Day 2 of M3 Basic Training...How to Conquer the Giant Eraser Machine

When man is not rightly connected to God and His word, 

his very life is disconnected.

Have you ever felt like there was this giant eraser machine erasing everything that you read in God's word shortly after you got busy with your day? I sure have. How frustrating all the more when we come across passages that exhort us to remember God's word, to meditate on it and not to forget what he was said. If only there was a way to conquer that eraser machine! There's is and it's really simple. Write the verse or phrase you picked today on a 3x5 card and carry it with you. Look at it a few times during your day and pray it into your soul. Want to really start to embed what you read? Keep adding future verses to that 3x5 card. That way you can review what God impressed upon you over the past several days. Just start a new card when one gets filled up. Try it, you'll really like it! (It comes with a money back guarantee:) 

Speaking of money, how much money would it take for you to do the 3x5 card routine for a month? Then do it. Ps.119:72 says, "The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold." You'll like it and never go back to the old blackboard eraser days. The cool thing about this is that it also makes it easy share with your family and others what you've been gleaning from God's word. Just pull out your card. No more forgetting due to the giant eraser machine! Use this 3x5 system until you find something that works better for you. some might record their verse in their daily journal or save it in their smart phone. The key is to look at it a few times a day. That's what I like about having the 3x5 card right in my shirt pocket. Perhaps try putting a hash mark on the card each time you pull it out to look at it. Challenge yourself and reap the great benefits God wants to bring in your relationship with Him.  

We call this 3x5 card our MP3 card. That stands for Meditation, Prayer, Praise and Pass it On. Pray over what your meditating on. Don't let it be dead in your head. Give Praise to God for what he has revealed to you. Pass it on to others. Make it a goal to share what you're learning each day with at least one other person. (You'll score for yourself and your team for doing so.) Sharing God's riches with others keeps us from becoming Dead Sea Christians. The Dead Sea is dead because is takes in all the riches of the Jordan River, but nothing ever flows out of it. So share. Note: I also like to use the weekends to especially review my MP3 verses of the past few weeks. I often discuss my family verses with my family.

To rightly award you, please keep track of the times in one day that you shared what's on your MP3 card or what you're learning in M3. Tomorrow and here on out, credit yourself on our GREAT scoreboard for the people that you shared something with from your MP3 card or from M3. All we ask is that you only credit yourself for 1 per person or group. In other words, if you send out a group text or email regarding what you gleaned in M3, that counts as 1. Or if you share with a small group or your family, please just count that as 1. Scoring could go through the roof otherwise. But for every one on one conversation, credit yourself 1 for each of those also.

Read Joshua 1:1-9. Joshua had far greater responsibilities on his shoulders than any of us. He had just been given the command of leading over 600,000 men, plus women and children into heavily fortified enemy territory. He certainly didn't have time to waste. But note what God said was mission critical for his success. 

1.-What excuses do you think people might give for skipping this daily priority for success? (Copy this question and paste in the "Enter Your Comment" box on the Home page where everyone else is sharing. Then hit "Publish") 

2.- Write out Joshua 1:8 on your 3x5 MP3 card,(or use a sheet of paper, or smart phone app.) and seek to review it during your day. Once you've written it out, simply write- "Did it" in your "Enter Your Comment" under your answer for #1. Seek to share your MP3 verse- Joh.1:8 with other people until you blog again tomorrow. Then tomorrow, you will be giving yourself credit for doing so. 

While you are on the Home blog page with everyone else, take a moment to read and encourage one or more brothers who have already posted. We are big on encouraging one another. God sure is- "Encourage one another daily...so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." Heb.3:13

Take a moment and give yourself credit for blogging today by putting a 1 in the G column on our GREAT Scoreboard. Remember, just click the "Resources" tab in the upper right column of this page and it will take you right there. While there, please fill in your contact info on the bottom left Contacts tab. Thanks!


Can we claim God's promise given in Joshua 1:8? Click the link to watch the following 4 minute video and discover the answer.

http://www.biblestudytools.com/video/how-does-god-s-guarantee-of-success-to-joshua-carry-over-to-modern-day-christians.html