Ep 12: From Obsessive to Intentional; Our Journey to Health, Fitness, and Friendship with Our Bodies
In our first episode of 2021 we take you through our journeys of health and fitness and how we have found freedom and joy in our bodies by having intentionality and by giving thanks for who we are and how we were created.
In This Episode We Discuss:
How punishing ourselves and speaking unkindly with our mouths and brains isn’t what God intended for us.
Generational critical spirit.
How gratitude informs valuing oneself, not worshipping oneself.
Our journey of fitness and health from the teen years through to our 40’s and 50’s.
Changing our why.
Gratitude and speaking life over our body.
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DECLARATIONS
God, forgive me for denigrating the gift to me that is my body, via crummy choices, mean speech, poor and clouded vision and receptivity to lies. You love my body and You call me beautiful. Right now, I open to TRUTH in all of my parts. Where there’s been hurt or dishonouring, abuse or trauma that is NOT MY FAULT, I open completely to Your healing power RIGHT NOW.
Jesus, You made me. All of me: my body, brain and spirit, my history and my process. Nothing is wasted or useless on my journey when I hand it over to You.
Everything that was thrown at me, all the unkind words/thoughts/behaviours, You make beautiful and useful. I have authority, as a result of my own experience, pain and hurt, to help other women, who may be lost just like I was. Please highlight those who need rescue and love for themselves, and give me the wisdom and words to comfort, exhort and edify them.
I declare fresh eyes and fresh perspective for my body and what it’s capable of doing. I rise to challenges with energy and passion. I am strong, resilient, able in whatever way I can be, zealous and full of HOPE. Even though we’re walking through this hour/chapter of human history, I choose to see my value, to move forwards and never backwards, I choose to lock eyes with You and align my will and thoughts with Yours, Jesus.
You are my Positivity, my life, my source, my future, my strength, my song and my salvation. Even when I walk through dark places, even when I sit in sadness or freak outs, You’re with me and You never take Your eyes off of me. You never fail me or forsake me and Your love is trustworthy and strong.
I will honour You with my attentiveness and my honesty. I’ll heed Your prompts with regards to the health and wholeness of my body, soul and spirit. All of my parts were made to exist in a unified and harmonious way, so I choose to listen, pay attention to and heed Your wisdom for every system and organ, for my thought life, my relationship and time with You and with my family and sphere of influence and friendship.
I matter. My longevity, vitality and quality of life matter. I choose to open up to You on a cellular level and become a conduit of Your healing, HOPE, restoration, renovation and salvation for wherever I am and whoever You put in my path. I breathe in Your beauty, wholeness, peace, joy, power, authority and life and carry it with me wherever I go. I declare abundant life for my family, friends, neighbourhood, city, country and for this world! Come, Holy Spirit, and impact and fill me in ways I’ve never expected or experienced before!