Christian Meditation Challenge Day # 7 - Discover the Healing Power of Christian Meditation

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Christian Meditation Challenge

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DAY SEVEN

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<ul><br />
	<li>If you need to, re-read the Christian meditation Do's and Don'ts in the Christian Meditation Challenge introduction.</li><br />
	<li>Find a quiet location to sit upright and get comfortable.</li><br />
	<li>Read the devotional.</li><br />
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<b>DEVOTIONAL</b></p>
<p>Are you going through a tough financially time right now? Do you find it hard to give the way you want without feeling like you are putting yourself into a deeper deficit? When it come to giving, whether time or resources, is your focus mainly on yourself and not others?</p>
<p>How about that homeless man you always see in front of your job with the cardboard sign. Do you avoid him in the hopes that he won’t ask you for any money because you feel a sense of lack in your own life?</p>
<p>Luke 6:38 says: “<em>Give and you shall receive. Your gift will return to you in full – pressed down, shaken together, to make room for more, running over and poured into your lap</em>.”</p>
<p>The idea here is that when you give genuinely and cheerfully (2 Corinthians 9:7) from your heart, regardless of what your current situation is, God will make sure that it is returned to you in a bigger way and at His perfect time. He wants you to put your total trust in Him so that He can show you just how much He loves and cares for you. This not only applies to money, but also being generous in your words, actions and time.</p>
<p>Before starting today’s meditation, I would like for you to conduct a little experiment. Take your hand and make a really tight fist. Keep it clenched! Now get a friend or family member to try pry your fist open, but continue to keep it clenched and unyielding. Could anything get in or out? Be honest with yourself in this moment. What did you discover that happened?</p>
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<ol><br />
	<li>Sit in silence for a few moments.</li><br />
	<li>Journal about your meditation experience or any new insights.</li><br />
	<li>Don't judge how well you did. All that matters is you did it!</li><br />
	<li>Thank God and yourself for taking the time to BE STILL in God's Presence.</li><br />
	<li>Listen to the meditation again in the evening.</li><br />
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<ul><br />
	<li>If you need to, re-read the Christian meditation Do's and Don'ts in the Christian Meditation Challenge introduction.</li><br />
	<li>Find a quiet location to sit upright and get comfortable.</li><br />
	<li>Read the devotional.</li><br />
</ul><br />
<b>DEVOTIONAL</b></p>
<p>Are you going through a tough financially time right now? Do you find it hard to give the way you want without feeling like you are putting yourself into a deeper deficit? When it come to giving, whether time or resources, is your focus mainly on yourself and not others?</p>
<p>How about that homeless man you always see in front of your job with the cardboard sign. Do you avoid him in the hopes that he won’t ask you for any money because you feel a sense of lack in your own life?</p>
<p>Luke 6:38 says: “<em>Give and you shall receive. Your gift will return to you in full – pressed down, shaken together, to make room for more, running over and poured into your lap</em>.”</p>
<p>The idea here is that when you give genuinely and cheerfully (2 Corinthians 9:7) from your heart, regardless of what your current situation is, God will make sure that it is returned to you in a bigger way and at His perfect time. He wants you to put your total trust in Him so that He can show you just how much He loves and cares for you. This not only applies to money, but also being generous in your words, actions and time.</p>
<p>Before starting today’s meditation, I would like for you to conduct a little experiment. Take your hand and make a really tight fist. Keep it clenched! Now get a friend or family member to try pry your fist open, but continue to keep it clenched and unyielding. Could anything get in or out? Be honest with yourself in this moment. What did you discover that happened?</p>
<p><strong>Cultivating Generosity</strong>[/text_block][/op_popup_content_element][op_popup_content_element data-style=""][custom_html]<script type="text/javascript" src="//christianmeditator.audello.com/player/Z2l2aW5nbWVkaXRhdGlvbi5tcDM=/?container=audello-14WDZA2SBK" async=""></script><div id="audello-14WDZA2SBK" class="audello-player audello-file" data-role="audello-file" data-audello-id="Z2l2aW5nbWVkaXRhdGlvbi5tcDM="></div>[/custom_html][/op_popup_content_element][op_popup_content_element data-style=""][text_block style="style_1.png" align="left" font_size="16" font_font="Lucida"]<strong>After the Meditation: </strong><br />
<ol><br />
	<li>Sit in silence for a few moments.</li><br />
	<li>Journal about your meditation experience or any new insights.</li><br />
	<li>Don't judge how well you did. All that matters is you did it!</li><br />
	<li>Thank God and yourself for taking the time to BE STILL in God's Presence.</li><br />
	<li>Listen to the meditation again in the evening.</li><br />
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[text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Before the Meditation:

