"We can glorify Him as...beings created for His pleasure - as we acknowledge and enjoy His "firstness." We can do so by...demonstrating His firstness in our decisions, and by...
Reflecting on His Firstness in Our Meditations
We have seen how our decisions reveal who is supreme in our lives - God our ourselves. There is no way, however, that our decisions will acknowledge God's unique excellence unless our minds are constantly dwelling upon His preeminence as seen in the Word. We must take time to behold His glory - His unique firstness...Our hearts drift back to "me-firstness" without daily and sometimes hourly reflections on the Grand Reality [of Who God truly is] as revealed in the Scriptures."
Reading
Psalm 1:1-6
Questions:
1. After reading Psalm 1, describe how spending time reflecting ("meditating") on God's firstness stabilizes our lives.
2. Describe what happens to the ungodly person who does not spend time reflecting ("meditating") on God's firstness on a consistent basis (verses 4-5).
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1. because then we get to know God more.
2. ungodly shall not stand in the judgment
1. Verse 3 teaches that when we meditate on the Word, we will be like a tree planted by the river. We will be nourished and able to bear fruit in our lives.
2. They will experience eternal separation and punishment.
1. that we will prosper in everything we do.
2. there ways are punished
questions:
1.it helps us to realize when something is wrong and walk away. we will be able to remove oursleves from evil and our lives will reflect God and people will notice that.
2.the wicked will perish.
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