Sin, Stress and Your Health – Part 2

In this session, I’ll be addressing more on the connection between Sin, Stress and Our Health. I want you to be fully aware of the impact that poorly managed stress can have on your whole-person health. This week I’ll be touching on what I call “Spiritual Risk Factors” and the impact they can have on our behaviors and health.

Please watch this video and follow along with the content below:

 

Early Life Trauma/Stress and Health Problems in Adulthood

Adverse Childhood Experiences Occurring in the Household Prior to Age 18

  1. Recurrent physical abuse
  2. Recurrent emotional abuse
  3. Contact sexual abuse
  4. An alcohol and/or drug abuser in the household
  5. An incarcerated household member
  6. Someone who is chronically depressed, mentally ill, institutionalized, or suicidal 7. Mother is treated violently
  7. One or no parents at home
  8. Emotional or physical neglect 

 

Spiritual Risk Factors & Issues of the Heart that Can Affect Our Health

  • Abandonment • Bitterness & Anger
  • Rejection • Unforgiving Spirit
  • Fear/Anxiety • Envy/Jealousy
  • Lack of Life Purpose • Low Sense of Worth 
  • Despair/Loss of Hope • Self Effort
  • Sin – Unconfessed/Unrepented
  • Guilt
  • Shame

 

Prevalent Spiritual Issues (Spiritual Risk Factors) that Affect Health

These and other issues will adversely impact the amount of fruit present in our lives.

 

Spiritual Risk Factors Related to Obesity

 

Behavioral Responses to Stress

  • Overeating ●    Self harming
  • Other eating disorders ●    Excessive shopping
  • Alcohol abuse ●    Gambling
  • Drug abuse ●    Excessive work
  • Smoking ●    Illicit sex, pornography
  • Excessive TV or Internet use ●    Excessive exercise
  • ???

 

The Key Issue

We often try to live life and manage our stress to meet our deepest spiritual needs on our own, apart from God – and often in unhealthy ways.

  • Love
  • Acceptance
  • Worth/Value
  • Security/Control
  • Sense of Purpose/Meaning
  • Hope
  • Peace
  • Forgiveness (receive & extend)