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Keyboard Recording:

This is a hymn that we can sing as a prayer to God for renewal. As you are singing through it, envision the breath of life sweeping down from heaven and reviving you…renewing your thoughts, your will, and your heart. When I was using this imagery while singing through it, I saw the breath of life sweeping through and it felt like my vision of the world around me was made brighter and clearer. I could see life more clearly…or I could see the life in everything more clearly is what I mean. As the wind of God swept through the trees and flowers, it was like it illuminated them and I could see their colors shine more brightly. It was like they were being revived, too…or my vision of them was being revived. There’s a phrase you will see in hymns a lot about dispelling mists that are clouding our vision. And that’s what was happening for me when I was using that imagery. The mists were cleared away and I could see life again. I also felt renewed within my heart. After I stopped meditating, some of those mists started showing up again. So I will keep working with it. That is the process to expect with it…a back and forth. You will make progress with the imagery and then start feeling your old feelings again. Just hold onto the progress. The next time you meditate, try to connect to that feeling of renewal again…and see if it can increase any…and then return to your day. As you keep making progress in steps like that slowly, over time you will notice gradual improvements. Here are the words to the hymn:

1 O Breath of life, come sweeping through us,
revive your church with life and pow’r;
O Breath of Life, come, cleanse, renew us,
and fit your church to meet this hour.

2 O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,
till humbly we confess our need;
then in your tenderness remake us,
revive, restore, for this we plead.

3 O Breath of love, come breathe within us,
renewing thought and will and heart;
come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,
revive your church in ev’ry part.

4 O Heart of Christ, once broken for us,
’tis there we find our strength and rest;
our broken, contrite hearts now solace,
and let your waiting church be blest.

5 Revive us, Lord! Is zeal abating
while harvest fields are vast and white?
Revive us, Lord, the world is waiting,
equip your church to spread the light.