Before you ask. Before you find the words. Before you know what to say.Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:8 — a Father who already knows.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:8 repeated 7 times
• Silence(Music by @Solfeggio Hymns)

Helpful for

• Anxiety and prayer
• Feeling unknown
• God's attentiveness
• Trust in God's care

Matthew 6:8

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Many words. Jesus notices them. And names what they are trying to do.Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:7 — the silence beneath empty phrases.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:7 repeated 7 times
• Silence(Music by @Solfeggio Hymns)

Helpful for

• Simplicity in prayer
• Overthinking prayer
• Quiet prayer
• Trusting God to hear

Matthew 6:7

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 

A room. A closed door. The Father who is in secret.Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:6 — the hidden place of prayer.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:6 repeated 7 times
• Silence(Music by @Solfeggio Hymns)

Helpful for

• Private prayer
• Meeting God alone
• Solitude and silence
• Intimacy with God

Matthew 6:6

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

They have received their reward. Jesus closes the door on what they were seeking.Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:5 — prayer that performs, and prayer that reaches.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:5 repeated 7 times
• Silence(Music by @Solfeggio Hymns)

Helpful for

• Authentic prayer
• Spiritual pride
• Seeking God not attention
• The purpose of prayer

Matthew 6:5

5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others.

Secret. Jesus uses the word twice. Once for you, once for the Father.

Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:4 — what the Father sees that no one else does.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:4 repeated 7 times
• Silence(Music by @Solfeggio Hymns)

Helpful for

• Hidden faithfulness
• God's attention
• Unseen acts
• Trust in God's reward

Matthew 6:4

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

A strange instruction. Almost impossible. Jesus gives it anyway.Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:3 — giving so quietly even you forget.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:3 repeated 7 times
• Silence(Music by @Solfeggio Hymns)

Helpful for

• Secret generosity
• Letting go of recognition
• Unseen faithfulness
• Simplicity of heart

Matthew 6:3

 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 

The trumpet announces generosity. And the announcement is the reward.

Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:2 — giving and the praise of men.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:2 repeated 7 times
• Silence(Music by @Solfeggio Hymns)

Helpful for

• Generosity and motive
• Seeking approval
• Hypocrisy
• The cost of being seen

Text used: Matthew 6

MATTHEW 6:1

Jesus draws a line between two kinds of righteousness. One is seen. One is not.

Scripture meditation on Matthew 6:1 — practiced before others, or before the Father.

Format

• Breathing
• Matthew 6:1 repeated 7 times
• Contemplation

Helpful for

• Pride and recognition
• Doing good in secret
• Spiritual performance
• Finding your true audience

Matthew 6:1

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven."

Two parts. A condition and a call. If we live by the Spirit, something follows. Not just presence. Not just awareness. Step by step. Matching pace. Meditate on the image. Walking close enough to the Spirit to keep in step. What that kind of nearness looks like.

Galatians 5:25

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Meditation on the Christ crucifiying our sinful desires on the cross. We take on his righteousness and all our sin was left in the pits of hell so we can live forever with him in heaven.