A H.O.M.E. Remedy for Everyday Kingdom Health

By Abbe Hockaday, IFBB Pro
Founder of Abb’s Kingdom Health™ | Owner of Abb’s

A home remedy begins with what is close at hand—something simple and accessible that we can put into practice right where we are.

In this month’s Faith in Fitness, Abbe Hockaday introduces a different kind of H.O.M.E. Remedy:

H.O.M.E. — Heaven Orients My Existence

Its six SEMPLE™ ingredients invite us to place our everyday choices before Yahweh. As we follow His direction, the Holy Spirit grows fruit within us—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and more. We then carry that fruit into the world around us, becoming vessels through whom God’s ways can be seen here on earth.

“Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10 (NRSV)

Kingdom Health Begins at the Source

At Abb’s, Kingdom Health™ is a faith-founded approach to whole-person well-being. It begins with Yahweh as the Source of life and asks how His ways can guide the life we live each day.

The SEMPLE™ framework helps us care for six connected dimensions of life:

Spiritual • Emotional • Mental • Physical • Lifestyle • Environmental Fitness

What happens in one area can affect the others. Kingdom Health invites us to notice what needs care and take a faithful step rather than waiting until every part of life feels perfectly in order.

Ingredients for Today

Think of these as six simple ingredients you can bring into your day:

Spiritual: One quiet moment of prayer to align with God.
Emotional: One feeling brought honestly to God.
Mental: One thought renewed with truth.
Physical: One act of care for your body.
Lifestyle: One healthy choice worth repeating.
Environmental: One space tended with love.

Directions

Begin with Yahweh.

Choose a small practice from each pillar, or simply begin with the part of your life that needs care most today. As you practice, ask how His ways can shape your life here on earth.

“Daily decisions determine destiny.”

Small choices give us daily opportunities to turn toward God and care for what He has entrusted to us.

What the Mixture Yields: Fruit to Share

As we bring the SEMPLE™ ingredients into daily life and ask for God’s will to be done “on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10), the Holy Spirit grows something within us that is meant to be shared.

Galatians 5:22–23 names that fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

The ingredients are our faithful responses to God’s direction. The fruit is His work within us—and it becomes visible through the way we live and the way we treat others.

Make Your H.O.M.E. Remedy

Start by choosing one ingredient.

Which SEMPLE™ pillar needs your attention today?

Take one small step, then notice whether the Spirit’s fruit becomes visible in the way you respond to someone else.

Take It to Your Journal

1. Which pillar did I choose, and why does it need my attention right now?
2. What small step did I take? What did I notice within myself afterward?
3. Did love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, or self-control become visible in an interaction today? What might God be inviting me to practice again tomorrow?

Remember: A H.O.M.E. Remedy is a way to respond to God’s direction—one everyday choice at a time.