WRAP with the “Four M’s of Christian Mediation” will guide you in Prayer and Reflection

Meditation & WRAP

Have you ever wondered if meditation could really be part of prayer? It can! Meditation on Scripture can bring you into a two-way conversation with God. Join us today to learn how to approach the Word of God with Holy Heavenly Meditation and prayer, guided by WRAP. (Scroll Down for Podcast.)

Distinctions Among Prayerful Meditation and Other Forms

There is a big distinction between prayerful Biblical meditation and other forms of meditation. Eastern or New Age meditations have an inward focus on the deepest self. Biblical meditation, on the other hand, brings us into a closer encounter with God and His presence around Scripture. We will cover the “Four M’s of Christian Meditation” and these points:

Straightforward and Uncomplicated WRAP

• Christian meditation “engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire” (CCC 2708).
• You speak to God from your thoughts, feelings, and desires as you contemplate the message in the verse.
• What does it mean for the way you act, live, and treat others?

The Bible Encourages Meditation

• Joshua 1: 8: “You shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful
• Psalm 1: 1-2: Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord.
• Psalm 119: 97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. 
• Luke 2: 10: Mary treasured all these words [the words from God] and pondered them in her heart.

The Old Testament Hebrew Words translated “Meditation”

• HÂGÂH, translated “meditate,” means “to murmur or mutter or to repeat over and over,” “to ponder,” and “to deeply imagine” God’s word.
• SIYACH means to meditate upon, study, ponder, to talk, to speak aloud, and even to sing.

The 4 M’s of Meditation

• MULL OVER means positively pondering and intensely considering the meaning of the verse.
• MUTTER means repeating the verse and words aloud and to yourself in order to chew them.
• MENTALLY IMAGINE means to put yourself in a scene as you read it.
• MEMORIZE comes easily after mulling over, muttering, and mentally picturing the verse or verses.

Personal Application

• • Grab a pen and a small, inexpensive notebook and call it your WRAP Journal, plus your Bible.
  • Turn to Psalm 1: 1-6 in your Bible and WRAP with it.

Links

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• Find Karen’s books:
  • Wrap Yourself in Scripture: A Guide to Lectio Divina, Fourth Edition
  • Wrap Yourself in JOY: Find the Joy and Fight the Fear
  • Esther for Such a Time as This: Prayer, Reversals & Joy
  • Nehemiah: Rebuilding Hope & Joy in Your Life

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