“The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations, ” said Will Durant.

First of all we want to remind ourselves that there is physical health and that there is also spiritual health.

PHYSICAL HEALTH

Our local paper is reporting recently that one doctor succumbed to burn – out, because of the shortage of General Practitioners. We are also reading that newcomers to our area, the Far North of New Zealand, are told, that no surgery will enroll them.

“HEALTH [PHYSICAL HEALTH] ISN’T EVERYTHING, BUT WITHOUT IT EVERYTHING IS NOTHING!” – Dr. Hans Diehl

SPIRITUAL HEALTH

Fewer …

That we have 13% fewer adults, 22% fewer teens, 26% fewer children in our churches compared to a decade ago reported the New Zealand Baptist statistician not long ago. And she reported also that less than 10 children are recorded in 30% of the Baptist Churches in New Zealand.

Let us remind ourselves again also that SPIRITUAL HEALTH is more important than PHYSICAL health.