Healing of our spiritual state
Acts 3:1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #419 Under His Wings (#478 in previous version) These days, many people live embracing not only physical diseases, but also diseases of the heart and mind. Medicine has become advanced and a variety of treatments have appeared, but why do these unknown diseases increase? In addition, our hearts and minds become exhausted because of lethargy, powerlessness, and depression and we cannot live happy lives. Although these seem like they are all derived from different causes, realistically, all of these started with the spiritual problem as the origin. In order to solve the spiritual problem, and heal your bodies and hearts and minds, what must you do?
1. You must pray on your own and enjoy answers
You cannot gain spiritual strength just by listening to the message from Sunday worship and then forgetting about it. You must meditate alone on the Word you received, and lay roots in the Gospel. You must think about the pulpit message, find the answers you should receive for the week, have a time to have deep mutual communication with God, and enjoy answers. In addition, through a variety of believers and forums at church, you can share the blessings. When you deeply meditate on the Word and find prayer answers, your spiritual problems naturally heal, and you are able to discover the plan of God.
2. We must enjoy the filling of the Holy Spirit now
First and foremost, we must get rid of our unbelief and worries. If you have assurance that you are a child of God, the things you fear naturally go away. Believing in your spiritual status and authority as a child of God, you will enjoy true peace in your heart and mind without any reason to worry. In the Bible, it says that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s spirit lives in you. When you meditate on this fact daily, you will receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and gain spiritual strength.
3. You must restore the lifestyle that takes place daily
In order to receive healing of your spiritual problems, your lifestyle must change. First, set aside time daily, and even if it is just momentary, meditate on the Word deeply, and restore scheduled prayer and scheduled worship. Before expecting that your surrounding environment will change, first restore your lifestyle in the Gospel. If you gain spiritual strength starting from yourself and enjoy the Word, even your surrounding environment and your spiritual state will follow suit and change. If my problems are healed, I can share this Gospel with other people who are having a difficult time spiritually.
- The origin of problems of the soul, heart and mind, mental state and physical body lies in the spiritual problem of being separated from God. Meditate deeply on today’s Word, and try making your spiritual state healthy. Busan Regional Evangelism Conference Field Team Ministry Message / 2012.5.8