The Daily Word Of God Group

Are You Missing This Deeper Psychological Understanding About The Fear Of The Lord?

As you begin to read this eye opening article you're
going to learn several secrets about the fear of the
lord and I'm going to prove to you that there's way
more to the concept of fear than just being afraid.

The Connection Between Fear And Desire

Pr 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be
thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Just think.

Wouldn't it be nice to be popular, rich, beautiful,
and famous?

All those things are attractive and can get you far
in life.

Am i right.

Or why else would everybody be pursuing those things.

You can see it for yourself, its no secret.

Having those things adds a certain satisfaction to
your life because they overcome major fears as well
as numerous lesser known fears.

But more importantly they can be leveraged into
tools to achieve or get mostly all your worldly
desires.

Or at the least, very acceptable replacements.

This even allows them to increase your self
confidence and make you feel good about yourself
which is ultimately everybody's goal.

And the most important factor in all that is, you'll
be praised and appreciated by family, friends and
strangers.

Now, as you can see the pursuit of these things are
both fear based and desire based.

Because for every fear there is an underlining
desire.

And vice versa.

Even when its not so easy to see.

And this is good to know because this has a major
effect on your motivation.

In which I will explain to you how in a little bit.

But sometimes your fears bump heads and the
determining factor of what you decide to do is left
up to your underlining desire.

And this also works the other way around.

Because fear and desire is the make up of your
imagination.

Or subconscious, for the subconscious people.

Fear As A Means Of Respect

Pr 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are
riches, and honour, and life.

I want to let you in on a very important little
secret and I need your full attention.

Have you ever heard the saying "if you're scared go
to church?"

Well, that saying annoys the heck out of me because
it seems to insinuate that you're weak when you
humble yourself before God.

But the truth is puffing yourself up in pride is
just as fear based as humbling yourself.

But the difference is being prideful is alot easier
because it feels better and it's more accepted in
society, but it's very disrespectful to God and causes
destruction.

I'm sure you've watched at least one police crime
scene investigation television program before.

And haven't you noticed how much tragedy could
easily been avoided if somebody would've humbled
themselves and did what was right despite of what
was done to them.

It could even be resentment from a past hurt that
made a person think it was ok to rob or kill someone
else.

That's why the Bible says there's riches, honor, and
life in humility which comes from the fear of the
lord and the fear of the lord is also to hate evil,
pride and arrogancy.

Which sounds like brokeness, dishonor and death to
me.

And since the fear of the lord is also the beginning
of wisdom how can a person who doesn't pick up the
Bible or go to church know this if they're
influenced by a misguided environment.

Fear: The Ultimate Motivator

Pr 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and
by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Ok, it's time to get real.

I don't care how much pride you have.

I don't even care how tough you are.

Let's say a six foot ten inch buffed out, body
building, steriod using ex-convict guy with no neck
walks up to you pointing a gun at your forehead.

Screaming "give me your money or I'll kill you!".

Guess what happens next.

Then, what if he puts the gun down and beats on his
chest yelling "you want a piece of me!".

Feeling any braver.

I didn't think so.

You'd be humble.

But does it feel honorable?

No it doesn't.

Because the only underlining desire that prompted
you to give up your wallet was the desire to live and
not get beat down.

So why would a loving, compassionate, merciful and
understanding God choose to terrorize you into doing
His will?

The Balancing Of Fear and Desire Through Understanding

Pr 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is
understanding.

So do you think God doesn't want us to have things?

No, of course He does.

But answer these two questions.

Why should you pursue things and forget about God
and lose your soul then end up in hell?

And.

Why would you want to break your back and risk it
all by pursuing things when you can just do what God
says, ask Him for it, then He'll give it to you,
without the added hardships.

Plus countless other benefits and insurance that
the other way can't even compete with.

Ok, I'll answer that for you.

It's simple.

Because you don't have enough word of God in you to
the point of understanding enough to practice.

And because the word of God goes against the worlds
way of thinking in which you were born into.

So it takes hard work, risk and commitment.

But the rewards are unmatched.

To fear the lord properly you also have to desire the
lord and what He has to offer.

Of course there's also bad things that can happen to
you for not fearing the lord at all, but it's
perfectly balanced and fair.

The bottom line is this.

If you really want to learn to fear the lord you
have to make sacrifices like not listening to
certain songs, watching certain tv programs and
hanging out with certain people that create images
that influence your fears and desires.

Then focus that time on understanding the word of God
to create images of fears and desires that allow you
to practice the word of God.

Is Your Definition of Love Missing These Bible Love Verses?

Most people's idea of love is based on certain
conditions they think another person, and sometimes
even God must do, or not do in order for them to
respond with love, but according to the Bible this
is not the truth.

Now here's a clue.

