There are multiple ways to pray, but a helpful method for myself are breathing exercises that help you get into a rhythm of both accepting one thing (inhaling) while letting go of another (exhaling). Asking God our father and the Holy Spirit for help during these exercises are especially important. This is an expansion of a advice touched on in a previous article, which we’ll include here including other helpful ones.
Ritual: Setting the Day in Surrender
1. Stillness (2–3 minutes)
Sit quietly, breathe slowly. With each exhale, imagine releasing your grip on outcomes.
2. Opening Prayer
Holy Spirit, I offer this day to You.
Lead me where I should go, guide my thoughts and actions.
May I be an instrument of Your peace, not my own agenda.
3. Affirmation of Trust
Repeat 3–5 times: “I release control and walk in God’s flow.” “I trust the Spirit more than my own plans.”
4. Breath Prayer (3 rounds)
Inhale: “Holy Spirit, I receive You.” Exhale: “I release all control.”
🌙 Evening Ritual: Returning All to God
1. Reflection (2–3 minutes)
Review your day. Notice moments when you tried to control. Without judgment, hand those moments over to God.
2. Prayer of Release
God, everything I tried to hold today, I place in Your hands.
My successes, my failures, my worries—none of them belong to me.
Restore me to peace as I rest in You.
3. Affirmation of Rest
Repeat softly: “I sleep in God’s care, not my own control.” “The Spirit watches over me.”
4. Closing Breath (before bed)
Inhale: “I am carried.” Exhale: “I let go.”
✨ Practicing these daily is like training a muscle, you slowly shift from ego’s grip to Spirit’s flow.
Throughout the day, while driving, in shower, etc… Use these and other quiet moments to reflect and recite these.
On the inhale – In peace I accept the will and guidance of our father and welcome holy spirit within me.
On the exhale – I relinquish all control and leave my life in the hands of God our father
On the inhale – I am one our father’s many children, and we are all one.
On the exhale – Father please purge any illusions of separation between us. I am not separate from my brothers and sisters
On the inhale – I am an infinite reflection our heavenly father and our source.
On the exhale – I release any attachment to this body and identity I’ve maintained my life declare freedom of its limits.
On the inhale – Father forgive me for deviating from your will or judging others.
On the exhale – I forgive any grievances towards my brothers whom I accept my unity with.
On the inhale – I accept our eternal oneness with God our father.
On the exhale – I release and let go of any fear of death knowing we are eternally with him
On the inhale – Father, I welcome your presence and love in my life
On the exhale – I release all fear knowing our father and his holy spirit are guiding me into the future
On the inhale – I accept all our unity and oneness
On the exhale – I release any egotistical desire for exclusivity or distinction from others.
On the inhale – Father, I ask for your blessings, health and your help in life.
On the exhale – God bless all my brothers and sisters, may they be protected and guided by you lord.
On the inhale – May the holy spirit guide all my thoughts and decisions and keep in alignment with our father
On the exhale – In peace I let go all of control and with confidence leave my life in our father’s hands.
On the inhale – I trust my father who always protects me everyday
On the exhale – Holy Spirit please purge all fear as I let it all go
On the inhale – Father please help guide me towards the most valuable and important thing, your kingdom that remains within me. I can only do it with your guidance.
On the exhale – I release all attachment and desire for materials on this earth that do not compare your inner gift you’ve given all of us.
On the inhale – I accept my unity with the universe, with our father and all my brothers and sisters here
On the exhale – I let go of any egotistical illusions of separation.
On the inhale – Father I accept and embrace my higher true Self
On the exhale – I release and let go of attachment to ego, Holy Spirit please peel it back to reveal my true Self.
Breath Prayer (short and repeatable)
On the inhale: “Holy Spirit, I receive You.”
On the exhale: “I release all control.”
Notes: We are also in essence trading our ego and its demands for absolute control for the Holy Spirit’s guidance and presence within us instead. While some of these breathing prompts may sound unusual, such as the declaration that you are not special or distinct from others, they are designed to counter the ego’s constant demand to be recognized as separate. In truth, we are not divided; we are one. The ego resists this, preferring indifference toward others, but Jesus taught the opposite: treat others as you would want to be treated. This is not just a moral suggestion but a reflection of reality, others are you, and you are them. Forgiveness offers a powerful way to experience this truth. When we forgive others, it becomes an opportunity for self-examination and prayer, in many cases asking our Father for forgiveness of the very traits we judged in them. Maybe you’ve judged someone for not being open minded enough, think about the times you have been close minded, and ask our father for forgiveness and healing of this quality. Acknowledge these flaws about yourself and overcome them with the guidance of our father and the Holy Spirit.
Unity with God and Each Other
- “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.” (John 17:21)
In his prayer, Jesus asked that his followers be united in the same way he is one with the Father, not as separate individuals, but as participants in the same divine unity.
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