Dear Family of Jesus,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy, pity, and mercy and the God who is is the source of every comfort, consolation and encouragement……….
Ruby came out of brain surgery in good shape yesterday,after nearly six hours of surgery, the Doctor was able to remove 99% of the tumor! PTL Please keep her in your prayers as she recovers! Thanks for the updates Pastor Jim Montoya, we Love you all!
Let us pray on this from Randal Thom……….
Randal Thom
Today Father, help me not to judge another just because their sin is different than my sins. Please pray for my cousin Bonnie Franco, and her beautiful son Brendan, it just breaks our hearts to hear the sad news that the cancer is worse, pray that they will have comfort in these days, may God bless them ..
We are praying for complete healing for Brendan, We love you all!
The Lord has put much on my heart and mind this morning…….My testimony to you this day and all days.The CUPS are from God, not me. I awake each morning early with not my agenda, but of what the Lord has shared with me in my sleep and through my prayers and the movement of the Holy Spirit. Through constant prayer, conversation with the LORD I then know what to type. That is my testimony to you this day and all days.
Please drink this whole CUP….absorb it into your heart and mind……..it will change your life…..pray constantly as you drink this CUP…………PLEASE: Do not rush through this CUP, the LORD wants you to sip slowly and soak it all in my Friends……many tell me they read through the CUP the whole day, going back to it, all day long! PTL!!! PTL!!! Hallelujah!
Hosea 4: 6 (KJV) My people perish from a lack of knowledge.
Its one thing to know your Bible, but its an other thing to KNOW the God of the Bible.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, ”The scripture is our inexhaustible textbook, the Lord Jesus our boundless subject and the Holy Spirit our divine infinite helper“.
When Jesus had gone forty days in the desert fasting and praying. Jesus was hungry and at a weak point. One translation says, “he was faint with hunger “. The Devil, the tempter came to him. The question I put to you dear friends is this, when does the Devil tempts you the most ? Its at your weakest moment, its at your weakest point.
How did Jesus handle this moment? He brought God into it. He quoted the Bible, God’s word. Each time the Devil tried to trap Jesus, Jesus would respond, ”It is written!”
Many people are also robbed of blessings that the Bible tells us are ours in Christ Jesus. But because we don’t know it, we never truly live in them?
There was this man in the early 1900 who went on a cruise from England to America. He purchased the ticket. However every night when it was meal time he would stay in his cabin. Because he thought that his ticket only entitled to his travel on the ship, and the cost of the food was not included. So he brought his won food with him to last the whole journey, from England to America. On the last day before the ship reached America the Captain ask him why he had never seen him at meal time. The man explained his reason to the Captain. The Captain replied, ”Sir the ticket included every meal as well“. The man was robbed because of a lack of knowledge.
Charles Haddon Sprugeon tells the story so beautifully of the time he visited a old woman’s house. She was once a servant in the house of a very rich man. He had passed away, and as a gift gave her a piece of paper. The old woman could not read, but thought the design was so pretty that she framed it. When he visited the old woman he looked at the framed piece of paper, it was a cheque. The old woman never knew that she would never have to ask for another penny off anyone, or that her grandchildren would never go hunger again. But she was robbed because of a lack of knowledge.
My friend, don’t let the Devil rob you out of the riches of the Lord because of a lack of knowledge. Because of you not knowing, what is yours in Christ Jesus, by the riches of his grace.
When the devil tries to attack you at your weakest point, your weakest moment. Do what Jesus did, bring God into it. Know your Bible, quote it to him, say, ”It is written!”
The Bible says in Acts 19: 20 (KJV) ” So mighty grew that word of God that it prevailed.” God’s word is an over-coming word. When we get to know more of God’s words and His power we overcome, whatever is thrown at us. Because we know that God’s word will prevail, it will overcome.
Do not only know your Bible, but spend time getting to know the God of the Bible. That you may grow in the knowledge of knowing Jesus, and all that he has made available to you by his blessings and his grace. In doing so let the word of God dwell in your richly that you may know what Jesus Christ has divinely and most graciously given you through the blessings of His divine exchange, at the cross of Calvary. Know and live in the power of being a child of the living God.
