Is it Ungodly for Christians to Meditate?

With all the teaching on transforming the mind, you’d think Christians would be some of the most powerful and influential individuals on Earth. Yet many believers suffer from a chronically negative thought life that keeps them from internalizing God’s truths and results in depression, anxiety, worry, and a host of other mental ailments. Many believers have difficulty living out their Christian walk because they can’t get free from the self destructive thoughts and mindsets from their past experiences and conditioning.
“Many of these mindsets, which originated from youth, are embedded in our subconscious minds and we’re not even aware they’re there,” said Rhonda Jones, author of Christian Meditation and Relaxation, a series of biblically-based meditations CDs. “The problem comes when we try to put “new wine” or God’s truth, into “old wine bottles” our unregenerated mind and a mental war or conflict results. Jesus said, you can’t put new wine into old bottles without destroying both the new wine and the old wine skins. In other words, we must expose and eliminate our faulty thinking before we can fully embrace new truth.” Paul stated in Romans 7 that we know what to do, but we just can’t seem to do it. We may listen to an inspiring sermon and get excited for the moment, but before long it wears off and we’re often back to our old behaviors.
Meditating on Christ and his word is different than listening to a good sermon because meditation helps believers to enter into a state of stillness, reflection, and openness while teaching them to observe what’s really going on in your minds. “We can’t change what we don’t see or acknowledge. If I’m walking around with a red dot on my forehead but I don’t know it’s there, what’s going to prompt me to wipe it off?” said Jones.
Meditation is just a practice used to quiet the mind and “many scriptures encourage believers to meditate,” said Jones. “Satan’s battlefield is the mind and the Bible says it is where every battle is either won or lost. We’re often defeated in our Christian life, not because we don’t believe God and his word, but because of the underlining and subconscious thoughts we think,” expressed Jones. “It’s like an invisible tug a war. We fervently try to walk in God’s light but we’re constantly being pulled back by our own faulty and debilitating thoughts, habits, and patterns.”
Christian or biblically-based meditation can help believers discover, isolate, and eliminate erroneous or debilitating thoughts and emotions that are limiting their growth and potential, and stealing their peace of mind. “Too many of us are living by default instead of really analyzing our thoughts and what role they play in the choices we make,” stated the author.
Through her own deliverance from years of depression, destructive mindsets, chronically negative thoughts, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Jones created a series of Christian Meditation CDs in an effort to help believers eliminate debilitating thoughts, while simultaneously internalizing the truths of God’s word.

The very first volume, Christian Meditation: Taking Control of Your Thought Life, emphasizes discovering and eradicating faulty mindsets that are interfering with believer’s spiritual growth. The four sets of 75 minute CD’s are a mixture of Jones’ soothing voice over angelic and almost tranquilizing music. The guided Christian meditation CD’s give you step-by-step relaxation instructions while at the same time immersing you in scripture.
The meditations come in a variety of topics that people struggle with on a daily basis, said Jones. Each CD also includes a track titled, Invitation to Salvation that encourages non-believers to make Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior. “They make great gifts for unsaved loved ones,” said Jones.
“The meditation series is not meant to replace prayer and study,” said Jones. “It’s meant to enhance it by making it more fruitful— because the more we can clear our minds from all the clutter of the world— the more we can embrace real truth.”
To order CDs visit Jones’ website at www.thechristianmeditator.com or call 469-272-9232. Cost is $14.95 each plus shipping.