God loves you so much that He sent His son, Jesus, as a man, to die so you can be whole and have life now and eternally. Read about how much God loves you in this Message translation of the Bible. Who believes what we've heard and seen? Who would have thought God's saving … [Read more...]
Weekly Faith and Health Scripture: Expert Advice, Rules and Health Behavior Change – Col 3:20-23
I don't know about you but for most of my life I have been influenced by what I read and hear in the news and books and magazines about what I should be doing to care for my body and how to be in good health. It seems that not a week goes by that another expert isn't writing … [Read more...]
Weekly Health Scripture – Belief Brings Peace and Good Health – 1st Timothy 2:4-6
The real power in one's faith rests upon their beliefs. God designed us to believe in Him, the one true God, and in His son Jesus as our Savior. Our body, soul and spirit can only work together seamlessly when we believe this to be true in the core of our being. If we have any … [Read more...]
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Many of us remember the US Hockey team's victory over the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics. Here is a 21 second video of how the game ended along with the voice of announcer Jim McKay as he screams the question "Do you believe in miracles?" Today I received an email with a story … [Read more...]
A “Gospel of Fitness”
"We now have a critical mass available in which to generate a Gospel of Fitness with the best insights from all the helping professions." "The Gospel of Fitness is not a replacement for the traditional Gospel of the Newer Testament. Nor is it yet a formal theology. It has … [Read more...]
Weekly Faith and Health Scripture: Genesis 2:2 & Mark 6:31 – The Importance of Rest
We all need to rest. God needed to rest after He worked for six days to create the heavens and the earth as Genesis 2:2 tells us: "By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work." Jesus pleaded with his … [Read more...]
Socially Connected People Do Better After Surgery
People who have a strong social network feel less pain and anxiety before having surgery than their more isolated peers, according to a new study in VA patients. This translates to less pain and anxiety after the operation, less use of pain medication, and fewer days spent in … [Read more...]
If Jesus Was Your Personal Trainer
What would it look like? How would your life be different? Would your exercise prescriptions, as provided you by Him, be different than what you're doing now? Would your "diet" be different? What would your level of fitness be? Would you be using your time differently? What … [Read more...]
Weekly Faith and Health Scripture: Proverbs 14:30 & 4:23 – Your Heart & Your Health
The author of these proverbs wrote over 2000 years ago about the importance of taking care of our heart. A traditional version of the Bible records Proverbs 14:30 this way: "A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." A more contemporary version reads: "A … [Read more...]
A Holy & Healthy Resource on the Web
Today I came across a great resource I wanted you to know about. Two years ago the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church made a commitment to provide more resources for their clergy and congregations and communities. One thing they did was to contract with an … [Read more...]
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