This is so encouraging. I just started my health journey because I noticed my health was so bad I couldn’t love my family well or worship from being overly fatigued and in constant pain. I didn’t feel like reading, praying, or fellowshipping. But now that I do focus on my health through movement and food, I’m much more able and eager to do the latter. Praise God for movement.
I’m 17 and I’ve been struggling a lot lately with desiring a body that catches eyes. I have been in so much turmoil trying to fight those prideful thoughts of seeking a “ripped” body just for the sole purpose of trying to have an attractive physique, which is lust at its roots. I pray and ask God to take my eyes away from the mirror and to set my mind on things above, not the lusts of the flesh, which includes wanting others to lust after you. God has been helping me conquer this so much recently and this video is very timely, praise God.
Amen!!! May the Lord continue to convict you as you grow in maturity. I pray there are more teenagers like you that desire the eternal things and not things that are easily seen with physical eyes. As a woman in my 30s, I wish I was more like you when I was 17! God bless you!
If you want to be ripped it’s not a sin …. Don’t be so religious in your thinking … it’s not a sin to want to have your best body … people spend thousands on clothes and cars and all day at work but barely pray and read there bibles …. Maybe there is a woman prating that God give her a man in great shape and God put it in your heart to want to be in great shape… look it’s not a sin …
Your young. Even older guys get caught up lol I get it though little bro. But realize no matter how strong you are, you cannot move the planet that God made. Yet, faith can do more than your body itself. But never give up. Exercise your all safely, as if you are preparing to move the world but keep in mind that it is and can be vanity. But it's only vanity with the wrong perspective. Though we realize that all is vanity as Ecclesiastes says, yet not vain when considering what proverbs says, work with all your might. Incorporate Christ in this and you can be a witness in the gym and the results God gives you will motivate another to be healthy and well and maybe more. You can humbly be strength. Your true strength will also depend on your heart and spirit. Easy healthy and well too.
At 17 this may be very difficult to overcome, when you are 40 it will be a more natural transition. So don’t be to difficult on yourself and try your best as you live and learn you will naturally workout for yourself to feel healthy and perform it’s tasks and the rest of your time and energy can be spent on your passions and life’s purpose
When I am healthy (higher energy, more strength, minimal injuries and sicknesses), I am better equipped to serve others. Simple steps to start with are basic strength exercises and something that gets your heart rate up (e.g. running or biking), sleeping enough, drinking plenty of water, eating healthily (enough calories, protein, vegetables) and minimizing processed foods and high sugar foods. Give it a try! 🙂
I needed this. I was starting to feel condemned for exercising and my job is so sedentary. I have to move! There’s no condemnation in Christ. Bless you for this sermon.
I love his distinction of being "fit" rather than being "athletic", "jacked", "shredded" or "sexy". Because that itself gives a very empowering reason to continue or start working out or moving around. "Fit for what?" I love that. There really is no purpose in being jacked, shredded, or sexy in of themselves. Persuing that is about the flesh and degrades our value into our appearance and others' judgment on that (1 Samuel 16:7). Now, working on fitness or athleticism can bring you to jacked, shredded, and sexy and that's awesome as those things are not wrong themselves. I just love that though, be fit to always be capable of doing good works to serve God. Physical labor is often in high demand for brothers and sisters in the congregation, and is a great way to serve those in need in general. Great stuff and thank you D.G.!
I've been struggling to develop the right attitude towards and I have some questions. I know you may not be an expert in this area, but I will be satisfied with a simple exchange of thoughts. If being e.g. "athletic" or "physically attractive" is not wrong , can we label it as good[since I have heard some people say that there are only good and evil things, based on the passage from the bible which states "all unrighteousness is sin"(if it works vice versa)]? And if being physically attratctive is good, then isn't desiring to be physically attractive(e.g to please your spouse) a good desire(If you suppose that being physically attractive is a good thing) ? I know it is wrong to desire to impress others with your physical appearance, but what if the goal is to e.g. please your spouse or get rid of the insecurities about one's body(in case someone is e.g. obese)? As you see these are just my unsure speculations, since my opinion on this has not yet fully formed. A response would be appreciated.
