Unlocking the Power of Scripture: The Importance of Understanding and Meditation

my question now is when we get to the

point where the holy spirit makes a

Bible verse important to us or we get a

deeper uh understanding of a Bible

passage is it important then to keep a

written record of it for example in a

personal Bible diary or Bible Journal

because I don't want to lose the

knowledge I received um so how do you

handle this how can we organize and

manage all the knowledge we receive so

we don't lose it

very practical the question you asked

was my uh I remember in 2002 when I came

to

Synagogue Church ofin Nations I I

discover things new there's a a

teaching that was so deep and I was

battling to understand it because of

language barriers well because I'm a

French speaking so anytime I come across

uh a verse a Bible verse or a word of

wisdom

which seems so difficult for me I said

to myself God help me to understand if I

don't understand I don't reject it I

will take the verse I will write it I

what helped me a lot is that for example

you say okay let me give an example the

first word of wisdom I came say we are

Sav to save others I said to myself how

can we save

others it's only Jesus I know as Savior

how can we save others

so I wrote it on a on a on a small note

and I begin

to meditate I never knew what meditation

was about but I read to understand if I

don't understand something it's very

difficult to become part of me so but I

will not reject it I will write it

later I will go to the

verse to read it once I read it I record

it in my brain I memorize it I to do

that before because I don't have time to

read sometime sometime if you put it on

a note because of activities you may

even forget it but the Bible is meant to

be stored in the speci in the shelf of

our

heart that's very it is effective so

when you read the Bible and you come

across a specific

passage that speaks to you

intimately so I write down and one day

the prophet say I give you an advice

create a file called don't go don't go

don't let it go it was 2004 I grabed the

idea anytime I come across a Bible verse

I highlight you see my Bible it's

highlighted everywhere full of colors

rainbow rainbow yellow so when I

highlight it I do something I use my

phone I have a not

note I write the

verse and I learned and I learned the

verse I make sure the verse I know this

verse anytime I hear Matthew chapter I

must know what it is because when you

just get the the Matthew 11:28 what does

it

say I have to read it to possess it to

become part of me and the prophet say if

you take God's word to

heart and made it a part of

you that word by its very nature will

change

you and when it changes you you find

yourself moved by the life of God so I

said to myself okay since you are so

busy attening to

people people write notes on their

hands do you remember it me I memorize

it in my in my brain that's why

meditation start thinking is not bad I

memorize but if you memorize something

as time goes on you lose it but I Contin

to tell in my mind I want to understand

what it means to understand what it

means to understand it means before you

realize it after one day it become part

of me it's the exercise I did so I wrote

it but after I wrote it I will go to the

not when I go to the notes I will I will

learn it learn it learn it by and

continue to meditate it's meditation

that keep the word into our

heart because it's just like a computer

so when I switch my computer on I have

the RAM memory so if I type a uh a

message if I don't save it and I switch

off I may lose it so I have to record it

somewhere so it's very good to keep

record but what we need to do after

reading after you have read whether a

message or a Bible I go back to the

message and that's where the key of

meditation starts it's not something

passive is

active I will record it on the tablets

of my heart once I understand the word

it is with me it's is there forever just

try to do it I said to myself okay every

day I must get five words of wisdom five

Bible verses I read in my Bible that

must be part of me so if I'm in a

vehicle or I'm in a bus I need to look

for the Bible it there

already now this is where Holy Ghost

will help you Jesus said in John chapter

14: 26

that the holy spirit will bring to our

remembrance the very words of Jesus yeah

that's what I was thinking of and that's

very the key sometime you think you have

forgotten you okay you have read

something in the

morning but go to a quiet place and just

try to remember what you have

read while you doing ask Holy Ghost to

bring to you'll be very surprised to

realize that what you think you have

forgotten begin to come begin good to

come begin good to come that's the work

of Holy

Spirit and that's where meditation will

start you

read after you have read you close your

Bible and think about what you have

read think about it think about it as

you walk think about it think about it

before you realize it the thing will

sink into your

heart Prophet say when you eat food I I

I match it I it's my mouth chew it I

chew it I chew it thank you very much I

chew it before I realize it I instinctly

swallow it once it enter my enters my

stomach I have no control over it

there's a process going inside so when

you read your Bible you read it to

understand it you read it to get it into

your heart because that word is there

forever that's why when you are

praying we call it Spirit prayer prayer

in the power of Holy Spirit Holy Ghost

will bring that word to remance to you

you start worshiping worshiping and the

word just spring from your spirit so

what we need to do now I kept record I

write it I have full of them see if my

phone is I want to show you even CER

consum me I don't know what I like to

do show

you I I I even snap The Bible Pages I

read not to forget it I will snap it and

read it and read it and read it and read

till become part of me so all these

notes are I reading daily reading any

time I read a passage that really

strikes me see my Bible I snap it I snap

the whole page on my Note and once I

finish reading I go back to it I always

