I love how you shared how that one verse is one that you’ve clung to so much and is one you’ve memorized.

Such an experience of prayer supports Paul’s admonition to pray without ceasing and fits with the simplicity of Breath Prayer. When you’re feeling overwhelmed by the weight of the world, take a breath and say, “Lord, I need you.The doctors came in, and different things happened, but I found myself in those next few weeks as we were in the hospital, I’d walk the halls and breathe slowly and pray those, that one breath prayer.

Using a biblical truth or a verse from a hymn as a breath prayer is a meditation that God finds sweet and acceptable (Psalm 19: 14) and brings us into communion with him. Carrie: And I love that you and other people we’ve talked to are trying to de-stigmatize going to therapy and taking medication as a Christian like it’s okay. There are some traditional breath prayers used by some in the church such as, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me,” based on Mark 10:47.

I can choose to breathe rapidly and shallowly or slow my breathing and breathe deep and slow if I want to if I focus on it and intentionally do that. Whatever you want to pray in whatever pattern is helpful for you, breath prayers are a tool to help enhance your prayer life. Will you please share the story of how you discovered the practice of breath prayer and also just what it is? When the role of unconscious, and therefore involuntary, physiological responses are unknown, shame often berates a person for her/his response to the traumatizing pain and fear. Still, it’s been a simple way for me to come to the Lord in a very raw posture, to cry out to Him, and to notice the sweetness of His presence with me.