Bless the Lord, O My Soul
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. Psalm 103:12-22 (KJV)
The Morning Exhortation
If you only do fitness to look good to others, you will end up dying a thousand little deaths with each passing year. If you add fitness to your faith, you will add more abundance to eternal life starting here and now. How we look in the eyes of others is irrelevant. How we look in the eyes of God is everything. Fitness must be done under the anointing of the Spirit. By “under the anointing of the Spirit,” I mean as an expression of our faith and devotion to God through the physical act of exercise. When fitness becomes an act of worship to God, then it ceases to be a practice to gain a perishable trophy, and instead it helps to fashion a far more valuable incorruptible crown. (John 10:1-10; Mark 4:26-29; Hebrews 3:17-4:7; John 5:44; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Corinthians 9:25-27, 10:31; 1 Timothy 4:8; Proverbs 3:5-8; Jude 1:17-25)
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