go back to it to read it to meditate it

and that's when the Bible will become

part of

you I strongly

believe that the Bible explains Itself

by

itself you can read a passage that seems

difficult to understand and later you

come across one scripture that is cross

reference to that one that give you more

light so what I do I put those verses

together in a very logical are way and

read it and go over it I go over it I go

I trust Holy Ghost before you realize it

it is part of you and one day you begin

to pray all of the scripture come to

come to your spirit and when I read my

Bible I I gave you one one testimony one

day the prophet say if you read 40

chapters per day you got the Bible in

one year in in one

month I I say how can you read the Bible

in one month 4 chapters perday I did it

it's so quick you don't remember

anything but what is there something

mysterious in this Bible

anytime you read

it you will discover something

new any time you read it first I read it

again my mind get refreshed any time you

read something new happen so what we

need to

do is to record instead of our shelves

but on the shelves of your human spirit

and that's the area of meditation that's

what helps a lot many of my reference I

don't need anymore they become part of

me but those verse I read them I read

them I read them I read them and when

one

day the man of the Prophet was saying

that this is my advice when you are

reading a

message and you see Bible

scriptures don't just read your Bible

alone read the Bible but read the

message read the message and read the

Bible whatever message you come across

go to the Bible and find out what is in

line with the scriptures and that's what

helped me a lot so when I came across

that quote that say we are safe to serve

others I begin to search I say wow I

remember Bible say in book of First

Corinthian uh the ministry of

reconciliation

absolutely yes that's Mutual

reconciliation so knowledge come

first but understanding comes later

there are many verse we read today but

later we get the understanding of it so

the cross ref ref of the Bible is very

important I meditate I learn it by heart

I stop in my memory I begin to think

about it till I get spiritual

understanding of it once what you

understand is what you keep forever yeah

that that's what I wanted to say just

quickly because when you talked about

the Holy Spirit bringing to our

remembrance he can only bring to to our

remembrance what's already stored in our

heart it's only the word in our heart

that he will bring back to us at the

time that we need it and you know he

will use that word to to strengthen us

to to fortify us to comfort us to to he

will use that word but that word has to

be stored in our heart and when you were

talking about um you know do we write it

down it's it's different to like when

you're revising for exams you know when

you're Rising for exams you know you

pick up bits and you learn it's all it's

all academic you know you just can write

it out write it out put it in different

colors and write out so many times but

this is a matter that's why I just

wanted to focus on you said

understanding if you understand

something it will stay in your heart

forever you can you can learn something

by

memory all of us have gone through the

education system you know we we learned

so many things that now we can't

remember you know I'm sure so much of of

of but the process of of that learning

stays with us forever and once you

understand something that understanding

is in your heart and that doesn't leave

you and and because what struck me from

your question is you know how how can we

make sure that all of this um doesn't

leave us that we don't lose um what we

read and I really like that point you

made because um it's it's you know it's

not just a matter of reading and it

going in one ear and out the other you

know we can't lose this because this is

our life how do we how do we not lose it

well we have to understand spiritually

that's only through the help of the Holy

Spirit but we have to start somewhere so

don't condemn yourself don't

if we're all on this journey together

and that's why we said at the beginning

that if your life is in Christ it's a

new creation there's there's new

revelation every day when you read the

Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to help

you you can read read things oh now I

understand now I understand so it's a

it's a it's a lifelong Learning Journey

but I just wanted to emphasize on that

point of understanding when you

understand it with the spirit's help

then you can't lose it you you you you

might not know exactly the chapter and

verse you know Vine is a walking

Encyclopedia of the Bible I not like

this if you ask him anything he'll be

able to tell you the chapter and verse

look I'm going to be honest with you I

don't want to provoke you to say that I

was not born Master when I was I was a

young boy Muslim when I was young I

learned to learn the Quran by

heart I went to Quran in school and I

learned them by heart and all those

verses I learned by heart I still

recorded here so I apply the same

technique when I read the

Bible I will read it I will memorize the

whole thing so I will begin to read it

in my memory I don't need to carry bible

I memorize I now when I came across the

book of prover if you have your Bible

when you see the Book of

Proverbs 4 verse 20-

23 my

son attend to my words I learn it by

heart keep them in the midst of your

heart for there are life for those who

find him and health to all flesh keep

them way in the midst of your heart and

that's what is the most difficult we

need to allow that word in the midst of

our heart through that process of

meditation meditating the Bible because

I we said already that we meditate

because we want to understand the Divine

meaning Jesus spoke lot of Parables do

will really understand what it means to

apply

it he

said if your right hand disturb you

catch it off or plag it off it's a he

was speaking his Parable that's why in

the in the parable of the s in Matthew

chapter 13:

