Loving God with All Your Strength - Gary Wilkerson Podcast (w/ David Bush) - 055

About this sermon

When we talk about loving God with all of our heart, soul and strength, we usually think of strength as the depth of our emotions for God. But what if that verse was talking about our physical bodies too? What if our bodies are much more important to our spiritual health than we ever realized? Today, Gary Wilkerson is joined by guest speaker and ministry founder David Bush to talk about how we can balance spiritual disciplines with physical fitness. Key Questions from the Podcast • Why should we prioritize physical health as an important part of our spiritual life? • What is body stewardship and why is it important? • What does the Bible say about a theology of the body? Notable Quotes from the Podcast Prayer takes energy. Fasting takes energy. All manner of spiritual disciplines take energy. And if our bodies aren't cooperating, we're missing out on all those things that can be a part of our spiritual growth in Christ. – David Bush …one foot was still in the gym culture, but one foot was solidly in the church culture. And as he began moving into the church culture, his questions to me in these discipleship breakfasts were, "Dave, I got to ask you, I love these people that I'm getting to know and their spirits are strong and I like the direction and they got so much wisdom, but why does nobody care about their health in the church? I don't get it. Doesn't the Bible say something about this?” – David Bush …survey says that in the midst of an unhealthy culture, and by that one where chronic disease is the hockey stick graph going up, 67% overweight and obese, which is not just an aesthetic. It is, means there's chronic disease going on because of that. The church is 10% worse than that. – David Bush ..loving God with your heart, soul, mind and strength, there's a physical capacity issue there of loving God, enjoying him more because your physical body is letting you not have brain fog and pray more and hear more clearly and have the Holy Spirit speaking from Scripture to you more clearly. These are things that become deadened and calloused as our life becomes more unhealthy. We just don't hear the same. We don't see with the same kind of perspective. We begin to think of ourselves in ways that aren't even biblical. – David Bush I want to be able to enjoy more of God, and I can do that when I'm eating right and exercising and I'm at a healthy weight. I want to be able to love my neighbor, starting with my spouse, my kids, my grandkids, and then moving out to the world. I want to be able to engage them at their point of need. And I do that better when my physical body is under control. – David Bush Resources Mentioned in the Podcast • The Body Gospel Devotional Book - https://www.fit4theking.net/store • Fit for the King Website - https://www.fit4theking.net/ About David Bush David Bush is a singer, songwriter, and worship pastor whose music has been heard in concerts and on radio across North America. His passion for fitness began as a teenager and continues today through his growing understanding of worship. A southern California native, David has spent most of his adult years in Des Moines, Iowa, where he lives with his wife Beth and their four boys. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidbushartist About Gary Wilkerson Gary Wilkerson is the President of World Challenge, an international mission organization that was founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He is also the Founding Pastor of The Springs Church, which he launched in 2009 with a handful of people. He has traveled nationally and internationally at conferences and conducted mission ventures such as church planting, starting orphanages, clinics, feeding programs among the poorest of the poor and the most unreached people of the earth. Gary and his wife Kelly have four children and live in Colorado Springs, CO. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastorgarywilkerson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/garywilkerson #GaryWilkerson #GaryWilkersonPodcast #WorldChallengeInc

Topics

• Love & Compassion
• Strength in Hard Times
• Victory Over Fear