Self Care Tips

Jamie Dorcas
Jan 30, 2021
4 min read

Do you ever forget to take care of yourself?

I know. We're all busy with our respective lives, and finding the time to take proper care of ourselves can be hard.

It’s very important to make sure we take good care of our body, mind, and soul every day, not just when you get sick. Learning how to eat right, stay fit, reduce anxiety and take a time-out when we need it are the touchstones of self-care and can help us stay healthy, happy, and content.

In the same manner our Spiritual life also needs special care. Without which we might tend to loose strength to fight against sin and temptation. Nurturing our spiritual activities are as important as our nurturing physical activities. Cause if we don’t, it won’t be long before we back slide as a believer. We might suffer from exhaustion and might begin operating against the word of God where it becomes really hard to come out off it.

Fortunately, there are many things you can do to engage in Christian self-care. The following 10 tips will definitely help us maintain our Spiritual Life.

1. Make Time For God.

The first and the foremost tip is to make God the first priority of our lives. Lord Jesus came down to this world and died on the cross for sins and rose again on the third day. We should give him all the time he deserves. The best way to do this, is to plan out our daily schedule in such a manner that we start the day with God, read this word and meditate and spend quality time with him.

2. Stay Prayerful.

Prayer is like water in our Spiritual life. Jesus himself being the Son of Man took time and prayed, so much more do you and I need to pray. Many of us have a misconception that prayer is considered only when we kneel down. But let me tell you we can pray all the time, by always remembering the Lord during the entire day. Maintaining that connection with Jesus will help us lead a strong life for the Lord.

3. Meditate the word of God.

The word of God is like food for our Spiritual life. The lord speaks through the word of God and only reading the Bible will not help. We need to meditate on HIS word. The number of times we finished reading the bible or the number of chapters we read is not important. Because Quality is more valuable than Quantity. The best way to do it is to take small passages and ask the Lord to speak to us through his word. This will help us understand and hear God's voice.

4. Have Fellowship.

Team work always works best. In the same way in order to live for Jesus we need to enjoy living for him, and this is only possible when we have fellowship. Its very important to go to church, as it will help us maintain a Christian circle. If we fail to do so we will end up alone and result in falling prey for temptation.

5. Stop Over Thinking.

It is human tendency to think and get worried about the things in and around us. We often fret as to how our future is going to be. We worry about our higher studies, our work, our financial status, our grades at school and college. But remember one thing that God has planned up everything way before we were born. And no matter what we do God is in control of everything. God only wants us to sit back and enjoy life while he fixes everything for us.

6. Count Your Blessings.

The best way to lead a happy Christian Life is to be Thankful. At times we tend to complaint and murmur against God when things don't go according to our plans, forgetting as to How much the Lord has blessed us. If we just take a minute and check around us, we will realize that we are among the blessed ones that the Lord has chosen to be alive till this very moment.

7. Love and Help others.

Self healing and Self care works best when we do not hold any grudges against anyone. A helping hand is the most happy one. When we sow Love we reap Love. We have to love others just as we love ourselves. this will help us grow and heal really fast.

8. Have Clean Thoughts.

"Mind is the Master of the body."

This quotes clearly describes that we are what our mind is, our body functions according to our mind. Thus is very important to keep our thoughts clean and holy. It is impossible to stop ourselves from getting tempted through bad thoughts, but we definitely can work towards not entertaining them. This can be done by filling our minds with the word of God.

9. Do Not stay idle.

We have to make sure we never stay idle as the quote states "An empty mind is a devils workshop."

We have to always make it a point to stay busy and engaged with something or the other. in the Bible Satan always attacked the ones that were idle and not doing anything.

David sat idle at home instead of going to war, and ended up falling in temptation with Bethsheba.

10. Stay Happy and Smile.

Our Lord is the God of Joy and happiness and we have to make sure we carry our smile at all times. When we stay happy it brings in positivity and satisfaction.

Our body is the temple of God and we have to make our heart worthy of God.