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" You can have your mind renewed according to the Word of God. Good things are going to happen to you. Rejoice! It’s a new day! THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with "
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" we see that we attend to God’s Word by meditating on it, by pondering on it, by contemplating it, by rehearsing or practicing it in our thinking. The basic idea is that if we want to do what the Word of God says, we must spend time thinking about it. Remember the old saying, “Practice makes perfect”? We really do not expect to be experts at anything in life without a lot of practice, so why would we expect Christianity to be any different? MEDITATION PRODUCES SUCCESS This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. Joshua 1:8 "
― Joyce Meyer , Battlefield Of The Mind: Winning The Battle In Your Mind
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" And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]! Isaiah 30:18 "
― Joyce Meyer , Battlefield Of The Mind: Winning The Battle In Your Mind