Breath Prayers: An Ancient Christian Antidote to Anxiety

[@user-on7zd8yi8g]

Wow, I just found this. I’ve been repeating the phrase “The Lord is my shepherd” over and over at night when I can’t sleep and my thoughts are all over the place. I will try these breath prayers during the daytime now!

[@alekm.9616]

Christ is Risen. I am having an anxiety attack and this literally is helping to stop it. May God continue to bless you and his light to shine upon you!

[@chrishatch1008]

Anxiety is terrible. I hope this prayer is still helping you.

[@Joyfulmagpie]

Thank you for your example of how to do a "breath prayer." Our study group is reading "Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools", and the second chapter encourages this practice. I'm definitely going to try to incorporate it into my day.

[@yellowmama89]

This video is so good! I love how you explain with context and scripture. It's so important and still relevant although this video was made 4 years ago. Breath prayers are a brilliant practice. It's great to have the mindset that we are breathing in the word 🙌🏽. Mental health is running rampant. Romans 12 talk about renewing the mind It's so incredibly important so we can have freedom and grow in our focus and relationship with God. My therapist suggesting breathing exercises so I looked up this topic of breathing with God. Thank you for this video it is spot on.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jessicaharvey8785]

My therapist suggested breath prayers and I was looking for how to start thanks for this information

[@hiall6899]

Praying with every breath....is the best thing a Christian can do!

[@CzechJamie]

Thank you. I need this. Hope deferred makes the heart sick. But, God told us to meditate on His Word. Thank you.

[@pilgrimcarolee7294]

Read "The Way Of The Pilgrim ". It explains the Jesus Prayer in full.

[@GospelSimplicity]

I have! Great book

[@akivaelhart1011]

I love breath prayer! The verse you shared Psalm 131:2 works really well as a breath prayer in Hebrew too - "im lo shiviti / ve'domamti nafshi" ("indeed I have calmed / and quieted my soul").

[@GospelSimplicity]

Alan Elhart that’s so cool! Thanks for sharing that!

[@spych102]

Thank you, as someone who finds it difficult to pray sometimes you have shown me a rhythmical framework that really helps.

[@GospelSimplicity]

I'm so glad to hear that!

[@alyderuby2480]

OMG I literally shed tears in this 2-minute prayer. 😭

[@GospelSimplicity]

Wow! I’m so glad it was impactful for you!

[@TaiEast7]

Absolutely love breath prayers with Scripture!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@ErickMiguelPoaty]

Job 33:4 “The Spirit of God has made me and the BREATH of the Almighty gives me life” recently the Holy Spirit spoke to me about breathing prayer! Thank you for this confirmation.

[@doloresreinhard3856]

Me too!! In February of this year..that’s why I’m here ..

[@lightoftabor]

Glory be to God 🙏☦️🙏

[@OutOfTheAether]

Thank you for trying to ease the older generation back into remembering the many spiritual practices that they were at some point walled off from learning about.

[@GospelSimplicity]

It's my pleasure! I think recovering some of these practices can have profound impact on our lives

[@miriam4091]

I pray the Jesus Prayer daily with my prayer rope and many times throughout the day while quietly doing my chores and find it very uplifting both in waking and sleeping hours. I love to pray with Scriptures and will use your suggestion of breathing prayer with a Scripture verse. Lovely scenery in your video; I was waiting for Jesus to come walking out of the mountains! God bless.....

[@GospelSimplicity]

I love that!

[@auradiana]

wow! awesome, you will either transform evangelical Christianity or become frustrated by your peers who dont get you to become a practical Mystic (which you are talking and sounding like). All the best, this was wonderful! I am a Catholic following the Mystical tradition and this was very comforting.

[@TheLadydee1st]

Wow, just found this, and did the practice. What a blessing, and, a life changer. Thank you for letting the Lord use you! I will be incorporating this into my life! God bless!❤

[@googlechat7226]

That's awesome thank you so much God bless you ❤❤

[@Highdesertqueenie]

❤thank you for this gift.

[@ochukoesidje4663]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I think I found some thing I was looking for.

[@davispatch]

Thanks, great explanation and something to add to my prayer life.

[@kimberly27285]

I never heard of this before but I already love it so much. Thank you for sharing.

[@GospelSimplicity]

I'm so glad!

