A friend sent me this short article by Edmund Chen and I thought it reflects my concerns but very nicely prescribes good habits to strengthen our spiritual health. Unfortunately I find that churches almost never dwell on how we should maintain our spiritual health, not even regularly encouraging members to faithfully practice daily devotions and prayer. Anyway I thought I’d reproduce the article here in the hope that it may help more to take care of their spiritual health.
Thought For Your Day
Guarding Against Spiritual Amnesia
(Five Helpful Habits)
By Pastor Edmund Chan
20 April 2026
Monday
Spiritual amnesia is one of the greatest silent killers of the soul. It is a subtle, drifting malaise where we forget who God is, what He has done, and who we are in Him.
When we forget, we begin to fear. And when remembrance weakens, obedience wavers.
We must, therefore, be intentional in guarding our hearts against this spiritual forgetfulness.
Let me suggest five helpful habits.
1. Keep an Ebenezer Journal
In 1 Samuel 7, Samuel set up a memorial stone and called it Ebenezer: “Till now the Lord has helped us” (v12).
Memory needs markers. Write down God’s faithfulness. Capture divine moments. Record answered prayers.
When you journal God’s works, you build a reservoir of remembrance. In the day of the storm, your Ebenezer Journal reminds you of God’s faithfulness and steadies your heart.
2. Practise Gratitude Prayer
Train your heart to rehearse God’s goodness regularly. Name His blessings. Speak them out. Thank Him specifically.
Gratitude recalibrates the soul; shifting us from scarcity to sufficiency, from anxiety to assurance, from fear to faith.
For when you cultivate a heart of gratitude, you are training your mind to prioritise the Presence of the Provider over the pressure of the problem.
3. Engage in Community “Recall”
Leaders are curators of stories. God stories. And such testimonies build a faith legacy.
Faith was never meant to be lived in isolation. In Scripture, one generation tells the next the mighty acts of God. Lest we forget!
And so, I would gather my kids on family vacations and say, “Papa is going to tell you his God stories!”
Stories are passed down. Testimonies are shared. Faith is reinforced.
4. Rewire Your Inner Script
Don’t forget basic truths. Let the Word, not the world, shape your inner script.
For example, God’s Word says, “Do not love the world” (1 John 2:15-17).
If we suffer from spiritual amnesia, we would be in spiritual bondage as a worldly Christian. We need God’s deliverance and have our inner script rewired to embrace the truth that this world is not our home, we’re just passing through!
A right inner script and a cognitive resonance aligned with the sacred Scripture develop right thinking. And right thinking fuels right living.
5. Memorise Scripture
A mind filled with Scripture is a heart guarded against forgetfulness. In times of need, the Spirit could bring to remembrance the memorised Word hidden within your heart. It helps you to recall what matters. But you cannot recall what you have not retained.
You can start (or restart) your Scripture memory with short verses. For example, you can memorise a short verse like 2 Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith, not by sight”, in just one to two minutes by simple repetition. What a powerful verse!
Or Colossians 3:2 – “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
Once you get the hang of it, progress to memorising a whole psalm; like the famous Psalm 23 for example.
In the final analysis, guarding against spiritual amnesia is not a matter of memory alone. It is a matter of devotion.
Today, don’t forget God. Otherwise, you would look at the uncertain future with anxiety. Rather, look back in time at the faithfulness of God! Then put God in the equation of your present life. As such, you can look ahead with gratitude, faith and confidence!
Yes, guard against spiritual amnesia. Don’t forget God.
And don’t ever forget His love for you!
Baruch HaShem!
Great days ahead,
Edmund Chan
Mentoring Leaders.
Multiplying Disciples.