Cultivate Connection - Christ Centred Meditation
Welcome to Cultivate Connection, a weekly Bible-based meditation podcast, giving you the skills to carve out space, experience peace, and grow your relationship with God. Each 30 minute podcast provides you with plenty of quiet time to meditate and reflect on several Bible verses with a specific focus at heart. We often dedicate several weeks or more to a podcast series. While you can certainly listen to any one podcast in any order you wish, to get the most from Cultivate Connection’s podcasts, we recommend picking a series and listening your way through it. To learn more, visit us online at...
Death and Resurrection
Death and Resurrection
Easter 2024
As Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15, if Jesus had not been raised from the dead, all preaching would be in vain and our faith worthless. It is for this reason we celebrate Easter, proclaiming victory! We have been saved from sin and death.
Thank you Jesus, for your sacrifice, your resurrection, and gifting your spirit to us; giving us to very same access to Father God that you yourself experienced.
This week, as we focus on the crucification, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior...
Comfort - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Comfort
Thanks for joining us as we wrap up our What is Your Word? series this week! It has been fun sharing over the last 12 weeks. Thanks to everyone who submitted words this year.
Where do you look for comfort? What is filling your need to feel peace and protection?
Do not fear: I am with you;
do not be anxious: I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
- Isaiah 4...
Wonder - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Wonder
When it come to God, there are no comparisons. Nothing comes close to the awe and wonder of His majesty. Can you see His great work all around you?
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
For you are great and do wondrous things;
you alone are God.
- Psalm 86:8-10 ESV
By the word of...
Provision - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Provision
Each of us have needs. Do you know what you need in this season of your life? As provider, God is not a vending machine nor a genie in a bottle. He is our loving Father who provides for all of our needs.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:19 NASB 1995
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any...
Grounded - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Grounded
Would you consider yourself to be firmly rooted and grounded in God’s love? What foundation are you standing on?
This week we’re meditating on several versions of Ephesians 3:17
Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life. - Ephesians 3:17 TPT
We also read from Ephesians 3:16-19 TPT
May God show you how to take one practical step...
Boldness - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Boldness
We are called to be bold and courageous. What would change in your life if you had greater boldness? How would your prayer life change?
And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
- Acts 4:31 NASB 1995
So let us step boldly to the throne of grace, where we can find mercy and grace to help when we need it most.
Fully Known - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Fully Known
There is nothing you can do to make God love you more, and there is nothing you can do to make God love you less. You are fully known by God, just as you are.
Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book and you know all the...
Miracles - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Miracles
There are 163 recorded miracles throughout the Bible. Do you believe God is a god of the miraculous and still performs miracles today, and if so what does it look like for you to walk in miracles?
For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power.
- 1 Corinthians 4:20 NLT
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
- Mark 16:20 KJV
“‘If you...
Listen - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Listen
Are we as equally good at listening as we are at praying? Communication, even with God, is a two way street. May we be quick to listen and slow to speak in our relationship with our Heavenly Father.
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
- James 1:19 NIV
He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Luke 11:28 NIV
Ca...
Beloved - What is Your Word?
What is Your Word?
Beloved
Welcome to week 4 of our What is Your Word series!
This week’s word is Beloved, which means esteemed, dear, favorite, and worthy of love. When we take hold of who we are as God’s beloved, we become unshakeable; standing on the firm foundation of knowing who we are in God’s eyes.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant ar...