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This guided Christian meditation focuses on God’s profound forgiveness and our call to forgive others. It begins with sl… (visit YouTube for more)
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In this guided meditation, we will take some time to reflect on the profound forgiveness God extends to us and its practical implications for our lives. We have been forgiven much, so we must forgive.
Join me as we on three important relevant scriptures and prayerfully seek inspiration and guidance through the Holy Spirit.
First, let’s just breathe in and out. This breath is given us by God, and this helps us to settle and prepare for meditation. Three times we’ll breathe in deeply for seven seconds and out for seven seconds.
Follow my voice and the progress bar.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Again, breathe in.
Breathe out.
Last time, breathe in.
Breathe out.
Before we meditate, please offer a brief prayer in your head or out loud, thanking God for His Word and asking Him to meet with you today. I’ll give you a moment to pray.
We’ll meditate on three passages starting with Matthew six verse 12:
“And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
Please repeat that after me out loud or in your mind.
“And forgive us our debts
as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
As a meditation aid, I’m going to ask two questions. I’ll leave the passage and the questions on screen for you. Do pause the video if you’d like more time on this.
Question one, how has God forgiven your debts?
Question two: Who owes you a debt or has sinned against you?
Our second meditation passage is Ephesians chapter 4 verse 32.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Repeat that after me.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another
as God in Christ forgave you.
Two more questions. Question one: What does it mean to be tenderhearted to one another?
Question two: How can Christian relationships be mutually forgiving?
Our final scripture comes from Luke chapter six, verse 27.
“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.”
Please repeat that passage now.
“But I say to you who hear,
love your enemies,
do good to those who hate you.” And two questions. The first is, what does it mean to love our enemies?
And the second question, how can we do good to those who hate us?
Thank you, God, for your good word, which you have provided to us as a help, a guide, and a revelation of your own holy person. Please continue to do your work in us through your Holy Spirit to transform us evermore into the likeness of Jesus Christ, in whom no evil is found. Amen.
I’ll make some space now for you to offer your own prayer to God, or simply to rest quietly in His presence as you reflect on this time of meditation.
Please come back to this meditation as often as it helps you. God is infinite, and he can show us so many different things in just one verse. With the Holy Spirit’s guidance, each time we meditate can be fresh and full of his life.
Can I pray a blessing over you?
Lord God, you have forgiven us so much. Please help us as we wrestle with our flesh and our carnal desire for revenge. Thank you that you walk with us every day.
As my friend moves forward from this meditation, please bring a fresh understanding of your forgiveness and how we can extend that to others. Amen.
