558 Anyone Who Loves Me Will Obey My Teaching, A Guided Christian Meditation on John 14:21-24 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

NIV 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them." 22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" 23 Jesus replied, "Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me

NASB 21 The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him." 22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, "Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?" 23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. 24 The one who does not love Me does not follow My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.

Meditation:

When we think of Gods commands our minds often rush toward shame and judgement. Our primary motivation for accepting Jesus need not be fear. God does not give us the spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind. Our actions don't meet Gods standard. As we embrace Jesus as our savior we can overcome sin and shame.

We often attempt to weigh our actions on the scales of justice and we find that we don't measure up to the commands of God. This is far from an idle temptation. It is one specifically crafted to disconnect us from the love of God. Our common enemy wants to force us into a false choice between the shame of sin or the complacency of cheap grace.

What God offers is so much more profound. He asks that we allow His love to grow in our hearts and the. Allow that love to fue our improved soul. His love is what cleanses us to begin with. His love is what motivates us to repent and turn our hearts back to God when our actions don't align with what God has asked. Reject shame and embrace love. Those thoughts that rush to or away from our failures do not draw HS to Gods love. Learn from failures and the embrace His love and return. God's perfect love has overcome the world. He offers that love to us and has, since long before we were ever born. Let that love grow in your heart and inspire you to develop in the ways God knows you can grow.

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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