Grace and peace to you, dear listeners! We are living in turbulent times. But even when everything around us is in turmoil, we can have peace in our hearts through the Lord Jesus Christ because of our relationship with Him. This meditation allows you the opportunity to find a sanctuary in Christ in the midst of your trials as you worship God as Jehovah Shalom, The Lord Is Peace.

Some of you have written to me requesting more meditations that are a little bit shorter in time. Although this meditation is less than sixteen minutes long, I believe it will provide a nice opportunity for you to experience God's peace in the midst of a hectic day or any trial in your life. If you find this particular meditation helpful, please let me know by posting a comment below. I love hearing how this ministry blesses you!

Written by: Ricky Spears
Recorded by: Ricky Spears
Length: 15:46
File Size: 14.4MB

Model Prayer

Most of us learn the Model Prayer, or the Lord's Prayer, early in our Christian walk. Many years ago, I was taught to use this as an outline for my own time of prayer. When I pray without using this model, I tend to focus on petitioning God for things either in my own life, or the lives of others, and my prayers tend to be rather short. However, when I follow this model, I'm quite often surprised at how long I've prayed and find myself wanting to spend more time in prayer. Through this guided Christian meditation, you will spend two-minutes silently praying in each of the six different areas Christ outlines in this model prayer. In total you will share more than 12-minutes of quality prayer time with him. Lord, teach us to pray.

Regular readers will notice that I now offer the Mindful Worship Premium Edition. I will continue to publish a free guided Christian meditation at the first of each month, but the other weeks will be available only to subscribers of the Premium Edition. The cost is only $10 for a 3-month subscription and will help me to continue publishing high-quality Christian guided meditations. I invite you to join Mindful Worship and receive a new guided meditation each week for less than a dollar each. If you have questions or comments about the Premium Edition, please contact me.

Written by: Ricky Spears
Recorded by: Ricky Spears
Length: 26:06
File Size: 23.9MB

So often we don't take to reflect at the end of the events and activities of our life. We rush from one thing to another without taking time to reflect on what God has done, what God is doing, and to prepare for what God is going to do. By continually rushing from one matter to another without time for reflection, we miss an opportunity to gain wisdom from our experiences. This meditation will help you reflect on life's events and activities in the light of God's word at the end of a matter.

If you find this particular meditation to be helpful, please take a moment to post a comment below and let us know.

Written by: Ricky Spears
Recorded by: Ricky Spears
Length: 18:51
File Size: 17.2MB

As we celebrate the birth of our blessed Savior Jesus this week, we may hear the Christmas story many times: in our church services, on television specials, in articles we read, in advertisements, and in many other places. As we hear this story over and over, it's easy to begin to see the story as little more than background noise. This week's meditation provides you with an opportunity to contemplate the Christmas story and a challenge for you to grow in your relationship with Christ through principles revealed in the story. Rejoice! For a Savior has been born to you!

I pray that each of you has a wonderful, blessed, and mindful Christmas! I am blessed to have each of you as a faithful listener.

Written by: Ricky Spears
Recorded by: Ricky Spears
Length: 23:49
File Size: 21.8MB

One of the passages in our Sunday school lesson this week was Matthew 9:35-38. As I meditated on this passage and prepared to teach my Sunday school lesson, I felt that Christ allowed me to look at other people with more compassion than I had before. He helped me to look at people as He sees them rather than the way I might normally see them. In this week's Christian guided meditation, we'll dive into these verses and ask God to help us do as Jesus did: he had compassion on them.

I really appreciate the many positive comments I've received about these meditations, please continue to let me know how these meditations have drawn you closer to Christ. If you have ideas for scriptural meditations you would like to see here, please contact me to let me know.

Written by: Ricky Spears
Recorded by: Ricky Spears
Length: 22:34
File Size: 20.6MB

I once heard a popular speaker talking about how to deal with stress in the workplace. He instructed his listeners to combat stress by periodically disengaging from what they were doing and taking a few silent minutes to get back in tune with the world around them. When I heard this, I thought about how one of the biggest sources of stress in the lives of most Christians is that we are too much in tune with the world, and too far out of tune with God. As we allow our spirits to become more in tune with Him, we are able to more clearly feel His presence in our lives, to hear His voice, and to do His will. I've written this meditation to help guide you in getting more in tune with Him. I think you'll find it especially helpful in those times when your world has become more stressful and your focus has turned away from Christ and onto the issues of the day.

I always love to her your comments about these meditations, so feel free to let me know how this meditation has affected your life by posting a comment below. If you have ideas for scriptural meditations you would like to see here, please contact me to let me know.

Written by: Ricky Spears
Recorded by: Ricky Spears
Length: 12:13
File Size: 11.1MB