Psalms 63:6 (ESV) King David writes…

“…I remember you upon my bed,

and meditate on you ...”

Hebrew: “Mindful of”  

Hebrew: “Imagine”

So “mindfulness” and “meditation” are ancient biblical disciplines that God’s people have been practicing for thousands of years.

Being mindful of God through our imagination doesn’t mean trying to picture God. It means using your biblically guided imagination to envision what the Bible tells you is true about God…and all that that means for you in how you envision/narrate your life and your future.

Whenever we imagine ourselves in the wrong narrative/story, we put anxiety and stress into our body because we are imagining our life story without God’s sovereignty, without God’s Spirit in us and with us, without God’s goodness and steadfast love for us.

In Acts 17 the Apostle Paul is talking to pagan philosophers in Athens. So he is using very general language. But everything he says is part of the gospel. That's what he's doing. He's preaching the gospel. The Good News. So this is God’s good new to you!

Paul says in Acts 17:24-25, “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.” And then in the next verse, he says, “And he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” Then in verse 28 he says, “In him we live and move and have our being.“

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Psalm 9:10 ESV

“And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.”

“LORD” in all uppercase letters in our English Bibles indicates that in Hebrew God’s name, Yahweh, is used (Exodus 3:14-15; Isaiah 42:8). Yahweh is the ancient Hebrew verb form for “HE IS.” God’s name, Yahweh, is used more than any other term for God by far in the Hebrew scriptures. Well over 5,000 times — far more than “God” is used. 

When we look at all the various truths associated with God’s name, HE IS, in the Hebrew scriptures (what we call the Old Testament), five powerful truths of Yahweh are emphasized. 

1. HE IS the Creator and Sustainer of ALL that exists, including this entire universe (Ps 33:6; Isa 40:25-28; Isa 42:5; Isa 44:24). HE IS the Giver and Sustainer of ALL life everywhere always (Num 27:16; Job 12:10; Neh 9:6).
2. HE IS eternal and forever God – he inhabits eternity (Isa 57:15; Isa 40:28).
3. HE IS ALWAYS infinitely 100% present with you and in control of everything in your life at every moment (Ps 31:14-15; Psalm 139:1-8; without being any less present or any less focused anywhere else in the universe, because
4. HE IS infinite). See Jesus’s words in Matthew 10:29-31.“
5. HE IS good and his steadfast love endures forever.” (Most repeated phrase in the OT.)

So imagine – envision – this reality. He is the Creator of this entire universe; he is the Source of all being; he is the Giver of your life and sustains your life at every moment; he is the one who “inhabits eternity” (Isaiah 57:15), and so has the eternal perspective in all your life’s circumstances; and he is infinitely, intimately, 100% present with you at every moment and in control of every circumstance in your life. And he is good and his steadfast love for you endures forever.

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Hebrews 4:16 (ESV)

“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

John 10:11 (NIV)

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

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Acts 17:25 (NIV) 

“…He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Acts 17:28 (NIV)

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

John 15:9-11 ESV

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love… These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”

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Isaiah 45:21-22 (NIV) 

“Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. Turn to me and be saved,

all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.”

The idea of all the ends of the Earth is a promise the Bible has been making since its beginning. But it made this promise when God’s people were just 12 nomadic tribes in a small region in the back corners of the Earth. And yet these promises have come true! There are believers in Jesus and every nation to the end of the Earth. Followers of Jesus comprise the single most multiethnic, multicultural, multinational movement in human history! Pew’s most recent data describes Christians explicitly as “the most geographically dispersed” religious group, with roughly 2.3 billion people in the world identifying as Christian. It’s the only religion whose largest blocs of followers are now spread fairly evenly across Africa, Latin America, Europe, North America, and Asia, with no single continent or ethnicity dominating. No other religious movement has such a spread across all continents, languages, and racial groups at this scale.

And God foretold it thousands of years ago! The logic God is using here is if I was foretelling the future truthfully thousands of years ago, and it has come to pass, how much more are my other promises going to come true!

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God’s promise to his people…

Jeremiah 33:8 (NASB)

“I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.”

Then v11 says…

Jeremiah 33:11 (ESV)

“Give thanks to the LORD of hosts,

for the LORD is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!”

