1 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,680 Happy Monday. Pastor Matt's here. 2 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,920 Pastor Chris. Yep, I did it again. 3 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:18,480 Did it again. I'm not giving it up. 4 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,840 That's my bit. Now I'm just going to own the 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,760 bit forever. Great, so forever. 6 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,760 Forever. Fantastic. 7 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,320 We are here. This is the ERC Leftovers 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:40,560 podcast, continuing some of the leftovers from this Sunday 9 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,800 morning's message. We're in the middle of our four 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:49,320 FS series, Faith, Family, fitness and finances as we seek 11 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,040 to know Jesus and make him known in these things the way that God 12 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,960 has designed them to be in our life to most glorify him, but 13 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,840 also to make him known two others all for the sake of 14 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,480 reaching the one more. So week three it was fitness. 15 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,200 Yeah, kind of still feel like that's a weird word for what we 16 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,280 talked about. Do people talk about fitness 17 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:16,360 like in your your fitness to be a person, like to live a life? 18 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,760 I mean, I suppose like, you know, but we've, yeah, we've 19 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,960 made the word far too narrow. You know, when I, I think when 20 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:30,400 somebody typically talks about fitness in our context, yeah, 21 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,000 it, it is usually like the, oh, I go to the gym and I go this 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,040 many miles, I do this and, and it's like, no, like overall, 23 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:43,040 like life fitness is so much broader than can you run a 5K, 24 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,080 right. Like, that's not, that's not 25 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:46,560 what we're talking about. Not really. 26 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,960 We've, we've put it in this series and I feel like we don't 27 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,160 always equate fitness to like a disciplined life. 28 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:58,920 Like are you, are you fit to be a football player? 29 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,040 Are you fit to be so? I mean, we see it in scandal 30 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,840 like a political leader. You're no, you're no longer fit 31 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,240 to serve your constituency because of whatever moral 32 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,759 dilemmas. Like, I feel like we use it in 33 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:14,320 some of those contexts. I don't think we often talk 34 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:20,120 about it in Christendom like as as our are we fit to be 35 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,640 Christians? And even as I say that, it 36 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:26,160 sounds weird as a phrase, but that's really where the thrust 37 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,160 of this week was right? Well, and I think that makes 38 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,240 perfect sense. You know, so am I am I fit to be 39 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,240 a Christian? What does that mean? 40 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,240 So what do I have to prove or what do I have to do or all 41 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,880 these kinds of things? And it's like, all right, well, 42 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:44,560 if you really get to the get to the end of the book real fast. 43 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,040 Well, what I really need to be fit to be a Christian is to know 44 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,360 that I have a need. That's, that's what it's going 45 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,720 to take for me to be fit to be a Christian. 46 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,480 However, if I, if I stop there, if I say, well, I know I need 47 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,760 Christ for the forgiveness of my sins, cool, I'm forgiven and now 48 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,360 I will do nothing with the gift. That's not really being fit to 49 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,080 be a Christian, is it? Right. 50 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,160 So like in order in order to really be fit to be a Christian, 51 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,440 not only do I have to see the need, but then as that need has 52 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,880 been fulfilled by Christ, now all of a sudden, guess what I 53 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,000 get to do? I get to go out into the world 54 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,240 as his ambassador and I get to move about and and show people 55 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,560 what I've received. And yeah, I suppose that's a way 56 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,880 to describe it. Yeah, yeah. 57 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,840 So that at least that's what we I hypothesized in the the 58 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,680 message this week and we'll have we'll have some more thoughts. 59 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,400 I I have 2 pages worth of sermon notes, show notes here. 60 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,560 Any of y'all who would like that didn't pick them up at church. 61 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,320 They'll be LinkedIn the in the show notes here on this episode. 62 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,560 You can root through those because I really, I mean, of 63 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,120 these four areas and I kind of combined like mental and 64 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,120 emotional into the same thing. But I really do have like 4 or 65 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,720 five different passages for each of these four areas. 66 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,360 And we really only touched on one passage for each section. 67 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,200 So there's a lot more to go through here if you're either 68 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,680 curious for more or I didn't. It's kind of a. 69 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,000 Huge. Make the case well enough on on 70 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,399 Sunday that you want to dig into more of it for yourself. 71 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:19,920 There's there's a lot more material here. 72 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,440 Now, before we actually dive into all this kind of stuff, you 73 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,080 you had an illustration and you talked about getting ready for 74 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,920 like a 5K Sure like that might be a measure that might create 75 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,360 some measure of physical fitness understanding. 76 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,480 Sure, Again amongst all the other ones, is that the longest 77 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,320 you've run is a 5K or or. Successfully. 78 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,120 Well, OK, some points of clarity. 79 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,520 OK, we were, we were talking about what a good discipline or 80 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,280 or fitness question would be. And I just, I was just curious, 81 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:59,520 what's the longest you've ever run in one in one sitting, which 82 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,680 is what you're asking me here right now. 83 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,920 So no, the I've run further than a 5K in a like formal race 84 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,080 competition setting even even not even like whatever charity 85 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,680 5K setting. Yes, I've I've only ever like 86 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,320 finished race. That's the longest race I've 87 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,840 ever run. Is a 5K high school cross 88 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:22,000 country not incredibly good at it. 89 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,640 I think I was in the I don't think I was ever lower than like 90 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,920 the seventeens. I think 1730 is the fastest that 91 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,200 I ever ran 5K3 miles ish 3.1 miles. 92 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:36,760 But I did. At one point in college, Emily 93 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,600 and I were training together to run 1/2 marathon and she 94 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,360 finished that race. I did not. 95 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,800 I sprained my ankle around like mile 4 and got a. 96 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,280 And she left few behind. Well. 97 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,120 Now actually, this story just got really interesting. 98 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:58,680 Yeah, I mean, she, I told her to go and that I would catch up and 99 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,760 then realize the travesty of my situation. 100 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,160 We had actually. So this is the worst and this is 101 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,920 too much information, but This is why you come here. 102 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,320 We had so this is gosh, 1516 years ago. 103 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,480 Like we have cell phones, but we definitely weren't like running 104 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,800 with cell phones. Didn't didn't need them on our 105 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:23,040 person. For whatever reason, I hated 106 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,360 running. I just never enjoyed. 107 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,520 I always had. I felt like my stomach was like 108 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,880 always churning when I was running. 109 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,200 There was, there was always liquid, just like sloshing 110 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,360 around in my stomach when I was. Running that sounds really 111 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,320 uncomfortable. I know like whether whether I 112 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,120 ate before I ran or whether I'd starved myself before I ran. 113 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,200 Like I just my, my stomach is just constantly gurgling like, 114 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,880 well, I'm running and I'm a pretty regular. 115 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,040 Yes, they're pretty. I'm I'm pretty regular as it 116 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,280 comes to emptying the bowels every day. 117 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,280 And for whatever reason, the time of this race, like it 118 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:01,960 started before I had evacuated And so like 2 miles into the 119 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,680 race and the last thing I want to do is a is use 1/2 marathon 120 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,720 port a potty. I'm like, I was like, no way, 121 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,360 man, but I had to like I, I had to. 122 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,200 It was either that or evacuate myself while I was running. 123 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,040 So, so anyway, we had already that's, that's only that you 124 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,440 asked that question. