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#141 Guided Meditation: Finding Peace in the Promise of Heaven · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

• 0:04
  Pastor Robert Young: Welcome to this week's guided meditation on, We Are Just Passing Through.
• 0:09
  Pastor Robert Young: Our main scripture is from the book of Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 13.
• 0:16
  Pastor Robert Young: But first let's enter into worship by focusing on Psalms, chapter 100, verse 4, where it tells us to enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.
• 0:34
  Pastor Robert Young: Give thanks to him and praise his name.
• 0:38
  Pastor Robert Young: Take a moment to lift up your voice in praise and thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father, who is worthy of all honor and glory.
• 1:02
  Pastor Robert Young: Before we start to reflect on the scriptures, let's get a little bit more centered.
• 1:07
  Pastor Robert Young: First, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths as you invite the presence of God to feel you.
• 1:17
  Pastor Robert Young: Now take a few deep breaths in for a count of seven.
• 1:22
  Pastor Robert Young: Hold the breath for a count of five and slowly exhale for a count of seven.
• 1:29
  Pastor Robert Young: Repeat the exercise.
• 1:48
  Pastor Robert Young: Let's begin our muscle relaxation exercise by simply tensing each muscle group for three seconds and then releasing the muscle.
• 1:59
  Pastor Robert Young: Remember, don't hold your breath for this portion of the meditation.
• 2:09
  Pastor Robert Young: Begin with the calves.
• 2:10
  Pastor Robert Young: Lightly tense the calf muscles for a count of three, now release.
• 2:19
  Pastor Robert Young: Moving upward to the hamstrings, the quads and the glutes, lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
• 2:30
  Pastor Robert Young: Moving to the chest and the back areas, lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
• 2:37
  Pastor Robert Young: Lastly, moving to the arms and the shoulders, lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
• 2:54
  Pastor Robert Young: Now we can begin to focus on the truth that this world is not our home.
• 3:01
  Pastor Robert Young: We are pilgrims passing through, just as the verse in Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 13, says, these all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
• 3:29
  Pastor Robert Young: Think about the trials and tribulations of this world, the pain and suffering, the brokenness and sin.
• 3:40
  Pastor Robert Young: Remember that these are not our ultimate destination.
• 3:46
  Pastor Robert Young: Our true home is in heaven, where there will be no more tears, no more sorrow, no more pain, as Revelation, chapter 21, verse 4, tells us, "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more.
• 4:07
  Pastor Robert Young: Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
• 4:32
  Pastor Robert Young: Picture in your mind the hope and joy that comes from knowing that our heavenly home awaits us.
• 4:34
  Pastor Robert Young: Jesus spoke of this in John, chapter 14, verses 2 through 3, and it says, "In my Father's house are many rooms.
• 4:44
  Pastor Robert Young: If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself that, where I am, you may be also.
• 5:08
  Pastor Robert Young: Allow yourself to rest in the peace and comfort of knowing that this world is not our final destination and make this phrase your affirmation for the day and the rest of your week.
• 5:24
  Pastor Robert Young: Repeat this affirmation with me.
• 5:29
  Pastor Robert Young: I will rest in the peace and comfort of knowing that this world is not my final destination.
• 5:35
  Pastor Robert Young: Again, I will rest in the peace and comfort of knowing that this world is not my final destination.
• 5:52
  Pastor Robert Young: Now take a few minutes to reflect and to thank God for the promise of a heavenly home free from the cares of this world.
• 6:03
  Pastor Robert Young: Reflect on the promise of the eternal life that awaits us in his glorious presence.
• 8:20
  Pastor Robert Young: As you slowly come back to the present moment, carry with you the assurance that we are but strangers and exile in this world, looking forward to our heavenly home.
• 8:34
  Pastor Robert Young: Amen.
• 8:54
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