Practical Spirituality: ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐
- Soul Journey
- Aug 29
- 6 min read
What if everything in our sacred texts is true?
Not just the moral teachings we debate in Sunday school, or the parables we try to apply like proverbs for daily livingโbut ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. The miracles. The wonders. The fantastical events that form the very pillars of our faith.
What if seas really parted? What if manna really fell from heaven? What if angels really ministered to people in need? And what if Jesus wasnโt speaking in metaphor when He said, โYou will do greater works than theseโ?
Most of us settle into a spirituality that tames the supernatural. We analyze, discuss, and debate the words, but often stop short of living as though the Kingdom of God is truly here. Yet practical spirituality asks us to flip the question: What if we dared to take the text at face value? What if miracles arenโt the exception, but the expectation?
๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐
Traditional Bible study has its placeโit roots us in history, scripture, and tradition. But too often it becomes a debate club, parsing doctrine while avoiding the raw, living presence of God. Practical spirituality is different. Itโs not about more intellectual agreementโitโs about daily participation.
It says: donโt just believe in healingโpractice the laying on of hands.
Donโt just talk about prayerโpray with the anticipation that things will shift.
Donโt just sing about faithโwake up each day expecting Heaven to break through in your ordinary life.
This isnโt about abandoning reason; itโs about reclaiming wonder.
Itโs choosing to treat spirituality as something tangible, testable, and aliveโwoven into our mornings, our work, our relationships, and even the way we touch another person with compassion.
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐+
There is a version of faith that many of us quietly hunger forโsomething deeper than moral lessons or rituals, something that leans into the mystical side of our tradition. I call it Christian+ or Christian Mysticism.
Christian+ is what happens when we stop explaining away the strange passages of Scripture and start embracing them. When we take seriously the possibility that Jesus meant every word when He told us weโd do greater works than He did.
Think about it: laying on of hands that really heals, water that truly becomes wine, prophetic knowing that speaks into the hidden corners of someoneโs heart, mud and spit that opens blind eyes, lamps that burn without ceasing, jars filled with miraculous oil.
When we embrace the idea that all the weird stuff is real, our vocabulary expands. Suddenly, faith isnโt just a set of doctrinesโit becomes a living energy flowing through us, a daily connection with the Divine. And that connection isnโt limited to Sunday services or quiet-time devotionals. It touches everythingโour bodies, our families, our friendships, our work, and even our businesses.
That is practical spirituality. A remembrance that all aspects of our existence are bound up in our divine purposeโnot just the moments we label โreligious,โ but the whole of our lives.
๐ต๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐
At its core, practical spirituality isnโt bound to or limited by a single religious path. I am Christian at my core, but that doesnโt exclude me from recognizing the divine truths that are present in Judaism, Buddhism, shamanic traditions across the globe, and countless other practices that were developed as sincere attempts to explain the unexplainable nature of God.
Once we begin trying to label the un-labelable, name the unnamable, and describe the indescribable, we immediately limit it. That is the nature of languageโit puts God in a box. Anything outside that box often becomes โother,โ foreign, or feared.
Practical spirituality, however, is an opportunity to open those boxes, to test ancient wisdom, and to ask: does this practice help me remember my connection to the Divine? Does it point me toward greater love, healing, and wholeness? If so, maybe itโs not foreign at allโitโs family.
Thatโs where chakras, mantras, crystals, and the stars are allowed to truly shine. Not as competition with our faith, but as complementary reminders of the vastness of God. They can be doorways back to our divine rights and powersโechoes of the same Source that runs through all traditions.
๐ป๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐
Consider Thai massage, which is rooted in Buddhist principles of mettaโloving-kindnessโand treating the body like a temple. It isnโt just a technique; itโs a prayer of presence. When someone lays hands on you in that context, itโs more than physical pressureโitโs a transmission of compassion.
Christians already know this language: the laying on of hands, anointing with oil, praying over the sick. Touch becomes a vehicle for grace. When offered with sincerity and faith, itโs a reminder that we carry divine presence within us, and that presence can flow outward to bless, heal, and restore.
So what if we began to see every handshake, every hug, every intentional touch as a small miracle? A chance to embody the reality of โGod with usโ?
๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐
Affirmations often get dismissed as shallow self-help. But what if we rooted them in Spirit? Instead of saying, โI am enoughโ in a vacuum, imagine whispering:
โI am beloved, because the Creator knit me together in love.โ
โI walk in light, because His word is a lamp unto my feet.โ
โI can face today, because the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in me.โ
Now the affirmation isnโt just positive thinkingโitโs sacred remembering. A way of aligning our minds with eternal truth rather than temporary circumstance.
๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐
Yoga offers another doorway. Too often in the West itโs reduced to fitness, when in fact it was always meant to be a full-body, full-spirit practice. The eight limbs of yoga point to a 360-degree human: ethical living, meditation, service, devotion, self-discipline, breath, physicality, and unity with God.
If we place self-love in the center of that lotusโas the jewelโit becomes clear: every discipline is meant to bring us back to the awareness that we are held, beloved, and empowered. From that place, miracles arenโt out of reach; theyโre the natural outflow of a soul aligned with its Source.
๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Practical spirituality doesnโt ask us to believe in fairy talesโit asks us to trust that the extraordinary is woven into the ordinary. That Heaven is never far, and that God delights to surprise us in the fabric of daily life.
It means rising in the morning and saying: โShow me something today to remind I live in heaven on Earth every day.โ
It means praying over the sick with expectation, not hesitation.
It means choosing to look for manna in the wilderness and water in the desert.
And most of all, it means living in loveโbecause love is the miracle that makes all the others possible.
So what if itโs all true?
What if seas still part, bread still multiplies, and mountains still move when faith stirs?
What if your very life is meant to be a testimonyโnot only of survival, but of the miraculous?
Thatโs the invitation of practical spirituality: not to argue about the wonders of God, but to live as though they are happening around us, right now.
โจ๐ป๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐
- Lay a hand on your heart, breathe deep, and say: โI am a temple of the living God.โ
- Hug someone and silently bless them: โMay you be healed, may you be loved.โ
- Begin your day with expectancy: โLord, surprise me with Your goodness.โ
Practical spirituality isnโt complicatedโitโs simply bringing faith down to earth, until Heaven begins to look familiar.
If you find yourself stirred by these ideasโwondering how to bring faith, healing, and practical spirituality into your own lifeโweโd love to walk alongside you. At Soul Journey, we hold space for those seeking alignment between ancient wisdom, daily practice, and the sacred presence of God.
โจ If youโre feeling called into your own spiritual awakening, reach out. Together, we can explore what it means to live as a whole and connected beingโbody, mind, and spirit.
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