Wholehearted—Loving God With All Your Mind
Join Melanie for a guided prayer time using Matthew 11:28-30. Take some time while you’re on a walk, folding laundry, waiting in the school pick-up line, or have a few rare moments of quiet at home to practice opening our mind to hear from God through the practice of lectio divina. Very simply, lectio divina is a devotional reading of scripture. The goal is to grow in your relationship with God by slowly and prayerfully dwelling on a passage of scripture. There is great importance in intellectually understanding scripture and exegeting the text to better understand the history, context, and meaning of God’s Word. But it is also important to remember that reading God’s overarching story in scripture is an invitation for us to intimately know him and be known by him.
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- Send in your questions! In February we want to answer any questions you might have about becoming more like Jesus in marriage, motherhood, friendship… no questions are off limits! We want to talk about the very things you are longing to know more about. Send in questions to info@momlife.org no later than January 20th. We can’t wait to hear from you!
- Sign up for The MomLife Monthly, our monthly email newsletter at momlife.org. This month we’re including a free resource to help you take inventory of what is going on in your mind so that you can then look to the Lord for redirection and renewal.
- Sign up for a MomLife group near you! Or, join our virtual MomLife group, or sign up to participate as an individual (or with a friend). momlife.org/get-connected
- Start a Podcast Club! Grab a friend (or two or three)—listen to the podcast and then have a conversation about it. Find discussion prompts in the show notes below.
Journaling/discussion prompts for today's episode:
- What was this experience like for you?
- How can you see the practice of lectio divina being helpful for growing your relationship with God by slowly and prayerfully dwelling on a passage of scripture?
- How does what you thought about/heard from God line up with what God says about his character, promises, and purpose laid out in the whole of scripture (Genesis to Revelation)? Remember it’s ok to ask a friend to help with your prayerful processing!
Recommended resources for Wholehearted series: momlife.org/wholehearted.
Prayer music: “Music for Manatees” by Kevin MacLeod
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Hosts: Melanie Hill and Christy Crosby
Editing: Angela Edwards
Music: "Messy. Lovely. Real" Music by Aubrey Hill and AJ Gilmer
(Seasons 1&2 "Another Successful Day" Music by Bohdan Kuzmin)
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