Oh My Friends why do not we pray for rain? Why do not we gather in every community in New Mexico and pray for rain? Why do we not gather and pray for the drunk driving deaths in New Mexico to end? In the past Governors in Georgia and Texas have called for rain…………Governor Martinez does not answer our pleas for a Day of Prayer in New Mexico…….As far as the Drunk driving deaths here in New Mexico, Linda Atkinson of the DWI Resource Center closed her doors yesterday because of no funding and when she met with Governor Martinez she had no interest in helping. A huge blow to the efforts to stem drunk driving in New Mexico. Linda was on with me last night on NM News and Views. Linda has helped so much in the fight against drunk driving here in New Mexico. 40% of the auto accidents in New Mexico that result in death are alcohol related. 66% of fatalities in auto accidents caused by drunk driving are caused by repeat offenders!
This is what happened in Texas after prayer……….
Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas
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US Seasonal Drought Outlook from NOAA for April 21, 2011 – July 31, 2011
The Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas refers to a designated three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, during which Texas governor Rick Perry asked that Texans pray for “the healing of our land [Texas]” and for an end to the drought.[1][2] The governor noted that in the past, Texans “have been strengthened, assured and lifted up through prayer”, and thus believes the prayer to be an appropriate measure.[1][3]
Perry designated the Days of Prayer in a gubernatorial proclamation issued on April 21.[1] Precedents for his action included similar initiatives in Texas at the municipal level and a prayer service for rain led by Georgia governor Sonny Perdue in 2007.[4]
The proclamation, which did not specify a text for the prayer and called for the “Days of Prayer” to begin on Good Friday, received some criticism.[5][6]
Aftermath
The drought continued to worsen for four months following the Days of Prayer. While only 15-17% of the state was undergoing exceptional drought by late April, the percentage grew to 50% a month later, and by late June, more than 70% of the state was experiencing exceptional drought conditions, a level at which it persisted until August 18, 2011.[7][8][9][10][11] Most of the drought conditions subsided by the end of summer, when rain returned to various parts of Texas.
The first major rain in the state after the Days of Prayer came on October 9, 2011, the final day of the Atheist Alliance International’s 4th Annual Texas Freethought Convention.
My Friends, my heart aches this morning for God’s people. We need to be praying constantly to our LORD on all matters. Yesterday I shared this with you……….
The LORD is working on things that we cannot even imagine.
Paul, me hero! Can’t wait to meet him! Gladly announces that we are” co-laborers with God” to determine the outcome of events (READ 1 COR 3:9) It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, NOT THE BIBLE!
Certain things in History will happen if we pray rightly! We are to change the world by prayer. WHAT MORE MOTIVATION DO WE NEED TO LEARN THIS LOFTIEST HUMAN EXERCISE?
There is only one to look to for solutions, God, start with God in all things! Start with prayer………
This is an excellent write up on prayer by John Piper………please drink this whole CUP………save it………pray over it……..I believe right now if you read this and soak it in..it will change not only your prayer life, but your ENTIRE LIFE!!!! AMEN!!!!!!!!!
Pray Without Ceasing
| by John Piper
| Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12–18
| Topic: Prayer
Series: Praying from the Fullness of the Word
But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, 13 and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another. 14 We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people. 16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Last week we ended abruptly in our exposition of Psalm 1 at the word “delight.” So I would like to go back there to deal with that, and then make a connection to today’s text.
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:1-2)
We talked about the blessedness that comes from meditating on the law of the Lord day and night. It makes you like a tree planted by streams of water: 1) fruitful in ministry to others; 2) durable, as your leaf remains green in the midst of dry blasts and seasons of drought; and 3) prosperous, in that all the work of faith will have enduring significance even to eternity. Nothing you do in dependence on God will be done in vain, even if it looks like a failure here.
We pointed out that meditating on the Word of God day and night probably requires memorizing portions of Scripture so that they are there to ponder throughout the day or night without taking the Bible in hand or even turning on the light. And I encouraged you to be a part of the Fighter Verse strategy.