@@saltb2867 Paul Washer had a great statement where he said that beauty is not wrong in the eyes of God but sensuality is wrong. Think of God's craftsmanship and how He creates and it's easy to see that God is not opposed to beauty. He also instructs skilled craftsmen in the building of the temple and its furnishings. In the Bible, there are places where it talks of people look good in their form and appearance. These things aren't wrong in and of themselves. They become vain and sinful if done in an attempt to stroke our pride or when we let our adornment be merely the outward appearance. As Peter talks about, let our adornment be primarily focused on the inside. I think it's also important to remember that our physical form in no way equates to our value and will break down and perish so we must always keep it in perspective and focus first and primarily on the eternal things that matter rather than the temporal, but even Paul when writing Timothy speaks about their being some value in physical exercise. God bless.
Even drinking a cup or eating is an act of adoration, why fitness cant be one of them? If you have the correct view and motivation, then you´ll adore while working out, while washing the dishes, while working...
After struggling with an eating disorder and over exercising, watching this video helps me see things in a new perspective. I have been sedentary for a year now as I have been recovering and i feared I would never exercise again. However this has reminded me that I am created to move, and it has nothing to do with the way I look. It has everything to do with glorifying God. Thank you! I am going to start moving differently now!
For the first 2/3 of this I was disappointed; because I was hoping for him to tell me what to do, how to have the highest form of fitness and honor Christ with it. Then I realized that mentality was part of a flawed perspective, I had missed the point. This talk is laying a foundation for WHY we should be a people who move - to be fit for every good work, and in that work we honor Christ. The point is not for us to strive for fitness in itself and then say "Look how fit I am, all glory to God."
He does have a point when you look at the obesity level in America. Some people are basically abusing their own bodies and not caring for them properly. What should he have said instead that would have had the same impact?
This was absolutely beautifully put- Thank you. I keep coming back to watch this since you released it to open my eyes and heart to the glory of my body.
Really appreciated this message. I started exercising for the first time in many years back in January and that’s when I started watching this channel. It’s helping me workout my salvation while I workout my body. Thanks John and team! :)
I thank God that I am healthy and somewhat fit. Everywhere I go I see both men and women that are so overweight, and a lot of them are young, it is just disturbing. A now you have extremely overweight “ influencers” that promote being fat as a good thing. 🤦🏼♂️
Last year I would admit i did it for the wrong reasons...now as I am getting older I realized is not only about exercise but eating healthy as well, It is a must actually and also a part of loving yourself
The Bible says that you should deny yourself not loving yourself. The motives for our physical activity should be to be good administrators of the body that God has given us in order to be helpful for others and do other goods. Better health helps us to use our bodies to be ready in serve our families, our brothers and sisters, those in the world that are in need. So not for ourselves or love of ourselves but to put our lives in servitude to others
Don’t let anyone tell you you shouldn’t love yourself. Many Christians will twist scriptures to make it seem like we shouldn’t love ourselves. There is a good way to love yourself and a bad way to love yourself. Just like our tongue can be used for good or for evil. You are deserving of love. God loves the world and we are to be conformed to the image of God. We are an inseparable part of the world and hopefully part of God’s kingdom. If God loves us so much that He gave His Son for our sake, why are we to think that we are to hate what God gave the ultimate sacrifice to save because of His divine love for all of us?
@@Alex1233192 We are to be loving and giving beings, to everyone and everything. I used to think that having a dog was a waste of time because that care could be spent on another person. Then I realized caring for a dog can be the first step toward becoming loving and caring. Some people who get dogs do a better job caring for themselves because they realize the dog needs them. We tend to hate ourselves, at the same time as we naturally love ourselves in a selfish way. The self hatred comes from self-righteousness, because at some level we believe that if we had just tried harder we could have been good enough for God to accept us on our own merits. Self hatred can't help but change us into more hateful people, towards other and God as well. Having God's heart means caring about all of humanity, including you.
@@allonesea please tell me from the scripture where it says " love yourself"? I am. Not saying to "hate yourself" as these also couldn't be found in the Bible, but having a right Bible centred view of yourself and for what you are created and how you should see yourself.
@@Alex1233192 We are supposed to hate sin, and sin dwells in our flesh. I believe this is where Jesus says we should deny ourselves in Matthew 16 and again Jesus says we should hate ourselves--in my opinion, Jesus is saying we should hate the sin that is in our flesh and not live our lives according to the way of that indwelling sin. Rather we should live our lives by the way of the indwelling Spirit of Christ. One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit is that we would be loving, and Paul writes that Love is greater than Faith and Hope in 1 Corinthians 13. From these instances, and other parables especially the parable of the Prodigal Son, I believe that Jesus wants us to be loving in ourselves, as He is loving in His nature. He does not want any of us to perish because He loves us so much, that was the point of the sacrifice of his only son on the cross. It is His love for all of us, that he wants us to show to everyone as an example of followers of Jesus. The only reason we know what love is is because God loved us first. And this love we receive from Him, we receive in ourselves as a new heart and a new mind. Then the love of God is perfected inside of us. And then we are able to love other people, as we love ourselves.
