Let the Book of Your Teaching stay in our mouths, that we meditate on it day and night, that we are careful to do all that is in It, for then we will act wisely in all our Ways, and then will have success.
(adapted from Joshua 1:8)
Romans 12 explains that we are each part of one another, so we are to be sincerely loving to each other, overcoming evil by doing good, persisting in prayer, showing the utmost respect, and blessing our neighbors continually with our words. How do we rejoice in hope and stay in cheerfulness? We must change ourselves from the inside by the renovation of our minds, by the presentation of our bodies as holy, and by the service to God that is living in Peace with all people... including ourselves!
1. the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what we desire; DELIGHT;
2. a source or cause of delight; 3. a state of happiness or felicity: BLISS;
Simcha or Sason in Hebrew;
Chara in Greek
1. strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; 2. affection and tenderness felt by lovers; 3. the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration; 4. a person's adoration of God;
Ahava in Hebrew; Agape, eros, philia, storge in Greek
1. ability to discern inner qualities and relationships : INSIGHT; 2. good sense;
3. generally accepted belief; 4. accumulated philosophical or scientific learning; 5. a wise attitude, belief, or course of action;
Chokhmah in Hebrew;
Sophia in Greek
1. the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit; 2. freedom from physical disease or pain; 3. a condition in which someone or something is thriving or doing well; 4. general condition or state;
Marpe in Hebrew;
Ygeia in Greek
We encourage you to read these adapted scriptures aloud over yourself, knowing that we are commanded to call things that are not, as though they are, because His word always hits the target and comes back to Him full of Fruit, and because all of Creation hearkens to perform His Word, and because we are activating instantly, in waves of light and sound, the willpower, emotion, chemistry, atmosphere, and compounds- all that is necessary to live into the victories He wrote for us in our books before the foundations of the Earth were laid. (Note: 1- We are our brother's keepers and praying in the we form allows us to extend our blessings to the ends of the Earth; 2- extended definitions are found on the Blue Letter Bible website or app by searching the scripture, selecting the "Interlinear" tool, and clicking the Strong's Hebrew or Greek number reference next to each word; and 3- E-Sword.net is an extraordinary study platform available for devices and desktop download that includes features like a "hover-over" Strong's pop-up window!)
Health
You bring us health and healing; You heal us and reveal to us an Abundance of Prosperity and Security (Jeremiah 33:6). We eagerly look for and wait upon You, Lord, and feel our strength renewed as though we are mounted up on wings of eagles. We run and stay energized. We walk and stay steady (Isaiah 40:31). You, Lord, took away our sins Yourself by means of Your Body being on that tree, so that as we continue to die to our sins, we can Live in Righteousness by Your wounds, by which we were healed (1 Peter 2:24). Lord, we cry to You for Help and You heal us (Psalm 30:2). We speak gracious words, and they become like honeycomb, sweetness to our souls and health to our bodies (Psalm 16:24).
Joy
You, Lord, speak all things to us, so that Your Joy abides in us and our Joy is made full (John 15:11). You, God of Hope fill us with every Joy and Peace as we believe; and so we abound in that Hope by Your Power, Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13). You show us the paths of Life; in Your Presence Is fullness of Joy, and at Your Right Hand there are pleasures forevermore (Psalm 16:11). Though we have not seen You, we Love You. Though we only see You in our hearts, we believe in You and rejoice with Joy that is beyond words, filled with Glory (1 Peter 1:8).
Love
We Love You, Lord our God, with all our Hearts and our whole beings, and with our whole minds: which is Your first and greatest Commandment. And the second is like it: We Love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:37-38). We can Love because You first Loved us, Lord (1 John 4:19). We are friends- Loving at all times (Proverbs 17:17). The only thing we owe each other is to love one another; and as we love each other we fulfill Your Teaching (Romans 13:8).
Wisdom
​Your Wisdom from above, Lord, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere (James 3:17). We are blessed who find Your Wisdom, Lord God, we who get understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold; She is more precious than jewels, and nothing we desire can compare with her; Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace; she is a tree of life to us who lay hold of her; we who hold her fast are called blessed. (Proverbs 3:13-18).