FIT Fridays: Accountability

Hello FIT Fridays Friends,

One of the most vital aspects of healthy Christian living is accountability. We are personally accountable to God for the choices we make (Romans 14:12). We are also accountable to each other. First Corinthians 12 says that we are part of one body, the body of Christ, and we belong to one another. Through the relationships we build with FIT Fridays, we should encourage one another:

• sharing our successes to set an example by our testimony, 
• encouraging one another with recipes, strategies and even scripture that spurs us to live the life God designed,
• confronting one another in love when we fall to the temptation of gluttony. It's one thing to understand, but it doesn't mean we don't remind each other of what we know is true. 

Such accountability to each other helps us grow in spiritual maturity. Wow! Did you ever think about that? I tend to think of spiritual maturity as those "Biblical things:" scripture reading, prayer, or patience. I never really considered my health to be a reflection of maturity, but it is. In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Paul wrote, "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body." Paul understood that God gave us these earthly bodies to live for him. Healthy living is a sign of spiritual maturity. 

Doesn't that make you want to:

Exercise -- indoors or early morning during this heatwave!

Eat healthy -- veggies are your friend! Cut calories if you still need to lose weight. If you've cut 25% already and have been there a while, then take off another 10%.

Spend time with God -- Read 1 Corinthians and ask God to show you what He wants you to learn.

Let's be accountable with each other. Share your testimony - glorify God with the victories He gives! Pray for one another. 

Dear God,

You are amazing! The more I learn about how you created me, the more in awe I am. We truly are fearfully and wonderfully made. Give me strength to live the way I should for you, taking care of my mind, heart and body so that I can run the race you planned for me. Be with each of us who read this prayer -- help us to be accountable to one another and spur each other on to live the life you want for us. Thank you for your love. Thank you for the Holy Spirit that guides us. 

I pray in your Son's precious name, Amen

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