Emotional eating is an issue many of us struggle with. A healthy habit, that we address in the PathWay 2 Wholeness Bible Study, related to this topic would be 'Eat Nutritious Foods.' Three related spiritual exercises would be - 'Receive God's Love in Your Heart,' 'Trust God,' … [Read more...]
Caring for My Body, The Holy Spirit’s Temple
This guest blog post was written by Lauren Varney, a participant in the current Faith and Health Ambassador Course. She captured her thoughts as a sort of journal as she was engaging with an assignment for Week 5 - "An Intimate and Right Relationship With God." It appears below … [Read more...]
Junk Food and Serving God
Today I felt lousy - physically and mentally. About three in the afternoon - during a short jog - I 'connected the dots' between my physical and mental state with what I ate yesterday. Our Carolina Panthers football team was playing in the NFC Championship game against the … [Read more...]
God Cares for Your Body!
You might say "I can eat anything. The Christian faith, with my freedom from the laws through my relationship with Christ, permits me to eat any food." But all foods, and an overconsumption of foods, may not be good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not … [Read more...]
What Foods are Permissible? Weekly Health Devotional
"I'm on a diet, I can't eat that!" "Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up." 1 Corinthians 10:23 The above scripture tells us that everything is permissible but not everything is good for us. Because of … [Read more...]
“Why Do You Choose to Eat in Unhealthy Ways?”
Ever wonder about this? You know what is healthy, you know it's unhealthy to eat too much, yet you continue to eat in unhealthy eating patters. Why do you continue with this unhealthy eating habits? Let me suggest a few explanations: You feel you deserve to eat the … [Read more...]
