GMG Intentionally Focused Study Week 8 Day 1

S:  Psalms 139:14  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!  Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it.

O:  I love the EXCLAMATION POINT.  It shows excitement!!  Wonderfully complex!  Marvelous workmanship!

A:  I am in awe of how God has created each one of us wonderfully complex and we should be so excited about it.  When I look at this body and how I have cared for it, I am ashamed, but I know that I have have been redeemed and forgiven and can do better. I am so thankful that His mercies are new every morning and I can begin again.  So today, I will do better than yesterday.  I will be mindful of the things He has shown me through this scripture.

P:  Father thank you for this wonderfully complex body.  How marvelous it it.  I know I am not perfect and have not been a good steward of this body.  But you love me anyway.  You have created me and I love how you knit me together in my mother's womb to be who I am right now and exactly who you want me to be.  Guide me in my choices to grow and be the woman you created me to be.  Thank you for your mercies new every morning.  I fail every day, but I can begin again every day as long as I am in you and You are in me.

~Amen

GMG ~ Week Eight ~ Let's Be Intentional

Week 8 Challenge:  This week focus on making one healthy habit in both how you eat and exercise!  Some examples might include drinking more water, begin walking or running to incorporate some exercise into your day...even skipping the elevator and taking the stairs helps to add in a little exercise throughout the day  Pray and ask God to help you make a healthy habit in each of these areas this week and invite a friend in your life to help hold you accountable.

Week 8 Memory Verse:  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; you were bought at a price.  Therefore honor God with your bodies. ~ 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Week 8:  This week I'm going to be intentionally focused on:  Not only keep starting each day in the word of God, but making sure I am getting the exercise in and eating and making healthy choices.  I need to stop sabotaging myself on the weekends.  I need to my sure my body is getting as healthy as my spirit.

Your Health:  "Don't get distracted by physical food.  Don't think food can satisfy the longing of your soul.  Only Jesus can do this.  Our souls were created to crave him.  Many people are waiting to hear the message of your calling.  Don't get stuck in defeat and held back from it." ~ Lysa Terkeurst, Made to Crave

#SRT Matthew 4:4

"It takes more than bread to stay alive.  It takes a steady stream of words from God's mouth."
The Message

This scripture really hits my heart.  I love how The Message says 'A steady stream of words from God's mouth.'

I envision a stream especially with the thawing of winter and how it rushes forth with water.  God's word is rushing forward into my heart and mind and feeding my soul.  This is what keeps me alive.   

This year I have been spending my early morning hours studying and learning God's word.  I have also been on a quest of learning to eat healthier and making better  food choices.  This scripture is plain and direct.  Showing exactly what is important to sustain life.  While we need food for our physical bodies, we need God's word to sustain our spiritual self.  I am learning these both go hand in hand. 

God provides physical food to nourish our bodies.  We need to care for ourselves in a way that we are healthy and able to be about His work.  His business.  Our bodies are His temple.  We were created through Him and in Him.  As I age, I am realizing I have not been a good steward of this body He has given me.  I have aches and pains and extra weight that are a direct result of not caring for this temple.  It is my choice to go forward and care for myself.  I am making better choices but need to do better.  God never lets  me down.  I need not let Him down.  I love that He has placed the desire in my heart to start each day with Him and in His word to teach me what to do and how to do it.  His word truly is a lamp unto my feet.

Father, God,  Papa, you are so giving and kind.  Your unfailing love and redemption are what keep me going forward. I would be dead in my sins without them.  Thank you for your word.  Thank you for your guidance.  Thank you for your love, unconditional.  Push me forward.  Help me to be your witness.  I know I need to care for this temple you have given me.   Help me strive to be better for You and furthering your kingdom.  

~Amen