Exercise Your Faith: 30 Devotions to Help Strengthen Your Walk Physically and Spiritually

By Robin Urbina

Robin Urbina has always struggled with compulsive eating, sugar addiction, and making unfavorable food choices. It is Robin’s ability to turn her struggles over to Jesus that has helped her through challenging times. It is Jesus who helps her accept herself and her body. Exercise Your Faith is neither a professional guide about exercise nor a scholarly text about Bible translation and verses. Consider this an entry-level look at where to start and how to grow in your physical health and faith. This thirty-day devotional includes topics like endurance, rest, discipline, and victory. Each devotional illustrates the similarities between working out and our walk with the Lord. Whether your struggle is food, exercise, or walking with Jesus, Robin prays these pages make you smile or just give you the desire to keep going. She prays you are inspired to open your Bible, go for a walk, or even just cry out to God and hear Him speak to you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781664295513

Robin Urbina

After years of battling her self-image, her weight, and food, Robin Urbina learned and finally accepted that she is a work in progress. She does her best each day to honor God and be the best person that she can be to herself and others. Robin still struggles with compulsive eating and making wrong food choices, but it’s the small victories that keep her going. Being with her family is her favorite thing in the world. She was born and raised in upstate New York and currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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To Rene

Thank you for your unending support throughout this whole process. I know I take on a lot of hobbies and interests. You graciously continue to encourage and support me in each and every one of them with love and patience. I love you.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1     It’s a Stretch

Chapter 2     Bread of Life

Chapter 3     Mix It Up

Chapter 4     A Dwelling Place

Chapter 5     Small Victories

Chapter 6     It Takes Time

Chapter 7     Why Fellowship?

Chapter 8     Endurance

Chapter 9     A Learning Experience

Chapter 10   Love Your Bumps

Chapter 11   Take Time to Heal

Chapter 12   Don’t be a Quitter

Chapter 13   Get Energized

Chapter 14   A Whole Body Workout

Chapter 15   Give It a Rest

Chapter 16   Stay Hydrated

Chapter 17   Walking Tall

Chapter 18   Just Have Fun

Chapter 19   Persistence Pays Off

Chapter 20   Personal Growth

Chapter 21   Be Creative

Chapter 22   Just Do It

Chapter 23   But It Hurts

Chapter 24   Sleep in Peace

Chapter 25   Reach for It

Chapter 26   Invest in Yourself

Chapter 27   Wait for It

Chapter 28   A Balancing Act

Chapter 29   It Takes Discipline

Chapter 30   It’s a Narrow Road

In Closing

Final Thoughts and Encouragement

Key Verses

Memory Verses

Introduction

I was inspired to write this book as I was resting in between laps at my local pool. I love swimming and exercise. I love writing and journaling. Most of all, I love the Lord. My passion in life is to encourage people and inspire them to do things they never think they can do or maybe don’t have the courage to do.

This is by no means a professional guide about exercise or a scholarly text about Bible translation and verses. You’ll see my personal experiences and feelings while comparing their likenesses to our faith and how they’ve gotten me through some trying times. Consider this a very elementary and entry level look at where to start and how to grow in your faith.

Please do your own research on exercise and what’s best for you. Consult a doctor first if you’re not sure how to begin any exercise or nutrition program. I am not a licensed expert on anything. I am not an eloquent speaker nor do I have a great vocabulary, so please grin when you read my simple style of writing. I want to share my thoughts with you and hope I can encourage you today to be a better you, to motivate you to make better food choices, or to help you get through something you’ve been struggling with. Whether it be food, exercise, or walking with Jesus, I pray these pages make you smile or just give you the desire to keep going. I pray you are inspired to open your Bible, or go for a walk, or even just cry out to God and