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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 CoverHaving Worth While Being Unworthy | Psalm 106
One of the most important ways to see yourself is having an amazing worth to God. You were…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverYou Won’t Last With God Without Believing These Two Things | Psalm 106
You’re wanting to walk with God and live into his bigger and better story for your life. That’s why you’re coming to this podcast. And that already says a lot…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverDo You Forget to Remember? | Psalm 106
Could it really be as simple as that? That your greatest hindrance to living your life in the bigger and better story of all that God is for you in Christ is…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow Honest Confession Can Free You | Psalm 106
We live in a cultural narrative that focuses on therapy (healing) more than reality. But an honest diagnosis of reality is always your best therapy. That’s…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverSaying Hallelujah | Psalm 106:1-5
Psalm 106 starts with that ancient Hebrew word, Hallelujah. Why? What are you actually saying whenever you say that? And how can the first five verses in this…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverFeeling More Secure In Your Relationship with God | Psalm 105
What makes your relationship with God secure? What’s your security based on? Your level of faith? Your level of obedience? Or is it something more sure than…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverMeditating on God in Creation | Psalm 104
Nothing will lift up your soul more than God-exalting worship. You were created to derive your glory and identity from God’s glory and identity. And whenever…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhy You Need to Speak to Yourself in Worship | Psalm 103
Nothing will lift up your soul more than God-exalting worship. You were created to derive your glory and identity from God’s glory and identity. And whenever…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverSometimes You Just Need to Complain | Psalm 102
Sometimes your life is not exactly under blue skies. Things are miserable and you’re not doing well. That’s OK. In fact, God has given us Psalms in the Bible…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverRevive Your Story By Looking Through A Better Window | Psalm 101
Something is always narrating your life. And most of the time a false narrative is screaming at you to find a better life in its story. Your life is being…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverThe Uncomfortable Claim in God’s Name | Exodus 34:5-8
We're missing something big about God when we miss God's name, when we don't understand the importance of God's name, when God's name doesn't come to our mind…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverExperiencing God’s Glory In His Name| Exodus 33-34
When Moses asked God to show him his glory, God basically said “No, it would kill you right now because you’re too sinful. But I’ll do the next best thing…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverDo You Pray Using God’s Name? | Exodus 3:14-15
Who is God? What comes to your mind when you think of God? Author A. W. Tozer said it this way in his book, Knowledge of the Holy: “What comes into our minds…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhy You Really Do Want to Embrace Thankfulness | Psalm 100
A sobering reality in the Bible is the importance of having a heart of gratitude and thanksgiving rather than complaining. It's always surprised me how one of…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverKeeping Yourself Inside this Amazing Story | Psalm 98
What always amazes me in the Psalms is how they consistently and poetically capture the bigger story this world is in. All throughout the Psalms, God is giving…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverThe Power of Music Part 2 - House Worship Recording with Crossing Music | Psalm 16
In our last episode we discussed Psalm 98 about the power of singing and music in worship. God has created this universe, and created music to be a powerful…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverThe Power of Music - Interview with Scott Johnson | Psalm 98
When we actually pay attention to what the Bible says about singing and music, we discover that music is a powerful force in God’s universe. When we worship…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverOur Conflicted Reaction That God is Holy | Psalm 99
When you worship God as holy, it brings a kind of fear that also brings a kind of joy. There’s a reason why Jesus told us in the Lord’s Prayer that the first…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverLight and Life and Joy from Right Worship | Psalm 97
The battle line in our lives is always at our worship. As human beings created for living in God’s glory and love, we are always worshiping. Worship is when we…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverA Meditation on Jesus as the I AM | John 6:20