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 125 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,320 We had already split. Like we we she did not wait for 126 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,400 me to do that. I was like, no, I'll it'll be 127 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,840 really quick. I'll I'll Sprint to catch up. 128 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,560 And somewhere in the middle, I never caught up to her. 129 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,040 But because within those two miles, I hadn't caught up to 130 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,400 her. And then I was just done. 131 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:42,000 My my ankle was not having it. So she finished the race and was 132 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,520 not happy with it. She got to the end and I was 133 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:45,480 like, where? Where did you go? 134 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,200 Like what happened? Why didn't you catch up to me? 135 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,120 Because I got like a police escort back to the medical tent 136 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,920 or whatever road now. Yeah, got it. 137 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,760 It just meant you were really important. 138 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,480 Oh my goodness. Well, that's just a limped to 139 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,160 the next checkpoint on the officer was like, I don't know 140 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,720 how you got 10, eight, 910 miles to go, but it like we're just 141 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,520 going to take you across town and yeah. 142 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,800 So anyway, that's a different kind of way to finish I. 143 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Didn't do that, longest workout in like 1 sitting was probably 144 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,000 like 7 miles for cross country practice or I never even ran the 145 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,200 full half marathon before I did the race like. 146 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,920 Which that's a bold move too, by the way. 147 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,400 So not know if you can finish so. 148 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,520 So you're like, hey, you know what I have done? 149 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,160 I've done about half the distance, so let's just go ahead 150 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,960 and sign up like let's see that. I mean how much different is the 151 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,919 2nd 7 miles going to be from the first 7? 152 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,679 Like, doubly painful. Doubly painful. 153 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,240 Isn't it though I already? Did seven, I can do another 7. 154 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,320 I mean, that's that's. That that. 155 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,320 Logic is madness, isn't it? Because think about it like, 156 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,440 well, if I could run a half marathon, surely I could run a 157 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,600 full 1. Shirley. 158 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,800 Don't call me Shirley. Yeah, no, that that is that is 159 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:57,680 crazy. I can't. 160 00:08:58,320 --> 00:08:59,960 That's it's remarkable that you sign up. 161 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,760 But then again, you were like, what, 2122? 162 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,400 Yeah, not even. I think it was probably 19. 163 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,280 Then you probably could have done it. 164 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,160 Yeah, not. Like I'm going to die. 165 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,600 No. No, you could walk that far. 166 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:12,360 If it comes down to it, I'll just walk. 167 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,600 That's true. That's true, yeah. 168 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,360 So well, I and then I couldn't. And then and then no, you 169 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:22,000 weren't going to do that. So yeah, I was AI was a sprinter 170 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,640 in high school. I did all the short races. 171 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,720 That was fun. Yeah, I like it. 172 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,600 They were great. I never ran probably in a 173 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,600 workout more than two or three miles, like honestly, because I 174 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,400 mean, if you're, if you're a sprinter. 175 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,040 So this is just for like light conditioning then because it's 176 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,960 not two or three miles is like much longer than any of your 177 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,280 sprinter races. So I think that's not really. 178 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,040 Helpful. No. 179 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,720 And the only thing that like you know, for for sprinters, at 180 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,240 least the way I was trained, it's like maybe you'll try and 181 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,400 run double the distance maybe at once. 182 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,120 So like hey, I'm training for the 100, I need you to Sprint 2. 183 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,440 100 meters. So it's kind of the opposite. 184 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,160 If you can do twice as much, you can definitely do. 185 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,480 Yeah, half of it and then you and then you're definitely not 186 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,160 going to get gassed out. But as an adult. 187 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,920 So I had a friend who just absolutely convinced me in my 188 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,680 mid 30s, like, oh dude, come on, you can do a half marathon. 189 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:16,280 Anybody. Those were his words. 190 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,720 Anybody. Can do a half marathon. 191 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:23,320 And I just, I thought that was crazy, but he, he was such a 192 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,280 good salesman. And then so he described me as 193 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,280 like, oh, come on, man, you only need like a couple months to 194 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,640 like be ready. And I was like, all right, dude. 195 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:35,760 And, and I mean, this guy was not like in super great shape. 196 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,640 And he's like, I've already done like 4 of them. 197 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,200 And I was like, and you know, and, and I'm just looking at him 198 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,160 like, OK, if he could do it, I could totally do it. 199 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,720 Well, wow. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, 200 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,880 right? It's, you know, but but I did, I 201 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:54,560 trained for like 4 months and did finish the half marathon in 202 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:58,560 Fargo, Fargo, ND. Now here's what I learned. 203 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:00,520 I learned a couple of things about that. 204 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,000 A because I trained up to like 10 miles and then I was like, 205 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,760 OK, I can tack on three more, right? 206 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,880 So I hadn't done more than 10 miles before the race. 207 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,960 Here is the worst part. I did every single bit of my 208 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,680 training over those four months on a treadmill. 209 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,000 And then I got out on the pavement and like within the 1st 210 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,200 2 miles, everything hurt. Everything hurt. 211 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,400 Yeah, I believe that. Yeah. 212 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,000 And so like then like I could barely walk for like I finished 213 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,600 it, but I could barely walk for like 6 or seven days after that 214 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,000 because treadmill versus, you know, concrete is very 215 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,600 different. That's very interesting. 216 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,640 I never run on a treadmill. Like I will walk. 217 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,320 I will walk and like incline walk the thing. 218 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,800 But if I'm running, which I don't like running, I don't run. 219 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,120 To be honest, I don't run. I mean, you move pretty quick 220 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,960 sometimes. But again, sprinter like I'm I 221 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,280 like a dwarf, dangerous and very distance, like short distances. 222 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,520 Yeah, I like it. I like it. 223 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,920 So yeah, I can whatever. I can cover 40 yards really 224 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,240 quick, but anything with any length, I'm not really 225 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,520 interested in that. But like, I don't know if I had 226 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,000 to, if I like decided I was going to train and go for a run, 227 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,760 though it would be outside. I don't think I could do it on a 228 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,800 treadmill. It's just well, after like 2 229 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,640 blown Achilles it was just easier on my joints and stuff. 230 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,720 Because the treadmill gives. Because the treadmill gives, you 231 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,240 know. Sure, but OK. 232 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,360 But you're somehow still logically you're like, but once 233 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,280 I'm out there for the half marathon, like the Achilles will 234 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,000 be fine. I hadn't, honestly, I'll be 235 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,760 really honest, I didn't even really think about it. 236 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,120 Not really. OK, so I don't know. 237 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,600 So I mean so that. Means they were fine though 238 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:43,880 they. Didn't I mean that? 239 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,640 I mean they didn't split in half but it was hard to walk for like 240 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,960 a week after that. So it doesn't sound like either 241 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,200 you or I are signing up for 1/2 marathon anytime. 242 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,400 Soon 0 interest in that. Zero interest. 243 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,000 No. OK, 'cause I I would say that if 244 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,920 you were like, hey Chris, let's do this, I wouldn't be able to 245 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,200 turn you down. That if I said that to you or 246 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:08,920 like just general? Populist. 247 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,960 No, you, you. You would have to do it with me 248 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,160 and then I wouldn't turn you down. 249 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:17,160 What did you just do? You, you just invited everyone 250 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,840 to say hey, you guys need to sign up for 1/2 marathon. 251 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,400 But I mean anybody who suggests it has to do it. 252 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,800 Yeah, but there are people who are already runners here, Chris. 253 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,920 We have crazy people at church who run for fun because they 254 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,840 think it's fun. And now they're going to come 255 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,920 and be like, hey, running's fun. You guys should come run with 256 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,440 us. And I'm going to be like, this 257 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,800 is Chris's fault. Well, I'm just saying if you did 258 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,200 it, I would do it, but I'm not doing it otherwise. 259 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,320 What have you done? You're welcome. 260 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,440 You're welcome throughout this. All right, so yeah, what's the, 261 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:54,840 what's the furthest you've run or, or thought about running? 