Practicing Meditation
Practicing Meditation
Meditation is one way that we can use to draw closer to God. Meditation is the practice of thinking and reflecting on God’s Word. The purpose of meditation is to renew our mind and heart with God’s Truth.
ASPECTS OF BIBLICAL MEDITATION
- Focusing on God’s Word – Take time to dwell on a specific verse or passage, allowing its truth to sink deeply into your heart and mind.
- Renewing the Mind – Biblical meditation helps replace worldly thinking with God’s truth, challenging negativity and shaping a healthier perspective.
- Personal Application – As we meditate, we learn to apply Scripture to our daily lives, letting God’s Word transforming our hearts and minds, guiding both our inner thoughts and outward behavior.
- Prayer and Conversation – Meditation naturally leads to prayer, turning what we read into a conversation with God as we share our thoughts, questions, and gratitude.
- Growth in Understanding – Consistent meditation draws us closer to God, deepening our knowledge of His character, His promises, and His ways. This builds a stronger relationship with Him.
HOW TO PRACTICE BIBLICAL MEDITATION
- Choose a Passage- Select a verse or passage of scripture that resonates with you or address a specific need.
- Find a Quiet Place- Choose a location where you can be undisturbed and focused
- Read to Ponder – Read the chosen passage slowly, and carefully, allowing it to speak to your heart.
- Ask Questions- Consider what the passage means, how it applies to your life, and what questions it raises.
- Pray and Reflect- Engage in prayer, expressing your thoughts and feelings about the passage to God.
- Apply the Truth- Seek to live out the truths you have learned from scripture, making them a part of life.
SUPPORTING SCRIPTURES:
JOSHUA 1:8. (NIV). Keep this book of the law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. THEN you will be prosperous and successful.
PSALM 1:1-2. blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but who’s delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night.
PSALM 19:14. May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
PSALM 143:5-6. I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all Your works and consider what Your hands have done.
PSALM 119:15. I meditate on all Your precepts and consider Your ways.
PSALM 119:97-99. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. You through Your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers for Your testimonies are my meditation.
PHILIPPIANS 4:8-9. Finally brothers and sisters whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things.
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