Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

Have you followed up with people after you scan them who show a high connection with their faith and a high belief in God. Have you had a follow-up process with them

to understand how they feel on a consistent basis and how their brain looks by having a consistent

trust and belief in God? And do they have happier, more fulfilling lives or relationships, or is that dependent on

circumstance? What else have you noticed with people's brains?

If you get sick, you get better, faster.

Really?

So the scientists that has done the most work in this is at Duke.

His name is Harold Koenig.

Okay, I wrote this huge volume and looked at the neuroscience of prayer and looked at the health

benefits of belief.

And there are myriad that if you're, if you go to church on a regular basis,

if you get sick, you get better faster.

It lowers your risk of mental health issues.

And obviously people who are Christian or Muslim or Jewish,

they have mental health issues.

But having the belief and the community associated with it is protective.

Interesting.

Would some people say, well, that's just the community and the ritual and the habit of having

people around you, or is it really?

Maybe that's good for you, but also believing you're here for a purpose, believing you are wonderfully made that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that was given to you by God, their neurotransmitter benefits to that belief.

Was there ever a time in your life where you didn't believe in God? No.

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