What is it?
While Eastern meditation attempts to empty the mind, this kind of meditation is an attempt to consume it with God. Biblical meditation is setting yourself before the Lord to receive revelation from His Word. The purpose is to receive more of the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:1-5 says how to get the knowledge [...]
Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
Série de Prière: Meditation
Posted in Prayer Room Life, The Word, Theology, tagged 7 Thunders, Bible, Biblical, catholic, catholicism, Christianity, IHOP, IHOP-KC, Jesus, Kirk Bennett, Madame Guyon, meditation, prayer, prayer room, prayer series, quiet, saint, waiting, Worship with the Word on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Vocal Prayer: A Double-Edged Sword
Posted in Prayer Room Life, Theology, tagged bridal paradigm, catholic, catholicism, cheap, church, Contemplative Prayer, fake, God, hype, intimacy, meditation, mystics, power, prayer, prayer room, prayer series, Teresa of Avila, vocal prayer on September 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
In modern American churches, we tend to think of prayer as closing our eyes and saying words aloud. Since when was the dignity of prayer cheapened into such a pitiful form?
The authority on this subject I have to hand over to the Catholics. I so admire their history on the subject and the high respect [...]
Persistent Prayer
Posted in Life, Prayer Room Life, Theology, tagged Bible, Christ, Christianity, faith, faithfulness, favoritism, fellowship, friend at midnight, humility, illustration, Jesus, John, kingdom, knowledge of God, Lord's prayer, Luke, meditation, parable, persistence, prayer, Sermon on the Mount, shepherd, The Word, Theology on September 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I want to continue the thought I started in my God of Secrets post about Luke 11. I don’t know how most people interpret the parable of the friend at midnight, but for me, it is one of the most significant passages in the Bible about prayer.
“And [Jesus] said to them, “Which of you shall [...]
