So Much More: Scripture Meditation (Lectio Divina)

He has risen! He has risen, indeed.

Prepare your heart for the glory of Easter as you meditate on the resurrection of Jesus.

You can download your Lent Guide here. It has the meditation passage and reflection questions printed out for you.

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This is a guided meditation for Holy Saturday to help you prepare your heart for Easter as you meditate on this silent day of waiting and wondering.

We are meditating on Luke 23:50-56. You can find the passage and reflection questions in the free lent guide.

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This guided Scripture meditation for Good Friday will help you prepare your heart for Easter as you meditate on the somber and hard day of Jesus’s journey, his crucifixion.

We are meditating on Matthew 27:27-56. You can find the entire passage in the Free Guided Lent Journal. 

You can download your Lent Guide here.

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This is a guided Scripture meditation for Maundy Thursday.

Prepare your heart for Easter as you meditate on Jesus’s actions and words from the Thursday before his crucifixion.

You can find out more about Lent through my free Lent Guide here.

This passage is printed in its entirety in the Lent Guide. 

Here are a few other helpful links:

You can find Jodie at http://www.jodieniznik.com/

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Learn more about Scripture meditation and download your free Lectio Divina Scripture Meditation Journal here.

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This is a guided prayer for the seventh week of Lent.

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Our meditation passage (released on 3.25.24) was from Luke 22:54-62. In this account, Peter denied his association with Jesus three times. And then he was slammed with realizing what he had done and leaves the scene weeping bitterly.

In this guided prayer, we begin by recognizing that Jesus is currently interceding for us (Romans 8:34), and so we ask Jesus to pray for our faith to be strengthened as he prayed for Peter. We then take a moment to sit in sadness over our sin and confess the areas we are tempted to sin. We then ask God to grant us the strength to resist temptation. And finally, we end with a moment to receive God’s great love for us.  

Here are some helpful links:

You can find out more about Lent through my free Lent Guide here.

You can find Jodie at http://www.jodieniznik.com/

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Facebook @JodieGNiznik

Learn more about Scripture meditation and download your free Lectio Divina Scripture Meditation Journal here.

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Get your free Lent guide here.

Peter gets a bad rap for denying Jesus.

And perhaps he should.

But if we focus on the denial, we miss Peter’s bravery. When Jesus was arrested, Peter followed Jesus to his trial. He went straight into the enemy camp.

He witnessed Jesus being mistreated as the trial unfolded. And then, when he was asked if he knew Jesus, he faltered. At that moment, it seemed easier to deny association than to get thrown into the fray with Jesus.

Three times he made the choice to preserve his life instead of risk the association.

And on that third time, something breathtaking happened: Jesus and Peter locked eyes.

I can hardly imagine the moment. Jesus was not only Peter’s closest friend but also his Rabbi. His respected and beloved teacher.

What was in Jesus’s look?

As you listen to this meditation, you will be guided to consider this question. And I’ll help you reframe what you might think was in Jesus’s eyes to see his love for Peter and us.

You’ll also have space to see where the Spirit leads you as we engage with the Scripture in an imaginative prayer experience.

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If you missed last week’s meditation on Jesus and Peter praying in the garden, you can find it here.

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The passage meditated on in this episode is:

Luke 22:54-62, NLT

Peter Denies Jesus

54 So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s home. And Peter followed at a distance. 55 The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there. 56 A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”

57 But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know him!”

58 After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be one of them!”

“No, man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.

59 About an hour later someone else insisted, “This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.”

60 But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

61 At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the Lord’s words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” 62 And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.

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This is a guided prayer for the sixth week of Lent.

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Our meditation passage (released on 3.18.24) was from Luke 22:40–46. In this account, Jesus prayed in the garden before his arrest. It was a dark moment full of anguish for Jesus. In it, we discover some of the reasons why we need to pray and learn the brave prayer of surrendering to God’s will ahead of our own.

 

In this guided prayer we begin by confessing why prayer can be difficult for us. Then we boldly go before our Good Father with the requests on our hearts and take a moment to be surrendered to God’s will ahead of our own. Finally, we ask God to help us know his loving presence with us no matter the outcome of our request.

 

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You can find out more about Lent through my free Lent Guide here.

You can find Jodie at http://www.jodieniznik.com/

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Learn more about Scripture meditation and download your free Lectio Divina Scripture Meditation Journal here.

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Get your free Lent guide here.

When Jesus faced his deepest need, he turned to God in prayer.

And in prayer, Jesus found strength.

Jesus also invited the disciples to pray because temptation was barreling toward them. Jesus knew the disciples would also be strengthened through prayer.

Unfortunately, they fell asleep. They didn’t understand the urgency of Jesus’s exhortation to pray.

Prayer can be hard for all of us. And yet, we know it is an essential practice that connects us to God.

As you listen to this meditation, you will be guided to reflect on how God is inviting you to pray and how it can help you stay strong in the face of your temptations.

This is our sixth Lent meditation. You can find out more about Lent, where it originated, and how Christians traditionally practice it through my free Lent Guide here.

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The passage meditated on in this episode is:

Luke 22:40–46, CSV

40 When he reached the place, he told them, “Pray that you may not fall into temptation.” 41 Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. 44 Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45 When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t fall into temptation.”

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This is a guided prayer for the fourth week of Lent.

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Our meditation passage (released on 3.11.24) was Matthew Mark 12:28-31. In this account, Jesus reminds us that love is the most important command.

 

In this guided prayer, we begin by thanking God for his love and asking him to help us receive his love. Then we ask God to help us notice how he may be inviting us to love him differently. And finally, we ask God to help us know how he is inviting us to love someone practically today or this week.

 

May God grant you the courage to love well today, this week, and moving forward.

 

Here are some helpful links:

You can find out more about Lent through my free Lent Guide here.

You can find Jodie at http://www.jodieniznik.com/

Instagram @creatingspaceforgod

Facebook @JodieGNiznik

Learn more about Scripture meditation and download your free Lectio Divina Scripture Meditation Journal here.

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This guided Scripture meditation for Lent leads us to consider how we love God and love others.

Download your free guided Lent journal here.

The Old Testament Law was complex. There were 613 laws that Jews were required to follow. Religious leaders in Jesus’ day liked to debate which of these laws were more important than the others. When Jesus received this question, he summed up the entire law simply. In fact, he used just one word: love. Love God and love others.

 

This guided meditation will give you space to consider how God may be inviting you to love him and others in new ways.

 

This is our fifth Lent meditation. You can find out more about Lent, where it originated, and how Christians traditionally practice it through my free Lent Guide here.

Here are some additional links to help you learn more about me and to help you create space for God in your life:

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The passage meditated on in this episode is:

Mark 12:28–31, NIV

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ n There is no commandment greater than these.”

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