Loved this video, Jesus calls on us to take the narrow gate for wide is the gate that leads to destruction. It is easy to take the wide gate, to sin and be led down that path. On the contrary our walk in faith is not always an easy one. We face tests and trials all throughout life. In lifting and bodybuilding it is easy to be complacent and lazy. It is easy to take one too many cheat days all too often. It is easy to “let ourselves go”. It is hard to stay disciplined, have self control and stay focused on worshiping God, our goals and our training. Take the narrow path in faith, and in fitness✝️💪
There’s nothing wrong with working out, however motive is everything, People work out for a whole host of reasons, ie to improve physical health, to lose weight in order to reverse conditions like high cholesterol levels or type 2 diabetes, others work out for professional reasons ie in order to pass a fitness test to join the marines. Prison officers, police officers, firefighters, body guards etc workout for obvious reasons. Working out becomes an issue if the motive is wrong eg for vanity or just to attract girls. Ironically, not exercising, being obese and bingeing on junk food is probably sin as it implies lack of self control, greed, sloth, and over indulgence . Moderation is everything
I find myself working out to reach out my physical potential for the sake of health, energy for my jobs and life, and for the benefit of my future wife yet to be revealed, not for the floosies and Delilahs of this life. To God Be The Glory!
Bill Biggs well said brother, i had the wrong motives but now i will start to exercise for my health benefits whenever I finish college and get a decent job to pay off my gym membership
Hi, I don't know your condition so I apologize if I would not help.. but I live in chronic pain too and it was very encouraging - because even I can do little. Stretching for start in my case. I found out that even fighting illness is for glory of God - even if it means just to slow down progress like in my case where is no cure. I don't know your ability but it is important for me to remember that even small fight greatly glorifies God. And that includes fight with sugar food I would love to have as painkiller. So there is great battlefield even without reaching atllethic state of body. That's my hope :)
I, too, do not know your circumstance or background, but if I may also be allowed to assume as I recall times where I’ve felt unable to move and useless...do not allow your thoughts to focus on others who are more mobile or better functioning than you or even just pain free (that is to covet.) Do not allow your thoughts to compare yourself to man. But fix your thoughts on Christ who bore absolute pain and suffering, yet rose again. His resurrection is the promise of eternal life. This life here was meant to be broken down. All forms will be shaken. But it is in eternity where we will have our new bodies, to be with God...pain free. Our hope is in what’s ahead with Christ. Look there. Fight for it. The evil one wants you focused on what doesn’t work because he hates you. Do not let him deceive you. You have an advocate in Christ. He will help you fight this battle (which is only a vapor in time when compared to eternity.) But you have to put your faith and trust in Him. And on days when you don’t feel like it, lean on other brothers and sisters to help carry your load. This is part of what the church does. (If you don’t have one, please look for one.) And as you continue to walk with the Lord, you will see His purpose for you...pained, broken, and all. No suffering or pain is wasted when we have Him. We just have to let go of this world and it’s wrong thinking first. I will be praying for you. Fight!
This is so encouraging. I just started my health journey because I noticed my health was so bad I couldn’t love my family well or worship from being overly fatigued and in constant pain. I didn’t feel like reading, praying, or fellowshipping. But now that I do focus on my health through movement and food, I’m much more able and eager to do the latter. Praise God for movement.
I’m 17 and I’ve been struggling a lot lately with desiring a body that catches eyes. I have been in so much turmoil trying to fight those prideful thoughts of seeking a “ripped” body just for the sole purpose of trying to have an attractive physique, which is lust at its roots. I pray and ask God to take my eyes away from the mirror and to set my mind on things above, not the lusts of the flesh, which includes wanting others to lust after you. God has been helping me conquer this so much recently and this video is very timely, praise God.
Amen!!! May the Lord continue to convict you as you grow in maturity. I pray there are more teenagers like you that desire the eternal things and not things that are easily seen with physical eyes. As a woman in my 30s, I wish I was more like you when I was 17! God bless you!
