422 To Be Spiritually Minded is Life and Peace, A Guided Christian Meditation on Romans 8:5-8 with the Recenter With Christ app

422 To Be Spiritually Minded is Life and Peace,  A Guided Christian Meditation on Romans 8:5-8 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:

Romans 5:5-8
NIV
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

NKJV
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Meditation on Scripture:

What does it mean to be spiritually minded? 
What does it mean to live according to the flesh?
The Glorious offer of Christ is that we can trust in Him as our savior, trust that he will take our sin, trust in Him and follow Him and our human weaknesses will be swallowed up. Our carnal human nature is hostile to God. We should not try and guard and protect our sin. We should not attempt to save a secret corner of our heart for sin, for the carnal ways of the flesh. So what do we do if we are assailed by carnal desires after we have received Christ? Even after we trust Christ, we are not free of temptation of carnal things, so what should we do about it? Draw unto God, confess it to Him. Confess our weakness to Him and not try and protect and guard our sin. We can turn our mind to Him in confidence and peace instead of angst and fear of the carnal. 

Think of a time recently when you were tempted. Did you reach out to God in peace and love or did you feel fearful or worse, did you enjoy the secret thought? The truth is that each of us are tempted to do things in contrast to what we know to be right, yet with God’s help we can overcome that and we can learn to trust in the Spirit of God and embrace God’s peace instead of giving in. Spiritual maturity comes as we learn to trust in God, and trust that he can cleanse us and change us.We must learn to approach God not as a resentful child who resentfully gives in to the idea of not sinning, but as a grateful mature person who places values the word of God as THE standard they wish to live their life by. 

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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