“When you choose to do the right next thing – regardless of how you feel in the moment – you will always be glad you did. You will never hear someone on the path to health say, ‘I wish I hadn’t gotten that workout in,’ or ‘I really wish I had blown it with my food choices today.’
Whenever I don’t feel like being healthy, I remind myself of Paul’s words:
I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified. – 1 Corinthians 9:27″
– Nelson Searcy, Steve Reynolds & Jennifer Dykes Henson
The above quote is from p. 142 of The Healthy Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Health and Wellness.
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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.
