Christian traditions have various practices, which might be identified as forms of "meditation." Many of these are monastic practices. Some types of prayer, such as the rosary and Adoration in Catholicism or the hesychasm in Eastern Orthodoxy, may be compared to the form of Eastern meditation that focuses on an individual object.

Christian meditation is considered a form of prayer. Primarily using the intellect, through the contemplation of the divine mysteries makes some Christian prayer. However, Christian prayer or meditation through the heart is a practice towards Theosis, which involves acquiring an inner stillness and ignoring the physical senses.

According to the Old Testament book of Joshua, a form of meditation is to meditate on scriptures. This is one of the reasons why bible verse memory is a practice among many evangelical Christians. "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it, then you will be prosperous and successful." (Joshua 1:8)