Are You Fit for Life? (Hardcover)

The Apostle Paul: Fitness Guru?

The apostle Paul knew what it means to be fit for life. Heunderstood the importance of: Physical fitness--Paul taught that our bodies are thetemple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19) and therefore not tobe defiled. And Paul took his own advice as a man who disciplinedhis physical appetites so he wouldn't fall into sin and bedisqualified for God's prize (1 Corinthians 9:24-27).Emotional fitness--thanked "the God of all comfort" (2Corinthians 1:3) for the way He comforted and sustained Paul in allof his trials.Intellectual fitness--Paul was a scholar of the firstrank. To him, the Christian faith is a body of teaching to bestudied, absorbed into the mind, and taught with faithfulness andaccuracy.Spiritual fitness--Paul's entire ministry of proclaimingthe gospel of Jesus Christ proves that he valued spiritualfitness.

Turn now with Jack Graham to Paul's "fitness manual"--hisletter to the Philippians--and learn how you too can be fitfor life.

Being fit for life is a serious matter for all of us. And theBible has a life-changing message for us on this issue, because noone is more concerned about our fitness than the God who made usand redeemed us. He even gave us a "fitness manual" in HisWord--the apostle Paul's letter to his beloved friends at thechurch he founded in Philippi.

In this joyful letter Paul writes the well-known words, "To liveis Christ." In Are You Fit for Life? Pastor Jack Graham examinesthis life in Christ. Unlike popular diet and physical fitnessprograms, the Christian life is not a self-improvement plan or ado-it-yourself project. It is simply letting God be God, lettingChrist take control of your life, and allowing Him to do Hisperfecting work in you.