Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation is a daily Christian devotional and meditation podcast designed to help you slow down, breathe deeply, and experience God’s presence in a personal, peaceful way. Each week begins with a guided Christian meditation, followed by five daily devotionals that explore Scripture, prayer, and spiritual formation through a calm, reflective rhythm.You’ll find meditations for anxiety, rest, grief, spiritual direction, hearing God’s voice, and emotional healing — along with practical devotionals that help you walk with Jesus in everyday life. The podcast also includes teaching conversations and micro‑church formation episodes for listeners wh...
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Nov 13, 2026 · 9:42
Send us Fan Mail Some struggles do not budge, no matter how many times we pray. That can feel confusing, even discouraging, until we hear Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 12 and…
Nov 12, 2026 · 9:15
Send us Fan Mail Slick spiritual talk can sound like truth while quietly reshaping who Jesus is. We open 2 Corinthians 11 and follow Paul’s intense, fatherly concern for the…
Nov 11, 2026 · 9:40
Send us Fan Mail Your life may look calm on the outside while your mind is fighting a war on the inside. We sit with 2 Corinthians 10 and let Paul’s words challenge the way we…
Nov 10, 2026 · 9:14
Send us Fan Mail Generosity can feel complicated fast, especially when fear, pressure, or past experiences get tangled up with money and responsibility. We take a calm,…
Nov 9, 2026 · 8:30
Send us Fan Mail Something shifts when you realise generosity is not a money problem, it’s a heart problem. We sit with 2 Corinthians 8 and Paul’s vivid example of the Macedonian…
Nov 8, 2026 · 18:30
Send us Fan Mail Shame has a way of making us either perform or disappear. We wanted to create a quieter third option: come back to God with honesty, let conviction do its…
Nov 6, 2026 · 8:28
Send us Fan Mail Grace can be received and still wasted, and 2 Corinthians 6 refuses to let us stay comfortable with delay. We sit with Paul’s warning not to receive God’s grace…
Nov 5, 2026 · 8:29
Send us Fan Mail Your life might feel defined by what you can see right now, but 2 Corinthians 5 offers a different lens. We slow down with Paul’s words and let them reframe the…
Nov 4, 2026 · 8:31
Send us Fan Mail You can feel cracked and still be called. We sit with Second Corinthians 4, where Paul says the gospel is a priceless treasure placed in jars of clay, ordinary…
Nov 3, 2026 · 8:28
Send us Fan Mail The most powerful proof of God’s work isn’t carved in stone or padded into a list of credentials. It’s a life that’s being changed from the inside out. We sit…
Nov 2, 2026 · 8:30
Send us Fan Mail Forgiveness can feel like letting someone “get away with it” until you realise what unforgiveness does to your own soul. We sit with 2 Corinthians 2 and the…
Nov 1, 2026 · 17:28
Send us Fan Mail Pressure has a way of exposing what we trust most. When your plans shift, your strength runs thin, or your heart feels overwhelmed, you don’t need another…
Oct 30, 2026 · 21:33
Send us Fan Mail Sending a hard text to someone you love is stressful for a reason: you’re trying to tell the truth without losing the relationship. That’s the emotional doorway…
Oct 29, 2026 · 9:00
Send us Fan Mail A door can be wide open and still come with heavy resistance. We sit with Paul’s final chapter in 1 Corinthians and hear how his closing words shift from big…
Oct 28, 2026 · 9:30
Send us Fan Mail Imagine standing in a cemetery at sunrise, the grass still wet with dew and the headstones saying nothing back. That silence always raises the same questions: is…
Oct 27, 2026 · 8:42
Send us Fan Mail A loud room can feel alive, but it can also leave people spiritually stranded. We open 1 Corinthians 14 by stepping into the Corinthian church, where prayers,…
Oct 26, 2026 · 8:11
Send us Fan Mail Angelic tongues. Mountain moving faith. Radical generosity. Paul says all of it can still ring hollow if love is missing and that’s a confronting thought for…
Oct 25, 2026 · 17:49
