{"id":9140,"date":"2021-08-20T12:46:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/?p=9140"},"modified":"2021-08-20T20:36:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:36:43","slug":"sit-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/2021\/08\/20\/sit-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit With God"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

When I hear the word \u201cprayer\u201d I think of something done \u201coutwardly.\u201d When I hear the word \u201cmeditation\u201d I think of something done \u201cinwardly.\u201d When I hear the word \u201csit\u201d I think of something \u201cI just do.\u201d<\/p>

Sitting seems effortless, and that is how it should be when you spend your time with God\u2026it should be effortless. When I think of both prayer and meditation, to me they mean effort is involved, and when I think of just sitting, I think of it as being effortless. When you sit with God, it is effortless, as it should be.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSo, when I say, \u201cSit with God,\u201d it is not a very hard thing to do. It is really just \u201csitting\u201d with the intent of connecting, whether or not one becomes fully aware of a connection actually being made.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHere is what you do:\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n \t
  1. Sit,<\/strong><\/li>\n \t
  2. Take a breath,<\/strong><\/li>\n \t
  3. Say, \u201cThank you,\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n \t
  4. Drop and settle into the secret chamber of your heart<\/strong>.\u00a0 Just have the intention of doing so. Don\u2019t worry about searching around to find it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nHere is a LINK to the guided meditation:\u00a0SIT WITH GOD<\/a>.<\/strong>\n\nAs you sit, allow whatever to come up to be there. If you feel that you need to sit with a thought or pictures that pop up, then do. If not, let them come and go. Your task is just to sit with God\u2026to be with God as God is with you. Your just sitting with God will change your life! Why? Because just being there is the prayer! Allow yourself to experience it. You\u2019ll see what I mean. If a realization comes to you while sitting, feel free to open up your eyes and to write it down so you don\u2019t forget it; then just go back and be with God.\n\nSometimes people expect big revelations, feelings, or sensations when \u201cSitting with God.\u201d The truth is, it is very subtle most of the time. Just be open to anything, as it is always possible to have bigger and more revelations and experiences. In time, you will gain a \u201cknowing\u201d of God\u2019s presence in your walk of life. As you continue to \u201cSit with God\u201d for awhile, you will begin to notice shifts in your life, and those may be subtle, and some will be very profound. Remember to take note of all of them and gain in \u201cknowing\u201d that God is there.\n\nAlso, I want you to realize that there is nothing, and I mean nothing, that you have done in life that restricts you from the opportunity to sit with God and to share space and time with God. So, sit\u2026JUST SIT!\n\nHere is the link to the Sit with God meditation.\u00a0SIT WITH GOD<\/a><\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When I hear the word \u201cprayer\u201d I think of something done \u201coutwardly.\u201d When I hear the word \u201cmeditation\u201d I think of something done \u201cinwardly.\u201d When I hear the word \u201csit\u201d I think of something \u201cI just do.\u201d Sitting seems effortless, and that is how it should be when you spend your time with God\u2026it should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":9141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9140"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9181,"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140\/revisions\/9181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertnovak.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}