Welcome to today's practice.
Find a comfortable position.
You may want to stand with your feet apart or sit in a place where your back is supported or lie on the ground.
Become aware of your breath as it flows from your lungs out through your nose and your lips.
Place your hand on your stomach to help you focus on your breath if that helps.
In today's practice we're going to use what is called a breath prayer.
I know that some people often use the word Jesus as in go G ZUS and then inhale on the G and exhale on the longer ZUS.
But what I found is that I prefer using the breath prayer Yahweh.
In the Hebrew the Yahweh actually is never really spoken because it is more like a breath like an inhale and an exhale.
So practice with me as we go.
As we go.
As you settle into this rhythm take note of what you experience.
We invite Holy Spirit to fill this space as we do this breath prayer.
And as we start I call your own human spirit to the front through the blood of Jesus Christ to enjoy this time of prayer and healing.
This is a welcoming and a safe space.
A space where you can feel the love and experience a connection with your Creator.
In the business of everyday life it is so easy to forget that we are loved.
In fact that you are deeply loved.
And I want to take you back to the beginning even before the beginning of the earth.
In Genesis 1 it tells us that the Spirit of the Lord hovered over the chaos over this water.
And it's almost like this incubation.
So as you are inhaling and exhaling I want you to just picture the Holy Spirit also hovering over you in this moment.
As human beings we are three quarters water.
70% of your body is made up of water.
And today you may be feeling a bit restless.
So I want you to picture the Holy Spirit hovering over your body.
Hovering over the waters in your body and allowing him to minister to you in this moment as we continue with our breath prayer.
As you settle in your normal pattern of breathing I want to take you back to that Genesis story where it says that God created man and woman.
We see this picture of God the Almighty breathing his breath of life into Adam.
And I want to encourage you to see in your mind's eye this picture of you as well at the beginning of your life where God breathes his life into you.
His very breath.
His breathing into you.
Experience the love of God filling your entire being.
Experience Jesus Christ touching your heart in this moment.
Any place in your heart where you feel lonely.
Where there is an emptiness.
I want to encourage you Spirit to open up and to allow God to minister his love to you.
Because as you see in this moment your very own creator came so close to you.
He had to come near you like face to face to breathe life into you.
So in this very moment I encourage you to accept this breath of life.
To fully just relax and allow your being to be filled with the love of God himself.
As we read in Jeremiah 29 verse 11 this is what he says over you today.
He says,
For I know the thoughts that I think towards you,
Says the Lord,
Thoughts of peace and not of evil,
To give you a future and a hope.
Then you will call upon me and go and pray to me and I will listen to you.
What do you see in your spirit?
What do you hear?
In closing I'm doing this simple prayer where I just say Lord we thank you for your love and for your mercy and your kindness and that you created this world out of an overflow of your love.
Thank you that you would like us to be part of your family.
Thank you for your love and that you say that the good work that you have started in us you will complete.
Amen.
