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A Man's Life is Better When He Takes Care of His Physical Health
May 13, 2025 · 36 min
John Mark emphasizes the importance of physical health for men, stating that it is part of God's design for their lives.
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John Mark is the Senior Pastor of the thriving Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen, Texas, where he has served since 1995.
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The Importance of Physical Health in Spiritual Life 0:02 Welcome to Men's Breakfast with John Mark Keaton. Join us as John Mark shares his insights with other men in his ministry rooted in the timeless truths of the gospel. Today's message will encourage you to0:14 inspire, inform, and invest in the lives of others. This is Men's Breakfast with your host, John Mark Caton.0:23 Here's what we've looked at over the last couple of weeks, a man's life is better. When we are relationally healthy, that was week 1, that we wanna have good men and godly men and godly people around us and we looked at0:34 that, if you missed it go back. Number 2 was a man's life is better when we model Jesus in our ministry, when we live like Jesus in our ministry. I gave you a couple of words that you can utilize and0:46 encourage, words like commitment and dedication and sacrifice. And so if you missed any of those, you can go back. Week number 3, we looked at a man's life is better when we are occupationally healthy. We talked about0:57 what God's word says about our vocation. Yeah, I have a vocation, I'm in vocational ministry, this happens to be what I do to get paid for, but we're all in ministry. Wherever you are, whoever you1:09 work for, or or whether you own your own company, I want you to know you're just as much in ministry as I am. And the call of being godly and good at the office is a real call, it is a biblical call, it is 1 that1:20 allows us to be salt and light and have a greater influence on those around us. Then we looked week number 4, a man's life is better when we know what we believe. We talked about here are some core essentials that every1:31 man need to know about God, about God's word, about who he is and how God shaped him. If you missed that, go look at it. Last week, we looked at the idea that a man's life is better and his family, the1:43 man's family's life is better when he is financially healthy. And we looked at what God's word said about being financially healthy and what we need to do to get that in order. And so if you're struggling in any of those1:53 areas, I encourage you to go back, to 1 of those podcasts, in the past and check it out. Today, I wanna talk to you about this, and this is important because when you look at what God's word says about men, it2:05 says that we need to be healthy and strong. That men are in fact supposed to be strong. And so it does matter in your ministry, in your life, in your marriage, for your grandkids,2:17 that we are healthy on this journey. Because the healthier we are, the more effective we can be in the kingdom, not only at work, and in the office, or wherever we are, but also long term. If2:29 we journey into retirement, there's no such thing as retirement in scripture. It's retiring from something to something else. And the healthier you are for those retirement days and for your family and your grandkids,2:41 you are better off. I just spent a little time before we go in, I just last night I just went into, artificial intelligence, chat GTP. They invited me to, be an influencer in2:53 that in that space just, never mind, that was supposed to come off a little better. And I just I just typed in this, this is not the lesson. I I just asked a question, how3:05 do men fell in their health and give me a Bible verse for each point? And I just asked AI, and here's what it generated out. This is3:17 not the lesson, you can still go to heaven if you don't know all of these, but it's funny what I had already put together, I had already put together my message, it's pretty similar. So I said how do men fell3:28 in their health, or fell to be healthy, and give me a bible verse for each. So here it is, their number 1 answer, poor diet choices, poor eating habits.3:40 How many of you would say you eat a really, really clean diet? 3. Let's go the other end of the spectrum. How many of you have a horrible3:52 diet? Just tell me what. Alright. That's about 8. How many of you would say I'm somewhere in the middle? Alright, I'm not in the middle of the fairway but I'm in the fairway. Alright. You know the reality of it is I eat4:04 pretty clean. My problem is not my choices, it's my amount. How many of you are with me on that? See I I do, seriously. My I don't eat badly, I just eat too much, right? If