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Meditation of God's Word

"I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.  My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises."

                                                                                                                        Psalm 119:147-148 (NIV)

Here is a tool that I've used for many years in my own personal reading and meditation of God's Word-the Bible. After reading the Scripture passages for the day, I go through the acrostic word S.P.A.C.E.P.E.T.S. and ask the corresponding questions based on what I read. 

S.P.A.C.E.P.E.T.S.

By Rick Warren 

• ​S​in to confess? Do I need to make any restitution?
• ​P​romise to claim? Is it a universal promise? Have I met the condition(s)?

• ​A​ttitude to change? Am I willing to work on a negative attitude and begin building toward a positive one?

• ​C​ommand to obey? Am I willing to do it no matter how I feel?
• ​E​xample to follow? Is it a positive example for me to copy, or a negative one to avoid?

• ​P​rayer to pray? Is there anything I need to pray back to God?

• ​E​rror to avoid? Is there any problem that I should be alert to or beware of?

• ​T​ruth to believe? What new things can I learn about God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, or other biblical teachings?

• ​S​omething to praise God for? Is there something here I can be thankful for?

Example: 

Scripture: Matthew 6:24-34

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 

Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 

  “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 

 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 

 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 

For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 

 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. 

S. - I had been worrying about my health or finances, career, relationships, etc. 

P. - God's promised to meet my needs like He feeds the birds. 

A. - My negative attitude in life or lack of trust in God.

C. - I will obey God's command to not worry about things but to seek His kingdom first. 

E. - The birds do not worry. I can learn from them. 

P. - Father in heaven, as you supply the needs of your creatures like the birds, help me to trust in your power to supply my needs.

E. - The pagans whose lives are consumed or preoccupied with the stuff of this world.

T. - God cares for my needs. 

S. - I thank You Father in heaven for Your wonderful promise to supply my needs.