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5 phrases to say to God in prayer:

“All things are possible for you.” (Mk 14:36)

“Nothing is too difficult for you.” (Jer 32:17)

“You are the God who works wonders.” (Ps 77:14)

“You call into being things that are not.” (Rom 4:17)

“You are good and your steadfast love endures forever.” (Most repeated phrase about God in the Bible)

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Job 33:4 NIV

“The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”

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Nehemiah 9:6 (NIV)

“You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.”

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

For one, we don’t know all that God knows. And this is especially true when our circumstances get tough. Life becomes painful. We have to remember that we don’t know what God knows. As the heavens are higher than the Earth – as the universe is incomprehensibly vast – so are God‘s thoughts incomprehensibly higher than our thoughts. What he knows is far higher – far more vast – than what we know. In other words, it wouldn’t make sense, if God is the one who created this entire universe, that everything he says and does would be something that we showed or even can’t understand. So we have to trust. Faith is trusting God with things we don’t understand yet.

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Acts 17:25 (NIV) 

“…He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Psalm 118:1 ESV

“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!”

Psalms 121:2 (ESV)

“My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”

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Jeremiah 32:17, CSB

“Oh, Lord God! You yourself made the heavens and earth by your great power and with your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you!”

“All things are possible for you.” (Jesus prayed in Mk 14:36)

“Nothing is too difficult for you.” (Jeremiah prayed in Jer 32:17)

“You are the God who works wonders.” (Asaph prayed in Ps 77:14)

“You call into being things that are not.” (Paul writes in Rom 4:17)

“You are good and your steadfast love endures forever.” (Most repeated words to God in the Bible)

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Job 34:4 NIV

“The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”

Romans 4:17 (NIV) 

“The God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.” 

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Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

Jesus said this…

Luke 11:13 ESV

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Sometimes the Bible refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Spirit of Jesus” (Acts 16:7), or “the Spirit of Christ” (Rom. 8:9). It’s by the Holy Spirit that Jesus is present in you and with you.

Ephesians 3:16-17 NIV

“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.”

1 Corinthians 12:4, 7, 11 NIV

“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. …Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. …All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”

 Galatians 5:22-23 ESV

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”

This is what it actually means to be “holy.” When you look at all the verses about the Holy Spirit in the Bible, one way to think of who he is is not just the Holy Spirit, but the Healing Spirit. The more you become aware of God’s healing Spirit in your inner being – the more you pay attention to his presence and his leading – the more YOU will be transformed into the REAL YOU that God intended when he created you (2 Cor. 3:18).

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Job 12:10 (NIV)

“In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.”

Job 34:14-15 NIV

“If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.”

A very common source of anxiety is our drive for people‘s approval.

Galatians 1:10 (NIV)

“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”

Often our anxiety comes from our worries about what others think of us. And that’s only been amplified many times in the age of social media. We use the term, “being a people pleaser“ – the fact that we use that term negatively shows how we know this instinctively – that living your life to please people will always take a toll on you being and becoming the person you really want to be. And more importantly it will take a toll on becoming the person God wants you to be.

But I’ve always found comfort in what the apostle Paul says here. It puts my fear of what people think of me, or my always trying to win the approval of certain people, back in its proper perspective. It puts the horse back before the cart so to speak.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Job 34:14-15 NIV

“If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.”

Psalms 62:5-7 (NASB)

5 My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him.

6 He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

7 On God my salvation and my glory rest; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Waiting in silence for God means quieting your body and your mind so you can pay attention to the whisper of God’s Spirit. In my life the whisper of God’s Spirit is most often when he lifts words off the page of his word to me. And that’s what these verses do for me. And I pray the Spirit of God does that for you too in this meditation.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Job 34:14-15 NIV

“If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.”

Psalms 68:20 (NIV)

“Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Job 34:14-15 NIV

“If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.”

Psalm 7:10 NIV

“My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Genesis 2:7 NIV

“Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV

“...If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

John 20:19-22 NIV

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”

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2 Corinthians 4:17-18 CSB

“For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Romans 8:17-18 NIV

“...If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”

2 Corinthians 12:3-4 NIV

“...Whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows — [I] was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.

