Power, Love and Self-discipline: Health...Matters!1 Corinthians 10:23-26 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

1 Corinthians 10:23-2623 “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 6:19-2019 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 59:99 O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress.

Philippians 4:1313 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.