there are seconds, I4:16 just go ahead and have them right there at the table. But here was their bible verse, first Corinthians chapter 10 verse 13 31, so whatever you eat or drink, do it all for the glory of God. Now, I I don't know that4:28 I always eat for the glory of God, I don't always drink, I don't know whether having a diet coke or a cup of coffee can always be for the glory of God, but that was their verse. Alright, here's the second way a man ruins4:38 his life, healthy wise and making poor choices, lack of good sleep patterns. Lack of good sleep patterns. How many of you would say you sleep well?4:50 How many of you would say you sleep poorly? See, I'm in that category. I sleep poorly. I sleep poorly. Those of you guys like my wife, man, she how many of you are married to someone,5:02 that their head hits the pillow and they are asleep? That is annoying. That drives me nuts. I work so hard, and Gina has5:14 this little maneuver because I've just always been a night owl. I'll lay in bed and I'll do this, doesn't matter how long the day's been, I'm over there. And then somewhere, maybe an hour into her sleep, she'll kinda5:23 drowsy, she goes, are you still awake? And I'll go, yeah. She goes, well, well just calm your body. Calm your body. That has yet to calm me once. I'm like5:35 stop touching me. That annoys me. Or if it's not that advice, she'll give me this advice, just go to sleep.5:48 Yeah. Let's see if AI gave me better advice. Alright? Lack of good sleep patterns, Psalm 127 verse 2 it says, in vain you rise up too early and you stay6:00 up too late. I think that's kind of interesting. It's, if we think about we need good sleep, God created us for rest and created us for sleep, if you rise up too early in the morning and you stay up too6:12 late, that's bad for your health. So I will tell you what I typically am, this is, this day is the earliest day I ever get up. It's just because I have a tendency, I'm almost never actually asleep until6:24 midnight or after. That's when I do my favorite study, everybody's gone to bed, started doing this when we had 4 kids and everything, get them all to bed, then I go to work. But, I also don't work at wake up at 4 30 in6:35 the morning, not on purpose anyway. If I do wake up, I'm about to go kill something, right. I'm about to go sit in a deer blind, can't wait. Only sunrise I want to see is is either at the lake or at the ranch, where I'm6:47 hunting something. That's the only sunrise. So, do you sleep well enough? Here's the third thing they say, how men, ruin their health. Not working out consistently if he has a sedentary job or6:58 lifestyle. It's kind of interesting, it's saying listen, you might be a how many of you are in construction work, where you're lifting stuff all the time? Couple of you, alright. Most of us had a job or have a7:10 job that is pretty sedentary, that we're sitting in front of a cute computer screen, or we're driving in a car as a sales rep. It says listen, if that's your job, then you need to figure out a way to get in some physical7:22 activity, to get in some workouts consistently. Here's what they say, first Timothy, their their verse, first Timothy chapter 4 verse 8 says, physical training is in fact of some value, and they7:34 just stopped right there. There's a latter part of that verse, but that's where they stopped. Alright, here is the fourth thing that they say, artificial intelligence says, fourth way men abuse their7:46 health or ruin their health, and it says excessive alcohol consumption. I'm not going to have you raise your hand on this 1. Alright, just too much alcohol, and the verse it gives7:58 for this is Proverbs chapter 20 verse 1, says wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler and whoever whoever lets it lead them astray is not8:09 wise. So wine, beer, mocker, brawler, whoever follows it, lets it lead them astray. Here's the next 1, number8:21 5, ignoring mobility and flexibility exercises. I I thought that was kind of interesting that that came out of the blue. How many of you stretch a lot? 2 of you. How many of you don't stretch at8:33 all? Alright. The reality, as you get younger, you will realize the value of stretching, but, you know, it's 1 of the people who work out, there's a couple of guys in here that work out with me a lifetime, 1 of the8:45 things that I bought into a couple of years ago is I do lunges every day. I do lunges, front lunges, back lunges, as long as I can get them, Primarily because, as a minister, I've watched people8:57 as they age, that step gets shorter and shorter and shorter, you know what I'm talking about? And that's the reason I do it. So I wanna encourage you man, work on your flexibility. Artificial intelligence says you should9:07 do that, I don't know if it's real