Title (Thursday) Healthy Life (IV) Spiritual Health
Contents
Hymn: 495 (New Hymn 438) 'My soul is blessed'
Meditation: Is Your Soul Healthy? Do you believe in living by the grace of God? Have you been transformed by believing in Jesus?
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
Text: 'Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in good health, as your soul prospers... ' (3 John 1:2-4)
God spoke through the Apostle John as in the text. The core of man is the soul and the body is the vessel. The body does not control the soul, the soul controls the body. That is why spiritual health is of paramount importance. The body, which is the vessel for the soul, has disease, and even if there is a disability, the soul contained in it should be healthy.
What should I do for spiritual health? Just as we need to eat well for our physical health, we need to eat well for our spiritual health. You must become a person who listens to the sermon well and meditates on the Word day and night. If you can read the Word regularly and study the Bible, you should do it. You can only be spiritually healthy when you live a life that is close to the Word.
A relationship of spiritual communion with God must be formed. Prayer is a time of communion with God. If you have abundant prayer, you will have more time to communicate with the Spirit of God. Just as we exercise for our physical health, we need to serve for our spiritual health. You cannot be spiritually healthy without serving.
What does a spiritually healthy person look like? First of all, it is full of faith. God requires faith from us. Without faith, God's power cannot be revealed.
The second aspect of the spiritually healthy person is to live by the grace of God. The saints do not live by their own strength, but always live by the grace of God. It seems like I am living, but I live by the grace of God.
Also, the inner person will live a new and changed life. Changing the inner person means that the outer person also changes. To be spiritually healthy, I need to change my own thinking. Your values, your outlook on life, and your worldview must change. I hope that you will live a healthy life as a whole, with a healthy soul, healthy body, healthy mind, and healthy human relationships.
Prayer: God, help me to have a healthy soul and prosper in everything I do. May my soul prosper and lead a life that glorifies God. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.