4 Steps in Meditation

Meditation is so important.  For many, when they think of meditation, they think of someone sitting still, cross legged and emptying their mind.

However, meditation is an age old practice that people in the Bible did thousands of years ago and is quite the opposite from the way many portray it today.

Meditation comes from the Hebrew word ‘Hagah’ which means to  moan, growl, utter, speak, muse, roar, imagine  (Strong’s Concordance 1897).  That sounds like a lot of sounds!

Here are the first 2 steps:

These steps are iterative:

1. Find a scripture that resonates with you or your circumstances; one that brings encouragement.  (In my next blog, I will list a few ones for you).Personalize the scripture.  For example, if the scripture says ‘God has not given US a spirit of fear’, personalize as ‘God has not given ME a spirit of fear’.Think over the scripture, think over every word.  Keep the thoughts of the scripture constantly on your mind.  Muse over them.
2. Next stage, begin to mutter the words, the scriptures.  Remember it is said  that thoughts become words.  Your thoughts will come alive in you in this step.  They cannot stay in you any longer.  They are bursting forth.As you keep muttering the words to yourself, you begin to believe more and more the words you are hearing.  Your mind and your speech are singing from the same hymn book.  Till now, you may have said anything that came to your mind, whether you meant it or not, whether you believed it or not.
   But now you are training your mind to speak only the thoughts of God that you have been dwelling on in stage one.  You are training your mind to think only the things you believe.

 Next time, we will look at the final 2 exciting steps!  Till then, keep meditating…

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Chuck

It all started with Eze (fondly called Chuck) fainting at the airport. When he regained consciousness, Chuck found himself in a mental hospital. He was diagnosed with Psychotic Depression. Over time, Chuck was diagnosed with a range of other mental illnesses with the final one being Schizophrenia. Unbeknown to him about this latest record on his medical files, Chuck carried on with day to day living over the next 14 years until he met Zoe. Over the next 4 years, Chuck and Zoe began a journey of faith to defy the odds of mental illness. Today Chuck’s medical records say NO MENTAL ILLNESS. He defied mental illness and is helping others do the same.

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