Power, Love and Self-discipline: Health...Matters! 1 Corinthians 10: Corinthians 6:19-20

1 Corinthians 10: “Everything is permissible— but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”— but not everything is constructive. 24 Nobody should seek their own good, but the good of others.

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”

Food Every type Not all is good Food should not control us We need to think of others

1 Corinthians 6: Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

We Can’t forget Jesus paid the price Our bodies are God’s temple Honor God

2 Timothy 1:7 7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self- discipline.

Choose a program Change doesn’t happen overnight Change our outlook Change our lifestyle Find our strength in God Be strong

Higher risk for heart failure Stress on joints Depression Diabetes

We need to remember: Lifestyle change Goals Find a program Commit Eat healthier Think of others Jesus Christ

Psalm 59:9 9 O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress.

Philippians 4:13 13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Isaiah 40:29 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.