244/365: Are You Taking Care of Yourself?

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? ~ 1 Corinthians 3:16

It's easy to take this body for granted. Just remember it has a limited number of uses - so make every day count, and don't miss your chance to give thanks to God for walking with you through this crazy life.

Taking care of yourself puts you in a better position to serve others who need your energy, strength, stamina, and sharp mind.

GO DEEPER: Hebrews 12: 11-14

Next Step:

Get your rest:. We become vulnerable to poor decisions when we are tired.

Eat healthy: Feed the machine with what it needs to run at peak performance.

Exercise: Stay loose, keep your strength, do hard things. This prepares us for the hard work of helping our neighbor.

Leonard

on 09/02/2023 at 01:42 PM

Praying for you Tommy! Ashley, great word of wisdom and Old Dude, I come in agreement with that beautiful pray. I ask for pray for my eating habits! I am in okay shape but I am turning 50 in October so I know I have to start eating better and exercising more.

MELLOPEZ

on 09/01/2023 at 06:56 PM

Tommy, be strong, God is in control. We don’t have all the answers for every question/situations, and sometimes we asked the wrong question. But if God has you alive, there must be a purpose and your purpose is not filled yet. Be strong friend, everything is seasonal.

Old Dude

on 09/01/2023 at 04:21 PM

Dear heavenly Father, we acknowledge that You are the Great Physician, and we lift up our brother, Tommy, to You. We pray that Your healing hand would be upon him. We pray that he has a complete recovery. Give the medical wisdom in treating him. We also lift up his bride and other family members and pray You would comfort them during this time. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Mike S

on 09/01/2023 at 03:01 PM

Praying for you Tommy and all of you reading as well 👍🏻🙏. Yes take care of yourself and have a good weekend

Boyce Moses

on 09/01/2023 at 02:51 PM

Prayers for you Tommy. We all need to take care of our body, but also have our spiritual side in line. I’m ready to meet my savior at any time, but still want to spend time in His creation. Love you Jesus! ❤️💙💛🧡

john larson

on 09/01/2023 at 02:35 PM

i’m praying for you Tommy!!

Brandon Pembleton

on 09/01/2023 at 02:06 PM

Take it from a guy who lives the healthy lifestyle it won’t be a straight line to perfect body and perfect health. But it will be a nice looking uptrend to feeling better and having a lot more energy and stamina. To me that’s why it is so important to train hard and eat a highly nutritious diet. God built us to move and the systems within our body are quite incredible at how they adapt and change with exercise stress. Not only will you have more physical energy and stamina but spiritually and mentally will get a very big bump as well. Like the reading says the better conditioned you are the more work you can put into helping others. You’ll have more confidence and people listen to those with confidence. What an opportunity to inject God into conversation about how important He is to everything in your life. He gave us the temple of our body and the responsibility to take ownership and care of it. Do it, God commands it. If you’re new search up beginner routines. Don’t let pride get in your way that people will be looking at you funny since you’re new in the gym. That’s ego talking and ego can kick rocks. No one but God is watching. Those gymrat members are almost always grateful to help teach someone asking for advice. So never be afraid to ask someone in the gym for a spot or advice. It’s Gods body we get to use and you’re the custodian of it. Put the work in consistently and take care of the gift of life my brothers. I love you God amen 🙏

Ashley Jarvis

on 09/01/2023 at 02:06 PM

What a testimony you have Tommy, and what a shame for it to not be heard by many more in the years to come… I believe your mindset as you wrote that speaks volumes to the comfort and courage God’s love and grace can bring us if He’s truly placed in our seat of honor, that one pedestal that only He is worthy of in our lives. Such confidence in the place He has prepared for you 🙏🏻 Tommy my prayer is for you to take this time you’ve been blessed with to prioritize your health, exercise, diet, so that your testimony continues and inspires others to look in the mirror and continue “cleaning house”. As Christian’s, we are called to live in a way that attracts others to the love of Christ, and yes, one of those barriers that exists can be literally what they see of us, not just in us. If I’m overweight, a drunkard, chain smoking, cussing, couch potato, AND trying to witness about how good God has been in my life… well, I’m doing God’s work, yes, but how effective will I be? I’m still working on my language, my temper, my nicotine pouches, and my prioritizing time in reading His Word, among many other faults I have. But I can now witness, dropping drinking, drugs, porn, smoking, and picking up working out, stretching, eating healthier have all drastically improved my spiritual connection, and made me far more effective at witnessing for others. Today I pray for all of us to look in the mirror, and search honestly for what God would have us clean out of our temples, amen 🙏🏻

Craig

on 09/01/2023 at 01:53 PM

Praying for you, Tommy, and your caregivers.