Send us Fan Mail Comparison can quietly poison faith: it tells you your gift is too small, or it tells you your gift makes you more important. We slow all of that down with a…
Oct 23, 2026 · 16:59
Send us Fan Mail You know that moment when your eyes move across a page but your mind is somewhere else and you close the book with nothing but frustration? We go straight at…
Oct 23, 2026 · 8:39
Send us Fan Mail Communion can look calm on the outside while exposing a church’s deepest fractures underneath. We step into 1 Corinthians 11 and imagine the Corinthian believers…
Oct 22, 2026 · 4:27
Send us Fan Mail Temptation doesn’t usually announce itself. It blends into normal life, hides behind “just this once,” and quietly reshapes what we love. We open with a focused…
Oct 21, 2026 · 8:08
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you’re right, you’re justified, and you still have the freedom to insist on your way? We sit with 1 Corinthians 9 and watch Paul do something…
Oct 20, 2026 · 7:40
Send us Fan Mail One careless choice can quietly damage someone else’s faith, even when you have every right to make it. We sit with 1 Corinthians 8, where Paul tackles a tense…
Oct 19, 2026 · 8:21
Send us Fan Mail Your relationship status doesn’t determine your spiritual value, but it does shape your daily discipleship. We open 1 Corinthians 7 and listen to Paul respond to…
Oct 18, 2026 · 16:52
Send us Fan Mail “All things are lawful for me” sounds bold until you realise it can be a shield for habits that quietly own you. We slow down together with a guided Christian…
Oct 16, 2026 · 23:59
Send us Fan Mail Starvation usually looks like scarcity, but we start with a stranger image: a lavish buffet where you eat all day and still waste away because nothing is…
Oct 16, 2026 · 7:21
Send us Fan Mail A situation so serious that even the surrounding culture is stunned forces a hard, necessary question: what does real love look like when a believer refuses to…
Oct 15, 2026 · 7:06
Send us Fan Mail Celebrity culture does not stay outside the church. It sneaks in when we start ranking leaders, forming camps, and measuring spiritual life by applause,…
Oct 14, 2026 · 7:11
Send us Fan Mail Picking sides can feel like strength, but Paul calls it what it is: spiritual immaturity. We sit with 1 Corinthians 3 and hear a direct, fatherly correction for…
Oct 13, 2026 · 7:40
Send us Fan Mail Your best reasoning can still miss the deepest truth. We open 1 Corinthians 2 and sit with Paul’s surprising approach: he shows up without polished speech or…
Oct 12, 2026 · 7:21
Send us Fan Mail Division rarely starts with outright rebellion. More often, it starts with something that feels harmless: a favourite teacher, a preferred style, a strong…
Oct 11, 2026 · 23:20
Send us Fan Mail Corinth isn’t a quiet philosophy town. It’s a pressure cooker built on a geographic cheat code: two harbours, a narrow isthmus, and a stone roadway that lets…
Oct 9, 2026 · 7:39
Send us Fan Mail Romans doesn’t flatter us, and that’s exactly why it frees us. We take a step back at the end of the book to see Paul’s single, unified message with fresh eyes:…
Oct 8, 2026 · 7:58
Send us Fan Mail Romans 16 is the chapter many of us rush past and it might be the one that makes the whole letter feel real. We slow down and hear Paul’s closing words not as a…
Oct 7, 2026 · 8:06
Send us Fan Mail A strong faith can become noisy fast, especially when we use it to prove we’re right. We sit with Romans 15 and picture a house church in Rome where Jewish…
Oct 6, 2026 · 8:17
Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to fracture a church isn’t always a big theological fight, it’s a hundred small judgments about everyday choices. Today we sit with Romans 14,…
Oct 5, 2026 · 8:29
Send us Fan Mail Romans 13 doesn’t let us keep faith tucked safely inside a prayer room. We’re reading Paul as he steps into the public square and talks about the parts of life…
Oct 4, 2026 · 21:00
Send us Fan Mail Praying for someone you love can feel strangely stressful. You want to help, but the moment you start, your mind races into problem-solving mode: What’s the…
