It's good to see you all thank you so much for coming. My name is Lana for those who don't know me
today, we're gonna talk about something very
practical but it's as
Spiritual as it gets our bodies because God created our bodies
We have a special healing service this morning with communion
But I am sure that you can agree with me. That health is better than healing
Because for us to be healthy means we don't have sickness and we're gonna focus this morning on
I'm gonna focus my speech on on health and then we still gonna pray for healing today. Amen. And so
few four basic factors about our bodies and I'm gonna tell you why God thinks that our bodies are so
Important. First of all is God created our bodies do you agree with me?
Are you are you yeah
And now Jesus paid with his precious blood and he died on a cross
to save our souls and our bodies the Holy Spirit he lives in our bodies he chose to live inside of us and
At the end of the day God will resurrect our mortal bodies after we die and that's all scriptural now
What we do with our bodies will affect everything else that we do it's gonna our physical health will affect our mental
emotional financial relational and
Everything else that we do in our lives and so let us go to the scripture that actual Daniel 1 12 to 15
we're gonna actually base the whole series that basarat' will be preaching on this Scripture and it's about Daniel and this is what he
says
He thought he presents his diet plan to the king of Nebuchadnezzar
He captured the Jerusalem and he asked his officials to find him
A couple of a few Hebrew boys that are very smart and from royal families and this is what Daniel is telling to that guy
Please test us for 10 days on a diet of vegetables and water
Daniel said at the end of the ten days
See how we'll look compared to the other young men who are eating from the King's food
Then make your decision in light of what you see
They attended agreed to Danielle's suggestion and tested them for 10 days at the end of the ten days
Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better
nourished than the young man who had been eating from the food assigned, but by the king
In that we many of us we know the story of Daniel and how he was
Brilliant brilliant guy and he end up serving at the king's court and this is the proof
How diet shapes our destinies it shapes where we're gonna end up. Amen and
Let let me tell you that Eve's diet brought calamity to the whole world
It had to do with what she was not supposed to eat. Now. ISA was robbed of his blessing because he
Gave away what he was supposed to eat
And now we know that Jesus was also tempted in a wilderness with food, but he did not blow that test
I mean
He did not eat what he was supposed to and I want to present for practicals goals that we would like to keep
This year and I'm gonna encourage every single person
It's so simple and I know we've heard it so many times but please don't check out
Write it down. If you need to four simple goals number one is
Drinking water. We all know that most of our body is made out of water and
We know that water is so important for the body and this is the benefit here are benefits of drinking water it
reverses fatigue improves mood treats headaches and migraines
helps in
digestion and
constipation aids weight loss of
flushes out toxins
regulates body temperature
Promotes healthy skin and I'm gonna stop for a second ladies if you're buying expensive expensive creams
And I know one lady told me that recently, but you are not drinking water
It's useless because your skin needs water before it needs an expensive cream
And then I'll prevent join paints and arthritis and increases your metabolism
This is what water does to your body
Goal, number two healthy eating we know that the Bible says that gluttony is sin
Overeating is seen actually and we see the examples that Eve ISA Israel
Sodom and Gomorrha, they pretty much ate themselves out of the blessing and Jesus was tempted with food as I already said and
Here are some of the most unhealthy foods. It's a high sugary foods like cereals
High sugary cereals and then coffee or other sugary drinks canned soups
margarines sodas
processed lunch meats
Frozen french fries and let me tell you one story. I have a friend
And she's here. She allowed me to share this story, but I'm not gonna mention her name
She lost 50 pounds in one year
One time she looked at herself and she's like, oh my god. What happened to me?
She gained a lot of weight and she was not happy with that and she decided to do something
But she didn't go all crazy like cold turkey on everything
She just made small steps and she saw a progress and she lost 50 pounds a year
And this is what she did very simple
She started to watch what she ate less sugar stuff less processed foods
And she started to commit about 10 minutes a day of walking and biking
Okay, and that's all she did and her body responded right away with that consistency throughout the year and 50 pounds was gone
I was like, wow, I can't believe that. It's so easy. Come on, let us party, but I hands together for that girl
I'm so proud of her
Goal number three active living and here's the secret
many of us were so afraid and me including I am so afraid because I hate running I
Most of the exercises I just can't stand there
Okay, and I discovered the secret is that you have to find something that you love and do it?
Don't do what you don't like unless like you really want to be fit. We're talking about health right now
We're not talking about beating being a bodybuilder. Okay, and so find something that you love to do
It could be swimming. It could be exercising. It could be running hiking biking it could be walking
Anything for example, I love to roll
Rollerblades and every single summer when it's warm almost every single day
I go rollerblade and I enjoy that and I see how I feel after that. I my mind feels sharper
I feel really good. I have energy and it's just finding something that you like to do
And this here are some benefits of exercising
Exercising number one gives energy and let me tell you something
We cannot do anything with our bodies if we don't have energy
Okay, we cannot take care of our family like pastor Vlad mentioned
We cannot properly work function think anything and when you give energy you actually receive energy back
It's not when you're just like do nothing on a character sitting
No
It's when you give energy you receive energy back and this is important now it boosts our brainpower
melts away stress controls weight fights off
Sicknesses create stronger heart reduces aging improves eyesight
and now that's only eight that I mentioned but I am sure there's a lot more than that and now ten minutes a day can
Make such a big difference in our lives and it's so simple
It's not complicated and we don't have to be afraid of that active living is very important number four
restorative sleep
The best sleep for your body is between 10:00 p.m. And 2:00 a.m. This is where your body
rejuvenates and restores itself the best and
Lack of sleep will bring
27% higher risk of obesity obesity
48 percent of health diseases five times higher risk of diabetes
20% of accidents are due to lack of sleep
And of course stress stress is the biggest thing
Because out of if you if you're stressed out if you don't have enough sleep and rest to your body
You're gonna be stressed out and from stress comes sickness any kind of sickness due to stress
now lasting change
Begins with committing our bodies to Christ and this is what the Bible says in
Romans, 12:1 and 2 and so dear brothers and sisters I plead with you
To give your bodies to God because all of he has because of all that he has done for you
Let them be a living and Holy Sacrifice
the kind
He will find acceptable acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him
and I believe that our bodies belong to God he created them and we have to present our bodies as
Faithful stewards because he gave it to us and we have to take care of it
Our bodies are important as a living sacrifice to take care of our bodies this year. Amen. Are we gonna start taking care of ourselves?
Yep
You know, I
Today we actually as a society we make similar mistake mistakes as
Greek philosophers did thousands of years ago, for example, uh, Plato Socrates and
Another guy forgot his name they believed in the dualism which included the idea
That your mind is important, but your body is not
They devalued the body and some of them even believed that the body is evil
And we know that this is completely against what the Bible teaches us because we know that God
Created our bodies and anything that God creates has a purpose
And so when we choose today a healthy living and taking care of our bodies, we actually are setting ourselves
To fulfill the purpose that God has created us on this earth. Amen
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