To be “standing on the promises of God” is not only to have complete assurance in their fulfillment, but to live one’s life in faithful service to the One who made those promises. God has already fulfilled many of the promises He has made to mankind in the past.
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What does it mean to meditate on Scripture?
To meditate, then, is to think deeply about what God has said to us in the Bible and to prepare our minds and hearts for prayer. Scripture is the foundation of our praying; meditation readies us for it by helping us focus, understand, remember, worship, and apply.
How do you meditate biblically?
- Sitting with an empty mind.
- Mindlessly repeating a single word or phrase to gain some sort of altered state.
- Burning candles, or sitting calmly on a rug, or listening to sonorous music.
- Practicing yoga.
How do you read and meditate on Scripture?
Open the Bible and read the verse or verses you plan to meditate over. Spend as much time as you need to gain a basic understanding of the words, then bookmark the verse for later; you’ll need to refer to it continually throughout your meditation. After you read through the passage, try reading through it again.
How do you meditate on the Word of God for beginners?
How do I meditate on God’s promises?
How do I meditate on Jesus?
After a minute, begin to gently recite the Jesus Prayer in your mind, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.” Breathe in by saying “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,” recognizing that Jesus is residing within your inner world in this very moment.
How do you spiritually meditate?
- Choose A Comfortable Position. Before you begin the practice, the most important aspect is to find a place and position that you will be comfortable in.
- Experience The Process.
- Acknowledge The Thoughts.
- Utter A Prayer.
- Reflect On Yourself.
How can I hear God’s voice?
- Come to God with your request for guidance.
- Wait in silence for God to speak for 10-12 minutes.
- Jot down any Scripture, songs, impressions, or pictures God gives you.
- Share how God spoke to you with your prayer partners and follow God’s will.
How do you ponder Scriptures?
- Prepare a quiet place free from distractions.
- Read scriptures with the desire to learn from them, rather than to just finish, by thinking deeply about what we are reading.
- Reflect upon what we have read and think about it again and again.
- Engage our minds in an active process.
How do you meditate in prayer?
How do you meditate and clear your mind?
- Get comfortable. Sit in a comfortable position, as comfortable as you can get.
- Deep breath in. Take a deep breath in through your nose.
- Slow breath out.
- Deep breathing.
- Eyes Closed.
How do I meditate on God’s word day and night?
Why is it important to meditate on God’s word?
Meditating on the word of God helps us understand how to apply it in our lives. As Paul told Timothy, the Holy Scriptures are “able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus … that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:15, 17).
What do you need to do first before you can claim God’s promise?
How do you properly meditate?
- Sit or lie comfortably. You may even want to invest in a meditation chair or cushion.
- Close your eyes.
- Make no effort to control the breath; simply breathe naturally.
- Focus your attention on the breath and on how the body moves with each inhalation and exhalation.
What is the Jesus Prayer for meditation?
Hold: “Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me.” Exhale: “Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me.” Meditation: As the breath becomes calmer and more refined during meditation, there is a joyous feeling of peace and exaltation.
What happens when you meditate spiritually?
At its core, spiritual meditation is the mindful practice of connection to something that is greater, vaster, and deeper than the individual self. It may seem paradoxical, but the path to that connection passes through honest self-reflection.
Can you meditate lying down?
“In general, any meditation can be done seated and upright or else lying down,” says Atluri. But some lend themselves especially well in a lying-down position. Keep these benefits of meditation in mind. They may motivate you to keep up with meditation while lying down or in bed.
How do you open your mind spiritually?
- Activate your third eye.
- Supplement your diet.
- Apply essential oils.
- Try sun gazing.
- Practice meditation and chanting.
- Use crystals.
What are signs that God is talking to you?
- He speaks through the Bible.
- A particular Bible verse keeps coming back to you.
- You feel like a sermon or specific scripture is intended for you.
- You feel uneasy about something, leading you to prayer.
- He speaks through His church.
- There is an unexplainable conviction about something.
What does God’s presence feel like?
God’s presence can be felt in different ways. If you’ve ever been in a group of people who are praying, sometimes it feels like there is a large, comforting, presence in the room, other than that of the people you are with. Sometimes you sense that same presence in church, as I said above.
How do you know God is speaking to you?
This can happen through prayer, contemplation and/or time in the Bible. We begin to discern God’s voice over the noise of our world as we give time to these disciplines. The Holy Spirit begins speaking to us. We begin to hear God through those around us, circumstances and even our conscience.
What does it mean to ponder something in your heart?
In the sense most relevant to its scriptural use, ponder means to think or reflect deeply, to meditate or contemplate, to muse, to wonder (Oxford English Dictionary).
What does it mean to ponder the scriptures LDS?
Pondering, which means to weigh mentally, to deliberate, to meditate, can achieve the opening of the spiritual eyes of one’s understanding. Also, the Spirit of the Lord may rest upon the ponderer as described by President Smith.