Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave Cover
Christian Meditation can help refocus your mind and recalibrate your body to get the stress, anxiety and anger out of your heart and out of your body. Spend about 23 minutes to "be still" with God as each episode uses a different biblical image to e...
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How We Fit in God's Kingdom | Prayer on Psalm 21:1-6
19:30 | 05-05-2020
The Bible doesn't just tell stories of the past. It's a narrative that also reveals what the future holds, and how we fit into that story. Join in ashttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( Pastor Dave Cover) discusses our place in God's kingdom and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+21%3A1-6&version=ESV ( Psalm 21.1-6 ESV): 1 O Lord, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! 2 You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah 3 For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. 4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. 5 His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him. 6 For you make him most blessed forever;[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+21&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14198a (a)] you make him glad with the joy of your presence. Interested in more content like this? Listen tohttps://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-does-the-future-hold-prayer-on-psalm-27-4-13-14 ( What Does Your Future Hold), a prayer overhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A4&version=ESV ( Psalm 27.4 ESV). Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Scripture Psalm 21:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+21&version=ESV ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+21&version=ESV) Genesis 1.26:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+1%3A26&version=NIV ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+1%3A26&version=NIV) Romans 5.17:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+5%3A17&version=NIV ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+5%3A17&version=NIV) 2 Timothy 2.12https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+timothy+2%3A12&version=NIV ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+timothy+2%3A12&version=NIV) Revelations 4.4:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelations+4.4&version=ESV ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelations+4.4&version=ESV) Revelations 22.5:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelations+22.5&version=ESV ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelations+22.5&version=ESV) Related A World of Meaning and Purpose:https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/a-world-of-meaning-and-purpose/ ( https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/a-world-of-meaning-and-purpose/) What Does Your Future Hold?:https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-does-the-future-hold-prayer-on-psalm-27-4-13-14 ( https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-does-the-future-hold-p)
How does God Reveal Himself? | Prayer on Psalm 19
21:41 | 04-30-2020
Does God seem distant? Learn how he connects with us fromhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ (Pastor Dave Cover) as he discusses and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19&version=ESV (Psalm 19 ESV), featuringhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19%3A1-4&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19%3A1-4&version=ESV (verses 1-4): 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky aboveproclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, andhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19%3A7-11&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19%3A7-11&version=ESV (verses 7-11): 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. Interested in more content like this? Listen to Dave's sermon https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/ (And God Said) from our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/series/genesis/ (Genesis series). Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( )https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( )https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Scripture Psalm 19:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19&version=NIV) Psalm 19.1-4:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19%3A1-4&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19%3A1-4&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+19%3A1-4&version=ESV) Romans 1.20:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+1%3A20&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+1%3A20&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+1%3A20&version=NIV) Psalm...
How to Renew Your Mind With the Holy Spirit | Prayer on Galatians 5
23:36 | 04-28-2020
Why pray? It's a time for renewal, a time to connect with the Holy Spirit. Learn what the benefits of prayer are fromhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ (Pastor Dave Cover) from as he discusses and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5%3A22-23&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5%3A22-23&version=NIV (Galatians 5.22-23): 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Interested in more content like this? Listen tohttps://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/recognizing-the-voice-of-the-lord-prayer-on-psalm-29 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/recognizing-the-voice-of-the-lord-prayer-on-psalm-29 (Recognizing the Voice of the Lord), a prayer overhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+29&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+29&version=NIV (Psalm 29). Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( )https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( )https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Scripture Romans 12.2:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A2&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A2&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A2&version=NIV) Philippians 4.8:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=philippians+4%3A8&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=philippians+4%3A8&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=philippians+4%3A8&version=NIV) Galatians 5.22-23:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5%3A22-23&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5%3A22-23&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5%3A22-23&version=NIV) Colossians 3.12:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians+3%3A12&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians+3%3A12&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians+3%3A12&version=NIV) References Neuroplasticity ("How to 'game your brain': the benefits of neuroplasticity" by Joao Medeiros from Wired):https://www.wired.co.uk/article/game-your-brain ( )https://www.wired.co.uk/article/game-your-brain (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/game-your-brain) Related Recognizing the Voice of the Lord:https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/recognizing-the-voice-of-the-lord-prayer-on-psalm-29 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/recognizing-the-voice-of-the-lord-prayer-on-psalm-29 (https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/recognizing-the-voice-of-the-lord-prayer-on-psalm-29) What It Means to Think Vertically and Not Just Horizontally:https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-prayer-on-psalm-16-8-11 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-prayer-on-psalm-16-8-11...