Bible Love Verse #1

Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table
of thine heart:

And here's the problem.

You know those overwhelming feelings you get when
someone does something bad to you.

Well that person not being aware of the truth can
easily justify their wrong doing based on something
they thought you did wrong or your attitude towards
them.

It may not sound fair but the bibles definition of
love is to set your mind to do what's right no
matter if someone apologizes, feels remorseful, or
even cares at all or not.

Bible Love Verse #2

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love
covereth all sins.

This would make your love unconditional.

And by doing this God will take care of the rest at
the appropriate time in your favor.

Bible Love Verse #3

Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his
anger; and it is his glory to pass over a
transgression.

But it takes a considerable amount of study to
renew your mind, so you can get it to come out of
your mouth in order to change how you respond in
extreme situations like that.

And I'll even let you in on a little secret.

Learning to practice love is like riding a bike,
you're probably going to fall and scrape up your
knees for a while but once you get the hang of it
you can just get on and go.

Bible Love Verse #4

Proverbs 17:9 He that covereth a transgression
seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter
separateth very friends.

When I first began to practice love I remember how I
imagined a scenario that would make it ok for me to
forgive something someone did wrong to me.

I even prayed about it and everything.

But when it didn't turn out the way I imagined it
should I didn't respond in love and fell and scraped
my knees.

I'm not all the way there but now that I understand
that being compassionate, merciful, and forgiving is
what love truly is I find myself being able to not
dwell on the hurt that gets done to me in order to
focus on the goodness of God by responding in love.

Bible Love Verse #5

Jesus even said.

Matthew 5:46 For if ye love them which love you,
what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the
same?

Do You Know What Love in The Bible Is?

If you want to know what love in the bible has to do
with a wrongly accused, beat, and jailed teenager
who was sold into slavery by his own flesh and blood
and how he overcame jealousy, anger, hatred, pride
and lust only to become great in this world by
practicing the two things that pertain to love in
the bible, then listen to this.

Lets face it.

You're probably missing out on great things you
didn't even know you could achieve simply because
you're failing to fully practice love in the bible.

And I perceive this because I know how painful it
feels to practice the things I'm about to reveal to
you in this article.

I also know that it's a natural reaction for you to
resist pain and to pursue pleasure.

But the question is.

Are you willing to love God with all your heart,
soul, mind and strength by practicing the skill of
long-suffering without wavering in order to fulfill
the first part of love in the bible?

Mark 12:30 - "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the
first commandment."

Long-Suffering Without Wavering

Genesis chapter 37 tells the story of Joseph the
seventeen year old shepherd boy who got beat up,
thrown in a ditch, almost killed, but was
eventually sold into slavery by his own brothers
because they got jealous and angry when He told them
about his dreams of becoming greater than them in
life.

And because their father seemed to love him more.

Now imagine yourself in this scenario with a modern
day twist.

Lets say you were sold into slavery in a foreign
country where you don't understand a word they speak
and you're forced to do whatever your master says.

Everything is done differently there, so you have to
learn a new language, new culture, and a new way of
life.

Plus, you immediately start to miss your family, your
friends, and your home.

Not to mention.

Your own brothers, who you loved, are the ones
responsible for you being there and you did
absolutely nothing wrong.

Now, you have two choices, you can either dwell on
the horrible thing that happened to you and allow
your mind to be filled with bitterness, anger, pride
and unforgiveness and unknowingly help the devil
destroy you.

Or you can focus your mind on the goodness of God
and his promises to you like Joseph did.

And we know Joseph kept his mind on God because the
kings captain of the guards wife tried to seduce
Joseph many times and he refused because he didn't
want to sin against God or that man.

He also managed all the business of the guys
household and had access to everything.

And I'm willing to bet she was very persistent and
desirable.

And I'll double that bet to say if Joseph would've
focused on the pain of the injustice that was done
to him rather than on God he would've given in to
that temptation in a heartbeat.

But anyway.

She ended up lying on him saying he tried to rape her
and getting him thrown in jail.

And once again he did absolutely nothing wrong.

But despite all this adversity he still focused on
God and His goodness and God blessed him in jail by
making him the manager of the jail over the kings
prisoners just like he did before at the captains
house.

But to make a long story short.

It took Joseph a total of thirteen years of patience
and practicing the first part of love in the bible by
long-suffering without wavering which is loving God
with all your heart, soul, mind and strength before
God allowed Joseph to become the manager over the
whole kingdom in the land of Egypt which allowed him
to save many lives for the kingdom of God by
preparing for a terrible seven year famine in all
the lands.

But it doesn't stop there.

So I need to ask you another question.

Are you willing to love your neighbor as yourself
by practicing the skill of repaying evil with good in
order to fulfill the second part of love in the bible?

Repay Evil With Good

Mark 12:31 - "And the second is like, namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is
none other commandment greater than these."

