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Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation
Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation is a daily Christian devotional and meditation podcast designed to help you slow down, breathe deeply, and experience God’s presence in a personal, peaceful way.
Each week begins with a guided Christian meditation, followed by five daily devotionals that explore Scripture, prayer, and spiritual formation through a calm, reflective rhythm.
You’ll find meditations for anxiety, rest, grief, spiritual direction, hearing God’s voice, and emotional healing…
Episodes
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How To Survive Trials Without Losing Joy | 2 Corinthians 6 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Grace can be received and still wasted, and 2 Corinthians 6 refuses to let us stay comfortable with delay. We sit with Paul’s warning not to…
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You Are Not Defined By Your Past | 2 Corinthians 5 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Your life might feel defined by what you can see right now, but 2 Corinthians 5 offers a different lens. We slow down with Paul’s words and…
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God’s Power Shows Up In Weakness | 2 Corinthians 4 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail You can feel cracked and still be called. We sit with Second Corinthians 4, where Paul says the gospel is a priceless treasure placed in jars…
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What If Spiritual Growth Is Mostly Presence | 2 Corinthians 3 | Daily Devotional Series
Send us Fan Mail The most powerful proof of God’s work isn’t carved in stone or padded into a list of credentials. It’s a life that’s being changed from the…
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Choosing Grace Breaks The Power Of Bitterness | 2 Corinthians 2 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Forgiveness can feel like letting someone “get away with it” until you realise what unforgiveness does to your own soul. We sit with 2…
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What If Weakness Is Where Trust Begins | 2 Corinthians 1 | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail Pressure has a way of exposing what we trust most. When your plans shift, your strength runs thin, or your heart feels overwhelmed, you don’t…
Growing Closer to God with Guided MeditationStrength In Weakness | Introduction to 2 Corinthians | Deep Dive with Dan & Sheila
Send us Fan Mail Sending a hard text to someone you love is stressful for a reason: you’re trying to tell the truth without losing the relationship. That’s the…
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What If Love Is The Final Measure | 1 Corinthians 16 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A door can be wide open and still come with heavy resistance. We sit with Paul’s final chapter in 1 Corinthians and hear how his closing words…
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Resurrection Hope for All | 1 Corinthians 15 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Imagine standing in a cemetery at sunrise, the grass still wet with dew and the headstones saying nothing back. That silence always raises the…
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Using Your Gift to Strengthen Others | 1 Corinthians 14 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A loud room can feel alive, but it can also leave people spiritually stranded. We open 1 Corinthians 14 by stepping into the Corinthian…
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Learning to Love Like Christ | 1 Corinthians 13 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Angelic tongues. Mountain moving faith. Radical generosity. Paul says all of it can still ring hollow if love is missing and that’s a…
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Spiritual Gifts And Church Unity | 1 Corinthians 12 | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail Comparison can quietly poison faith: it tells you your gift is too small, or it tells you your gift makes you more important. We slow all of…
Growing Closer to God with Guided MeditationIs My Relationship with God Transactional or Transformational? The Goal of Meditation | Deep Dive with Dan & Sheila
Send us Fan Mail You know that moment when your eyes move across a page but your mind is somewhere else and you close the book with nothing but frustration? We…
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Depending On One Another | 1 Corinthians 11 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Communion can look calm on the outside while exposing a church’s deepest fractures underneath. We step into 1 Corinthians 11 and imagine the…
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Loving Others With The Choices We Make | 1 Corinthians 10 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Temptation doesn’t usually announce itself. It blends into normal life, hides behind “just this once,” and quietly reshapes what we love. We…
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Building Cultural Bridges | 1 Corinthians 9 | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you’re right, you’re justified, and you still have the freedom to insist on your way? We sit with 1 Corinthians 9 and…
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Choosing Love Over Being Right | 1 Corinthians 8: | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail One careless choice can quietly damage someone else’s faith, even when you have every right to make it. We sit with 1 Corinthians 8, where…
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1 Corinthians 7: Paul’s Practical Wisdom On Marriage | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Your relationship status doesn’t determine your spiritual value, but it does shape your daily discipleship. We open 1 Corinthians 7 and listen…