[@Jordan-hz1wr]

I am on board with doing literally ANYTHING the desert fathers did. The most holy of all the fathers/mothers.

[@susannalim5144]

Thank you!! I was really looking for a video on breath prayers and this was it! God bless!

[@auradiana]

never apologize for history lessons or rich vocabulary, you are intelligent, those that arent will complain but they can do the heavy lifting, research and be motivated to know more or tune out. The right audience appreciates the nerdy stuff...which is not really nerdy ...(its what we have been called by lazier minds). Blessings. LOVE THIS VIDEO!

[@bonniejohnstone]

I enjoyed listening to this again. I taught my little grandchildren to sing the Jesus Prayer. It is sweet to hear them spontaneously sing as they play or do chores. The lyric’s for them are ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on me a sinner. Mercy is help… “Jesus Help Me!” (Something I need all the time)

[@bennycolaco2262]

I liked it something new I learnt in my life.

[@wendyfinlan1151]

Thank you, love it!

[@LinguaMami]

Thank you for this video! I love your energy, and passion for Jesus. So happy to have found your channel 🙏🏽

[@barbarahowell5492]

Thanks again Austin Amen. Very needed in these days.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Barbara Howell it’s my pleasure, Barbara! I appreciate you keeping up with and engaging with my videos. It means a lot!

[@albertaowusu3536]

Lord Jesus Christ Son of The Living God, Have mercy on me a poor dinner for deepest inhalation and exhalation. Or just Jesus, Mercy. And anywhere in between.✝️✝️✝️

[@thisearlyview]

Thank you so much for this video! I love this!

[@GospelSimplicity]

My pleasure!

[@joannhacker9120]

My son and me did a zoom this week with an Orthodox priest and he led us through this type of prayer. He sent us information but I will have to read it today. Thank you for this.

[@GospelSimplicity]

That’s wonderful!

[@sammisaylor2173]

Thank you, my spine is crooked and I found this

[@mikkis668]

Good stuff! I do the Jesus prayer, sometimes combined with the Apostles Creed, before doing the liturgy of the hours or lectio divina. Calming down my breathing and hectic mind, hinders me from just quickly reading through the prayers just so I get'em done.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Mikki S glad you liked it! Combining the Jesus prayer with the Creed is a really neat idea. I might have to try that!

[@mikkis668]

@@GospelSimplicity Thank you for your kindness. I pray the Creed in a normal slow tempo, not synced with my breathing. I use a Orthodox 33 knot bracelet. It starts with a pearl (=Creed), followed by 16 knots (=Jesus prayer), then a cross (=Our Father), and 17 more knots (=Jesus Prayer) and you're back to the pearl (= prayers for my familly or the task at hand).

[@GospelSimplicity]

Mikki S it’s my pleasure. I really like that

[@curlyhead94]

I tend to go straight for the Jesus Prayer so I've never thought of using Bible verses but I absolutely love that idea - I'm going to give that a go, thank you :)

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad that this gave you a new idea! Hope you enjoy it

[@mjwontstop]

Thank you

[@brncandelaria]

Hi, Austin. Please don't stop making videos. They help me a lot! Thank you

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thank you so much for your encouragement, Brian! It’s truly my pleasure

[@CezzyHaag]

I do love the Jesus prayer. Have you tried the Devine mercy chaplet? It's not a breath prayer, but another type of meditative prayer and I think you'll really like it. I got into it, because I'm a protestant turning catholic. Eventhough I now do believe that asking Mary to pray for us is a good thing, the rosary still feels strange and conflicting, but I love the meditative aspect of it. In the Devine mercy chaplet I found a great alternative. It only has one Hail Mary, but you can just skip that part. ;)

[@GospelSimplicity]

I haven’t tried that. I’ll check it out! I really appreciate you passing that along!

[@gabriel.stcharles]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5WaZaWZistjm9k I too had questions about Mary, but this video really helped.

[@pilgrimcarolee7294]

Yes, the Devine Mercy Chap let is another but The Jesus Prayer is different than all others. You would have to read The Way Of The Pilgrim, will tell you everything about the benefits of the Jesus Prayer!

[@ShatteredRippleBooks]

Thanks for sharing I have extremely bad anxiety so I will definitely try this.

[@GospelSimplicity]

I hope it helps!

[@skyemanion947]

Will you do a longer version of the breath prayer?

