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Mercy Culture Church
Connect With God: Meditation
Pastor Clay Ingram
Locations & Times
Mercy Culture Fort Worth
1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76111, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:30 AM
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Text CONNECT to 59090 or visit mercyculture.com/connect
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Text NEW to 59090 so we can connect with you.
For everyone that texts NEW, we will donate $10 to The Justice Reform, an organization that is answering the cry for justice by bringing reformation from city to city.
💙 Heart For Mercy
One time a year, we bring a special offering unto the Lord. We ask God for His heart for His house, and we call it Heart for Mercy!
We’re asking everyone in the community of Mercy Culture to pray and ask God for His heart for His house. Ask the Lord what offering pleases Him, then obey!
On Sunday, March 1, we will come together as a church family and bring our offering as worship unto the Lord. Our elders and pastors will pray over every offering during a holy moment of bringing our best love offering to God.
Text HFM to 59090 to learn more!
We’re asking everyone in the community of Mercy Culture to pray and ask God for His heart for His house. Ask the Lord what offering pleases Him, then obey!
On Sunday, March 1, we will come together as a church family and bring our offering as worship unto the Lord. Our elders and pastors will pray over every offering during a holy moment of bringing our best love offering to God.
Text HFM to 59090 to learn more!
Connect With God Sermons | Mercy Culture
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8e31p1Ynlz9jfTqmNVfnUkg2elLhQqs02026 is a year of Encounters & Visitations
You choose your Daily Encounter, God chooses your Holy Visitation!
The world says: “Empty your mind to find peace.”
The Bible says: “Fill your mind with truth and encounter the Prince of Peace.”
The Bible says: “Fill your mind with truth and encounter the Prince of Peace.”
Meditation simplified = Focusing on God's Word and stewarding it as it renews your mind and heart.
Meditation is when you connect with God by intentionally focusing on His Word, digesting it, and allowing it to become alive in you. Connecting with God through meditation is not just reading your Bible, but allowing every word to transform and renew your mind.
Hebrew: הָגָה (hāgâ) = To murmur, to mutter under your breath, to chew on something slowly; to rehearse again and again.
Greek: λογίζομαι (logízomai) = To calculate, reckon, carefully consider; to deliberately evaluate; to account or credit to one’s account.
Greek: ἐνοικέω (enoikéō) = To live in, to take up residence, to inhabit permanently; to be at home within.
Biblical meditation is not optional! If you're not getting the Word in you, your flesh is ruling you.
- The Word is fire—it burns away what doesn’t belong - Jeremiah 23:29
- The Word is water—it washes and cleanses - Ephesians 5:26/John 15:3, 17:17)
- The Word is a hammer—it breaks what’s hardened - (Jeremiah 23:29)
- The Word is a lamp—it shows the next step - (Psalm 119:105)
- The Word is a mirror—it reveals who you really are - (James 1:23)
- The Word is milk—it nourishes spiritual infancy - (1 Peter 2:2)
- The Word is meat—it matures the believer - (Hebrews 5:14)
- The Word is bread—it sustains life - (Matthew 4:4)
- The Word is gold—it’s precious and valuable - (Psalm 19:7-10, Proverbs 25:2)
- The Word is honey—it’s sweet to the soul - (Psalm 19:10, Revelation 10:10)
- The Word is a nail—it secures truth - (Ecclesiastes 12:11)
- The Word is an anchor—it keeps you steady - (Hebrews 6:18-19)
- The Word is an ox-goad—it prods you forward - (Ecclesiastes 12:11)
- The Word is a star—it guides in darkness - (2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 2:28)
- The Word is seed—it reproduces life - (1 Peter 1:23)
- The Word is a rod—it measures and corrects - (Revelation 11:1-2)
- The Word is a sword—it divides truth from deception - (Hebrews 4:12)
- The Word is water—it washes and cleanses - Ephesians 5:26/John 15:3, 17:17)
- The Word is a hammer—it breaks what’s hardened - (Jeremiah 23:29)
- The Word is a lamp—it shows the next step - (Psalm 119:105)
- The Word is a mirror—it reveals who you really are - (James 1:23)
- The Word is milk—it nourishes spiritual infancy - (1 Peter 2:2)
- The Word is meat—it matures the believer - (Hebrews 5:14)
- The Word is bread—it sustains life - (Matthew 4:4)
- The Word is gold—it’s precious and valuable - (Psalm 19:7-10, Proverbs 25:2)
- The Word is honey—it’s sweet to the soul - (Psalm 19:10, Revelation 10:10)
- The Word is a nail—it secures truth - (Ecclesiastes 12:11)
- The Word is an anchor—it keeps you steady - (Hebrews 6:18-19)
- The Word is an ox-goad—it prods you forward - (Ecclesiastes 12:11)
- The Word is a star—it guides in darkness - (2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 2:28)
- The Word is seed—it reproduces life - (1 Peter 1:23)
- The Word is a rod—it measures and corrects - (Revelation 11:1-2)
- The Word is a sword—it divides truth from deception - (Hebrews 4:12)
5 Practical Tips for Reading the Bible
1. Have a plan
2. Go wide—consume large amounts of Scripture
3. Go deep
4. Read to recognize Jesus
5. Stop when something grips you—stay there!
1. Have a plan
2. Go wide—consume large amounts of Scripture
3. Go deep
4. Read to recognize Jesus
5. Stop when something grips you—stay there!
Bottom Line:
Get in the Word!
Get in the Word!
The purpose of your encounter is to look more like Jesus.
Greek: σύμμορφος (symmorphos) = To be shaped together into the same form; to share the same form by undergoing the same process.
Every encounter isn’t meant to complete you—it’s meant to conform you to His image!
3 Distinctions About the Word of God
1. Jesus is the Living Word.
1. Jesus is the Living Word.
3 Distinctions About the Word of God
1. Jesus is the Living Word.
2. The Bible reveals the Living Word
1. Jesus is the Living Word.
2. The Bible reveals the Living Word
3 Distinctions About the Word of God
1. Jesus is the Living Word
2. The Bible reveals the Living Word
3. Use the written Word to find the Living Word
1. Jesus is the Living Word
2. The Bible reveals the Living Word
3. Use the written Word to find the Living Word
Holy Spirit, would you show me the Living Word as I open the written Word?