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2 Corinthians 4:17-18 CSB

“For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Romans 8:17-18 NIV

“...If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

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2 Corinthians 4:17-18 CSB

“For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

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1 John 3:1 NIV

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Psalm 46:10 NIV

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

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Psalm 56:3-4 ESV

3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

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Mark 6:50 (CSB)

“Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 

Literally in the Greek: “I AM. Don’t be afraid.”

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1 Kings 19:11-13 NIV

11 The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face….

God’s native language is a whisper, and a whisper is hard to hear and easy to ignore. And if your life is constantly full of noise, you will completely miss it (see Tyler Staton, The Familiar Stranger).

 People often say, “Why doesn’t God make himself more real to me?” What if God IS revealing himself to you far more than you realize? What if the majority of the times God was revealing himself to you in your life up till now were missed connections because of all the noise and you never stopped to listen? 

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Romans 8:26 (NIV)

“…The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.”

Not all prayer has to have words. Sometimes we just need to quiet ourselves before God. “Be still and know that I am God” (Psa 46:10). And just be cognizant that the Spirit of God is interceding for us even without words.

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Psalms 147:4-5 (NIV)

4 He determines the number of the stars

and calls them each by name.

5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

Psalms 147:5 (CSB)

“Our Lord is great, vast in power; his understanding is infinite.”

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Romans 12:1 CSB

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.

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Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being,”

Ephesians 3:16-17 NIV

“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.”

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Psalm 16:1-2 ESV

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

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Psalm 46:10 NIV

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

Hebrews 4:16 CSB

“Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.”

Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

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As we come to the end of one year and the beginning of a new year, let me pray a very old blessing that God gave to Moses to have said over his people. You might think it’s weird to be listening to a recording of me praying for you without me knowing specifically who you are. But God knows. God knows all who will listen to this when I am praying this for you.

So let me speak and pray these God-given words over you…

Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV) 

“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”

Then God says to Moses in the next verse…

Numbers 6:27 (NIV)

“So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

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This is a very simple verse. The problem with simple verses is they tend to go in one ear and out the other. That’s where Christian meditation comes in. You focus your mind on envisioning that simple verse and then suddenly it becomes a powerful image for you. I think that’s true of this verse.

Jeremiah 17:7 NIV

“...Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.”

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Zechariah 12:1 (NIV)

“The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person.”

The God who created this universe also specifically created you. Your body (psalm 139). And your very spirit. You. 

“LORD. You are the creator of this universe. And you created me. Specifically me. Because of your steadfast love and your goodness. I exist because out of your infinite goodness steadfast love you want me to exist. I exist because of you. I exist for you. I exist through you. And your will for me is infinite goodness and overflowing joy and steadfast love. And I reject the evil that is always trying to trick me into thinking goodness and love is found somewhere else apart from you. You are worthy of my worship. You are worthy of my obedience. You are worthy of my trust. You are worthy of my whole life. And I surrender my whole life to you.”

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Getting a good night's sleep is a challenge for almost everyone. Especially when there are circumstances in our life we’re uncertain about or regrets in our life we can’t seem to move past. There’s something about the nighttime that often brings out our anxiety and stress and insecurities more. It’s amazing the difference of how you’ll feel about your life circumstances at 2:00 a.m. versus in the morning when the sun is out. And when we read the Bible we realize this was an issue for David over 3000 years ago as well.

Psalms 6:3, 6 (NIV)

“My soul is in deep anguish. …All night long I flood my bed with weeping

and drench my couch with tears.”

It seems like I’ve had one or two nights like that in my life. But mostly whenever I can’t sleep is when I can’t figure out what to do with my worry or regrets. But David found the ability to sleep when he was able to entrust everything in his life and his life itself into the hands of God.

Psalms 3:5 (NIV)

“I lie down and sleep;

I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.”

Psalms 4:8 (NIV) 

“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.”

