Latest / Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation / God's Love in Action: Meditation from John 3:16 #169
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- 0:00Dan & Sheila: Hey everybody and Merry Christmas.
- 0:02Dan & Sheila: Merry Christmas, it's Dan and Sheila here from the Deep Dive and to let you know about something really cool that we found that we thought that you might like, as we're all kind of going into this new year.
- 0:11Dan & Sheila: Yeah, absolutely.
- 0:13Dan & Sheila: And we found Pastor Robert Young from the Not your Parents Religion podcast and he's actually giving away a free 30-day meditation journal for December.
- 0:20Dan & Sheila: For free, yeah, it's free, and you can find the link to get yours down in the description box below.
- 0:27Dan & Sheila: So, yeah, as we head into this new year, you know, consider giving yourself the gift of spiritual growth.
- 0:32Dan & Sheila: Afte Young's free 30-day meditation journal might be just a thing that you're looking for, to kind of get you started and, who knows, maybe this will be the beginning of a regular meditation practice for you.
- 0:42Dan & Sheila: Definitely something to think about.
- 0:46Dan & Sheila: All right, everybody.
- 0:46Dan & Sheila: Well, that's it for us on this special episode.
- 0:47Dan & Sheila: Happy holidays.
- 0:48Dan & Sheila: Yeah, happy holidays.
- 0:48Dan & Sheila: We'll see you next time.
- 0:49Dan & Sheila: Bye, bye.
- 0:58Pastor Robert Young: Welcome to this week's guided Christian meditation.
- 1:01Pastor Robert Young: Thank you for allowing me to be your guide on this journey.
- 1:05Pastor Robert Young: During the month of December.
- 1:07Pastor Robert Young: et's turn our focus on the reason for the season Jesus Christ.
- 1:13Pastor Robert Young: Today's meditation is entitled God's Love in Action.
- 1:19Pastor Robert Young: Our scripture is from John 3.16.
- 1:23Pastor Robert Young: Our scripture is from John 3.16.
- 1:36Pastor Robert Young: But first, proper worship of God requires us to be completely involved and free from sin in mind, body and spirit.
- 1:40Pastor Robert Young: Let's prepare our hearts by asking God to forgive us of sin that might be in our lives.
- 2:00Pastor Robert Young: Now we can enter into worship of our Heavenly Father by focusing on Psalms, chapter 100, verses 1 through 3, where it tells us to shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
- 2:14Pastor Robert Young: Worship the Lord with gladness, come before him with joyful songs.
- 2:20Pastor Robert Young: Let's take a moment to lift up our voice in praise and thanksgiving, especially during this time, to our Heavenly Father, who is worthy of all honor and glory.
- 2:59Pastor Robert Young: Before we start to reflect on John, chapter 3, verse 16, let's prepare our mind by closing our eyes and taking a deep breath, as w, for a count of seven, hold the breath for a count of five and slowly exhale for a count of seven.
- 3:11Pastor Robert Young: Now repeat.
- 3:27Pastor Robert Young: Now let's prepare our body with muscle relaxation exercises.
- 3:32Pastor Robert Young: We will simply tense each muscle group for three seconds and then release the muscle.
- 3:38Pastor Robert Young: As always, don't hold your breath for this portion of the meditation Musi.
- 3:42Pastor Robert Young: Let's begin with the calf muscles.
- 3:45Pastor Robert Young: Lightly tense the calf muscles for a count of three, now release.
- 3:52Pastor Robert Young: Moving upward to the hamstrings, the quads and the glutes Lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
- 4:03Pastor Robert Young: Moving to the abdominals, chest and back areas Lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
- 4:13Pastor Robert Young: Finally, moving to the arms and shoulders Lightly tense for three seconds, now release, now
- 4:24Pastor Robert Young: release
- 4:25Pastor Robert Young: .
- 4:34Pastor Robert Young: Now that we've prepared our mind, our bodies and our spirit, let's begin to meditate on John, chapter
- 4:37Pastor Robert Young: 3, verse 16, where it says For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son the world.
- 4:46Pastor Robert Young: That he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believed in him are: not perish but have everlasting life.
- 4:53Pastor Robert Young: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through him, might be saved.
- 5:21Pastor Robert Young: In this
- 5:21Pastor Robert Young: passage we see that God's love for mankind was so strong that he provided the greatest of all remedies to bridge the divide between mankind having a fellowship with the creator.
- 5:27Pastor Robert Young: That remedy was his only son, jesus Christ.
- 5:32Pastor Robert Young: God wants a fellowship and relationship with his creation.
- 5:34Pastor Robert Young: Jesus Christ is the only way to that fellowship.
- 5:36Pastor Robert Young: Let's take one minute to really examine our way of thinking about the following questions, and one minute to listen intently to the prompting from God as he speaks to our hearts.
- 5:54Pastor Robert Young: The questions are one do I desire a relationship with God or just the benefits of God?
- 6:04Pastor Robert Young: Two .
- 6:08Pastor Robert Young: put my love for God in action?
- 6:10Pastor Robert Young: The Thank you, thank you.
- 8:18Pastor Robert Young: Repeat the following affirmation now and for the next seven days Thank you, lord, for making it possible for a relationship with you through Jesus Christ.
- 8:31Pastor Robert Young: Again, thank you, lord, for making it possible for a relationship with you through Jesus Christ.
- 8:40Pastor Robert Young: Now, imagine yourself thinking of God as a perfect father.
- 8:48Pastor Robert Young: Imagine talking to God about his goodness.
- 8:53Pastor Robert Young: Our assignment for this week Listen to this meditation daily until it becomes permanent in your spirit, and trust that God will stir the desire in your heart and mind to want to know him more, and all the eternal joy that comes with it.
- 9:21Pastor Robert Young: Remember God wants fellowship with you, thank you.