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Spiritually Fit

Romans 12:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV) Living Sacrifices to God 12 I beseech[a] you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your [b]reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

You’ve probably read this scripture or even heard it before in sermons This is a powerful scripture if we take the time to analyze what it is actually saying Although often times scriptures like these can be overlooked but Christians need to cling to scriptures like this It says to present our bodies a living sacrifice. (like a gift, we want it to be perfect for God) Not just the parts we want to offer It is not just referring to our physical bodies but our whole body, mind, soul, and spirit as well Jesus sacrificed himself that we may be saved He doesn’t ask much, well except lay your life down and die daily for Him That means you lay everything at the feet of Jesus Your goals, plans, desires, dreams, and relationships That’s how we continue to renew our minds By constantly seeking Him, because that is all our life should be about We should be yearning to honor God with our whole lives not just the parts we want to give him. By the end of this sermon hopefully I will have given you practical ways that you can present your body a living sacrifice and renewing your mind

Story about working out

The main thing I realized through this was that these things nutrition, the workout, and rest can be applied to our spiritual lives as well

Nutrition

Where are you getting your nutrition from?

Is it from the things of God, like the word, worship, prayer, church, sermons and godly relationships

Or does most of it come from the world. Movies, music, social media, or ungodly relationships

If we want to honor God with our whole lives, we must make Him the priority over everything

Everything we say or do should be filtered through His word

Joshua 1:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you[a] shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

His word should be the primary source of our spiritual nutrition

It shows us the character of God and what he expects from us

It encourages us when we’ve become weak

Its inspiring to see the way He loves us and the extent that He goes to show us how loved we are by Him

It also shows us the uncomfortable things, the stuff in our lives that need to be changed

The word teaches us how to die to self through the examples that God has laid out from the people in the bible

If the word isn’t a priority in your spiritual life then you are off the mark

Believe me its easy to let the word fall to the wayside.

In past I’ve allowed that to happen in my own life

What I do is make it the first thing I do

Reading in Nehemiah

Theses people listened to the word for half of the day

For some people the only scripture they see is when they see a scripture someone else posts on facebook

If you let the word fall by the wayside then where does your nutrition come from. Is it the people around you?

I want to be very clear on this because the bible is very specific

There are people that you do not need to associate with

Psalm 1:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV) 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,