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1 Corinthians 6: Freedom That Does Not Enslave | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail “All things are lawful for me” sounds bold until you realise it can be a shield for habits that quietly own you. We slow down together with a…
Growing Closer to God with Guided MeditationAre You Being Discipled by Algorithms? | Deep Dive with Dan & Sheila
Send us Fan Mail Starvation usually looks like scarcity, but we start with a stranger image: a lavish buffet where you eat all day and still waste away because…
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1 Corinthians 5: Paul Addresses a Scandal In the Church | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A situation so serious that even the surrounding culture is stunned forces a hard, necessary question: what does real love look like when a…
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1 Corinthians 4: Servants Not Celebrities | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Celebrity culture does not stay outside the church. It sneaks in when we start ranking leaders, forming camps, and measuring spiritual life by…
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1 Corinthians 3: Building with Heavenly Materials | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Picking sides can feel like strength, but Paul calls it what it is: spiritual immaturity. We sit with 1 Corinthians 3 and hear a direct…
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1 Corinthians 2: God’s Wisdom Over Human Brilliance | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Your best reasoning can still miss the deepest truth. We open 1 Corinthians 2 and sit with Paul’s surprising approach: he shows up without…
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1 Corinthians 1: Calling the Church Back to Unity | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Division rarely starts with outright rebellion. More often, it starts with something that feels harmless: a favourite teacher, a preferred…
Growing Closer to God with Guided MeditationLiving Your Faith in Corinth: Deep Dive with Dan & Sheila
Send us Fan Mail Corinth isn’t a quiet philosophy town. It’s a pressure cooker built on a geographic cheat code: two harbours, a narrow isthmus, and a stone…
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Wrap-Up Of Romans: Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Romans doesn’t flatter us, and that’s exactly why it frees us. We take a step back at the end of the book to see Paul’s single, unified…
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Romans 16: Theology Becoming Real Through Relationships | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Romans 16 is the chapter many of us rush past and it might be the one that makes the whole letter feel real. We slow down and hear Paul’s…
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Romans 15: The Courage To Build Unity | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A strong faith can become noisy fast, especially when we use it to prove we’re right. We sit with Romans 15 and picture a house church in Rome…
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Romans 14: Unity Without Uniformity | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to fracture a church isn’t always a big theological fight, it’s a hundred small judgments about everyday choices. Today we sit…
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Romans 13: Living Righteously in a Chaotic World | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Romans 13 doesn’t let us keep faith tucked safely inside a prayer room. We’re reading Paul as he steps into the public square and talks about…
Growing Closer to God with Guided MeditationHow Praying for Others Can Change You! | Deep Dive with Dan & Sheila
Send us Fan Mail Praying for someone you love can feel strangely stressful. You want to help, but the moment you start, your mind races into problem-solving…
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Romans 12: Transformed Living | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail What would change if you stopped trying to “fix yourself” and instead placed your whole life on God’s workbench? Pastor Robert Young leads a…
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Romans 10 & 11: God's Mercy is for Everyone | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Trying harder feels holy until it quietly turns into exhaustion. Romans 10 and 11 confront that pressure with a different story: God’s…
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Romans 9: Paul's Heart is Broken for His People | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Romans 9 doesn’t let us stay shallow. We sit with Paul as he opens his heart in real grief for Israel, the people who carried the covenant…
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Romans 8: The Freedom Of The Spirit | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Shame has a way of feeling like oxygen, so normal you stop noticing it’s choking you. We open Romans 8 with a simple claim that changes…
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Romans 7: The Battle Within | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail You know the feeling: you genuinely want what’s right, yet something in you keeps reaching for the familiar shadows. That quiet frustration…
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Romans 6: You Are Not Ruled By Sin Anymore | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Sin is loud, but it doesn’t get to be your master. Today’s short meditation sits in Romans 6 and paints a simple, unforgettable picture: a…
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Romans 4 & 5: Stop Striving And Receive The Peace Christ Gives | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve been treating your spiritual life like a test you have to pass, this guided Christian meditation is a chance to exhale. I lead you…