[@sollgp8492]

Muchas gracias por este gran compartir!! Pd: La parte histórica me fue de ayuda y fue interesante

[@GospelSimplicity]

De nada!

[@jesuschristbiblebiblestudy]

Amen

[@GospelSimplicity]

Jesus Christ, Bible, Bible study thanks for your continued support!

[@emmaff5]

Love this! I hadn’t heard of breath prayer until now I love it :)

[@GospelSimplicity]

Emma m Glad you enjoy it! I only heard of it in the past year, and I’ve found it to be a really great practice for my life

[@emmaff5]

Gospel Simplicity that awesome!

[@pyushjoshifanclub7135]

Great!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thank you!

[@jennymallin9404]

This is beautiful,Hi recently feel compelled to start teaching kids yoga, I am in a part of the US considered to be the Bible belt, I am a Christian, and I am offering a class for Bible affirmation for kids and this helps me explain it to the parents in a much broader way thank you very much

[@LinguaMami]

Where are you? Im inSC. Id love to get my kids involved if possible. Can you post more info?

[@jennymallin9404]

@@LinguaMami I am in Florida, on the Emerald Coast - Destin area , if anyone comes this way to visit I do classes for our vacationing guests as well, Search kidding around yoga online and they will have a directories of teachers near you also they offer some wonderful training to become a kids yoga teacher. www.jennymallinoils.com/yoga-for-children

[@LinguaMami]

@@jennymallin9404 awesome, thank you jenny! I actually grew up vacationing there-grew up in Bham. Its heaven on earth! I would love to connect with you whenever we’re down that way.

[@jennymallin9404]

@@LinguaMami that would be wonderful - you can connect with me via www.jennymallinoils.com/yoga-for-children

[@duckmeat4674]

Why, as a Christian, do you teach yoga, a form of Hindu worship for kids?

[@julies570]

What about doing breathwork in the context of yoga such as Sky breath or any Holotropic breathing? Is it ok for a Christian to practice breathing like that? Im looking into it for releasing emotions as i sudder from anxiety and depression and they say it offers excellent help for that and its backed up by studies in Yale and Harvard etc! What do you think? I don't want to get mixed up in new age but i need to let thheee emotions out. Pray for me and let me know your thoughts please!! Thanks so much ❤

[@jackieparry4259]

Brilliant!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks!

[@miriam4091]

Just to add - many people are not aware that the Jesus Prayer - "Jesus have mercy on me a sinner" comes from the Bible Story you mentioned. The breathing during prayer is to relax, but also acquire a rythm that brings one into a more meaningful intention - like a mantra.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks!

[@adamhorstman3398]

What's the soundtrack/video you're using here for the exercise? It's beautiful!

[@GospelSimplicity]

In the description :)

[@ronnasnyder]

"And God breathed into Adam the 'breath of life', and Adam became a living being...." Breath is SO important to God that if you research the meaning of the word "Spirit" (as in Holy Spirit) it means breath. Recently read a great illustration that even a new-born infant's FIRST breath is a gasp in... as if saying a single syllable, "Yah"....and a huge exhale or even cry that feels in the mouth an awful lot like the syllable "Weh". The writer's point was that an infant's first breath literally utters YahWeh....another name for God. Try saying YahWeh internally and you'll see what the writer was alluding to.

[@user-on7zd8yi8g]

I love that! 🥰 Yah Weh, that sounds like a great breath prayer !

[@Grace8381]

I believe the breathing and recitation happen simultaneously. Great video ☺️.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Correct

[@thomaswhite8822]

Check out Patrick Lenk. His music is great to listen to while playing. I listen to his Kytie while saying my Office. It helps me center myself and focus on the readings.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks!

[@Shardalon]

I'm confused, do you actually say the scripture? Or do you simply think it? Because early in the video I thought you said you think the scripture, but in the how to, you kept saying it.

[@michaelnaughton400]

“To be deep in history is to cease to be protestant.” ~John Henry Newman Clearly not for this guy lol No, but seriously I’m surprised being so knowledgeable in ancient traditions hasn’t effected your faith.

[@jcentricity]

Breath prayer is not biblical and draws from Christian mystics aka Apostate forms of Christianity. Breath prayer gateway to Yoga / Pilates = Paganism stay away from breath prayer exercise

[@ptah4611]

This is Jewish

[@duckmeat4674]

No