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healthy diet what is good and whats not so good
Ian 155:
Now it's your turn -- what are your thoughts about coffee?
Ok Gina - Ill Put it this way I wake up in the morning and if the coffee is empty, Not GOOD,If the sugar for the coffe is finished -even worse and if there is no milk for the coffee , disaster - I like my cup of Coffee perhaps too much and have about 4 - 5 cups a day
Gina:
Hi again,
Again, too many variables. It still depends on how strong you like your coffee and how much sugar you put in each cup and your own constitution. Sugar's addictive and so is caffeine.
I'd like to give up smoking but God hasn't granted me the ability to do that yet. I don't want to put harmful substances in my body any more than the next person.
I have an idea. I'll pray for you and you pray for me and let's see what happens, okay?
Ian 155:
Ok I will - to finish, Kat has nailed this down - its not what goes into the body
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Dave in Tenn:
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Can the flip side of being too health conscious (becoming an idle)......to being TOO UN-health conscious also be a sin? If so, i am definately guilty. BTW, i am not a lazy person, my life on the farm does provide me with lots of physical labor/activity, but i just don't really care about my health/weight etc.....Is this sin? I don't think really believe when God talks about taking care of our body as His temple that He is talking about the outward appearance.....
Hope i didn't go too far off subject with my comments. :-\
lauri
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I'll give it a stab.
1Co 6:19, 20 Or are you not aware that your body is a temple of the holy spirit in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price. By all means glorify God in your body.
Is it reasonable or of a sound mind to have no thought about living healthily? On the other hand, is it reasonable to make yourself unhealthy in order to conform to someone else's view of beauty? In the verse above, Paul is certainly not talking about what we look like, but what we do with our bodies. I reckon what we do WITH them, we also do TO them.
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Just to add on to my previous post, it's no less 'defiling the (collective) Temple' for the one eating the cheeseburger to shun or lord it over the ones not allowing themselves the cheeseburger. BOTH are doing what they do as unto the Lord...assuming they are.
Gina:
--- Quote from: Ian 155 on June 21, 2012, 03:51:15 AM ---Ok I will - to finish, Kat has nailed this down - its not what goes into the body
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Actually, it is important what we put in our bodies.
Simple example: It's lawful for me to drink 5 cups of cafe a day; God's not going to call me on the carpet for it.
But it's not EXPEDIENT for me to drink that much cafe because I personally [we're talking about me - not you, Ian] get the jitters BIG TIME and will turn around and snap and bite someone's head off in a flash. See? That's when drinking 5 cups of coffee crosses the line from being something that is lawful but is not expedient.
It's also not expedient for me to drink that much cafe because I am personally convinced it screws with my estrogen and that makes me a danger to society. ;D
And that's why I need a Savior because there are some things we need saving from, even if they are "lawful."
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