Guided Prayer - Seeds of PEACE

Take a slow breath in and release. Again. One more deep, steady breath. Now pause and receive these words: "Your peace is not fragile, nor is it fleeting. Your peace is anchored in the eternal."

This meditation guides you through a sacred journey where breath and prayer intertwine, creating space for divine peace to dwell. Drawing from Jesus' words—who calmed storms with "Peace, be still" and promised "My peace I give to you"—we explore peace not as the absence of conflict but as the active presence of God dwelling within us.

Through gentle rhythmic breathing paired with the prayer "Peace of Christ fill me, Peace of Christ flow through me," you'll experience how your body becomes a vessel for tranquility. But this practice extends beyond personal serenity. As the meditation deepens, you're invited to visualize this peace expanding outward—embracing family, neighbors, the forgotten, and places of conflict. The profound truth emerges: "In Christ, we are one body, one spirit, one life in God. Your peace is their peace. Their peace is your peace."

The saints and mystics have long understood that authentic peace transforms us from mere recipients into channels of divine presence. By the end of these ten minutes, you'll carry with you not just momentary calm but an enduring invitation to live as a peacemaker—anchored in God, witness to the Spirit, and a blessing for our troubled world. Join us in this sacred breathing space where every inhale becomes a prayer and every exhale becomes a seed of peace.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Beloved welcome.
Take a slow breath in and letit go Again.
Gently inhale and release andrelease.

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One more deep, steady breathand exhale.
Beloved you are held in the loveof God.
Beloved you are held in thelove of God.

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Your peace is not fragile, noris it fleeting.
Your peace is anchored in theeternal, in the one who still

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blessed are the peacemakers, forthey will be called children of
God.
And again, when the winds ragedand the seas roared, jesus

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stood and said peace, be still.
And the storm grew quiet.
Let these words of comfort flowinto your heart like living
water.
Beloved, you are called intothis same peace, not only to

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receive it but to become it.
With your inhale, pray silently, peace of Christ fill me.
And with your exhale, pray,peace of Christ flow through me.

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Inhale Peace of Christ fill me.
Exhale Peace of Christ flow,fill me.
Exhale.
Peace of Christ flow through me.

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Continue this rhythm, breath andprayer woven together.
Every breath becomes a prayerand every prayer becomes a seed

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of peace Beloved.
To live the way of Jesus is towalk in this world as a
peacemaker.
The saints and mystics havetaught us peace is not the
absence of conflict, but thepresence of God dwelling within
us.
Now picture the peace of Christas a gentle light within your

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chest, steady and unwavering.
The words of Jesus anchoring usin divine promise.
I leave the gift of peace withyou, my peace, not the kind of

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fragile peace given by the world, but my own, perfect peace.
Don't yield to fear or betroubled in your hearts.
Instead be courageous.

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Peace that does not flickerwith fear.
Peace that does not flickerwith fear.
Peace that does not vanish withanger.
True peace, anchored deep inthe love of God.
Peace beneath every storm,beneath every shadow.
Let this peace expand now,filling your whole being with

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calm, with stillness and withlove.

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And now beloved.
Imagine this peace movingoutward, beyond yourself, beyond
these walls, flowing from youinto your family, into your

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neighbors and into the wholeearth, and into the whole earth.
See this peace embrace theweary, the brokenhearted, the

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forgotten.
See this peace soften theplaces of conflict and division.
You are not separate from anyperson In Christ.

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We are one body, one spirit,one life in God.
Your peace is their peace.

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Their peace is your peace.
Gently whisper with me.
Peace of Christ dwell in me.
Peace of Christ dwell in all.
Peace of Christ dwell in theworld.

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As the saints often prayed insilence, as the cloud of
unknowing covered them in divinelove.
Let this become a holy rhythmwithin your heart.
Peace of Christ dwell in me.

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Peace of Christ dwell in all.

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Peace of Christ dwell in theworld.
Beloved, return now to yourbreath, slow, steady, calm.
Feel your body supported andyour spirit at rest.

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Hear again the blessing of ourJesus.
Peace I leave with you, mypeace I give to you.
Carry this peace with you today, anchored in God, witness to

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the Spirit, a blessing for theworld.
Go now, beloved child of God,bearer of peace, go in stillness
, go in love, go in God.