Do I HAVE to Exercise?

By Laurette Willis –

You might be asking yourself the question that thousands of people across the country are asking: Do I HAVE to exercise?

That’s up to you, of course, but if you want to be what I call a “fit witness” for Christ, it’s important to have a healthy body—full of energy and strength to do all the Lord is calling you to do. In 1 Corinthians 6:19, God calls the body “the temple of the Holy Spirit,” and we must take care of our temples! Read more

Medicine to ALL Your Flesh

By Laurette Willis –

Do you want to find a life-giving medicine from which you can never overdose?

In Proverbs 4:20-22 we’re told that God’s words are that medicine. “My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.” Proverbs 4: 20-22

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Exercising with Kids: It Can be Child’s Play!

By Laurette Willis –

We all know how important exercise is to our child’s growth and physical development. Lack of exercise is partly responsible for the growing childhood obesity epidemic in our culture.

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The Fast of the Lord

By Laurette Willis

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens…” (Isaiah 58:6)

The reasons we choose to fast and the reasons the Lord calls us to fast may be two entirely different things. You may choose to fast in order to hear the Lord more clearly, for direction in your life, to help a loved one, or to see a “mountain” moved out of your way. Many of us have also fasted to lose a few pounds (even though the weight usually comes back after the fast).

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Can I Start Over…Again…In 2010?

By Laurette Willis

“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness.” Isaiah 43:18

A new year and a new start. Perhaps you’ve talked yourself into believing this month will be like last month, or this year will be like last year. Maybe you have heard whispers in your ear that the mistakes you’ve made before will be repeated again. Someone may have told you, as was once said to me, “a leopard never changes its spots.” Did you know that’s in the Bible? It’s from Jeremiah 13:23.

Before I came to the Lord in 1987, I was that leopard who could never change her spots. I had so many “spots” on me that only the Lord Himself could see something salvageable beyond the spots and stains caused by a life of sin.

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