NatureFull: The 21 Day Devotional of God's Perspective on Health and Wellness

By Lauren Juliette Ramos MPH CHES

Did you know? The way we eat, rest, and move can reflect Jesus. You were created in the image of God-His nature reflected in every area of your life, including your health. Wanting to improve your health and wellness should come from a place of loving yourself and the body God handcrafted and gave to you. Leaps and bounds in improved health and wellness don't begin for a believer anywhere else but with Jesus. Stop to consider, while you scope out your next diet fad or a new workout plan, where does God fit in with my fitness? How does the Word encourage me to care for and train my body? Allow Scripture to be your best workout buddy and nutritional accountability partner. Allow this twenty-one-day devotional to walk with you through learning to love yourself, love on your body, and in so, fall ever more in love with Christ. With devotional days that are strategically ordered to take the nutritionally aware and wellness-minded believer through specific physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual health topics, such as self-worth, importance of rest, and biblical basis for food choices, you are gearing up for victory in your life by first renewing your mind concerning these matters. Let's go on a journey of discovering how our physical health and our spiritual health are intricately laced together, particularly in the eyes of God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9781681973852

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NatureFull

Lauren Juliette Ramos

ISBN 978-1-68197-384-5 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-68197-385-2 (digital)

Copyright © 2016 by Lauren Juliette Ramos

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Table of Contents

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

Day 21

About the Author

Day 1

Bags of Gold

Matthew 25:14-29

So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you. (v25)

Although we ought to know our God is a great master, fear keeps us in hiding, paralyzes us, and doesn’t allow us to live in the fullness of the nature of life God intended us to live. You were created in his image, formed in his likeness, saved by his grace, and then bestowed in your new life of righteousness with his nature. You were created to walk in the nature of God. Feelings of inadequacy or fear of failing keeps us from pursuing a life of that nature. Our bodies were given to us by Him, and they still belong to Him! In this parable, we see clearly when he revokes the gift given to the lazy servant and takes away even what he had. He gave us these beautiful, powerful, and incredibly adaptive bodies, and when we don’t use or care for them properly, they become riddled with disease and fatigue. These are not the result of punishment from God for laziness, not at all! Simply a natural wear-and-tear. Jesus, as the master, gave talents or sums of money. The NIV says bags of gold. You and I often forget how valuable we are in the sight of the Lord, so much so He gave His only son for us. First, begin your fitness journey understanding…You are gold! In fact, Proverbs even says "far above