Oct 4, 2026 · 20:11
Send us Fan Mail What would change if you stopped trying to “fix yourself” and instead placed your whole life on God’s workbench? Pastor Robert Young leads a guided Christian…
Oct 2, 2026 · 9:39
Send us Fan Mail Trying harder feels holy until it quietly turns into exhaustion. Romans 10 and 11 confront that pressure with a different story: God’s righteousness is not a…
Oct 1, 2026 · 9:15
Send us Fan Mail Romans 9 doesn’t let us stay shallow. We sit with Paul as he opens his heart in real grief for Israel, the people who carried the covenant, the promises, and the…
Sep 30, 2026 · 9:24
Send us Fan Mail Shame has a way of feeling like oxygen, so normal you stop noticing it’s choking you. We open Romans 8 with a simple claim that changes everything: in Christ,…
Sep 29, 2026 · 8:55
Send us Fan Mail You know the feeling: you genuinely want what’s right, yet something in you keeps reaching for the familiar shadows. That quiet frustration isn’t a sign you’re…
Sep 28, 2026 · 8:59
Send us Fan Mail Sin is loud, but it doesn’t get to be your master. Today’s short meditation sits in Romans 6 and paints a simple, unforgettable picture: a river at dawn, the old…
Sep 27, 2026 · 16:45
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve been treating your spiritual life like a test you have to pass, this guided Christian meditation is a chance to exhale. I lead you through a quiet,…
Sep 25, 2026 · 7:39
Send us Fan Mail The most exhausting kind of faith is the kind where you feel like you have to earn your place. We open Romans 3 and let Paul do what he does best: tell the truth…
Sep 24, 2026 · 8:42
Send us Fan Mail Romans 2 doesn’t let any of us stay comfortable. We start with Paul’s sharp turn from “obvious sinners” to the moral, religious, and self-assured people who…
Sep 23, 2026 · 8:23
Send us Fan Mail Romans 1 doesn’t waste words. Paul introduces himself as a servant of Christ and then moves straight to the heartbeat of Christianity: the gospel is the…
Sep 22, 2026 · 9:10
Send us Fan Mail A storm can strip life down to the essentials fast. Acts 28 ends with Paul soaked, shipwrecked, and stranded on Malta and then it gets stranger: a viper latches…
Sep 21, 2026 · 7:29
Send us Fan Mail A storm can strip away your sense of control in minutes. One moment you’re managing, the next you’re just trying to endure. We lean into a gripping Bible story…
Sep 20, 2026 · 19:01
Send us Fan Mail A courtroom, an angry crowd, a politician trying to save face, and a prisoner who refuses to panic. That’s the backdrop for a guided Christian meditation…
Sep 18, 2026 · 7:32
Send us Fan Mail A trial can feel like the end of the story, but Acts 23 and 24 show something different: God’s purpose keeps moving even when the circumstances tighten. We…
Sep 17, 2026 · 7:33
Send us Fan Mail Paul knows what’s coming and he walks forward anyway. Our meditation through Acts 21 and 22 tracks the start of Paul’s final stretch toward Jerusalem, a road…
Sep 16, 2026 · 22:26
Send us Fan Mail Church is supposed to change people, but what if our most “successful” setups are training us to stay comfortable? We start with a sound you don’t hear in a…
Sep 16, 2026 · 8:15
Send us Fan Mail A city hears the name of Jesus and nothing stays neutral. We walk through Acts 19 and 20 and watch the gospel move from personal renewal to public disruption:…
Sep 15, 2026 · 8:26
Send us Fan Mail Riots, reasoned Scripture, street-level conversations, and quiet perseverance all show up in Acts 17–18 and that’s exactly why these chapters still speak to our…
Sep 14, 2026 · 15:28
Send us Fan Mail Your day can end without a fight. We slow everything down with a short, calming bedtime prayer designed to help you release anxiety, quiet racing thoughts, and…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:25
Send us Fan Mail Hi friends, this is Pastor Young from the Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation podcast. Have you ever been curious about exploring spirituality outside…
Sep 14, 2026 · 8:30
