PRAYER AND THE ART OF BIBLICAL MEDITATION. MORNING WATCH PRAYER AND INTERCESSION. SESSION 19.

PRAYER AND THE ART OF BIBLICAL MEDITATION. MORNING WATCH PRAYER AND INTERCESSION. SESSION 19.  EPHESIANS 6:18 PRAY IN THE SPIRIT AT ALL TIMES, WITH EVERY KIND OF PRAYER AND PETITION COLOSSIANS 3:1  SINCE THEN, YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST, SET YOUR HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST IS, SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. 2 SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS. 3 FOR YOU DIED, AND YOUR LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD. 4 WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS YOUR A LIFE, APPEARS, THEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY. THE ART OF BIBLICAL MEDITATION IS A SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALMOST EXTINCT IN THE BODY OF CHRIST FOR SEVERAL REASONS. MEDITATION IS BIBLICAL AND IS SUPPORTED BY SCRIPTURE. UNFORTUNATELY, VERY FEW LEADERS TODAY UNDERSTAND THIS OUTSTANDING SPIRITUAL VALUE AND DISCIPLINE. I BELIEVE THE ENEMY HAS TRIED TO STRATEGICALLY POLLUTE THE MEANING AND OBJECTIVE OF MEDITATION FOR HIS OWN ADVANTAGE. HOWEVER, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS AWAKENING OUR MINDS AND ITS FACULTIES TO THIS MINISTRY, AND OTHER MISCONCEIVED TRUTHS IN THE WORD OF GOD.  MEDITATION IS A TYPE OF PRAYER OF CONTEMPLATING ON A SPECIFIC BIBLICAL SUBJECT OR VALUES THAT GLORIFIES THE LORD. THE HOLY SPIRIT OFTEN DRAWS OUR ATTENTION TO WHAT HE WANTS US TO PRAY OR MEDITATE ON. MEDITATION IS ALSO A TYPE OF PRAYER OF INTIMACY, DUE TO THE NATURE OF FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION ON THE FATHER.  MEDITATION IS A WAY OF FREEING OURSELVES FROM THE WRONG AND TOXIC THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, AND TO BRING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRESENCE OF THE LORD INTO OUR SPACE THROUGH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.