215/365: Take Good Care of the Asset

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. ~ 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20

Serving others takes physical strength and stamina. Loving others comes in many forms and often asks us to exhaust ourselves for the ones we care about.

Take care of your body, your asset, for it is the temple of Christ and houses the Holy Spirit. Your physical health helps you leverage your strength to serve others.

GO DEEPER: Romans 12: 1-5

Next Step: Commit to one thing that will honor God with your temple. Either stop something that is harmful to your health or start something that will benefit your health. Not many things... just do one thing.

zackery

on 08/04/2023 at 03:04 AM

I never thought about what I put into my body 3 months ago I was put on blood pressure medication and weighed 408 pounds I’m down to 386 but it’s a tough journey and a complete lifestyle change please pray for me to stay the course daily

Will J

on 08/03/2023 at 06:17 PM

I rarely take care of myself. My wife does a great job at watching over me, by helping me quit Copenhagen and Red Bull. But I enjoy a beer and obsessed with Coffee. I work an active job and stay in shape that way. Maybe I can learn to add more fruits to my diet!

Ethan Rogers

on 08/03/2023 at 05:59 PM

You know, I never got any tattoos. Because my mother raised me with this verse that I took to heart. My tattoos turned out to be all the scars that I have gotten over the years. Injuries, accidents, surgeries, and cuts. However, I ruined my health due to the consumption of drugs and alcohol. And smoking. Regret is a flailing morass of pain that also stresses and deteriorates the body. God did not intend me to suffer these despairities. My soul is also dredgened with pollution from acts resulting from the many character defects that I have nurtured most of my life. Practicing selfish dishonesty with fearful anger I stepped on the toes of my fellows, and they retaliated, causing me to go deeper into seeking the internal justice I thought was so important for the succession towards my prevalent desire to feel superior. Opening up to my brothers has helped me with humility, which is necessary to heal from these evils. I am grateful for Jesus and His mercies.

Ashley Jarvis

on 08/03/2023 at 03:40 PM

Looking at my kiddos as God’s children on loan has really helped me be far more intentional in how I parent, what I say, and how I say it… night and day. Looking at others around me as God’s children, and what they do, say, and how they say it as testaments of how they’re feeling inside rather than how they feel about me. It’s helped me to not react to bad attitudes or behavior, and just pray for them and show kindness. Why am I just now seeing this angle for my body as well? Great perspective here, very grateful to start seeing my body not as my own, that it was bought at the highest price imaginable, and it’s my responsibility to take care of it. Thank you God for the daily lessons and insight, amen 🙏🏻

Michael Myers

on 08/03/2023 at 03:21 PM

Jay, I’m praying for buddy. Take each day step by step and know God loves you more than you will ever realize. He will help you get through this. God bless you all!

john larson

on 08/03/2023 at 02:40 PM

That’s all good advice Brandon. I’ve been working out regularly since my teens and now retired and keeping it up. Just keep moving. Walk the dog, lift what you can lift, take it a day at a time, and change it up so it doesn’t get boring!

Brandon Pembleton

on 08/03/2023 at 02:20 PM

I’ve been into fitness and healthy eating for a bit over twenty years now minus injury timeouts and recovery periods (none sustained in the gym but nearly always some random puddle or ankle/knee wrecking rock stepped on sort of thing and motorcycle crashes that permanently damaged my spine) momentum is the key to fitness and healthy living. When just starting out or coming off a multi month recovery period following an injury the body can’t do some crazy hypertrophic training out of the gate. But it can move so start there. Get a pedometer and make it a daily goal to get to 10K steps everyday. If you’re at say 3K when you start make it 5K for month one then 8K for month 2 and so on. That’s a start. Start tracking what you eat by putting all of it in a food tracker (chronometer.com is phenomenal and will give you every bit of nutritional value for anything and calculate all of it for you) health and fitness is not supposed to suck. Ease into each phase and give your mind and body a chance to adapt before leveling up the work. Remove ego if you’re lifting weights - no one cares or remembers what you lifted at the gym. Train to be able to keep training. The physical changes come but be patient it takes time and is time well spent. There’s three legs to chair we sit on mental, spiritual, and physical. Don’t neglect any of the legs lest the chair tip over.Thank you God for guiding me to fitness and helping me make it part of my Christian healthy lifestyle. I love you God amen 🙏

Chris C

on 08/03/2023 at 02:16 PM

Michael, I'm praying for you. I pray that tobacco will release its hold on you. It takes the voice of the Holy Spirit to guide you away from that desire to smoke. I've been there; I quit after 10 plus years of 2 packs a day. Took a lot of prayer. Hang in there! 🙏🙏🙏

Jay Daniel

on 08/03/2023 at 02:09 PM

I have struggled for the last few months to carry myself. I am not as happy as I used to be - insecurity and depression seem to rule my mind. It is causing issues with everyone in my life. I know God is watching over me, and I know I must put my trust in Him. Prayers are very much appreciated.

Robert McFaddin

on 08/03/2023 at 01:43 PM

Lord willing I get my eating under control. That is one part of the reasons I have been fasting. My god has been my comfort and my stomach has been how I “worship”. I eat almost nonstop. I snack while I cook and then eat the family meal. Then I eat a “dessert”. I eat and eat and eat. I also have been exercising. As a teacher it’s easy to exercise in my off time in the summers. The challenge will be keeping it going once school starts back in a few weeks.

James

on 08/03/2023 at 01:24 PM

Hang in there, Michael. With Gods help you can do it. I’m praying for you.

michael f vinning

on 08/03/2023 at 12:53 PM

This is the year I stop smoking cigarettes!! Told myself I would quit when the price got over $5/pack but instead switched to rolling my own and justified it bc it is so cheap but God has been calling me to do this and I’ve been stubborn. Please pray that I would get the courage to just throw out what I have left, work the same 12 steps that for me sober, and leave the rest to God! This is the year-before I turn 53!! Strength and courage brothers!!

Tommy Williamson

on 08/03/2023 at 12:47 PM

I want to praise the Lord that I was able to bounce back from the heatstroke I experienced at last weeks market. In 2017 when I retired that heatstroke certainly would have put me in the hospital. I weighted in at 310 pounds at that time and of body with me only being 5’6” tall I did not carry that much weight well. Today I have slimmed down a lot and been eating much healthier. So I bounced back quicker. I can’t say that it was not scary to face possibility of a repeat of the week prior but I did it. Not only did I make through the market feeling fine but I also had my best day so far this year and my second best I had in the two season we have been at that market. I also got to witness to one of the most delightful older couples. They were both hard of hearing so I’m sure many more heard my testimony as well.

215/365: Take Good Care of the Asset

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