Now, thirteen years later after God blessed him to
become the manager and second in the land of Egypt
to the king there came a time when his brothers who
beat him up, threw him in a ditch, plotted to kill
him, but decided to sell him into slavery came
asking to buy food because of the terrible famine in
all the lands.

He recognized them immediately and it was extremely
hard for him to contain his emotions.

But look at it this way.

If he would've dwelled on the terrible thing they
did to him for thirteen years and when they came to
him in his powerful position he probably would've
had them executed on the spot.

Or at least tortured and thrown in jail.

But, after scaring them a little bit because they
thought he was dead all those years he finally
revealed himself to them and set his family and
people up so they wouldn't die because of the
terrible seven year famine.

So Joseph repayed evil with good and fulfilled the
second part of love in the bible by loving his
neighbor as himself even though they were his
brothers.

Which probably made it even harder to do, because
you would think your own family members would love
you more.

And to further prove this point in�Matthew 12:47
Jesus says that the people that do the will of our
father is our brother, sister and mother.

Which could easily make everyone else including your
immediate family members your neighbor in which we
still have to love based on Jesus' Teaching About The Good Samaritan in Luke 10:33

Have You Overlooked These 4 Dream Fulfilling Bible Verses About Reading The Bible?

If you want to know some Bible verses about reading
the Bible that can help you fulfill all your dreams
according to the promises that God attached to Bible
reading that make good things pursue you as apposed
to you breaking your back trying to pursue good
things.

Then listen to this.

Dream Fulfilling Bible Verse #1 Dt 17:18-20

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of
his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this
law in a book out of that which is before the
priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and
he shall read therein all the days of his life: that
he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all
the words of this law and these statutes, to do
them: That his heart be not lifted up above his
brethren, and that he turn not aside from the
commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to
the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom,
he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Learn to fear the Lord

Know what laws to keep

Kept humble

Establish yourself not to turn

Live a long life

Establish your kingdom

Bless your Children

Dream Fulfilling Bible Verse #2 Dt 30:9-10

And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in
every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body,
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of
thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice
over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy
God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which
are written in this book of the law, and if thou
turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul.

The Lord will Bless all the works of your hand if
you keep His commandments that are written in the
Bible by reading and studying the Bible all the days
of your life.

Body

Cattle

Land

And of course since most of us are not farmers this
would extend to us in the form of our career goals
and making more money.

Dream Fulfilling Bible Verse #3 Jos 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do according to all
that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success.

Reading and studying the Bible all your life to the
point of always speaking about it and doing what it
says causes you to prosper and succeed in everything
that you do.

Dream Fulfilling Bible Verse #4 Ps 1:1-3

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his
delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law
doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like
a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall
not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Reading and studying the Bible causes you to succeed
in whatever you do and whatever it is you want to be
successful in doing but you have to avoid the
advice of unbelieving family members and friends.

Bring forth good fruit

Leaf will not wither

Whatever you do will prosper

In conclusion, I would like to ask you what do you
think is easier, better and more beneficial to your
life?

Training yourself to pursue God and His will so He
can bless you and make your dreams come true
according to His promises or staying on the path of
struggling to pursue things and trying to make your
own dreams come true with the rest of society?

Are Your Prayers Missing These 7 Steps For Praying Like Jesus?

If you want to know how to pray like Jesus and how
praying like Jesus can improve your prayer life
substantially in a way that makes sure you cover all
the bases and please God, unlike the usual selfish
me, me, me orientated prayers that most people are
used to.

Or if you simply need to figure out how to pray and
need a template to help guide you threw then listen
to this.

Matthew 6:9 "After this manner therefore pray ye:"

Step #1 Acknowledge Our God.

"Our Father which art in heaven,"

The Bible says that God is in heaven so by
acknowledging that He is in heaven you are clear
about who you are praying to.

But more important than that is the fact that Jesus
gave us the right to call God our father, which He is
because He takes care of our needs and protects us
anyway.

Step #2 Praise Our God

"Hallowed be thy name."

By saying that Gods name is hallowed or holy you are
praising and glorifying His name and putting Him on
high where He deserves to be.

And of course there are plenty of other reasons in
the Bible to praise Him and you may have even
experienced some miracles of your own.

Step #3 Ask For His Will To Be Done In Our Lives.

"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it
is in heaven."

God can do anything He loves us and knows whats best
for us.

Therefore before you go telling God what you
think should happen or what you think you need, do
this.

Ask that His will be done in your life so He can bless
other people and you at the same time and not just
feed your selfish pride and desires.

Which He probably won't anyway because He doesn't
like pride.

Step #4 Ask For Our Needs.

"Give us this day our daily bread."

Hey we all have needs and God knows it and takes
care of them.

