What is Christian Meditation?
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🗓️ 7 January 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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In our last day focusing on getting back the basics of a quality time alone with God, we’re going to focus on what it means to meditate as a Christian. There is so much life to be had in the practice of meditation. And there is so much history within Christianity around this wonderful practice of meditating. May the encouragements of Scripture and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit lead each of us to an embracing of this incredible opportunity in Christian meditation.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 1:2-3, and today's worship is First Love by Kari Jobe.
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| 0:00.0 | In our last episode, focusing on getting back to the basics of a quality time along with God, |
| 0:10.0 | we're going to focus on what it means to meditate as a Christian. |
| 0:15.0 | There is so much life to be had in the practice of meditation, |
| 0:19.0 | and there's so much history within Christianity around this wonderful practice of meditation. And there's so much history within Christianity |
| 0:21.4 | around this wonderful practice of meditating. |
| 0:25.4 | May the encouragements of Scripture |
| 0:26.9 | and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit |
| 0:29.3 | lead each of us to an embracing |
| 0:31.6 | of this incredible opportunity in Christian meditation. |
| 0:35.8 | Welcome to the First of teen podcast. |
| 0:38.3 | Our scripture for today comes from Psalm 1, 1 through 3. |
| 0:55.0 | God's word says, |
| 0:57.0 | Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord, |
| 1:02.0 | and on his law he meditates day and night. |
| 1:06.0 | He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither. |
| 1:15.9 | For many years, I believe the Word of God was meant just for reading and studying, like a textbook |
| 1:22.6 | on life. I believed it was authored by a good God, and I tried to read it as I knew I should, but it never made an impact on my life to the level God desired. |
| 1:34.3 | It wasn't until I discovered the practice of meditation, that my life began to be transformed by the powerful, applicable truth of Scripture. |
| 1:47.0 | For many of us, the idea of meditation is a confusing one. |
| 1:52.0 | Modern Christians, notably Protestants, seem to have lost the practice of this important spiritual discipline. |
| 2:00.0 | We confuse it with practices of other religions such as Buddhism, and therefore cast it aside |
| 2:06.9 | as too mystical or even wrong. |
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