262 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,720 I did hear, I did hear from someone afterwards, after the 263 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,080 service, they came up to me and said, yeah, me and me. 264 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:02,880 And so and so they had a friend who were like, we're going to 265 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,640 start a fitness plan, but we're going to, we're going to start 266 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,200 not with a 5K. We're going to start with five 267 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,480 feet. All right, great. 268 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,120 Yeah, yeah. Tailored it for what? 269 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:14,760 What you feel you can handle. So yeah. 270 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,880 I do think, by the way, Speaking of that, on a more serious note, 271 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:24,400 I think that there are ways, and you talked about it during the 272 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,200 sermon. You're like, hey, this is going 273 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,120 to, you know, if we're talking about physical fitness, that 274 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,280 should look different for everybody based on age, based 275 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,480 on, you know, history and background and injuries and, and 276 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,280 there's a million different factors that you're going to 277 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,400 have to do that stuff on. But I also think that with, you 278 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,040 know, the Internet and stuff like in AI, you can you can 279 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,120 basically type in, hey, this is how old I am. 280 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,760 This is like my body type. This is how can I even get 281 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,720 started? Yeah, and you can get a pretty 282 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:52,640 good start. Off of. 283 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,440 That Internet suggestion. I agree because I mean even even 284 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,040 all those years ago, I don't know, it's probably 7-7 years 285 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,720 ago now since I ran the half Dude. 286 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:07,040 I, I, I was literally coming off the couch to do that prior, 287 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,840 prior to getting trained up for the half marathon, I had no 288 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,520 physical fitness. Every once in a while I'd go 289 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,680 lift weights, but like no cardio, no nothing. 290 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:19,240 So I did couch to half marathon and I mean. 291 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:20,320 Over the course of a couple months. 292 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,640 Yeah. And so I mean, I again, if we 293 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,800 are talking about the physical aspect of fitness, which again 294 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,160 that's narrow, it's only one part of it. 295 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,160 But if we're talking about the physical part and and you're 296 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,640 looking for help and you need help with that, like man, 297 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,000 there's so many ways to get started that are not going to 298 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,440 destroy your body and not make you feel terrible about 299 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,360 yourself. And you know there's ways to do 300 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,360 this well, so encourage you to look into that maybe. 301 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,280 Yeah, no. And, and that's what we're going 302 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,000 into some of the more practical things here too. 303 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:56,440 I felt like, yeah, the one thing I strayed away from in the 304 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:01,200 message was actual kind of like take home assignments for some 305 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,560 of the stuff because I think I think the list could be endless 306 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,680 in some of these situations for what what it could end up being. 307 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,480 But we can talk about some of those more practical things that 308 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:14,240 I think there are some, again, general simple solutions for 309 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,120 physical fitness, mental fitness, spiritual, some general 310 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:18,240 habits that people could practice. 311 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,880 It still looks different specifically in your life, but 312 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,480 we'll get into those. We are all over the place as far 313 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,320 as where we're at in the Bible today, which is a little more 314 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,280 confusing than usual. Usually we're in one chapter or 315 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:38,920 passage primarily leaned on 1st Corinthians 612 through 20, but 316 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:44,720 there's we're all over the New Testament back to Matthew 22 as 317 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,040 well as kind of our jumping off point of Jesus teaching on the 318 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,560 greatest commandment. You shall love the Lord your God 319 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,840 with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your 320 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,440 mind. That's where we're jumping off 321 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,040 from. So we we focused on 1st 322 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,800 Corinthians 619 and 20 do not know that your body is a temple 323 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,040 of the Holy Spirit within you whom you have from God. 324 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,200 You are not your own for you were bought with a price. 325 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:15,960 So glorify God in your body. Pretty straightforward physical 326 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:21,319 body taking care of it matters. You are a temple for the Holy 327 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:24,319 Spirit. OK, so one of the things I 328 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:28,200 wanted to pick up on was in in this set of verses, but earlier 329 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,400 you well, you just brought it up starting in verse 12. 330 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,600 OK, OK, let's go a direction here. 331 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,360 Let's go backwards for a second because again, we're we're in 332 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:41,720 the same section of text, OK, as you, you just brought out. 333 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:47,800 So glorify God in your body, OK, Before he says glorify God in 334 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,640 your body, Paul does something and he says all things are 335 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,880 lawful for me. And then he ends this idea with 336 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,120 glorify God in your body. So what is the balance? 337 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,520 How does this work? If OK. 338 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,880 And he's speaking specifically at this point. 339 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,720 I, I, I think if I'm remembering correctly about food laws and 340 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,200 all these kinds of things, OK, So all things are lawful for me, 341 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,840 but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful, but I 342 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:17,880 won't be dominated by anything. OK, so how can I take my 343 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,520 Christian freedom? This is an honest question. 344 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,560 How can I take my Christian freedom where even Paul says 345 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,000 everything is wide open. It's fair game to me because I'm 346 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,480 forgiven and redeemed by Christ. And then he says, but glorify 347 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,320 God in your body. Is there attention here? 348 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,920 Like help me out. Well, you're right that's that's 349 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:42,480 the bounds, right? All things are lawful while like 350 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,160 as long as it's glorifying God, right? 351 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,200 So because, but but not not all things are helpful is what he 352 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,320 says. All things are lawful, but not 353 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,840 all things are helpful, which means all things could but in 354 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,880 actuality, not all things do bring me to this end, right. 355 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:03,080 Not all things are helpful for glorifying God. 356 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,720 I have I have freedom potentially in everything. 357 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,400 It's kind of the and I didn't get into the specifics. 358 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,760 We have Donuts on Sunday mornings. 359 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,960 Fitness doughnut right in my mouth. 360 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,200 You brought that up. We were in the lobby and I just 361 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,360 started cackling, 'cause I was like, I, I love that. 362 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,760 Seemingly seemingly hypocritical right, to have to have those 363 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,160 things out there on a Sunday that we're talking about 364 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,920 fitness, right? I didn't talk about alcohol or 365 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,040 like, I, I enjoy a bourbon, enjoy a beer. 366 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,520 You, you enjoy a beer. Like, I did not get up there and 367 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:45,480 say a life of physical fitness is abstaining from these things. 368 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,080 I did not give anyone a list that was don't, don't, don't, 369 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,640 don't, don't. As far as what to cut out of 370 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,280 your life, why? Because of this verse. 371 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,280 They're all lawful, but not all things are helpful. 372 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:04,880 A food diet that is founded on centered on Donuts, Not helpful. 373 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,560 Lawful for me to yeah on Sunday morning have one. 374 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,360 And go about with my regular diet for the rest of the week. 375 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:18,120 Sure, that's that's fine, right? That's within the law and still 376 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:20,640 within a God glorifying picture of that. 377 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:26,520 But if if the temptation if if one leads to another or opens 378 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,280 the door for OK, well, I had I had Donuts. 379 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,760 So I'm going to chase it with this or that spikes a sugar 380 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:37,920 spree or or just whatever. Whatever it is, if it opens a 381 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:43,400 door for ending at a non God glorifying conclusion then you 382 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,480 shouldn't then then it's not lawful for you. 383 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,960 Yeah. And so there's some there's some 384 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,840 individual or not. Individualization. 385 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,040 Yeah, I think I was not going to get that word out there. 