In spite of facing a multitude of enemies and hardships in his life — David is here choosing to trust and rest in the promise that God is in control. And all David can do now is pray to God for help and entrust things into his hands. And that’s all you can do. All the things in your life right now that are causing anxiety, worry, uncertainty — envision yourself putting everything into God’s hands. Ask him to do what you want him to do and then leave things in his hands. He may or may not do exactly what you want because he sees the total big picture, but things will turn out ultimately right for you when you trust them into the hands of a loving and good God.

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Psalm 46:10 NIV

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

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Colossians 3:8-10 NIV

“But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”

Colossians 3:12 NIV

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

Isaiah 61:10 (NIV)

“I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness.”

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Isaiah 61:10 (NIV)

“I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness.”

Colossians 3:8-10 NIV

“But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”

Colossians 3:12-13 NIV

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

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Isaiah 61:10 (NIV)

“I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness.”

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Psalms 144:1 (NIV)

Of David.

“Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.”

Another psalm that David wrote says something similar…

Psalms 18:34 (NIV) 

“He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.”

Psalms 18:29 (ESV)

“For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.”

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Psalm 144:1-2 NIV

1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge.

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Isaiah 26:4 NIV

“Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.”

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Job 9:4 NIV

“His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?”

​​Job 9:8-12 NIV

8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

10 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

11 When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

12 If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

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Lamentations 3:24-26 NIV

24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

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Zechariah 2:13 NIV

“Be still before the LORD, all mankind.”

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Isaiah 57:15 ESV

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”

Psalm 46:10 ESV

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

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Psalm 46:10 ESV

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

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Jeremiah 17:14 NIV

“Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.”

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?”

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The apostle says to the pagan philosophers in Athens…

Acts 17:25, 28 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. …‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’”

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Matthew 4:4 NIV

“Jesus answered, ‘It is written “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’”

Psalm 107:1 ESV

“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!”

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1 John 4:16 NIV

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. 

God is love.”

1 John 4:9-10 CSB

“God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

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Psalm 73:23 NIV

“...I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.”

Psalm 73:28 CSB

“But as for me, God’s presence is my good. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge…”

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Genesis 2:7 NIV

“Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

The apostle says to the pagan philosophers in Athens…

Acts 17:25, 28 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. …‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’”

God speaks through the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah…

Jeremiah 23:24 CSB

“Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”

Psalm 73:23 NIV

“...I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.”

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God speaks through the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah…

Jeremiah 23:24 CSB

“Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”

The apostle says to the pagan philosophers in Athens…

Acts 17:25, 28 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. …‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’”

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Psalm 144:1-2 NIV

1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge.

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Mark 1:35 NIV

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”

John 6:15 ESV

“Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.”

1 Corinthians 6:11 NIV

“But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

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Matthew 6:6 ESV

“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

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Isaiah 55:8-11 NIV

8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”

Matthew 4:4 NIV

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

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Psalm 46:10 NIV

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

Isaiah 66:1-2 NIV

1 This is what the LORD says: 

“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the LORD. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.”

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Psalm 46:10 ESV

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

Psalm 28:7 ESV

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped.”

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Genesis 2:7 NIV

“Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

John 20:21-22 NIV

Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”

A Shorter Jesus Prayer

“Lord Jesus Christ ... have mercy on me.”

The earliest attested references to a form of the Jesus Prayer appear in a letter traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom (AD 407). In a “Letter to an Abbot,” John Chrysostom makes mention of using "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy" (and also the plural variant "…have mercy on us") as a form of unceasing prayer.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

Colossians 1:16-17 NIV

“...All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

The Jesus Prayer

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

The earliest attested references to a form of the Jesus Prayer appear in a letter traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom (AD 407). In a “Letter to an Abbot,” John Chrysostom makes mention of using "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy" (and also the plural variant "…have mercy on us") as a form of unceasing prayer.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

Colossians 1:16-17 NIV

“...All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Isaiah 55:1-3 NIV

1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Isaiah 30:15 ESV

For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”

Isaiah 30:15 NABRE

For thus said the Lord God,

    the Holy One of Israel:

By waiting and by calm you shall be saved,

    in quiet and in trust shall be your strength.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

Romans 11:33-36 NIV

33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!

34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” 

35 “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” 

36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

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Exodus 14:13-14 NIV

13 Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

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Matthew 10:29-31 NIV

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Jesus taught that the Psalms of the Bible were directly inspired by God’s Spirit…

Matthew 22:41-44 NIV

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.