Send us Fan Mail A church argument could have slammed the brakes on the gospel, but Acts 15 shows something rarer: leaders who fight for grace and still fight for unity. We sit…
Sep 13, 2026 · 16:00
Send us Fan Mail Some callings feel exciting until you meet the first wave of resistance. We sit with that tension through a guided Christian meditation rooted in Acts 13 and 14,…
Sep 11, 2026 · 7:44
Send us Fan Mail We meditate on Acts 12, tracing Peter’s rescue from prison and the early church’s stubborn commitment to prayer in the face of fear and power. We reflect on…
Sep 10, 2026 · 7:50
Send us Fan Mail We trace Acts 10 to 11 as the gospel crosses a boundary the early church never thought would move, and we watch the Holy Spirit confirm that Jesus is Lord of all…
Sep 9, 2026 · 8:49
Send us Fan Mail We walk through Acts 8 and 9 to see how the Holy Spirit breaks barriers, turns disruption into mission, and brings real transformation. We reflect on Philip’s…
Sep 8, 2026 · 6:43
Send us Fan Mail A single speech can expose what we really trust and what we’re willing to risk. We meditate on Acts chapter 7, where Stephen stands before the Sanhedrin and…
Sep 7, 2026 · 7:21
Send us Fan Mail Growth can be a blessing and a stress test at the same time. We sit with Acts chapter 6, where the early church multiplies fast and a painful gap appears:…
Sep 6, 2026 · 16:11
Send us Fan Mail A single lie can look small on the outside while it poisons everything on the inside. We slow down with a guided Christian meditation through Acts 5, where the…
Sep 4, 2026 · 8:18
Send us Fan Mail Getting threatened for telling the truth would make most of us shrink back. Acts 4 shows something different: Peter and John stand before powerful leaders,…
Sep 3, 2026 · 9:13
Send us Fan Mail A familiar beggar. A routine hour of prayer. Then one sentence changes the entire scene: “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” We slow…
Sep 2, 2026 · 8:25
Send us Fan Mail Wind that sounds like a storm. Fire that doesn’t consume. A crowd that suddenly realises they’re hearing God’s wonders in their own heart language. Acts 2…
Sep 1, 2026 · 6:29
Send us Fan Mail Waiting can feel like a closed door, but Acts 1 treats it like training. We walk through the opening chapter of Acts where the risen Jesus teaches about the…
Aug 31, 2026 · 5:29
Send us Fan Mail A rigid blueprint can raise a house, but it can’t raise a microchurch movement. We’re coming back from real-world evangelism work with a fresh lens on what…
Aug 26, 2026 · 21:00
Send us Fan Mail Ten people on mismatched couches can be more spiritually demanding than a thousand people in a sanctuary. When you remove the building, the stage, and the…
Aug 19, 2026 · 23:45
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever watched church planning get treated like a business launch, you know the feeling: the mortgage, the blueprints, the complex budget, and the…
Aug 12, 2026 · 21:30
Send us Fan Mail The most beautiful part of a microchurch is the intimacy and it’s also the fastest way a community can fracture. When six to fifteen people gather in a living…
Aug 5, 2026 · 21:00
Send us Fan Mail If your faith life feels like watching from the back row, you’re not alone, and you’re not broken. We’re digging into a microchurch starter guide that challenges…
Jul 29, 2026 · 19:59
Send us Fan Mail Handing someone the keys to your car after knowing them for a month sounds like a boundary nightmare. Yet that exact image exposes the core idea we explore…
Jul 22, 2026 · 23:30
Send us Fan Mail Stadium lights, smoke machines, huge crowds, a polished set you can only consume. Now swap that for a living-room circle where there’s no stage, no performance…
Jul 16, 2026 · 1:34
Send us Fan Mail Hi friends, we are still preparing for our Live Virtual Guided Meditation Retreat scheduled for July 18 & 19th 2026 . If you haven’t registered yet, there are…
Jul 12, 2026 · 1:31
Send us Fan Mail Life has a way of pulling us in a hundred different directions. We stay connected to our phones, our schedules, and our responsibilities—but often lose…
Jul 5, 2026 · 19:51
