Junk Food or Healthy Food?

Intro.

I love fast food and pretty much junk food in general, it tastes good!

Who else here likes junk food? What is one of your favorite fast food places to eat at? What are your favorite things to eat there?

We all enjoy eating food at times that is known to be unhealthy, maybe pizza? burgers? chicken wings? you name it!

The unhealthy food tastes good and is satisfying at the time.

But what we eat affects how we perform physically, bad food in equals bad physical performance. Good food in equals good physical performance.

How many of you know that an athlete doesn’t just exercise to keep in physical shape, an athlete has to have a healthy diet, as well?

Who here is an athlete? So you know the importance of eating the correct food to perform at your best.

The same goes for our spiritual health.

Bad food is what we get from the world.

Things like perverse talk, Inappropriate movies, worldly ideas(contrary to God), inappropriate books, etc…

Living in the world is living without self-control and is not walking in step with the Spirit of God.

Titus 2:12 ESV

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Gal 5:16 Galatians 5:16 (ESV)

English Standard Version Chapter 5

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

I remember when I was younger I used to listen to songs that I didn’t even know were bad. I would sing a song word for word and didn’t even think twice about what was being said, or even really listen to the words I was singing myself. Well, after awhile of listening to this type of music I noticed that I started talking in inappropriate ways just like the songs. I was eating bad food spiritually and I was spiritually starving myself of good food!

2. Good food is what we get from the Word

What are some ways we can fill ourselves with good food(The Word)?

Read our Bible (Doers of the Word), Pray, Worship God by singing/how we live our lives, doing devotionals, connecting with other believers.

Just how our bodies can be transformed by what we choose to eat, our souls can be transformed by what we choose to hear and think about...

Rom 12:2

English Standard Version Chapter 12

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.