386 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,120 You have to have some discernment and know thyself a a 387 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:59,760 donut might trigger someone's terrible eating habits in a way 388 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,240 that doesn't yours necessarily. And that's just a different 389 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,680 measure of discipline and self-control that I think we 390 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:09,480 each have too. But that's well, that's why we 391 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,120 can't just prescribe a thing for every like I I definitely could 392 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:19,080 say don't eat Donuts, but that would come down really law heavy 393 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:23,280 for someone who feels like they have that in control in their 394 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,400 life. It might hit a little harder for 395 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,600 someone who's like, Oh yeah, I shouldn't have Donuts because if 396 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,240 I have one I'm going to have 6 like. 397 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,440 Oh yeah, yeah, no, I feel that statement. 398 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,280 I do no, but I think you're right. 399 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,960 Well, and it's it's cool to think about the fact that, and I 400 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,160 and I love this about the gospel is the fact that there is 401 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,400 honestly real, real freedom to be had. 402 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,160 But the the fact that that freedom needs to come with a 403 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,480 level of discernment and a level of discipline. 404 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,560 It it actually makes the thing so much more enjoyable. 405 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:00,680 So think about it this way. Like, well, I grew up eating 406 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,200 like so much junk food. I mean like a crazy amount. 407 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,080 I would just, I'm not even joking. 408 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,080 I would just eat a box of Swiss cake rolls before dinner. 409 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:14,280 Like a box, not a package. So yeah, I know. 410 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:16,280 And there are people who testify to that. 411 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,400 Like a box of Swiss cake rolls and a quart of chocolate milk 412 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,960 before dinner. That's not a brag. 413 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,320 It's actually terrible for you. And the fact that I'm sitting 414 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,960 here today is kind of a miracle. But anyway. 415 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:34,640 But The thing is like, I love the I love the fact that if I in 416 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,240 wanting to glorify God and say thank you for these good gifts, 417 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,080 man, you know what I could do? I could go to a birthday party 418 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,000 and have like a piece of super sugary cake and I could 419 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,960 celebrate with somebody. Or, you know, like I could go 420 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,400 out with a friend and have a drink and we could celebrate and 421 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,520 we could even in those things we could be glorifying to God. 422 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,040 But you're right, man, there's a line, There's a line there. 423 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,600 And I think one of the things that he brings out that Paul 424 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,160 brings out in verse 12 is like when I crossed that line, all of 425 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,440 a sudden, it's almost like it's not even me in control anymore. 426 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:12,240 I am being dominated by a desire that I am not controlling like, 427 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,040 and is no longer honoring God because it's not under control. 428 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:20,080 It's not under his Lordship. So I do think we, we, we have 429 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,000 this immense amount of freedom to choose and to and to enjoy 430 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,360 the things that God has given us. 431 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,040 But like, at what point, you know, we have to ask ourselves, 432 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,280 I think, what, at what point are we no longer in control and we 433 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,280 are being dominated by it? Right. 434 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,240 Everything's can be, anything can be lawful, but anything of 435 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,280 the world created by the world can be twisted to a point that 436 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,920 it it it dominates, saturates, takes over, twists our lives, 437 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,240 Right. So there needs to be discernment 438 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,760 and measure in there too. Yeah. 439 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,720 Measure is a good word. I like that. 440 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,800 Yeah. So that's kind of the, the 441 00:23:54,800 --> 00:24:01,960 setting for physical, physical fitness here that as it relates 442 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:07,080 to our earthly bodies, we, we may not have the same triggers 443 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,560 or struggles or, or even benefits that that other people 444 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,360 have, but that's, we have to have discernment in that, right? 445 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:15,760 Like we have to, we have to have an individual relationship and, 446 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,360 and calling and following from God of how we're going to care 447 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:20,240 for that. Well, sure, there's some general 448 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:26,000 things we should like, yes, get out in sunlight, go go for a 449 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,400 walk. 10,000 steps a day isn't like a, it's not a crazy 450 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,880 suggestion. Like that's actually measurably 451 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,640 good for you to move that much every day. 452 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:40,200 Go go for a walk if you can, if you can lift weights, lift 453 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,640 weights. If it's push ups and sit ups and 454 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:48,480 jumping jacks or yoga, stretch like something physical movement 455 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,480 is good. We, we were, we were very 456 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:56,000 sedentary culture now compared to even even Bible like 457 00:24:56,120 --> 00:25:00,560 especially Bible times, but even 200 years ago, we're a very 458 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,680 sedentary culture compared to that. 459 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,440 So. And I, and I think you have to 460 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,320 make those things fun. You have to find a way to make 461 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,080 it enjoyable because there are people who, you know, you'll 462 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,640 talk to or maybe you are that person where you're like, you 463 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,040 know what? I just hate everything related 464 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,240 to like physical exercise. Like I'm not, I want to go to a 465 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:23,960 gym. I don't want to wear the stupid 466 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,560 clothes. I don't want to have the 467 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:26,960 headphones on. I don't want to be on a 468 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,360 treadmill. I won't do any of that junk. 469 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,520 So it's like, where do we find routes then, you know, that make 470 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,640 this an enjoyable thing. You know what, actually, when 471 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,120 the weather's nice, one of the more enjoyable things that I 472 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:41,200 think, like I like walking my dog in nice weather. 473 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,080 And for my dog, she's just like sweet, let's do 10,000 steps all 474 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,400 at once. She wants that. 475 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,600 And so like, actually like that's kind of a fun way for her 476 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,200 for me to, to do some of those things because I, I have learned 477 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,920 about myself as an adult, for example, like I'm not going to 478 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:02,240 be outside just because like I don't do that. 479 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,760 I don't go, hey, let's go outside to be outside. 480 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,200 And I don't know why I'm like that. 481 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,480 I should be like that, but I'm not. 482 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,680 But the dog, for example, is like, let's be outside. 483 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:14,080 And so, yeah, there you go. I mean, so we got to find ways 484 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,440 to, to make this more accessible and more fun and more enjoyable 485 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,560 because God does want us to enjoy these things. 486 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,840 So, you know, get creative I guess. 487 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,520 Yeah, it's good. It's good for you. 488 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,400 It's if you have kids, it's good for your kids and it's 489 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,240 especially good for you if you have kids to keep up with them 490 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,840 in as you age, as as you get older. 491 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,400 And it's also just endorphins and all the things that like 492 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,880 from from moving well or accomplishing something like 493 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,320 it's, it's all around these again, body, mind and soul. 494 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:44,600 We talked about it on Sunday. These these things are linked 495 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:45,800 together. Love Lord you got with all your 496 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,800 heart, soul and mind. There's there's connections 497 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,840 between the health and fitness of all of these things. 498 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,200 So just a couple other practical things. 499 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,880 A diet is obviously a thing. Eat real foods. 500 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,240 Eat if If it didn't exist, like there's an ad, if it didn't 501 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,360 exist 200 years ago, you probably shouldn't eat it. 502 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,280 I mean, maybe I follow too. Many Dino nuggies Dino. 503 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,040 Nuggies. No, that's not. 504 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,040 That's not terrible. There's still some chicken in 505 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:24,120 them, but like Doritos Swiss cake roll like and again, not in 506 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:26,840 a get them completely off the list sort of way, but if they're 507 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,680 if those things are like a daily part of your diet. 508 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:33,120 Probably not awesome. Not awesome, not and and again, 509 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:34,680 I don't want this to be an illegalistic way. 510 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,360 I'm just trying to hypothesize this as like our our best state, 511 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:42,480 our our our most worthy, our fittest state as representatives 512 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,240 of Christ. Probably, like probably don't 513 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,400 include those things. Eat, eat vegetables, eat real 514 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,800 meat. There's dietary restriction and 515 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,200 all things like, again, I don't know your life. 516 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:59,360 I don't know your specific life, but I'm pretty sure that no 517 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:02,800 one's dietary restrictions are Doritos and Swiss cake rolls are 518 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,000 the only thing you can eat and chase them down with a Mountain 519 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,160 Dew. Like, that's not it. 520 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,360 I, I, I, I can't tell you exactly what it is. 521 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:14,840 I can tell you what it's not. And that is not the foundations 522 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,320 of a God glorifying diet. You're right, even if you're a 523 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,400 13 year old boy. Like, you're right, you're 524 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,080 right. It's, it's, I mean, it's 525 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,680 disappointing to come to that reality because I eat like a 526 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,640 child. But you're right, all right? 