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Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave Cover
Christian Meditation can help refocus your mind and recalibrate your body to get the stress, anxiety and anger out of your heart and out of your body. Spend about 23 minutes to "be still" with God as each episode uses a different biblical image to experience God's presence and promises in a way that brings relaxation and renewal. Look for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.
Episodes
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverRejoicing In Our Resurrection | Prayer on Psalm 18
This is a rare Psalm where David no longer feels any threats to his life. God has completely delivered him from all his enemies, including his most dangerous…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Pray | Prayer on Psalm 17
Usually when we get past the wall of not wanting to pray, and just start praying aloud to God, it feels good to our soul. And we realize it wasn’t that hard…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Living Into Salvation’s Narrative | Prayer on Psalm 14
What narrative for your life are you living into most of the time? That’s the big question from Psalm 14. There’s the narrative of “the fool” who lives most of…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Focus on Christ’s Return through Prayer | Prayer on Revelation 21
Our life won’t make any sense to us in any given moment if we don’t keep Jesus’s return as the focus of our life’s story. Revelation 21:1-7 is one of the best…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverLet God Light Up Your Eyes Through Honest Prayer | Prayer on Psalm 13
This is one of those Psalms of David where he starts off accusing God of ignoring him and forgetting about him. It says something about God that he would want…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying Some Favorite Verses in Psalms
I’ve been praying through the Psalms for over 40 years now. So inevitably there have been some verses in the Psalms that I’ve personally found particularly…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Put On God’s Righteousness | Prayer on Psalm 11
In our last episode we looked at Psalm 38 and David’s frustration with himself for being his own worst enemy. It’s a psalm where David confesses his…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying When Your Foolish Sin Stinks Up Your Life | Prayer on Psalm 38
Psalm 38 is a great example of the power of poetry to make us feel. We can feel David’s own misery and frustration with himself in this psalm. He realizes how…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying the Bigger Life for You in Christ | Prayer on Colossians 1:12-20
In Colossians 1:12-20, Paul is finishing a prayer he has for the Colossian believers, and then he quotes what many scholars believe was an early Christian…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Give Thanks | Prayer on Psalm 9
Psalm 9 has been a go-to psalm for me over the years because it reminds me of what I usually forget, and that’s to give thanks to Yahweh (Hebrew: “HE IS”)…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying the Bigger Story Your Life is In | Prayer on Psalm 8
Psalm 8 is an amazing psalm in capturing the larger story of the Gospel. The God that created this incomprehensibly vast universe is also incomprehensibly…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying the “Beatitudes” | Prayer on Matthew 5:3-12
When Jesus started to announce the “Good News” of his coming Kingdom, the first word out of his mouth was “Blessed.” The particular word he used was loaded…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Focus on My Need for God | Prayer on Psalm 5
I always do better when I start my day vocalizing aloud in prayer my need for God’s help and vocalizing aloud in praise who he is and who he is for me. That’s…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverMy Father in Heaven | Prayer on Matthew 6:9
Sometimes when I pray I just focus on the first line in The Lord’s Prayer -- “My Father in Heaven.” The order of The Lord’s Prayer is part of Jesus’s main…
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When You Really Need God to Answer Your Prayer!
