🏥ULTIMATE CARE DEVOTIONAL🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2023. VOLUME 2🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦THEME:👉 A HEALTHY BELIEVEER 2“To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out”TEXT: 👉JOHN 10: 3MESSAGE📕A Healthy Believer “hears” God’s voice and acts on the voice of the Lord. God’s voice may not be audible, but it is discernable to the believer. God voice doesn’t always tell us what we “want” to hear, but He is certain for telling us what we need to hear. It is in the time of private prayer, devotion and meditation that God forms or better said, “reforms” our character into HIS.Here are parst of the 9 characteristics of a Healthy Believer – of someone who represents Jesus well.They are growing in loving-kindness.You recognize a healthy Christian by seeing the fruit of the Spirit in their lives. They are growing in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. (See Galatians 5:22-23)They feed regularly on the Word of God.DL Moody was a late Christian leader who had a high view of the Word of God, and shared so many good illustrations of why the Scriptures build a healthy Christian. He once said, “If we don’t bring people into closer contact with the Word of God, the whole impression from religious meetings will be gone in 3 months.”Until we learn to feed on the Word of God in our own personal, daily lives, we will never be the growing Christians God wants us to be. (See Psalm 1:1-3)They Regularly Practice God’s Presence.A healthy Christian regularly experiences God’s presence in their life. They want to know God personally, and God fills and empowers them by His Spirit’s loving presence. (See Romans 5:5)Their Faith is rooted in the Gospel.A healthy Christian knows the entirety of their salvation rests in God’s work on their behalf, through Jesus on the cross, not in their own feeble efforts at holiness. They do not spread mere moralism. They spread the gospel, which is focused on accepting Christ by faith, and following Him. (See Ephesians 2:8-9)They Faithfully Endure Hardships.A healthy Christian knows this life will not always be perfect. They have an eternal focus, and know this life is temporary and flawed. They are focused on believing God’s promises in the midst of the pain of this world. (See Acts 14:22)May the Lord grant us the grace to a healthier relationship with God in Jesus mighty name, Amen.REFLECTION🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿“God voice doesn’t always tell us what we “want” to hear, but He is certain for telling us what we need to hear”PRAYERS:🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿HEAVENLY Father, I thank you for a healthier Christian life. Father, empower me to live to the fulfilling of your will in my life, in Jesus mighty name, Amen.FURTHER BIBLE READING🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: JOHN 12BIBLE READING PLAN FOR THE YEAR, 2023🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿;MORNING: ISAIAH 51 .EVENING: ISAIAH 52💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦🍎 Author: Pastor NseAbasi Harry 🍎💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 HAMMER WORD BIBLE CHURCH, ABAK, NIGERIA CARES ⛪💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