I read a great story from author Laurie Beth Jones that applies to faith. A grandmother gave her two grandchildren pumpkins to carve. She set out a few knives for the task. The older grandson got access to all of the knives and he carved a fancy pumpkin, even putting feet
on it.
In contrast, the younger granddaughter was given access to only one knife. The girl wasn't happy about it. She protested, "But Grandma, I don't want to carve a pumpkin that doesn't go anywhere. I want my
pumpkin to have feet!"
Have you put "feet" to your faith? If you are believing God for better health, you need to start walking towards it in faith. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says that we walk by faith and not by sight.
To me, that means that even though you may not see results yet with your natural eyes, you see them with your Spiritual "eyes" and keep walking until they come to pass!
That is where discipline comes in.
Discipline is a path of instruction - and the willingness to walk the path that God has set for you, regardless of how you feel or what outward circumstances occur.
To inspire you on your journey, I want to share
with you one of the most impactful audio messages I have ever heard. I walk most evenings for exercise/stress relief and usually, I have earplugs in and am listening to this very message on my smartphone. It inspires me to walk farther!
It is called "The Pain of Discipline or the Pain of Regret" and was taught by my former pastor, Nathaniel Bronner. If you listen to the message and follow it, it will change your life. The main part of the message is about 40 minutes. You can download and listen to it for FREE now. Just click here:
http://www.theonlineword.com/mp3/5208.mp3
It will be WELL worth your time! I would love to hear your thoughts on the message also.
In addition, I have more good news; for those who missed the Take Back Your Temple T-shirts, I discovered that Teespring will "resurrect" the campaign if 25 people reserve one. At the moment, 22 people have made their reservations already. So just a few more are needed to print a new batch of shirts.
To get inspired on your journey with a Take Back Your Temple T-shirt, just click the button "Reserve it Now" at the link below. Teespring won't charge you unless that reserve number is met.
http://www.teespring.com/tbytlogo
Once 25 people have reserved the shirt, Teespring will resurrect the campaign for one week. After the campaign is over, then the shirts will be printed.
Thank you so much for supporting Take Back Your Temple. I am grateful to be on this journey with you!
Kimberly Taylor
Take Back Your Temple