There are those times in your life when you really need God to answer your prayer. A crisis. An opportunity. A fork in the road. Something big is happening and…
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The Bigger Life of the Gospel
1 Corinthians 15 is one of those quintessential Bigger Life chapters in the Bible. It’s where the apostle Paul reminds us of the core message of the gospel…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying with Fear, Insecurity, and Anxiety | Prayer on Psalm 3
This is one of those psalms that David wrote in the context of fear, insecurity, and anxiety. Yours may not be as intense as David’s when he wrote this, but…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying the Lord’s Prayer | Part 2 on Matthew 6:9-13 Prayer
This is a kind of expanded version of the Lord's Prayer, where each line provides a meditative heading in order to guide your prayers. The goal is not just…
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Praying the Lord’s Prayer - Part 1: Meditation
Jesus intended to put words in our mouth by giving us the Lord's Prayer. Praying the Lord's Prayer — out loud or meditatively in our hearts — is a way that…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying a prayer Jesus Quoted Before He Died and Rose for You | Prayer on Psalm 41
We know that Psalm 41 was a prayer that Jesus meditated on and prayed often enough to quote from memory, because he does so In John 13:18. This prayer of David…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to the Real Risen Jesus | Prayer on Acts 20:17-32
In Acts 20, Paul is saying his final words to the elders at the church in Ephesus, where he had spent three years in real relationship and tearful ministry…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Submit to God and Resist the Devil | Prayer on James 4:6-7
This is a prayer I’ve prayed from time to time for many years. It’s originally adapted from a “Warfare Prayer” I found in various books on spiritual warfare. I…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Open Your Eyes in the Real Spiritual Drama | Prayer on Acts 26:12-18
Paul recounts his experience with the glorified risen Jesus. It was life changing for him. He never forgot Jesus’s powerfully imaginative words. That’s what…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Catch Your Breath | Prayer on Acts 3:1-21
The story of a miraculous healing of a paralyzed man by the apostles Peter and John in Acts 3 shows all the signs of someone’s memories. Unnecessary details in…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Align What I Feel with What is Real | Prayer on Psalm 43 |
We don’t always feel what is real. But our feelings are still real to us. They are how we feel. So God gives us Spirit-inspired prayers like Psalm 43 to help…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Pay Attention to Who God Is? | Prayer on Psalm 50
Sometimes the reality of who God is comforts us. Sometimes it sobers us. Both are absolutely essential for a life lived with God. We need to be reminded who…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow Should I Pray After I’ve Sinned? | Prayer on Psalm 51
I’m comforted by the fact that the Holy Spirit inspired prayers in the Bible that help me express my need for God to forgive me of my sin. Where can I turn in…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Abide in Jesus | Prayer on John 15
Sometimes Jesus uses poetic, imaginative language to illustrate his relationship with us, especially in the Gospel of John. These are great places in Scripture…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Imagine a Deeper Relationship with Jesus | Prayer on John 10
Sometimes Jesus uses poetic, imaginative language to illustrate his relationship with us, especially in the Gospel of John. These are great places in Scripture…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverReset and Re-calibrate Your Perspective Through Prayer | Prayer on Psalm 54
Every day I need to recenter my perspective by remembering my neediness for God, and remembering to put my trust in him. That sounds so basic, yet most…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Pray as a Meditation on Who You Are in Christ | Prayer on Galatians 2:20
Prayer is also a form of meditation. For years, I have found Paul’s self-descriptive words in Galatians 2:20 to be a powerful prayer/meditation for me. It…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Pray When You’re Burdened | Prayer on Psalm 55
On a scale of 1-10, King David’s fear and anxiety was at an 11 in this psalm. The African theologian Athanasius (AD 296–373) once observed, “The other…
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How to Pray When You’re Afraid
King David had lots of reasons to be fearful and worried and anxious in his life. And I’m thankful for that, personally, because the Holy Spirit used those…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow Do We Pray Through Rumors Against Us? | Prayer on Psalm 59
There are times when people are spreading rumors about us. Maybe at work. In our extended families. Our church. Among our friends. And these times can be…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow Do We Pray When We Feel Far From God? | Prayer on Psalm 65
Sometimes we feel far away from God. Often that’s because we feel a low-grade guilt for sin in our life. But Psalm 65 shows us that God is not surprised or…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Live the Joy of the Future Now | Prayer on Psalm 66
This podcast is called A Bigger Life because I’m convinced the biggest obstacle to our joy-filled life is when we get hijacked by a smaller narrative for our…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhen Unfaithfulness to God Looks More Appealing to You? | Prayer on Psalm 73
Psalm 73 sounds as contemporary as it gets with an honest struggle when we see the lives of those who disregard God as people with better lives. God becomes…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhat Do You Do When Praying Doesn’t Work?
