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How many more breaths do I have on this earth? I made a comment to one of my children the other day, and it got me to thinking. I said, \u201cI\u2019m tired of wasting my breath. I keep asking you to do the same thing every day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Indeed, I do believe I am wasting my breath talking to him yet again about that messy room but that\u2019s a story for another day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I do believe that our breaths are numbered. If God has numbered the hairs on our heads and knows when we lose one single strand, he who’s given every snowflake a unique symmetrical design, he who causes the sun to rise and set every single day\u2026yes he knows how many breaths each of us will take on this earth. And while I am here I want my breaths to count. Surely I do not want to waste my last breath.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He breathed into our nostrils the breath of life. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Every inhalation and every exhalation is a gift.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We inhale, our lungs fill up and little hairs, cilia keep dirt, mucus, and bacteria from invading our bodies. Oxygen in the air is taken into the lungs then carried through the blood to your cells. Every single cell in the body needs a continuous supply of oxygen and breathing supplies that need. Then we breathe out waste.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By the age of 80 you will have breathed nearly 600 million breaths. Just imagine\u2026600 million breaths. Something we do so mindlessly. Something we take for granted. Something we put so little effort in. But God shows us that great and mighty things occur when he breathes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit.\u201d John 20:22<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. Also He said to me, \u201cProphesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, \u2018Thus says the Lord God: \u201cCome from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.\u201d\u2019\u201d So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. Ezekiel 37:8-10<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n He has breathed these very things into you. But what filter is His fresh wind coming through?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is your filter like this cabin air filter?<\/p>\n It cleans the air that comes into the interior of your vehicle. It catches dust, pollen, debris and other airborne material. It is recommended that it\u2019s replaced every 12,000-15,000 miles but many have gone YEARS without changing it. You may even have some signs that the cabin air filter needs changing: smelly musty air, reduced airflow and noise.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When we breathe in God, we breathe in fresh wind, not recycled, stale cabin air but life giving air. He supplies the fresh wind and he\u2019s equipped us to take that fresh wind, filter it and use it to oxygenate our lives.<\/p>\nHe breathes LIFE<\/h3>\n
He breathes SPIRIT<\/h3>\n
He breathes RESURRECTION<\/h3>\n
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