Quotes about Meditation

When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate!

Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.

When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate! You just need to switch your attention from your problems to Bible verses. The more you meditate on God's Word, the less you will have to worry about.

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing, only focusing on God's Word instead of your problem. No other habit can do more to transform your life ... than daily reflection on Scripture.

Stand up for 1 to 2 minutes, and thank God for the many blessings in your day and life. (Chapter 6 will inspire you even more with the power of gratitude for your mental health.) Stretch your shoulders and arms, but close your eyes to worship God in silence. Squat up and down 5 to 10 times while thinking about how you are becoming Daniel Strong. With each repetition, thank God for a strong, healthy body and the ability to move.

Another of Brother Lawrence's helpful ideas was to pray shorter conversational prayers continually through the day rather than trying to pray long sessions of complex prayers.

The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.

But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself.

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

He prays best who does not know that he is praying.