If you want to be ripped it’s not a sin …. Don’t be so religious in your thinking … it’s not a sin to want to have your best body … people spend thousands on clothes and cars and all day at work but barely pray and read there bibles …. Maybe there is a woman prating that God give her a man in great shape and God put it in your heart to want to be in great shape… look it’s not a sin …
Your young. Even older guys get caught up lol I get it though little bro. But realize no matter how strong you are, you cannot move the planet that God made. Yet, faith can do more than your body itself. But never give up. Exercise your all safely, as if you are preparing to move the world but keep in mind that it is and can be vanity. But it's only vanity with the wrong perspective. Though we realize that all is vanity as Ecclesiastes says, yet not vain when considering what proverbs says, work with all your might. Incorporate Christ in this and you can be a witness in the gym and the results God gives you will motivate another to be healthy and well and maybe more. You can humbly be strength. Your true strength will also depend on your heart and spirit. Easy healthy and well too.
God bless you brother
At 17 this may be very difficult to overcome, when you are 40 it will be a more natural transition. So don’t be to difficult on yourself and try your best as you live and learn you will naturally workout for yourself to feel healthy and perform it’s tasks and the rest of your time and energy can be spent on your passions and life’s purpose
When motives are Godly, movements will be under control.
When I am healthy (higher energy, more strength, minimal injuries and sicknesses), I am better equipped to serve others. Simple steps to start with are basic strength exercises and something that gets your heart rate up (e.g. running or biking), sleeping enough, drinking plenty of water, eating healthily (enough calories, protein, vegetables) and minimizing processed foods and high sugar foods. Give it a try! 🙂
I needed this. I was starting to feel condemned for exercising and my job is so sedentary. I have to move! There’s no condemnation in Christ. Bless you for this sermon.
I love his distinction of being "fit" rather than being "athletic", "jacked", "shredded" or "sexy". Because that itself gives a very empowering reason to continue or start working out or moving around. "Fit for what?" I love that. There really is no purpose in being jacked, shredded, or sexy in of themselves. Persuing that is about the flesh and degrades our value into our appearance and others' judgment on that (1 Samuel 16:7). Now, working on fitness or athleticism can bring you to jacked, shredded, and sexy and that's awesome as those things are not wrong themselves. I just love that though, be fit to always be capable of doing good works to serve God. Physical labor is often in high demand for brothers and sisters in the congregation, and is a great way to serve those in need in general. Great stuff and thank you D.G.!
I've been struggling to develop the right attitude towards and I have some questions. I know you may not be an expert in this area, but I will be satisfied with a simple exchange of thoughts. If being e.g. "athletic" or "physically attractive" is not wrong , can we label it as good[since I have heard some people say that there are only good and evil things, based on the passage from the bible which states "all unrighteousness is sin"(if it works vice versa)]? And if being physically attratctive is good, then isn't desiring to be physically attractive(e.g to please your spouse) a good desire(If you suppose that being physically attractive is a good thing) ? I know it is wrong to desire to impress others with your physical appearance, but what if the goal is to e.g. please your spouse or get rid of the insecurities about one's body(in case someone is e.g. obese)? As you see these are just my unsure speculations, since my opinion on this has not yet fully formed. A response would be appreciated.
@@saltb2867 Paul Washer had a great statement where he said that beauty is not wrong in the eyes of God but sensuality is wrong. Think of God's craftsmanship and how He creates and it's easy to see that God is not opposed to beauty. He also instructs skilled craftsmen in the building of the temple and its furnishings. In the Bible, there are places where it talks of people look good in their form and appearance. These things aren't wrong in and of themselves. They become vain and sinful if done in an attempt to stroke our pride or when we let our adornment be merely the outward appearance. As Peter talks about, let our adornment be primarily focused on the inside. I think it's also important to remember that our physical form in no way equates to our value and will break down and perish so we must always keep it in perspective and focus first and primarily on the eternal things that matter rather than the temporal, but even Paul when writing Timothy speaks about their being some value in physical exercise. God bless.
@@michaelmelter2271 Thanks.
Even drinking a cup or eating is an act of adoration, why fitness cant be one of them? If you have the correct view and motivation, then you´ll adore while working out, while washing the dishes, while working...
Our bodies have been created by a remarkable God! Thank you for this message!
After struggling with an eating disorder and over exercising, watching this video helps me see things in a new perspective. I have been sedentary for a year now as I have been recovering and i feared I would never exercise again. However this has reminded me that I am created to move, and it has nothing to do with the way I look. It has everything to do with glorifying God. Thank you! I am going to start moving differently now!
