If you want your workout to work you will have to keep a schedule and if you don’t it won’t. A program without a plan is like a random road trip without a map. You’ll just end up burning a lot of gas and in some odd place where you don’t really want to be. Why waste your time? Get or make a program. Use a calendar or make a spreadsheet or whatever and write down what you will do and when you will do it. When you are committed to a schedule you will get a lot more done than without one. If you’re not a personal trainer or exercise expert let someone else do it. The Beachbody programs come with a schedule and a nutrition plan. All you need to do is commit to get fit for 6 weeks or 30, 60 or 90 days and then do it again - surely you can do that! There’s just something about getting the vision before your eyes and X-ing off the schedule. Long term success and big results come from multiplying short term success and small results. If you can just make a little progress everyday then it will increase every week, month and year! You know how fast time seems to pass so get with the program and you’ll be fit before you know it.
"Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.”
Hab 2:2bNKJV
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Don’t just “try” but apply! Don’t whine but shine!
Don’t just “try” but apply! Don’t whine but shine!
Fitness is like food and consistency is the key. If you miss a meal you usually don’t just skip it all together; and who goes for days on end without eating. If you will just be half as diligent with your exercise as you are with your eating you will excel. There’s no excellence without effort. You have to exert you energy for you endeavors to succeed. Don’t just “try” but apply. Don’t whine and say, “I wish, I would, I should” but say, “I will” and then do it and keep on doing it until it becomes a habit. Exercise is a vital element for every area of life. It’s like food and one way or another make sure you get enough of it. You can always find a way to work it into your schedule when you decide it’s a priority. Missed any meals lately? Are you so busy that you’ve just stopped eating? “Yea, I tried that but it just takes so much effort to plan and prepare or you have to go somewhere to eat; and it costs money and takes time, it may be good for some but not me I haven’t eaten in years….” So which areas of your life are anorexic and weak? (Spirit, soul, body, finances or relationships) It’s time to make a change and start getting the nutrition and exercise you need EVERYDAY! It’s not an option. If you’ve learned how to survive then you can do this! So find a way and make time to make it happen.
1 Thess 5:23-24
23 May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together — spirit, soul, and body — and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. 24 The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it!
MES
2 Thess 1:11-12
11 Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time — pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something. 12 If your life honors the name of Jesus, he will honor you. Grace is behind and through all of this, our God giving himself freely, the Master, Jesus Christ, giving himself freely.
MES
Fitness is like food and consistency is the key. If you miss a meal you usually don’t just skip it all together; and who goes for days on end without eating. If you will just be half as diligent with your exercise as you are with your eating you will excel. There’s no excellence without effort. You have to exert you energy for you endeavors to succeed. Don’t just “try” but apply. Don’t whine and say, “I wish, I would, I should” but say, “I will” and then do it and keep on doing it until it becomes a habit. Exercise is a vital element for every area of life. It’s like food and one way or another make sure you get enough of it. You can always find a way to work it into your schedule when you decide it’s a priority. Missed any meals lately? Are you so busy that you’ve just stopped eating? “Yea, I tried that but it just takes so much effort to plan and prepare or you have to go somewhere to eat; and it costs money and takes time, it may be good for some but not me I haven’t eaten in years….” So which areas of your life are anorexic and weak? (Spirit, soul, body, finances or relationships) It’s time to make a change and start getting the nutrition and exercise you need EVERYDAY! It’s not an option. If you’ve learned how to survive then you can do this! So find a way and make time to make it happen.
1 Thess 5:23-24
23 May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together — spirit, soul, and body — and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. 24 The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it!
MES
2 Thess 1:11-12
11 Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time — pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something. 12 If your life honors the name of Jesus, he will honor you. Grace is behind and through all of this, our God giving himself freely, the Master, Jesus Christ, giving himself freely.
MES
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Get Fit – Quick!
Have you ever lost in a race with a dead man? Nope! I hope. There’s no competition because he’s just not quick. He stinks and has no coach do you? If you’re gonna get fit it starts at the core. A tree that’s dead on the inside will not be beautiful on the outside for long. But if it’s quickened from the inside out then it can stand in adversity and bear fruit. The true core of man is the spirit and it’s only quick if it has the life of God within. Don’t try to live the abundant life with no source or supply. God Himself has offered to come and live within and He’s greater than all the health products and programs that have ever been. He will literally quicken every area of your life from the inside out. If you try to do it any other way it’s like decorating dead trees. And the Christmas tree does get a lot of attention but then it goes back in the box or to the mulch pile or to be burned. But the evergreen that’s alive and thriving is on top of the mountain. So if your goal is to get fit to get attention you might be able to do it but you won’t really live in the end. But if you want everlasting life then receive Jesus and be quickened by life of Almighty God within. He will send His Spirit to coach you and make you truly alive. Listen to and follow Him and if you’re really QUICK then you will be able to GET and STAY FIT in every area of life!
