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Breathe And Release – VIDEO

Breathe And Release – VIDEO

Featuring: Eric Shoemaker, DO

Duration: 1:0

Contributor Eric Shoemaker, DO, debuts in the Autumn 2026 issue of Faith & Fitness Magazine with insights into the spiritual posture to have if you truly want a fit lifestyle. For the full story read his feature: Breathe And Release: The Physiology of Surrender & Provision

Using analogies to breathing and breath work during exercise, Eric illustrates important spiritual truths for having a healthy faith in Christ.

His professional practice is in human physiology. His work is founded on the premise that the biological principles governing our bodies often reflect deeper truths about spiritual growth, discipleship, and our relationship with God.

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photo of hands and water licensed for use by Eric Shoemaker.

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Video breakdown

0:02 Jesus taught that a rich person cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. But it seems to me that pretty much anybody in the developed world is rich beyond imagination compared to most people in
0:11 the third world or certainly anyone in Jesus’s time. Consider that being rich in this context isn’t about how much stuff you have. It isn’t about how much
0:20 money is in your bank account. It’s about whether or not you take ownership of it. Whether or not you live under the illusion that that stuff is yours, that you earned it, and that you’re entitled
0:27 to keep it. This will keep you separated from God. He is the provider. It is all his. This week in the divine design lab,
0:35 I write about the freedom that comes with treating these commodities like breath. You let them in with gratitude.
0:41 You allow them to nourish your life. And you let them go. You don’t cling to them. You don’t hold on to them any more than you take in a breath and hold it because you will suffocate