2013-04-04T09:58:28-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/meditation/ http://delveintojesus.com/Devotionals/57/The-Lords-Prayer--A-Meditation-Matthew-6-9-13.aspx 2013-04-04T09:58:28-05:00 In this devotional, Dr. Kieran Beville, Pastor of Lee Valley Bible Church in Ballincollig, Ireland takes us through a beautiful meditation on the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/rub-it-in-6774 2012-12-27T14:09:08-05:00 What did you read today? What are you doing differently because of it? When God says meditate on it, what does that mean? Does that mean you stare into space blankly, kind of an Eastern mysticism thing? Not at all! You think about something you read in the Bible until you have made a connection between what you read and something you're going to face today. http://faithaliveresources.org/Products/420040/seeking-gods-face.aspx 2011-01-26T13:14:33-05:00 For hundreds of years, Christians have observed the “daily office”—prayers offered to God at regular times of the day. This helpful practice, now experiencing a wide resurgence, can help your prayer life become a vital, lifelong conversation with God. From the foreward by Eugene Peterson: “Seeking God’s Face melds prayer and Scripture into a companionable guide for becoming a participant—both listening and speaking—in the great salvation conversation that is the Christian gospel.” http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/22/should-christians-meditate/ 2009-10-28T10:55:20-05:00 Meditation is defined as the act of engaging “in mental exercise for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness.” Let’s assume that we’re talking about meditating on a particular passage or phrase in the Bible, or on an aspect of God. Is this something Christians should do? http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2019:14&version=NIV 2009-08-25T11:30:34-05:00 The psalmist in Psalm 19 asks God to make sure the meditation of his heart and the words of his mouth are seen as pleasing to Him. http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_EatPrayLove.html 2008-05-16T10:39:09-05:00 “I was the administrator of my own rescue”. But the message from Jesus is that we cannot rescue ourselves: “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins,” (John 8.24). We cannot magically erase our sins... http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_ContemplativePrayer1.html 2008-01-14T20:24:43-05:00 Contemplative Prayer, also called Centering Prayer or Listening Prayer, has been taught by Roman Catholic monks Thomas Merton, Thomas Keating, and Basil Pennington, as well as by Quaker Richard Foster, and is being advocated by many others. http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/AboutCANA_SpiritualJourney.html 2008-01-14T20:08:10-05:00 Spirit guides, meditation, astrology, the "higher Self," raising the kundalini, developing psychic abilities, praying to gurus, astral travel, numerology, Tarot cards, contacting the dead, hanging out with witches, Sufis, followers of Muktananda, Rajneesh, Sai Baba, Maharaji, -- all these and more w