What If Meditating on God’s Word Is Not a Pleasure?
Then, at the end, I said that the key to this kind of meditation is delight. The deepest mark of this happy person in Psalm 1 is that he delights in the Word of God. Bible reading and Bible memory and meditation are not a burden to him, but a pleasure. This is what we want. What a sadness when Bible reading is just a drudgery. Something is wrong.
What shall we do? We struggle with Bible reading and memory and meditation because we don’t find pleasure in it. It feels like a burden and a mere duty that does not attract us. We have other things we want to get to more. Breakfast or work or newspaper or computer or TV. Our hearts incline to other things and do not incline to the Word. And so it is not our delight.
Did the psalmists ever struggle with this? Yes they did. Take heart. We all struggle with this. There are seasons in the best saints’ lives when spiritual hunger becomes weak. How shall this be changed? The answer I want to give this morning is prayer. Delight in the Word of God is created and sustained through prayer. So the outline I want to follow today is to address three things: That we should pray, How we should pray, and What we should pray in order to delight in the Word of God.
Be sure you see the order of the thought – the order of your life:
1. Our aim is to be fruitful people of love whose lives are nourishing for others; we want to be durable in that and not wither when the heat comes; and we want to be eternally significant or prosperous. That’s our goal, because when we are fruitful like that in the midst of the drought of hardship, God will get the glory.
2. But the key to that kind of fruitfulness, we have seen in Psalm 1, is meditation on the Word of God day and night. We must be a Word-saturated people.
3. And the key to continual meditation is memorizing portions of the Scriptures so that we can keep them ever before us and savor them all the time.
4. And the key to memorizing and meditation is delighting in the Word of God. Such continual meditation will not be sustained by mere duty. And if it is, the effect will probably be pride, not humble fruitfulness for others. The soul that never gets beyond spiritual discipline to spiritual delight will probably become a harsh and condemning soul. The sweetness and tenderness and humility that come from the Word of God grow out of the delight and wonder of grace, that we have been granted to know God.
Now I am turning to a fifth step in the order of thought: the key to delight is prayer. Or, more accurately, the key to delight is God’s omnipotent, transforming grace laid hold on by prayer.
So let me try to awaken your desires to pray by showing you that we should pray for delight and how we should pray and what we should pray.
THAT We Should Pray for Delight
Now we turn for a moment to our text in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Here is a simple command: “Pray without ceasing.” You might ask, Why choose this verse from all the verses in the Bible that command us to pray? Why use this one in answer to the question: What is the key to delighting in the Word of God? The answer is the connection between 1 Thessalonians 5:17 and the flow of thought leading up to it. It is substantially similar to Psalm 1.
1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 says, “We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.” Now that is a very fruit-bearing life. He is telling us to be like trees planted by streams of water that bring forth fruit. Look at all these needy people draining you: the “unruly” are challenging you; the “fainthearted” are leaning on you; the “weak” are depleting you. But you are called to encourage and help and be patient and not return evil for evil. In other words, you are called to have spiritual resources that can be durable and fruitful and nourishing when others are unruly and fainthearted and weak and mean-spirited.
How? Well, verse 16 says, “Rejoice always.” That corresponds to “delight” in Psalm 1. Presumably, this rejoicing is not primarily in circumstances, but in God and his promises, because the people around you are unruly and fainthearted and weak and antagonistic. This would make an ordinary person angry and sullen and discouraged. But you have your roots planted somewhere else and are drawing up the sap of joy from a source that cannot be depleted -the river of God and his Word.
What then is the key to this rejoicing, or this delight? Verse 17 says, “Pray without ceasing.” And verse 18 says, “In everything give thanks.” So the answer seems to be that continual prayer and thanksgiving is a key to the rejoicing or the delighting in God and his Word that makes a person fruitful and durable and spiritually prosperous in relation to all kinds of people. (See in Philippians 4:3-6 the same sequence of thought from fruitful people-helping that is rooted in joy that is rooted in prayer.)
So I think it is fair to say that one Biblical key to maintaining delight or rejoicing in God and his Word is prayer. Which leads to the second observation, namely, how to pray.