Brandon Pembleton

on 09/01/2023 at 01:47 PM

Tommy I will keep praying for God to heal your body and that He works His miracles through those doctors hands and minds!

Ethan Rogers

on 09/01/2023 at 01:44 PM

I'm praying for you, Tommy. Jesus heals.

Patrick

on 09/01/2023 at 01:38 PM

Tommy, We will be keeping you in prayer. One thing is for certain, God is in control. On a more positive note, be in prayer about what you will be doing, if God chooses to turn this condition around for you. Yes, be ready and vigilant, should God call you home. Meanwhile, take advantage of the time to be still and witness/ minister to the people who are caring for you. I am optimistic, that technology being what it is, that the doctors have the expertise to care for you. Should this turn out in a positive way, be prepared to make some changes, and go for the goal. run the rest of your race with endurance until God calls you home, so you will finish well. I lost one of my childhood friends when he was ready to retire at 55, because of bad health choices. It’s possible he would have lived if he could have reached the phone in time. So, my prayers for you will be for healing, healthy choices, and finishing well.

O G

on 09/01/2023 at 01:26 PM

Brothers, I pray that we all get motivated to live well, do well and be well. Our bodies and mental and spiritual health are gifts from God that we need to care for while we inhabit our physical bodies. As I approached a milestone in age I decided to take better care of myself. I prayed to the Holy Spirit for guidance, knowledge and encouragement to get up and get out and do what was necessary. Not only is my health better but so is my relationship with our Lord and Savior. Our bodies are temples…. God bless and keep us!

Scott Thwaites

on 09/01/2023 at 01:17 PM

Tommy, prayed for God’s healing touch on you this morning. God bless.

Barry

on 09/01/2023 at 01:08 PM

Good morning my brothers. Dear Tom like all of us we are praying for you. Like so many of us men we just don't take care of ourselves the way we should. As far as my age is concerned as a senior, i am just a young pup lol, but here i am falling apart. As what was mentioned in our reading it really was right on. Let's honor God by following thru with what it suggest. Stay strong in Christ.

michael f vinning

on 09/01/2023 at 01:04 PM

Praise the Lord Tommy that you are alive and texting!!! I have neglected my body, not fat, but thank genetics for that, but certainly not healthy! Eat like a teenager-at 52-quite surprised I made it this long tbh-I thank Jesus every day!! Im better at spirituall exercise than physical for sure!!

Robert McFaddin

on 09/01/2023 at 12:40 PM

Prayed for you Tommy. I certainly need to heed this. Exercise and eating better. It’s hard .

Doug

on 09/01/2023 at 12:28 PM

Praying for you Tommy. God’s peace, healing, and comfort to you and your family!!

Mike J

on 09/01/2023 at 12:20 PM

So sorry to hear Tommy. Praying you get good results and you’ll be able to go home with your family. God is good.

Russ Millhouse

on 09/01/2023 at 12:20 PM

🙏🏼☝🏼

Tommy Williamson

on 09/01/2023 at 12:15 PM

Men I have certainly found this out the hard way in the last few weeks. About a month ago while at the farmers market I had the heat stroke. Now this morning I lay here in a hospital bed having woke up to a heart attack yesterday morning. Come to find out I’ve had a complete blockage of one the arteries at the front of my heart. It has been there so long that one of the other arteries as formed branching series over to it to supply blood to that area of the heart. It seems that my always high blood pressure finally go the best of me. I haven’t heard if I’m getting out of here today or tomorrow since that is going to depend on my most most recent blood draw and we’re my cardiac enzymes are at. Look after yourselves my brother both spiritually and physically. The one thing I knew when this started yesterday was that I was ready to see my Lord and Savior if he had called me home.

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