intelligence, but that's 1 of the things it brought up. Number 5, it hurts your health if you don't stay flexible. You fall more, you can't do as much, you have a tendency to pull more9:18 muscles, and so here I thought, well let me see what verse it gives with this. First Corinthians chapter, 6 verse 9 says, do you not know that your bodies are the temple of the holy spirit who is in9:30 you, whom you have received from God? Now, to me, that doesn't sound a whole lot like encouraging us to to exercise, or or to stretch, but there it is. Here's number 6,9:43 stress managing. Stress management. How many of you, do a great job of dealing with stress? How many of you struggle with stress? You know, you kind of bury it, you9:55 let it go. I thought it was interesting that they brought up, hey, if you keep yourself stressed out, man, you're doing your body damage. With the chemicals you're dumping into your10:06 bloodstream, you've got to figure out a way to deal with the stress and move on. Get away from it from time to time and, relax. Here's the verse it gave, Philippians chapter 4 verse10:18 6 and 7 says, do not be anxious for anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, put your request before God and he will give you the peace that surpasses all understanding.10:30 Alright, here's number 7. Number 7, they said, how do we run our lives? We don't strength train enough. That was kind of like 1 of the earlier ones. And they said, with today's sedentary lifestyle,10:42 most people need to lift weights. How many of you lift weights at least 3 times a week? Alright. How many of you can't remember the last time you lifted a weight? Alright. It says it right here, don't argue with10:54 them. Joshua one:nine, have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? So I thought that was interesting. Here's number 8. Here's number 8 and this is the last 1 they gave. Being more than 2011:06 pounds over your desired weight. How many of you Never mind. There's something about the 20 pound mark. There's something about that 20 pound11:18 mark that they said and I didn't dig into it. And here's what they said, Proverbs 23 verse 20, says, do not join with those who drink too much, that could be earlier, too much wine, or11:30 gorge themselves on, on food, because they and gluttons will become poor and drowsy in their rags. I think that's a poor way,11:42 they they mistyped that. Poor poor and drowsiness them rags. That wasn't very intelligent, the way they wrote that. So, but anyway, being 20 pounds overweight. So that11:53 kind of leads us into what what God's word truly says, those are some good thoughts, some good ways, hopefully they're encourage physically healthy. Why? Our families need us, our kids need us, our grandkids12:05 need us, there's certainly always those, outlier things that happen. You come now with cancer. Maybe you have some other health disease. Maybe you were born with a genetic disease12:17 that causes your physical health, to be a battle regardless, and you just need, to, to watch out a little more. So here's my core thought as I thought about, here's my12:29 baseline idea of a man staying physically healthy for as long as he can. Thought number 1, God's intention for every man, these are my statements as I lead into this message, God's intention12:41 for every man from the beginning was that he would be physically strong and healthy. That's God's desire for your life. That is part of God's will for your life. I can12:53 show you that in scripture, I'll show you a few things earlier, but I want you to know, God's will for your life, yes it's to serve, yes it's to be financially faithful to church, yes it's to do a lot of13:05 those things, to read his word and and bear the fruit of the spirit, use your gifts, and use your talents, but I also believe that part of God's call on a man's life is that we would be as healthy13:18 and strong as we could possibly be. And you say, why is that? Well, because we have a tendency to die. How many of you know that? I know that. How many of you ever, 1 of the things I've I've done over the years,13:30 is as a minister, I'll get called and I'll still get it every once, so I'll get called in cut to come do a worship service or sometimes a memorial service for someone that has died in the funeral. And so13:42 I'll actually do the memorial service, or do the chapel service, they're in the, basically in in the whole, the home, the nursing home. Here's what I have noticed,13:54 there'll be 99 women rolled into the room and 1 dude. You ever seen that? And I mean, I'm sure that 1 dude just loves it. Right? But I don't know if I'm gonna14:06 be that 1 dude. But here's what we know guys, we need to be healthier. Because I truly believe part of God's will for your life and my life is that