HOW to Pray for Delight
The one point to make here is that our praying should be “without ceasing.” If you want to be fruitful for people and not wither under the pressures of unruly, fainthearted, weak, and hurtful people, then you must, as verse 16 says, “rejoice always” or “delight in the word of the Lord . . . day and night” (Psalm 1:2). And to do that, as verse 17 says, we need to pray always -without ceasing.
What does it mean to pray without ceasing?
I think it means three things. First, it means that there is a spirit of dependence that should permeate all we do. This is the very spirit and essence of prayer. So, even when we are not speaking consciously to God, there is a deep, abiding dependence on him that is woven into the heart of faith. In that sense, we “pray” or have the spirit of prayer continuously.
Second – and I think this is what Paul has in mind most immediately – praying without ceasing means praying repeatedly and often. I base this on the use of the word “without ceasing” (adialeiptos) in Romans 1:9, where Paul says, “For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you.” Now we can be sure that Paul did not mention the Romans every minute of his prayers. He prayed about many other things. But he mentioned them over and over and often. So “without ceasing” doesn’t mean that verbally or mentally we have to be speaking prayers every minute of the day. But we should pray over and over and often. Our default mental state should be: “O God . . .”
Third, I think praying without ceasing means not giving up on prayer. Don’t ever come to a point in your life where you cease to pray at all. Don’t abandon the God of hope and say, “There’s no use praying.” Go on praying. Don’t cease.
So the key to delight in the Word of God is to pray continually – that is, to lean on God all the time. Never give up looking to him for help, and come to him repeatedly during the day and often. Make the default mental state a Godward longing.
I think it would be good to notice here that in real life some discipline in regular prayer times helps keep this kind of spontaneity alive. In other words, if you want to have a vital hour-by-hour spontaneous walk with God you must also have a disciplined regular meeting with God. Daniel had some remarkable communion with God when it was critically needed. But look what it grew out of. The decree was passed that no one could pray except to the king, under penalty of death. But notice what Daniel does, according to Daniel 6:10. “Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.” The point here is that Daniel lived a life that combined discipline (three times a day) with spontaneous encounters with God. So it will be with us: if we hope to pray without ceasing day and night – enjoying a continual coming and communion with God – we will need to develop disciplined times of prayer. Nobody maintains pure spontaneity in this fallen world. (See Psalm 119:62; 55:17.)
Finally, then, what are we to pray in order to have the delight in God and his Word that will keep us meditating and fruitful and durable and spiritually prosperous?
WHAT We Are to Pray
The psalmists point the way here. They struggled like you and I do with motivation and with seasons of weak desires. What did they pray to keep the fires of delight in God’s Word burning? Three examples from the prayer life of the psalmists:
1. They prayed for the inclination to meditate on the Bible -for the “want to”. If you lack desire, don’t just have a defeated attitude and say, “I can’t enjoy it because I don’t have the desire.” That is the way atheists talk. God is in the business of creating what is not. So the psalmist prays in Psalm 119:36, “Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to gain.” We admit to God that our hearts incline to the computer or the newspaper or the TV and we plead with him that he reach in and change our inclinations so that we love to read and memorize and meditate on the testimonies of God.
So few people deal with God at this level! We are psychological fatalists. “This is just the way I am.” The psalmists were not that way, and we should not be that way. They saw their stubborn inclinations, and, instead of fatalistically giving up, they pleaded with God to change their inclinations and make them want to meditate on the Bible.
2. Secondly, the psalmists prayed that they would have spiritual eyes to see great and wonderful things in the Word, so that their desires and delights would be sustained by truth, by reality. Psalm 119:18: “Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things from Your law.” If we are going to be inclined to the Word and stay with it and delight in it and memorize it and meditate on it, we must see more than dull facts, we must see “wonderful things.” That is not the function of the natural mind alone. That is the work of the Spirit to give you a mind to see great things for what they really are. Delight-giving Bible reading and Bible meditation is a work of God on our hearts and minds. That is why we must pray continually for that divine work.