Recognizing the Voice of the Lord | Prayer on Psalm 29
15:55 | 04-23-2020
Prayer isn't just about talking to God. He speaks too. Learn to recognize the voice of God ashttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ (Pastor Dave Cover) discusses and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29&version=ESV (Psalm 29), featuringhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A4&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A4&version=ESV (verse 4 ESV): The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. Interested in more content like this? Listen to Dave's sermonhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/ (And God Said) from ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/series/genesis/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/series/genesis/ (Genesis series). Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( )https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Notes 0:30 -https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29&version=ESV (Psalm 29 ESV) 1:30 - Glory of the Lord 3:25 -https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A4&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A4&version=ESV (Psalm 29.4): Voice of the Lord 4:15 -https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/ (God's Narrative) 7:00 -https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A9&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A9&version=ESV (Psalm 29.9): God's Temple 8:00 -https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A10&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A10&version=ESV (Psalm 29.10): God's Reign 9:50 - Pray 15:10 - Subscribe. Rate. Share. Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Scripture Psalm 29.4:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A4&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A4&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+29%3A4&version=ESV) Related And God Said:https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/and-god-said/)
What Does Your Future Hold? | Prayer on Psalm 27:4, 13-14
20:42 | 04-21-2020
With such an unprecedented, destabilizing present, thinking about the future can be unnerving. What comes next? That's whathttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ (Pastor Dave Cover) seeks in Psalm 27. Join in as he discusses and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A4&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A4&version=ESV (Psalm 27.4 ESV): 4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. andhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A13-14&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A13-14&version=ESV (Psalm 27.13-14 ESV): 13 I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! Interested in more content like this? Listen to our last episode onhttps://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/the-advantage-of-knowing-the-future-prayer-on-psalm-27-1 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/the-advantage-of-knowing-the-future-prayer-on-psalm-27-1 (The Advantage of Knowing the Future), a prayer overhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A1&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A1&version=ESV (Psalm 27.1 ESV). Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Notes 0:30 -https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/the-advantage-of-knowing-the-future-prayer-on-psalm-27-1 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/the-advantage-of-knowing-the-future-prayer-on-psalm-27-1 (Prayer on Psalm 27.1) 1:20 -https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episodes/2#showEpisodes ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episodes/2#showEpisodes (What It Means to Think Vertically and Not Just Horizontally) 3:50 - When we're own worst enemy 5:50 -https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A4&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A4&version=ESV (Psalm 27.4) 6:15 - If you could ask one thing of God, what would it be? 8:00 -https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A13-14&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A13-14&version=ESV (Psalm 27.13-14) 9:40 - Knowing the future 11:45 - Pray 20:00 - Subscribe. Rate. Share Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Scripture Psalm 27.1:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A1&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A1&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A1&version=ESV) Psalm 27.4:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+27%3A4&version=ESV (...
The Advantage of Knowing the Future | Prayer on Psalm 27:1
23:17 | 04-16-2020
We can use our imaginations to overcome our fears from the advantage of our promised future Psalm 27:1 ESV The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Follow Dave Cover on Twitter @davecover. Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo)
Where's God in the Crisis? | Prayer on Ephesians 1
26:41:00 | 04-14-2020
This crisis is causing a lot of concern and changes. In all the chaos, it can seem like everything is out of control. Where's God? We can find him in prayer. Join in ashttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ (Pastor Dave Cover) discusses and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A15-21&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A15-21&version=NIV (Ephesians 1.15-20 NIV): 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A15-21&version=NIV#fen-NIV-29224a (a)] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for related content, including a sermon onhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/the-god-who-sees-you/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/the-god-who-sees-you/ (The God Who Sees) and another episode titledhttps://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-prayer-on-psalm-16-8-11 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-prayer-on-psalm-16-8-11 (What It Means to Think Vertically and Not Just Horizontally) over Psalm 16.8-11. Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( )https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Notes 0:30 - Praying through the pandemic 1:10 - Hope in God 2:10 -https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1&version=ESV (Ephesians 1 NIV) 4:25 - Lord Jesus Christ 6:30 - God's blessings 8:00 - God's plan 12:00 -https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/there-is-a-god-and-youre-not-him/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/there-is-a-god-and-youre-not-him/ (Sovereignty of God) 13:20 - Allegiance to King Jesus 15:50 - Our story and Paul's prayer 18:20 - Pray 26:00 - Subscribe. Rate. Share. Follow Dave Cover on Twitter @davecover. Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Scripture Ephesians 1 NIV:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1&version=ESV) Related The God Who Sees...
