【导读】关于健康网上流行着这样的观点：

    人这一辈子，什么最重要？有人说：“人这一辈子，最重要的永远是健康”。生命虽然重要，若是没有了健康，如同行尸走肉一般，感受不到丁点快乐和幸福。钱虽然重要，如果用健康作为的代价去换取来的钱财，最终也会因为健康而失去。只要身体健康，就可以去做你自己想做的事，走自己想走的路，实现自己想要实现的理想。人若没有了健康，一切都是一场空。

    这段话看似有道理却有失片面，我的观点是：健康当然重要，但我们作为一个人不能单单盯着健康而忽略了健康的根基是信仰纯真。很难相信这片秉承所谓“无神”但却借助政党力量“造神”土地上的很多观点，因为大多是极度片面且有目的性的。如果你对健康的追求过于其他，那你大概率会陷入资本市场推广的网罗，比如购买各种保健品、健身、吃营养食品等等，尤其是到了50多岁以后在这些方面花费的钱越来越多。圣经则告诉我们，健康不仅是外在的生理状态，更是内在的心灵状态。通过悔改与与神的亲密关系，身体与心灵得以真正的复原。

    资本推广的力量在促使你将目光定睛到这些物质和身体的保养方面，却不愿意让你将目光转向自己的内心、转向更高层次的造物主。你在你被允许使用的社交平台、被允许使用的App、被允许开放的媒体及其被允许发出的各种观点和内容，大都不会让你遵循内心的带领和指引。这样的结果便是你在“一统”的声音中渐渐压抑、迷失了自己。

    也有很多人了解信仰与健康这两个话题，也有各种各样的解决之道，但实际做起来却磕磕绊绊，许多弟兄姐妹在日常生活中也在坚持读经、祷告、参加教会的敬拜，期待通过这些活动建立更紧密的与神的关系，并且期待从中获得心灵和身体的平安。然而，许多人也常常面临着疾病的困扰，甚至在虔诚信仰的践行下，依然无法避免身体的痛苦与疾病。这让许多信徒产生了疑问：为什么信仰能够治愈“心灵”，是否也能治愈身体呢？下面展开讨论一下。

1. 悔改与健康：心灵的更新与身体的影响

    悔改，是我们信仰的起点，也是我们与神重新建立关系的过程。圣经教导我们，悔改不仅仅是承认自己的罪，更是从心灵深处开始，向神完全交托。 “所以你们当悔改归正，使你们的罪得以涂抹，这样，那安舒的日子就必从主面前来到。”（使徒行传 3:19） 这里的“安舒”不仅指属灵的平安，更是在心灵与身体之间建立的一种和谐。 

    现代医学也证实了这一点，心理状态与身体健康有着密切的关系。长期的焦虑、忧虑带领的压抑和仇恨不仅影响我们的心情，还会直接影响到免疫系统、心血管健康等多方面问题。悔改使我们摆脱了这些负面情绪，活在神的恩典中，我们的心灵也因神的慈爱得到了舒展，身体自然更容易恢复健康。这里的悔改和上面所述对“心灵”的理解不同也相仿，个人有个人的标准，有人以为在祷告时在神面前祈求完毕即可，却在实际生活中的依然我行我素，这种信仰和生活割裂的表现便是导致心灵无法更新的最重要因素。

    圣经中有一节经文说： “喜乐的心乃是良药，忧伤的灵使骨枯干。”（箴言 17:22）很多基督徒弟兄姐妹喜欢将这句话送给身处病痛折磨的患者，但无论是引用的人还是接收的人都片面的“使用”了这句经文。正如喜乐能带来健康，悔改所带来的心灵平安也能促使身体的复原，但这里的喜乐是摆脱了撒但或罪捆绑转而依靠神带领的喜乐，悔改则是按圣经标准摆脱这些捆绑回到“小孩子”样式的状态，这样的悔改让我们在神的引领下，重新调整生活和心态，过一种更加健康、积极的生活方式。另外，悔改不仅是一个短期的行动，而是一个持续的过程，它帮助我们在神的引导下，日复一日地走向更健康的生活。即便我们面对疾病与痛苦，信仰依然能带给我们无尽的安慰与力量，让我们在困境中找到真正的意义和希望。

