Every
year people from around the world make at least one doctor’s appointment,
especially women to get their yearly check-up. The purpose of this check-up is
to make sure that over the course of the year nothing changed for the worse in
terms of your health condition. It is highly important to get these check-ups
because as we know our foods, stress and the daily habits of life can affect in
ways we don’t know. If there is
something that went wrong, as most medical professionals tell you, it is best
to catch it sooner rather than later.
I,
myself, had to go through this process and one year, through an MRI, they found
an abnormality. They found a tumor on my pituitary gland. Now imagine if I had not gone into the
doctors for years and years at a time. Not only would I have hormonal
irregularities but my body would have started functioning out of sync which
could lead to other things.
I say
ALL this to say, in 2 Corinthians 13:5 it states “Examine yourselves to
see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that
Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” Did you know that
you can be spiritually sick? Here is another revelation, your spiritual
sickness can affect your health JUST as much as a physical sickness. Have you
gotten an annual check-up? I recommend
not only an annual check, but a monthly, weekly and DAILY check-up. You may ask me, Bridgette, how do I give
myself an check-up to know if I am spiritually sick. That is a conversation you must have with God
because each person is different but here are few symptoms of someone that MAY
be spiritually sick:
1.)
Prideful
– Do you have a hard time humbling yourself?
2.)
Lustful
– Lust comes in many forms not just sexually. Lust means an uncontrolled
desire. Examples: food, social media, attention, relationship, sex, etc.)
3.)
Secret
Sin – Everyone has something they struggle with, but a sign of someone that is
spiritually sick is a person that unable to overcome that struggle.
4.)
Generational
Curses – yes, it’s true. Some of our spiritual sickness is embedded in our
genes. God is able to eliminate all generational curses over your life. Do you
struggle with something and are so unsure WHY you struggle with that thing?
5.)
Discontentment
– Are you always moving around and unable to just be still? Does anxiety plague
you and sleepless night keep you from having true peace?
Those
are just a few symptoms of spiritual sickness. But here are few scriptures to
speak over yourself to heal yourself of these symptoms. These scripture coupled
with consistent prayer and a conscious effort on your part will bring healing!
Psalm
30:2
LORD my God, I
called to you for help, and you healed me.
Psalm
147:3
He heals the
brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. (NIV)
Isaiah
53:5
But he was pierced
for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that
brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. (NIV)
Jeremiah
17:14
Heal me, LORD, and
I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.
(NIV)
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned
away from them. (NIV)
Malachi
4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing
in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. (NIV)
Matthew 8:16
When evening came,
many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits
with a word and healed all the sick. (NIV)
Mark 5:34
He said to her,
"Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your
suffering." (NIV)
Acts 5:16 "Also a multitude
gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and
those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed."
Isaiah 53:4-5 "Surely
He hath borne our griefs (Hebrew: sicknesses) and carried our sorrows (Hebrew:
pains) yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But He was
wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and by His stripes we are healed."
Jeremiah 33:6 "Behold, I
will bring you health and cure, and I will cure you, and will reveal unto you
the abundance of peace and truth."
1 Thessalonians 5:23 "And
the very God of peace sanctify you wholly [completely]; and I pray God your
whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless [sound, complete and
intact] unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
3 John 2 "Beloved, I
wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy
soul prospereth."
Psalm
103:2-3 Bless (affectionately, gratefully
praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits—Who
forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your
diseases.
John 14:27 -
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Matthew 11:28 - Come unto me, all [ye] that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
James 1:5 -
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men]
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
1 Peter 2:24 - Who his own self bare our sins in his
own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Romans 8:15-16 - For ye have not
received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Matthew 8:16-17 - When the even was
come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast
out the spirits with [his] word, and healed all that were sick:
James 5:16 -
Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Psalms 34:19 - Many [are] the afflictions of the
righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms 23:3 - He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in
the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Romans 8:1 -
[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Hebrews 12:1 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race
that is set before us,
Isaiah 54:17 - No weapon that is formed against thee
shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou
shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - What? know ye
not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye
have of God, and ye are not your own?
Isaiah 61:3 - To appoint unto them that mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees
of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Psalms 91:5-6 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the
terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;
Psalms 34:1-22 - ([A Psalm] of David,
when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he
departed.) I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually
[be] in my mouth.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - But I would
not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that
ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (Read More...)
Psalms 30:11 - Thou hast turned for me my mourning
into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
James 2:26 -
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead
also.
1 John 1:9 -
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Colossians 2:10 - And ye are complete
in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
1 Peter 1:7 - That the trial of your faith, being
much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ:
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the
thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of
evil, to give you an expected end.
Exodus 14:14 - The LORD shall fight for you, and ye
shall hold your peace.
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