Spiritually Fit

Spiritually Fit is a revolutionary system that incorporates the use of a personal trainer to help you not only memorize scripture, but to take it to the next level and actually meditate upon those scriptures you have memorized, with the intent of incorporating them into your everyday life.

Download Study Guide

Welcome to Spiritually Fit and a lifetime of enjoying the benefits of meditating on God’s word! God has promised to prosper the lives of those who meditate upon His word! With Spiritually Fit you will systematically memorize and meditate upon more scriptures than you thought possible. The Spiritually Fit system will enable you to memorize hundreds of verses and recall each of them instantly by chapter and verse and topic. Your personal trainer, Pastor Gene LaValley, will keep you engaged and focused every step of the way, and you won’t believe your results. Bodily exercise is fine, but exercising yourself unto Godliness helps in every way in this life and the one to come. (1 Tim 4:8)

MY PLEDGE
I will consistently and aggressively speak God’s Word (out loud and within my mind) on a dialy basis in and over my life, my body, my circumstances, my situations, my thoughts, my attitudes, my friends, my adversaries, my family, my finances, my nations, God’s people, and His church, REGARDLESS of how I feel or what my circumstances dictate or what I see, or what my natural mind thinks, or what others tell me. I choose to believe God’s Word in all of life’s situations and circumstances and to speak and act accordingly. God’s Word is always true and His Word is the most powerful and reliable thing in the entire universe! God is His Word! I will find out and seek out God’s word and will for my situation, what He says about my circumstances. I will see and say what God sees and what God says about everything, and I will confront and challenge my situation and circumstances with what God’s Word says. I will speak God’s “Thus saith the Lord…” and His “It is written…” I will believe and say what God says about everything and everyone in life.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SPIRITUALLY FIT?
The “secret” behind the Spiritually Fit system is the daily, verbal, repetition of the verses coupled with the unique review system which causes the scriptures to go from short to long term memory. The benefits of Spiritually Fit are numerous and incalculable – but most importantly, you saturate your mind with the Word of God, and you develop the critical ability to take charge of your own thought life and direct and focus your mind on what you and God want it focused upon, His Word! In doing so you position yourself to receive the blessing of God on all those who make His law their delight and meditate on it both day and night! (Ps 1:2)

The first thing to understand is that the goal of the Spiritually Fit is not to “merely memorize scripture”, although this is a worthwhile goal. The goal is to draw closer to God and grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18) . Our goal is to also grow in faith and understanding of God by actually doing what the scriptures say (John 7:17). In other words, to not just be a “hearer” of the word but a “doer” of the word. (James 1:22) The goal of Spiritually Fit is to become a more Godly individual.

The Spiritually Fit system is a means to an end. We memorize the word of God as step one of a three step process. Step two is to meditate upon the word that we have hidden within our hearts and minds. Step three is to allow His word to guide our everyday lives, actions, decisions and lifestyles, thus drawing closer to Him. Someone has said that memorization without meditation is merely information and that meditation without obedience is like chewing without swallowing. In order to get the full benefit of God’s word (which is a closer walk with Him) we must have the input of His word, the processing of His word within us and the actual application of His word in our everyday lives. This is where and when the blessing of God comes!

Many believers want to memorize the Word of God and many make many valiant attempts to do so. But, too often it is much like dieting, it only lasts for so long and then it’s back to the old ways. There are several reasons for this, first, we usually follow the path of least resistance, and we lose motivation fairly rapidly. Secondly, we go the road alone, because it is hard to find someone else who is interested and if we do, they are usually on different schedules and have different memorization abilities.

***Click on blue link to listen; or, to save the files to your computer, right click on the links below and select “save target as”. Select where you would like to save the file and select okay.

STARTER PACKS
These first three sets of scriptures are what I refer to as the “Starter Packs”. These are basic scriptures that refer to the truths in the Kingdom of God and basic doctrinal truths Christians adhere to. There is not an overall theme to each set of ten scriptures as there are with the other “packs”. I encourage you to let these verses sink deep within your heart, mind and spirit. As you memorize them and then meditate upon them, they will bring light and life to your soul.

Starter Pack 3
Lesson Guide (PDF)
Romans 8:28
Romans 10:9
Romans 10:13
Romans 10:17
2 Corinthians 5:17
Ephesians 6:1
1 Timothy 2:5
Hebrews 9:27
Hebrews 13:8
1 John 1:9  
Lesson Review

FEAR PACK
The Dear Abby columnist wrote that after 50 years of doing a daily advice column, people’s number one issue they sought advice concerning had to do with fear. Today if you google “fear” & “phobias” you will come up with a list as long as your arm. Someone has calculated that there are 365 different scripture references that have to do with fear. That would be one for each day of the year. Thank God His word is not silent when it comes to fear, no matter what form it comes in or how it manifests itself. This “Fear Pack” contains just a random sampling of those verses. There are many more that you can search out yourself and add to your Spiritual Fitness.
Lesson Guide (PDF)
Joshua 1:9
Proverbs 1:33
Matthew 28:5-6
Luke 12:4
Luke 12:32
Philippains 4:6
2 Timothy 1:7
1 Peter 3:14
1 John 4:18
Revelation 1:17
Lesson Review

SALVATION PACK
This is why Jesus came, so that we could be saved. These ten verses provide the beginning of an understanding of God’s purpose for our lives as well as the necessity of proper human response to God’s invitation to salvation. As you meditate on these verses God will open your understanding with new and exciting insights into His word and nature.
Lesson Guide (PDF)
Matthew 1:21
Luke 19:10
John 3:17
Acts 2:21
Acts 2:40
Acts 16:30-31
Acts 28:28
2 Corinthians 7:10
1 Timothy 2:4
1 Peter 1:23
Lesson Review