Topic: Spiritual Health Check: Aligning Physical Vital Signs with Spiritual Well-being Teacher: Babalola Oladokun
Introduction
Just as our physical bodies require regular checkups, our spiritual lives also need periodic assessments. This episode explores the connection between physical vital signs—such as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, respiration, and oxygen saturation—and the spiritual indicators that show how alive and healthy our inner life is before God.
Main Focus: The Heart (Pulse)
A healthy heart beats steadily to supply life to the body. Spiritually, the “heart” represents our inner life—our thoughts, emotions, and will. Its condition determines our responsiveness to God.
Spiritually Healthy Hearts
- Pure Heart: Loves righteousness and hates evil.
- Contrite Heart: Sensitive and repentant.
- Tender Heart: Teachable and gentle.
- Wise Heart: Discerns good from evil.
- Loving Heart: Extends love to others.
- Faithful Heart: Consistent and steadfast.
- Joyful Heart: Finds joy regardless of circumstances.
Unhealthy (Negative) Heart Conditions
- Hard Heart: Resistant to God’s voice (Hebrews 3:7–8).
- Proud Heart: Arrogant, self-reliant (Proverbs 16:5).
- Unbelieving Heart: Doubts God’s promises (Hebrews 3:12).
- Calloused Heart: Spiritually numb (Ephesians 4:18–19).
- Foolish Heart: Rejects God’s wisdom (Romans 1:21).
- Divided Heart: Not fully devoted (Hosea 10:2).
Heart Malfunction and Healing
When the heart ignores gratitude and truth, it becomes darkened (Romans 1:21). To restore spiritual health:
- Acknowledge and repent of sin (Psalm 51).
- Be quick to forgive (Genesis 50:20).
- Recognize God’s hand in every situation.
- Take God’s Word at face value—walk by faith.
- Stay consistent in following God.
Conclusion & Call to Action
Perform a spiritual heart audit—is your heart contrite, soft, or hardened? Can you still love, forgive, and believe?
Pray as David did:
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) Let God perform His divine heart surgery to renew your inner strength and spiritual vitality.
