Christian Meditation with Anita Mathias
Brief poetic meditations on the great Christian and Biblical themes by writer and blogger, Anita Mathias. I am currently meditating through the Gospel of Matthew, a meditation a week.
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Episodes
27 episodes
"All Those Who Exalt Themselves Will Be Humbled & the Humble Will Be Exalted.” (Matthew 23)
"Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those whohumble themselves will be exalted." And so, Jesus states a lawof life. Those who broadcast their amazingness will be humbled,since God dislikes--scorns that...
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17:39
Christ's Great Golden Triad to Guide Our Actions and Decisions
Christ’s theological and political enemies try, always try, to catch him out with multitudes of trick questions. Which is the greatest commandment in the law? they ask, craftily, ready to make a case for the one he does not choose....
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15:29
How Jesus dealt with hostility and enemies
Jesus, wise as a serpent, gentle as a dove, brave as a lion. Outraged at those who attempted to make money off people’s faith and longing for God, he rampages through the temple, overturning the tables of the moneychang...
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11:06
Do Not Be Afraid, but Do Be Prudent
So, Joseph, intending to quietly break up with his fiancée, Mary, found pregnant, though not be him, is assured by an angel that she had conceived by the power of God’s spirit, and the child would be the long-awaited Messiah, who would deliver ...
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12:04
For Scoundrels, Scallywags, and Rascals—Christ Came
Tamar, who seduced her father-in-law, Judah. Rahab, a Canaanite prostitute. Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, who was raped by David. Jacob, scammer and inheritance thief! Solomon, with 300 concubines and 700 wives. They were all among the c...
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14:02
How to Lead an Extremely Significant Life
So counter-cultural were Jesus’s values, that even those who lived with him continuously for three years could not fully grasp them.So his spirited apostles, James and John, whom he called “The Sons of Thunder,” get their mum to ask him ...
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16:13
Don’t Walk Away From Jesus, but if You Do, He Still Looks at You and Loves You
So Jesus makes a beautiful offer to the earnest, moral young man who came to him, seeking a spiritual life: Come, follow me. Remarkably, the young man claimed that he has kept all the commandments from his youth, including the command to love o...
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16:58
How to Find the Freedom of Forgiveness
https://anitamathias.com/2023/09/07/how-to-find-the-freedom-of-forgiveness/How to Find the Freedom of ForgivenessCompletely letting go of an...
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16:24
The Silver Coin in the Mouth of a Fish. Never Underestimate God
So, the temple taxmen come for Jesus and Peter. And Jesus, who repeatedly referred to his powerful body as God’s temple on earth, decides to pay anyway, to avoid a scandal over something trivial--for him. And so, he instructs Peter, a professio...
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14:23
Following Jesus Is Costly and the Very Best Thing We Can Do
Jesus is blazingly honest about the cost of following him. We can no longer follow ourselves, or be driven by our prideful or self-indulgent desires. We submit our wills to a greater, phenomenally brilliant will, and accept His assignments for ...
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17:33
Persistent Prayer Turns Christ’s Silence, His “No,” and “Absolutely Not” to “Yes!”
The story of an amazing, persistent, feisty woman who argues with Jesus, and contradicts Jesus until his No turns to Yes. Jesus praises her for her faith, one of the handful of times Jesus praises humans... and it's almost always for their fait...
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12:33
Christ Will Help You Walk on Water
Character-building difficulty and uncertainty comes for each of us, when it feels as if we are tossed in a boat on a stormy sea, buffeted by waves, with the wind against us. And in the encircling gloom, Christ whispers the same wor...
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16:28
On Trading Everything to Gain Life-Changing Hidden Treasure
Jesus says that following him is like discovering priceless treasure hidden in a field. The finder would joyfully sell everything to buy it, as should we!And so he speaks of living in the Kingdom of God, living with him as our High...
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14:32
The Spirit Gives Us Creative Life-Giving Words
(The meditation on Matthew 12:22 begins at 6:01.)On using words to light a fires of inspiration and joy, not devastation, as the Apostle James describes!Words—can inspire, set us on fire, delight…They can also "set the whole c...
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13:00
Jesus Promises Us Rest (and an Easy Yoke)
(The meditation on Matthew 11:28-29 begins at 6:42.) One of the many literary devices Jesus uses is paradox, as when we offers the weary and burdened rest--by bearing his yoke.Bearing the yoke of Jesus means surrendering our...
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13:37
Believing Is Seeing (Miracles). “According to Your Faith, Let It Be Done to You.”
Meditation on Matthew 9:27-30 begins at 5:28.Jesus was the only person in the Bible who restored the sight of blind men. The two blind men called out a simple prayer, known as the Jesus prayer, “Jesus, have mercy on us. And their faith ...
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11:28
Christ Knows the Best Way to Do What You Are Best At
(Scriptural meditation begins at 4:49.)Simon Peter was a professional fisherman. And Jesus keeps teaching him, again and again, that he, Jesus, has greater mastery over fishing. And over everything else. After fruitless nights of fi...
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10:31
Don’t judge others. Transform yourself by self-examination!
(Scriptural meditation begins at 5:25.)I'm meditating through the Gospel of Matthew. "Do not judge," Jesus says, "and you too will escape harsh judgement." And so once again, he reiterates a law of human life and of th...
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14:03
'Do Not Worry': Jesus Speaks to Those Worried About Not Enough Food (or Too Much Food!)
(Scriptural meditation begins at 4:48.) Jesus advised his listeners--struggling fishermen, people living on the edge, without enough food for guests, not to worry about what they were going to eat. Which, of course, is still shinin...
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13:59
Jesus Promises Blessing and Happiness to the Merciful
(Scriptural meditation begins at 4:22.)Meditating on a “beatitude.”… Happy, makarios, or blessed are the merciful, Jesus says, articulating the laws of sowing and reaping which underlie the universe, and human life. Those...
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11:19
The Power in Christ’s Resurrection. For Us. Today
(Scriptural meditation begins at 3:48.)“Do not be afraid,” is the first sentence the risen Christ says. Because his resurrection frees him from the boundaries of space and time, in each room we enter, Christ is with us--and his Spirit, ...
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14:38
God’s Unique, Transforming Call and Vocation for each of us
(Scriptural meditation begins at 2:55.)God who is always speaking, calls each of us to a specific, life-long task. The call uses the gifts we have, and new gifts, called an anointing, given to us at the point of call. ...
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15:02
Change your Life by Changing How You Think
(Scriptural meditation begins at 2:54.)Christ calls us to metanoia, or repentance, literally, thinking differently. Let's view our contemporary bugbears of body shape, diet, exercise & fasting with the energy of the new transformed ...
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