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When it comes to well-being we can have a tendency to focus on physical healing. The bad backs, the blood and skin conditions and the \u2018incurable\u2019 diseases \u2013 we have seen God heal all these and more. But having physical miracles like broken bones instantly mended is only one aspect of healing.<\/p>\n

The Bible teaches us that we are not only physical beings but spiritual as well (Genesis 2:7) Putting it simply, on the one hand we have a body which is purely physical; it feels pain and is subject to aging, it needs food and sleep. But we also have a spirit which inhabits the body as long as the body is alive.<\/p>\n

The real you<\/h3>\n

In Genesis 2:7<\/strong> we are told that after God breathed into the man he had formed from the dust of the earth that he became a living soul. The word soul in Hebrew is nephesh and in Greek it is psuch\u00e9 (soo-khay). It means animated, breathing or life. It\u2019s that inner consciousness that you identify as being the essential you; it\u2019s where your thoughts, emotions and choices come from.<\/p>\n

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So the apostle John writes: Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When the Bible talks about healing and health it’s primarily talking about our relationship with God. It\u2019s not exaggerating to say that the scriptures make prosperity and well-being synonymous with knowing and being known by the Lord.\u00a0 (Proverbs 3)<\/p>\n

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When Paul writes: May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:23). He is saying, \u201cmay every part of you, know God\u2019s love and saving grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Saved, healed and delivered<\/h3>\n

The term \u2018sozo\u2019 is an ancient Greek word that appears throughout the New Testament narrative. The general sense of the word is \u2018made well\u2019 but in our English translations we actually translate the word \u2018sozo\u2019 into different aspects of ‘being made well’, depending on the context. So sometimes we translate it as \u2018healed\u2019 (usually meaning physically healed), sometimes as \u2018saved\u2019 (spiritually and\/or physically ) and also as delivered (meaning ‘set free from something bad’).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some Biblical examples of how we translate the Greek word sozo into English (word translated from sozo in red):<\/p>\n