As you answered those questions in the following post, you exercised your will to forget not God's benefits. Pause and ask God's Spirit to empower you to follow through with your choice to forget not.
My friend, tell your soul "I will, I shall" forget not God's benefits. Use memory prompts to help you speak truths to your soul and to strengthen your choice to remember. As your thought closet is filled with the truth of God's benefits, your life will be ward-robed with His character. Happy pondering today!
Judy Rowland
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Question #5
These are all simple ways to tell your soul to forget not, to look back and remember---and we all need them. Otherwise our thought closets get crammed with lies, clutter, and worries.
I don't think Asaph had pebbles in his pocket, or sticky notes, but I do know he had one accessory in his thought closet that helped him to remember, and you have the same accessory---the ability to choose. He chose to remember, disciplined himself to remember, and willed his soul to remember.
Read what Asaph wrote in Psalms 77:6, 11, 12. In your Bible, circle each time he said "I will" or "I shall."
6 I remembered my songs in the night.
My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
12 I will consider all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
I don't think Asaph had pebbles in his pocket, or sticky notes, but I do know he had one accessory in his thought closet that helped him to remember, and you have the same accessory---the ability to choose. He chose to remember, disciplined himself to remember, and willed his soul to remember.
Read what Asaph wrote in Psalms 77:6, 11, 12. In your Bible, circle each time he said "I will" or "I shall."
Psalm 77:6 (New International Version, ©2010)
6 I remembered my songs in the night.
My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
Psalm 77:11 (New International Version, ©2010)
11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
Psalm 77:12 (New International Version, ©2010)
12 I will consider all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
What song will you remember tonight?
What will you dwell on and ponder today?
What deeds of God will you remember today?
What wonder of God will you intentionally recall today?
Which of God's works or deeds will you muse on today?
Question #3
I use several things to help me forget not God's benefits and to keep my thought closet in order. One is a beautiful stone with a deep thumb-sized impression in its center. My dad used to say it was from him constantly rubbing his thumb on the rock as he worried about me. He gave it to me when I was in my teens as a reminder that I could cast all my worries on God because God cared for me.
When I began speaking and teaching, I carried the special pebble in my purse or pocket to help ease my nerves. Whenever I'd search my purse or put my hands in my pockets, I'd feel the stone, and it would remind me not to worry.
What do you use to help you remember truth and what really matters? Do you carry photos? Do you keep Scripture verses or quotes posted in your home or office?
Describe your memory prompts and how they remind you of God's benefits.
When I began speaking and teaching, I carried the special pebble in my purse or pocket to help ease my nerves. Whenever I'd search my purse or put my hands in my pockets, I'd feel the stone, and it would remind me not to worry.
What do you use to help you remember truth and what really matters? Do you carry photos? Do you keep Scripture verses or quotes posted in your home or office?
Describe your memory prompts and how they remind you of God's benefits.
Question #2
The Israelites gathered stones from Jordan and built an altar so when their children asked, they could both remember and teach the children the benefits of God. Do you realize your memories provide the same opportunity? That's why we must tell our souls "forget not." It behooves us to glean the profit from each memory so we grant our loved ones a right assumption about the character of God, even in the painful memories.
Do you have an emblem or keepsake that expresses to your family the benefits of God? If so, describe it. If not, think of one. Pull it out and describe it so you can explain to your family what it represents.
Do you have an emblem or keepsake that expresses to your family the benefits of God? If so, describe it. If not, think of one. Pull it out and describe it so you can explain to your family what it represents.
Question #1
Picking up with our "stones of remembrance"
According to Joshua 4:3-9, 20-21, what is another reason for having "stones" of remembrance?
According to Joshua 4:3-9, 20-21, what is another reason for having "stones" of remembrance?
Joshua 4:3-9 (New International Version, ©2010)
3 and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”
4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, 5 and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”
Joshua 4:20-21 (New International Version, ©2010)
20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’Good Morning Jan. 17th, 2011
Father I come to you in the name of Jesus Your Son. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Father please bless our digital time together and help Michele and me to heal from our foot injuries. Also, I pray that Michele finds the time to get caught up in this study. Amen.
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