“When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.”
Ps. 63:6
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
Ps. 1:2
Subsection
Including a nearly exhaustive collection of puritan works on the subject
Bible Verses
Bible Verses on Meditation 31 verses, collected by Amy Gant
Extracts
Buchanan, James – Thoughts and Reflecting on the New Year, no source info, 4 paragraphs
Kennedy, John – Things to be Pondered: A course of twelve lessons, which I have begun to learn, and should not cease to remember, no date, 12 lessons, from The Life of John Kennedy, D.D. by Rev. Alexander Auld
Here is Biblical meditation and self-examination at its best. Read this five minute piece, and then do the same.
Audio Sermons
Mattull, Jonathan – The Knowing of the Love of Christ, a sermon on Eph. 3:18-19, 2013
A Sermon meditating on the love of Christ:
Eph. 3:16-19, “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory… that ye… may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.”
Roberts, Maurice – Meditation, Josh. 1:8
Josh. 1:8, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
Roberts, Maurice – The Place of Meditation, Josh 1:8
Puritan Works
Including a nearly exhaustive collection of puritan works on the subject
Later Works
Pike, Samuel – How to Perform Serious Meditation, 1755, 19 paragraphs, from his Religious Cases of Conscience, co-authored with Samuel Hayward, both being ministers in London, England
This very valuable book is a collection of pastoral answers to written questions from letters of Christians about practical questions. The particular question addressed is, ‘How may a Christian attain to perform the duty of serious meditation in a right manner?’
Spurgeon, Charles – Meditation on God, 1858, a sermon on Ps. 104:34, 32 paragraphs
Ps. 104:34 – “My meditation of Him shall be sweet.”
Cunningham, William – Prayer, Meditation and Temptation, Buy 1878, p. 63, 26 pages, chapters 5 & 6 from his Theological Lectures
“My meditation of Him shall be sweet.”
Ps. 104:34
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