Comments on: Staying Healthy While Ministering Online http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/ An Initiative of CityTeam Ministries Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:11:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/#comment-1062 Paul Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:13:52 +0000 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/?p=568#comment-1062 Thanks, Katy! Thanks, Katy!

]]> By: katyhelena http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/#comment-1061 katyhelena Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:40:16 +0000 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/?p=568#comment-1061 Way to go Paul! Super proud of you. Way to go Paul! Super proud of you.

]]> By: Simon http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/#comment-1041 Simon Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:03:06 +0000 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/?p=568#comment-1041 Oh boy... I so identify with this. Hv been tryin' hard to get rid of those 'love handles'... I just don't get enough exercise. There's no excuse really cos' we don't try to be fit, we train to be fit! =) Oh boy… I so identify with this. Hv been tryin' hard to get rid of those 'love handles'… I just don't get enough exercise. There's no excuse really cos' we don't try to be fit, we train to be fit! =)

]]> By: Weekly Roundup – 8/30/2009 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/#comment-1037 Weekly Roundup – 8/30/2009 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:23:36 +0000 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/?p=568#comment-1037 [...] Staying Healthy While Ministering Online [...] [...] Staying Healthy While Ministering Online [...]

]]> By: JennyO http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/#comment-1032 JennyO Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:59:41 +0000 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/?p=568#comment-1032 Wow! Fantastic Paul! It's so true... There's so much more that you can do if you're healthy. Those extra 30-45 minutes per day will so be worth it! Keep up the good work! Wow! Fantastic Paul! It's so true… There's so much more that you can do if you're healthy. Those extra 30-45 minutes per day will so be worth it! Keep up the good work!

]]> By: John Kenneth King http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/#comment-1030 John Kenneth King Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:14:56 +0000 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/?p=568#comment-1030 Debra and I start our day off (M-F) with a 45 minute walk. We do some jogging on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We took bikes along on our vacation last week and road each day. The time together is so valuable and getting the exercise multiplies the benefit! We have to get up at 6:00 to make it work, but it is worth it! Debra and I start our day off (M-F) with a 45 minute walk. We do some jogging on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We took bikes along on our vacation last week and road each day. The time together is so valuable and getting the exercise multiplies the benefit! We have to get up at 6:00 to make it work, but it is worth it!

]]> By: NicCharalambous http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/09/02/staying-healthy-while-ministering-online/#comment-1029 NicCharalambous Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:18:53 +0000 http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/?p=568#comment-1029 Awesome, paul. I think physical health is a massive part of endurance in the faith, since, as you say, we are physical creatures that are carrying the treasure of God. You want to physically have the ability to do so for as long as it is humanly possible and divinely ordained. Two things: First: As someone who recently lost 26 pounds (and will hopefully continue to lose weight) most every fitness expert would likely recommend that you eat MORE between meals, not less. Training your body to be consuming and burning calories instead of storing them is huge. I would incorporate strength training into your routines also, since the metabolic work of maintaining and building muscles helps "flatten" calorie processing. Second, i think the apostle paul's use of physical training metaphors in the life of faith is also about providing a concrete method of spiritual discipline, of "self-control." That's what i was hoping to re-confirm for myself when I decided to recommit to physical fitness after a two-year "break," and the Lord has very graciously showed me (yet again) that spiritual discipline flows out of and into physical discipline. The two just can't be separated. Awesome, paul. I think physical health is a massive part of endurance in the faith, since, as you say, we are physical creatures that are carrying the treasure of God. You want to physically have the ability to do so for as long as it is humanly possible and divinely ordained.

Two things:

First: As someone who recently lost 26 pounds (and will hopefully continue to lose weight) most every fitness expert would likely recommend that you eat MORE between meals, not less. Training your body to be consuming and burning calories instead of storing them is huge. I would incorporate strength training into your routines also, since the metabolic work of maintaining and building muscles helps "flatten" calorie processing.

Second, i think the apostle paul's use of physical training metaphors in the life of faith is also about providing a concrete method of spiritual discipline, of "self-control." That's what i was hoping to re-confirm for myself when I decided to recommit to physical fitness after a two-year "break," and the Lord has very graciously showed me (yet again) that spiritual discipline flows out of and into physical discipline. The two just can't be separated.

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