Spiritual Self-Care Part 1

Spiritual self-care is the fuel that forms our well-being. If you want your car to keep going, you regularly fill your gas tank up with the right fitting fuel. If you want to keep your body going and growing, you choose to fill up with spiritual grade fuel. There’s a variety of spiritual fuel waiting to fill you up, drive you towards the Holy Spirit, and park you at the foot of the cross. 

Maybe it’s time you got an oil change. A give me oil in my lamp, keep it burning, burning, burning kind of oil change. You want to meet the Mechanic who can transform your rusty parts, pump you up because you’re so tired, and upgrade your perspective. You’re looking for the right outlets to get your spiritual self-care in gear. 

Hook up to the Holy Spirit and consider these practical ways to jumpstart your spiritual self-care journey.

1.    Praise

Praising God for His attributes, perfection, beauty, and grace puts our problems and fears in perspective. 

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim His name; make known among the nations what He has done.” ~ Psalm 105:1

Praising God is a way to be positive. Producing positive thoughts changes the structure of your brain, boosts your immune system and longevity, and lowers your blood pressure. Talk about a great way to get a gauge on your spiritual odometer! 

2.    Prayer

Praying to the Father in the name of the Son through the Holy Spirit is a divine way to communicate. Throughout my day I find myself talking to God as if we are having an ongoing conversation. Sometimes my words to Him are in the form of thoughts, other times prayer escapes my lips, and at times prayer comes out on paper. 

“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed.” ~ Mark 1:35 

You may only be used to praying or hearing prayers from a church pew. You have the freedom and flexibility to pray wherever you are and whatever time the Holy Spirit leads. I imagine Jesus going out early in the morning on a prayer walk. Isolated from others, yet so connected to the Trinity.  

3.    Connect with Community

Connecting with a community of believers who are in agreement with the Holy Spirit is a powerful way to strengthen your social well-being and Christ-centered commitment. There are church services, prayer groups, Bible studies, testimony groups, and more gathering online and in social media outlets to connect as a community in Jesus’ wonderful name.

“For where two or three gather in My name, there am I with them.” ~ Matthew 18:20

Gather together on a phone call, on a video-chat, or on an online platform.

Stay tuned for Spiritual Self-Care Part 2.

In His Joys,

Hannah Abbott