ABC: Bible Meditation for Me! X Is for X-tra and X-out!

ABC: Bible Meditation for Me!  X Is for X-tra and X-out!

ABC Bible Meditation for Me:  Bible Meditation Vs. Eastern Meditation

X Is for X-tra and X-out!

Introduction:  This is a lesson in a twenty-six part series created for parents, grandparents, teachers, and kids.  Each lesson will focus on both Biblical and nonbiblical meditation.

X Is for X-tra and X-out

X is for X-tra or add on to,
'n' X-out is for subtract from
to make God's word new.

Don't Add or Subtract from God's Word!

X marks the spot or scriptures: Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 12:32, Proverbs 30:6, and Revelation 22:18,19 where God warns us not to add to or take away from his word.  Three verses tell us not to add or subtract from the Bible while just one talks about adding to it.  Do you know which is which?  When you find these verses highlight them, and mark each one with a plus sign, a minus sign, or both.

Some Say We Don't Need Part of Our Bible

Some say we don't need the Old Testament in our Bibles.  They suggest we just "X" it out.  But God says don't do that, for as Romans 15:5 says, "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, …." 

A Pastor Adds and Subtracts from the Bible

A pastor wrote a 'Bible' that he changed around a lot.  He even had messages in it that were not Bible truths at all.  He didn't obey the verses about not adding or subtracting from it.  He called it THE MESSAGE.  Sad to say it had many false messages in it.

Some Priests Made The Inclusive Bible

Some priests made a Bible that doesn't have certain words like "him, her, she, he" or others in it.  They changed it by adding and subtracting from it.

Be Still and Know that I Am God!

Psalm 46:10 is a verse everyone uses to say Christians should get still, listen in silence, and then hear God speaking to them.  Because they don't read the rest of the Psalm they don't stop and think about its true meaning.  They use the verse to teach meditation that is like Eastern meditation.  They say be real still, close your eyes, and use a mantra word or phrase to stop thoughts.  The question is when one stops his thoughts whose thoughts do you think they might hear?

It would be good for those who misuse this verse to remember a little song:  "I will not forget God's word, that is where His voice is heard."  Instead, they listen to voices in their minds.

The Young King Who Didn't X-out God's Word 

Exclude is also a word with an "Xx" sound in it.  It means to shut or keep out.  Now, some people do this with the Bible.  They just forget it and don't ever read it.  It is as if it doesn't exist.  II Kings 22-23 has an amazing story of young King Josiah that found out the word of God had been taken out of its place in the temple.  It had been lost.  But when Hilkiah found it, right away King Josiah had it put back where it belonged, honored, and read once again.

Psalm 119:16  A Bible Meditation Recitation to Remember

Psalm 119:16 is an important verse to think about and to remember.  It says:  ""I will delight myself in thy statues: I will not forget thy word."

The Plus, Minus, and X Marker

Cut out a plus sign (+) and minus sign (-) and (x).  Overlapping them just a bit glue onto a colorful marker strip.  Write the four + and - verses on it.  Slip into your Bible.

The Eastern Way

Meditators Change Words

Meditators change words
so people can't tell
practices like mindfulness*
are spiritual as well.

* yoga

Mindfulness Has a Makeover

Mindfulness is based on Zen Buddhism.  To make it seem less religious many have changed it so its Buddhist parts would be hidden or x-ed out!  Jon Kabat-Zinn was someone who did this, so more people would try mindfulness.

Yoga Turns "Christian"

Yoga teachers do the same thing; they insist that yoga isn't full of Hinduism.  But it is.  Even Christians do this by changing yoga words to make it become a Christian practice, but it isn't!

Mindfulness and Yoga Come Into the Public Schools

Once upon a time, every day in public schools there was Bible reading, prayer, an anthem, and flag salute.  But, after awhile this stopped, no one could read the Bible, or pray any more in school.  Now, many years later many schools instead do Buddhist based mindfulness and Hindu saturated yoga each day.  God has been x-ed out!

Parental Suggestions:

Learn More About Mindfulness/Yoga Indoctrination

Dr. Candy Gunther Brown, a professor at Indiana University, wrote a recent book Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools:  Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion?  In it Brown carefully documents how mindfulness and yoga are filled with Hindu and Buddhist terms and practices.  This book shows how deceptive many have been in their intense mission to indoctrinate teachers and children.

Read excerpts from a Candy Gunther Brown article posted by the Berean Call here:   
https://www.thebereancall.org/content/are-yoga-and-mindfulness-schools-religious?fbclid=IwAR1v4_AM3qIXisOpIHABSv18TEzzasjFdD3SeZMRVVG0siiIOiy_RzMp6uo