2. 罪性与疾病：人仍在堕落世界中的挑战

    然而，尽管悔改可以带来内心的平安，罪性依然存在，这使得我们无法完全摆脱生老病死的规律。 “因为罪的工价乃是死；惟有神的恩赐，在我们的主基督耶稣里，乃是永生。”（罗马书 6:23） 这段经文告诉我们，罪带来了死亡的后果，这不仅仅是灵魂的死亡，也包括肉体的腐化与衰败。即便是最虔诚的信徒，身体仍然会经历疾病和痛苦。保罗在哥林多后书中提到的“刺”，便是他身体上无法摆脱的困扰： “我为这事三次求过主，叫这刺离开我。他对我说：‘我的恩典够你用的，因为我的能力是在人的软弱上显得完全。’”（哥林多后书 12:8-9） 

    在这里，神并没有立刻移除保罗的痛苦，而是教导他在软弱中依靠神的力量。这与我们的生命经验类似，信徒仍可能因疾病、痛苦和生命的其他挑战而苦苦挣扎。然而，正是通过这些挑战，神的恩典和力量在我们的生命中得以彰显。

3. 在疾病中的顺服与信靠

    已经身处疾病中了怎么办呢？依靠神！在我们的国家，绝大多数的人依然为了生计不停的奔波劳碌，身心灵皆已疲惫不堪，甚至伤痕累累，难免会有各种身体、心灵的病痛。越是这时候越是需要在神面前顺服下来，依靠祂。信仰中的真正智慧，不在于回避疾病，而在于在病痛中完全顺服神，信靠祂的安排，信任祂的智慧和慈爱。通过这一过程，信徒能在任何环境下找到神的安慰与指导。“你们要将一切的忧虑卸给神，因为他顾念你们。”（彼得前书 5:7） 神希望我们在困境中仍然将一切交托给祂，放心地依赖祂，而不是因病痛而质疑祂的慈爱与信实。

    有时，神会选择直接医治我们， “耶稣对他说：‘你的信救了你，平平安安地回去吧！’”（马可福音 5:34） 有时，祂会赐给我们力量，帮助我们忍受疾病， “我的恩典够你用的。”（哥林多后书 12:9） 而有时，神甚至会通过疾病来带领我们走向永恒的盼望。无论哪种方式，神都在其中掌权，信徒需要有一颗顺服的心，接受神的安排。再说一次：顺服，无条件的顺服，不要在祷告后暗自提出自己的所谓“医治”方法，这样的“聪明”只会让自己重新陷入撒但捆绑。

4. 悔改与健康：信仰的真正内涵

    悔改并不等于一劳永逸的健康保证，它是通向心灵和身体复原的道路。当我们心灵被神的爱所充满，身体也能够反映出这种内在的变化。 “我们若活着，是为主而活；若死了，是为主而死。”（罗马书 14:8） 正如这段经文所说，无论我们活着还是死去，都应当为主而活，这包括我们如何面对疾病与痛苦。我们顺从神的带领，完全交托祂的旨意，即使在困境中，我们也能安然无恙。弟兄姐妹们，假如你接收了耶稣基督做了你的救主，应该及时在自己无能为力是转向祂，放下自己的“聪明才智”，坚定的依靠祂，接收祂的主权带领。

结语

    信仰并不是解决所有我们个人的所有“愿望”，但它提供了一种我们依靠祂的的平安和坚韧的力量。悔改使我们的心灵恢复纯洁，带来健康的生活方式，而顺服神的旨意使我们在面临生命的苦难时，能够充满信心和力量。生病并不完全意味着我们远离了神，反而是在病痛中，我们更加依赖祂，经历祂的恩典。最终，神的带领将使我们在生命的每一个阶段都活得有意义、充满希望。

    请弟兄姐妹们一起为此祷告！

How Repentance Makes You Healthier

Introduction

There’s a popular saying online about health:What matters most in life? Some say, “What always matters most in life is health.” Life itself is precious, but without health one is like a walking corpse, unable to feel any joy or happiness. Money may be important, but if you pay for it with your health, you will ultimately lose it because of your health. As long as your body is healthy, you can do what you want, go where you want, and realize your dreams. Without health, everything is in vain.

This sounds reasonable but is onesided. My view is: health is certainly important, but we must not focus only on health and ignore that its foundation is purity of faith. It’s hard to trust many of the “nones”but“makeagodwithpartypower” opinions that abound, for most are extremely onesided and agendadriven. If your pursuit of health eclipses everything else, you’re likely to fall into capitalmarket traps—buying all sorts of supplements, gym memberships, nutritional products, etc. Especially after age fifty, people spend ever more on these. Yet the Bible tells us that health is not only an external physical state but also an inner spiritual condition. Through repentance and intimate relationship with God, both body and soul can be truly restored.