We learn from the order of The Lord’s Prayer that Jesus saw prayer as worship. And one significant key to learning to worship in Spirit and truth…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhen Jesus says, I AM | John 6:60-69
What does it mean when Jesus says, I AM? Like in John 6:20, he stands on the waves in the middle of the Sea of Galilee and says, “I AM, don’t be afraid.” In…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhen Following Jesus Is Hard | John 6:60-69
How long will you stick with following Jesus? What would it take for you to walk away from him? When we read of the miracles of Jesus, the idea of following…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverImagining Jesus as Your Bread of Life | John 6
Often the reason we desire other things more than God is a lack of using our imagination in worship. With any desire we have that we pursue, we use our…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverTrusting the One Story of the Bible | Isaiah 11:1-9
It’s a conspiracy that increases my faith in the gospel. I’m amazed at how often we see the Bible’s one story threaded all throughout Scripture, but written…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhy Worship Is So Worth It | Psalm 96
Don’t let yourself get hijacked away from the incredible bigger and better story this world is in and you could be in. Your trust and faithfulness will be so…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverDo You Find It Hard to Worship? | Psalm 95
Do you find it hard or even awkward to worship God? The truth is it’s easier than you think. You just have to choose to do it. Worship is a choice. In fact, it…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhat About the God of Vengeance? | Psalm 94
Worshiping God means worshiping him for who he really is. Our lives become more anchored horizontally when we anchor them vertically to the true God…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhen the Glass Is Half-Empty | Psalm 90
We all get into a funk. We’re disappointed. Frustrated. Experiencing the pains of life’s fragile realities. Some of us bend that direction more than others…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhat’s Your Image of Prayer? | Mark 1:35-37 and Matthew 6:6
Question: When you think of the word prayer, what image comes to your mind? When you think to yourself, “Should I pray right now?” or “I’m going to pray,” what…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverShould You Really Pray for That? | Luke 22:39-44
How do you know when it’s OK to pray for something? What kind of prayers are out of bounds? Do you sometimes not pray for something because you figure you…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverSeeing the Bigger Bigger Story in Psalm 89 | Psalm 89
Psalm 89 shows us that the drama of our lives takes place in the bigger story of God’s redemption and restoration of this world through the perfect Son of…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverSeeing Jesus in Psalm 89 | Psalm 89
Centuries before Jesus was born, the Psalm of the Old Testament told of him. Jesus told his disciples that everything would be fulfilled that was written about…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWill You Praise God Forever? | Psalm 89
The word “forever” has always intrigued me. Most of the time it’s used in songs or poetry it’s a lie. The Beatles’ Strawberry Fields Forever? Or “Love you…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverKilling Little Jesus | Hebrews 1:1-3
What comes to your mind when you think of Jesus? What image? What imagination? How do you feel toward that Jesus? How much do you want that Jesus to be…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverRedeeming Your Desire for Greatness and Glory | Psalm 85
Do you sometimes think that your desire for greatness and glory is pride? Do you sometimes feel guilty for that as if somehow that's an inordinate desire that…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow to Pray Using a Psalm | Psalm 80
Let’s say you want to have a conversation with God using a Psalm. You open to Psalm 80. You start reading and quickly realize it doesn’t really resonate with…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhen Life Has Taken a Bad Turn | Psalm 77
Maybe you’re in one of those times. Your life has taken a turn for the worst. Perhaps just temporarily. Perhaps permanently. Maybe you’re grieving the loss of…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWaking Up From a Spell | 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
I’ve become a believer in spells. Supernatural illusions or delusions put upon a person’s mind so that they can’t see reality, or they see non-reality as…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhen You’re Feeling Overwhelmed by Troubles | Psalm 69
Written a thousand years before Jesus was born, Psalm 69 is one of those psalms of David that seems to be a favorite of the New Testament authors. It also…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverImagining God As Your Living Water | Jeremiah 2:11-13
What we are learning to do in this podcast is to live more vertically and not just horizontally. To lift up our eyes throughout our day, in the moments of…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverBringing God’s Power Into Your Life | Psalm 68
