Luke 12:23 reads, "Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes." I've considered printing out the phrase, "Life is more than food." and sticking it on the fridge, chip bags, and any other junk food or candy that gets brought into the house. My wife, my boys and my God are more important to me than the food I eat. Bad food affects my witness, my relationship to my wife and my ability to play with my boys. But some days I think about the food I am going to eat than anything else. Whenever I've packed an uninteresting food for lunch I've said out-loud to myself, "Life is more than food." Food is an addiction, and if I don't take care, it will become a god. The truth extends beyond food. In the same verse it says that the body is more than clothes. What is it in your life that you need to be reminded of it's submissive place. What is it you need to be saying?
Life is more than food.
Life is more than the latest fashion.
Life is more than sex.
Life is more than alcohol.
Life is more than perfect grades.
Life is more than money.
Life is more than a totally clean house.
Life is more than perfectly behaved and athletic children.
Put God back in charge of your life and resist whatever wants to crowd him out.
Life is more than ____________.
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