Guard What Has Been Entrusted to Your Care! (1 Timothy 6:20) Encouraging called workers to guard four key gifts supporting ministry-long growth

Guard What Has Been Entrusted to Your Care!(1 Timothy 6:20)Encouraging brothers in ministry to guard four key gifts supporting ministry-long growth

Session #4 Guarding Gods Gift of Health

Physical Self-Care?!?!?!

With what double theological challenge may the Lutheran called worker wrestle when it comes to the issues of caring for his/her own physical health? Pauls Brief References in 1 Timothy to Physical Self-Care

1 Timothy 4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. While this is admittedly a passing reference (training is a figure of speech suggested by previous verse - )the NIV makes it weaker than it is! , . Similar temporal meaning of in James 4:141 Timothy 5:23: Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

Why shouldnt it surprise us that encouragements such as these are relatively rare in Scripture?4Sobering Question for Self-Reflection:A Barrier to Reaching Souls?

5A Warning SignFirewall: Health Essentials for Ministers and Their FamiliesChristian Education Journal, Series 3, Volume 6, Number 2 James T. Flynn, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Back Again: The Ministry Messiah Complex

Clergy Time Away from Duties

8Are you remembering you are not the Savior?sacrificing your physical & emotional health saves no one and may rob you of years of productive ministryAre you getting enough sleep?significant health impact much more/less than 7 hours (In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat for he grants sleep to those he loves Psalm 127:2.)Are you guarding down time?saving 7 of 21 blocks (pieces or days) yields @ 56 hour work week sufficient time to honor all your holy callings? Are you scheduling regular exercise?compensate for sedentary nature of 21st century ministry (shift from team sports to lifetime sports?)Are you making wise choices for your diet?avoid excesses of fast-food, pre-processed culture

Five Essential Health Questions

9In setting aside an appropriate amount of time for rest, relaxation, and recreation for the sake of our physical and emotional health, we are also here living by faith and not by sight.

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