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SPORTS/ExERCISE
Sports/Exerci se See also Cheating, Integrity, Pride
1. T aking care of our physical bodies is one way to honor the Holy
Spirit, who lives inside ofus.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received
from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your body.
Psalm 139:13-16 For you created my inmost being; you knit me
together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully
and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full
well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the
secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
2. Cheating is stealing ifyou take a prize that belongs to another.
2Timothy2:5 Similarly, ifanyone competes as an athlete, he does not
receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules.
Exodus 20:15 You shall not steal.
EpheSians 4:28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer,
but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he
may have something to share with those in need.
Ephesians 4:25
3. It takes great effort and sacrifice to win the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 Do you not know that in a race all the
runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to
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get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict
training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to
get a crown that will last forever.
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
4. Doing what God wants is much more valuable than winning an
earthly prize or having a buffbody.
1 Timothy4:8 For physical training is ofsome value, but godliness
has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and
the life to corne.
Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for
which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of
the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good
confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Hebrews 12:1-2;James 1:12
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