Apr 22, 2023
536 By the Grace of God I Am What I Am, a Guided Christian Meditation on 1 Corinthians 15:9-11 with the Recenter With Christ app
The purpose of this podcast is to help you find more peace in your life and connect with the true source of peace, Jesus Christ.
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.
Scripture for Meditation
ESV
9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the
grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in
vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it
was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it
was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
NASB
9 For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the
grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove
vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the
grace of God with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we
preach and so you believed.
Meditation:
Paul has an interesting character. He is often very harsh on himself for his past sins especially how he persecuted the church. He recognizes his own need for God. He accepts that it is through the mercy of Jesus Christ that he is forgiven.
He sees that grace as empowering. Something that makes him able to do difficult things.
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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