19 Jesus said can you read it for

us Matthew chapter 13: 19

it's good to keep

record when anyone hears the word of the

kingdom and does not understand it then

the wicked one comes and snatches away

what was sown in his heart this is he

who received seed by the

wayside when anyone hears the word of

the kingdom when you hear the word of

the kingdom and does not understand it

and we do not understand it then the

wicked one comes and snatches away what

was sewn in his heart that's is it the

importance of understanding the Divine

meaning of what I'm bring so when you

are reading and you find you come across

a a section sometime it is personal to

you your heart will begin to ring that's

why the prophet say read your Bible

slowly attentively

repeatedly mean sometimes some heart are

very slow to understand that's dependent

nature of our heart

you go to read it you read it you read

it slowly like the Ean un did in the

book of act chapter8 he was reading he

could not understand but did not drop it

he kept on reading reading until he

became a part of you once you understand

it's there forever you may not remember

the number of the Matthew 12 whatever

but the meaning is inside of you that's

what I wanted to say that's where I was

going when I said that rine will know

the exact chapter and verse

I'm saying even if if you know we're not

we all have different anyway everyone's

different what I want to say is that the

understanding of the scripture like for

example you

know what it says you might not know

exactly where it is but you know what it

says and you understand it and you apply

it to your life that is what counts um

you know and because for example this is

the blueprint that we have The Sermon on

the Mount in Matthew 6 you know this

when when Jesus explained how we should

live our life

you know that that you might not know

everything word for word but we know

what he said and we we apply it we we

understand okay what it means when turn

the other cheek okay love your enemies

okay do this do that okay it it's

something which becomes a part of you in

the same way the more you read and

that's why it's so um important that

we're doing this journey through the

Bible together we're going all the way

through you know many people it's

difficult to read through many many

books in the Old Testament you know

um and so to actually go through this

whole journey encourages you to actually

see okay what what can I see in this and

as you read things will just jump out at

you and when they jump out at you

definitely everyone has a different way

okay you can underline it highlight it

write it down somewhere else like rasine

said he takes a picture with his phone

um any way that's the best for you but

the the most important is that H you you

you ask the Holy Spirit to help you

understand and apply it to your life

then can never you can never lose it you

can never lose it it's it's here that's

the Heavenly currency that that will

will get you what you need in the

kingdom of God and please continue

reading because one day you say I've

heard about this

somewhere sometime I read one verse and

I remember Paul said this I quickly go

to Paul and make the connection because

the Bible is Interlink

once I got the connection important

verses I make sure I get it by heart

because there some like everybody know

John 3:16 God so loved the world that we

know those verse you know Romans 10:1 17

Faith but when you come across your

Bible there are some section where if

your heart is a lord it will strike

you you may forget you you either you

highlight depend on system you have me

what I do as I show you I snap the page

this is the page I snap the page

directly and then when I finish my day I

will go back to the pages I read you see

them this is my I'm sharing my technique

to you because you ask me this is how I

do I read this morning and I see the

connection God was talking about let me

tell you why was say about prophecy God

say I will raise for them a prophet like

you in the midst of the Brethren I will

put my words what strike me is two words

God say I will

raise Prophet I will put my words I say

wow this mean God is the one that raised

the prophet not

man number two I will put my words in

his

mouth means it's not just about

receiving inspiration it's about

expressing the word of God from your

mouth mean the spirit of God will speak

through

you so I wrote those two I said wow this

is teaching me lessen that God will

raise and God will put the word mean the

expression of Prophecy came through the

power of Holy Spirit and I to ask myself

what is the purpose of Prophecy I write

that question later when I was reading I

went to another section that gave me the

answer and I and I noted here in the

book of Jeremiah it's here he

said if they are prophets and if the

word of the Lord is with them let them

now make

intercession for the for the for the for

the Lord of host that the vessel which

they left in the house of the Lord will

be taken back so that mean the purpose

of the prophecy is to bring people to

their heart back to God so I take those

two verses and I get them into my heart

now that understanding fix them for

forever now God will raise and God will

put his word in your lips so nobody can

teach you to prophesy holy ghost that

speaks through you so I read my Bible I

take I take attention of every single

word there are some words are so

powerful why God you say it why this

word why this verb why this and that's

that understanding now make the Bible to

become part of you as you continue to

practice it to practice it to practice

before you realize it it is there

forever once you understand it but this

