A Happy, Healthy Life
Spring has sprung, Easter has passed, and summer is quickly approaching. As the days grow longer and warmer, we may even feel like we have a new lease on life. If only we could bottle this feeling up for the rest of the year. What if I told you that we can?
Scripture clearly tells us that we can find happiness, vitality, and purpose in our everyday lives. It tells us that Jesus is the Source of all that we need. In the busyness of our daily schedules, trials, and responsibilities, we often neglect the things we know will make us truly happy and bring us peace.
I’m a big health nut. Anyone who knows me knows this to be true. But even I sometimes get caught up in the rat race of life and neglect the things I know will make me feel my best. Things like getting enough sleep, drinking plenty of water, and moving my body somehow throughout the day. Simple things that are sometimes forgotten when life gets complicated. If neglected for too long, I often begin to break down physically, mentally, and emotionally and may not even recognize what’s happening until it spirals out of control.
This is also what happens to us spiritually when we neglect God’s Word and what He has told us to do. Over time, we feel drained physically, mentally, and emotionally because our spiritual tanks are depleted. Here are some things we can do to fill our spiritual tanks and, in turn, help us live a life full of happiness, vitality, and purpose.
Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. - Philippians 4:11-13 NLT
Journal: Do you allow the busyness of life to get in the way of doing what you know is healthy for you mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually? What are some healthy things you tend to let go of first when faced with trials and exhaustion? Write these down in your journal and share why you think you struggle with these areas.
Activation: Take the things you wrote in your journal and purpose to make time for them each day this week.
Prayer: Ask God to help you to have the strength to stay consistent in these things so that you can live a healthy life full of happiness, vitality, and purpose. Write this prayer in your journal and read it each day along with the scripture above.
Scripture clearly tells us that we can find happiness, vitality, and purpose in our everyday lives. It tells us that Jesus is the Source of all that we need. In the busyness of our daily schedules, trials, and responsibilities, we often neglect the things we know will make us truly happy and bring us peace.
I’m a big health nut. Anyone who knows me knows this to be true. But even I sometimes get caught up in the rat race of life and neglect the things I know will make me feel my best. Things like getting enough sleep, drinking plenty of water, and moving my body somehow throughout the day. Simple things that are sometimes forgotten when life gets complicated. If neglected for too long, I often begin to break down physically, mentally, and emotionally and may not even recognize what’s happening until it spirals out of control.
This is also what happens to us spiritually when we neglect God’s Word and what He has told us to do. Over time, we feel drained physically, mentally, and emotionally because our spiritual tanks are depleted. Here are some things we can do to fill our spiritual tanks and, in turn, help us live a life full of happiness, vitality, and purpose.
- Be content .
Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. - Philippians 4:11-13 NLT
- Focus on the positive.
- Trust God in everything you do.
- Keep your eyes on Jesus.
- Consistently go to God in prayer.
- Read God’s Word daily.
- Praise God for all He has done in your life.
Journal: Do you allow the busyness of life to get in the way of doing what you know is healthy for you mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually? What are some healthy things you tend to let go of first when faced with trials and exhaustion? Write these down in your journal and share why you think you struggle with these areas.
Activation: Take the things you wrote in your journal and purpose to make time for them each day this week.
Prayer: Ask God to help you to have the strength to stay consistent in these things so that you can live a healthy life full of happiness, vitality, and purpose. Write this prayer in your journal and read it each day along with the scripture above.
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