A Closer Walk Audio Meditations List

Bring your weariness, burdens and longings to Jesus, and rest in his love, forgiveness and invitation to walk more closely with him.

Enter Jesus’ parable of the midnight visitor and discover how boldly you may ask, seek and knock before your generous heavenly Father.

Spend unhurried time in silence, saying yes to Christ’s presence, will and love as you entrust him with your worries, plans and attachments.

Talk openly with Jesus about your day, joys, anxieties, pain and desires, then consider how he looks at you and what he might say.

Read Psalm 27 slowly three times: understanding its message, hearing it personally, dwelling on one phrase and responding to God in prayer.

Pray through Colossians 1:3–12 verse by verse, thanking God for his people and asking for gospel fruit, wisdom, endurance and joyful gratitude.

Enter the home of Martha and Mary through imagination, notice each person’s emotions and actions, and hear how Jesus’ words address you today.

Contemplate Jesus as your great High Priest; Christ is sympathetic to your weakness, always interceding, and holding your name, life and concerns before the Father.

Trace God’s gifts across the past five months, weeks, days, hours and minutes, pausing to receive each kindness and express your gratitude.

Release your worries, agendas and expectations into Jesus’ hands, then enter the “inner fortress” of life in Christ and rest secure in his care.

Remember three moments of God’s touch, bring two matters into confession, and ask for his help with one need or challenge ahead.

Confess your sins simply and honestly, pray the words of Hosea 14, and receive God’s assurance that he heals and loves you freely in Christ.

Offer your day, body and soul to God as a living sacrifice, ready to obey, receive what he sends and hold your plans with an open hand.

Be still before God, returning gently to the words “My Shepherd” and practising the movement of leaving your concerns behind to entrust yourself to Jesus.

Hold three people before God, one by one, entrusting each to his grace through the prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy.”

Let each line of the Lord’s Prayer expand into prayer for God’s glory and kingdom, daily needs, forgiveness, protection, others and the wider church.

Use attentive, slowed breathing and the words “The Lord’s my shepherd; I shall not want” to become present before God and prepare for prayer.

Prepare for Communion through George Swinnock’s prayer, examining your soul, looking to Christ’s sacrifice and receiving the comforts purchased by his blood.

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