Do Better For YOU

Scripture of the day- Romans 12:1-3

12 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. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Humble Service in the Body of Christ

3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

Quote of the day- 

Positive word of the day- smile - form one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up and the front teeth exposed.

With it being Men's health month I wanted to list some foods that are good especially for a male's body.

Apparently fermented foods help the male body

https://nationaltoday.com/national-mens-health-month/

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Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet

Your diet is an especially important factor in your risk for atherosclerosis, and heart disease generally.

A heart-healthy diet includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, lean meats and poultry, low-fat dairy products, nuts, seeds, and legumes (dried beans and peas).

https://www.everydayhealth.com/atherosclerosis/prevention/#:~:text=Eat%20a%20Heart%2DHealthy%20Diet,(dried%20beans%20and%20peas).

Believe the Best

Adapted from the resource Trusting God Day by Day - by Joyce Meyer

Wrong thinking can very quickly ruin a day. Many friendships are destroyed because of wrong thinking. Business deals go wrong. Marriages fail. It’s so easy to concentrate on everything that is wrong with your spouse or situation instead of what’s right, and before you know it, you think you want to get away from the person you’re married to or working with, when what you really want to escape is your own negative mindset.

One big shift we can make that will help is to replace suspicion and fear with trust. Trust breeds trust. Trusting others, and especially trusting God, helps keep us healthy. When we trust, we’re relaxed and at rest. For example: You’re walking down an unfamiliar street, and a man comes out of his house with his pit bull growling on a leash and grumbles, “What are you doing in my yard?” You might think, Who is this nutcase? and act angry and suspicious right back. In that case, his unfriendliness boomerangs back to him (and probably makes him even more angry).

On the other hand, if you’re somehow able to look beyond his suspiciousness (maybe he was recently robbed?) and choose to be kind and relaxed toward him, more often than not he will relax, too, and you’ll have a friendly conversation that improves his day and yours. You might call this the “boomerang effect,” or as the Bible says, “reaping what you sow.” Whatever you call it, the saying is true: You get what you give. So believe the best of others today, and watch how your relationships thrive!

Prayer Starter: Father, please teach me how to start replacing suspicion with trust in my relationships. Thank You for helping me believe the best of the people in my life today. In Jesus’ Name, amen.