Encouraging the homeless with simple stretches and posture tips at The Source, Vero Beach

Birthday month is in full swing and I have been blessed beyond measure! I had a fab beach, pool, fit birthday party with about 25 of my closest friends here in Vero. I asked everyone to bring something healthy and it was a huge success! We also began serving our community’s homeless at The Source, Vero Beach, FL. My Fit Partner Sandee and I are facilitating a 30 minute class for Vero’s homeless providing “Simple stretches and great posture tips” on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month and it was very well received! Yesterday’s class included easy chair stretches and a simultaneous discussion on the benefits of praising God in all circumstances.

Chair exercises includes simple and careful side to side neck stretch and shoulder shruggs, wrist and ankle rolls and chest and back stretches. All can be done while sitting down.

One of the New Testament Greek words used for praise is Proskuneo= worship- meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand, to fawn or crouch to, homage (do reverence to, adore). It occurs 59 times in the New Testament. It originally carried with it the idea of subjects falling down to kiss the ground before a king or kiss their feet! So praising and worshiping God is as if we are kissing God!!

Using Andrew Womack’s great article on the importance of praise, we shared:
• Praise is a most enjoyable way to live!
• Praise will get our focus where it needs to be-on God. IF we start praising God in the middle of our problems our problems will shrink as we are busy praising Him and thanking Him for His blessings!
• Praise affects you, the devil and God and touches every part of your life. Lack of praise affects you in a negative way, turns the devil loose in your life and does not bless God
• We live in a negative world, so we must make a deliberate, intentional effort to be positive and counter the coulter we live in and praise is a great tool to help us achieve that!
• Checking our praise life is how we check our spiritual pulse. If we don’t live lives that are constantly giving thanksgiving and praise unto God we are not spiritually healthy.
• The Apostle Paul was in prison praising God at midnight.
• The Lord’s Prayer begins and ends with praise!

We also praised God with my fav scriptures about praise:
Philippians 4:4-Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.-HE says this twice to remind us to praise God for everything~

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18-Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 22:4-Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. (aka He inhabits the praises of His People!)

Exodus 15:2-The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. This is my God and I will praise Him my fathers God and I will extol Him

Psalm 34:1-3-I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise will continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the Lord, the humble will hear it and rejoice. O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together. Amen!

What a joy to serve and encourage those who are struggling in life, just as I once did! I love sharing my testimony and encouraging them-it is such a blessing! We appreciate your prayers for our ministry and for The Source!

Thank you for continuing to support our fitness ministry as we help those who struggle in life and encourage everyone to get fit for Kingdom service! Please download our Fit Guide to help us continue our ministry! Don’t forget to eat naturally, exercise daily, experience God, encourage others and enjoy this fab life God has given us!
Blessings,
Kate
Romans 12:1-2