527 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,440 You know, you're right. You OK? 528 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,720 So you talked about eating Swiss cake rolls by the box. 529 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,040 Wasn't there a time, I can't remember if you said this on the 530 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,960 podcast before or not? Didn't you eat like 5 lbs of 531 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,760 cottage cheese or something like in a in a day? 532 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,520 Yeah, well, I did have a 10,000 calorie day once. 533 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,080 Oh. My goodness. 10,000 calories in 534 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:49,040 a day. And that was actually 535 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,400 legitimately difficult. That was really. 536 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,480 Really, legitimately difficult. Yeah, I mean, I finished at like 537 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,360 1156 at night and I started my day with a box of Donuts and a 538 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,600 quarter of chocolate milk and I still it was, it was that's. 539 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,240 Like 1000, right there it was. Weirdly difficult. 540 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,760 I, I, I would have thought it was going to be way easier, but 541 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,320 yeah, if you can learn anything from me, like don't do that, I. 542 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,720 Mean that's a part, yeah, that's like you'd have to, you'd have 543 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:17,560 to eat like 6 Big Mac meals in the course of the day to get 544 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,360 there, which doesn't sound like a lot, but I'm sure after like 545 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,440 the third one, you're like no more. 546 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,720 Well, you know, and the thing I didn't do this alone, I had AI 547 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:30,600 had a partner in crime who also ate 10,000 calories that day. 548 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,080 But you know, I, we, I just took it and it's really bad. 549 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,040 But like I took it as like an opportunity because I was, I was 550 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,680 working out pretty regularly at the time and stuff, but I took 551 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,760 that as an opportunity as like, Oh no, this isn't a cheat meal. 552 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,680 It's not even a cheat day. This is the equivalent of like 6 553 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,240 cheat days. And so I'm just going to do 554 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:52,160 every stupid thing that I ever wanted to do, whether it's like, 555 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:56,880 you know, an XL strawberry shake from Sonic and Taco Bell. 556 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:02,920 And I, I lost my mind that day. Yeah, and I also gained 6 lbs in 557 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,600 one day. Yeah, Yes, you did. 558 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,840 It took me like 3 weeks to work it off. 559 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,800 It was really bad. It was really bad. 560 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:10,200 I'm sorry. Don't do that. 561 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,960 Don't do that. 10,000 calories. Don't do that. 562 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,360 Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that. 563 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:18,800 So, yeah, just I mean general that we are not not fitness 564 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,240 Wellness certified people, but it it is fairly simple. 565 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,720 Move your body, eat real food. Meat and vegetables and and 566 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:34,160 protein are good healthy things. Processed fake cheese dust foods 567 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,520 are are probably you should stay away from those. 568 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,600 Yeah, but like that's food is God intended. 569 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,280 Go for it. If you want more specific diet 570 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:48,640 things, we have the the Daniel plan on the on the ERC pics on 571 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,800 the bookshelves out here in the atrium. 572 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:55,240 That's got some more like fitness diet, sort of biblically 573 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,400 rooted things if you want some more specific ideas. 574 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,120 But yeah, keep it simple. Real things, real movement 575 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,000 probably going to turn out OK. Yeah, it's. 576 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,400 Going to be great. Just burn burn more calories 577 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:09,600 than you then you take in. That's caring for your body. 578 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,080 Well, a couple of the passages quick. 579 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,440 First Corinthians later on, three chapters later in Chapter 580 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,680 9, from where we are. Did you not know that in a race 581 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,080 all runners run, but only one receives the prize? 582 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,160 So run that you may obtain it. I discipline my body and keep it 583 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,640 under control, lest after preaching to others, I myself 584 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:30,320 should be disqualified. Kind of what we were talking 585 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:34,040 about today, too. We don't want to be like 586 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,120 hypocritical examples for Christ either, right? 587 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,400 Like Paul's saying these things and he's saying, OK, I'm 588 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:47,040 preaching this, I am putting it into practice lest I be lest I 589 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,200 be disqualified from running this race or or at least leading 590 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,360 it well. Not proclaiming to do any of 591 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:57,280 these areas perfectly. Trying to strive after them 592 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,240 myself but also wanted to push y'all in in a godly God 593 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:06,000 glorifying example in this too. Well, and that's an important 594 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,840 thing too, because maybe you're raising kids or, you know, you 595 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,600 and your spouse are kind of trying to work together to get 596 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,240 better at some things. Man, it's awfully important to 597 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,120 be a attempt to be a model of that. 598 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,160 But even when you fail to acknowledge that, to acknowledge 599 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,800 it, just be honest, you know, and, and I think that's a huge, 600 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,680 that's a huge win. And and that is actually man, it 601 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:35,400 is really taking the wind out of the sails of, of Satan who would 602 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,200 love for you to not acknowledge it and just kind of be shamed 603 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,320 that, oh, I've done this so badly and now I feel like a 604 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,960 hypocrite. You know, I've seen it too many 605 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:48,160 times where we just maybe we fail at something but we never 606 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,760 start again because, well, I've already said I was going to do 607 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,560 this like 3 times, but I, I can't say that again. 608 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:54,960 So I'm just, I'm not even going to try. 609 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,120 And it's like, that's the devil talking to you. 610 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,600 That's him trying to keep you ashamed and try and keep you 611 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,920 down. No, we just, we acknowledge the 612 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,160 failure and we move on. I've heard it say, I can't 613 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,760 remember who said it this way, but like, you know what, we 614 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,120 might fail, but let's fail better this time. 615 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,840 Let's just fail better this time because if we fail, it will not 616 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,400 be at the same level. We're just going to keep moving 617 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,240 forward. And so whether that's like, OK, 618 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,880 so maybe you committed again talking about fitness, like 619 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,560 maybe I committed to spiritual fitness of reading the Bible 620 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,800 every single day. And I'm going to give you a very 621 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,280 real example. So on the Bible app, they keep 622 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,400 like a daily streak. Yeah. 623 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,040 So you can look on the app and, and maybe there's a day you got 624 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,160 super busy or you forgot or whatever, and you lose your 625 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:44,600 daily streak. Oh, no, Oh no. 626 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:49,600 Well, now, gosh, you're, you're kind of all is lost. 627 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,480 I'm despondent. I no longer am a good Christian. 628 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,480 I'm, I didn't read my Bible every day for, you know, 40 days 629 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,200 straight or what you know, And it's just like, man, that Satan 630 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,160 would love to keep you feeling bad and to keep you feeling like 631 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,360 a failure. But no, we confess and we move 632 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,600 on, and we fail. Better, better in the future. 633 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,679 Yeah, I like that. I like that a lot. 634 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:13,080 Let's let's fail better this. Time told that to my kids a 635 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,159 couple times. Like, it's fine, fail better 636 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:18,520 next time. I don't expect you to be 637 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,520 perfect, but let's keep going. Yeah, I like it. 638 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,880 It's good First Timothy 4-7 and eight. 