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| | | From: suzie (Original Message) | Sent: 10/14/2008 1:35 PM |
<DIR> <DIR> Bible Study (2 Peter 1:4) When troubles in life come, God's great and precious promises are what keep us from becoming infected with fear and doubt. God's promises are found in only one place: the Bible. Daily doses of the Word of God are required for continuing spiritual health. </DIR></DIR>
2. Prayer (Philippians 4:6-7)
Prayer is like a healthy dose of vitamin C at the first sign of a cold-the first thing we should do when troubles come. Pray for strength, pray for wisdom, pray for help. And most of all, pray for endurance and faithfulness. In prayer we claim God's promises.
3. Scripture Memory and Meditation (Psalm 1:2)
The more we incorporate Scripture into our hearts and minds, the more we think like God. When troubles come, instead of trying to think of a Scripture verse, the Word of God is there because that's how we think anyway. Take time to dwell on what God says. 4. Clear Conscience (Psalm 32:5)
No one who has a guilty conscience-one defiled by unconfessed sin-can be spiritually healthy. Guilt leads to physical complications, and it certainly leads to spiritual ill-health. How can we call on God in times of trouble when we harbor sin in our lives? 5. Worship and Church Attendance (Hebrews 10:24-25)
A healthy human is a worshiping human-but not worshiping just anything. Because we were created by God, we are destined to worship Him. Failure to worship leads to isolation, introspection, and infection with the disease of self-centeredness. 6. Service (1 Peter 4:10)
Because we were created to serve, we will only be truly spiritually healthy when we are using our spiritual gift(s) to serve others. If we fail to serve, we atrophy-lose our strength and shrivel up. Discover your gift(s) and stay healthy and strong by serving. 7. Relationships (Proverbs 22:24-25)
The better part of wisdom is to avoid unnecessary contact with carriers of contagious diseases. The same is true spiritually speaking. Anger, bitterness, resentment, envy, and other carnal characteristics can be caught and spread. Choose your friends wisely. 8. Lifestyle (Proverbs 3:5-6)
Living a healthy lifestyle physically doesn't guarantee perpetual good health-but your chances are better. The same is true spiritually. Living a lifestyle of wisdom, acknowledging God in all your ways, is foundational for spiritual health. 9. Giving (Luke 6:38)
It takes an investment in a healthy lifestyle to strengthen your body's immune system. Investing your resources-time, talent, and treasure-in your spiritual life will return to you an abundant spiritual health. We reap what we sow physically and spiritually.
10. Fellowship with Other Christians (Romans 12:10)
Remove a part of the human body and set it aside, and it dies within minutes. Remove yourself from relationships with others, and the same is likely to happen spiritually. You are a "cell" in the body of Christ, and you must stay connected to be nurtured as a part of the whole. |
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| | From:  Kiki40 | Sent: 10/15/2008 12:55 AM |
Got the ten points and agree wholeheartedly with them! Something that has recently come across my awareness is how easily we can inadvertently and innocently come across triggers to old carnal desires. It's like suddenly finding ourselves standing in an ant pile or accidently knocking down a bee hive. The thoughts seem to just swarm around us and we find ourselves being taken down the old slippery paths of sin. One ant or one bee by itself is easily swatted with the "first line of defense" strategy....but when things swarm....well, it's been said that certain swarming insects can de-bone a creature a bajillion times its size in a matter of minutes. If the victim can make it to a body of water, though, they can survive a swarm attack by drowning the insect. Since there's no cure or remedy for the "swarming" attack outside the anointing of the Holy Ghost, this makes a lovely picture for me of a second line of defense when a Christian has been compromised in spirit. May I encourage you, dear reader, to understand the need for patience in the running of this Christian race?! We have an awesome promise that what the Lord began in us, He is well able to finish. But I surely do understand that times come when we feel our hope of ever completely overcoming the sin that so easily besets us go slip sliding away and all the efforts we make to get back to tau leave us feeling like we're just going through empty motions. Our conscience so condemns us for allowing ourselves to fall. It is in those times that these ten points become so very important. It's not because you demonstrate some form of penance or anything like that; it's because each point re-builds that "first love" relationship - it re-forms Christ in you, which is your only hope of glory! So, stagger immediately to prayer in the spirit when you feel yourself being "swarmed" by temptation. Praise God for the victory if you manage to find that door of deliverance, but if not, and you do find yourself fallen again - don't wait for the preacher to extend an invitation to you to get things right. Make haste to ask the Lord for forgiveness and do all you can to shore up your vulerabilities to that sin. May the peace of God that passess all understanding keep your mind guarded and your spirit whole for the day of His return! |
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This is great, thanks for sharing. Those who do the devils work, will never heal spiritually and will never be accepted by God (Jesus). I have heard people state that they are good. Possibly, but without the proper guidance in believing God (Jesus), goodness is not enough. Without the holy spirit in you, you will commit sin against your neighbor, against your own family and against your friends as well. I have experienced it and seen it with my own eyes. It is a shame. |
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