meditation

Things to Remember

September 4, 2022

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Things-to-Remember.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Ecclesiastes 1:3-11 I. There are so many things to remember! A. Need to tie a string around my finger, but then I wouldn’t be able to bend it – there would be so many strings tied there. B. Then there are organizers: paper and electronic, for the technically inclined, which work…

Rules for Prosperity and Success

January 10, 2021

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Rules-for-Prosperity-and-Success.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Joshua 1:1-9 I. Moses had died and Joshua now finds himself the leader of a nation about to conquer a land to claim as their own. A. God appears to Joshua and offers words of encouragement – Joshua 1:7-9 B. The advise was excellent for Joshua, but it is also useful…

Reflecting on the Day

August 18, 2019

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Reflecting-on-the-Day.mp3 by Raymond Warfel

Should I be “in the moment” or constantly thinking?

August 31, 2017

Question: How should a Christian think? I myself am a deep thinker and catch myself in my head thinking about eternity and thinking about heaven, and sometimes I am not present when talking to people — I am a million miles away. I have heard all these eastern things about being “present.” I’m not going…

How do I meditate on God’s word?

April 24, 2016

Question: Please, can you teach me deep insight about meditating on God’s Word and how to meditate? Answer: “My eyes are awake through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word” (Psalms 119:148). The term means nothing more than learning God’s word and then thinking about it during the day (or night). David…

October 7, 2003

Text: Psalm 119:145-152 I. It is one of those minor points brought out by the Bible, a seemingly incidental detail that you almost overlook – Genesis 24:63 A. Isaac took a stroll in the evening in a field to meditate. 1. We are given a hint as to why in verse 67. The death of his mother…