The Bible for Health
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The Bible for health
Do you eat healthily, with a good mixture of carbs for strength and energy, protein for growth and vitamins to keep disease away?
A healthy body is really important, but Deuteronomy 8:3 tells us that 'people do not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord'.
So where do you get the nutrition you need from God's word? Strength and energy are crucial if we're to keep on living the Christian life day after day, year after year. The letter to the Hebrews says, 'Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us' (12:1), and Paul says, 'I press on towards the goal to win the prize' (Philippians 3:14). Reading the many stories of people in the Bible who loved God and gave up everything to serve him, from Abraham through to Jesus and his followers, strengthens us to keep pressing on in our faith.
We need to keep growing, too. Peter urges us, 'Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love' (2 Peter 1:5-7). Does that sound like a tall order? Well, reading the Bible regularly can help us add a little bit of growth each day.
What if we fall ill? Fear, worry, resentment, pride and greed can all take hold of us and weaken our ability to live for God. 'All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,' says 2 Timothy 3:16. The Bible shows us where we're going wrong, so that we can put it right and ward off the 'heart disease' that harms our spiritual lives.
Do you need more nourishment, to live a healthy spiritual life? Then take a helping of the Bible every day!
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