Rom 8:11
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
KJV
Eph 2:1-10
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
KJV
John 15:1-8
15 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
NKJV
Rom 8:11
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
KJV
Eph 2:1-10
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
KJV
John 15:1-8
15 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
NKJV
Monday, August 24, 2009
Fit For Our King!
To say I’m excited today would be an understatement. I’m thrilled at what God is doing in my life and what He is showing me and leading me to do to help people. A couple of years ago as I was praying about my personal mission, vision and goals and I got a very simple statement that seems to resound in my spirit from heaven. GET FIT! God said, “GET FIT!” and that’s it. He wants us to be fit in every area of life; spirit, soul, body, financially and in our relationships. He desires for us to be whole and complete with nothing broken missing or lacking. He has blessed us with His Word and made the way by giving us His grace which enables us to “GET FIT!” The definition of FIT is - in good condition, healthy, strong, ready, qualified, equipped, outfitted. Are you ready for the coming of our King? Are you in good condition, healthy, strong, qualified, equipped and outfitted to do His will anywhere, anytime? Are you “consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work.” (2 Tim 2:21b AMP) This is a tall order it’s like being a gladiator for God. We are to be victorious in every area of life and overcome and liberate people from the forces of evil. In order to do this we must train daily at “God’s Gym.” He had given us His Word and Spirit to instruct and strengthen us making us mighty to wage war and walk in His will. The Holy Spirit has been sent to help us. He is our own personal trainer who lives within. He coaches and helps us conquer all adversity. It’s good to know that God wants us fit and has made a way but then there’s the practical steps to take everyday. How do you know just what and when to do? There’s all kinds of good programs and opportunities out there but you will only succeed if you pick the ones that are right for you. How will you know? You need to pray and ask God to show you. If you try to accomplish divine fitness by mere human will you will end up disappointed. But if you get God’s help you will be able to do more and go farther that you ever thought possible. It’s by His grace and guidance not your own plans and ability that you will truly succeed and “be all you can be.”
So I have been working on fulfilling God’s mandate to “GET FIT!” and believe that now is the time to share and get others involved. I have had good success in some areas and others still need more work. I have found that I need programs and schedules for progress. God has given me a few practical application tools that work for me and I believe will work for you also as you apply them as you are led by His Spirit. I’m still praying and believing for wisdom in areas and trusting that we will get the answers as we go. I will be applying programs and schedules and starting and suggesting groups that will work on similar areas together. Join whatever God leads you to and GET FIT spirit, soul, body, financially and in your relationships. The bottom line is God said, GET FIT! And that’s it! So I‘m crying out and calling for people who want to be fit for our King! Who will join my quest and pass the test to be truly blessed and manifest all Christ’s blood possessed?
1 Tim 4:7-10
Exercise daily in God — no spiritual flabbiness, please! 8 Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. 9 You can count on this. Take it to heart. 10 This is why we've thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We're banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers.
MES
So I have been working on fulfilling God’s mandate to “GET FIT!” and believe that now is the time to share and get others involved. I have had good success in some areas and others still need more work. I have found that I need programs and schedules for progress. God has given me a few practical application tools that work for me and I believe will work for you also as you apply them as you are led by His Spirit. I’m still praying and believing for wisdom in areas and trusting that we will get the answers as we go. I will be applying programs and schedules and starting and suggesting groups that will work on similar areas together. Join whatever God leads you to and GET FIT spirit, soul, body, financially and in your relationships. The bottom line is God said, GET FIT! And that’s it! So I‘m crying out and calling for people who want to be fit for our King! Who will join my quest and pass the test to be truly blessed and manifest all Christ’s blood possessed?
1 Tim 4:7-10
Exercise daily in God — no spiritual flabbiness, please! 8 Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. 9 You can count on this. Take it to heart. 10 This is why we've thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We're banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers.
MES
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