Is There Is A Spiritual Parallel? SIX SECRETS FOR A HAPPIER, LONGER LIFE Eat Better, Live Longer Break Free From Stress Get In Shape Know The Enemies Listen To The Body Regular Maintenance (as suggested from Men’s Health) Isn’t That What We All Desire? Is There Is A Spiritual Parallel?
EAT BETTER, LIVE LONGER… Job 23:12 Amos 8:11 “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” Matthew 4:3-4 “man shall not live on bread alone…” 1Peter 2:1-2 “long for the pure milk of the word” “Lord, evermore give us this bread.” John 6:34 “I Am the bread of life…” John 6:35, 41, 48 You are what you eat… Or so they say John 6:44-45, 63
Peace, Like A Soft Summer Day. How Blissful Break free from stress, is that really a possibility? Stress is a part of life, but we can learn how to deal with it CHRIST IS THE ESSENTIAL KEY Matthew 11:28-30 Isaiah 9:6; 11:2 Hebrews 2:17-18 Hebrews 4:15-16 “More like the Master, I would ever be…”
GET IN SHAPE… A Firm Commitment; Absolute Resolve Romans 8:6 “For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things…” (1Timothy 4:8) A Firm Commitment; Absolute Resolve Romans 8:6 Willingness To Pay The Price Luke 14:27-30; Matthew 16:24-26 Endurance Hebrews 12:1-2
KNOW WHAT MAKES YOUR HEART “SING” BUT ALSO IT’S ENEMIES “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and will all your mind. Matthew 22:37 Unforgiving/Lacking Mercy (Matthew 18:20-35) Envy/Jealousy (James 3:14-15) Pride/Arrogance (Romans 12:3,16) Ingratitude (Hebrews 3:1) Frustration (1Kings 19:4, 10) Prejudice (James 2:1-9) Take care to protect the heart… “Take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist…” Ephesians 6:11-17
LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE BODY “Building up of the body of Christ…” “Held together by that which every joint supplies…” Ephesians 4:11-12, 15-16 “Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble.” Hebrews 12:12 There needs to exist within the body and attitude of active care and concern for one another. A willingness to edify and encourage. A rapt desire to bring all the members of the body in proper spiritual alignment one with another. Colossians 2:2; Romans 14:19
REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED TO INSURE SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY In a spiritual sense regular maintenance is called for in order to have one safely complete the journey 2Corinthians 13:5 On-going Maintenance Is Seen In Our Assembling Together Hebrews 10:25; 1Corinthians 10:16-17 Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:19 “Day by day…” (Acts 2:42-47; 1Peter 4:9) Philippians 2:1-4