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Guided Christian Meditation Healing Your Heart - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome and thanks for meditating with a Bibe. For more
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  Speaker 2: Does your heart feel troubled today? Are circumstances weighing you down?
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  Speaker 2: In this life? You will experience trials, Yet Jesus said,
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  Speaker 2: let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe
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  Speaker 2: also in me in hardships and difficulties. When your heart
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  Speaker 2: is so troubled. This sounds too simple, doesn't it. Just
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  Speaker 2: believe in God and believe in Jesus. It is simple,
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  Speaker 2: but that doesn't make it easy. Jesus understands that he
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  Speaker 2: experienced troubles beyond anything you and I will ever go through.
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  Speaker 2: Yet his heart was continually at peace because he trusted
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  Speaker 2: in his Father. He believed in him. Jesus willingly took
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  Speaker 2: your place on that cross, and he gave you the
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  Speaker 2: gift of salvation and a relationship with God. By doing this,
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  Speaker 2: he removed all the lasting reasons for a troubled heart.
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  Speaker 2: So now you have eternal life and a savior who's
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  Speaker 2: always with you. Perhaps a troubled heart doesn't come from
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  Speaker 2: experiencing trouble as much as it does from looking at
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  Speaker 2: the wrong things. If you look at trouble, you'll have
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  Speaker 2: a troubled heart. But when you look at Jesus, you
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  Speaker 2: see he is greater than any trouble you could ever face.
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  Speaker 2: If your difficult circumstances feel overwhelming today, just know you're
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  Speaker 2: not alone. Through the ages. Jesus has given strength to
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  Speaker 2: the weary. So focus on Jesus now and remember he
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  Speaker 2: is eternal, yet he's present with you in this specific
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  Speaker 2: moment of time. Let him speak to you as we
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  Speaker 2: pray together. Dear Jesus, thank you that you know my circumstances.
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  Speaker 2: You know all the reasons why my heart's been troubled.
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  Speaker 2: I ask that you he'll take my eyes off of
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  Speaker 2: my troubles and fix them on you. I know that
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  Speaker 2: you're greater than every trial, So please use this time
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  Speaker 2: to strengthen my faith and to restore peace in my heart.
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  Speaker 2: It's in your name, I pray. Amen. When you feel
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  Speaker 2: weighed down by troubles, the natural tendency is for your
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  Speaker 2: eyes to look down all the time. If you can,
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  Speaker 2: why don't you lift your chin and look up as
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  Speaker 2: high as you can. Picture Jesus seated at the right
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  Speaker 2: hand of God, the Father in heaven. Now see yourself
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  Speaker 2: seated right there with him. Close your eyes if you can,
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  Speaker 2: and take a deep, cleansing breath. Imagine yourself looking down
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  Speaker 2: from heaven on your earthly troubles. Continue breathing slowly and
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  Speaker 2: intentionally from a heavenly viewpoint. Your life looks very different.
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  Speaker 2: You have every spiritual blessing in Christ. It's easy to
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  Speaker 2: forget that sometimes when we focus on the wrong things.
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  Speaker 2: Are there any negative thoughts or feelings that you've been
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  Speaker 2: struggling with, Why don't you release those to Christ right
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  Speaker 2: now and receive his grace, his forgiveness, and his love.
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  Speaker 2: You're seated in heavenly places with Jesus Christ. Keep that
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  Speaker 2: picture in the back of your mind. Earth is where
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  Speaker 2: you're a missionary, and Heaven is your home. All missionaries
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  Speaker 2: face hardships, but they have the support of home behind
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  Speaker 2: in them. You have all of Heaven behind you on
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  Speaker 2: your side. Let your heart take courage, Take some deep
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  Speaker 2: and cleansing breaths, and inhale courage as you exhale any
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  Speaker 2: fears that might be looming. Listen carefully to John fourteen
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  Speaker 2: to one from the English Standard version. Let not your
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  Speaker 2: hearts be troubled. Believe in God, Believe also in Me.