43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ (quoting Ps 110:1)

So this is a truth directly inspired by God’s Spirit…

Psalm 139:16-18 NIV

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand

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Psalm 115:1 ESV

Not to us, O LORD, not to us,

but to your name give glory,

for the sake of your steadfast love 

and your faithfulness!

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Psalm 27:1 ESV

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27:3-4 ESV

3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear;

 though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after:

 that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

 to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD…

Psalm 27:13 ESV

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!

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Psalm 27:1 ESV

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27:14 ESV

Wait for the LORD; 

Be strong, and let your heart take courage; 

Wait for the LORD!

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Psalm 27:1 ESV

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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Ephesians 1:18 NIV

“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you.”

Hebrews 7:24-26 NIV

“But because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.”

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2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

Exodus 34:6 NIV

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”

Matthew 9:36 NIV

“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”

John 11:33-36 NIV

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

35 Jesus wept.

36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”

Luke 7:11-13 NIV

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

Matthew 20:32-34 NIV

32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

33 “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”

34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Hebrews 10:10 NIV

“...We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

Hebrews 10:12 NIV

“...[He] offered for all time one sacrifice for sins.”

Hebrews 10:14 NIV

“For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.”

Romans 8:30 NIV

“And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.”

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Psalm 16:8-9 ESV

8 I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.

Psalm 16:8-9 NIV

8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,

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Psalm 46:1-3 ESV

1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.

Psalm 46:7 ESV

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

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Hebrews 7:25 ESV

“…He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“…He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

Psalm 25:6-7 ESV

6 Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!

Psalm 25:11 ESV

“For your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.”

Psalm 25:18 ESV

“Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.”

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Matthew 6:6 NIV

“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

Romans 8:23-24 NIV

“...We wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.”

Psalm 25:1-2 ESV

1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

2 O my God, in you I trust.

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Psalm 25:1-2 ESV

1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

2 O my God, in you I trust.

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Psalm 23:1-6 ESV

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Matthew 6:33 NIV

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Ephesians 4:24 NIV

“...Put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”

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John 6:37 ESV

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

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Isaiah 55:8-13 NIV

8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the LORD’S renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.”

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Isaiah 55:8-11 NIV

8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

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Today's meditation is by guest host Grace Albritton. Grace is a young adult on staff at the church where I pastor. She works in our operations office, but she also does special classes at our church on breathing meditation with scripture. They are always very well attended. So I asked her to guest host today's meditation.

Psalm 105:1-4 NLT

1 Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.

    Let the whole world know what he has done.

2 Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.

    Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.

3 Exult in his holy name;

    rejoice, you who worship the Lord.

4 Search for the Lord and for his strength;

    continually seek him.

Genesis 17:1 NIV

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.

Exodus 3:14 NIV

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

Revelation 1:8 NIV

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV

8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Psalm 121:1-8 ESV

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.

4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.

6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.”

Romans 8:28 NIV

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Matthew 6:33 NIV

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Romans 6:4 CSB

“Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.”

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Matthew 11:28-29 NIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. …For I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

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Psalm 118:17 NIV

“I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.”

Psalm 118:22-23 NIV

“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.”

Matthew 21:42 NIV

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Psalm 118:26 NIV

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.”

Matthew 21:9 NIV

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,   “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” 

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Psalm 103:1-5 ESV

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5 who satisfies you with good

Psalm 103:11-12 ESV

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

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Psalm 103:1-5 ESV

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5 who satisfies you with good

Isaiah 53:5 NIV

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Psalm 103:1 ESV

“Bless the LORD, O my soul,

 and all that is within me,

 bless his holy name!”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Philippians 3:13-14 NAS

“One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

Hebrews 12:1-2 NAS

“Let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Philippians 3:13-14 NAS

“One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

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Psalm 46:10 NIV

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

Psalm 73:28 CSB

“But as for me, God’s presence is my good. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Isaiah 42:5 NIV

“This is what God the LORD says–the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it.”