Send us Fan Mail What changes when worship loses the crowd, the stage, and the subtle pressure to look “spiritual”? We explore a virtual retreat design that trades room energy…
Jul 3, 2026 · 5:47
Send us Fan Mail Freedom is not a dramatic leap you work up the courage to make. It is a daily way of walking, and when we learn to walk in it, we become more alive, more steady,…
Jul 2, 2026 · 5:25
Send us Fan Mail Freedom isn’t just a feeling we hope shows up someday. We can practice it today, right in the middle of uncertainty, by taking one clear step of faith even when…
Jul 1, 2026 · 5:43
Send us Fan Mail One stubborn thought can quietly run your whole day: I can’t, I’m stuck, nothing will change, God won’t come through. We slow down and face that inner script…
Jun 30, 2026 · 5:39
Send us Fan Mail Fear can feel responsible, even protective, but it quietly steals trust and drains peace. Pastor Robert Young leads a short, focused spiritual reset that starts…
Jun 29, 2026 · 5:59
Send us Fan Mail Freedom doesn’t always start with a dramatic breakthrough. Sometimes it starts with a quiet moment of awareness, when we finally notice the thought patterns…
Jun 28, 2026 · 24:21
Send us Fan Mail You can have a full tank, a powerful engine, and a clear highway and still feel stuck at 40 mph. That’s what limiting beliefs do: they behave like an invisible…
Jun 21, 2026 · 8:34
Send us Fan Mail Father’s Day can hit nerves you didn’t expect. Maybe you feel thankful for a dad who showed up, or maybe you’re carrying the ache of absence, distance, harsh…
Jun 19, 2026 · 7:32
Send us Fan Mail Running on 1% battery with twenty apps open feels normal now, and that’s the problem. We talk about the quiet contradiction many of us live with: we treat…
Jun 18, 2026 · 9:12
Send us Fan Mail Sweeping dirt under the rug works for surprise guests, but it quietly ruins a home and it does the same thing to your inner life. We get honest about the…
Jun 17, 2026 · 21:12
Send us Fan Mail Now is your time to simply listen to God's prompting on your heart as you listen to familiar music from our Guided Meditations. God wants to speak to your heart…
Jun 17, 2026 · 1:14
Send us Fan Mail Summer is full of movement—vacations, plans, and noise. But what if this July, you paused… just for a moment? 🌿The Virtual Guided Meditation Retreat is your…
Jun 17, 2026 · 7:16
Send us Fan Mail One lonely thought can snowball into a crisis when it only has your own walls to bounce off. We dig into Pastor Young’s idea that isolation creates an emotional…
Jun 16, 2026 · 6:57
Send us Fan Mail Panic has a way of hijacking your direction. One scary thought turns into ten, your body goes into overdrive, and you end up reacting instead of choosing. We…
Jun 15, 2026 · 7:27
Send us Fan Mail Silence can feel like the last thing you need when life is loud, but the noise might be the very thing keeping you stuck. We are Dan and Sheila, Pastor Young’s…
Jun 14, 2026 · 14:16
Send us Fan Mail We’ve been taught to equate spiritual maturity with calm detachment, but that story collapses the moment you pay attention to Jesus. He doesn’t model emotional…
Jun 12, 2026 · 5:38
Send us Fan Mail Loneliness can make the world feel smaller and God feel far away. We begin with one of the rawest lines in Scripture, Matthew 27:46, where Jesus cries, “My God,…
Jun 11, 2026 · 5:57
Send us Fan Mail Jesus marvels. That single word can undo a lot of our assumptions about what God is like. If you’ve ever pictured Jesus as calm but distant, steady but unmoved,…
Jun 10, 2026 · 5:30
Send us Fan Mail Some tiredness comes from doing too much. Another kind comes from being misunderstood, carrying feelings you can’t quite translate, or realizing people don’t…
Jun 9, 2026 · 5:45
Send us Fan Mail Jesus gets angry in Mark 3:5 and that single line can unsettle a lot of us. We’re often taught that anger equals failure, immaturity, or sin, yet the Gospel…
Jun 8, 2026 · 5:45
Send us Fan Mail Jesus doesn’t rush past sorrow. He doesn’t hide his grief, spin it, or keep a stiff upper lip for the crowd. He weeps and that single, honest act can change how…
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