A most unusual thing happened to me today. After a two hour business meeting with about thirty fellow brokers, one sweet woman came up to me. She had trouble getting out the words, we knew each other from exchanges on our online group forum and I knew she was Christian from her bold expression of faith on the business forum. She said, “I’m demonized. I haven’t been coming for two years because I’m demonized. Will you pray for me?” Her directness so touched me with her suffering. We found a quiet conference room. And she shared for three years she has been hearing demonic voices in her mind. She also felt prickles on her skin from demons. And many times she couldn’t breathe and was short of breath. I confirmed her faith in Christ and knew the church she went to. I confirmed she knew she was fully forgiven in Jesus and not feeling guilt. She was truly afflicted by the enemy.
So I asked if I might lay hands on her, including her head,
and she smiled weakly and said yes. I
prayed for her and took authority over the enemy and told him to leave. And I invited in the fullness of the Lord’s
Spirit for healing with a hedge of protection around her. But afterwards I realized I needed to teach
her what I learned over the years, what many have called, “practicing the
Presence of God.” This sweet lady didn’t
know she had inside what would make the enemy flee, the fullness and peace of
Jesus’ Spirit in her.
So I led her in the meditation below for about 40 minutes
continuously. I felt I had to remain with
her as long as she needed and support her emotionally and spiritually while she
learned to breathe in of His Spirit. I
held both her hands gently all the time so she would have a physical connection
to someone who cared. Early in the
exercise I affirmed she was a loved child of God, that she had the mind of
Christ, and other affirmations of who she was in Christ. These affirmations I would gently intersperse
in my ongoing leading of her by saying, “I, [her name], breathe in His
Ruach. I breathe out. I, [her name], breathe in His Ruach. I breathe out. I, [her name], breathe in His Ruach. I breathe out.” As I stated some of the affirmations about
who she was in Christ, there were many times she cried very bitter and heavy tears
of remembering her past pain and affliction.
But after about 10 minutes I stopped the affirmations and just lead her
in breathing of His Spirit, and the tears largely dried up and peace visibly
grew in her over the remaining 30 minutes.
Her breaths became deeper and less forced. At the end, through still damp eyes, she had
a gentle smile, her face was relaxed, her breathing much more at ease, and she
said she had peace. I explained this spiritual
meditation and healing would be a process, not overnight, but it would strengthen
her spiritual muscles and her peace would increase through daily practice,
ideally a few times a day.
Because this event was so unusual for me given the context
of a business meeting and given she was so transformed after our time together –
I credit the Lord completely for His inspiration in me of how to lead her in
this meditation – I thought I would share for anyone else who might be
suffering from affliction or lack of peace.
My email to the sweet lady today after our time together
this morning:
I wanted to write you so that you have this spiritual
meditation and spiritual exercise to do every time you feel tightness or
affliction. Please try to do what we did
today at least twice a day for 15 to 30 minutes each session. Over time your “spiritual muscles” will grow,
you will become more and more calm in His peace, this spiritual meditation and
exercise will become easier and easier.
You will become thirsty, wanting to breathe in and drink in of His
Ruach, His Spirit. You will be
transformed by this spiritual meditation and spiritual exercise as you do it
every day, at least two or three times a day.
It may not always be easy, but – through His Ruach in you, you breathing
Him in – you will feel the increasing peace of His Ruach. And the peace of His Ruach as you breathe Him
in is where your quiet confidence and steady, calm peace against affliction and
trouble rests.
I love you, please let me know in a couple weeks how you are
doing or call me for any other reason.
BREATHING IN JESUS’ RUACH (SPIRIT)
Go to a place where you are comfortable and sit. Close your eyes. Don’t worry about what thoughts might swirl
or flow, just let them show up but pass away.
Focus instead on breathing in Jesus’s Ruach, His Spirit. Breathe
in, breathe in His Ruach. Breathe
out. Breathe in His Ruach. Breathe out.
Breathe in His Ruach. Breathe
out. Keep breathing in and out several
times. Then, after several times,
breathe even more of His Ruach into your mind and also into your belly so the
breath, His Ruach, is not just in your chest and heart but also flows into your
mind and into your belly. Stretch a
little to fill yourself more with His Ruach.
Breathe His Ruach into your mind and breathe His Ruach into your belly
as well as flowing into your chest and heart.
Don’t work too hard or feel stressed.
Just a gentle stretch and expansion as you breathe in Jesus’ Ruach, then
breathe out. You don’t need to
think. You don’t need to judge any
thoughts. Just relax and keep breathing
in His Ruach and breathing out. The more
you over and over and over breathe in His Ruach, the more you will eventually
relax with His peace. Breathe in His
Ruach. Breathe out. I, [your name], breathe in His Ruach. I breathe out. I, [your name], breathe in His Ruach. I breathe out. I, [your name], breathe in His Ruach. I breathe out.
Ruach HaKodesh means Holy Spirit in Hebrew
[Jesus said,] “But
the Counselor, the Ruach HaKodesh, whom the Father will send in my name, will
teach you everything; that is, He will remind you of everything I have said to
you. What I am leaving with you is
shalom [peace] — I am giving you My shalom. I don’t give the way the world
gives. Don’t let yourselves be upset or frightened.” John 14:26-27 (Complete
Jewish Bible)
[Jesus] having said
this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Ruach HaKodesh” John
20:22 (Complete Jewish Bible)
