For change to happen in any area of your life—whether it’s financial, vocational, educational, mental, or relational—you have to begin with the physical.
Why? Because your body affects your behavior. Your muscles affect your moods and your motivation. Your physiology can actually affect your psychology.
Romans 12:1 says, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship” (NIV).
The problem with a living sacrifice is that it can choose to crawl off the altar. We do this all the time. We offer ourselves to God, and then we take ourselves back. This is not a once-and-for-all offer. You’ve got to do it four, five, or maybe even 10 times a day!
So what is your “true and proper worship”? Here are three things you can do with your body that the Bible says are acts of worship:
No matter what kind of change you want to make in your life, it will require energy. To have the energy to meet your goals, change has to start with your body.
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