is my record keeping record is very

good so if you go to a church a service

or you hear somebody preaching a

wonderful

message I heard the word wisdom I write

it I heard something I write it when I

go home I begin to meditate the more you

meditate new revelation will come new

understanding will come and that's just

how this you transfer from the letter to

the spirit from the written to Your

Heart by thinking about it meditating we

just have that time sometime we read we

don't have to go back to it go back to

it don't read it again turn it over turn

it over till you get it right it's a

gift of Holy Spirit and that's why I

just wanted to say finally is that there

is a power in actually reading the word

you know it is a blessing as well to

listen to the audio version of the Bible

and have for example listen to have it

how can I say listening to to scripture

but there is such a power in physically

reading your Bible um that's what I just

wanted to encourage you with that you

know when you read it it's like

literally the word can just jump out of

the page at you um and so don't

underestimate or under mind the power of

actually reading the Bible your your

physical your physical Bible um yeah

yeah and second not on your tablet or

your iPad or your phone I'm I'm all for

physical physical Bible it's we like to

but sometime you may situation where I

have my physical Bible I have both but

one thing is important I used to read a

lot of Bible

study sometime you want something quick

what they say about this it's very good

to read the Bible study we commentary we

learn a lot from this but learn to

develop build your own correct Bible

Bible references cross references that

will help you a lot because this thought

expressed by this Apostle has been

expressed by another one in a different

way and they interconnect themselves and

number two my personal experience when I

read for example the Gospel of John now

John is very deep so when I read John

after I finish John I will go to First

John second John third John he has a way

of expressing the same truth in a

different way and it will help you to

get the context and the mind that's why

if you say key verses you should write

them write them write them and by you

you meditate that Bible is always when

you are praying now holy ghost will use

that word in your heart to

pray that's the

key because when you are praying your

prayer must be filled with the

scriptures that's why it says the holy

spirit will pray for you absolutely was

you don't understand Spirit prayer okay

Spirit prayer prayer in the power of the

Holy Ghost Springs from need what is the

need at the time of need Holy Ghost will

bring to your remembrance the very word

you pray for as you pray the scripture

will come the scripture will come just

trust him for

that we went to a very good school you

know the same when you have when the

prophet will call who has message to

preach to the church

tomorrow wow you know prepare a message

and preach to a

congregation how can it

be you write your message there's

something to have a message you prepare

you write there's another thing to stand

before the public and to deliver the

message and by the time you read the

message you write the message you the

way you study the Bible you study the

message you you understanding

order it by the time you begin to talk

you realize that new inspiration become

better than what you wrote the holy

spirit will give you that's the work of

holy spirit so when you are reading just

on your bed try to remember what you

have read without opening the Bible say

holy spirit help me Lord bring to my

remembrance just like your

dream your dream but you woke up in the

morning the dream vanish you don't

remember you're trying to grab bits of

it and it's like vanished

that's where you close your eyes and ask

Holy Ghost to help you to remember to

remember he that's his job he bring to

our remance the very words of Jesus at

the time of

need sword of the spirit but if the

heart is empty there's nothing for him

to remind you of so there are many

things you learned when you were at

school primary school and you must have

forgotten but they are deeply

embedded one day you will just come to

your mind the same for a heart so it's

good to to do like like the animals when

they eat food they will bring it out and

bring it out bring it out bring it out

bring it out you refresh your mind

refresh your Spin and before you realize

it the seed the word settles in your

heart at the point of

understanding that is it once you

understand it conviction come it is

there

forever so please I encourage you

keeping record is good excellent keep

giving your record but much more don't

don't don't forget your so busy go back

to the record read it in the night read

it and meditate make sure every single

day you get one or two scriptures you

part of you was my my my my discipline

dedication and

discipline I dedicate my heart to the

word and I discipline my mind by

thinking meditating while the public

transport I meditate on the Bible when I

have break in my job I meditate the

Bible so it become part of me because I

I rehearse it rehear it become fully

part of me that's that's what I

did thank you thank you so much for that

question um I believe it's blessed many

people and we hope that you're you're

blessed as well thank you so much and I

want tell something you know one day you

can meet somebody in the street can say

can you tell me about who is Jesus

you'll be surprised that day Holy Ghost

will bring all the verses you have been

reading

and that's the expression the expression

of the Holy Spirit to your remembrance

it will flow like a river it is there

thank you