Good Morning everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Healthy Living”
Our Bible verse for today: “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “As hard as it may seem, with God we can make the changes we need to make.”
When it comes to incorporating new and healthier habits into our lives, changing our diet can be one of the most difficult changes for many of us. Personally, I love to eat. And unfortunately the food I love the most is no good for me. The awareness that there is a pint of chocolate-chip cookie dough ice cream in the freezer is enough to get me out of bed at two o’clock in the morning. Glazed donuts call me by name and mock my lack of willpower. I can’t eat just one piece of pizza – if I have one I have to have two, or four, or six, or the whole pie.
But I’m not alone. Compulsive addictive overeating is an epidemic in our society. One study cited in “The Daniel Plan” book reported:
“The National Institutes of Health spends $800 million a year trying to discover the cause of obesity. Could it be the 29 pounds of French fries, 23 pounds of pizza, 24 pounds of ice cream, 53 gallons of soda, 24 pounds of artificial sweeteners, 2.7 pounds of salt, 90,000 milligrams of caffeine consumed every year by the average American?”
When added-up like that it’s truly astonishing how much really bad food we stuff into our bodies. So it’s no wonder that so many of us are badly out of shape. And since the food that is bad for us tastes so good, and in many cases is literally addictive, cleaning-up the diet can be a big challenge.
But this is where God steps in. What seems impossible to us isn’t impossible at all when God is involved. If you’ve been following along with these daily devotionals, and/or the Sunday morning sermons and our group study of the Daniel Plan, then you know that God wants us to take good care of our bodies and doing so can be a spiritual discipline as well as an act of worship.
We need to dump the junk. We need to clean-up our diets and take better care of our bodies. God will help you to do that. Invite Him into your diet and exercise routine. Make taking care of yourself part of the way in which you practice your faith.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 