This activity can be helpful for meditating on a single verse or phrase. For all meditation, it is important to understand the passage and its context. This is especially vital in an activity like this when we are focusing on only a few words.
Open to the passage and read it slowly. On the first read-through, put special emphasis or focus on the first word. Pause.
Repeat the passage again, but shifting emphasis to the next word. Continue with this pattern, rereading the passage and focusing on the next word until every word has been emphasized. Pause after each reading to dwell on the text and on each word. If you find that a particular reading or word stirs up thoughts or emotions, take some extra time and talk to God about the impact His Word has on you.
For example:
Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
- Be still and know that I am God.
If helpful, end the activity with journaling about your time of meditation on the passage.
Possible Scriptures for meditation:
Genesis 50:20 – God meant it for good
Psalm 34:8 – Taste and see
Psalm 73:28 – It is good to be near God
Matthew 6:33 – Seek first the kingdom of God
Matthew 11:28, 29, or 30 – Come to me, all who are weary
John 6:35 – I am the bread of life
John 8:12 – I am the light of the world
John 10:9 – I am the door
John 10:11 or 14 – I am the good shepherd
John 11:25 – I am the resurrection and the life
John 13:35 – Loving one another
John 14:6 – I am the way, the truth, and the life
John 17:26 – That the love of the Father may be in us
1 Peter 2:9 – A chosen people
1 John 3:1 – See what great love the Father has lavished on us
1 John 3:20 – God is greater than our hearts
Revelation 1:8 – The Alpha and the Omega