639 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,239 Train yourself for godliness. For while bodily training is of 640 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,280 some value, godliness is of value in every way as it holds 641 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,199 promise for the present life and also for the life to come. 642 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:39,239 So within this we, we kind of see the, the body soul relation 643 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,400 here to physical exercise has benefits, but spiritual training 644 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,840 still takes priority. Both contribute to a 645 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,960 well-rounded life. We still have this and I and I 646 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,159 don't know, I don't know if you've ever experienced this. 647 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:57,440 I usually do if I'm, if I am like razor focused on one area, 648 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,120 whether I'm working on, I don't know, working on emotions or 649 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:04,840 working on fitness or, or things like that spills over. 650 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:09,320 I want to be better in other areas because I don't want to, I 651 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,480 won't, I don't want to destroy the work I'm doing in the one 652 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,360 area right by like ruining in another. 653 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,400 So there's obviously crossover here between these things. 654 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,040 We started out with faith as the foundation of a few weeks ago. 655 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,080 So that's still like the spiritual fitness in all this. 656 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,640 That's where that's where the rest of this stems from. 657 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,880 But outside of that, like our physical bodies are really the 658 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,360 first point of interaction really that we have with the 659 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:38,160 world of other than that, right? As far as people in our lives, 660 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:43,120 people we haven't met. So I, I think there's priority 661 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,480 here too for that. And you only have one body. 662 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:51,360 You only get you get one body, this life, and glorify God in 663 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,840 your body. So I'll tell you what, you used 664 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,400 your phrase just now and it it spurred something in my head 665 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,720 that I think is really appropriate for this talk too. 666 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:06,600 Here's a quote from Bruce Lee. OK, we're going to shift, but it 667 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:07,880 but it relates. I promise. 668 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,800 The successful warrior is the average man with laser focus. 669 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,480 Yeah. So what happens if, Yeah, what 670 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:20,160 happens if maybe I don't think of myself as like this again, 671 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,280 this great Bible scholar or like maybe I haven't always done a 672 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,960 great job of taking care of my physical body or something like 673 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,440 that. As soon as I start to put all my 674 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,680 attention and all my effort in, whether that's anger or 675 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,120 frustration, I'm going to pour it all into one spot where I 676 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,080 where I where I say from now on, I refuse to lose in this area of 677 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,000 my life. We're going through financial 678 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,840 peace University with people right now. 679 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,360 And Dave Ramsey will say it like you just got to get mad enough 680 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,800 to, to not live this way anymore. 681 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:54,720 And so like again, even with our spiritual natures, like man, if 682 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:59,000 I want that, if I want to like really grow with God in my mind, 683 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,600 body, soul, all these different ways you were talking about 684 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:07,560 yesterday, man, I can do that with some bit of laser focus and 685 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:11,480 it will change everything. It will just, it will reshape 686 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,880 how I'm living my life and anybody could do it. 687 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,120 Yeah. I believe that anybody could do 688 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,840 it. Couple more verses of practical 689 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,640 encouragement for physical fitness. 690 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,120 Isaiah 4031. Those who wait for the Lord 691 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,040 shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings 692 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,080 like eagles. They should run and not be 693 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,200 weary. They shall walk and not faint. 694 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,120 God renews physical vitality for those who rely on him, 695 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,320 encouraging endurance in daily demands. 696 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:44,120 It sounds crazy, it sounds silly, but the Lord give me 697 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:49,800 strength for today prayer like it's not silly You you can ask 698 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:55,560 for that you you can hope for and and request that from God. 699 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,120 You can lean on his strength in these things. 700 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:04,280 A sort of greeting from John third John one verse 2 beloved, 701 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,480 I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good 702 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,040 health as it goes well with your soul. 703 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,840 John even is is painting the connection of the of these two 704 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,040 things. Hey, prioritizing your soul, but 705 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,280 you're in Christ. So I know that your soul is well 706 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,920 by that. I also hope your physical being 707 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,040 is well as it relates to your soul being well rooted in 708 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:24,400 Christ. Amazing. 709 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,000 I love that. Well, and, you know, don't 710 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:32,400 forget, lest we forget that even in OK, so we, we allow ourselves 711 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,280 to be spiritually taken care of and we and we keep that health. 712 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:39,120 But there's also this sense that like God cares about the body. 713 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,000 How do we know that? Because Jesus Christ comes back 714 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:46,080 with a real body. So I mean, like, yeah, this all 715 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:50,280 works in concert with itself and and it's just fun to see all the 716 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,560 connections in the study guide. How like it just is flowing 717 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,960 through this thing. So yeah, by the way, I know you 718 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,280 already said it, but please pick one of these up because this 719 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,920 thing is terribly helpful to to make these connections. 720 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,080 Yep. And if you, if you're in a life 721 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,520 group already, this is I shared the study guide with all the 722 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,400 leaders. So like you will, you can get a 723 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:08,480 copy of that or see that from them. 724 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,800 But I'll have more at the connection Center too for this 725 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:18,480 week and next you can pick one up mental and emotional fitness 726 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,040 are they are not back-to-back in the study guide and but I kind 727 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,920 of lumped them together during during the talk during the 728 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:30,360 sermon Romans 12/1 and two do not be conformed to the patterns 729 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,200 of this world will be transformed by the renewing of 730 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,600 your mind that by testing you may discern what is the will of 731 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,480 God. Mental fitness involves ongoing 732 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:43,680 renewal through God's truth, leading to wiser living. 733 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,440 Who doesn't want that right? If if I believe in asked do you 734 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:52,240 want wisdom? So let's seek wisdom, get wisdom 735 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:57,440 right by the word of God, by the by the strength of the of the 736 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:03,600 truth of God's word. There's measurable mental 737 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,640 clarity for things right like we we have a blueprint. 738 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,280 We have we have peace. We talked about in Galatians 5 739 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,920 the the peace that we don't understand, the also the all 740 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,200 surpassing peace. That's contained in the word of 741 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,480 God. Philippians 413 very familiar 742 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,760 life verse encouraging verse. I can do all things through 743 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,840 Christ who strengthens me. Sounds flippant and crazy, but 744 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,600 comes from like our mental resilience comes from Christ's 745 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:34,720 strength or as as believers it should that that should be the 746 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:38,480 thing that we lean on in times of despair and in times of 747 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:43,120 questioning of doubt should be turning to to Christ's leading 748 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,200 and Christ's empowering strength in that right. 749 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:50,040 By the way, you've keyed in on a verse that I think is well and 750 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:54,280 you would know like it's, it's one of the most misused verses 751 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,960 ever. Philippians 413 I can do all 752 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,440 things through Christ who strengthens me. 753 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,600 Like you know what I shouldn't do? 754 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:07,200 I shouldn't go to a hot dog eating contest with a big 413 755 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,320 shirt going. You know what I can do? 756 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,360 I can eat 47 hot dogs because of Christ who strengthens me. 757 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,240 Like that's a misuse of that. But I think we see that all the 758 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,400 time. But really what you're bringing 759 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,040 out in this guide, again, which is really nice, is we're talking 760 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,360 about like this, this mental resilience, this emotional 761 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,800 mental spiritual resilience to hardship. 762 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,040 And of course, what we know about this moment is Paul is in 763 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,640 prison when he's writing this. So he's not talking about a 764 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,680 basketball game, nor is he talking about bench pressing 400 765 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,600 lbs. He is talking about the mental 766 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:46,680 spiritual fitness it takes given to him by Jesus Christ to endure 767 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,920 difficult things. So that's definitely part of 768 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,800 your fitness. To endure challenge and 769 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,880 struggle. This, this versus about mental 770 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,000 resilience and, and fitness to face that. 771 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:02,160 So second Timothy 17, we talked about this in the message. 