17 March 2015 A.D. 22 Benefits of Meditating on Scripture
17 March 2015 A.D. 22 Benefits of Meditating on Scripture Taylor, Justin. “22 Benefits of Meditating on Scripture.” Gospel Coalition. 13 Mar 2015. http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2015/03/13/22-benefits-of-meditating-on-scripture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+between2worlds+%28Between+Two+Worlds%29 . Accessed 13 Mar 2015. Joel Beeke, in his essay on “ The Puritan Practice of Meditation ,” writes that “The Puritans devoted scores of pages to the benefits, excellencies, usefulness, advantages, or improvements of meditation.” Dr. Beeke lists some of the benefits as follows: 1. Meditation helps us focus on the Triune God, to love and to enjoy Him in all His persons ( 1 John 4:8 )—intellectually, spiritually, aesthetically. 2. Meditation helps increase knowledge of sacred truth. It “takes the veil from the face of truth” ( Prov. 4:2 ). 3. Meditation is the “nurse of wisdom,” for it promot...