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Don’t know where to start with your Christian faith practice? Immerse in this curated list of five guided meditations that will help you tap into your spiritual power to promote clarity and faith.
Start your guided meditation journey with this exercise designed to help you bring stillness and clarity into your relationship with the Divine. As you begin, learn to quiet your mind and relax your body. Slowly inhale and exhale, allowing yourself to remain still and observe any changing thoughts or feelings that arise.
Get rid of any negative thoughts. Gradually invite a sense of simplicity, transcending from all distractions and focusing solely on the present moment. Full awareness will allow you to gain a deeper connection with God, as well as recognizing that He is always present with you.
When you are meditating, continue to improve your concentration on God’s word as you address a situation that you have confronted and seek an answer. Find a passage that you feel is relevant to your situation and read it slowly and methodically. Continue your connection with God until you find an answer that makes you feel better.
It may not be the best answer, but it’s an excellent start for another meditation session later if the answer did not achieve exactly what you were looking for. Remember that the process is to connect to God and His Word to lead you to a position of comfort in dealing with difficult situations.
Utilize Christian meditation to make room for joy and clarity within your relationship with the Divine. As spiritual energy is held in each breath, be conscious of the quality of your inner thoughts and feelings.
While being present to shifting sensations and emotions in this moment, allow yourself to direct your thoughts away from preoccupation or agitation; instead radiating kindness, compassion and peace as you connect with God’s presence while reviewing the situation you want to address. Invite a sense of joyful clarity into your experience – one that is grounded but also uplifted by the Holy Spirit – and allow His love to pervade your entire being.
Remain calm and relaxed while you intertwine God’s word with your situation for which you seek an answer. Think about what you want to accomplish and meditate for as long as you need to find your answer. And as you reach your answer regarding the situation, be joyful and give praise to God for helping you to find a way to overcome your anxiety with what you may again face in the future. Know that you are now better prepared if a similar situation were to reappear.
Have faith in God’s healing energy as you close your eyes and enter into a deep space of love. As you breathe through your worries and fears, feel safe as God responds to you with His compassion.
Accept the invitation to release emotional turmoil with each exhalation, feeling the burden soften within your body. Reconnecting with God is like taking a sip of cool water on a hot day; imbibe the holy insight that brings reprieve from internal distress and, in turn, will allow those pure emotions of peace to arise in their absence.
Pray heartily for His help as you meditate. Think of the reasons you should feel happy for having to address the prior difficult situation. For one, you now know you are stronger if a rematch with that situation were to occur.
You may think that your current problem will never change and there is no way out. However, there are always things that we can do to change the balance of a situation.
Focus on God’s instruction in the Bible to give you clarity over what you can control and how to implement a successful peace for you. Add prayer to your session to thank God for helping you.
Keep in mind that we need to talk to God whenever we are in trouble or in pain. By doing that, God will listen to our prayers and heal us. Note that I said “heal us”. The situation may not be changed. The culprit may not receive their due punishment from our point of view.
However, God “heals us”. He will show us the right path to follow to find our inner peace. He will lead us to the right people to help. So, never fear what might happen to you. God will never let anything tremendous bad happen to us as long as we stay connected with Him. Biblical mediation is a pathway for that wonderful connection.
Set aside this time as an offering to connect deeply with your faith as you transition into a place of divine meditation. Feel the tenderness of devotion gracefully entwining around you; understand the power that awaits in quiet surrender to the source of all existence.
Allow yourself to release any notion of control and bask in the awareness that God’s wisdom is infinitely greater than your own. Let go and allow God’s brilliance to flood through your being, recognizing His gentle kindness and abundant nourishment as a cozy blanket for your soul.
By spending more time praying, meditating and reading the Bible, you will find out that you have more energy and can accomplish more things in life. It’s so important to meditate daily to have God with you constantly.
It’s a good idea to meditate and pray when you are tired and you don’t feel like doing anything else. You should pray when you are stressed out as well. Prayer gives you strength and helps you to cope with stress. Spending time praying and meditating can be very helpful to you.
Remember, when you have daily problems, turn to God and ask Him to help you. You shouldn’t be afraid to ask God for help. God knows what you need and He wants to help you. He loves you and will do anything to help you control your mind. You’ll be surprised at what He will do for you by strengthening your mind.
An important part of meditating with faith is to ground yourself so you can find inner peace. Begin your grounding ritual by inhaling deeply and imagining the presence of God’s all-pervasive love as it nurtures your spirit from deep within.
Whether your standing behind the counter at your job, sitting at the desk, or run to the restroom for a quick break, begin by exhaling and imagine releasing any sense of worry or doubt that weighs upon your spirit. Yes, you can meditate with your eyes open, for it’s your mind that is connecting with Him.
Take slow, deep breaths in and out. Each time you breathe in, imagine that you are drawing in the soothing energy of God’s universe. Breathe out to release any stress and anxiety. In this way, you can begin to calm your mind and connect with the energy God is supplying.
Continue breathing slowly to feel the reassuring energy of God’s embrace as your worries slowly dissipate with every breath until inner serenity takes over. With each inhalation and exhalation, trust in God’s will to envelop you and find that inner peace, as you become aware of His presence to assist you.
With Christian meditation, we are showing our faith in Him as He is our creator. We should pray to Him. We should tell Him all of our problems. We should trust Him and believe that He will take care of us. We should be thankful for all of the things that He has given us.
And even if your meditation session occurs with your eyes open while on duty at the job, you can still pray and read from your mind a memorized scripture as you seek God’s help to get you through that difficult moment.
For me, when under the gun and I literally don’t have time to think, I do keep one verse constantly on my “mental” tongue — “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”.
I’m Lori Stith, The Stoicess
Your Christian Life Coach
AND I believe in YOU!
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