Psalm 73:25-26 NIV

25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Luke 10:41-42 NIV

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

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Psalm 73:21-24 NIV

21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,

22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”

Philippians 3:20-21 NIV

“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Psalm 3:3 NIV

“But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high”

Psalm 3:5 NIV

“I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.”

Matthew 10:29-31 NIV

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Psalm 3:3 NIV

“But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high”

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

1 John 4:9-10 NIV

“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

“The most important discovery you will ever make is the love the Father has for you,” writes Pete Greig in his book Dirty Glory. “Your power in prayer will flow from the certainty that the One who made you likes you, he is not scowling at you, he is on your side.”

“It’s being present to the One who chose me first and chooses me again today” (Staton, Tyler. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools).

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1 John 3:23-24 NIV

“And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”

​​1 John 4:18 NIV

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.”

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1 John 4:15-16 NIV

“If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”

​​1 John 4:18 NIV

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.”

Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

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1 John 4:13-16 NIV

“This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”

​​1 John 4:18 NIV

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.”

Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?”

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Matthew 6:9-10 NIV

“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven…’”

When we pray “Our Father,” we are remembering that we are deeply and completely and uniquely loved and important to God. And the more that takes root in us, something happens that begins to replace our fears and anxieties and insecurities with a calmer confidence and a new ability to love others that Our Father loves.

You are my Father in Heaven

I am already a child of Heaven (Phil 2:20)

You love me just as you love Jesus! (Jn 17:23)

You are the Creator of the universe and you’re my Father!

You are my Creator

I exist because you want me to exist (Rev 4:11)

In you I live and move and have my being (Acts 17:28)

As “our Father,” others are your precious sons and daughters

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Acts 17:25 NIV

“...He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV

“The LORD your God is in your midst (NIV: “is with you”), a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing (NIV: “will rejoice over you with singing”).”

Because of Jesus’s death and resurrection, all these verbs are not only in the future but are now in the present tense. So envision/imagine this with your biblically guided imagination. God, the Creator, is with you right now. He has saved you. He’s rejoicing over you with gladness right now. He wants to quiet your anxiety and fear by his love. He’s rejoicing over you with singing.

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Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV

“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning.”

Romans 8:30 NIV

“And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.”

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Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV

16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

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Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV

16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

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Ephesians 3:16-17 NIV

“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.”

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?”

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Psalm 145:10 ESV

“All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!”

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Matthew 5:14-16 CSB

14 “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

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Psalm 145:5-8 ESV

5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

6 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.

7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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Psalm 145:5-8 ESV

5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

6 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.

7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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This is our last episode of 2024 as we take a break for the holidays. 

Psalms 63:6 (ESV) King David writes…

“…I remember you upon my bed,

and meditate on you ...”

Hebrew: “Mindful of”  

Hebrew: “Imagine”

So what this is telling us is that “mindfulness” and “meditation” are ancient biblical disciplines that God’s people have been practicing for thousands of years.

Being mindful of God doesn’t mean trying to picture God. It means using your biblically guided imagination to envision what the Bible tells us is true about God. 

And all that that means for you in how you envision/narrate your life and your future. 

Christian meditation puts our imagination and therefore our body back into the truer narrative/story…

Psalms 20:7 (ESV)

“Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

(“Mindful of”)

Let’s be mindful of God’s name: HE IS— 

Creator

Source of all life 

Sustainer

Eternal

Infinitely present

In Acts 17 the Apostle Paul is talking to pagan philosophers in Athens. So he is using very general language. But everything he says is part of the gospel. That's what he's doing. He's preaching the gospel.

So this is something that we as Christians need to envision as a promise of the gospel, a foundational truth about God and our lives. 

So Paul says in Acts 17:24-25, “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.” And then in the next verse, he says, “And he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Then in verse 28 he says, “In him we live and move and have our being.“

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. The universe. HE IS.

And he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. God is the one who gives you your life, your very breath right now. HE IS.

In him you live and move and have your very being. He is giving you life right now. HE IS your breath of life right now in this breath. And he gives you everything else in your life. Everything in your life ultimately comes from his hand. HE IS.

