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This is another episode in a series that I\u2019ve been doing where I share a bit of truth and the simple, unhurried word of God.\nThe purpose is to give you a tool that helps you and your family to meditate on God\u2019s word. You can listen as soon as you get up, before bed, if you\u2019re feeling anxious, during quiet time with the kids, or having a hard time sleeping, whatever works for your family!\nI like to share some simple truths before we dive into the main topic verses. I\u2019m trying to do it in a way that is easy for the kids to understand as well!\nSometimes it\u2019s hard to slow down. I know I love to be productive but meditating on God\u2019s word IS productive, in the most important way!\n\xa0\n(Please check out my latest book, The Four Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life on Amazon,\xa0durendawilson.com, or your favorite bookseller!)\n\xa0\nOne mom suggested including many of the passages in the show notes because her son likes to use them for copy work!\n\xa0\nHebrews 4:12,13\xa0\nFor the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.\n\xa0\nIsaiah 55:10, 11\n\xa0\nThe rain and snow come down from the heavens\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and stay on the ground to water the earth.\nThey cause the grain to grow,\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0producing seed for the farmer\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and bread for the hungry.\nIt is the same with my word.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0I send it out, and it always produces fruit.\nIt will accomplish all I want it to,\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and it will prosper everywhere I send it.\n\xa0\nJoshua 1:8\nKeep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.\n\xa0\nIsaiah 26:3\xa0\nYou keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.\n\xa0\nPhilippians 4:8\nFinally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable\u2014if anything is excellent or praiseworthy\u2014think about such things.\n\xa0\nPhilippians 2:14\nDo all things without grumbling or questioning,\nJames 5:9\nDo not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.\n1 Peter 4:9\nShow hospitality to one another without grumbling.\nEphesians 4:29\nLet no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.\n\xa0\nPsalm 100:4-5\nEnter His gates with thanksgiving\nAnd His courts with praise.\nGive thanks to Him, bless His name.\nFor the Lord is good;\nHis lovingkindness is everlasting\nAnd His faithfulness to all generations.\n\xa0\n1 Chronicles 16:8\nOh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;\nMake known His deeds among the peoples.\n\xa0\n2 Chronicles 3-4\nAll the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, \u201cTruly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting.\u201d\nEzra 3:10-11\nNow when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord according to the directions of King David of Israel. They sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, \u201cFor He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever.\u201d And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.\n\xa0\nPsalm 68:19\nBlessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden,\nThe God who is our salvation\n\xa0\nPsalm 106:1\nPraise the Lord!\nOh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;\nFor His lovingkindness is everlasting.\n\xa0\n1 Thes