HOLY AND WHOLE.

23 May God Himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together — spirit, soul, and body — and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. 24 The One who called you is completely dependable. If He said it, He’ll do it!    

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 [MSG]

3 Places God Brings Wholeness.

1. The Body. 

19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 [NIV]

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.

Romans 12:1 [NIV]

8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

1 Timothy 4:8 [NIV]

23 For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.

Proverbs 5:23 [NIV]

2. The Soul.

2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

3 John 1:2 [NKJV]

2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12:2 [NIV]

19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

James 1:19-20 [NIV]

5 Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:5 [NIV]

5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. 6 Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.

Psalm 126:5-6 [NIV]

25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Proverbs 29:25 [NIV]

1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul…

Psalms 23:1-3 [NIV]

17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then He said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

Luke 17:11-19 [NIV]

12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12 [NIV]

3. The Spirit.

17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:17 [NIV]

11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him?

1 Corinthians 2:11 [NKJV]

32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32 [NKJV]

28 Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.

Proverbs 25:28 [NKJV]

16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:16 [NIV]

10 These are the things God has revealed to us by His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 2:10 [NIV]

16 I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being…

Ephesians 3:16 [NIV]

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:6 [NKJV]