How Important is Your Soul

We have a soul and that is where our will and emotions come into play at. The Word of God says that our soul should prosper. Listen to the Words of third John3:2" Beloved,I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. A few years ago I had a brother in the Lord give me a book intitied Hebrew Honey.I would like to share the definitions from this book about our soul." And the LORD GOD...breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;and man became a living soul. Gen 2:7 just think for a moment if God had not breathed his life into that peice of clay the man would have never had life the figure of dust would have just laid there. But when God breathed life into his creation he became a living soul.Soul derives from the Hebrew root word naphash which has several denotements.
1. It denotes breath,vital spirit or principle of lifeGen 35:18 1Kings 17:17 When this breath is absent there is death. At death the spirit is departed.
2. It denotes mind and rationality Psa.57:1 The idea is that the soul not only discovers the trustworthy but persuades the whole person to place his trust in it or cast his all upon it.
3. It denotes the seat of affections, feelings, and emotions-Psa.35:9 The soul, which the Lord breathed into the body, feels after the Lord and upon discovering Him is moved to rejoice in Him.
4. It signifies a person Exod.5:1. That which can love or hate; that which can sing or be sad; that which can be excited by the right or by the wrong makes up the total personality. The body is only clay and one day will return to the ground from which it came. As you look at these four definitions of the Word soul my prayer is that we would begin to realize how important it is to delight our selves in the word of God and fill our soul to the overflowing with the prsence of God. A prospereth soul produces a healthy body. I am convinced that many of the health problems we face comes from a wounded spirit or we can say soul. Keeping in mind that our soul is the seat of our affections,feelings etc. Many of us never let go of those deep hurts and they just fester in us until they show up on the body in some form or another. I hope you will meditate upon these thoughts. Have a Blessed and Healthy Day in Jesus Name: From Pastor Ken