Devoted Bodies

A 6-week Study on Stewardship Over Our Health Can you imagine being given a car guaranteed to last for 70 years? What if all you had to do to retain the warranty was put in the correct fuel and keep up with the maintenance? Seems simple enough, right? Do you know that if you drove the average mileage, 12,000 miles a year, that car would take you over a million miles in 70 years? Incredible! Would you take care of it? Wouldn t you be nuts not to? Well guess what? You have been issued a vehicle by your Creator--made to last 70+ years with vitality! Yes, your body is the vehicle God has provided for you to accomplish all that He has purposed for you while here on planet earth. But just like the dream car, your vehicle requires proper fuel and maintenance. We have been taught much about being good stewards over our time, our talent and our treasure. But what about our temples? Sadly, this topic is noticeably absent from our Christian education. However, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 clearly tells us: 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. The Devoted Bodies study will provide an opportunity to join with other believers to thoroughly examine health from a stewardship perspective. We will look at the food culture we live in, and how, without even realizing it, believers have been conformed to the pattern of this world which has hampered the cause of Christ in some very specific ways. Our health often holds us back from the ministry we desire. Our prayer life is consumed with requests for sick believers. God is always calling us to be the salt and light. In the area of health this starts with spurring one another on toward obedience and righteousness. If you would like to look better, feel better, have more energy or reduce your dependence on medications, you owe it to yourself to explore God s Divine