Are you feeling worn out—like you can’t go on? There are three principles in the Bible which teach us how to best solve this problem—and it revolves around learning to take care of ourselves.

Episode Discussion Points

• I tell the story of Putt-Putt the car which I drove when I went to college when I was younger. I didn’t keep up on the maintenance as well as I should have, and something unfortunate happened.
• This taught me the importance of doing little things to maintain not only cars but ourselves.

3 Bible-Based Tips to Prioritizing Your Health

1. Take Care of Your Spirit

• In Mark 1:35, we are told this about how Jesus prioritized his soul and the connection He had with God:
• “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.”
• We too can ask God how we can best do this in our own lives—whether it is waking up early or doing it during a lunch break or at bedtime. God will inspire us to find the right solution for us.

1. Take Care of Our Physical Bodies

• Paul taught the Corinthians that their bodies were temples because they housed their divine souls or spirits:
• “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
• If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is bholy, which temple ye are.” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
• The story of how I had to learn to do this in my life when I was physically exhausted from taking care of kiddos on the autism spectrum.

1. Don’t Do Everything Alone

• Story of Jethro telling Moses that he was doing too much and that he needed to learn to delegate:
• “Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.” (Exodus 18:18)
• In the book, Who Not How, Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy also talk about how usually when we are worn out and trying to change we need to learn to ask “who can help me with this,” NOT “how can I do it.”
• The principle of learning to delegate is a godly principle.

So, if you are feeling stressed out and like you can’t keep going like that, maybe you can talk to God and begin to prioritize your own health and well being in baby steps. He will bless you to do it right in your life.

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Transcription

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