2 Thessalonians 2: 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth....  "Breath" is used 79 times in the NIV version of the Bible.  We find out immediately upon opening Scripture that God's breath is powerful.  After all, God spoke and everything was created. There was darkness - absent of all light, no reflections, no stars, no moon, no glittering or shining anything until God spoke. And what is speaking if it isn't breath manipulated into words and in God's case, into actions as well. In the book of Revelation, there is a huge buildup to the climax of Satan's army against Jesus. It builds through many chapters describing the evil armies and their preparations and in two short phrases out of the mouth of Jesus, comes the sword that kills them all.  Just like that all evil is destroyed. In the ...

Earlier this week I woke up singing "Breathe on me Breath of God ". I don't know many of the words but know the tune, so I'd sing what I knew and hum the rest. I really have no clue why I had that song on my mind. We haven't sung it in church recently. I didn't spend much time trying to figure out why I woke with that tune on my mind.  I just hummed along until I was no longer humming it. http://www.jesusrministries.org/breath.htm Today, part of my reading included this verse from Job. In the middle of one of his discourses, he said " As long as I have life within me, the breath of God is in my nostrils." ( Job 27:3 ) I'm not sure if humming that song earlier this week, then reading this verse today has a connection for me or not. I'm not sure what the message might be. I'm not having any breathing problems. Maybe that's it. I haven't adequately thanked God for not having breathing problems and for having His breath in me. At l...