Christian diets for weight reduction and real health hazard.
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Over the years, I have some incredible people who have dedicated their lives to come together to serve God.
Unfortunately, I have also noticed that some of them abuse their bodies and their health until they become run-down and diseased.
I know this may sound harsh, but I think this kind of self-abusive behavior is a slap in the face of God, and I think to come for a real change it is important that our leaders lead by example in this area.
According to Henry Brinton in an article in the USA today, He said:
"The clergy are among the worst role models when it comes to physical fitness.
In 2001 national survey of over 3,000 religious leaders from the pulpit and Pew project at Duke Divinity School, led showed that 76% of the Christian clergy are overweight or obese (compared with 61% of the total population).
Treatments of back problems and high blood pressure have been the top claims paid by the Southern Baptist Convention's health insurance program in recent years - ailments often resulting from obesity or a sedentary lifestyle.
"Our bodies are one of the greatest gifts God has given us the gift we owe him respect in care of ourselves.
How can we consider ourselves good and faithful stewards if we do not take care of the property God gave us? How would you feel if you made an expensive gift for someone you loved and they destroyed it? I'm sure you would be hurt, and feel they took your hard work and generosity for granted.
How do you think God feels when we do not care about the body, he has given us? Take a moment, the situation from a different perspective to think about how you feel if you had a son or a daughter who was suffering intensely because of their weight problem.
Those who do know this personally can attest to the pain.
It would be painful, see your child struggling? It would be hard to see them lose a lot of joy in life? Understand that this is how God feels when he watches us struggle with bad health, we created for ourselves or from suffering.
This isn't the plan God has for you.
In the Bible God clearly expresses how we see and treat our body.
In 1st Corinthians 6:19 - 20 (NIV), it says: Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own: you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your body.
Honor God with your body! How many of us have ever thought that way? I don't think many of us have.
Maybe if we can not lose weight to our honor, maybe we can do to honor our Creator.
It's natural to have the mind-set to lose weight so you will look good for your girlfriend, your husband, or for the people at your class reunion.
But I ask you, why not God? Why can not we show our gratitude to him for care, what he has given us? How did this come about a lost way of thinking to be? No good can your health declining, so that your joy of theft.
It's not okay to let your body become rundown and filled with disease.
No good miss all the plans that God has for you in this life.
It's just not! We need to shift our mindset and begin honoring God by taking care of our bodies, instead of allowing them to become run-down, dysfunctional and diseased.
Thus go out there and take care of the temple of God, it gave you.
You'll find yourself happier and stronger in committing to your life's purpose on Earth.
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