Episode 66 - Meditative Prayer

Episode 66 February 28, 2024 00:40:14
Episode 66 - Meditative Prayer
Looking Above
Episode 66 - Meditative Prayer

Feb 28 2024 | 00:40:14

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Karen Baughman Brooklyn Alm

Show Notes

Looking Above - Episode 66 - Meditative Prayer

Brooklyn and Karen are talking today about a form of prayer that is a lot like marinating chicken. Listen in as they discuss how Scripture and prayer meld together in meditative prayer. After watching the podcast, find a friend and discuss these questions:

 

  1. Do you process Scripture with your head or your heart first? What does that look like?
  2. When you read the Bible, are you able to read it as if it was written to you?  How might putting yourself in the stories change how you engage with them?
  3. Have you ever meditated on a passage until God unlocked a box and taken the concept from head to heart knowledge? Encourage others with the story of how God enlightened your heart.
  4. What are you struggling with in life - what aspect of God's nature might help you with that situation? In what attribute of God do you think you need to spend a little time marinating? 
  5. Work together to find a Scripture that each of you could meditate on this week. (Then do it! Spend time in meditative prayer each day.)
  6. How do you feel knowing that you cannot "make" God open your heart to new understanding, you can merely put yourself in a position for God to speak to you?
  7. God loves you so much that He wants to have a personal encounter with you that will look different than how He encounters others. Respond to this truth.  Does that relieve you? Make you jealous? Excite you?
  8. Do you try to rush the process or get frustrated when God doesn't work on your timeline? How can you work to slow down and marinate more intentionally? What steps might you need to take? How can you remind yourself that it is about process not productivity?
  9. Pray for each other before you leave.

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