Day 12 Psalm 1:2

Day 12 Psalm 1:2

Psalm 1:2 / New Living Translation (NLT)
2 But they delight in the law of the Lord,
    meditating on it day and night.  
-- NLT: Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.  
Prayer journal your thoughts, anything god says to you, and anything you say to God. 
Note: Never skip prayer journaling. It is a time you are intentionally in the presence of God. Therefore, it is something to take full advantage of whenever you have the opportunity. This is even more true when regarding the Word of God, the Holy Bible. The Bible is God's Word to us. Hence, it's not something we should take lightly, skim, or read fast. We should always take our time and make sure each word, and its meaning, some to mind. We should remain open to God and hear His guidance. Hence, here, prayer journal a reminder, if nothing else, or something you've already written and prayed to God. 

So far, we've done: 1 FIRST READING with this study. Now, let's look at:

2 PRAY THE WORD
This is where we pray the verse back to God. Hence, we prayer journal it in our own words to God, after we look up at least four versions of the Bible (we've read four versions so far, by the way), but preferably seven. I highly recommend looking up both the Expanded Bible and the Amplified Bible Versions: 

1  EXB: Scripture taken from The Expanded Bible. Copyright © 2011 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.  

2  Amplified Bible (AMP)
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation

Now, let's pray the Word:

Write your prayer of this verse in your prayer journal. Make it a personalized version of this verse. Then, read mine.
Prayer: Lord, help me to delight in the Bible, Your Word, and meditate on it and ponder it night and day.  Teach me what this means and how to do it.
2a Word by word

Prayer journal a prayer that focuses on each of the words of Psalm 1:2. Make sure to make these prayers personal. Don't worry about focusing on the word 'the' or 'a.' Do focus on the word 'and,' along with 'or.' 

2b phrase by phrase

Now, do the same, but with each phrase.

2c line by line

Now, do the same, but with each line.
2d the entire verse

Now, do the same, but with the entire verse once again.

3 CROSS-REFERENCES OF PSALM 1:2

Look up each of these verses. Then, prayer journal about them. 

Prayer journal each of these segments for each verse: what jumps out to you about each verse, what God says to you, what you say to God, what you will apply to your life, how this deepens your understanding of Psalm 1:2, and anything else that comes to mind or in your heart. 

Genesis 24:63 

Joshua 1:8 / Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to reciteit day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.  

-- HCSB: Scripture quotations marked HCSB are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Holman CSB®, and HCSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.  

Joshua 1:8 / GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Never stop reciting these teachings. You must think about them night and day so that you will faithfully do everything written in them. Only then will you prosper and succeed.  

-- GW: Scripture is taken from GOD’S WORD®, © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group.  

CONCLUSION FOR THE DAY

Prayer journal the following:

What jumped out at you? Why?

What did you say to God?

What did God say to you?

What are you going to apply to your life?

What did you learn?

Write a summary in conclusion for today's devotional Bible study.

Write a prayer to God about all of this.