| Christian meditation can benefit our lives in more | | | | into the very life of God. |
| ways than we can count. True meditation comes | | | | Our Purpose, Inheritance, and the Promises of |
| from the heart and with a desire to please God; | | | | God are Revealed in His Word |
| not with an attitude of what's in it for me. | | | | We were created for a purpose. And looking to |
| A key point to note: The Bible commands us to | | | | our Creator will reveal His plan, so that we can |
| meditate and obedience to God's Word always | | | | live a fulfilling life. The Lord says He has plans to |
| benefits our life. | | | | prosper us and not to harm us; plans to give us |
| Meditation on God's Word Draws Us Closer to | | | | hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11) |
| Him and Brings Blessings | | | | "We have obtained an inheritance, being |
| Christian meditation is based on the Word of God. | | | | predestined according to the purpose of Him who |
| Meditating daily helps reveal God and causes us to | | | | works all things after the counsel of His own will." |
| be blessed. David discovered this too, and tells us | | | | -- Ephesians 1:11 |
| in Psalm 1:1-2 that those who delight themselves | | | | If we want to know God's will for our lives, then |
| in the law of the Lord and meditate on it day and | | | | we need to read His will. How can we claim our |
| night are blessed. | | | | inheritance if we don't know what belongs to us? |
| Meditation on God's Word is time spent with God. | | | | God's Word is loaded with the next promise just |
| And like all relationships, time invested helps make | | | | waiting to be launched in our life. The Bible tells us |
| it stronger and more intimate. | | | | we have been given exceeding great and precious |
| Life and Grace Come Out of the Word of God | | | | promises so that we might be partakers of His |
| From the Word of God comes life. God has | | | | divine nature. (2 Peter 1:4) God delights in honoring |
| already given us everything that pertains to life | | | | His promises that we bring to Him. |
| and godliness (spiritual training). Grace and peace | | | | Mark my words: Meditating brings about revelation |
| are multiplied through the knowledge of God and | | | | of God's Word and causes us to act on it. This in |
| His divine power has given us all things that | | | | turn results in the manifestation of God's promises |
| pertain to life and godliness. (2 Peter 1: 2-3) | | | | and blessings in our lives. A purposeful, victorious |
| Meditation taps into a source of blessings that | | | | life comes when we are connected to the life of |
| goes beyond the natural world. It allows us to tap | | | | God. |