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  Speaker 2: Do anything stand out to you as I read it? Here,
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  Speaker 2: I'll read it one more time. Listen again John fourteen
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  Speaker 2: to one, Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God,
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  Speaker 2: Believe also in Me. The word troubled can mean anxious, bothered, distressed,
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  Speaker 2: or even uneasy. Do any of these words describe the
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  Speaker 2: condition of your heart lately? Take a quick inventory of
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  Speaker 2: your heart. What things have come in that you don't
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  Speaker 2: want to stay there in the midst of trouble. You
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  Speaker 2: probably want others to sympathize with you and understand how
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  Speaker 2: difficult it is. When that doesn't happen, it can make
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  Speaker 2: the trial feel even harder. Is there anyone you need
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  Speaker 2: to extend grace to in your troubles? Why don't you
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  Speaker 2: talk to the Lord about it for a few moments
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  Speaker 2: and receive his strength to forgive. Listen carefully again as
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  Speaker 2: I read John fourteen one, do not let your heart
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  Speaker 2: be troubled. Believe in God, Believe also in Me. What
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  Speaker 2: did you hear different this time? Think about that idea
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  Speaker 2: for a few moments. Jesus said, do not let your
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  Speaker 2: heart be troubled. This means you have a choice. So
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  Speaker 2: you can choose to let your heart be troubled, or
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  Speaker 2: you can choose not to. Do you ever feel helpless
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  Speaker 2: in the midst of your troubles? If so, just pause
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  Speaker 2: and consider what a gift it is that you have
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  Speaker 2: the ability to choose the state of your heart. Remove
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  Speaker 2: circumstances from the picture for a moment, and then decide
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  Speaker 2: what kind of heart do you want to have. Share
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  Speaker 2: your thoughts with Jesus. Listen once more to John fourteen one,
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  Speaker 2: Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, Believe
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  Speaker 2: also in Me. Right before Jesus spoke those words to
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  Speaker 2: his disciples, he'd announced to them that one of them
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  Speaker 2: would betray him and that Peter would deny him. Imagine
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  Speaker 2: how that news must have upset them. What do you
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  Speaker 2: think they were thinking when she Jesus said, let not
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  Speaker 2: your hearts be troubled? Jesus told the disciples believe in God,
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  Speaker 2: believe also in Me. Sounds pretty simple, but it's very powerful.
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  Speaker 2: Your beliefs drive your actions. Sometimes your actions reveal that
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  Speaker 2: your beliefs are different than what you might think. Why
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  Speaker 2: don't you reflect on some of the actual beliefs that
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  Speaker 2: you've been living by. Are there any beliefs about Jesus
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  Speaker 2: that you need to reaffirm in your heart today? What
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  Speaker 2: about beliefs about God? Jesus had a heart at peace
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  Speaker 2: because he trusted perfectly in his Father, and Jesus lives
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  Speaker 2: in you. You don't have to try to overcome your
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  Speaker 2: troubles by your own efforts. God's power at work in
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  Speaker 2: you enables you to believe, trust and even be at peace.
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  Speaker 2: Take a moment and really let that sink into your
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  Speaker 2: mind and let Jesus know what you're thinking. In Luke
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  Speaker 2: chapter eight, we read about a storm that came upon
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  Speaker 2: the boat of Jesus and his disciples, a really big
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  Speaker 2: storm that really scared the disciples, and they actually seemed
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  Speaker 2: kind of upset when they looked over and saw Jesus
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  Speaker 2: fast asleep in the middle of the storm. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: all he had to do was wake up and say
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  Speaker 2: be still, and the storm went away. But at that moment,
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  Speaker 2: doesn't it make you wonder if the disciples were curious
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  Speaker 2: where Jesus found that peace to be able to sleep
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  Speaker 2: in the midst of a storm. Does this story tell
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  Speaker 2: you anything about your own life when storms are raging
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  Speaker 2: around you. Do you feel peace? Do you think it's
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  Speaker 2: possible as a child of God to experience that peace?
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  Speaker 2: No troubles of this life can change who Jesus is
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  Speaker 2: or the blessings you've been given in Him. Doesn't that
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  Speaker 2: give you comfort? Would you join me in a closing prayer.
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  Speaker 2: Dear Jesus, thank you that you're with me in all
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  Speaker 2: of my troubles. Please strengthen me to keep looking at
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  Speaker 2: you no matter how difficult my circumstances are. Would you
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  Speaker 2: please increase my faith so I can believe who you
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  Speaker 2: are and what you say. Please continue to heal my heart,
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  Speaker 2: and would you guard me with your peace in the
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  Speaker 2: midst of my troubles. Thank you for your faithfulness to me. God,
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  Speaker 2: help me to be faithful to you. In Jesus' name. Amen,
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  Speaker 2: if you can try to be still right here for
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  Speaker 2: a little longer with the Lord, just let his peace
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  Speaker 2: fill your heart and listen for the truth He's speaking
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  Speaker 2: over your situation. When you face troubles, pay attention to
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  Speaker 2: your heart. If it starts to feel troubled, just pause
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  Speaker 2: and consider what are you looking at? Your troubles or Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Just turn your focus back to him and Remember He's greater,
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  Speaker 2: and picture yourself seated with Him in heavenly places. Look
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  Speaker 2: up at Him so that you can look down on
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  Speaker 2: your troubles from a heavenly viewpoint. Thank God that your
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  Speaker 2: heart can be strong and at peace as you abide
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  Speaker 2: in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: We hope this meditation brought you peace. For more Christian meditations,
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