Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave Cover

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A 7-Minute Christian Meditation on Psalm 144:1-2 Apr 13, 2023

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In Christian meditation, we are re-aligning ourselves vertically. We're remapping our horizontal realities with a vertical view/perspective. Enabling us to embody that vertical perspective replaces anxiety and tension with a calm confidence.

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Psalm 144:1–2 ESV

Blessed be the LORD, my rock, …He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge…

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This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation When Your Life’s Threats Feel Like a Flood of Waters in 144:7-8 Apr 11, 2023

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Psalm 144:1–2 ESV

1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

2 he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge…

Psalm 144:7–8 ESV

7 Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,

8 whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 144:11 ESV

Rescue me and deliver me…

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A Meditation on Envisioning a Better Imagination Than Worry in 144:1-2 Apr 06, 2023

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Psalm 144:1–2 ESV

1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

2 he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge…

Ephesians 6:12 NIV

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation on Envisioning God As Your Fortress from Psalm 144:1-2 Apr 04, 2023

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Psalm 144:1–2 ESV

1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

2 he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge…

Ephesians 6:12 NIV

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This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation on Envisioning and Feeling God’s Presence When Life Feels Threatening in Psalm 143 Mar 30, 2023

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Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma)

“We all know what happens when we feel humiliated: We put all our energy into protecting ourselves, developing whatever survival strategies we can. We may repress our feelings; we may get furious and plot revenge. We may decide to become so powerful and successful that nobody can ever hurt us again. Many behaviors that are classified as psychiatric problems, including some obsessions, compulsions, and panic attacks, as well as most self-destructive behaviors, started out as strategies for self-protection.”

Psalm 143:3–4 ESV

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground…

4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

Psalm 143:6 ESV

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.

Psalm 143:8–9 ESV

8 …For to you I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge.

Psalm 143:11–12 ESV

11 For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!

12 And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.

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This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation on Envisioning and Feeling God’s Kindness and Love and Mercy Being Poured Out On You in Titus 3:4-6 Mar 28, 2023

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In Christian meditation, we are re-aligning ourselves vertically. We're remapping our

horizontal realities with a vertical view/perspective. Enabling us to embody that vertical perspective

replaces anxiety and tension with a calm confidence.

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podcast.

Titus 3:4–6 NIV1

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous

things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal

by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior.

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social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

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Our audio engineers are Matthew Matlack and Diego Huaman.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the

flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation on Envisioning and Feeling Christ’s Righteousness As Your Righteousness in 1 Corinthians 1:30 Mar 23, 2023

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Psalm 143:1–5 ESV

1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!

2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

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Our audio engineers are Matthew Matlack and Diego Huaman.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation on Envisioning and Feeling Christ’s Righteousness As Your Righteousness in 2 Corinthians 5:17, 21 Mar 21, 2023

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Psalm 143:1–5 ESV

1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!

2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

Follow Dave Cover on Twitter @davecover

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Our audio engineers are Matthew Matlack and Diego Huaman.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation on Connecting With God In His Mercy Instead of Your Righteousness In Psalm 143:1-2 and Luke 18:9-14 Mar 16, 2023

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Psalm 143:1–2 ESV

1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!

2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

Luke 18:9–14 NIV

9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 13 But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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Our audio engineers are Matthew Matlack and Diego Huaman.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

A Meditation on Re-Aligning Our Horizontal Circumstances With a Vertical View in Psalm 142 Mar 14, 2023

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Psalm 142:1 ESV

With my voice I cry out to the LORD; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.

Psalm 142:4–5 ESV

4 No refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.

5 I cry to you, O LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Psalm 142:7 ESV

For you will deal bountifully with me.

Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.

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Our audio engineers are Matthew Matlack and Diego Huaman.

This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

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