A Pleasing Aroma
Abide Bible Sleep Meditation
Abide Bible Sleep Meditation
4.2 • 776 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Sleep better and Stress Less— with Abide, a Christian meditation app that provides a biblically grounded place to experience peace and progress in your relationship with Christ. We hope this biblical sleep meditation, narrated by Chloë Elmore, helps your body relax and your mind rest on the truth found in scripture. Take a peaceful and aromatic tour of a Costa Rican coffee farm as you think about being a pleasing aroma of Christ to those around you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Abide's Sleep Meditations. I'm Tyler Boss. Today's meditation is brought to you by |
| 0:05.7 | our partners at Life Audio. If you go to Life Audio.com, you will find dozens of other faith-centered |
| 0:11.9 | podcasts in their network. They've got shows about prayer, Bible study, parenting, and more. Head over to |
| 0:17.8 | lifeadio.com now. Remember, you can have full access to all our sleep stories |
| 0:22.9 | commercial free. Just text Abide to 22433 for 25% off the app. Now, relax your mind and body |
| 0:31.8 | as we hear tonight's sleep story. Hello, and welcome to the sleep story from Abide. |
| 0:42.5 | I'm Chloe. |
| 0:43.9 | Thanks for joining me for our story, a pleasing aroma. |
| 0:49.2 | For many people, a morning cup of coffee is the first signal to the start of a new day. |
| 0:56.3 | It represents joy, possibility, and a morning routine seeped in peacefulness. |
| 1:05.7 | In our story, we will explore the power of aroma as we consider the words of the Apostle Paul |
| 1:13.9 | in 2 Corinthians 2 verse 15, which says, |
| 1:18.6 | For we are to God, the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. |
| 1:30.9 | We will stand amazed at the wonder of smell while we explore the powerful, well-loved aroma of freshly brewed coffee. |
| 1:45.5 | We will reflect also on the words of Ephesians 5 verse 2, which says, |
| 1:52.1 | And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, |
| 1:59.6 | a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
| 2:06.0 | Perhaps for you, the smell of coffee has an air of nostalgia, |
| 2:11.8 | reminding you of your grandparents' kitchen, or early mornings on a Christmas holiday. |
| 2:19.1 | Whatever it might be, your sense of smell is a powerful form of connection. |
| 2:27.6 | And the Lord uses this metaphor powerfully to speak both of Christ's sacrifice as a fragrant offering and of how God views |
| 2:39.2 | you in Christ as a pleasing aroma. |
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