Femi LazarusCEO at Femi Lazarus Consulting

Be spiritual and also take care of your health

19 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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In this sermon excerpt, the speaker (referred to as an Apostle) urges listeners to integrate spiritual vigilance with practical health habits. He begins with an anecdote about walking through burial grounds, noting that 90% of those buried died young, and uses this to illustrate two key points: the protective power of the blood (a spiritual concept) and the necessity of caring for one’s physical health. He warns against common modern habits—excessive sugar, late-night eating, and a sedentary lifestyle facilitated by technology and remote work—that accelerate premature death. He emphasizes that regular exercise, such as a daily 30‑minute walk, is essential regardless of body size, and that health should be pursued deliberately rather than by chance. The overall message is a call to treat health as a spiritual responsibility, combining prayer with disciplined diet and movement.

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Earlier this week, I took a walk around burial grounds and all that, and I called the attention of a person. I said, do you notice that 90% of people here died young? And I said two things. Number one, understanding the power of the blood for protection. Number two, health. Don't just pray, eat right, exercise, take your health seriously. Take too much sugar, you eat too late at night, you live a sedentary lifestyle, that you sit at the spot, you don't exercise, you walk 5 minutes, something is not right. Many are walking as living corpses, they are not fit. A big person who exercise is most likely going to live longer than a slim person who doesn't exercise. Forget about your stature. Technology has made everything quite terrible. Many people work from home. If you check, you may not even have a meal to, to walk in. There's juicer, there's plate washer, there's washing machine. That's why now people are dying faster. Today, go on a 30-minute walk. Some of you say, hey, Apostle, I, I trek regularly, you know, I don't have a car. Listen, the one you do because of compulsion, that one is luck. The one you do because of your health, that one