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 Hebrews 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.
Help us to remember to pray for and encourage each other daily.
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.
Hebrews 1,
1-14.
Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
And now in these final days He has spoken to us through His Son.
God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance.
And though the Son He created the universe.
The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God.
And He sustains everything by the mighty power of His command.
When He had cleansed us from our sins.
He sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.
This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels.
Just as the name God gave Him is greater than their names.
For God never said to any angel what He said to Jesus.
You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.
God also said,
I will be His Father and He will be my Son.
And when He brought His supreme Son into the world God said,
Let all of God's angels worship Him.
Regarding the angels He says,
He sends His angels like the winds,
His servants like flames of fire.
But to the Son He says,
Your throne O God endures forever and ever.
Your rule will with a scepter of justice.
You love justice and hate evil.
Therefore O God,
Your God has anointed you.
Pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.
He also says to the Son,
In the beginning,
Lord you laid the foundation of the earth.
And made the heavens with your hands.
They will perish but you will remain forever.
They will wear out like old clothing.
You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing.
But you are always the same.
You will live forever.
And God never said to any of the angels,
Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies.
Making them a footstool under your feet.
Therefore angels are only servants,
Spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.
Hebrews 4,
12-16 So then,
Since we have a great high priest who has entered heaven,
Jesus the Son of God,
Let us hold firmly to what we believe.
This high priest of ours understands our weaknesses,
For he faced all of the same testings we do,
Yet he did not sin.
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God.
There we will receive his mercy and we will find grace to help us where we need it the most.
Hebrews 10,
19-25 And so,
Dear brothers and sisters,
We can boldly enter heaven's most holy place because of the blood of Jesus.
By his death,
Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the most holy place.
And since we have a great high priest who rules over God's house,
Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him.
For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm,
For God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
And let us not neglect our meeting together,
As some people do,
But encourage one another,
Especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
Hebrews 13,
1-8 Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.
Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers.
For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
Remember those in prison,
As if you were there yourself.
Remember also those being mistreated,
As if you felt their pain in your own bodies.
Give honor to marriage and remain faithful to one another in marriage.
God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
Don't love money,
Be satisfied with what you have.
For God has said,
I will never fail you,
I will never abandon you.
So we can say with confidence,
The Lord is my helper,
So I will have no fear.
What can mere people do to me?
Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God.
Think of all the good that has come from their lives,
And follow the example of their faith.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,
Today,
And forever.
Amen.
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