Christian Growth2: Meditation
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Why I'm making this page on "Christian Growth2: Meditation
I'm making this page on Christian Growth2 because my former lens The Basics of Christian Growth only covered the bare basics of Christian growth (Bible reading, prayer, fellowship and witnessing) which every newborn babe in Christ needs to do. In this lens I want to take it a step further and introduce another step to be mastered once these basics have been. First let me say that if you are not sure of your salvation, you need to stop right here and go back to The Gift of Salvation (Making Sure You're A Christian)
In this lens I want to take the devotional part (Bible reading and prayer) of the prior lens a step further with what I call "Christian meditation." It is Christian meditation in distinction to eastern meditation which endorses concentrating on nothing. By contrast, Christian meditation concentrates on the Bible, the Word of God. It is this type of meditation to which David was referring in Psalm 1:2. He speaks there of the blessedness which comes to the one who meditates day and night.
In this lens I want to take the devotional part (Bible reading and prayer) of the prior lens a step further with what I call "Christian meditation." It is Christian meditation in distinction to eastern meditation which endorses concentrating on nothing. By contrast, Christian meditation concentrates on the Bible, the Word of God. It is this type of meditation to which David was referring in Psalm 1:2. He speaks there of the blessedness which comes to the one who meditates day and night.
Step 1: Memorize
As you are having your devotions, either reading through a particular book of the Bible or using a devotional guide, perhaps a certain verse may pop out at you, so to speak. Or you may choose to use the key verse listed as such in your devotional guide. Take that verse and memorize it. It' s not really difficult if you try to get the main ideas down and then fill in the words.
Here are some tools which may help.
Step 2: Ruminate
Once you memorize the verse, you can ruminate or mull it over in your mind, thinking of ways that what it says can apply to you personally and your situation.
Here are some aids from applying God's word to your life:
Step 3: Pray God's Word back to Him
Once you have a verse memorized, it's yours. Nobody, not even the Devil can take it from you. But then the fun part comes. Start to use your memorized verses to pray God's Word back to Him. Just pray the words of the verse, but make it personel. Insert your name where appropriate. Claim the promises He gives in the verse or ask for help according to the words of the verse. Once you start, you'll get the hang of it.
Here are some helps with this:
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The next step: Bible Study
Now that you're memorizing and meditating on the Word, why not really get into it with some in-depth Bible study? Check out my Hermeutics lens below:
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