Good evening and welcome to meditation time.
Tonight we will start with prayer and then some breathing to slow ourselves down.
Then I will be reading a selection of verses from the book of Galatians to help calm your heart and mind before sleep.
I will be using the New Living translation.
After the verses the music will continue.
Have a pleasant and peaceful sleep.
Let's pray.
Dear God,
Thank you for giving us another day on this earth.
Thank you for sending your son so we could be closer to you.
Help us to work towards changing for the better every day.
Thank you for the freedom we have in your son.
Protect us as we sleep and give us a peaceful and restful night.
Speak to us as we rest.
May we have the strength and motivation for the coming day.
Calm our hearts,
Calm our minds,
Calm our bodies,
And calm our breath.
In Jesus name,
Amen.
Let's do some breathing.
In through your nose,
Long and deep.
Out through your mouth,
Long and slow.
In through your nose,
Long and deep.
Out through your mouth,
Long and slow.
Gently close your eyes.
In through your nose,
Long and deep.
Out through your mouth,
Long and slow.
In through your nose,
Long and deep.
Out through your mouth,
Long and slow.
In through your nose,
Long and deep.
Out through your mouth,
Long and slow.
In through your nose,
Long and deep.
Out through your mouth,
Long and slow.
Let your breathing return to its normal rhythm.
Galatians 1 3 to 5.
May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Jesus gave his life for our sins,
Just as God our Father planned in order to rescue us from the evil world in which we live.
All glory to God forever and ever,
Amen.
Galatians 2 16.
Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ,
Not by obeying the law.
And we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ,
Not because we have obeyed the law.
For no one will ever be made right with God by obeying the law.
Galatians 3 23 to 29.
Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us,
We were placed under guard by the law.
We were kept in protective custody,
So to speak,
Until the way of faith was revealed.
Let me put it another way.
The law was our guardian until Christ came.
It protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
And now the way of faith has come.
We no longer need the law as our guardian.
For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ like putting on new clothes.
There is no longer Jew or Gentile,
Slave or free,
Male or female.
For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And now that you belong to Christ,
You are the true children of Abraham.
You are his heirs.
And God's promise to Abraham belongs to you.
Galatians 4 4 to 7.
But when the right time came,
God sent his son.
Born of a woman,
Subject to the law.
God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law,
So that we could adopt us as his very own children.
And because we are his children,
God has sent the spirit of his son into our hearts,
Prompting us to call out Abba father.
Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child.
And since you are his child,
God has made you his heir.
Galatians 5 1.
So Christ has truly set us free.
Now make sure that you stay free and don't get tied up again in the slavery to the law.
Galatians 5 5.
But he who lives by the Spirit eagerly awaits to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.
Galatians 5 16 to 17.
So I say,
Let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.
Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.
The sinful nature wants to do evil,
Which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants.
And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires.
These two forces are constantly fighting each other,
So you are not free to carry out your own good intentions.
Galatians 6 4 to 5.
Pay careful attention to your own work,
For then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done and you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else,
For we are each responsible for our own conduct.
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