If you’ve been researching for long about losing weight, then you have probably read somewhere about making more activity part of your natural lifestyle. Making these ideas a habit is important, so that it truly becomes part of your lifestyle, instead of just something that happens for 3 days before you decide to just give up on it.
There are a lot of great ideas out there, like taking the stairs instead of an elevator or escalator, or taking a longer route whenever you have to go to the bathroom. Of course, I’ve also written about some crazy stuff you can do IN the bathroom!
One idea that pops up over and over is to find the farthest spot in the parking lot of your destination, so that you can walk a little bit more each day. It doesn’t matter if you are going to work, church, or the grocery store, parking in the farthest spot is a great way to add more activity to your life.
But, hey, why not add an idea that is Focused on Eternity at the same time? After all… if you’re going to walk, you may as well pray, too, right?
At Fit For Jesus, we call them “Parking Lot Prayers”.
Paul says to “pray without ceasing”, and this is a great way to add more prayer to your Fit For Jesus Lifestyle. We all have more things that we could pray about. All of us could spend more time praising and thanking God for His immeasurable blessings. In addition to prayers for ourselves, we all have more prayers we could pray for our church leaders and national leadership, no matter what country you are reading this from.
So, decide now that from now on, YOU will not only park in the furthest spot in the parking lot, but that you will pray on the way to your destination! And YOU will truly be getting Fit For Jesus!
Comment! In the comment box below, share the NEXT time you are going to pray a Parking Lot Prayer!
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September 24th, 2010 on 10:02 PM
Good idea! I usually do park out a ways to get in some walking, but haven’t used that time to pray. Usually going over what needs to be done, or what I got accomplished before I left home, or my grocery list. I need to take that time to pray instead – after all, God has all those things under control!
Sometimes I go for a walk at lunch time though and I usually have my ipod with hymns and other Christian music on it. That makes the walking more pleasant, lifts my spirits and directs my thought to the Lord.
Thanks for the ministry of Fit For Jesus!