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12/16/24 MondayMatters: Meditation

12/16/24 MondayMatters: Meditation

https://youtu.be/TT2sNpgj2wo?si=KdSnJ4jI5oHbj71V

Watch the video above.  Then…We are building a foundation for a terrific 2025. Start some things now that will foster momentum for significant spiritual growth. We have talked about Bible reading, consistent prayer, and today, meditation/journalling. The discipline of quietness, centering, meditating is a vital as the other two for discipleship. Here are 4 reasons and 5 steps to meditating/journalling.

Meditation and Journalling are two sides of the same coin. I need to center and quiet myself in meditation and then the words are expressed in our journalling.
1. Meditation slows me down.

2. Journalling gets things out.

3. Meditation helps me remember.

4. Journalling commits them to God.

So, here are some steps to help you put this into practice:

1. As in the Bible reading and prayer, prepare a place and time.

2. Keep it simple. Just pick up a spiral bound notebook.
3. Pray Psalm 19:4.

4. just write. May be answer these 4 questions.

What?  What has happened today that God wants me to reflect on?

Where?  Where did God show up?

Why? Why is God bringing that to my mind just now?
How? How can I grow from this?

As you get ready to enhance your devotional life for 2025, try the discipline of Meditation /Journalling now.

50 Day End-Well and Start-Fast Spiritual Adventure

50 Day End-Well and Start-Fast Spiritual Adventure

By the time you’ve read the title the adventure is about over. 😂 I have always worked better, especially when it comes to my personal discipleship, by creating seasons, short bursts of intentionality that help me focus, keep me energized, and give me attainable goals. I also have always tried to step up my game… Continue Reading

The Importance of Being Tribal

The Importance of Being Tribal

A friend of mine passed away this week. I don’t know if friend is the right word. He was a few years older. We had not seen or even spoken to one another in at least ten years. We were not in the same circles at all, but he was a member of one of… Continue Reading

5/27/24 MondayMatters: Living With Memories

5/27/24 MondayMatters: Living With Memories

https://youtu.be/ARb-KFaRg1Y Click the video link above Memories are a wonderful gift from God, but if we allow them to, they can defeat and destroy us. Studies show that we actually only remember about 15-20% of the things that we think we do. And those memories are not 100% accurate. Here are some important keys to… Continue Reading

3/25/24       MondayMatters: Self-Reflection

3/25/24 MondayMatters: Self-Reflection

https://youtu.be/qcfZFVVHszE?feature=shared Click the link above for the MondayMatters video. During Holy Week we often look at spiritual discipline and consider things we can do to deepen our walk and increase our faith. The idea of self-reflection, self-examination is often uncomfortable and certainly underused. But this week is a wonderful time to look inward, allow the… Continue Reading

3/7/24 Lent Psalm 74 

3/7/24 Lent Psalm 74 

  I was turkey hunting with a friend on my sister’s farm just outside of Ashland City, Tennessee a couple of years ago. We were dressed completely in camouflage, sitting under a tree in the gray light of early morning. I was doing my very best turkey call and a gobbler was answering back from… Continue Reading

3/5/24   Lent     Psalm 72        This Concludes…

3/5/24 Lent Psalm 72 This Concludes…

3/5/24 Lent Psalm 72  There is an interesting commentary in the last verse of Psalm 72. From here for the next 30 psalms or so, it seems the worship pastor has taken over. Asaph is attributed with most of the next 30 psalms. A few are unnamed. They even throw in a song from Moses… Continue Reading