Meditate | Scripture E2
John Mark Comer Teachings
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Why does the Bible feel disconnected from real life? John Mark unpacks the ancient practice of meditating on Scripture. He invites us to slow down, savor, and let it shape us from the inside out.
Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 1v1-3
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the John Mark Coma Teachings podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | My name is Yinka Dawson and I'm your host. |
| 0:10.0 | Each week we feature teachings by John Mark or other teachers talking about spiritual formation in the church. |
| 0:16.0 | Today we're continuing our series on how to read scripture formationally, |
| 0:20.0 | as disciples of Jesus with a teaching on how to read scripture formationally as disciples of Jesus |
| 0:22.1 | with a teaching on how to meditate on scripture, filling our minds and imagination with |
| 0:27.7 | its truth. Here's John Mark. |
| 0:33.9 | Good morning, everybody. Great to be with you. Peace to all of you. Please turn in your Bibles to Psalm 1. If you don't have a Bible with you, don't feel bad. There should be one in the front of you, in your seat. Go ahead. I invite you to pull that out. Turn to page 571. And when you arrive at Psalm 1, stand with me for the reading of Scripture. |
| 1:05.5 | Let me just curate for you a short moment to just pause. |
| 1:10.1 | You can close your eyes if you don't want. You don't need to. |
| 1:13.9 | You can focus on your breathing for a few minutes if you want. You don't need to. Up to you. But just to |
| 1:21.6 | pause to open again to God |
| 1:27.5 | and just let the Trinity love you for a few moments. |
| 1:33.0 | They never stop. |
| 1:34.0 | They are always the Father and the Son pouring their love |
| 1:38.2 | into your inner being through the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:42.5 | But so often we miss it or we're closed to it or we run ahead of it far too fast. |
| 1:50.8 | Just take a moment to slow down and let God love you. |
| 2:01.6 | Thank you. I'm I'm I'm |
| 2:03.6 | I'm |
| 2:05.6 | I'm |
| 2:06.6 | I'm |
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