If you need to, re-read the Christian meditation Do’s and Don’ts in the Christian Meditation Challenge introduction.
Find a quiet location to sit upright and get comfortable.
Read the devotional.

DEVOTIONAL

Are you going through a tough financial time right now? Do you find it hard to give the way you want without feeling like you are putting yourself into a deeper deficit? When it comes to giving, whether time or resources, is your focus mainly on yourself and not others?

How about that homeless man you always see in front of your job with the cardboard sign. Do you avoid him in the hopes that he won’t ask you for any money because you feel a sense of lack in your own life?

Luke 6:38 says: “Give and you shall receive. Your gift will return to you in full – pressed down, shaken together, to make room for more, running over and poured into your lap.”

The idea here is that when you give genuinely and cheerfully (2 Corinthians 9:7) from your heart, regardless of what your current situation is, God will make sure that it is returned to you in a bigger way and at His perfect time. He wants you to put your total trust in Him so that He can show you just how much He loves and cares for you. This not only applies to money but also being generous in your words, actions and time.

Before starting today’s meditation, I would like for you to conduct a little experiment. Take your hand and make a really tight fist. Keep it clenched! Now get a friend or family member to try pry your fist open, but continue to keep it clenched and unyielding. Could anything get in or out? Be honest with yourself at this moment. What did you discover that happened?

Today’s Meditation: Cultivating Generosity (see below)

After the Meditation:

Sit in silence for a few moments.
Journal about your meditation experience or any new insights.
Don’t judge how well you did. All that matters is you did it!
Thank God and yourself for taking the time to BE STILL in God’s Presence.
Listen to the meditation again in the evening.

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[text_block style="style_1.png" align="left"]<span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Before the Meditation:</strong></span><br />
<ul><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">If you need to, re-read the Christian meditation Do's and Don'ts in the Christian Meditation Challenge introduction.</span></li><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Find a quiet location to sit upright and get comfortable.</span></li><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Read the devotional.</span></li><br />
</ul><br />
<span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>DEVOTIONAL</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">Are you going through a tough financial time right now? Do you find it hard to give the way you want without feeling like you are putting yourself into a deeper deficit? When it comes to giving, whether time or resources, is your focus mainly on yourself and not others?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">How about that homeless man you always see in front of your job with the cardboard sign. Do you avoid him in the hopes that he won’t ask you for any money because you feel a sense of lack in your own life?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">Luke 6:38 says: “<em>Give and you shall receive. Your gift will return to you in full – pressed down, shaken together, to make room for more, running over and poured into your lap</em>.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">The idea here is that when you give genuinely and cheerfully (2 Corinthians 9:7) from your heart, regardless of what your current situation is, God will make sure that it is returned to you in a bigger way and at His perfect time. He wants you to put your total trust in Him so that He can show you just how much He loves and cares for you. This not only applies to money but also being generous in your words, actions and time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">Before starting today’s meditation, I would like for you to conduct a little experiment. Take your hand and make a really tight fist. Keep it clenched! Now get a friend or family member to try pry your fist open, but continue to keep it clenched and unyielding. Could anything get in or out? Be honest with yourself at this moment. What did you discover that happened?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><em>Today's Meditation: Cultivating Generosity (see below)</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>After the Meditation: </strong></span><br />
<ol><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Sit in silence for a few moments.</span></li><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Journal about your meditation experience or any new insights.</span></li><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Don't judge how well you did. All that matters is you did it!</span></li><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Thank God and yourself for taking the time to BE STILL in God's Presence.</span></li><br />
	<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Listen to the meditation again in the evening.</span></li><br />
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