Meditations

Episode 20 of Season 2 is a reflection on Zechariah chapter 10 where the prophet relays God's promise to gather a wayward people back to Himself. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - You're Mine (instrumental) by Future of Forestry - Deeper by Chris Coleman - Like a Child by Tony Anderson

Episode 19 of Season 2 is a prayerful meditation on 1 Timothy 2:1-5 where Paul admonishes us to pray for all people because God desires for all people to be saved through the one Mediator, Jesus Christ. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - With Love by Analog Heart - Is Nostalgia an Emotion...

Episode 18 of Season 2 is a prayerful reflection on Ephesians 4:1-6 where emphasizes the unity we have as the body of Christ in the One Spirit and exhorts us to diligently preserve that spirit of unity in the bond of peace. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Telescope (cello version) by TOLO -...

Episode 17 of Season 2 is a reflection on 1 Kings 19:9-14 where Elijah is summoned to Mount Horeb and does not discern God in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire, but in a gentle whisper.  May we be those who are attuned to the whisper of God. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Nov...

Episode 16 of Season 2 is a meditation on 1 John 4:13-21 where John continues to evaluate the effect of the love of God on the believer and how His love is to form us in every way into Himself in our relationship with Him and our treatment of others. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Mer...

Episode 15 of Season 2 is a meditation on 1 John 4:7-12 where John - "the disciple whom Jesus loved" - affirms that God is love and that we who are in Him ought to walk in the same manner toward others.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Flying (instrumental) by Cody Fry - Nearness (inst...

Episode 14 of Season 2 is a meditation on David's contrition in Psalm 51 and the pattern he sets for lamenting our sin and petitioning God for his forgiveness.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Seen by Chris Coleman - Infinite by Jordan Critz - Trees by Future of Forestry

Episode 13 of Season 2 is a prayerful meditation on Psalm 121 and that, when we look at the mountains looming in our lives, we can say with confident faith and expectation that our help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background track (licensed via Musicbed):  - Fully Known by Chris C...

Episode 12 of Season 2 is a meditation on Ephesians 1:3-14 where Paul enumerates the many spiritual blessings that we inherit because we are in Christ - from holiness to adoption and from redemption to the deposit of the Holy Spirit into our lives.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Eyes...

Episode 11 of Season 2 is an exercise in stillness.  Included in this installment is a 5-minute exercise: 5 minutes 4 deep breaths 3 points of awareness: environment, self, and God 2 actions: give God our burdens, receive something from Him in exchange 1 goal: presence Inspired by Psalm 46:10, Exodus 14:14, Isaiah 40:31 and many other passages.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com /...

Episode 10 of Season 2 is a meditation on Psalm 84 and how one day in the courts of the Lord is better than a thousand elsewhere! Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Afterglow (feat. Matt Wertz, instrumental) by Jordan Critz - Glory by Chris Coleman - Bloom by Tony Anderson

Episode 9 of Season 2 is a prayerful reflection on the last segments of Romans 8 spanning verses 26 thru 39 and how the Spirit enables us to overcome by the love of the Father and the finished work of the cross - that, indeed, if God is for us, who can be against us?! Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musi...

Episode 8 of Season 2 tracks the lament recorded in Lamentations 3:1-24.  The fact that this passage was canonized under the inspiration of the Spirit is an amazing example of the permission granted to weak humans to go through a process in the face of pain.  But where the raw emotion is on display in this passage, it is also accompanied by an act of the will to land squarely in truth. &...

Episode 7 of Season 2 is a meditation on Psalm 63 where David expresses his deep and heartfelt desire for the presence of God above anything else.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Lum (with Lane King) by Chris Coleman - Ember by Tony Anderson - Nearness by Adrian Disch - For You...

Episode 6 of Season 2 is a reflection on Romans 8:18-25 - part 3 of our prayerful journey through Romans 8 - where Paul reflects on the subjugation of creation to the curse, and the hopeful anticipation of all things of the redemption of the sons of God. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  -...

Episode 5 of Season 2 is a slow meditation on the short but restful Psalm 131.  Take a listen to reflect on our position in the heart of God relative to the complexity of life.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment. Background track (licensed via Musicbed):  - Lachrymosia (slow) by Meadow

Episode 4 of Season 2 is a reflection on Israel's wandering from God in Hosea 2:5b-15, and God's subsequent pursuit of his unfaithful bride.  Though His discipline may be sure, His intent is to restore us to a place of intimacy, where the valley of distress becomes the door of hope. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background track...

Episode 3 of Season 2 is a reflection on Romans 8:12-17 where Paul explores what it means to be an heir of Jesus Christ, indwelled by His very Spirit.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Shalom by Tony Anderson - Let the New Begin, Reset (instrumental) by CHPTRS - Tradition & Mo...

Episode 2 of Season 2 is a meditation on Psalm 4 where David offloads his distress to the Lord in an effort to rightly deal with his anger and find peaceful rest. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Face of the Father by Tony Anderson - Restore by Jordan Critz - Indigo Hope Part 1 by TOLO...

Episode 1 of Season 2 is a meditation on Genesis 1:1-5 - that profoundly powerful moment of inception that gives rise to all that we know, perceive, and love.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to subscribe, share, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Nova by Wil Pearce - Telos by Chris Coleman - Always by Traveler

Episode 71 - the final episode of Season 1 - is a walk through a tool called Temple Prayer.  This approach to prayer draws on the patter of the Old Testament temple and tabernacle.  Some of the passages that describe the construction of the temple include Exodus 25-31 and 35-40, 1 Kings 6-8, and Ezekiel 40-43 among others.  Join me as we "walk through" the temple, using the various...

Episode 70 is a prayerful walk through this short Psalm where the poet invites us to come into the Lord's presence with thanksgiving and praise in light of who He is and what He has done.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // Feel free to comment, rate, subscribe, and/or share Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Nearness by Adrian Disch - Rest of Our Lives (instrumental)...

Episode 69 is a reflection on Romans 8:1-11 - the first in a series on Romans 8.  This passage praises God for offering us life in the Spirit instead of the death and resistance to God we encounter in the flesh.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - Unwritten Story by Adrian Disc...

Episode 68 is a prayerful reflection on Psalm 8 and the contrast of the wonders of the heavens with God's careful attention to mankind.   Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed):  - United by Adrian Disch - Last Light of Day by Adrian Disch

Episode 67 is a meditation on Philippians 2:1-11 which describes the way Jesus humbled Himself in obedience to the Father to the point of death on a cross, and it is for this reason that He is highly exalted.  We are commissioned to walk in the same way - laying down our lives and considering others' needs as more important than our own.  This is the way of Jesus.   Connect with me...