Hi everyone and welcome to a time of being still and being loved. My name is

Elisa Keaton. Go ahead and take some time to find yourself seated in a supportive chair,

comfortable yet supportive, or if you would prefer,

you could go ahead and lay on your back.

Begin to breathe, inhaling perhaps for the count of five

and exhaling for the count of five.

Today we're going to create a container. Now this is a container of your choosing.

What it looks like, what it feels like, it's up to you.

The purpose of this container is that when trouble comes,

because Jesus tells us in this world we will have it

that when you begin to notice your body

having shortness of breath or the tension in your face, your shoulders, raise,

right? The things of this world that will steal our peace and try to threaten our

authority that we have in Christ, that when that moment comes you'll be able to notice it, breathe, and become aware that this is something

that needs submission to Christ.

And you can take that feeling, that emotion,

that charge of energy in your body that is disrupting your peace and your authority.

And you can take your hands in the spirit and lift that problem out of you and place it into the

container. As you do that, you are handing it over to God who cares for you.

So right now as you take a breath, inhale for five, and exhale for five.

Holy Spirit, we welcome you here. We desire to be well in mind and body, in emotion and in will.

God, we realize that we need your ever present presence with us.

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