Meditation

This week spend time as a family connecting with God through meditation. Meditation is intentionally focusing and directing your thoughts on God. You connect with God by saturating yourself in His presence and meditating on His Word. Scripture is your meeting place. Through meditation, you are able to slow down to hear what the Holy Spirit wants to show you as you read, contemplate, reflect and apply Scripture to your life.

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• Monday

  Scripture:
  This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ‭Joshua‬ ‭1:8‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

  Activation:
  What scripture easily comes to mind for you? Look that scripture up in the Bible and reflect on each word written, ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you and reveal what He wants to teach you.

  Table Talk:
  Does your family have a family verse that you consistently say? If so, sit together and think about that verse. Why is that verse for your family? If you don’t have a family verse(s), sit and pray together and let the Lord speak to each of you about a verse.

• Tuesday

  Scripture:
  Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm‬ ‭1:1-2‬ ‭‬‬‬‬

  Activation:
  Memorize a verse or portion of scripture. Writing it out, saying it out loud, and praying it are great ways to deeper meditate on His truths.

  Table Talk:
  Around the dinner table, take each word from the verse and talk about it. What does it mean to be blessed? What does the “counsel of the wicked” mean? What is the “law of the Lord?”

• Wednesday

  Scripture:
  Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:1‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

  Activation:
  Take the above verse and slow down as you read it. What questions do you feel prompted to ask? What comes to mind as you read? Bring these thoughts and questions before the Lord and ask Him to speak to you. Write down what you hear or what He shows you.

  Table Talk:
  What are a few scriptures that you can make declarations out of for your family? Create posters and decorate them with the declarations! Hang them in your home and begin making it a part of your daily rhythm. Speak them over each other every day.

• Thursday

  Scripture:
  Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. Jeremiah‬ ‭15:16‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

  Activation:
  Repeat these words as if you were the author. Pause after each phrase and pray/ask for what comes to mind.

  Table Talk:
  Write each phrase of the verse on a piece of paper. Tape it to the floor, making a path. Walk along the path of scripture, reading each phrase and speaking it over yourself.

• Friday

  Scripture:
  Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4:15-16‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

  Activation:
  Try to intentionally insert the scriptures you have been meditating on into your everyday conversations.

  Table Talk:
  Invite your children to take a few verses and create songs out of them to help memorizing scripture. You’d be surprised how quickly that catches on.

• Saturday

  Scripture:
  If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Colossians‬ ‭3:1-4‬ ‭‬‬‬‬

  Activation:
  Think and direct your mind towards God and the things of God. Philippians 4:8-9 tells us to think about what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, if there is any excellence, things that are worthy of praise. Think on these things and put into practice what the Holy Spirit tells you.

  Table Talk:
  In your family, are there things you can identify that are not “things from above”? Do you often say hurtful things back to your sibling when you are frustrated? How can you “seek the things above and set your mind on things above” in those moments?