But sometimes you may have a need that will also
benefit other people like if you need to take care
of your family and you're out of work.

There's nothing wrong with asking Him to help you find
a good job so you can take care of the kids, spouse
or whoever in addition to yourself.

Step #5 Ask For Our Forgiveness.

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."

Don't even go here if you refuse to forgive people and
are the type that likes to hold grudges forever like
you never did anybody wrong yourself.

The Bible is pretty clear when it comes to forgiveness
if you don't forgive God won't forgive you.

And I don't think He's playing around about this one.

Step #6 Ask For Our Protection.

"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:"

It's not God's fault when bad things happen to us but
the devil is clearly trying to kill, steal and destroy
us.

So it's important that we ask God to not let us fall
into temptation and especially when we're recovering
from something.

I don't care how good you think you are we all fall to
temptation and need extra help from God.

So ask.

Step #7 Acknowledge And Confirm Your Belief In His
Word.

"For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, for ever. Amen."

It may seem like the kingdom of God system is weak
because God chooses to work threw stuff like
meekness and humbleness.

And most people like to hold on to pride and
selfishness because it feels better and you can find
a million people around you to justify that position.

But those people rarely bare witness to the awesome
power of God.

Now, you can say it all day long if you want but
faith is evidenced by practice then and only then
will you really know you believe it.

Which is important.

Because God already knew before you were born so it's
not about Him.

It's about what you believe.

Do You Know What It Takes To Read The Bible Through In A Year?

Have you ever tried to read the Bible through in a
year? If so then you know how hard it can be.

And if not let me save you a few headaches.

But in any case keep reading this article to find
out some strategies that can make reading the Bible
through in a year a less painful goal.

Think of it this way.

Your Bible is a compilation of sixty six separate and
complete books not one big old giant book that'll
take you forever to read.

Therefore it should be read one book at a time and
doesn't necessarily have to be from Genesis all the
way through to Revelation.

My personal Bible reading strategy is to read psalms,
proverbs, the new testament, then the old testament.

But you can start wherever you like.

Just pick a book.

There's wisdom to be uncovered in every last one of
them.

Next, read the book all the way through without
skipping or annotating because your trying to get
the idea and purpose of the whole book to see the
big picture of it.

Consider who wrote the book, what was he like, and
what were times like in those days.

I use an extremely flexible thirty minute Bible
reading plan that allows me to read the Bible three
times a year at a calculated speed of around two
hundred words per minute reading seven days a week.

This gives me three chances to read the Bible through
in a year if I fall behind or if something comes up.

But since I read books at a time I can always recover
quite easily.

Now imagine what you could do with that thirty
minutes if you read at four hundred words per minute.

And what if you doubled the time to one hour instead
of thirty minutes, you'd be reading all sixty six
books of the Bible through once a month or twelve
times a year!

Or have twelve chances to read the Bible through in a
year.

Which is ultimately my goal.

And this is a very achievable and realistic goal.

Only thing is you have to be consistent and
persistent to increase your desire to read longer
and to increase your reading speed while not
dropping off in comprehension.

I create my plans by using the Bible Reading Planner
that I give away as a consolation for subscribing to
this newsletter.

Next, I go to King James Bible Statistics
and put the word count of the book that I am going to
read in a calculator and divide by two hundred and
sixteen.

That way I know how many minutes it will take me to
read that book.

Then I divide that number by thirty to figure out how
many days it will take me.

Then I just round up or down depending on the number.

Next, I check off that book in the planner and input
the amount of days and let the software even out the
readings as equally as possible.

And that's all.

Plus, this could be done with any amount of minutes
or days with any of the books.

So you're not stuck reading from Genesis to
Revelation.

And you can read anywhere from one to seven days a
week.

You can even get creative and read the Bible in a snow
ball fashion to increase your chances of completing it
in a year even more.

This is what I mean.

You can read the smallest books first and build
momentum by completing those books quickly until you
get to the books that will take longer.

But by this time you may have already built up enough
steam to make it through.

And the shortest books can be completed in about two
minutes.

Still, that beats the pants off those wimpy read the
Bible in one year programs that most people never
finish anyway.

And some of them are just terrible because they skip
around the different books of the Bible like a rock
on water.

Whats more, most of them connect the end of books
together with the beginning of other books like a
train wreck.

And lastly, this takes away from your time to study
the book in more detail between readings by using
these Christian Meditation Techniques.

Are You Using These 4 Christian Meditation Techniques To Make Yourself Smarter Than A Pastor?

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.

Can This Simple Question Asked By Jesus Help Me Understand The Will Of God?

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.

Are Your Prayers Missing These 4 Steps That Always Get Them Answered With Yes?

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.

Do You Know The 3 Sabbath Keeping Secrets That Cause You To Ride Upon High Places?

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.