Rhoda Linton - 52 Days To Rebuild Your Mind, Spirit, and Body: Based on the Book of Nehemiah

52 Days

To Rebuild Your

Mind, Spirit, and Body

(Based on the Book of Nehemiah)

By

Rhoda Linton

52 Days To Rebuild Your Mind, Spirit, &Body

(Based on the book of Nehemiah)

By

Rhoda Linton

2004

Revised 2020

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1-Introspection-Getting Permission Neh 1; 2:1-10: *5;8

Chapter 2 Looking In The Mirror-Keeping A Journal Neh. 1:3: 2:11

Chapter 3 Breaking Your Will Neh. 1:4

Chapter 4 Fasting and Prayer Neh. 1:4

Chapter 5 Confession, Repentance, Restoration Neh 1:6-11

Chapter 6 A Broken And Contrite Heart Neh 1:4

Chapter 7 Remembering God's Promises Neh. 1:8-11

Chapter 8 Don't Tell Anyone Neh. 2-12

Chapter 9 Listening to God's Still Small Voice Neh. 2:12; 3

Chapter 10 Avoid The Haters Neh. 4:1-16

Chapter 11 Use What You Have In Your Hand-Neh 4:15-16

Chapter 12 You Are Victorious-Neh 4:20

Chapter 13 God's Got Your Back! Stay Focused and Continue to Work Neh 5:16

Chapter 14 Guard What You're Building Neh. 4:7-9

Chapter 15 Fighting For What's Yours Neh 4:13-14

Chapter 16 Don't Stop...Keep On Neh 4:15

Chapter 17 Consult With Yourself and Encourage Yourself Neh. 5:7

Chapter 18 Facing Your Fears and Walking in the Fear of the Lord Neh. 4:19

Chapter 19 Removing The Rubbish Neh. 4:10

Chapter 20 Don't Come Down Off Your Wall Neh. 4:11

Chapter 21 Being Restored Neh. 5:11-16a

Chapter 22 Know You Are Doing A Great Work Neh. 6:1-3

Chapter 23 Hang Your Doors Neh. 6:1

Chapter 24 You Must Be Persistent Neh. 6: 4

Chapter 25 Have An Answer For Those Who Ask Neh. 6:4; 8-9

Chapter 26 Oh God Strengthen Me! Neh. 6:9

Chapter 27 Entrapment-Being Aware of Your Weaknesses Neh. 6:10-13

Chapter 28 Seeing Results Neh. 6:15

Chapter 29 Others Will See The Results Neh. 6:16

Chapter 30 Creating A Plan for Future Success Neh. 7:4-5

Chapter 31 Back to the Basics Neh. 7:1

Chapter 32 Back to the Basics/Daily Bible Reading Neh. 8:1-5

Chapter 33 Back to the Basics/Prayer Neh.8:5

Chapter 34 Back to the Basics/Praise And Worship Neh. 8:6

Chapter 35 Back to the Basics/Diet

Chapter 36 Back to the Basics/Exercise

Chapter 37 Back To the Basics/Cleansing

Chapter 38 Rebuilding Your House Neh. 7:1-4

Chapter 39 Rebuilding Your House-Strategy I Neh 7:1-4

Chapter 40 Rebuilding Your House-Strategy II Neh. 7:1-4

Chapter 41 Rebuilding Your House-Strategy III Neh. 7:1-4

Chapter 42 Can I Ever Let My Hair Down and Party? Neh. 8:10

Chapter 43 What Do I Do If I Fail? (Part I) Neh. 9:2

Chapter 44 What Do I Do? (Part II) Submit, Resist, Recover Neh 9:2

Chapter 45 Dedicate Yourself Neh 12:27

Chapter 46 Linked Up To Fulfill a Goal and a Purpose Neh. 10:29

Chapter 47 Praise and Worship/Tips for Good Health Neh. 12:31

Chapter 48 Music/Tips For Good Health Neh. 12:31

Chapter 49 Having A New Found Confidence Neh. 8:12

Chapter 50 Reaching and Achieving a Goal Neh. 7:1

Chapter 51 Remember me, O my God, for good! Neh. 13:31

Chapter 52 Fit For Life Phil 1:6

Preface/Introduction

Hello Friend, I have been anxiously waiting to share this in formation with you because it has given me a new lease on life and hopefully, it will do the same for you. I am one of those people who have tried every way, in and of myself, to lose weight. This 52 Day book is really about rebuilding the total YOU-body, mind, spirit.

