26/03/2024
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Ever wonder what a body that is left uncared for looks and feels like?
Feeble right? undesirable perhaps?
The same goes for the soul(mind) and spirit when uncared for.
The body needs as much physical exercise as possible to stay fit and perform excellently. The same goes for the soul and spirit.🤔
Physical exercise is food for the body as the Word of God, Prayers and Fasting are food for the soul and spirit.
1st Timothy 4:8( KJV) says something really profound;
"But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness"
It is clear to many now that the spirit is the real man. The soul and body are layers of coverings that aid us in our interactions with the different realms of consciousness.
Exercising yourself unto Godliness" is directed at the spirit first, then the soul and body *not the other way round. Most people do it body, soul and spirit but the correct order is spirit, soul and body. This is key.🤔
It's why verse 8 of 1st Timothy 4 expressly points that;
" For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come"
The responsibility for exercising ourselves is strictly in our hands.
Physically speaking, exercise is never easy but its fruits are marvelous. We walk, we dance, we take all kinds of supplements and dieting, we lift weights, we jog, we hike, we push up, we take fitness classes and do all sort of things to keep us fit bodily.
How about our soul and spirit?🤔
EXERCISE YOURSELF UNTO GODLINESS!!!
The same friction we experience when exercising bodily tells us that spiritual exercise has its own friction too. It's even harder because the because body wants to have it's way in all things.
How do you exercise yourself unto Godliness?🤔
DEVELOPING LOVE FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS IS THE FUEL. THE HOLY GHOST WILL HELP BUT WE MUST DESIRE IT VORACIOUSLY by:
📌 Prayer. Praying in the Spirit more.
📌 Organizing personal fasting days and times.
📌Study the Word of God with enthusiasm. The Word of God will train you for reading other kinds of books.
📌Speak to yourself in Spiritual hymns and songs.
📌Be intentional about the kind of music, movies contents and conversations you engage in daily. Make sure it is edifying to your spirit.
📌Give more than you receive.
📌Develop enthusiasm for the house of God and always be readily available for fellowshipping with the brethren.
LET'S EXERCISE
OURSELVES UNTO GODLINESS, FOR IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY NOT GOD'S!!
It is not easy as bodily exercise isn't, but its fruit has the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Blessings.
