A Meditation on How Every Good and Perfect Gift Comes From God in James 1:16-17

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can stop, break through all the distractions, and bodily experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination. 


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James 1:16-17 NIV

“Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.”


Genesis 1:16 NIV

“God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.”


Psalm 136:1 NIV

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.


Psalm 136:7-9 NIV

7 Who made the great lights— His love endures forever.

8 the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.

9 the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.


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