3. Finally, the psalmists prayed that the effect of their inclining to the Word and their seeing wonderful things in the Word would be a profound heart-satisfaction that would sustain them through droughts and make them fruitful for others. Psalm 90:14, “O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.”
We ask God to awaken the delight that Psalm 1 says we should have. Delight in God is a miracle. This is what it means to be a Christian, and being a Christian is not a mere choice to believe a fact. Being a Christian is believing the truth of God because there is a spiritual apprehension of its beauty and glory. When that soul-satisfying glory starts to fade, we must fight off the deadly effects of worldliness and immerse ourselves in the Word where his glory is revealed, and then pray and pray and pray, “O satisfy me in the morning with Your lovingkindness, that I may sing for joy and be glad all my days.”
So you can see how prayer and the Word are tied together this week. The Word is the means God uses to fill our minds and hearts with truth about himself that makes us fruitful and durable in drought and prosperous into eternity. Nobody becomes like a tree planted by water by prayer alone. It is by the delighting in the Word and meditating on it day and night.
But nobody is inclined to the Word, or sees spiritual wonders in the Word, or is satisfied with the Word, who does not pray and pray and pray the way the psalmists did. So I plead with you to pray without ceasing this year. And as an aid to that wonderful spontaneity of day and night praying and meditation, build disciplined times of prayer and meditation into your life. Maybe once or twice or three times or seven times a day (as the psalmist in Psalm 119:164, “Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous ordinances.”)
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June 20, 2012. Is it possible to be confident with a feeling of adequacy as a Christian? It seems that a significant percentage of believing followers of Christ feel neither confident nor adequate. The blood of Jesus on the cross purchased many things for Christians, including a new and eternal covenant. This new covenant is not of the letter, as was the old covenant, but rather of the Spirit. It acknowledges that this new covenant brings life, not death. It ushers in the wonder of grace where mercy triumphs over judgment. Grace in gives to those who live by the new covenant. Those who live by the law die by the law. Be confident and know your adequacy in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:4-6 (NASB) “Such confidence we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” James 2:13 (NASB) “For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.” Ras Robinson
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June 20, 2012. Here it is again that down feeling. You tried to shake it off and it left for a while, but here it is again. You are in a fight, but don’t let the devil win. He is a defeated foe so he cannot ultimately win but he does put up a fight. He wants you down, discouraged and defeated. Don’t let that happen. You aren’t sure of the root of the feeling, but don’t stop to find out. Keep going. Do slow your pace down and I will reveal the root as you go. Think and plan ahead of where you are so you won’t be overwhelmed in what is coming up.
1 Peter 5:8-9 (NASB) “Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.” Bev Robinson
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June 20,2012. All of us have obligations which demand our undivided attention. I for one, can get overwhelmed at times because I have difficulty sorting through things which can pile up on me rather quickly. Though I try again and again, establishing order can be quite challenging. The Lord says, “Keep Me as the primary focus in your life. Keep your eyes fixed on Me at all times. Allow me to guide you through murky waters. Everyone encounters trials of differing degree’s at different times. Don’t lose heart with earthly obstacles and setbacks. Let Me bring peace to your troubling situations. Look intently into My face. Seek Me and let Me sustain you.”
Deuteronomy 26:17-19 (NASB)”You have today declared the Lord to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.The Lord has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments;and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken.” Kevin Robinson
Your Four Horsemen of being Unhealthy (Apocalypse)
There really are many, many…many useless debates in the health and fitness industry withvery few that really matter.
There are really only Four Horsemen of the Unhealthy. Yep, only four simple MAJOR aspects you need to control or avoid if you want to live a longer and healthy life. They are NOT that difficult to avoid…IF you’ve got the right attitude to do it.
What I’m about to share with you is a very short list. You don’t have to get stressed out about all the crazy nutrition debates on whether it’s okay to “eat thisand not that”. Avoid these four aspects, and you’ll increase your potential of living a long and happy life.
The first horseman is smoking.
I can’t believe that folks still do this! Amazing! And some of them claim to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Friend, it’s a terrible sin to the body, the Temple of the Holy Spirit clear and simple.
Smoking and breathing second hand smoke are two of the worst things you can do for your health.
