Quotes about Meditation

Make no decision without prayer!

Whatsoever things are true...think on these things.

More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voiceRise like a fountain for me night and day.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. Let your soul be filled with a sense of the excellence of Christ.

To relate to God's word this way requires us to get beyond using the Bible merely as a textbook to study, a book of proof texts for arguments, or a promise book to which we occasionally turn. Cherishing God's word requires us to seek the perspective of the psalmist who, distancing himself from the proud and the scoffers of his day, says of the man who is walking with God, "His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night" (Psalm 1:2).

In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

You focus your attention on a single truth from the Bible and then continue to think about it throughout your day.

Practise constant conversation with God and continual meditation on His Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.

The first element of The Daniel Plan is faith, and the way you grow your faith is by filling your mind with the truth of God's Word.