How To Meditate on Scripture Day and Night | CrossPoint Church

Psalm 1 teaches that if we meditate on God’s Word day and night, we will be “like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season” Psalm 1:3 (NIV).

How does Scripture Meditation Work?

When you sleep, your conscious mind rests while your subconscious mind continues to function in order to keep your body’s organs working. But the conscious and the subconscious are in a closed-circuit relationship, so whatever your conscious was working on prior to falling asleep will be transmitted to the subconscious.

Rather than allowing the subconscious to work on our problems and worries, we can prayerfully meditate on the Word of God while we sleep.

Try Meditating on Scripture

1. Read the passage intended for the next morning’s quiet time just before you go to sleep. For example, read Psalm 23.

2. Take about three minutes to scan through the passage and ask God to highlight a word or phrase that will help you focus on Him the next day.

3. Take this with you to bed.

4. Your mind will prayerfully ponder this Scripture while you sleep, making it more likely for you to be replaying these truths in your mind the next morning.

Make God’s Word your last thought everyday, so you will be able to prayerfully meditate on the Word “day and night.”