As believers strive to honor God with their bodies, they are reminded that self-control and moderation are essential. In 1 Corinthians 10:31, the apostle Paul encourages believers to do everything to the glory of God, including eating and drinking. Philippians 4:13 assures that, with God's strength, believers can overcome any temptation, including those related to food and exercise. Additionally, Romans 12:1 urges believers to present their bodies as living sacrifices, while Matthew 7:7 and 1 Corinthians 10:13 provide guidance on seeking God's help in times of struggle, ultimately leading to a healthier and more disciplined lifestyle.
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No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, “Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” So he consented to this and tested them for ten days. And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.
“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.