Breathing: The Jesus Prayer
EncounterPodcast
Drew Dickens
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🗓️ 12 October 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In the New Testament, Pneuma is the Greek word for the breath of God. It means Spirit and wind.
"And God breathed on me and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. God breathes out all Scripture. He gives me life and breath and everything." (John 20; 2 Tim 3; Acts 17)
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| 0:00.0 | In the New Testament, the word Numa is the Greek word for the breath of God. |
| 0:13.1 | It means Spirit. |
| 0:20.3 | And God breathed on me and said, receive the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:28.2 | And it breathes out all Scripture. |
| 0:32.4 | He gives me life and breath and everything. |
| 0:42.2 | To begin your meditation in breathing in the very breath of God, I want you to find a place |
| 0:49.2 | to be comfortable, alone, quiet, and still. |
| 0:58.9 | We will be together for about 15 minutes. |
| 1:17.5 | For now, let me pray a blessing over you that the Holy Father breathes into you. |
| 1:25.0 | That the Numa, the Holy Spirit, fills and abides within you. |
| 1:31.6 | That the Holy Son gives you life and breath and everything. |
| 1:39.4 | May you have faith that God supply you with the fullness of life and power that comes from |
| 1:46.2 | him in this very moment. |
| 1:50.2 | So encounter him now by your breathing and may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with |
| 1:57.5 | you. |
| 1:58.5 | Amen. |
| 2:15.7 | So take this moment to settle deep into wherever you are and prepare yourself to encounter |
| 2:22.7 | God as you breathe. |
| 2:26.4 | Just sit comfortably now. |
| 2:28.7 | Begin to relax your eyes into a soft gaze. |
| 2:34.5 | Come aware of the Holy Father, the Spirit, and the Son present in and around you. |
| 3:04.5 | And now start to become even more intentionally aware of the Father, alert to His Spirit and |
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