772 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,680 God gave us a spirit not of fear, but of power and love and 773 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,200 self-control. This relates to our, our, our 774 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,680 mental and emotional fitness. I talked about anxiety and worry 775 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,280 during the message and I, I, I brought it out a little bit. 776 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,720 It's stop it. I'd be right. 777 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:20,440 Stop it. Be a terrible therapist. 778 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,440 Oh, oh, you're doing that. Stop it. 779 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,200 It would have been great for you to say, OK, knock it off. 780 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:26,800 And then you just walk off the stage. 781 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,200 You're just like, all right, we're end. 782 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,680 End of thought. Finn, we're done. 783 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:37,760 So I understand that it seems like it's not that simple to 784 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,360 switch and I would I would push back a little bit for some of 785 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,920 you. I think it is that simple to 786 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:49,440 just stop worrying. I, I, I for some of you, I think 787 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:54,400 it is that simple. For others, there maybe is or 788 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:59,640 are deeper biological or, or psychological things happening 789 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,720 that either like, yeah, either intense therapy or maybe and in 790 00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:06,000 some cases medication. I'm not, I'm not saying those 791 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,320 things aren't necessary, but I, I don't think they're necessary 792 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,920 in every instance. I I think for probably the 793 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,640 majority of us, there is some choosing here there there is 794 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:20,360 some choosing to not worry, some choosing to not be anxious, some 795 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:25,920 choosing gratitude, choosing joy, like choosing a glass half 796 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:31,120 full mentality of over a everyone's out to get me 797 00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:35,720 mentality sort of things as it relates to our our mental and 798 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:37,560 emotional fitness in these things. 799 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:41,160 So I don't yeah, I don't want that to come out as harsh, but I 800 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:45,360 also, I think we also have more power over our minds and bodies 801 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:46,680 than we give our self credit for. 802 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,440 And I think God gave it to us like God gave us the ability to 803 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:54,440 choose to think on him to bring things to him even. 804 00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:56,640 And that's what the rest of Philippians 46 says don't be 805 00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:00,600 anxious, but instead of being anxious, instead of worrying, go 806 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,360 to God in prayer with Thanksgiving, go to him, let him 807 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:06,680 know what you need. Let your crust be made known to 808 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:11,360 God. I, I, I can't believe that if we 809 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:17,000 regularly in a disciplined fit way did that with all of our 810 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,680 worries and fears, I think we would worry less. 811 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:23,840 I just, I think we would. I am in 100% agreement. 812 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,200 And The thing is like God, God doesn't. 813 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:30,320 It's so nice that God doesn't prescribe something without an 814 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:33,520 answer, right, Right. OK, so you brought it out today. 815 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:37,280 It would have been, I would have found it highly entertaining if 816 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,720 you would have just been like, stop it and walk off the stage. 817 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:41,920 However, you wouldn't have been doing the Bible. 818 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,280 It's due service because it doesn't just say stop it and 819 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:49,160 leave you there as if it's a moral compass without also the 820 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,200 means to move you in the right direction. 821 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,840 So what's, what's part of the thing? 822 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,200 Well, part of the thing that we understand about addictive 823 00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,080 behaviors. So maybe, and you wouldn't 824 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,320 necessarily always say it this way, but like some people have 825 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:09,680 addictive behaviors towards drama or towards finding crisis. 826 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,120 Some people have addictive behavior towards food. 827 00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:15,760 Some people have addictive behavior, even towards feeling 828 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,400 down and depressed. And even towards fitness, I 829 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,840 would even physical fitness like could you could push that to an 830 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,480 extreme right, right, an unhealthy extreme. 831 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,040 You could go the wrong direction with that too. 832 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:30,120 OK, but here's the thing. The Bible tells us that in any 833 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,560 of these kind of addictive behaviors, or and psychologists 834 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,920 will tell you this too. You're not going to just ditch 835 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,080 that thing. No, it needs to be replaced. 836 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,600 So what you were just saying I think is spot on because I'm not 837 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:48,000 going to just like stop doing this negative thing and no, it 838 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,160 needs to be replaced with something. 839 00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,240 Get filled with something. Else right and you've talked 840 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:55,280 about that before and so like let me fill that back up with 841 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:58,560 gratitude let me fill that back up with thankfulness I'm I'm 842 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,000 going to replace it I'm going to replace it and so. 843 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,560 You're so right. That's how the switch flips, 844 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:04,160 right? Exactly. 845 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:06,840 Feels hopeless. But if you're taking out this 846 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,680 destructive of thing, you're replacing it with good, pure, 847 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,040 perfect thing. From above, from from God. 848 00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:15,880 That's how that begins to work. Right. 849 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,080 It's not just an absence of one thing. 850 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,400 And now there's nothing to fill the void. 851 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,400 We are switching, we're we're changing it out and and that's 852 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,080 so helpful. So I mean, you know, even for 853 00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:29,280 me, like I'm not going to, if I need to, let's go back to 854 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,200 dietary habits. I'm not going to just stop 855 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,440 eating all together because that's stupid and I'm going to 856 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:37,040 harm myself. No, I just need to switch what I 857 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,920 was doing. I need to make a substitution. 858 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,720 So I'm going to substitute that thing that I maybe love a lot 859 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,480 was something that I can stand in is actually better for me. 860 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:53,360 Or I'm going to switch my social media time with maybe a podcast 861 00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:57,560 where I learned something or a Bible app where I can like hear 862 00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,120 something that's encouraging. So I'm just going to, I'm just 863 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,720 going to move some things around and find the better thing. 864 00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:07,880 Yeah, no, I like that. Well said. 865 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:13,400 So yeah, that's kind of the mental emotional overview. 866 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:18,960 Psalm 16 and a similar passage in Nehemiah 8 emphasizes joy in 867 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,280 God's presence. We sing the song and that's in 868 00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:24,160 some of the Psalms. The joy of the Lord is my 869 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,280 strength. And that's, and again, that's a 870 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:29,800 mental strength. That's that's a psychological 871 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:32,760 strength. If we've set our mind joyfully, 872 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:37,800 expectantly on, on God's goodness that that flips things. 873 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:42,840 I think I even saw, I, I saw this clip. 874 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,160 I watched too many stand up comedians to be honest with you, 875 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,040 but there's this one. He's not a Christian comic. 876 00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,120 I can't even remember his name right now, but I definitely saw 877 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,800 he was, he was talking about a therapy session and, and his 878 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,560 crippling anxiety and he was just like, I had a breakthrough 879 00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:00,440 last week, man. I was just like, man, what if I 880 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,040 just focused on one thing that I was like grateful for in my life 881 00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,480 and I was changed the whole thing. 882 00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:08,480 My brain was like, Oh yeah, life isn't so bad. 883 00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:15,280 Here's some dopamine like, right, because because he, he, 884 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:19,120 he just, he made light of the fact that he was like, he was so 885 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,520 fixated on all the terrible things and that he'd switched 886 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:25,760 his mind to like the things that were good and fine and, and 887 00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:28,760 right in his life and his outlook just kind of changed. 888 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,840 Like it just it did just kind of switch like. 889 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:32,040 Just a 180. Yep. 890 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:37,160 And isn't it funny that a secular comedian has found this 891 00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:39,280 out? Quote UN quote, and the Bible's 892 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,680 been saying the same thing for thousands of years. 