Meditations

Episode 20 of Season 3 is a meditation on Daniel 7:9-14 where the prophet recounts a vision of the ultimate authority of the son of man over the kingdoms of this earth. 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 - Intrinsic (piano version) by Adrian Disch - Composite by Thrupence

Episode 19 of Season 3 is a meditation on 1 Peter 2:4-12 where Peter reflects on our identity as "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." As those who have founded our lives on the Cornerstone, we are to walk in His way in order to bring glory...

Episode 18 of Season 3 is a reflection on the shortest chapter in the Bible - Psalm 117 - where the psalmist calls all people to worship God for his steadfast love and enduring faithfulness. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Holding On (eventide) by Adrian Disch - Last Light of Day by Adrian D...

Episode 17 of Season 3 is a meditation on Amos 5:14-24 where the prophet exhorts the people of God to repent for the way their worship of God has been tainted by injustice. Worship God, yes, but make sure your treatment of the vulnerable is commensurate with the justice and mercy of God. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background track...

Episode 16 of Season 3 is a prayerful reflection on Acts 4:24-35 where the church responded to the threats of the rulers, elders, and scribes by lifting their voices to God in worship and intercession - wondering why people vainly try to thwart the predetermined purposes of God and asking that they would be filled with the Spirit to continue to preach the message and live in the manner of Jesus. C...

Episode 15 of Season 3 is a meditation on Psalm 147 where the psalmist praises God for His careful attention to our pain even while ordering the finer details of the cosmos. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - The Promise of Finding by Adrian Disch - Spirit by Wil Pearce - Chasing Starlight by A...

Episode 14 of Season 3 is a brief meditation on Titus 2:11-14 where Paul encourages us that the grace of God has appeared in the person of Jesus Christ, and exhorts us - in light of His appearing - to walk in Christ's manner. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Centre by Wil Pearce - Above t...

Episode 13 of Season 3 is a meditation on Psalm 2 where the psalmist reflects on the power and sovereignty of God relative to the nations that plot against His designs. Implicit is the invitation to trust Him regardless of the schemes of those with power coupled with ill intent, combined with the exhortation to submit our influence to His way. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free t...

Episode 12 of Season 3 is a reflection on Hebrews 9:11-15 and 24-28 where the author reflects on the contrast between the sacrificial system of Moses and the perfect sacrifice of Christ. Jesus is the Mediator of a new covenant, cleansing us once and for all! Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - I...

Episode 11 of Season 3 is a reflection on 2 Peter 1:3-11 where Peter encourages us that we have everything we need in Christ to grow into a mature disciple for the glory of God, and to not remain undeveloped and corrupted by sin. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Holding On by Adrian Disch - T...

Episode 10 of Season 3 is a meditation on Joel 2:12-29 where God - through the prophet Joel - invites His people to return to Him with all our hearts, attended by weeping and fasting. In so doing, He promises to forgive, provide for, and defend us because of His great love for us. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (lice...

Episode 9 of Season 3 is a meditation on Psalm 79 where the psalmist reflects on oppression, pain, and loss, even going so far as to question the disposition of God toward Israel. The writer then turns a corner and considers the compassion, forgiveness, and protection of Yahweh. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licens...

Episode 8 of Season 3 is a brief reflection on Ruth 1:16-17 where Ruth famously pledges to follow Naomi wherever she may go, taking on her culture and beliefs as well. This is a beautiful picture of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. This meditation also strays spontaneously into 2 Corinthians 6:16-18, Luke 9:62, Philippians 3:12-14, and others...

Episode 7 of Season 3 is a reflection on Ezra 3:10-11 where the returned exiles lay the foundation of the new temple and erupt with worship at the revelation of the goodness and love of God. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Reborn by One Hundred Years - Better Together (acoustic instrumental)...

Episode 6 of Season 3 is a meditation taken directly from my own devotional life of prayer over the past 20 years. Most mornings, I endeavor to begin the day by reflecting on the nature of God as Father, Son, and Spirit. I would like to invite you into this same beautiful exercise. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (lic...

Episode 5 of Season 3 is a meditation on Leviticus 19:9-18 where we are commanded - in view of Yahweh as Lord - to love our neighbors as ourselves. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Etne by Rore - Displaced by Tony Anderson - Endings by Wil Pearce

Episode 4 of Season 3 is a prayerful meditation on Psalm 142 where David, hiding in a cave on the run from Saul, pours out his complaint before the Lord and lands in a place of hopefulness of God's deliverance. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Aurora by Tony Anderson - Sight by Wil Pearce...

Episode 3 of Season 3 is a reflection on 2 Kings 6:8-23 where the armies of the king of Syria surround Elisha and his servant, and Elisha prays that the servant's eyes would be open to see the armies of heaven encircling their enemies. May we see with the same eyes of faith. Lord Jesus, open our eyes! Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or commen...

Episode 2 of Season 3 is a meditation on 2 Timothy 2:1-13 where Paul exhorts Timothy to remember Jesus Christ and remain faithful to his calling to preach the gospel. He encourages Timothy that the word of God is not bound regardless of our difficulties and ends with a poem about God remaining faithful to us in spite of our relative faithlessness. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel fr...

Episode 1 of Season 3 is a meditation on Psalm 6 where David pours out His pain to the Lord and then lands in the hope of God's deliverance. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - All is Not Lost by Tony Anderson - Close to Me (instrumental) by CHPTRS - Our Legacy by Adrian Disch

Episode 50 of Season 2 is a reflection on 2 John 1:6-9 where the beloved disciple equates love with walking in the commands of the Father. He warns against denouncing the incarnation of Jesus and admonishes His followers to walk in His way. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Return to Me (instr...

Episode 49 of Season 2 is a look at a marvelous example of the permission God gives us to wrestle honestly with the pain and absurdity of life, while also demonstrating the power of recalling the faithfulness and consistency of God on our behalf. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): - Ariana Part 2...

Episode 48 of Season 2 is a brief meditation on Micah 6:6-8 where the prophet reminds us that we cannot absolve our sins with our own sacrifices and gifts, but that what the Lord requires of us is to do justice, love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background tracks (licensed via Musicbed): -...

Episode 47 of Season 2 is a reflection on Esther 4:14-16 where Esther is informed of the plot against her people and resolves to do something about it. Mordecai challenges her that perhaps she is where she is for such a time as this, and she responds by offering her very life to stand up to the injustice in her land. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, a...

Episode 46 of Season 2 is a meditation on The Shema found in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, and the corresponding exhortation to raise up the next generation in the word of God and the love of God. Moses declares that the Lord is One, and there is no other, worthy of everything we are in devotion to Him. Connect with me at Mick@MickRMurray.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background...