Welcome to the Minneapolis/St.Paul Twin Cities Edition of Faith & Fitness Magazine!
Our team is blessed to bring you some important and fun articles, which speak to our heart, inspire our strength and drill into our intentions.
Articles labeled TWIN CITIES EDITION are unique to our local area. We’ve also included a Twin Cities Edition graphic/picture so that you can more easily distinguish this local content from all of the other Faith & Fitness Magazine content.
We are focused on Intense, Intents this month. January always yields a crop of intentions for the coming year and whether lasting or not, people attack them with vigor. We intend to be better, do better, work less, and work out MORE. And more often than not, its not what we intend that matters, but the motivation behind it.
What does God believe about our intentions? He loves us unconditionally, just the way we are. Even in that, it doesn’t mean that we aren't supposed to aim for our best. We are intended to grab onto the life and goals that God has waiting for us. His unconditional love in no way means that we are to sit back in our easy chair of grace and relax our way through the New Year.
But intending to be our best in the righteousness of Christ is far from works also. I have been reading "Every Body Matters" By Gary Thomas and his view of working on our health and fitness assures that "effort is a fruit of grace, not it’s enemy". In his letter to the Colossians Paul urges “live a life worthy of the Lord and…please him in everyway: bearing fruit in every good work.”
So, grab onto those intense intentions and resolutions, but check your motivation: we should be eager to participate in Gods glorious calling, we should be captivated by his call to “conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.” (Ephesians 1:27) We can be fit, we are called to be fit, and it is a fruit of Gods grace. We can refine our intentions and be driven to pursue a higher calling in our physical body so to bring up our spirit!
Thank you for checking out the articles on Intense Intents that we have so prayerfully brought to the table, we are sure that you will enjoy all that we have found hiding right in our own back yard…
Grace and Peace,
Mary Mack
Faith & Fitness Magazine Twin Cities Editor
Minneapolis/St. Paul
February/March 2015 Twin Cities Edition
Relentless MN: Raising Hope And Lifting For Love
