Glossary for ABC: Bible Meditation for Me!

Glossary for ABC: Bible Meditation for Me!

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


Affirmation:   an act of saying something is true

Sentence:  Affirmations often begin with "I" or "I am."

Breath:  air taken in or sent out by the lungs

Sentence:  I can feel my breath.

Calm:  a quiet and peaceful state

Sentence:  Bible meditation can make one calm.

Discern:  to see, recognize, or understand something

Sentence:  It is a good thing to learn to discern what danger symbols mean.

Emotions:  strong feelings as anger, love, joy, fear often accompanied with emotional reactions

Sentence:  Psalm 119:47 says: "I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved."

Focus:  direct or cause to direct at

Sentence:  In mindfulness one focuses attention on one's breath.

Grounded:  based on, founded upon

Sentence:  I must be grounded in God's word, not grounded in the earth.

Heart:  center of feelings

Sentence:   The heart is the place where emotions, desires, and thoughts are found. 

Instruction:  the act or practice of teaching

Sentence:  We should pay attention to God's instruction book --the Bible!

Judgment: the ability for reaching a decision after careful consideration

Sentence:  While God tells us to judge between right and wrong, some tell us not to
make any judgments at all.

Knowledge:  what is known

Sentence:  The Bible helps us grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Lift Up:  to raise from a lower to higher position

Sentence:  I can lift up my hands to praise the Lord.

Muse:  to think about something carefully

Sentence:  I mused about God's amazing creation.

Namaste:  Hindu greeting that means "the god in me greets the god in you"

Sentence.  Yoga classes begin and end with Namaste.

Out of:   from the inside to the outside

Sentence:  When people do yoga meditation sounds or chants often come out of one's mouth.

Present:   not past or future: now going on

Sentence:  Mindfulness meditation tells you to not think of the future or the past, but to notice what is happening in the present.

Quiet: the quality or state of being calm with out noise

Sentence:  Mindfulness tells children to get quiet, be still, and sit comfortably.

Ruminate:  to think carefully and deeply

Sentence:  I reflected and ruminated on my Bible verse.

Sun:  the heavenly body God created that gives us light

Sentence:  God warned us not to worship the sun, but to praise and worship Him.

Thoughts:  ideas formed in the mind

Sentence:  Mindfulness tells us to not notice our thoughts, but let them go.

Understanding:  ability to get the meaning of, and judge

Sentence:  King Solomon asked God for an "understanding heart" so he could wisely judge the people.

Verses:  one of the short parts of a chapter in the Bible

Sentence:  ABC: Bible Meditation for Me!  has many Bible verses to meditate on and to memorize.

Well Doing:  doing right

Sentence:  Galatians tells us we should never get tired of well doing or doing good things for others.

X-tra/ X-out:  add and subtract

Sentence:  God's word tells us not to add x-tra words to it, or to subtract or x-out out words from it.

Yoga:  Sanskrit word that means to yoke with the divine or Brahman

Sentence:  In yoga people practice poses that have to with the Hindu gods.

Zeal: eager desire to get something done or see something succeed

Sentence:  If you have great zeal or are zealous for the Lord Jesus you will want to tell others about Him.