The power of capital promotion forces you to focus on material and bodily maintenance, while unwilling to let you turn inward toward your heart and the supreme Creator. On the social platforms you’re permitted to use, the apps you’re allowed, the media that’s allowed to operate and the content you’re allowed to publish—all will rarely guide you by your inner leading. As a result, under the chorus of the “unified voice,” you gradually suppress and lose yourself.

Many know about faith and health and various solutions, yet struggle to put them into practice. Brothers and sisters read the Bible, pray, join worship services, hoping these will build a closer relationship with God and bring peace to soul and body. Yet many still face disease; even in devout practice, they can’t escape bodily suffering. This leads believers to ask: if faith can heal the soul, can it also heal the body? Let’s explore.

1. Repentance and Health: Renewal of Soul and Impact on Body

Repentance is the starting point of our faith and our process of reestablishing relationship with God. The Bible teaches that repentance is not merely admitting sin but entrusting our whole selves to God from the depths of our soul.

“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” (Acts 3:19, NKJV)

Here “times of refreshing” refers not only to spiritual peace but to a harmony established between soul and body.

Modern medicine confirms this: mental state and physical health are closely linked. Chronic anxiety, worry, suppression, and hatred affect mood and directly impact immune, cardiovascular, and other systems. Repentance frees us from these negative emotions; living in God’s grace, our souls flourish in His love, and our bodies more readily recover health. Note that repentance here parallels our earlier description of the soul: some think prayer and asking God once is enough, yet in daily life they continue unchanged. Such a divide between faith and life prevents soul renewal.

The Bible says:

“A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22, NKJV)

Many believers quote this to those in physical pain—but both speaker and listener often misuse it. Just as joy brings health, the peace repentance brings to the soul can promote bodily restoration. But this joy is that of trusting God rather than Satan or sin, and repentance is returning to the “childlike” state according to biblical standards under God’s leading. Such repentance realigns our life and mindset toward a healthier, more positive lifestyle. Moreover, repentance is not a onetime act but an ongoing process guiding us day by day toward health. Even when facing illness and pain, faith still brings endless comfort and strength, giving meaning and hope in trials.

2. Sin and Sickness: Challenges in a Fallen World

Although repentance brings inner peace, sin remains, so we cannot escape the rhythms of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23, NKJV)

This verse tells us that sin brings death not only of soul but also bodily decay. Even the most devout believers experience illness and suffering. Paul speaks of a “thorn” in his flesh that would not leave him:

“Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’” (2 Corinthians 12:89, NKJV)

Here, God did not immediately remove Paul’s pain but taught him to rely on divine strength in weakness. Our own experiences often mirror this: believers may still struggle with disease and hardship. Yet through these challenges, God’s grace and power shine forth in our lives.

3. Submission and Trust amid Illness

What if you are already sick? Trust God! In our country, most people toil endlessly for livelihood, their bodymindspirit exhausted, bearing scars. It is precisely at such times we need to submit before God and lean on Him. True wisdom in faith does not avoid illness but fully surrenders to God amid suffering, trusting His plan, wisdom, and love. Through this, believers find comfort and guidance in any circumstance.

“Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7, NKJV)

God wants us to cast our cares on Him, trusting rather than doubting His love when ill. Sometimes He heals directly:

“And He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.’” (Mark 5:34, NKJV)

Other times, He grants strength to endure:

“My grace is sufficient for you.” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NKJV)

And sometimes He uses illness to draw us toward eternal hope. In every way, God reigns. Believers need a heart of unconditional submission—do not propose your own “healing methods” after prayer, for such “cleverness” only leads back into Satan’s snares.

4. Repentance and Health: The True Essence of Faith

Repentance is not a onetime health guarantee but the path to soul and body restoration. When our souls are filled with God’s love, our bodies reflect that inner change.

“For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:8, NKJV)

As this verse says, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord, including how we face illness and pain. We obey God’s leading and entrust His will, even in trials, resting in Him. Brothers and sisters, if you have received Jesus as your Savior, you should turn to Him when you are powerless, lay aside your own “wisdom,” and firmly rely on Him, accepting His sovereign lead.

Conclusion

Faith does not solve every personal “desire,” but it provides peace and resilience. Repentance restores our purity and brings healthy living; submitting to God’s will fills us with faith and strength in suffering. Illness does not mean distance from God; rather, in pain we lean more on Him and experience His grace. Ultimately, God’s leading makes every stage of life meaningful and hopeful.

Let us pray together, brothers and sisters!