560 My Peace I Give To You, A Guided Christian Meditation on John 14:25-29 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

John 14:25-29 NIV 25 "All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 28 "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.

NABRE 25 "I have told you this while I am with you. 26 The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name—he will teach you everything and remind you of all that told you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. 28You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

Meditation:

God offers peace. This is not new age theology. This is not a watering down of the Gospel. This is the Gosepl. This is what God offers. Jesus provides an explanation for that peace and is directly because He sends His spirit. It is not because we are faultless and do not deserve stress. It is because God is loving and sends His spirit. God is with us.. It is God's peace that He gives to us. His peace. He knows how to give it. The question is do we see it. Do we let our hearts be troubled and be afraid? Do we trust in His presence? In this moment embrace his presence. He is with you even right now. God loves you and accepts you. For those who come to Jesus, confess our sin to Him, and accept Him as our savior He forgives. All failings we have, he overcomes. All weakness and fear, he overcomes. He is stronger than all stress and any worries we have. What a blessing we have that Jesus gives His grace and Offers the gift of the presence of the Spirit. This was made possible because, as He says in the gospels, he died for us and returned to the Father, and sent His spirit to us.

How blessed we are that this knowledge is available to us. We are able to hear the words of Jesus directly. We are able to access them for free, and have them in abundance as well as commentary and understanding. His spirit teaches us. As we spend time in His word, he can enlighten our minds. It is not academic knowledge that saves us. It is reliance on the God of heaven. With that said, God's spirit will teach us and remind us what He teaches us. This knowledge can sustain us. It supports us in times when we are tempted by fear. We can trust in our God who proclaims that we need not fear.

In this moment reflect on this and embrace His message of confidence in His ability to make us sufficient to overcome. He has already overcome the world. There is nothing he has not already overcome.

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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