Latest / Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation / Celebrating God's Miraculous Works! Meditation from Psalms 105! #153
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- 0:02Pastor Robert Young: Welcome to this week's Guided Christian Meditation on Seeking God, part 4.
- 0:08Pastor Robert Young: Our scripture is from Psalms 105, verses 1 through 5.
- 0:14Pastor Robert Young: But first let's enter into worship by focusing on Psalms 100, verses 1 through 3, where it tells us to shout for joy to the Lord all the earth.
- 0:30Pastor Robert Young: Worship the Lord with gladness, come before him with joyful songs.
- 0:38Pastor 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.
- 1:03Pastor Robert Young: Before we start to reflect on Psalms 105, verses 1 through 5, let's get a little bit more centered by first closing our eyes and taking a few deep breaths, as we invite the presence of God to fill us.
- 1:22Pastor Robert Young: Now take a few deep breaths in for a count of seven.
- 1:29Pastor Robert Young: Hold the breath for a count of five and slowly exhale for a count of seven.
- 1:36Pastor Robert Young: Repeat the exercise.
- 2:04Pastor Robert Young: Let's begin our muscle relaxation exercise by simply tensing each muscle group for three seconds and then releasing the muscle.
- 2:07Pastor Robert Young: As always, don't hold your breath for this portion of the meditation.
- 2:10Pastor Robert Young: Let's begin with the calves Lightly tense the calf muscles for a count of three, now release.
- 2:19Pastor Robert Young: Let's move upward to the hamstrings, the quads and the glutes Lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
- 2:30Pastor Robert Young: Moving to the chest and the back areas, lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
- 2:40Pastor Robert Young: Finally, moving to the arms and the shoulders, lightly tense these muscle groups for three seconds, now release
- 2:50Pastor Robert Young: .
- 3:32Pastor Robert Young: Lord and his
- 2:56Pastor Robert Young: Let's begin to think about Psalms, chapter 105, verses 1 through 5, where it says Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name, make known among the nations what he has done, sing to him, sing praise to him, tell of all his wonderful acts, glory in his holy name.
- 3:23Pastor Robert Young: Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
- 3:28Pastor Robert Young: Look to the Lord.
- 3:32Pastor Robert Young: This passage reminds us to praise God for the wonders he has done in our lives.
- 3:43Pastor Robert Young: If we think about it, we can find many examples of God working for us.
- 3:50Pastor Robert Young: Remember .
- 3:53Pastor Robert Young: those
- 3:54Pastor Robert Young: our lives where situations just worked out, things that seemed impossible at
- 4:05Pastor Robert Young: "I within ourselves, we knew that those situations were actually God working for us and not our own strength, coincidence, lucky break or our own intellect.
- 4:21Pastor Robert Young: Take two
- 4:24Pastor Robert Young: minutes to acknowledge his miracles and wonders and praise him for His work in your life.
- 4:34Pastor Robert Young: Thank you Now repeat the following affirmation, now and for the next seven days.
- 6:11Pastor Robert Young: Affirmation, now and for the next seven days I will count my blessings and praise God for all his blessings daily.
- 6:20Pastor Robert Young: Again, I will count my blessings and praise God for all his blessings daily, daily.
- 6:36Pastor Robert Young: Take a deep breath in for a count of seven, hold the breath for a count of five and slowly exhale for a count of ten.
- 6:44Pastor Robert Young: Now open your eyes as you feel the joy of gratitude and praising the creator of the universe.
- 7:11Pastor Robert Young: Praise him for his love and care for you and for filling your mind and soul with his joy as you go about your day this week.
- 7:23Pastor Robert Young: Let that joy radiate to others at your work and home.
- 7:29Pastor Robert Young: Amen, the Thank you, you.