Hahahaha the fact that this is probably the only thing that might convince me to work out LOL
For the first 2/3 of this I was disappointed; because I was hoping for him to tell me what to do, how to have the highest form of fitness and honor Christ with it. Then I realized that mentality was part of a flawed perspective, I had missed the point. This talk is laying a foundation for WHY we should be a people who move - to be fit for every good work, and in that work we honor Christ. The point is not for us to strive for fitness in itself and then say "Look how fit I am, all glory to God."
Those who do not exercise (and have the ability to) do not love their bodies. That is a very unchristian thing to do.
You're wrong
@@samuelabarza4631 good argument. Your third point was especially persuasive
@@Iamwrongbut 😁
He does have a point when you look at the obesity level in America. Some people are basically abusing their own bodies and not caring for them properly. What should he have said instead that would have had the same impact?
@@samuelabarza4631 Are you familiar with the idea of "Gnosticism"? We steward our bodies well because biblical Christianity is anti-Gnostic.
Case in point... Eddie the Eagle. Regular guy who ended up representing Great Britian in the Olympics in the 80s.
First time I hear a sermon on this topic. Thanks for sharing!
Very encouraging and thought provoking. Thank you.
This was absolutely beautifully put- Thank you. I keep coming back to watch this since you released it to open my eyes and heart to the glory of my body.
Really appreciated this message. I started exercising for the first time in many years back in January and that’s when I started watching this channel. It’s helping me workout my salvation while I workout my body. Thanks John and team! :)
I thank God that I am healthy and somewhat fit. Everywhere I go I see both men and women that are so overweight, and a lot of them are young, it is just disturbing. A now you have extremely overweight “ influencers” that promote being fat as a good thing. 🤦🏼♂️
As God's creation, being formed in His likeness and living in wellness; I rejoice in glory of God's existence.
Sir, might I say, that I hear some John Piper style in your way of preaching? 😊 Thank you for blessing me with this message!
Thank God, for these beautiful message. 🙏♥️
Movement is God’s call upon us to overcome evil.
Last year I would admit i did it for the wrong reasons...now as I am getting older I realized is not only about exercise but eating healthy as well, It is a must actually and also a part of loving yourself
The Bible says that you should deny yourself not loving yourself. The motives for our physical activity should be to be good administrators of the body that God has given us in order to be helpful for others and do other goods. Better health helps us to use our bodies to be ready in serve our families, our brothers and sisters, those in the world that are in need. So not for ourselves or love of ourselves but to put our lives in servitude to others
Don’t let anyone tell you you shouldn’t love yourself. Many Christians will twist scriptures to make it seem like we shouldn’t love ourselves. There is a good way to love yourself and a bad way to love yourself. Just like our tongue can be used for good or for evil. You are deserving of love. God loves the world and we are to be conformed to the image of God. We are an inseparable part of the world and hopefully part of God’s kingdom. If God loves us so much that He gave His Son for our sake, why are we to think that we are to hate what God gave the ultimate sacrifice to save because of His divine love for all of us?
@@Alex1233192 We are to be loving and giving beings, to everyone and everything.
I used to think that having a dog was a waste of time because that care could be spent on another person. Then I realized caring for a dog can be the first step toward becoming loving and caring. Some people who get dogs do a better job caring for themselves because they realize the dog needs them. We tend to hate ourselves, at the same time as we naturally love ourselves in a selfish way. The self hatred comes from self-righteousness, because at some level we believe that if we had just tried harder we could have been good enough for God to accept us on our own merits. Self hatred can't help but change us into more hateful people, towards other and God as well. Having God's heart means caring about all of humanity, including you.
@@allonesea please tell me from the scripture where it says " love yourself"? I am. Not saying to "hate yourself" as these also couldn't be found in the Bible, but having a right Bible centred view of yourself and for what you are created and how you should see yourself.
@@Alex1233192 We are supposed to hate sin, and sin dwells in our flesh. I believe this is where Jesus says we should deny ourselves in Matthew 16 and again Jesus says we should hate ourselves--in my opinion, Jesus is saying we should hate the sin that is in our flesh and not live our lives according to the way of that indwelling sin. Rather we should live our lives by the way of the indwelling Spirit of Christ. One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit is that we would be loving, and Paul writes that Love is greater than Faith and Hope in 1 Corinthians 13. From these instances, and other parables especially the parable of the Prodigal Son, I believe that Jesus wants us to be loving in ourselves, as He is loving in His nature. He does not want any of us to perish because He loves us so much, that was the point of the sacrifice of his only son on the cross. It is His love for all of us, that he wants us to show to everyone as an example of followers of Jesus. The only reason we know what love is is because God loved us first. And this love we receive from Him, we receive in ourselves as a new heart and a new mind. Then the love of God is perfected inside of us. And then we are able to love other people, as we love ourselves.
