Displaying Christian Sermons by tag: meditation on god’s word

Dr. Charles Stanley Weekly Saturday sermon: Requirements for Effective Meditation. It’s hard to find moments of quiet in a world that is so loud. But when we tune out the blaring televisions and beeping phones and every other diverting noise, we find a refuge in God. He is always there, waiting for us with the comfort of a listening ear, the wisest of words, and the most loving of hearts.

Jentezen Franklin (October-13-2023) Daily Devotional: Meditate on the Scriptures.

“I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways.” Ps 119:15 NKJV

If you want to grow spiritually, you need a consistent diet of Scripture. In fact, you will never outgrow your diet of Scripture. There is no substitute. There is no supplement. The poet T. S. Eliot said, “Everything we eat has some…effect upon us. It affects us during the process of assimilation and digestion; and I believe that exactly the same is true of anything we read.” We are what we read. But let’s take that a step further. Reading without meditating is like eating without digesting. If you want to absorb the nutrients, you can’t just read it; you have to chew on it. Meditation is the way we metabolize Scripture. That’s how it gets into our spirit and our soul. The French writer Jacques Réda had a particular habit. He would walk the streets of Paris with the purpose of seeing one new thing every day. It was how he renewed his love for the city. We renew our love for God in a similar way. Our love grows as we see new dimensions of His personality, and His personality is predominantly revealed in the pages of the Bible. What if we approached God’s Word the way Jacques Réda walked the streets of Paris? Here is the secret of spiritual growth: You can’t merely read the Bible, you have to meditate on it. Reading provides breadth to our understanding, but meditation provides depth. If all we do is read Scripture, our understanding of God and our experience with Him is one-dimensional. The Bible is a kaleidoscope. Each time you turn it, another beautiful pattern of truth is revealed.

Dr. Charles Stanley Weekly Saturday sermon: Guidance Through Godly Meditation - In Touch Ministries. If you meditate on God’s Word and listen to Him, He will show you the best path to walk through your circumstances. His answers may not come instantly or without effort on your part. But they have the power to save your finances, your relationships, your family—and possibly even your life.

Charles Stanley - sermon: Requirements for Effective Meditation - In Touch Ministries. It’s hard to find moments of quiet in a world that is so loud. But when we tune out the blaring televisions and beeping phones and every other diverting noise, we find a refuge in God. He is always there, waiting for us with the comfort of a listening ear, the wisest of words, and the most loving of hearts.

Dr. Charles Stanley Weekly Saturday sermon: Godly Meditation on Courage - In Touch Ministries. Biblical meditation is characterized by a thorough and thoughtful consideration of what God is saying to us. Our meditations with Him deepen our devotional life and our fellowship with Him. But sometimes He may call us to do more than listen and learn. It is then that we need His courage to act.

Charles Stanley (March-04-2023) Daily Devotional: The Rewards of Meditation

Spending time in meditation with the Lord puts our heart on the same page as His.

Psalm 51 - Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

There are many urgent and practical needs in the world, such as those related to marginalized communities, natural disasters, and struggling families. As a result, prioritizing time with the Lord in His Word and prayer may seem less pressing, but it’s not. Let’s consider reasons for making meditation a daily practice in our life.

The primary reward of meditating on Scripture is personal intimacy with God. Think of a good friend or family member. Your closeness did not simply appear out of nowhere. Rather, it is the result of a long-standing, close-knit relationship of love, trust, and regular interaction. We cannot grow close to God unless we make it a point to spend time with Him. 

Meditation also enables us to develop a pure heart. We see this clearly in the repentance of King David in Psalm 51. Because of his close relationship with God, David could not hide from his own sin. In verse 3, he cries, “For I know my wrongdoings, and my sin is constantly before me.” 

David’s painful self-awareness led him into reconciliation with the Lord. In the same way, when we allow our relationship with God to permeate the darkest places of our heart, we too can find the strength to repent and receive His amazing forgiveness.

Bill Johnson - Watch Sermon: Meditate on Things Above. 

Faith brings answers to prayer, but enduring faith brings answers with character. Bill Johnson encourages us to always pray aware of who God is. In return, we will become more like God and not react to the devil but respond to the Father.

Scripture References: Luke 18: 1, Colossians 3: 1, Ephesians 1: 7

Jentezen Franklin (November-07-2022) Daily Devotional: Meditate—percolate (1).

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” Col 3:16 NKJV

Meditating in Scripture is one of the great keys to spiritual growth. In Psalm 1, David writes, “In His law he meditates day and night” (Ps 1:2 NKJV). But the word “meditation” is not one that a text-and-Twitter generation relates to very well. We imagine sober-faced monks wearing hair shirts and chanting on bended knees as the sun comes up every morning. As a result, we want to run in the opposite direction. We admire such people, think God has to call us to such a thing, and conclude that He certainly hasn’t called us to do it. Or we think meditation is a discipline that requires hours of uninterrupted time, and time is the one thing we don’t have any more of. And the result? We live busy but spiritually barren lives. Some of us actually think meditation is a fine thing, but we believe that there are too many other areas of spiritual growth and character development we need to work on first.

What’s the problem? We don’t understand what it means to meditate, or the rich benefits it will give us. A spoon of instant coffee is okay if you just want the basic taste of coffee. But if you want more—if you want to enjoy the flavors of the coffee in all their richness—you have to let it percolate. So, we could paraphrase the Scripture this way: “In His law he percolates day and night.” That is what Paul meant here: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.” Today, enjoy the aroma, taste the flavor, and experience the strength of percolating on God’s Word.

Jentezen Franklin (August-21-2022) Daily Devotional: George Müller’s thoughts on meditation

“I will delight myself in thy commandments.” Ps 119:47

George Müller was a man of great faith. He rescued thousands of homeless children in England. Sometimes when they gathered at the table for supper there was nothing to eat, so he would pray and thank God for supernatural provision. No sooner had he said, “Amen” than a baker would show up at his door with bread, or a greengrocer with vegetables, or a farmer with milk. Here is an entry from his journal, dated May 9, 1841: “I saw more clearly than ever that the first great primary business to which I ought to attend every day was…not how much I might serve the Lord…but…how my inner man might be nourished. For I might seek to set the truth before the unconverted, I might seek to benefit believers…and yet, not being happy in the Lord, and not being nourished and strengthened in my inner man day by day, all this might not be attended to in a right spirit.

Before this time my practice had been…to give myself to prayer after having dressed myself in the morning. Now, I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God, and to meditation on it, that thus my heart might be comforted, encouraged, warned, reproved, instructed; and that this, by means of the Word of God, whilst meditating on it, my heart might be brought into experimental communion with the Lord.” For over forty years, Müller walked in the power of God and saw miracles. What was his secret? Taking time each day to meditate in God’s Word.

Dr. Charles Stanley Weekly Saturday sermon: The Power of Godly Meditation In Touch Ministries. How often do we read a Bible verse and just hours, or a day later, find that we can’t recall much about it? It happens to every one of us from time to time. We read God’s Word, but we don’t always think about the next steps to living it out in our lives.

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