Sometimes it can be hard to tell who’s supposed to be the boss. God’s Word tells us to humble ourselves one to another. Being humble is very difficult, but God will bless us when we submit to His perfect plan. To learn how to humble yourself before the Lord, please click on the link below.
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John: 2
It can be frustrating trying to figure out what you’re missing. Over the years Mary and I have discovered a few things that it takes to be an effective worker for God’s kingdom.
Three Important Steps
We are excited to announce a 7-week online Bible study and fitness challenge called Faith & Fit that combines all of these things. Will this solve all your challenges? No, but it will jump-start you on the road to spiritual and physical health to help prepare you for what God has next in your life!
Here is what to expect: Every week we will follow a theme for that week, and you will receive two emails, one on Monday morning and one on Friday morning that contain the following:
• Two Everyday Faith challenges (a short video teaching and scripture reading and study questions) and
• Two Everyday Fit challenges (a physical challenge and a food challenge)
• Extra Faith and Extra Fit options for those who have more time and want to integrate a spiritual discipline and a target fitness video.
When you receive Monday’s email, work on those challenges from Monday-Thursday. Early Friday morning you will receive the second email. Work on those challenges on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Every Wednesday evening we will have a live Community Call on Talk Shoe to discuss the previous week’s work.
We’d love to have you join us in this study; as a matter of fact, you can sign up right now. NOTE!! If you do not have a PayPal account you may still sign up by following these instructions:
1. Choose the option that says Have a PayPal account?
2. Ignore the email and PayPal password fields and hit the login button
3. After you hit the login button a new tab should pop up below that offers the option of paying with a credit or debit card or Bill Me Later.
In addition to the all the above, we’ll also include some recipes that Mary and I have created made with healthy ingredients that taste good, because we think that good health should be fun too. Here’s a sneak peek at one of the recipes to have as an occasional treat.
Tropical Sunrise Smoothie
I cup yogurt (Greek or regular), plain
2 oranges, seeds removed
1/2 lemon juiced
1 banana sliced into chunks
2 wedges cantaloupe sliced into chunks
Coconut water as needed (look for this in cartons in the Gatorade aisle)
Ice cubes to your liking
Juice the lemon first and pour it in the blender. Add all the other ingredients and process until smooth. Serves two. (If you are diabetic, this recipe may be too high in sugar for you.)
You’ll also have access to a private Facebook Faith & Fit page to post your workouts, share your successes and challenges, and share your prayer requests and encouragement.
What do you have to lose, except some bad habits? : ) Grab your Mom, sister, friends, or yourself and sign up today. We begin on Monday, September 8. Hope to see you there!
Trials, hardships, challenges are a part of everyday life. Usually we are glad if we just survive them. The Bible, however, takes a different view concerning trials … we are to count them as joy. How is this possible? What good could possibly result from a trial? Study the Scripturegraph (a biblical infographic) to discover why we can count every trial as joy.
People have different learning styles; some learn by hearing, some learn by doing, and others learn by seeing. Scripturegraphics Bible Studies help you to see on paper what you are learning from your Bible, enabling you to take the information from the eye, to the brain, to the heart. Study the Scripturegraphic, read the text, and do the study questions. We hope you benefit from this new Bible study format.
To do Scripturegraphics: Colossians, please click on the link below.
People have different learning styles; some learn by hearing, some learn by doing, and others learn by seeing. Scripturegraphics help you to see on paper what you are learning from Scripture, enabling you to take the information from the eye, to the brain, to the heart. Jane and I hope you benefit from this new Bible study format and love it as much as we do! To do the Scripturegraphic study please click on the link :
Welcome to Day Seven of One-Week Workout! Good job–you made it to the last day! Jane and I are praying for you to continue to grow stronger spiritually and physically and to reap a harvest from your work this week. In September we are offering a six-week version of Faith & Fit with a weekly online live call. In addition you will be able to take advantage of the following:
We look forward to seeing you in the fall. In the meantime, please continue to check in at onlybyprayer.com to acces our blog, Bible studies and podcasts. We post fresh content every week. Let’s go!
To do the Day Seven Bible study, just click on the link!
Do you want a little extra challenge? Join Coach Dan of Let’s Go Fitness for a quick workout!