Meditation – Being more present in our circumstances, and less connected to worldly things. Just a few minute each day in a quiet place to change your view.
How to get rid of distractions?
Learn to change things through and by reading God’s word, and training self in the discipline of thoughts and feelings. Becoming more aware of your ability to discern between good and evil. Each day of meditating, acknowledge the Lord and He will direct your path. Your thoughts and feelings will change, and to stay focus on what are your rights and benefits on this earth, as it is in Heaven.
Here are the basics for Christian’s meditation:
Be Calm, Breath Slowly, Pray, and Stay Focus. You must carry this with you in whatever you are doing.
Let Practice to Change Our View:
You can sit down or lay down and start to mediate with confidence in believing God is able with your ability to embrace His love. The Heavenly Father loves you. Feel this love and hope by relaxing and take in three complete breaths.
Breath in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Oxygen is good for the body. It loves the flow of life. Listen to your body’s heartbeat, heavy sound of breath, etc. Now, close your eyes and repent 3 more complete breath. Stay free and relax. Don’t let your mind wander. When it does, always go back to listening to your own body sounds.
How to let go of situations? There are times when acknowledging God before, during, and after the situation, you will recognize the moment when the Holy Spirit comforted your heart and mind. Enjoy His present and let lightness come into your personal space. Let your body unwind. Let your body fill in air, and have you natural rhythm flow and let go.
Recognize how you feel? Acknowledge if your body is stressful or at ease. When you are settle in your mind, give God praise. There are times when being still in the Lord, help you to remember in Christ you live and move and have His being. His peace is given to you, so focus on that before you move or get up.
How to receive unconditional love? Respect God and His image, which your are. To love oneself and forgive your mistakes. Your pass it not your present. You are living in this moment. Unconditional love comes when you can love yourself more, and treat others with the same respect – know matter who they are.
How to purge your mind? Prayers will help you to be happy and not bitter. Confession is good for your mind. It cleans up the cluttered that fill your mind with negativity and doubt. In Christ, there is liberty and freedom. Focus your mind without feeling sorry for your actions. Give your worries to the Lord.
Meditation has be around for centuries, and have given peace to those who found it. As a Christian, our focus and study is on the Word of God; it is the power to save us from our sins. Here are a few scriptures on this topic:
Psalm 1:2 “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
Psalm 104:34 “My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.”
Psalm 119:11,15,97-99 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee…
Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
Let you change your view in the light of God and His divine instructions for mankind. You do not have to be without peace and safety – physically or spiritually. When IN doubt, Think On This things ( Mediate on) from Philippians 4:8:
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
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