Upon reading the book of Nehemiah, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible, I discovered some life principles that enabled me to rebuild my body in a relatively short time. Nehemiah 6:15 states, So the wall was finished on the twenty and fifth day of the Month Elul, in fifty and two days . That scripture struck me like a bolt of lightning, and I said to myself, If Nehemiah with the help of the Lord could rebuild the walls of a city in 52 days, certainly the Lord and I can rebuild my body in 52 days. So I began my quest to rebuild my body in 52 days. Results: I would like to share with you step-by-step what I did to achieve this goal and encourage you to pray about it and see if this process of rebuilding will be your avenue of success.

There are significant comparisons in rebuilding a wall and rebuilding your body. I consulted with Jonathan Burton, a General Contractor and master builder, as to the process of rebuilding a wall in layman's terms. I am attempting to write the rebuilding process as concisely as I can. First, the wall or place where the wall should be built or rebuilt must be inspected. After the inspection, a plan must be drawn for the measurements of the wall. The plans must be to the specifications of the wall or the building permit that gives the specifications for the job. Then precise materials need to be purchased including shovels, mortar, bricks, sand, line, rebar, plummets, concrete, grout, and a list of other tools necessary for the surety, stability and completion of the wall. Once you have your sharpened tools, materials, and plan together, rebuilding can begin.

The actual rebuilding process begins with the tearing away of the old. It involves tearing down any part of an existing wall that may cause the rebuilt wall to be weak or crooked . It involves digging a two-foot deep by twelve to nine inch wide ditch called the footing. It involves running a string line to a story pole to assure that the wall will be straight. The rebar must be set and inspected as to the centering of the wall. Concrete then is poured and before it is set, the first course of block is placed in the footling. Now, rebuilding or building begins. Similarly, when we begin the rebuilding process for our bodies, we want to begin with step one: cleansing or the tearing away of toxins and old waste in our colonic tract, in our blood stream and in our cells. After we have cleansed, we begin to rebuild our bodies from the inside out. We run string lines from the inside out. We run a string line to our story pole. Our string line is the Word of God and our story pole is our life. When we read God's Word, the rebar is set and inspected; we do the same on a daily basis. We inspect our lives, we journal so that we can make our minds, spirit, and body line up with God's Word. Prayer, our footling, must be poured, allowing our daily blocks of prayer, adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication to be the sure foundation of our building.

To ensure that the walls of our life are made with good quality material, we must not focus on simply rebuilding the physical man, but we must focus on the whole man: mind, spirit, and body. Hence, each day, on this 52 day journey will have three segments for you to be working on when rebuilding YOU-The temple of God (I Cor. 3:16), your Mind. Spirit, and your Body. I will give you strategies and suggestions to help you rebuild in these three areas of your life. I trust they will be helpful to you as they have been life changing for me.

To rebuild your mind we are going to use a four-point method:

1. Scripture

2. Ownership

3. Meditation

4. Journaling

To rebuild your spirit we are going to use a four-point method:

1. Scripture

2. Praise and Worship

3. Prayer

4. Journaling

To rebuild your body we are going to use a four-point method:

1. Cleansing

2. 5-A-Day /Diet

3. Workout

4. Journaling

* Always consult your doctor before beginning a new eating strategy (diet) or program.

Chapter 1

Introspection-Getting Permission

Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 1 and Nehemiah Chapter 2:1-10 *5,8

If Nehemiah with the help of the Lord was able to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days, certainly the Lord can empower us to rebuild our mind, spirit, and body in 52 days. In 2004, I read Pastor Rick Warren's book 40 Days of Purpose, actually entitled, The Purpose Driven Life, and was inspired by the list of awesome events where God used 40 days to change or prepare someone for purpose. Rick writes, For example: Noah's life was transformed by 40 days of rain, Moses was transformed by 40 days on Mount Sinai, Jesus was empowered by 40 days in the wilderness, the disciples were transformed by 40 days with Jesus after his resurrection. The significance of 40 days or 52 days is that it is a spiritually significant time period, dedicated to God allowing Him to transform your life. Introspection is the key to change. Acknowledging your weakness, and taking ownership of your mind, spirit, and body will enable you to confess your wrong doing, repent, and make plans in the next 52 days to spend maximum effort to produce maximum change.