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An Important Physical Calming Action

9/2/2023

Recent insights have focussed on the mind. But physical actions to calm emotions are also important. Professionals at the Trauma Healing Institute suggest deep diaphragmatic breathing as described here.

Get into a comfortable position, either on a chair or lying down. With your knees bent, focus on the feeling of your feet or body touching the ground. Release any tension you notice
in your shoulders, head, and neck.
Place one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach, just below your rib cage.
Breathe in slowly through your nose so that your stomach fills with breath against your lower hand. The hand on your chest should remain as still as possible.
As you breathe out slowly through your nose or through pursed lips, feel your lower hand move back toward your spine as the air is released. The hand on your upper chest should remain as still as possible. Imagine this exhale takes with it any stress in your body.

You can also do this exercise with children to help them calm themselves.

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Putting Paul's List Into Action

9/1/2023

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Looking for divine power to activate Paul’s list and destroy the stronghold of traumatic memories?

Paul offers hope in 2 Corinthians 10:3-6.

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.

Each Christian has weapons that have divine power to destroy destructive thoughts that oppose God’s knowledge:
thoughts of despair, hopelessness.
arguments that God has forgotten us, is not in control,
thoughts that there is no hope, that there is no healing.

These are lies. What are these weapons?

Prayer - talking honestly to God like to a friend about what we feel, need, and desire. Talking often to God. Lamenting, asking! But also taking time to be quiet and listen. Paul says, “Pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
Read the Bible - even when you don’t feel like it!
Listen to and sing Christian songs of hope and trust.
Memorize Scripture verses and songs. What you memorize is what you will think about! Good thoughts defeat Satan’s lies. It is that simple!

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