The Word

Scripture: Psalm 119

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%20119;&version=46;

My desire to have more faith and to be able to "move mountains" (Matt. 17:20) continues to grow. I come back to the same verses, "faith comes from hearing, and hearing from the Word of Christ" (Rom. 10:17) and "without faith it is impossible to please God" (Heb. 11:6). From this I have begun to saturate myself with Psalm 119 with the intent of filling me up with the Word.

To do this I first started listening to this Psalm in the King James Version (KJV). Then I listened to it in the New International Version (NIV). After that, I began listening to it in the Contemporary English Version (CEV). Yes, I said listen it, at www.biblegateway.com. Over the last couple of years this website and at www.crosswalk.com have been two of the most useful websites when it comes to helping me look for and study the Word of God. At Biblegateway, I find it very helpful in changing between versions when I am studying a particular passage and listening to the that passage. At Crosswalk I do my most of my searching and original meaning research.

Then I recorded in mp3 format each of the 22 sections of 8 verses which I understand represent the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. (tell me if I am wrong here.) Now the idea is to put them on my iPod and listen to them over and over and over again. Why?

So that "thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against God (v. 11)

So that I may "walk in the path of God's commandments" (v. 35)

"So that I will have an answer for him who reproaches me. (v. 42)

So that God's "statutes will be my songs" (v. 54)

So that ...

You read Psalm 119 many times now. You will find yourself doing the same thing.

Hallelujah for the Word of God

Prayer: Thank you Lord for your Word. Teach us and fill us with your Word, Lord. Open up our eyes so that we can see. Open our hearts so that we will love. Make us usable and use us dear Jesus. Amen