BBD 05.10.11 The Physical Body (Classic)

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There were 4010 new subscribers during 2010!!
Classic from 2003

05.10.11

The Physical Body

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all
things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to
come. - 1 Timothy 4:8.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God
dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him.
For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. - 1 Corinthians
3:16-17.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in
you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought
at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are
God's. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.

After her husband died, Maggie Smith and her two children (both adults)
filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Franklin Price. Mrs. Smith and
her children, did not believe that Dr. Price had done enough to try to help
Lawrence Smith to avoid serious health problems. Mr. Smith was only 54 years
old, when he died from a heart attack. Mr. Smith was a long-time smoker,
overweight, had a poor diet, did very little to exercise, had diabetes, high
cholesterol, and was under substantial stress at his place of employment.
The Smith family won a $1.2 million judgment against Dr. Price. This was in
spite of the poor health condition of Mr. Smith, and his bad habits; and, in
spite of the fact that Dr. Price had repeatedly admonished Mr. Smith about
his need for better health habits.

As Christians, we tend to concentrate on the spiritual, and our
responsibilities in that realm. However, if we are to be good stewards of
all that God has entrusted to our care, we must also be concerned with our
physical bodies. The condition of our physical body, impacts every other
aspect of our life, including the spiritual.

There are several reasons why, as Christians, we should take care of our
physical bodies. We should properly care for our physical bodies, because
without that care our physical lives will end prematurely before our time.
If our lives end prematurely, we will not be able to do all that we should
do here on earth before going to be with our Lord. A good example is
Lawrence Smith, who died at the age of 54 well below the average life span.
Of course, the number of days of your life may be more or less depending
upon God's will and plan for you personally.

We should properly care for our bodies, so that we will have the mental
capacity to do all that God would have us to do with our lives. According to
"American Health", after working out three times a week for six months, a
research group was able to perform 70% better on a test of complex decision
making. Knowing we can make better decisions, if we are in good physical
condition; requires us to take care of our physical bodies, if we are to be
good stewards.

We should properly care for our bodies so that we will have the energy to do
all that God would have us to do with our lives. Research has shown, that
exercise increases energy and reduces fatigue. At the same time, exercise
reduces the stress level, enabling us to do more.

We should properly care for our bodies, because of the financial impact our
health has on our lives. The better our health, the less money we will spend
on doctors, medicines, and all forms of health care. With better health, we
will be able to have more of the financial resources necessary to further
the Kingdom of God.

Did you know that 87% of Americans own running shoes, but don't run? Maybe
it's time to get those running shoes out of the closet, and do some running,
or at least some walking. Because, unless you exercise, you will not be able
to be the good steward God wants you to be. If you have bad habits, and a
bad diet that are ruining your health; God would have you to change your
habits, and your diet. God does want what is best for you, and there is some
profit in taking care of your body, as the apostle Paul points out to
Timothy. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask God, because I think He
will tell you the same thing.

Copyright © 2003-2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the
devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush
website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email
version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began
writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
www.kkbifm.com/
Several videos of Clark's sermons can be found at his church website:
www.fbcbrokenbow.com

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
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Posted by: edwrather <edwrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 18,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is
made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive
prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails the Burning Bush
Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to
bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at
http://www.theburningbush.net.
Free Books for the Kindle are available at the Burning Bush website.
Forwarding of this email is encouraged and appreciated!!

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 7498 new subscribers since January 1, 2011!!
There were 4010 new subscribers during 2010!!
Classic from 2003

05.10.11

The Physical Body

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all
things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to
come. - 1 Timothy 4:8.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God
dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him.
For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. - 1 Corinthians
3:16-17.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in
you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought
at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are
God's. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.

After her husband died, Maggie Smith and her two children (both adults)
filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Franklin Price. Mrs. Smith and
her children, did not believe that Dr. Price had done enough to try to help
Lawrence Smith to avoid serious health problems. Mr. Smith was only 54 years
old, when he died from a heart attack. Mr. Smith was a long-time smoker,
overweight, had a poor diet, did very little to exercise, had diabetes, high
cholesterol, and was under substantial stress at his place of employment.
The Smith family won a $1.2 million judgment against Dr. Price. This was in
spite of the poor health condition of Mr. Smith, and his bad habits; and, in
spite of the fact that Dr. Price had repeatedly admonished Mr. Smith about
his need for better health habits.

As Christians, we tend to concentrate on the spiritual, and our
responsibilities in that realm. However, if we are to be good stewards of
all that God has entrusted to our care, we must also be concerned with our
physical bodies. The condition of our physical body, impacts every other
aspect of our life, including the spiritual.

There are several reasons why, as Christians, we should take care of our
physical bodies. We should properly care for our physical bodies, because
without that care our physical lives will end prematurely before our time.
If our lives end prematurely, we will not be able to do all that we should
do here on earth before going to be with our Lord. A good example is
Lawrence Smith, who died at the age of 54 well below the average life span.
Of course, the number of days of your life may be more or less depending
upon God's will and plan for you personally.

We should properly care for our bodies, so that we will have the mental
capacity to do all that God would have us to do with our lives. According to
"American Health", after working out three times a week for six months, a
research group was able to perform 70% better on a test of complex decision
making. Knowing we can make better decisions, if we are in good physical
condition; requires us to take care of our physical bodies, if we are to be
good stewards.

We should properly care for our bodies so that we will have the energy to do
all that God would have us to do with our lives. Research has shown, that
exercise increases energy and reduces fatigue. At the same time, exercise
reduces the stress level, enabling us to do more.

We should properly care for our bodies, because of the financial impact our
health has on our lives. The better our health, the less money we will spend
on doctors, medicines, and all forms of health care. With better health, we
will be able to have more of the financial resources necessary to further
the Kingdom of God.

Did you know that 87% of Americans own running shoes, but don't run? Maybe
it's time to get those running shoes out of the closet, and do some running,
or at least some walking. Because, unless you exercise, you will not be able
to be the good steward God wants you to be. If you have bad habits, and a
bad diet that are ruining your health; God would have you to change your
habits, and your diet. God does want what is best for you, and there is some
profit in taking care of your body, as the apostle Paul points out to
Timothy. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask God, because I think He
will tell you the same thing.

Copyright © 2003-2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the
devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush
website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email
version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began
writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/
Several videos of Clark's sermons can be found at his church website:
http://www.fbcbrokenbow.com

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.