How to Pray Confidently in an Uncertain World | Prayer on Psalm 23
17:51 | 04-09-2020
During these challenging times of uncertainty and fear,https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ (Pastor Dave Cover) observes how people are rediscovering the value of prayer and recovering the hope of Christ. Join in as he discusses and prays through https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV (Psalm 23 ESV): The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14238a (a)] 3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14239b (b)] for his name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14240c (c)] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14242d (d)] goodness and mercy[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14242e (e)] shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14242f (f)] in the house of the Lord forever.[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+23&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14242g (g)] Follow Dave Cover on Twitter @davecover. Interested in more content like this? Listen tohttps://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-prayer-on-psalm-16-8-11 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-prayer-on-psalm-16-8-11 (What It Means to Think Vertically and Not Just Horizontally), a prayer overhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+118%3A8-11&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+118%3A8-11&version=ESV (Psalm 16.8-11). Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Notes 0:30 - Morning prayer 1:15 - Psalm 23 ESV 1:50 - ER scene 2:55 - Reinvesting in how to pray in a sick world 4:20 - Psalm 23.1: God's focus on us and provision 6:05 - Psalm 23.2: satisfaction and rest in God 7:05 - Psalm 23.3: restoration and righteousness in Christ 9:20 - Psalm 23.4: God’s comfort, protection, and sovereignty over all 11:50 - Psalm 23.5: abundance and care in the presence enemies 13:05 - Psalm 23.6: steadfast, constant goodness and mercy Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Related What It Means to Think Vertically and Not Just Horizontally:https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-prayer-on-psalm-16-8-11 (...
Prayer on Ephesians 3:14-19 | How to Pray Like Paul
13:56 | 04-07-2020
Drawing from Paul's prayer for the Ephesians,https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( Pastor Dave Cover) examines what a spirit-filled prayer is like. He explores how to approach Christ and draw near to him. Join in as Dave discusses and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3&version=NIV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3&version=NIV (Ephesians 3 NIV), focusing on verses 14-20: 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3&version=NIV#fen-NIV-29267a (a)] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Follow Dave Cover on Twitter @davecover. Interested in more content like this? Listen tohttps://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-it-means-to-be-alive-in-christ-ephesians-2-1-10 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-it-means-to-be-alive-in-christ-ephesians-2-1-10 (Walking With Christ), a prayer overhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A1-10&version=ESV ( )https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A1-10&version=ESV (Ephesians 2.1-10). Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Social Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram:https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO ( )https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter:https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo ( )https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Related Walking With Christ:https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-it-means-to-be-alive-in-christ-ephesians-2-1-10 ( )https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-it-means-to-be-alive-in-christ-ephesians-2-1-10 (https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/what-it-means-to-be-alive-in-christ-ephesians-2-1-10)
Walking With Christ | Ephesians 2:1-10
19:25 | 04-02-2020
A new episode of A Bigger Life podcast is loaded every Tuesday and Thursday. If you’ve ever felt that you needed to learn to pray more, now would be a good time. These are unprecedented, uncertain times. And a very powerful way to pray is to pray through scripture. In our last couple of episodes we looked at how to think vertically about our lives and our circumstances rather than merely horizontally. We said that to think vertically we have to look at our lives and our circumstances through the lens of the reality of who God is. So last time we looked at Psalm 118:1 which says “Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.” When we pray scripture, one of the things we’re doing is choosing to believe God‘s word about God. About who God really is. Then we said to have a vertical view of our day we can pray v. 24 — “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Because of who God is we can have this view about today. Right now. God has made it. He has a purpose for it and we can trust in his goodness and his steadfast love for us. So we can rejoice and be glad in it right now by trusting who God is. That’s looking at the horizontal circumstances of our life vertically. Another great place to do that in the New Testament is in Ephesians two. The first three verses describe the dystopian reality of what it means to be without Christ. But this is reality. Deadness. Dark spiritual forces dominating a person’s mindset and behavior in ways we don’t see. Ephesians 2:1-3 ESV “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” But then the apostle Paul describes reality for those who are “in Christ” – but it too is a reality that we don’t “see.” We have to see it by trusting God‘s word – by thinking vertically. By trusting the promise of God to us in his word. Ephesians 2:4-7 “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,” Like Psalm 118:1 this is who God is. Meditating on who God really is. Trusting God's word when he tells us who he is. And who God is toward us! Great love with which he loved us v. 5 “even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.” in spite of our rejection of him in our sin — by his great love toward us he made us alive together in/with Christ. All by his grace. v. 6 “and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” in heaven – not a place but a realm that is the perfect and visible presence and rule and blessing of God. Like Eden was on earth. Like the earth will be when Christ returns. We are in that realm now because we are with/in Christ now. Paul says we are citizens of heaven now in Philippians 3:20. Skip to v10... Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Because of the riches of his mercy – because of his great love with which he loved us — because of his grace — because he made us alive together in/with Christ — raised us up in/with Christ — and seated us in/with Christ in the realm of heaven now – we ARE his creation. This is who we are in reality now. In Christ. For the purpose of good works – good works God has made/prepared beforehand for us. All we have to do is walk into them. Today. God has made beforehand good works for us today to walk into. “This is the day the Lord has made“ for us! Someone has rightly said... “God will never let you live one day short of the...