God Speaks through Meditation
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 30 March 2021
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Summary
In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the role of meditation in hearing from God. Meditation for many reasons, seems to have found its way out of our Christian context. But the reality is that meditation has been central to our faith throughout its history. And the Bible is chocked full of encouragement to meditate on who God is, on his word, allowing space for God to fill in our daily lives.
May God reveal his heart for us to meditate as a central discipline of our faith. And may he empower us to make room for his presence in a meaningful way today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 119:15, and today's worship is Remember by Steffany Gretzinger.
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As believers, we want a real connection with God every day, not just on Sunday. We want the peace and passion that comes from living with God, not for God. But when Monday morning rolls around we’re left thinking:
“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
At First15, we know that meaningful worship isn’t just for Sunday. Every believer should be able to find a daily connection to God with fresh worship created specifically for their weekday.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's podcast, we're going to look at the role of meditation in hearing from God. |
| 0:10.4 | For many reasons, meditation seems to have found its way out of our Christian context. |
| 0:15.8 | But the reality is that meditation has been central to our faith throughout its history. |
| 0:21.6 | And the Bible is chocked full of encouragement to meditate on who God is, on His Word, |
| 0:27.6 | allowing space for God to fill in our daily lives. |
| 0:31.6 | May God reveal His heart for us to meditate as a central discipline of our faith. |
| 0:38.3 | And may he empower us to make room for his presence in a meaningful way today. |
| 0:43.7 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 1:01.4 | Our verse for today comes from Psalm 119, verse 15. |
| 1:03.3 | Scripture says, |
| 1:06.8 | I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. |
| 1:12.3 | The spiritual discipline of meditation does for the heart of a Christian |
| 1:16.9 | what nutrients and good soil do for the seed of a plant. |
| 1:22.4 | Through meditation, the seed of God's word takes root |
| 1:26.0 | and produces life-giving, abundant fruit. |
| 1:30.9 | Richard Foster in his book, Celebration of Discipline wrote, |
| 1:35.1 | The purpose of meditation is to enable us to hear God more clearly. |
| 1:41.9 | Meditation is listening, sensing, heeding the life in light of Christ. |
| 1:49.0 | This comes right to the heart of our faith. The life that pleases God is not a set of religious duties. |
| 1:56.0 | It is to hear His voice and obey His word. Meditation opens the door to this way of living. |
| 2:06.6 | The Christian practice of meditation is, at its core, ruminating on the Word of God. |
| 2:12.6 | Meditation creates space for the Spirit to speak directly to our hearts and apply God's |
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