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Psalm chapter 48 verse 9.

We have thought on your steadfast love, oh God, in the midst of your temple.

What a great verse!

The solvist saying,

I've come into your presence

and I have just spent time thinking about your steadfast love, your faithfulness,

your mercy, your kindness, your generosity, your loyalty, your love for me.

And as I read this, I just think about the importance of each of us doing this in our relationships with God to pause and let of Psalm 46 be still just sit in the presence of God and meditate on how much he loves you. Just think about all the ways he has

shown his steadfast love for you and all of his promises to show his steadfast love for you.

And not just the past or the future but in the present just to think about and thank God for, praise God for the evidence of his

steadfast love in your life right now. This is so good to meditate on in ways that lead us to trust in God's love for us.

I think about Jesus, command to us as his followers in John 15 to abide in his love, remain in his love.

I told my kids the other day,

that's one of the things I pray for them most is that they would believe God's love for them. I think so much of

spiritual warfare is a battle to believe that God loves us. You think about even the first

sin in the world, the first temptation was the serpent saying to Eve, God doesn't want what's best for you, God's keeping that which is good from you.

The serpent was tempting Eve to doubt, to question God's love for her and for Adam.

So how important is it then for you and I daily to meditate on trust in enjoy remember just soak in God's love for us in

ways that will help us to fight temptation will remind us God always wants what is good for us.

Help us to surrender to him in every facet of our lives and want to obey him.

This is why John 15 goes on to say, not just abide in my love, abide in my word, and obey my commands.

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