we would be as healthy as we can so14:17 for every day that God gives me on this earth, I can serve him and my family in a better way. Here's baseline assumption of me. Number 2, when it comes to a man being physically14:29 fit, a dude is responsible for his own physical health and strength. It is your call. It is your job.14:42 It is your place to make sure that you can be as healthy as you can be. So guys, the responsibility is on you. The responsibility is14:54 on me. Here's base baseline thought for me number 2. A man being physically unfit deprives God and his church from that man's fullest potential. I'm gonna say that15:06 again. A man being health and unhealthy or physically unfit deprives God and his church, maybe you could add a third 1, and his family15:18 of the best that man could offer. So that's the baseline thoughts. When we talk about physical health, just know that. I believe God wants us to be as physically fit as we possibly can can. So alright, here's15:30 your thought, here's your thought, now we're getting into it. Justin, this is where the verses come in. So here it is, how can we be healthy? How can a man's life be healthier? Thought number 1 is this, being15:42 physically strong is God's design for every man. That's number 1. You So where do you see that? Go all the way back to the garden. Go all the way back to the garden. This is before sin entered into the world and notice15:53 what it says Genesis chapter 2 verse 15 and 16. Man, God created us to be healthy and here's how you get healthy. The Lord God took the man, put him in the garden to work it16:05 and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, you are free to eat from any tree in the garden. Now notice what happens, work came prior to the fall. See a16:17 lot of times we think work happened because of the fall. No, work became harder after the fall. Does that make sense? That work was a part of God's design all the way through. Let's say they had never sinned,16:29 alright, that'd be a great thing, right? And let's say we all still lived in the garden. You would not be sitting around doing nothing. Why?16:40 Because God's command to you would be the same it was to Adam, which is work the field and take care of it. So I think a lot of times we need to understand that means16:52 God's design for every man is that we would be strong enough to work the field that God has given us. So question becomes, what is your field?17:04 Where are you working? Are you in sales? Are you in IT? Are you in construction? Are you in the ministry? Where are you and are you working at it with all of17:16 your might? And part of that is to be strong and to be healthy in the journey along the way, but notice he says, and take care of it. And part of why we are here guys is that we are to be17:27 strong enough to take care of everything that God has given us. Work was always god's design. Don't ever think that work wasn't a part of god's17:39 original design. Can you imagine? Let's let's say that god created the garden, and, the garden of Eden, and he didn't create Eve and just said,17:51 Adam, do what you want. How bad do you think that garden would look after a while? What do you think he would have done? God gave him clear instructions. Hey, take care of it,18:03 cultivate it, work it, that's part of your call. So guys, as you journey off to the office today, understand, you wanna be as strong as you can for the work that God has called you to do. You want to do18:15 2 things, work at it and cultivate it. Work at it and cultivate it. And part of what is needed for that is an ongoing strength. I love what Charles Spurgeon said about a man when we go to the field. He18:27 says, when a man goes to the field to labor, just like his father Adam did, and since the curse fell on the soil through the sin of Adam the first, He18:38 says, it is a great comfort to find blessing through Adam the second, Jesus. We go to the field now for exercise and we are happy in the belief that the lord18:50 will bless our exercise and our work and give us good health, which then we will use to glorify him. Does that make sense? He says, when we go into the field after the first Adam, we go in there in the power of19:02 the spirit of the second Adam, which is Jesus. And he goes, and when we go in there, we understand when I go to work and I go there to exercise and work it with a healthy manner, I do it in order to19:14 give God the glory. So guys, we wanna be strong so we are effective at work and works not a post curse thing.19:26 Work was there for Adam prior to the fall. Now, since the fall it's gotten harder. A lot of things have gotten harder. Sin has entered the world always makes it bad. Here's number 2,19:38 physical physical health is ultimately something I shared earlier, is