Loved this video, Jesus calls on us to take the narrow gate for wide is the gate that leads to destruction. It is easy to take the wide gate, to sin and be led down that path. On the contrary our walk in faith is not always an easy one. We face tests and trials all throughout life. In lifting and bodybuilding it is easy to be complacent and lazy. It is easy to take one too many cheat days all too often. It is easy to “let ourselves go”. It is hard to stay disciplined, have self control and stay focused on worshiping God, our goals and our training. Take the narrow path in faith, and in fitness✝️💪
I stopped working out when I realized that i was working out to chase my flesh’s desire like power, sex and fame (mainly to attract women)
There’s nothing wrong with working out, however motive is everything, People work out for a whole host of reasons, ie to improve physical health, to lose weight in order to reverse conditions like high cholesterol levels or type 2 diabetes, others work out for professional reasons ie in order to pass a fitness test to join the marines. Prison officers, police officers, firefighters, body guards etc workout for obvious reasons. Working out becomes an issue if the motive is wrong eg for vanity or just to attract girls. Ironically, not exercising, being obese and bingeing on junk food is probably sin as it implies lack of self control, greed, sloth, and over indulgence . Moderation is everything
I find myself working out to reach out my physical potential for the sake of health, energy for my jobs and life, and for the benefit of my future wife yet to be revealed, not for the floosies and Delilahs of this life.
To God Be The Glory!
“Working out” is different than “exercise” for health.
Bill Biggs well said brother, i had the wrong motives but now i will start to exercise for my health benefits whenever I finish college and get a decent job to pay off my gym membership
@@onehappydawg Correction then, I guess exercise would be the best description of my routine as I tend to use both terms interchangeably.
Amazing presentation!
As always, David was helpful and interesting.
The body of Christ
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thank you so much for speaking on this. God bless!!!
Thanks for these great reminders and truths! Praise God
This is so amazing...and i just needed to hear it. Praise the Lord!
Not my 6 year old using this as a excuse to run laps in the house....lol
As Christians, we need to talk more about this.
The thumbnail should be a before and after of David Mathis himself. Boy got fit.
As one who lives in chronic pain, this was tough to listen to.
Hi, I don't know your condition so I apologize if I would not help.. but I live in chronic pain too and it was very encouraging - because even I can do little. Stretching for start in my case. I found out that even fighting illness is for glory of God - even if it means just to slow down progress like in my case where is no cure. I don't know your ability but it is important for me to remember that even small fight greatly glorifies God. And that includes fight with sugar food I would love to have as painkiller. So there is great battlefield even without reaching atllethic state of body. That's my hope :)
@@StudioNaKrajiSveta Super encouraging testimony. May your example continue to bring God glory! 🙏
I, too, do not know your circumstance or background, but if I may also be allowed to assume as I recall times where I’ve felt unable to move and useless...do not allow your thoughts to focus on others who are more mobile or better functioning than you or even just pain free (that is to covet.) Do not allow your thoughts to compare yourself to man. But fix your thoughts on Christ who bore absolute pain and suffering, yet rose again. His resurrection is the promise of eternal life. This life here was meant to be broken down. All forms will be shaken. But it is in eternity where we will have our new bodies, to be with God...pain free. Our hope is in what’s ahead with Christ. Look there. Fight for it. The evil one wants you focused on what doesn’t work because he hates you. Do not let him deceive you. You have an advocate in Christ. He will help you fight this battle (which is only a vapor in time when compared to eternity.) But you have to put your faith and trust in Him. And on days when you don’t feel like it, lean on other brothers and sisters to help carry your load. This is part of what the church does. (If you don’t have one, please look for one.) And as you continue to walk with the Lord, you will see His purpose for you...pained, broken, and all. No suffering or pain is wasted when we have Him. We just have to let go of this world and it’s wrong thinking first. I will be praying for you. Fight!
@@StudioNaKrajiSveta I pray that the Lord strengthens your resolve in this effort to glorify him with your body and health.
Thanks for the thoughtful replies everyone.
Very nice feet illustration 😊🙏 blessing
Good stuff. Soli Deo Gloria!
Praise God!
Thank God for this message.🙏
Amen! God bless.
Amen :).
praise God
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