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Romans 3: You Cannot Earn What God Freely Gives | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail The most exhausting kind of faith is the kind where you feel like you have to earn your place. We open Romans 3 and let Paul do what he does…
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Romans 2: The Trap of Self-Righteousness | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Romans 2 doesn’t let any of us stay comfortable. We start with Paul’s sharp turn from “obvious sinners” to the moral, religious, and…
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Romans 1: Are You Ashamed of the Gospel? | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Romans 1 doesn’t waste words. Paul introduces himself as a servant of Christ and then moves straight to the heartbeat of Christianity: the…
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Acts 28: Paul Chained but Unhindered | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A storm can strip life down to the essentials fast. Acts 28 ends with Paul soaked, shipwrecked, and stranded on Malta and then it gets…
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Acts 27: Paul's Shipwreck | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A storm can strip away your sense of control in minutes. One moment you’re managing, the next you’re just trying to endure. We lean into a…
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Acts 25 & 26: Paul on Trial | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail A courtroom, an angry crowd, a politician trying to save face, and a prisoner who refuses to panic. That’s the backdrop for a guided Christian…
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Acts 23 & 24: The Plot Against Paul | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A trial can feel like the end of the story, but Acts 23 and 24 show something different: God’s purpose keeps moving even when the…
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Acts 21 & 22: Paul is Ready To Die For Christ | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Paul knows what’s coming and he walks forward anyway. Our meditation through Acts 21 and 22 tracks the start of Paul’s final stretch toward…
Growing Closer to God with Guided MeditationMicro-Church Formation: When Faith Hits the Sidewalk | Deep Dive with Dan & Sheila
Send us Fan Mail Church is supposed to change people, but what if our most “successful” setups are training us to stay comfortable? We start with a sound you…
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Acts 19 & 20: Spirit Led Obedience | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A city hears the name of Jesus and nothing stays neutral. We walk through Acts 19 and 20 and watch the gospel move from personal renewal to…
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Acts 17 & 18: Where is God Asking You To Show Up Boldly? | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Riots, reasoned Scripture, street-level conversations, and quiet perseverance all show up in Acts 17–18 and that’s exactly why these chapters…
Growing Closer to God with Guided MeditationSleep Meditation Episode | Resting in God’s Peace
Send us Fan Mail Your day can end without a fight. We slow everything down with a short, calming bedtime prayer designed to help you release anxiety, quiet…
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A Modern Approach to Connecting to God!
Send us Fan Mail Hi friends, this is Pastor Young from the Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation podcast. Have you ever been curious about exploring…
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Acts 15 & 16: Conflict Resolution | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A church argument could have slammed the brakes on the gospel, but Acts 15 shows something rarer: leaders who fight for grace and still fight…
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Acts 13 & 14: How to Keep Going When Troubles Arrive | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail Some callings feel exciting until you meet the first wave of resistance. We sit with that tension through a guided Christian meditation rooted…
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Acts 12: God Breaks Chains in Our Life | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail We meditate on Acts 12, tracing Peter’s rescue from prison and the early church’s stubborn commitment to prayer in the face of fear and power…
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Acts 10 & 11: God's Love is For All People | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail We trace Acts 10 to 11 as the gospel crosses a boundary the early church never thought would move, and we watch the Holy Spirit confirm that…
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Acts 8 & 9: Hearing God’s Voice on the Move | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail We walk through Acts 8 and 9 to see how the Holy Spirit breaks barriers, turns disruption into mission, and brings real transformation. We…
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Acts 7: Seeing Jesus in Times of Pressure | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail A single speech can expose what we really trust and what we’re willing to risk. We meditate on Acts chapter 7, where Stephen stands before the…
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Acts 6: Spirit-Filled Service: How the Early Church Solved Conflict | Daily Devotion Series
Send us Fan Mail Growth can be a blessing and a stress test at the same time. We sit with Acts chapter 6, where the early church multiplies fast and a painful…
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Acts 5: Warning & Hope | Full Meditation
Send us Fan Mail A single lie can look small on the outside while it poisons everything on the inside. We slow down with a guided Christian meditation through…