Contemplative Practices Workshop by Elizabeth Davis, MA, LPC-S Counselor Rockwall / Heath, Texas www.EmbraceNewLife.com

1. DESERT ROSE
"I WILL OPEN RIVERS ON THE BARE HEIGHTS AND SPRINGS IN THE MIDST OF THE VALLEYS;
I WILL MAKE THE WILDERNESS A POOL OF WATER AND THE DRY LAND FOUNTAINS OF WATER.”
ISAIAH 41::18

2. OUR GOAL:
TO PRACTICE STORING UP
SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT
FOR YEAR-ROUND
SPIRITUAL BLOOMING!

3. BEING AWAKE MEANS ::
I AM AWARE OF THE
PASSING DRAMA & CAN
DROP BELOW THE
EMOTIONAL NOISE AND
ENTER IN GOD’S
PRESENCE.

4. A SECURE BOND IS BEING ::
ACCESSIBLE, RESPONSIVE &
EMPATHIC.
DO WE OFFER GOD A
SECURE BOND WITH US?

5. IN PRAYER,
WE GAZE AT GOD
AND
GOD GAZES AT US.
GOD GAZES AT YOU WITH
DELIGHT - PSALM 18:19.

6. IN HIS
PRESENCE:
CAN YOU ENTER
THE KNOWING OF
HIS LOVING GAZE?
ENTER INTO
INTIMACY WITH
CHRIST - “INTO-ME-
SEE”.

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YĀ·ḠÎL
‫י‬‫י‬ ִ֥‫ָג‬‫ל‬
HE WILL JOY
VERB
THE LORD YOUR GOD IS IN YOUR MIDST,
A MIGHTY ONE WHO WILL SAVE;
HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH GLADNESS;
HE WILL QUIET YOU BY HIS LOVE;
HE WILL EXULT OVER YOU WITH LOUD SINGING.
ZEPHANIAH 3:17 (ESV)

8. PRAYER
SHIELD
(OURSELVES, OUR
CHILDREN, SPOUSES,
NEIGHBORS,
LEADERS …
ENEMIES)
AMBER ERWIN
INTERCESSION:
PLACING ANOTHER IN GOD’S
LOVING GAZE

9. GAZE

10. GAZE
AT HIM
STAND IN HIS
GAZE

11. LIKE SAMUEL AND
ALL HIS CHILDREN
…
IN HIS LOVING
GAZE
“WHERE ARE YOU?”

12. “HERE I AM.”
READY TO BE
WHOLE AND
CONNECTED TO
GOD, SELF AND
OTHERS.
“WHERE ARE YOU?”

13. A MIGHTY
PRINCESS
WARRIOR!
AWAKE.
SECURE.
IN HIS PRESENCE.
BRINGING OTHERS
INTO HIS
PRESENCE.

14. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?