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meditation, but there is a big difference between Godly meditation and satanic meditation. One of the major scrip ture references to meditation is found in Joshua:

"This book of the taw shalt not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." Joshua 1:8

I wish to emphasize that the meditation referred to in this scripture involves the active reading, learning and memorizing of God's law given to the Israelites. Joshua was to learn the law so well that it would become a part of him. David followed the same principle - he wrote about it in Psalm 119:

"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: 0 let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." Psalms 119:9-11

Here again, David was aetively doing something - that is, learning and memorizing God's law so that he would not depart from it. At no time in scripture is meditation some thing passive. Satanic meditation is passive. Satan wants men to blank out their minds, by attempting to clear their minds of all thoughts. This directly opens a door for demon ic entrance and influence, because the simple fact is that God commands,us to control our every thought, not blank out our minds! If you, don't control your mind, Satan will/

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing [thoughts, in other translations] that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and· bringing into captivity every thought to the obedi ence of Christ." II Corinthians 10:3-5

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