{"id":1048,"date":"2019-08-01T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/?page_id=1048"},"modified":"2022-12-18T04:12:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T04:12:59","slug":"meditations-for-living","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/meditations-for-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditations For Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Here are some Meditations<\/strong> <strong>based on Scriptures\u2026..some with different translations\u2026\u2026<\/strong><br><strong>and paraphrased as I feel inspired.<\/strong> <strong>I trust they bring you much Blessing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Hope of the righteous brings JOY\u2026..I know the Plans I have for you, to give you a future and a Hope\u2026..the Blessing of The Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow\u2026\u2026Light is sown for the Righteous and Joy for the Upright in heart\u2026\u2026all these were experienced before Jesus came. So they should be expected in a Believer\u2019s life, because we are promised even better (in Hebrews) we should not settle for less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We should be careful what gear our believing is in\u2026\u2026\u2026are we in drive or stationary, reverse, neutral? God\u2019s Promises are activated when we expect them \u2013 FAITH is a Verb, it\u2019s \u2018activated trust\u2019. God gave Israel promises to <strong><em>activate<\/em><\/strong> with Praise and Rejoicing at numerous Feast Days through the year (on a constant basis). Each feast day, they knew they were Covered with the Goodness and Acts of Kindness of a Benevolent God. The difference between them and us is they KNEW what to EXPECT \u2013 because they were His People. They were in Covenant with Him \u2013 this was very Real to them, more so than the Christian \u2013 we can be so negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">They were taught right what to expect \u2013 they believed in the Goodness and Favor of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">So should we, YES ALWAYS \u2013 on a constant basis like they did, because ALL the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Promises of God are YES and AMEN\u2026\u2026they always have God\u2019s \u201cYes\u201d but they don\u2019t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">always have our \u201cAmen\u201d \u2026\u2026that is our <strong><em>Agreement <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>Expectation,<\/em><\/strong> not just<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">an ending to a prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\">.PS 104.34 My meditation of Him shall be sweet. I will be glad in The Lord\u2026..as for me, <strong><em>I will Rejoice<\/em><\/strong> in The Lord\u2026..let my Praise be pleasing to Him, I will Rejoice in Adonai\u2026..I trust my thoughts will please You because <em>You are the One who makes me Glad<\/em>\u2026..May my thoughts be pleasing to Him, <em>I will find my Joy in The Lord<\/em>\u2026..my speech be mirth to Him, for <strong><em>I shall delight in The Lord<\/em><\/strong>\u2026..sweet is my meditation of Him, I do Rejoice in The Lord. Let your meditation be sweet to Him. Yes Rejoice in The Lord (various translations).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> How often do we think a <strong><em>negative report<\/em><\/strong> of Him or our brother and sister? How often do we fail to rejoice and be glad? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Do we know that we can bring Joy and Pleasure to the Heart of God? It would be Praise to dwell on the Goodness of God and speak of His Loving Kindness every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the original Greek, the word \u201cBlessed\u201d in Ephesians 1:3 means to \u201cspeak well of\u201d in reference to The Lord blessing us. We need to be like David and \u201cspeak well of\u201d of Him in our thoughts and mouths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">And also to \u201cspeak well of\u201d each-other. The apostle Paul counseled and encouraged us to have this way of thinking in our thought-life (Philippians 4:8) This is part of his Victory Recipe, along with Rejoicing in Jesus daily, meditating on things that are lovely etc and not being anxious about anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Paul said that is we do these things, the God of Peace will be with us (consciously) that\u2019s Peace between prayer times friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cTo him who orders his conversation aright, I will show the Salvation of God\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Yes, and this starts with Meditations \u2013 the sweeter they are, the more <strong><em>productive<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>pleasing<\/em><\/strong> our words will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This is conversation that invites the Presence of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Therefore with JOY I will draw from the <strong><em>Well of Salvation<\/em><\/strong> and SAY Praise The Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Let the redeemed Say So!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Our Father, hallowed be Your Name, Your Glory we proclaim. Be glorified in our hearts and lives each one, through the works of the Son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">He is Victorious, He died and Rose for us. Wrapped in a Glory cloud, He ascended on high to be by Your side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">He is Reigning now Today, He has triumphed, give Him PRAISE. Glory be to the Ancient of Days, now and Forever You\u2019re always the Same. Be manifest in our hearts and lives \u2013 this is in receiving, we don\u2019t have to strive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Blessings are ours we don\u2019t have to pay. Your benevolent nature is always the same. Freely You give, may our hearts live! Beauty for ashes, yes You impart gladness. <em>You build up the good things in our lives<\/em>, we give you the others that make us sigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Things given to You can be transformed into blessings, we are no longer forlorn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Be glorified in us \u2013 for this we were born. Heavenly Blessings are on their way, plenteous to those who believe and say\u2026.<strong><em>I have a Good God<\/em><\/strong>, freely He gives. Rise to the occasion \u2013 oh let your hearts Live!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some Meditations based on Scriptures\u2026..some with different translations\u2026\u2026and paraphrased as I feel inspired. I trust they bring you much Blessing. The Hope of the righteous brings JOY\u2026..I know the Plans I have for you, to give you a future and a Hope\u2026..the Blessing of The Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow\u2026\u2026Light is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1048","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1048"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1357,"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1048\/revisions\/1357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calledtobefree.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}