“Thy Word…” Let me not wander from thy commandments (v. 10) Teach my thy statutes (v. 12) Rejoiced the way of thy testimonies (v. 14)
“Thy Word Have I hid…” Have I Treasured Have I Laid SAPAN – hide, treasure, store up (Ex. 2: 2, Prov. 1: 11, Psm. 27: 5)
“Thy Word Have I hid in my Heart” Understanding Will Desire My Son If… (Prov. 2: 1 -5)
Why? “Thy Word Have I hid in my Heart” “That I Might Not Sin Against Thee”
How Does This Work? Meditation – Memorization
“That I might not sin against thee” Sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6: 17) Example of Jesus (Matt. 4: 4, 7, 10)
Proverbs 4: 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 3: 5 -6 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Psalms 46: 1 -2 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas.
Isaiah 41: 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Galatians 2: 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.