And so you have to decide if you're going to trust the God who made everything in heaven and on earth. Everything in this universe comes from him. He created the entire universe of a trillion galaxies. He is all-powerful. And yet he is a God of steadfast love and intimate, infinite focus on you to the very hairs of your head, Jesus says in Matthew 10. So you can trust God with your life, even in stressful times.

Psalms 20:7 (ESV)

“Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

(“Mindful of”)

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Zechariah 12:1 NIV

“The LORD [is the one] who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person...”

The same one – the same mind — that created the entire universe also specifically created you.

You are infinitely important (because he is infinite!) to the one who created this entire universe. He specifically created you to be YOU in his creation. Forever! But there is a real you that is in his image that he is transforming you into. That’s what your life is about. That’s the bigger story your life is in in every single moment.

CS Lewis (Mere Christianity)

“God has infinite attention, infinite leisure to spare for each one of us. He doesn't have to take us in the line. You're as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He'd ever created.”

Revelation 2:17 (NIV)

“To the one who is victorious [those who remain true to Jesus’s name - 2:13], I will give …that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it [i.e., unique to the one who receives it].”

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Psalm 27:1 ESV

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? 

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27:13-14 ESV

13 I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!

14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

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Psalm 27:1 ESV

“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? 

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

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Psalm 26:3 ESV

“For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.”

Psalm 26:3 NIV

“For I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.”

Romans 8:38-39 NIV

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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Psalm 25:1 NIV

“In you, LORD my God, I put my trust.”

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Philippians 4:23 NIV

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.”

Philippians 1:2 NIV

“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Romans 2:4 NIV

“Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?”

Acts 6:8 NIV

“Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.”

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Philippians 4:12-13 NIV

12 I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:19 NIV

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 4:5-7 NIV

The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 4:4 NIV

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”

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Psalm 63:6 ESV

“I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night.”

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Philippians 4:2-3 NIV

“I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.”

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Psalm 46:10 ESV

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

Psalm 46:10 NASB

“Cease striving and know that I am God.”

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Philippians 3:20-21 ESV

20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body.

1 Corinthians 15:42-44 ESV

42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.

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C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)

“God has infinite attention, infinite leisure to spare for each one of us. He doesn't have to take us in the line. You're as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He'd ever created.”

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Philippians 3:11-14 NIV

11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:6 NIV

“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 2:13 NIV

“For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”

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Philippians 3:8-9 NIV

8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

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Philippians 3:7-8 NIV

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ….

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Philippians 2:14-15 NIV

14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky….

Philippians 1:6 ESV

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:13 NIV

For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

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Philippians 2:9-13 NIV

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

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Philippians 2:3-5 NIV

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.

If you want to flourish in God’s universe, always choose humility. 

Here’s how Paul defines humility. 

1Not using others to bring a sense of value and significance to yourself. Rather, humility wants to show other people their value.

2Not using others to advance your own interests. Rather, humility cares first about the interests/needs/story of others.

3And what will always ruin relationships is selfish ambition and trying to bring recognition and glory to yourself. 

But all this is impossible if we don’t have the sense of our value and significance and future glory that’s already ours in the gospel of Christ. When we believe/trust the gospel, we don’t have to use others to get what we already have. We’re freed to be humble.

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Philippians 2:1-5 NIV

1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

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Imagination is your mind’s God-given ability to form powerful images of things not physically seen. It’s part of being created in the image of God. Remember in the first chapter of the Bible we see over and over how God first imagined (let there be) and then it was so. 

If you lay in bed at night and think about having a conflict with someone, your imagination will make your body prepare for a conflict. That’s its power. Your body will believe the real and the unreal just as quickly, depending on what your imagination is focused on. 

That’s why our imagination can be a tool of our spiritual enemy to deceive us. Often the devil’s slander happens in our mind through our imagination. When we ruminate on past offenses against us. Or ruminate on our shame. Or we imagine a future where God cannot be trusted.

But also our biblically guided imagination can be a powerful weapon in our spiritual warfare. 

Our mind operates primarily through images. And so does the Bible. So much of the Bible gives us imagination more than information. 

Our biblically guided imagination allows us to enter into an experience of God rather than just intellectual knowledge. A great example of this is what David writes in Psalm 16:8-9.

Psalms 16:8-9 (NIV)

8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD.

