Strengthen Your Love

Strengthen Your LoveSpeaker: Rev. Ho-Ming Tsui———1. God created our bodiesYou formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.—Psalm 139:13-14And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.—Mark 12:30———2. Sin affects our bodiesThe creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.—Romans 8:20-23Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’—Genesis 3:1-33 Factors That Hinder Our Effortsa. Sedentary life has been normalizedb. Busyness has become honourableb. Food has been idolized———3. Christ will transform our bodiesStrengthen your body to serve God with the time he has given you!While bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.—1 Timothy 4:8Training your body helps build up your godliness in 3 ways:1. It helps me fight sin2. It helps me serve the good of others3. It helps me display the power and value of Jesus