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Health and Healing CONTENTS 1. Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow! 2. The Power of Choice 3. Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness 4. The Water of Life 5. The Environment 6. Faith and Healing 7. Rest and Restoration 8. The Atmosphere of Praise 9. Temperance 10. Integrity: Wholeness and Holiness 11. Optimism: Happiness and Healing 12. Nutrition in the Bible 13. Social Support: The Tie That Binds

Health and Healing OUR GOAL {181} WE ARE GOING to look at what’s often been a neglected aspect of the wonderful truths God has given us as a movement, and that is the health message. The Lord reveal these principles to us for the same reason He died for us, because He loves is and wants what’s in our best interest.

Health and Healing LESSON 3, APRIL 17 Health and Healing LESSON 3, APRIL 17 Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness

Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness KEY TEXT Isaiah 40:31 NIV “BUT THOSE WHO hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk ang not faint.”

Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness INITIAL WORDS {183} USING IMAGERY FROM athletics, the apostle Paul encourages us to “run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV). This race demands our best possible spiritual and physical fitness, and an important component of that fitness is derived from exercise.

Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness QUICK LOOK 1. Benefits of Spiritual Exercise (2 Timothy 4:7) 2. Benefits of Physical Exercise (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20) 3. Guides to Physical Exercise (Psalm 139:13-15)

Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness 1. BENEFITS OF SPIRITUAL EXERCISE 2 Timothy 4:7 NKJV “I HAVE FOUGHT the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” “The glorious fight that God gave me I have fought, the course that I was set I have finished, and I have kept the faith.” Phillips

1.Benefits of Spiritual Exercise THE SPIRITUAL ATHLETE {210} THE BENEFITS COME from the determined application and discipline required to perform the exercise itself. Regularity of exercise is essential. There must be a goal and sometimes even a prize. These principles apply to both spiritual and physical fitness. To be spiritually fit, we need to focus on Jesus. We need to read His Word, pray, and meditate.

The Ministry of Healing 237 WHEN FAITH’S MUSCLES ATROPHY {212} “Action is a law of our being. Every organ of the body has its appointed work, upon the performance of which its development and strength depend. The normal action of all the organs gives strength and vigor, while the tendency of disuse is toward decay and death.” So it is with faith. If faith is not exercised, it does not grow.

1.Benefits of Spiritual Exercise WHEN FAITH’S MUSCLES ATROPHY {212} The vital movements and actions of the limbs and body of faith cannot take place. Though faith is a gift, if it is not exercised, if we do not make choices based on it, if we do not reach out and by it claim God’s promises, if we are not willing to take chances based on faith, if we will not exercise faith to the point of being brought to our knees in submission and humility, then we are in danger of losing it.

The Ministry of Healing 237 BELIEVING WITHOUT SEEING {214} Living by faith is going on what we already know of God’s love; it means trusting God based on what we already have experienced; it means taking Him at His word because He has shown us His goodness and love—no matter how difficult our circumstances are and no matter how much we do not see or understand.

Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness 2. BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 NKJV “OR YOU DO not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were brought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

2. Benefits of Physical Exercise DUTY OF SELF-MASTERY {216} OUR BODIES ARE gifts from God. They are not to be abused. Science has shown us, over and over, that almost every aspect of our physical being is benefited by exercise. How we feel physically will impact how we feel mentally, and that will impact how we feel spiritually, as well. Everything is related, and we cannot neglect any aspect of our being without impacting other aspects, as well.

“The requirements of God must be brought home to the conscience. Men and women must be awakened to the duty of self- mastery, the need of purity, freedom from every depraving appetite and defiling habit. They need to be impressed with the fact that all their powers of mind and body are the gift of God, and are to be preserved in the best possible condition for His service.” 2. Benefits of Physical Exercise THE MINISTRY OF HEALING {216}

1. Helps control weight. 2. Reduces high blood pressure. 3. Decreases incidence of type 2 diabetes. 4. Improves protective, healthy HDL. 5. Improves feeling of well-being. 6. Delays onset of Alzheimer’s disease. 7. Less depression. 8. Prevents breast and colon cancer. 2. Benefits of Physical Exercise PROVEN BENEFITS {218}

Psalm 139:14 NKJV “I PRAISE YOU, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.” Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness 3. GUIDES TO PHYSICAL EXERCISE

3. Guides to Physical Exercise THREE POINTS {218} FREQUENCY. For optimal health and fitness we should exercise at least six times a week. INTENSITY. Will vary depending upon your age and medical condition. Over time, if you are consistent, you will be able to exercise harder and harder. It’s good to get your heart beating faster and to work up a sweat. You have to pace yourself.

3. Guides to Physical Exercise Three Points {218} Duration. 45–90 minutes of exercise per day. It would be beneficial if exercise were at least done for 30 minutes, six days per week. The exercise time may be divided into portions. For example, 10 minutes each morning, midday, and evening. It should be arranged to suit your program. Walking is an excellent and sustainable form of exercise.

Celebrating Spiritual and Physical Fitness FINAL WORDS {349} “A MAN WHO would refuse to exercise his limbs would soon lose all power to use them. Thus the Christian who will not exercise his God-given powers not only fails to grow up into Christ, but he loses the strength that he already had.”—Steps to Christ 81