Christian Meditation for A Bigger Lif...
Christian Meditation can help refocus your mind and recalibrate your body to get the stress, anxiety and anger out of your heart and out of your body. Spend about 23 minutes to "be still" with God as each episode uses a different biblical image to experience God's presence and promises in a way that brings relaxation and renewal. Look for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.
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Where YOU Enter Into Psalm 118’s Story | Psalm 118
Psalm 118 was a liturgy in Jesus’s Day as part of the celebration of Passover. Written centuries beforehand, it foretells the story of that final Passover during which Jesus’s death and resurrection would change the word’s story forever. New Testament ...
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The Day Jesus Entered Psalm 118 | Psalm 118
Psalm 118 was a liturgy in Jesus’s Day as part of the celebration of Passover. And because of that, the words on the lips of those praising Jesus as he entered Jerusalem the Sunday of Passover week fulfilled their own prophecy. You’ve heard these words...
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The Two Key Verses in the Middle of the Bible |...
There are 31,174 total verses in the Bible. Psalm 118:8-9 are the 15,587th and 15,588th verses. The very middle of the Bible. It’s probably just random chance, or maybe it’s God’s way of winking at us, but these two verses in the very middle of the ent...
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A “Quiet Time” To See God’s Goodness and Love |...
The New Testament tells us that “https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%204%3A4-6&version=NIV (the god of this age)” casts a kind of spell on our minds and hearts to keep us from seeing God’s glory. One way he does it is by co...
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A Big Reason Why I Believe the Gospel is True |...
There are some good arguments non-Christians make as to why Christianity isn’t true. But Psalm 117 provides one of the many good reasons why I believe it is. Let’s discuss it in this episode.Psalm 117 ESV1 Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, a...
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To Call Upon the Name of the LORD, C.A.L.L. | P...
In the Bible, repetition is always used for emphasis. And the most repeated phrase in Psalm 116 is “call upon the name of the LORD.” God’s people learn to call upon the name of the I AM as a lifestyle. That’s what makes them different. And that’s what ...
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Praying You-Are Prayers | Psalm 116
What does Psalm 116 mean by “call upon the name of the LORD”? When we remember that God’s “name” is the ancient Hebrew verb for HE IS, then calling upon his name could include praying YOU ARE kinds of prayers of thanksgiving and praise to the I AM. We ...
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The Simplest Thing That We Forget To Do | Psalm...
The apostle Paul warns the ancient Corinthians that Satan is cunning and is always subtly working to lead our minds astray from our sincere devotion to Christ (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%2011%3A3&version=NIV (2 Cor...
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God Wants To Bless You, Really? | Psalm 115
God wants you to thrive. To flourish. To “increase,” as Psalm 115:14 puts it. What would your life be if the I AM “who made heaven and earth,” and is the Source of all life and all existence, gives you his blessing (Psalm 115:15)? By lifting https://ww...
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Security, Meaning, Worth, and Identity? | Psalm...
You want to follow Jesus, so that means you want to pray more. But it’s hard to think of the right words to pray. Psalm 115 is one of the last Psalms on Jesus’s lips before he died. He prayed these words the night he was arrested and beaten. There is a...
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From Whom Do You Derive Your Glory? | Psalm 115
You want to follow Jesus, so that means you want to pray more. But it’s hard to think of the right words to pray. Psalm 115 is one of the last Psalms on Jesus’s lips before he died. He prayed these words the night he was arrested and beaten. There is a...
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The Last Psalm Jesus Prayed | Psalm 113
For thousands of years, Jews have sung Psalms 113-118 at Passover. When Matthew tells us that Jesus sang a hymn with his disciples after the Passover meal the night he was arrested, he sang Psalm 113 (Matthew 26:30). And for good reason. This Psalm imm...
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Being Transformed By God’s Character | Psalm 112
Psalm 112 is a kind of part 2 of Psalm 111. In our last couple of episodes we saw how the works of God’s (Yahweh’s) creation and redemption/salvation are forever because God’s glory and majesty and radiance and splendor righteousness and mercy and comp...
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Words That Breathe God’s Life Into Us | Psalm 111
In our last episode we looked at Psalm 111. But when I worship using the Psalms, I very often will spend several days in the same Psalm. Many Psalms have so much to offer and I find more each day that I spend reading and meditating and worshiping God i...
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Why You Can Have Comfort, Confidence and Securi...
When I turn to Psalm 111 in my Bible, every verse is underlined. That’s because this psalm has often given me comfort, confidence, and security in my relationship with God. And the reason is because it helps me trust in his forever promise to me rather...
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Why Is Psalm 110:4 So Amazing? | Psalm 110
Why is Psalm 110 the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament, and yet perhaps one of the most unknown Psalms to Christians today? What have we missed? In our last episode we discussed v.1, a verse Jesus quotes and surprises everyone with an observation ...
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Why Is This the Most Quoted Psalm in the New Te...
Why is Psalm 110 the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament, and yet perhaps one of the most unknown Psalms to Christians today? What are we missing? We talk about the first half of this Psalm in this episode. Psalm 110:1–3 ESVA PSALM OF DAVID...
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When People Accuse You Falsely | Psalm 109
There will be times in your life when others are speaking bad about you. Sometimes it’s not that big of a deal and you can move on. But other times it can be super painful and even highly damaging to your reputation. As a follower of Jesus, how should ...
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What About Psalms That Pray for Retribution? | ...
You’re reading or praying through the Psalms and you come across one where David prays for terrible things to happen to his enemies. For God to bring disaster upon enemies. And you can’t help but think how unChristian this is! “I can’t pray for this!” ...
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How You Can Choose Hope In Your Life | Psalm 108:1
In https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2013%3A13&version=NIV (1 Corinthians 13:13), the apostle Paul tells us that a life filled with God’s Spirit will be more and more characterized by three things: faith, hope, and love. ...
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What Are You Hoping For? | Psalm 108:1
Your faith is not just a set of beliefs. Your faith always has an emotional element to it. An emotional view of God’s promises that affects you in some way. It’s an emotional response that the Bible refers to as “hope.” A hope that looks up and looks f...
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Getting a Heart of Courage | Psalm 108
God has put your life in a place and time that requires courage to survive. That’s why all throughout the Bible God calls his people to have hearts of courage. Even though you can’t always see it, every minute of your life is taking place in the midst ...
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Do You Have a Wandering Life? Part 2 | Psalm 10...
Your life is a constant conversion with God, even if you don’t know it. This is why even atheists refer to God when cursing or complaining. The reason for this constant life-long conversation with God is that everyone is created by God and lives inside...
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Do You Have a Wandering Life? | Psalm 107:1-16
Your life is a constant conversion with God, even if you don’t know it. This is why even atheists refer to God when cursing or complaining. The reason for this constant life-long conversation with God is that everyone is created by God and lives inside...
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Finding Security in Jesus as Your Perfect Media...
The weird thing about the Christian life is that the more you are walking in the light and the truth of God’s word, the more you are aware of your sin. You’re more aware that your sinfulness sinks its roots in your life far deeper than you realize. It ...
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