Am I healthy?

I have a lot more to say about this, but it is hard to get it across to you since you've picked up this bad habit of not listening. By this time, you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics on God again, starting from square one—baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago! Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways; solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong. - Hebrews 5:11-14

For a human body to remain healthy, how often should it be fed?

Is discipline in the quantity and quality of food important to the health of the body?

For athletes to compete at a high level, how often should they train?

Is discipline in the quantity and quality of training important for an athlete to achieve success?

How many times each week am I reading God's Word, the Bible, for more than 15 minutes?

When answering the last question, did you subtract out time spent reading a devotional / "encouragement message" or watching a religious program/sermon, etc.? These activities can be good; however, they are no substitute for the actual reading of God's Word, the Bible. As transformed followers of Jesus Christ, we need to be plugged into God's Word for our primary nourishment and sensitized to the Holy Spirit for the understanding of what God is trying to teach us. That is the spiritual exercise that we need to mature in our faith and move from milk to meat in our understanding of His Word.

But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, in your hearts, so that you don't need anyone to teach you what is right. For he teaches you all things, and he is the Truth, and no liar; and so, just as he has said, you must live in Christ, never to depart from him. - 1 John 2:27 (Living Bible)

An elite athlete is born with natural talent; however, if that natural talent is not developed with disciplined training, and the body is not supplied with quality nourishment, that athlete will not achieve peak performance. The transformed follower of Jesus Christ has been indwelt with the Holy Spirit; however, to experience His power and execute God's plan, one must be disciplined in the study of God's Word and prayer to mature to Christ-likeness.

Ready to improve your spiritual health?
Start with an analysis of how you invest your time.

Remember the 11th Commandment. Thou shalt not fake thineself out.

In a typical day, how much time do I invest in each activity?

Work:
Sleep:
Eat:
Exercise:
Hobbies:
Children's events:
Social media:
Gaming:
TV, Netflix, Prime, Sports, etc.:
Read the Bible:
Pray:

Feed what you want to grow.
Starve what you want to die.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time. - Charles Spurgeon

Be Encouraged to Read and Pray every day!

-Jeffrey Thornton