our responsibility. It is your responsibility. No 1 can make me be physically healthy.19:50 No 1 can make me eat the right things. No 1 can make me get away from those things that I I do to excess. That's a call that I ultimately have to make. Man, here's what we see in20:01 scripture. Scripture says, listen, we don't ever want to be mastered by the body. We want to be mastered by God's spirit. Right? Something's gonna control you. It's either gonna be the flesh, your body,20:14 or it's gonna be God's word and God's spirit. So who has control over your life when it comes to your health right now? Are you controlling it? Or is God controlling it? First Corinthians chapter 6 verse 12 says this,20:26 I have the right to do anything you say, but not everything is beneficial. I have the right to do anything, but I will not be mastered by anything. Now let's just walk through that verse a minute. I20:37 have the right to do anything. Guys, I love what Paul does there. He says, man, you got a blank slate. You've got a you've got an opportunity to do anything you want. That's the way god20:49 gifted you and and talented you, and that's the world we live in, but notice what he says, but not everything is beneficial. Just just count in your mind right now, think in your mind right now, what do21:01 you do on a daily basis that you have freedom to do, but it's not that good for you? How many of you can think of 1 or 2 things? Yeah. Yeah. Don't don't eat21:13 the donuts. There are kolaches over there. I encourage the kolaches. You know, there there are a lot of things we have right to do, but they're not good for us. Guys, the best thing we can do for ourselves and for our21:24 bodies is to back off on those things that yeah, I could do that, but it's not good for me. Yeah, I could do this, but it's not good for me. He says I have the right, then he goes to do21:36 anything, but I will be mastered, not be mastered by anything. So the first part of the part of the verse is this, I can do anything but not everything's good. Second part of the verse, I have21:48 the right to do say do some things, but some things master me. If you wanna put a clear word on that is addiction. Do you have a hidden addiction that masters you?22:01 That man, when you get in private, that's all you think about. Is there something in your life addicted to food, addicted to this, addicted to that, is there something in your life22:13 that you are addicted to? That means it masters you, you don't master it. That's why we want to make sure we we are mastered by God's spirit, mastered by God's word. There are a lot of22:25 things we can do. Not every 1 of those things benefit us. More importantly, there are a lot of things we can do, but some of those things their greatest desire22:37 is to master us. And I will tell you, Satan knows every 1 of your weaknesses. Satan will show up and tempt you in ways he won't tempt me.22:48 See some of you my guess is, you can be really tempted by maybe a drug or maybe an alcohol or maybe it's food or maybe it's porn or maybe it's this and maybe it's that. There's23:00 something you can do, not all of it benefits you, but more importantly, what Satan wants to do is he wants to master you with it. And when he masters you with it and it becomes addiction, we23:12 need to deal with that so we can get above that and beyond that and be used by God in a powerful and real way. Look at Proverbs chapter 20 verse 1 1. AI did this, earlier. It says, wine23:24 as a mocker, strong drink as a brawler, and whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise. Same thing, if you wanna have a little wine, have a little23:36 wine. But if you have too much wine, it'll control you and you'll be an idiot. How many of you ever been around that guy that, maybe get through college or something23:47 or if you can remember back that far that man, you know, everybody can have a drink or 2 and then all of a sudden he becomes the idiot? How many of you know that guy? Those of you who didn't raise your hand, you might23:58 have been that guy. You know, you I had a buddy, I got a good good long time buddy, great buddy, in college. You'd24:10 just look at him, we'd go out and just do college college type things, that this may shock y'all, and then all of a sudden you'd look over at him and you're like, he just became a fool And let's just24:22 watch, you know, had we had iPhones and cell phones at that time, boy, I wouldn't be your pastor, that for number 1 for number 1. But I had a lot of funny ones. Dude, did you know?24:34 Dude, did you know? I mean, here's the deal, if you drink too much it's gonna make you turn into a fool, so, whatever it is that makes you turn into a fool, stay away from it. I love what Billy Graham said. He says, when24:45 wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When wealth is lost, something is lost. When health or nothing is lost. When when when24:57 your health is lost, something is lost. Then he goes on to say, but more importantly, if it's to an addiction, if you lose your character, you've lost everything. And that's what happens when we25:09 go down the road till we've lost this and we've lost this and we lost this, then we ended up act we end up acting like a fool and we lose our character and he says all is25:20 lost. 1 more verse on this is first Corinthians chapter 10 verse 31, whether then you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. So as you think about that mindset, I'm gonna refuse25:33 to be mastered by my body or anything else, how do you do that? This could be the overarching phrase, verse 4. He says man, whatever I'm gonna do, whether I eat or drink, I'm gonna do it for God's glory. Here's another25:44 way as you think about this, refuse to dishonor god with your body physically. Just refuse to dishonor god with your body physically. Whatever you do, just say you know what, my body, I am not going to dishonor25:56 god in any way. This is god's body. I am his temple. I love this verse in first first Corinthians chapter 6 verse 18. Says, flee from sexual immorality. All26:08 other sins a person commit are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. So he says listen, don't dishonor your God26:20 by messing around physically and sexually. Stay pure, be the man God wants you to be, and you won't dishonor your body. Here's number 2. Ready? Physical health26:32 and strength is a blessing from God. How many of you, just raise your hand, just raise your hand. For your age. Alright.26:44 How many of you think you are generally for your age. Alright. So some of you guys are are way older than me and some of you guys are way younger than me, but for your age, how many of you26:56 think you are physically healthy? You feel like you're physically healthy. Good. I like that. How many of you for your age, you know you could be more physically healthy?27:09 Good. Guys, that's the whole call, is that I truly believe physical health and strength is a blessing from God, but I would say the blessing comes as an opportunity. I'm gonna say that27:21 again, the blessing of physical health comes as an opportunity, an encouragement to be obedient and to use it as an obligation that I want to do everything I can to be as27:32 healthy as I can. You said when you see this, third John 2, says dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may27:44 go well with you even as your soul is getting along well. I love what he's pointing out there. He says there's 2 2 aspects to our Christian walk and Christian life. Certainly the spiritual,27:56 right? How many of you know we are all supposed to grow spiritually? Okay. That's 4 of us, just tap back in. But I love what John does there.28:08 He says listen, yes we are too focused on our spiritual health, but John also understands your physical health oftentimes is what allows you to28:20 marry your physical and your spiritual together so you can have an eternal impact on others. If you are spiritual beyond belief, if you're the most spiritual man in this room,28:33 but you can't get up to leave your bedroom, what kind of an impact can you have? Not a good 1. So I wanna encourage you guys as we end this series today,28:45 a man's life is better when we are physically healthy. That God's call for every man in this room is to stay on a spiritual journey, but not just a spiritual journey, a28:56 physical 1 as well. So that when you marry those 2, that's when we have an incredible impact at the office, in our schools, in our communities, with our29:08 kids, in our family, in our church, wherever it is. Jerry Bridges, I love, he he wrote a book a number of years ago called the 10 disciplines of a godly29:20 man. How many of you read that book? Great book. Still a great book. They've reworked it. Here's what he says, about disciplines. He says, some of us are abusing our bodies29:33 through constant lack of needed rest, recreation, others are allowing their bodies to become soft and flabby with no exercise at all. Both groups29:45 need to lean on godly self control to get more rest and more exercise to be used more by God. So guys, whatever it is,29:57 if you don't get enough rest, get more rest. If you don't get enough exercise, get more exercise. Why? Because as Jerry Bridges said, that's how we can ultimately glorify God. Alright, jump down here's here's another30:08 idea. Romans chapter 14 verse 1, It says, except the 1 whose faith is weak without quarreling or disputing matters, on disputable matters. 