionary
grab your concordance first.

Or if you study on your computer like me just search
the rest of the book of psalms for the term precepts.

Sometimes you might have to search for the singular
version precept as well, but not in this case.

Read all 21 of the additional verses that mention the
word precepts and you will start getting a feel of the
meaning of the word.

You may also want to search the entire Bible for that
word and read those verses as well.

Now break out your Bible dictionary and define that
word.

Oops, my bible dictionary doesn’t have a definition
for the word precept but my topical Bible did refer
me to the topic “commandments” which references a
whole lot of other scriptures.

This won’t happen all the time but it will happen.

So after you check out the topic commandments
references for the book of psalms you must go to a
conventional dictionary for the definition.

Mine says “Rule of personal conduct” and “a
doctrine that is taught” it also has “commandment”,
“principle”, and “teaching” listed as synonyms.

So my topical was right after all.

Now you can also use a separate thesaurus to find more
synonyms for that word which may also be in the book
of psalms if you would like to dig deeper like I do.

Some people even go as far as to look the words
meaning up in the original Hebrew or Greek but I
haven’t explored this avenue yet.

I prefer to study like this because I read from the
KJV Bible but of course there are other translations
if you prefer, but I don’t advise them to be your
main Bible.

I only use other Bibles as comparison against the KJV
but I don’t just take their changed words as accurate
translations.

My favorite is the Amplified version.

And I don’t fully trust the NIV version.

But that’s just me and I do have my reasons.

Going over keywords like this will allow the whole
verse to come alive and increases your understanding
substantially.

Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get
understanding.

Christian Meditation Technique #3 Memorize Verses To Renew Your Mind

Now that you’re done collecting faith building and
fear destroying verses, and you’ve made absolute
sure you understand the meaning of the verse you
need to spend some time embedding them in your mind.

These days I use a Bible memorization program to
organize, quiz, and test me on verses so I can
memorize them, but hey, back in the day I used plain
old flash cards to do it.

You simply write the verse including the location on
one side and you ask yourself a question about that
verse on the other side.

For example for proverbs 4:7 I would ask “what is the
most important thing?” because in step #2 I found out
that principal means most important.

I also found out that wisdom means the word of God.

And the reason I knew this was because the Holy
spirit revealed it to me after I read the book of
proverbs a few times and it became clear to me.

Then you simplify and recite the verse over and over
in your mind until you think you got it.

Like this.

“Understanding the word of God is the most important
thing.”

But wait.

The Holy spirit also revealed to me that the Bible is
the word of God.

So I can go as far as to say.

“Understanding the Bible is the most important
thing.”

Isn’t that amazing.

As a bonus you could also memorize the location of
the verse but this isn’t really that important.

Now move on to the next verse wash and repeat.

When your done you can gather all your flash cards and
have one of your family members or friends quiz you
until you get them all right all the way threw.

Christian Meditation Technique #4 Repeat Verses Out Loud To Make Yourself Believe Them

If You’ve completed step #3 you should have plenty
of Bible verses in your mind by now so you should
be able to repeat them out loud off the top of your
head whenever you want.

If you can’t you need to go back to step #3 to review
your verses again.

All you do is say the same verse over and over and
over and over like chanting, and no you don’t have to
yell them.

And yes you can light candles, close your eyes, and
sit alone in the dark if you want to.

But break up the verses and use the synonyms and the
revelation knowledge you found in step #2 like I
showed you in step #3 like this.

“Proverbs 4:7 “Understanding the Bible is the most
important thing.”

Repeat that verse out loud without distractions for
two to three minutes per verse and you’ll see.

This particular verse will help you set your
priorities straight by making you believe that
understanding the Bible is the most important thing
and causing you to seek the word of God first as
opposed to money and other things.

And these four step by step christian meditation
techniques can be used on a countless number of
verses designed to renew your mind so you can keep
the word of God and receive His blessings.

But like I said at the beginning of this article it
is highly recommended that you read that book first.

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