Smokers and those around them are inhaling highly poisonous gasses into their lungs repeatedly on a daily basis, and, according to research from Oxford University, this cuts a smoker’s lifespan by only ten years. Imagine that. You’ll only lose ten years off your life from inhaling smoke directly into your lungs on a daily basis for over 35 years. Smoking: a slow, painful, addictive and expensive suicide.
If you smoke, stop. And never, ever, ever give up on quitting. It may take many attempts, but you can do it.
That second Horseman of your body’s apocalypse is excessive alcohol intake.
Do you know anyone that this Horseman has killed?
Alcohol is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States (with smoking and obesity ranking first and second).
The bad news is that it’s really easy to drink excessively. Many casual drinkers, who certainly wouldn’t consider themselves alcoholics, are doing some kind of damage to their bodies. Research suggests that more than two drinks per day for a man, and one for a woman, will add up into health problems over time. Binge drinking – six drinks or more in a single session – is even worse.
The third Horseman bringing premature death is obesity.
Today, all over the world, this is probably the most popular destructive horseman of the four. Levels of obesity have not shrunk despite a much greater awareness of the problem. Worse, children as young as three years old are being diagnosed with type-2 diabetes due to childhood obesity.
I believe obesity is still easier to overcome than an addiction to cigarettes and alcohol. But, while cigarettes and alcohol are thought of as “more evil” than obesity, a recent study from the journal ‘Health Affairs’ stated, “Obesity appears to have a stronger association with the occurrence of chronic medical conditions, reduced health-related quality of life, and increased health care and medication spending than smoking or problem drinking has. Only 20 years’ aging has similar-size effects.”
The author concluded that if you’re obese, you have the health of someone twenty years older than your current biological age. So if you’re a 55 year old obese individual, you’re living with the body of a 75 year old. (And nowhere near as a fit 75 year old.)
That’s what makes this Horseman so dangerous. You might not be buying socially unacceptable items like cigarettes and alcohol, but your body is losing an important fight if you’re obese.
So fight back. Proper nutrition is your sword against this enemy, and exercise is your shield.
Here’s a quick way you can start with losing fat right now: If you have any junk food in your house – get rid of it: if it’s not there, you won’t eat it (out of sight, out of mind and off the body). That’s one the simplest rules for eating better that I could possibly give you: don’t have it in your house or in your sight.
Take up your weapons and fight this gross Horseman. Especially if you are a leader in your church and you struggle with weight. You have got to get in shape! The “body of Christ” looks just like the world! Fat and out of shape! Come on fat church leaders, get off your butts and LEAD the way for your church to not only be examples of God’s love but also of His Temple! You are without excuse.
The fourth Horseman is a lack of exercise.
Ever so cunning, the fourth Horseman is thought to be harmless.
What’s the big deal, right? You don’t struggle with cigarettes, alcohol, or obesity, so why should you worry about exercise, right?
That’s exactly what this Horseman wants you to think. You’ll let your guard down and then… KaPOW!
The deadly powers of this Horseman are rarely noticed until it’s too late.
Maybe your slim mother, or someone you know, may have gone 75+ years without any big health issues, but because of her lack of exercise – a lack of strength training in particular – she soon loses her ability to perform daily tasks. Then one day, balance, which is determined mostly by strength, failed her, and she falls. A broken hip is almost impossible to overcome.
A little strength training done on a consistent basis will mean so much to you in the future. Take up exercise as your sword today, because it’s never too late at any age.
These four Horsemen of your body’s unhealthiness (apocalypse) are serious enemies. Thank God, they can be avoided with a simple, healthy lifestyle that brings all the honor and glory to Him. I urge you, if you’re fighting with any of these Horsemen; get the weapons and support you need for your battle. Get that important medical physical now instead of putting it off. And back off from those church functions where it’s all you can eat with all the soda you can gulp.
You CAN beat them. You CAN win. You CAN live a long and healthy life without massive sacrifices.
Let’s fight these enemies together as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who created us for good works.
Thanks so much Dr. Joe!
In the Love of Jesus Christ, Dewey Sharon and Family
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