Find Out Why Your Fitness Plan Isn’t Working and How to Fix It! The Christian Women’s Summit Replay

*This is a special bonus episode with behind-the-scenes content from The Christian Women’s Summit: Restoring Faith, Body and Soul. I heard the many requests for a live stream or replay and made it my goal to make this available to you.

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Have you ever wondered…

• If God cares about your struggles with food and fitness?
• How to get your eating under control?
• Why it’s so hard to stay motivated?
• How to have a healthy body image?
• Why worldly fitness answers don’t work?

Sister, I can promise you right now that God cares about you and every struggle or thought you have ever had.

Ladies come to me constantly wondering why they aren’t seeing results, why the fat isn’t melting, and the muscle building. They are doing everything their diet says to do.

Worldly fitness doesn’t work or last forever today I am revealing why.

Worldly Fitness Doesn’t Work

Ultimately, the word worldly means, without God. As Christians, our goal is to put God first in everything. But, fitness can easily become an idol, replacing Jesus in our lives. Worldly fitness is perfection-based and performance-driven and it can create an unhealthy relationship with food and body image.

“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

Apart from God, We Can Do Nothing! This includes our fitness.

Here are some shocking numbers related to worldly fitness:

• $72 Billion Spent Yearly on Diet Aids
• 74% of Adults are Obese or Overweight
• 84-91% Of Women Unhappy With Appearance
• 95% of Diets Fail

Sad right? This is what fitness is without Jesus. So how can we fix this? How can we have a relationship with God during our fitness journey?

Your Breakthrough

Make Fitness a Spirit-Led instead of a frustrating flesh project!

“Be the fruit the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;” Galatians 5:22-23

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26

The First Step - The 3 C’s

Captive - Take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ.  2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Cast - Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7

Choose - Choose not to be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

Understand Who You Are In Jesus

• You are justified-completely forgiven and made righteous (Romans 5:1).
• You are God’s Masterpiece created in Christ Jesus to do the things He planned for you long ago (Ephesians 2:10).
• You are a new creation, the old you is gone. (2 Corinthians 5:17).
• You are loved (1 John 3:3).
• You don’t have the spirit of fear. You have the spirit of love, power, and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7).
• You can be confident that He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it (Philippians 1:6).
• You can always know the presence of God because He will never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).
• You are accepted (Ephesians 1:6).
• You are chosen and set apart for such a time as this (John 15:16, Esther 4:4).
• You have direct access to God (Ephesians 2:18).
• You are a temple of God because His spirit is alive in you (1 Corinthians 6:19).
• You are a child of God (John 1:12).
• You have the power of God working in you to accomplish the things He wants you to do. (Philippians 2:13)
• You have access to the wisdom of God when you don’t know what to do (James 1:5).
• You are forever free from condemnation (Romans 8:1).
• You have the right to come boldly before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in a time of need (Hebrews 4:16).
• You are firmly rooted in Christ and being built in Him (Colossians 2:7).
• You have been rescued from the domain of Satan’s rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ (Colossians 1:13).

Activate Your Faith Success Equation with the 3 S’s

Seek God 1st - “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

Surrender It Daily to God - “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6

Show Up in the Power of the Holy Spirit - “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord.” Zechariah 4:6

What Did Jesus Do?

• He rose early.
• He spent time with His Father.
• He prayed about everything.
• He wasn’t lazy.
• He enjoyed food.
• He ate to live; He didn’t live to eat.
• He walked everywhere.
• He loved people.
• He came to serve.
• He wasn’t concerned with what others thought about Him.
• He lived for God and to fulfill the plan for His life.
• He finished His race with endurance!

What areas in your life might you want to reflect Jesus more?

Start Here: Fitness Isn’t A Look, It’s A Lifestyle of Stewardship

• We follow Jesus’ example and rely on the Holy Spirit.
• We seek Him first.
• We spend time with Him and in His Word.
• We pray about everything.
• We choose not to be lazy or gluttonous.
• We eat the foods He made for us.
• We move our bodies.
• We serve people through our gifts.
• We don’t concern ourselves with what others think of us.
• We live to fulfill His plan for us.
• We run our race with endurance.

Here is how you begin your lifestyle of stewardship…

No diet can give you the spirit of self-control, only God can do that!

Let’s start with the 7 P’s!

“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will 

come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” Revelation 3:20

1. Pause
2. Pray
3. Prepare
4. Portion
5. Practice
6. Plan
7. Persist

Read about each specific P here!

How to Workout God’s Way

• Pray before you workout
• Dedicate: Make workouts a time of worship
• Listen to Christian music
• Motivate yourself with your why
• Meditate on Scripture
• Focus on the internal changes

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1

Friend, you are a child of God. He cares about every aspect of your life. He knows the number of hairs on your head, why would He not show up for your fitness?

Start slow, you don’t have to dive into everything and try to make a drastic lifestyle change all at once. Pray that God shows you where and how to start, and He will guide you!

Remember, you are Strong. Confident. His.

Please pray for more opportunities to have live events like this. There is nothing like worshipping God together. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at our Worship & Workout