Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave Cover

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

2 Samuel 22:17-18 (NIV)

17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Psalms 28:9 (NIV)

“Save your people 

and bless your inheritance;

be their shepherd 

and carry them forever.”

A Prayer: 

“Save me and bless me; thank you that you have made me part of your precious inheritance. Be my Shepherd and carry me forever.”

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Psalm 28:7 NLT

"The LORD is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart." 

2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT

Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” 

Psalm 3:3 NLT

“But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.”

[breathe in] Silently pray, "The LORD is my strength and shield."

[breathe out] Quietly say, "I trust him with all my heart."

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT)

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.”

We strip off the sin that so easily trips us up by “keeping our eyes on Jesus.” Of course we can’t literally see Jesus yet. But we can with the eyes of our heart. So much of the Christian life is living by our biblically guided imagination more than just living by information.

“I reject the false promises of sin. I choose to follow the Lord Jesus Christ and I choose to run the race he has set before me so I can have the joy of all of his promises for me in the kingdom of God.”

Whenever you get tripped up again by the false promises of sin, just pray that again. Aloud. Part of finishing your race is to keep getting up and continue running the race.

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

“Abba, Father, all things are possible for you.” (Mk 14:36)

“Nothing is too difficult for you.” (Jer 32:17)

“You are the God who works wonders.” (Ps 77:14)

“You call into being things that are not.” (Rom 4:17)

“You are good and your steadfast love endures forever.” (2 Chron 5:13; a most repeated phrase about God in the Bible)

[breathe in] Silently pray, "Abba, Father…"

[breathe out] Quietly say, "…all things are possible for you."

[breathe in] Silently pray, "Sovereign LORD…"

[breathe out] Quietly say, "…nothing is too difficult for you."

[breathe in] Silently pray, "You are the God…"

[breathe out] Quietly say, "…who works wonders."

[breathe in] Silently pray, “Lord, you give life to the dead…”

[breathe out] Quietly say, "You call into being things that were not."

[breathe in] Silently pray, "You are good…"

[breathe out] Quietly say, "…and your steadfast love endures forever."

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Colossians 3:12-13 NIV

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Proverbs 19:11 NIV

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” 

1 Peter 2:23 NIV

“When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.”

1 Peter 4:19 NIV

“So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.”

A combined hybrid version:

“When they hurled their insults at Jesus, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, like Jesus, entrust yourself to your faithful Creator and continue to do good.” 

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Proverbs 21:1 NIV

“In the LORD’S hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.”

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover

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Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Isaiah 40:12 CSB

“Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure or weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on the scales?”

Hebrews 4:16 NIV

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover

Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod

Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God’s presence. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 

Look for new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Leviticus 19:18 NIV

“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.”

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover

Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod

Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.