Hi Everyone!
So did you ever ask the Lord for something and he was pretty quick to respond? Well, I have had that happen to me many, many times. Some prayers I feel like it takes forever for the Lord to answer them or for me to recognize His answer and other times I ask and I receive within a few minutes, hours, or days. His timing is always perfect though!! Well, this happened to me the other day! About a week ago I was praying to the Lord and asking Him how I could increase my energy. I started exercising more and I began to get more tired than I had been throughout the day. So I flat out asked, "Lord how can I get more energy?!" A day or two later a close friend of mine texted me asking me when I was going to join AdvoCare.
"AdvoCare is a premier health and wellness company offering world-class energy, weight-loss, nutrition, and sports performance products along with a rewarding business opportunity."
Several months earlier he had asked me when or if I was going to join AdvoCare. Well, this time when he asked, I decided to really look into everything. This is a paragraph from their website that I read, "Joining team AdvoCare empowers individuals to explore their ultimate potential. When people try the products, the positive testimonials pour in: "I feel better than I have in years." "My energy level is unbelievable." "AdvoCare has changed my life." AdvoCare focuses on wellness and provides an opportunity to enrich your life in the way that you choose." When I saw what AdvoCare provided and the testimonial I knew that this is where I was supposed to be, on this website and this is something that I probably was supposed to get in to. For me this was the answer to the prayer I was asking the Lord. Now it would be up to me whether or not to take this opportunity that was right in front of me. God gave us the gift of free will so whether or not I choose to capitalize on the opportunity is up to me.
My friend suggested to me that I do something that is called the 24 Day Challenge. I encourage anyone who is interested or curious to go on to the website and check it out! http://www.advocare.com/
After I checked into it, I decided that I wanted to do this 24 day challenge! I love challenges and I thought that this would be something perfect for me to do at this time in my life. When I told my friend that I wanted to do it, I asked him if we could add another thing on to the challenge for ourselves, but this doesn't have to do with the body physically, but with the soul. When I begin to start my 24 day challenge with AdvoCare, which I probably will sometime this week (when my supplies come in the mail) I will begin to transform, nourish and change my body and health to help better myself. So I asked him if he would want to throughout this process help to transform our souls too. I think that it is so important and especially when it comes to your body and nurturing it that we remember to keep God in the center of it all. "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body," (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
So with this 24 day challenge my friend and I will also challenge ourselves to strengthen our relationship with the Lord as I also go through the process of strengthening my body so that I can better serve the Lord. The support that I have received from the members of AdvoCare over the past few days before I have even started the challenge has been incredible. I am so excited and ready to begin this challenge.
There is a difference between a commitment and being committed. I have made a commitment for 24 days to work on my health and to strengthen my relationship with The Lord with a friend. Each day that I do this I continue to become more and more committed to my commitment.
So, remember when you ask the Lord in prayer for something, be open to His answer. Once he provides you with an answer it is your choice whether or not to walk through that door He has opened. I ask you to pray for me that I focus on the Lord through this health challenge along with prayers that my friend and I will continue to strengthen our relationship with Christ to better ourselves in order for us to better serve the Lord and His children and fulfill His will on Earth.
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."- Mark 11:24
*Alex-Thank you for your faith and trust in the Lord always and your persistent effort to help change people's lives to become a better version of themselves each day.
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