Healthy Christian

Our pastor said something encouraging. He said that the part of your brain that says no to bad foods is the part of your brain that needs a lot of sleep. So it can't work effectively if you don't get enough sleep! So...if you need to say no...go to bed. Good deal.

He also compared loving the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength to keeping a healthy body. To love God with all your heart, etc you need to OBEY, WORSHIP, and LOVE GOD'S WORD all with equal importance. You need to do all three. Not in any order, and not one is more important than the other in order to love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. All should be number one. If one gets neglected you are no longer a healthy Christian, and will keep you from loving God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. If you obey you will worship really exuberantly, if you read God's Word you obey more, and if you worship you are more likely to obey, etc, etc.

Well, in order to have a healthy body you need to EAT, SLEEP, and EXERCISE. All should be number one. All three are important, and not one is more important than the other. If you don't sleep enough, you won't eat properly; but you need to exercise so you can sleep well. And you need to eat so you can exercise well. Each is related to the other. I thought this was a great analogy!