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#5.
Meditation.
p. 151
(A)
ITS OBJECT.
(1)
GOD'S WORD . . . . . Josh. 1: 8; Psa. 1: 2; 119: 15, 23, 48, 78.
(2)
GOD'S WORK . . . . . Psa. 77: 12; 143: 5.
(3)
GOD HIMSELF . . . . Psa. 63: 6; 104: 34 (Never self or sin).
(B)
ITS NATURE
(1)
PERSONAL . . . Psa. 104: 34. \ (*Psa. 71: 24; *77: 12; *119: 27;
(2)
REAL . . . . .
Psa. 49: 3. }
*Prov. 6: 22).
(3)
VERBAL . . . . . Psa. 5: 1
/
[* - Talk].
(C)
ITS TIMES.
(1)
DAY . . . . .
Psa. 119: 97 . . . . . That is to say God first.
(2)
EVENING . . . Gen. 24: 63 . . . After work is done.
(3)
NIGHT . . . . . Psa. 63: 6 . . . . . That is to say God last.
(D)
ITS ELEMENTS.
(1)
REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAST . . . . . Psa. 119: 23.
(2)
REALIZATION OF THE PRESENT . . . Psa. 119: 97.
(3)
RESOLVES FOR THE FUTURE . . . . .
Psa. 119: 15.
(E)
ITS BLESSINGS.
(1)
SPIRITUAL STRENGTH . . . . . Psa. 1: 2 . . . . . Power to resist.
(2)
SPIRITUAL SUCCESS . . . . .
Josh. 1: 8, 9 . . . Power to bless.
(3)
SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION . . . Psa. 104: 34 . . . Power to enjoy.
(F)
ITS APPLICATION.
"Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting
may appear to all" (I Tim. 4: 15).