Health & Wellness: What’s God Got to Do With It?

The below excerpt is from my latest book The New You: A Guide to Better Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Wellness, which comes out on Jan. 1! 

As we each set out on our individual journeys toward health and wellness, we began to understand a transformational truth: God has a plan for our health. He has a plan for yours. Your body and ours are the living, breathing, and walking-around temple of God’s Spirit. That reality has implications for how we care for ourselves physically, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. Our skin, bones, and fleshy guts are home to the Most High. That is a humbling thought, isn’t it?

As they say, the truth will set you free. A new, correct perspective on God’s purposes for our health and wellness is a game changer. After all, if God has entrusted us with these earthly vessels—not to mention all the work and plans he has for us while living in them—then where do we get off trashing them by eating what we want and sitting around letting them atrophy? Where do we get off neglecting sleep, harboring bitterness, and putting off the healing practice of prayer?

How can we rationalize treating ourselves so poorly that we can’t fully engage in our Creator’s purposes for us each and every day? If you are a Christian, God has declared that you are a new creation in Christ. Scripture teaches that when you committed yourself to Jesus, you became a new person, fully and completely:

“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Cor. 5:17).

How many of us are living up to our full, God-given potential? What’s holding us back–and how can we overcome it?

—Nelson Searcy and Jennifer Dykes Henson

The above excerpt is from p.10 of The New You: A Guide to Better Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Wellness.

With energy and enthusiasm, Nelson Searcy and Jennifer Dykes Henson take a holistic view of health that encompasses the physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental areas of our lives, giving us proven, systematic ways to dramatically improve each. Readers come away with specific strategies to lose weight, get more sleep, lower stress, nurture better relationships, connect with God, and much more. Anyone who wants to trade in the frustration of average living and less-than health for the hallmarks of the new life God promises will find The New You an effective personal guide for the journey.

Click here to preorder your copy from Amazon today!

P.S. You’re just in time to discover how you can live up to your full God-given potential in 2019 with Nelson Searcy’s brand new health & wellness book, The New You: A Guide to Better Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Wellness. By pre-ordering today (the book will be available Jan. 1), you will also get access to over $239.84 in book bonuses, including the FREE Kindle Edition: The Healthy Renegade Pastor ($9.99 value), Nelson’s Top 10 Health & Wellness Tips ($99.95 value), Personal Growth Tips Audio Resource ($29.95 value), Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough Audio Resource ($49.95 value), plus a $50 Gift Certificate for the Church Leader Insights Store. Hurry – this exclusive pre-order bonuses opportunity ends Friday, Jan. 4th! Click here to preorder The New You now to start your new year off the right way.

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.

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