We dwell in a very polluted world, and we breathe in many unhealthy things every day. Often, by watching television or listening to music, we breathe in foul things from our world’s culture. Spending time around certain people who are poor influences, we take in polluted ideas. We need to exhale the pollution of sin, and inhale the goodness of God’s forgiveness and grace.<\/p>\n
When you sin by committing a deliberate act of disobedience, spiritual breathing restores the fullness of God’s Holy Spirit in your life. It is an exercise in faith that enables you to continue to experience God’s love and forgiveness in your life. Spiritual breathing is simply exhaling the impure and inhaling the pure. Here is how it works:<\/p>\n
Exhale: Confess your sin – agree with God concerning your sin and thank Him for His forgiveness of it, according to 1 John 1:9. Confession involves repentance – a change in attitude and action.<\/p>\n
Inhale: Surrender the control of your life to Christ, and appropriate (recieve) the fullness of the Holy Spirit by faith. Trust that He now directs and empowers you according to the command of Ephesians 5:18 and the promise of 1 John 5:14, 15.<\/p>\n
— Excerpt from First Love: Renewing Your Passion for God – Bill Bright <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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