130:20 person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another person's faith who is weak eats only vegetables. The 1 who eats everything must not treat with contempt, the 1 who does not, and the 1 who does not eat30:31 everything must not judge the 1 who does, for God has accepted them all. He says, who are you to judge someone else's servant to their own master? Servants must stand or30:43 fall and they will stand for the Lord, for the Lord is able to make them stand. So here's the point. I love what he says. He says, some people eat everything. Some people eat only30:55 vegetables. He says, don't look down on 1 another. Man, you think about it. How many diet plan How many of you have been on a diet plan in the last 12 months? Some sort of diet plan that you're all31:07 Alright. High protein, vegan. See. What? See it, eat it. See it, eat it. I I don't Yeah. That that's my problem right there. A couple of years31:19 ago, Gina, Gina went to the doctor and she's always healthy. She is that person that, I've never said this ever. She will work, get busy, she's a realtor now, was a school teacher, she'll come home and all of a31:30 sudden, it's 5 o'clock, she goes, I forgot to eat today. That those words have never come out of my mouth. 1 time. Not 1 time. Anybody married to a wife31:42 like that? I mean, she, I I forgot to eat. I just forgot to eat. And I'm like, that has never happened to me. And so, but she, we're always worried about my health, so I'm consistent going to the doctor, heart disease,31:54 running. My dad died at 49 so I'm always having my cholesterol checked. So she she decides it's it's time she goes gets her cholesterol checked. It was awesome. It was way too high. And I just said, that's awesome.32:06 Right? Because I've been dealing with this all my life. I'm taking statins right and, it really wasn't awesome. But he says, hey, before I put you on statins I wanna put you on a diet. And she goes, what32:18 kind of diet? No meat. I Only puts you totally vegan, alright? Vegan, no meat. And she came home and says, hey listen, if if I don't get this corrected they're gonna give me 60 days, they're gonna put me on statins. I32:30 said, I don't want you on statins. She goes, I'm gonna do vegan. She said, you ever wife ever asked you something you answer before you think it through? A stat. She said, will you do it with me? Oh, yeah. I'm32:42 in. I think he's able to ask. It was the worst experience of my life. Is it bad stuff?32:53 Worst experience of my life. I I so I start eating pasta and bread and let me tell you, I start looking awful. I literally gained 1233:05 pounds. She's looking great. Remember, because sometimes she forgets to eat. Or sometimes when we go out to the spaghetti place, she will bring home leftovers, which I have a tendency to eat in the middle of the33:17 night. Right? And I'm just carb loading like I'm getting ready for some big race and I am just blowing up and I looked at her and I said, we're gonna have to do something different here. Alright? Because this is33:29 killing me. You're looking great. Sure enough, she goes back. Her cholesterol's great. It's come back down. She comes back and says, it's doing great. Will you continue to do it with me? I looked her right in the eye and33:39 said, no. No. I am eating meat. Alright? Here's the reality. Whether you eat or whether you don't eat, man, whatever works for you is my encouragement. There are some of you that work good on 5 meals33:51 a day, 5 easy meals a day. There are some of you that do good with 1 meal a day. Some of you do the, intermittent fasting. It doesn't matter. Just whatever you do, do it for the glory of God and don't judge other people.34:04 If it works for you, that's what you want to do do as long as it helps you out. Alright. Here's here's the last verse. First Corinthians chapter 9 verse 26 and 27. Says, I run-in such a34:15 way as not to a as as not without aim. I box in such a way as not beating the air. I discipline my body and ultimately make34:27 it my slave. Guys, at the end of the day, we are masters of our own body. Newsflash, God gave you 1.34:40 The 1 you're looking at is the only 1 you'll ever have. Take care of it. Start now, because God needs you in his work34:53 as long as possible. My greatest prayer, and this is what I've always said and I'll keep saying it, My greatest prayer is that when God calls me home, I will hit the gates35:05 of heaven on a dead run. I don't wanna crawl. I don't wanna be willed in there. I wanna hit it as sprint.35:16 Thank you for tuning in to Men's Breakfast with John Mark Caton. For more information on John Mark's ministry and resources, please visit john mark caton dot com. Until next time, remember, we're on35:28 this journey of life together.In this video 0:00 The Importance of Physical Health in Spiritual Life
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