DAY 26: IS MEDITATION OKAY? [4 of 4] What if we just call it “contemplative prayer,” as practiced in some Christian Churches today? You may think Hindu meditation is able to entice the secular world but can’t snooker Christians. Unfortunately, it’s been in the Church for years! In the Christian Church, Hindu evangelizing would not have been able to get away with its real name: “Eastern transcendental meditation.” Instead, they Christianized it, which is the devil’s same old method of repackaging false teachings (lies). This time they did so using “Christianese” to dupe Christians into thinking the idea came from God. Meditation in the Church was disguised as “contemplative prayer.” Though it says, “prayer,” it is not from God. Still, that lie has created one of the fastest growing practices in the American Church today—plain old pagan meditation. And anyone who pushes meditation far enough will have a spiritual encounter, but it won’t be with the Spirit of God. The Bible instructs us to pray with our minds. We do contemplate (think deeply) while having a real conversation with God, but that’s not what is meant by the term “contemplative prayer.” It is nothing like Christian prayer to God as this quote explains: “Contemplative prayer has slowly increased in practice and popularity along with rise of the emerging church movement—a movement which embraces many unscriptural ideas and practices.” Eastern meditation has been labeled as contemplative prayer to infiltrate churches by claiming you will have a genuine encounter with God. Again, you eventually will connect with something, but it will not be the Spirit of God. Instead, it will be a demonic spirit that you do not want to welcome into your life.