The Psalms come back to repeated themes for emphasis. We forget what matters most because we get hijacked by the smaller horizontal stories that bombard us…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverFive Words to Pray for Anyone | Psalm 67
Do you ever want to pray but you’re not sure what to pray? Whether for yourself when you want to pray for yourself. Or when you want to pray for someone else…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverLearning to Pray More Dramatically | Psalm 61
Are there times in your life when you don’t want to pray? You can just barely muster up the focus on God enough to barely pray. You want to pray in the sense…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhat About Our FOMO? | Psalm 49
Do you struggle with FOMO sometimes? Welcome to being a Christian. Our Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) is NOT new to the human condition. And it’s certainly not…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverLifting Our Eyes | Psalm 47
While all the Psalms were written centuries before Jesus was born, Psalm 47 (much like we saw in our last episode on Psalm 45) brings the future reign of Jesus…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverThe Life-Giving Power of the Bigger Story | Psalm 45
Everyone has a mental narrative inside their head of what story they want to live and whether or not they are fitting inside that narrative right now in their…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverLiving As Though the Truth were True | Philippians 1:21-23; 3:7-11
I often ask myself what did the apostles who saw the risen Jesus know about Jesus that I don’t know? I read where a Jesuit once said of Dorothy Day that she…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhen Those Who Reject God Prosper | Psalm 37
It’s easy to get drawn in or intimidated by culturally powerful people. Especially when they are culturally powerful or prosperous because they openly…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverDealing with Those Who Want to Harm You | Psalm 35
Anyone who takes the Bible seriously knows we live in a world where there is real evil. And that evil can take deep root in people’s lives so that they are…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverImagining Biblical Pictures of God | Revelation 22:1-5
Imagine writing a letter to a loved one without ever imagining them in your mind as you write. Not much of a conversation. Now imagine conversing with God…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverApproaching God with Biblical Imagination | Psalm 32:7-11
As you come before God to pray, what are you usually thinking? To some degree you are using your imagination, picturing in some way God with you and listening…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverSeeing Your Poetic Present and Your Literal Future | Psalm 30
As a psalmist uniquely inspired by the Holy Spirit (Matt 22:43), King David’s prayers were often prophetic; describing poetically/figuratively what will…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverComing to God Emotionally Expressive | Psalm 28
I think in some ways the reason we lose emotional control at work or at home or in traffic or wherever is because we keep too much emotional control when…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhat is the Bible’s Biggest Truth for Your Life? | Prayer on Psalm 1
What is the number one truth of life in the Bible? The Bible’s big truth for your life? Here it is: Only God’s will brings life; and every other will brings…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverWhy Should You Choose God Over All Else? | Prayer on Psalm 26
Why should you choose God over anything else? I always have to remind myself why following (seeking, trusting, obeying) Christ is always worth it more than…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow Jesus Redirects Our Fears | Prayer on Matthew 10:29-31
Jesus’s words in Matthew 10:29-31 have been some of his most important words in my life because of their powerful picture of God’s detailed care and…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverHow Jesus Challenges Your Anxiety and Worry | Prayer on Matthew 6:25-34
We all worry. We all deal with anxiety. Most of the time it’s the back-burner feeling that’s like a slow leak in our joy. In Matthew 6 Jesus directly…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverSeeking the Face of the King of Glory | Prayer on Psalm 24
The risen Jesus told his disciples that ultimately what is written in the Psalms points to him (see Luke 24:25-27, 44 below). We especially see this in Psalm…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying David’s Spirit-foreshadowing Crucifixion and Return of Christ | Prayer on Psalm 22
Jesus quoted the first line of Psalm 22 on the cross. It was a prayer of anguish as he took upon himself the wrath of the Father for the sins of his people…
Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave CoverPraying David’s Spirit-foreshadowing Promises of Christ | Prayer on Psalm 20
Jesus saw the Psalms as written by their human author, but also by the Holy Spirit (see Matt 22:41-46 below). Although King David lived over a thousand years…