With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure.

Today you can envision and embrace the joy, thankfulness, and security of “seeing” God’s near presence. 

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Philippians 1:27 NIV

“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.”

Another English translation captures the literal Greek…

Philippians 1:27 CSB

“Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ.”

Philippians 3:20 CSB

“Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Philippians 1:28 NIV

“without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you.”

Philippians 1:6 NIV

“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

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Job 33:4 NIV

“The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”

Acts 17:25 NIV

“…He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

Acts 17:28 NIV

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

Philippians 1:1-2 NIV

“Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi…. 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Philippians 1:6 NIV

“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

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Philippians 1:1 NIV

“Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, 

To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi.”

1 Corinthians 6:11 NIV

“But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

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Psalm 46:10 (NIV) 

“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God.’”

The verb in the ancient Hebrew (that this was originally written in) for “be still” can also be translated as, “let go; relax; let drop.” We can let go of our tension and self-guarding in our body when we remember to “know” what it means that God is God.

Psalm 37:7 (NIV) 

“Be still before the LORD.”

“LORD” in all uppercase letters in our English Bibles indicates that in Hebrew God’s name, Yahweh, is used (for example, Exodus 3:14-15; Isaiah 42:8). Yahweh is the ancient Hebrew verb form for “HE IS.” God’s name, Yahweh, is used more than any other term for God in the Hebrew scriptures. More than “God” is used. 

When we survey the various truths associated with God’s name, HE IS, in the Hebrew scriptures (what we call the Old Testament), four important aspects of God are emphasized. 

1. HE IS the Creator and Sustainer of ALL that exists, including this entire universe (Ps 33:6; Isa 40:26; Isa 42:5; Isa 44:24). 
2. HE IS the Giver and Sustainer of ALL life everywhere always (Num 27:16; Job 12:10; Acts 17:25).
3. HE IS eternal and forever God (Isa 40:28; Isa 57:15)
4. HE IS ALWAYS infinitely 100% present with you and in control of everything in your life at every moment (Ps 31:14-15; without being any less present or focused anywhere else in the universe, because HE IS infinite). See Jesus’s words in Matthew 10:29-31.

We often meditate on God‘s name in this podcast because it is the key to experiencing God as HE IS. God’s name is filled with wonder and mystery and transcendence for us to meditate on using our biblically guided imagination.

So imagine – envision – this reality. He is the Source of all being; he is the Giver of your life and sustains your life at every moment; he is the one who “inhabits eternity” (Isaiah 57:15), and so has the eternal perspective in all your life’s circumstances; and he is infinitely, intimately, 100% present with you at every moment and in control of every circumstance in your life.

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Psalm 46:10 (NIV) 

“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God.’”

The verb in the ancient Hebrew (that this was originally written in) for “be still” can also be translated as, “let go; relax; let drop.” We can let go of our tension and self-guarding in our body when we remember to “know” what it means that God is God.

Psalm 100:3 (NIV) 

“Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his.”

Psalm 100:5 NIV

“For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

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Psalm 46:10 (NIV) 

“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God.’”

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Psalm 100:3 (NIV) 

“Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his.”

Psalm 100:3 (ESV) 

“Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his.”

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Psalm 46:10 (NIV) 

“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God.’”

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Psalms 46:1 (NIV)

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”

Psalms 46:7 (NIV)

“The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.”

Psalms 46:11 (NIV)

“The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.”

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Psalms 63:6 (ESV) The ancient King David writes…

“…I remember (“mindful of”) you upon my bed,

and meditate on you ...”

So what this is telling us is that “mindfulness” and “meditation” are ancient biblical disciplines that God’s people have been practicing for thousands of years.

John Mark Comer (The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry)

“Worship and joy start with the capacity to turn our minds’ attention toward the God who is always with us in the now.”

Envisioning God being with us and in us is a kind of seeing with what Paul calls “the eyes of our heart“ in Ephesians 1:18. 

God is present with you right now in this moment. The Spirit of the God who created this universe and gives all living things their life is in your body right now. “…Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you” (1 Cor 6:19).

“Worship and joy start with the capacity to turn our minds’ attention toward the God who is always with us in the now.”

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