1. fully alive
7 May 2017

2. not like sections of a grapefruit

4. why talk about physical health?
I want to give some biblical context for thinking about your physical health.

5. Habakkuk 2:4
Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive.

6. The glory of God is a person fully alive!
Irenaeus
The glory of God is a person fully alive!

7. gnosticism

8. The glory of God is a person fully alive!
Irenaeus
The glory of God is a person fully alive!

9. We don’t become more spiritual by becoming less human.
Eugene Peterson
We don’t become more spiritual by becoming less human.

10. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

11. 1st principle
Physically alive people focus on both their souls and their bodies: the focus factor

12. 3 John 2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

13. body
There are dozens and dozens of magazines, all about the body.

14. 3 John 2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

15. Built… Fought against… …Hospitals …Churches …Schools …Seminaries
…Orphanages
Fought against…
…slavery
…alcoholism
…drug addiction
…prostitution
…human trafficking

16. to be like Christ…
we are whole people, body and soul, called to love and care for other whole people

17. Genesis 1:27 NLT
So God created human beings  in his own image.    In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

18. health wholeness SHALOM flourishing

19. 1st principle
Physically alive people focus on both their souls and their bodies: the focus factor

20. 2nd principle
Physically alive people shun silly diets and fitness fads: the food & fitness factor

24. 1st principle
Physically alive people focus on both their souls and their bodies: the focus factor

25. 2nd principle
Physically alive people shun silly diets and fitness fads: the food & fitness factor

26. Physically alive people enlist healthy support: the friendship factor
3rd principle
Physically alive people enlist healthy support: the friendship factor

27. That’s why we emphasize small groups we call them LIFEGroups here at OCC.

28. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

29. Every body needs a buddy

30. Hebrews 10:25
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another— and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

31. This is true not just Spiritually But physically & relationally & emotionally

32. 2.5% men 3.5% women % of Americans who…
Eat a healthy diet Are normal weight Don’t smoke Have a regular exercise plan
2.5% men 3.5% women
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33. physical health
What does it mean to be healthy?

34. We are aginf

36. marriage & stress

37. They also tracked couples for several years The top curve couples start off more toxic

38. & their levels stayed high

39. caregivers

41. Psalm 23:1-3
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.

43. Psalm 23:1-3
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.

44. Philippians 4:6-9

45. 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 24
May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body— and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he’ll do it!