Mar 13, 2022

420 Carest Not That We Perish, A Guided Christian Meditation on Mark 4:36-38 with the Recenter With Christ app

I'm Chaplain Jared and I work as a hospice chaplain and an ICU chaplain. My purpose in making this podcast is to help you find more peace in your life and to be more open for your heart to be changed by the Spirit of God. By using centuries old form of Christian Meditation named Lectio Divina:

Outline: Relaxation, Reading, Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation and Visualization.

Get into a place where you can sit comfortably and uninterrupted for about 20 minutes.You should hopefully not be driving or anything tensing or unrelaxing. If you feel comfortable to do so, I invite you to close your eyes.

Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:

Breathe and direct your thoughts to connecting with God. Let your stomach be a balloon inflate, deflate.

Bible verses for Meditation:

KJV
Mark 4
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

NIV
36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

Meditation on Scripture:

When the storms in our life rage it can cause us to feel fear. We see the waves splashing and the wind blowing over our heads. We wonder why such storms are aloud to grow and build. Why was it that a storm came when Jesus was on board the ship? It may seem that when things are not smooth in our life that we are failing or worse that God is failing us.

We can wonder as the apostles did, does He care if we perish? As If God would only allow us to live through challenges if he didn’t care for us. This is a natural thought yet I think it demonstrates a misunderstanding of the purpose of our lives. We are not called to live carefree lives. What is important to know is that regardless of what we may perceive as the outcome in a given situation, God knows what it will do for us and to us. In this scripture Jesus saves them from the storm but not until it was nearly sinking the vessel. This caused them in the end to marvel at His greatness.

Meditation of Prayer:

Pray as directed by the Spirit.

Dedicate these moments to the patient waiting, when you feel ready ask God for understanding you desire from Him.

Meditation of God and His Glory / Hesychasm:

I invite you to sit in silence feeling patient for your own faults and trials.

Summarize what insights you have gained during this meditation and meditate and visualize positive change in your life:

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