893 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:46,440 Didn't even need it from us, just even that God without the 894 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:49,000 spiritual aspect of it. If this guy isn't isn't a 895 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:54,520 believer like biologically God just created us that way when we 896 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,600 set our mind on good joyful things, our physical, biological 897 00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:03,360 body just he is happier, right? Whatever is right and whatever 898 00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:06,080 is true and whatever is lovely and on and on and on it goes. 899 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,920 Man, we really do have the power. 900 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:13,200 And again, it's not a Ted Talk, but we really do have the power 901 00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:17,080 to change the way we're living in, to change our minds just by 902 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:22,320 simply making a small shift towards gratitude, towards 903 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:23,960 peace, towards things that are right. 904 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:27,760 And I mean, it's amazing. It is amazing how simple it is. 905 00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:31,600 So the last kind of thing, and I didn't spend too much time on 906 00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:34,520 spiritual fitness because I felt like that was a lot of the faith 907 00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:36,320 week. Like we, we spent a lot of time 908 00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:40,200 emphasizing faith fitness. If you want to, if you want to 909 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:41,800 go there. I did bring up the verse Hebrews 910 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,520 12/11. For the moment, all discipline 911 00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:46,520 seems painful rather than pleasant, but later yields the 912 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:49,000 peaceful fruit of righteousness. I talked about how we don't we 913 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,520 don't experience the fruit of discipline ahead of the 914 00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:55,600 discipline right. It it follows, it follows being 915 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,600 disciplined discipline upfront doesn't feel great. 916 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,320 It is that showing up to do the thing that's best for me, even 917 00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:05,440 when I don't feel like I want to do it, just knowing that it's 918 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,040 best and doing it. That can be anything that can be 919 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,640 reading your Bible, that can be praying that can be going for a 920 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:15,040 walk that what do you want? The the question to ask would be 921 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:20,760 as it relates to discipline is, is tomorrow you going to be 922 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:25,000 happy with the choices that today you made as it relates to 923 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,800 any, any of these aspects, really any, anything in your 924 00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:28,720 life. We're going to talk about 925 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:32,560 finances next week. Are is, is tomorrow you going to 926 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,240 be happy that you bought a boat today. 927 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:37,680 Like, I mean, think about it that way. 928 00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:42,240 Like, I don't know, so. I don't know if tomorrow me 929 00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:44,480 wants that payment. That's what I'm saying, yeah. 930 00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:48,600 Like is is how's tomorrow? You going to view the choice 931 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:52,160 that you made today. That's that's discipline in a 932 00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,600 nutshell. And it and yes, very difficult 933 00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:58,800 to discern that in the moment. We much more readily feel the 934 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:02,480 hurt and pain of a wrong decision later, after, after 935 00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,920 we've already made it. Then do we have the foresight to 936 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:08,320 be like, no, this isn't I can see right now this isn't going 937 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:11,640 to be good. So I'm not, I'm not saying that 938 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,240 simple, but just things to consider because we also like to 939 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:15,960 rush into things. We're very impulsive. 940 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,880 We like, we like immediate gratification. 941 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,280 That's why discipline is so hard because we want, we want the 942 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,680 results now. We we don't want to put in the 943 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,560 work to do the discipline forever. 944 00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:29,960 So anyway, that's, that's the spiritual fitness. 945 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:32,120 You can go back and listen to the faith message from a couple 946 00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:34,600 weeks ago for some more specifics on that. 947 00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:36,480 But the final kind of concluding thought, and this is what we're 948 00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:41,200 going to wrap up with here. I'd I found immense peace and 949 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:43,280 this was this was one of the verses that we had planned out 950 00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:46,520 months ago when we were setting up this series, First 951 00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,600 Thessalonians 523 and 24. May the God of peace himself 952 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,440 sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit and soul 953 00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,360 and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus 954 00:51:55,360 --> 00:52:03,520 Christ in all of these things. I, I am, we are suggesting it as 955 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:08,520 a response of godly holy, honoring Christian living. 956 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:12,720 Yes, we are. But it's still in God's strength 957 00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:17,440 that it happens, right? It's it's not, it's not on you 958 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:19,400 to do alone. I would encourage you. 959 00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:22,400 We've already talked about it community with others. 960 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,800 So, so absolutely and get some accountability from someone, 961 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:29,920 tackle one of these things together and don't do it all at 962 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,080 once. Honestly, it that's, that's 963 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:34,720 going to get if, if everything I talked, I talked about the 964 00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:37,960 destroy of the jars and, and filling them with God's blessing 965 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:42,080 and 2nd Kings 4. Don't attack all of them at 966 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:44,040 once. Yes, God's blessing and 967 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:46,280 provision is there, but that's going to feel pretty 968 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,960 overwhelming if you, if you have deficits, if you have debts in 969 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,680 these areas of your life, tackle one. 970 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,120 And you know what, the second domino that falls it's, it's 971 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:57,440 going to be a little simpler than the first one. 972 00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:59,280 And the third one's going to be simpler than the second one. 973 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:05,240 Like just fixate on, on one aspect and bring health, 974 00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:08,440 Wellness, fitness to that or refine it. 975 00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:10,280 I was, I was talking with someone else after and he's like 976 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,080 even talking about the discipline thing. 977 00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:16,520 Even if you've got this thing in control, can can you can you 978 00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,920 Polish the rock more? He kind of ran with the running 979 00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:22,360 up the score analogy like is it is it really finished? 980 00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:27,000 Is is the project really done? No, they can you can probably 981 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:29,280 bring some more shine out in that. 982 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:31,600 You can probably bring more. And that's where the running up 983 00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:35,080 the score would bring more glory to to Jesus. 984 00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:37,800 So even if there's areas that you feel like you got it, I've 985 00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,480 got this sorted. I'm in a really good place with 986 00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,800 this. OK, Razor focus that a little 987 00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:45,040 more. I said razor focus. 988 00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,160 It's laser focus. That's fine, they're both. 989 00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:49,320 Sharp. They're both sharp and pointed 990 00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:53,080 and they're spot on. But by the way, Speaking of that 991 00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:55,760 illustration you gave of running up the score, I found that. 992 00:53:55,760 --> 00:54:00,520 So I really enjoyed that because of what you said about it, which 993 00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:04,120 was the game is actually already over the score. 994 00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:08,080 The score is so lopsided already that you can't lose. 995 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:11,480 OK, so Jesus has already won the game for me. 996 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:14,040 So then how then do I run up the score? 997 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,600 Gosh, I think you named it really well. 998 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:19,880 I love like the idea of running up the score by bringing other 999 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:24,440 people with me and and by just rejoicing and reacting to the 1000 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,680 already one game. I think that is so cool and that 1001 00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:31,480 is just such a good picture of the gospel and how that Jesus is 1002 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:35,440 already he's already done it. So now we can respond enjoying 1003 00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:38,240 and freedom and and well done. I just I love that. 1004 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:41,240 I thought it was really good. Well, you said, you said that in 1005 00:54:41,240 --> 00:54:42,480 a great way too. Thanks for that. 1006 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,960 No, it's it was great. Glad you got that out of it. 1007 00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:49,280 Hopefully gave you some things to chew on and and be challenged 1008 00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,160 with church. We're always here, of course, 1009 00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:55,160 throughout the week, if, if you have some more convicting or 1010 00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:58,800 compelling conversations, we're here to help you through that 1011 00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:00,600 too. If you need to talk through some 1012 00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:03,200 of these things. This isn't a take it or leave it 1013 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:05,360 sort of thing. We're we're in a relational 1014 00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:08,760 church as well. So of course, open to having in 1015 00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:11,120 person conversations with you. Hopefully this podcast was 1016 00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:15,320 helpful for some more thoughts and more specifics for from us 1017 00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:18,040 as well. But thanks for listening in. 1018 00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:19,320 Have a blessed week.