Saúde
A saúde é uma bênção de Deus. A Bíblia ensina que Deus é nosso curador, que devemos cuidar do corpo como templo do Espírito e que a alegria do Senhor renova nossas forças.
Deus, o nosso curador
O Senhor é quem sara todas as nossas doenças. Ele prometeu abençoar o pão e a água e tirar as enfermidades do meio do seu povo.
25 And all of you shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely all of you have received, freely give.
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
O corpo como templo
Nosso corpo é templo do Espírito Santo. A Bíblia nos encoraja a cuidar da saúde física com disciplina e reverência a Deus.
19 What? know all of you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (o. pneuma) which is in you, which all of you have of God, and all of you are not your own?20 For all of you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, (o. pneuma) which are God's.
8 For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
7 Be not wise in yours own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.8 It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones.
A alegria que cura
O coração alegre é bom remédio. A esperança do coração traz alegria, e as palavras agradáveis são como favo de mel — doçura para a alma e saúde para o corpo.
22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.