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Health & Medical Declarations
Dear Friends;
Our health and medical needs, for the most part, depend on each other for optimum well-being. Certainly there are things that we have no control over. However, I believe we should best focus on what we CAN do as much as possible.
There are different life-styles among all of us. One that we can all practice to be better at is taking care of our bodies, no matter what our life-style consists of. Often times that is easier said than done. If we were looking at a graph, I’m sure we would all know where our point of focus needs to be. I know there is room for improvement in my life. Then, if and when a medical issue arises, our bodies are more adequate in healing. We feel better overall and our spirit benefits as well.
1. I take care of my body which is God’s temple. I eat healthy. I get exercise. I set a good example for my family.
Scripture: 1st Corinthians 6:19-20 My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit Who lives within me, Whom I have received from God. I am not my own, I was bought with a price.
2. I get the rest I need so that I am ready to do the things god asks of me.
Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-22 I will listen closely to God’s words. I will not let them out of my sight. I will keep them within my heart; for they are life to all who find them and health for the whole body
3. When I am faced with a medical or health problem, I am willing to do all I can in the natural and to seek Gods council to get medical attention. I will believe God’s report. I am healed.
Scripture: Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.
4. I praise God for the many things He has protected me from.
Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is my refuge and dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
5. I will learn something that God has for me during a season in which He wants me to be still.
Scripture: Lamination 3:25, 33 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men.
6. I will choose to do the things I need to do, even if I don’t feel like it.
Scripture: Colossians 3:2 I set my mind and keep it set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.
7. I will get my problems off my mind and find a way to help someone else.
Scripture: Psalms 55:22 leave my troubles with the Lord, and He will defend me; He never lets honest people be defeated.
Denise Sherriff
1-24-08