Sometimes when we’re anxious or worried and we pray, our anxiety and worry seem to get worse. We can’t sleep. What do you do then? Let’s look at this raw…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverJoining Thousands of Angels in Prayer | Prayer on Revelation 5
When we get the Gospel wrong, we pray wrong. Revelation 5 gives us a glimpse behind the scenes of what the real story and promise of the Gospel is as we join…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying in Awe | Prayer on Revelation 4
Imagine the awe of being present before God’s very throne. That’s what John sees in a vision in Revelation 4. And we can imagine that scene as we pray through…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying to Be Godly | Prayer on Psalm 86
Psalm 86 is a good go-to psalm when you want to pray something that re-boots your perspective on your life and problems. It helps you re-focus your trust in…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverLiving Inside the Story God Created YOU For | Prayer on Isaiah 44
When you can hear God speaking specifically to YOU in this passage, he reminds you who HE is and who YOU are and the real story your life is in. Praying…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverBelieving What The I AM Says About You | Prayer on Isaiah 43
When you can hear God speaking specifically to YOU in this passage, you can replace your fear and anxiety with God’s presence and love. Praying through God’s…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Not Be Afraid | Prayer on Isaiah 41
When you can hear God speaking specifically to YOU in this passage, you can replace fear and anxiety with God’s presence and care. Isaiah 41:8–10 NIV 8 “But…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to have a bigger concept of God | Prayer on Isaiah 40
LIke Psalm 81, these verses in Isaiah 40 are God speaking to his people. We can get a bigger/truer picture/concept of God’s power, wisdom and care by lifting…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhat Will Satisfy You? | Prayer on Psalm 81:8-16
Our lives are always a miserable prison when God gives us over to follow our own stubborn hearts. But we can find true satisfaction by listening to his word…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverGod Rules From Forever Past to Forevermore | Prayer on Psalm 93:1-2, 5
Using our imagination, praying through this Psalm helps us see the reality our life is in forever. Psalm 93 1 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWorship In the Very Presence of God | Prayer on Psalm 84
How can we worship in the very presence of God? The ancient Temple in the Old Testament is a picture of how we worship Him in Spirit and truth when we enter…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverFeasting on the Abundance of God | Prayer on Psalm 36
We can see our sin for what it really is when we compare it to feasting on the abundance of God. Psalm 36 ESV 1 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverThe Fountain of Living Water | Prayer on Jeremiah 2:11-13, 19
What would you exchange for the glory of God? The strongest motivation not to sin is when we understand the stupidity of turning from God as our only true…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverThe Power of Giving Thanks | Prayer on Psalm 92
We bring God’s power into our lives and circumstances when we learn to give thanks. Psalm 92:1–5 ESV 1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverCan We See God’s Presence? | Prayer on Psalm 91:1-2
We can take refuge in God’s presence by seeing him with our imagination in prayer Psalm 91:1–2 ESV 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverOur Dependency on God’s Mercy | Prayer on Psalm 57
We can take refuge in God’s mercy for us whenever we approach him in prayer Psalm 57:1–5, 10-11 ESV TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO DO NOT DESTROY. A MIKTAM…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverSeeking God Through Our Imagination | Prayer on Psalm 63:1-4
We can use our imaginations to seek and “see” God in prayer Psalm 63:1–4 ESV A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. 1 O God, you are my God…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhose Words Can You Really Believe? | Prayer on Psalm 12
Where can we put our trust in a world this side of the kingdom? To some degree everyone lies. We can only truly depend upon God to be true to his Word. Psalm…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHope During Affliction | Prayer on Lamentations 3:17
Even in times where we’re experiencing suffering due to our sin or the sins of others, we can turn our misery into hope when we pray through scripture with…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow Do We Imagine in Prayer? | Prayer on Psalm 31
How do the Psalms lead us to grow our creative hearts and minds through prayer? We can use our imaginations to overcome our insecurities from the advantage of…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhat Keeps Us from Trusting God | Prayer on Psalm to 52
We want to trust in God, but it's not as easy as it sounds. Trials come, and things get in the way. But it goes even deeper than that. Find out what really…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhy We Ask God for Things | Prayer on Psalm 71
God knows what we need, but we should still ask. It's important that we acknowledge our dependence on him and his overwhelming capability to take care of us…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Trust in God | Prayer on Psalm 62
Prayer is important for building a relationship with God. And every relationship requires trust. Join in ashttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/…