E-Mail 'Rule 1 for Survival: Fitness - Part 1, by John H.' To A Friend

13 Comments

1. Meditation vs. Transcendental Meditation is the place of controversy. Your pastor was correct, in that TM places emphasis on emptying your mind in order to achieve Nirvana (not the band). Christian meditation focuses upon Christ, and is a deliberate attempt to fill your mind with the beauty of the LORD. DDP Yoga, developed by pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page, is a great resource that in my experience avoids the TM issue. It is scalable to any level of ability and moves progressively to help establish not just flexibility, but also functional strength. I’m looking forward to the rest of your article tomorrow.

   1. Emptying your mind opens you up to the demonic world, NOT to the God of Creation!

      Yoga is NOT for Christians! NOT at all! If you are a Christian and practice Yoga with meditating on God’s word you are still being deceived. The root of the practice of Yoga is to prepare it’s followers for the process of dying/DEATH. And Christians are practicing this most days with the thought of it relaxing them? When you assume the poses of Yoga you are inviting the Kundalini serpent spirit into your being. Should “professing” Christians be doing such things?

      Do your due diligence in studying into the roots of all practices before adopting them. Many, many Jews and Christians are deceived because of these different practices that have been introduced into the western world. Do you want to turn away from the living God? “My People are destroyed for lack of knowledge!” Hosea 4:6 is a cry from God to His people. Take Heed! By the way, every single religion outside of biblical Christianity has it’s roots in Babylonian mysticism, which is Satan worship, at it’s core, whether you know it or not!

      God says in the book of Revelation to “Come out of her, do not partake in her practices.” You will risk damnation if you don’t quit these practices and repent! Fill your mind with the Word of God, think on it day and night, but not in any form of repetition. The repetition is used only to memorize it. Then move on to more scripture memorization. Think on the Glory and majesty and power and beauty and the miracles that he does and praise him!

      Blessings,

      Lily

      1. I tried yoga once. I just thought it was a lot of stretching. *poses in warrior position*

      2. As a 6 black belt , 40 year martial artist (not my age), stretching is a crucial part of the art to avoid injury…it has nothing to do with allowing evil into your mind, unless you believe that in itself the practice of the martial arts are evil…maybe so…maybe the gun is too. Perhaps even more so.
         Much ado about nothing…stretch and while doing it think about whatever you want to.

      3. Amen to that! I totally agree.

         A friend of mine was once into the martial arts. It took up a lot of his time which took him away from his family. And as he puts it in his own words:

         *******
         “Little did I realize the power, and the influence of darkness which these arts would play in my life over the next 24 years. And how blinded I truly was to the high price which training in these pagan mystical arts would eventually cost my family and I as I grew older.”

         “During the years it took for me to achieve Black belt, I did not realize the subtle changes which were being made in my thinking. Through the teachings of the eastern philosophies hidden within the martial arts (regardless of style), I began to compromise the Word of GOD in order to climb the ladder of success. I attempted to bend His Word to make It fit my way of life, rather than bringing my life into submission to the Bible’s precepts and instruction. Little did I realize that the martial arts had become my religion, and the instructors, my gods. For I served and obeyed their commands rather than the Word of the LORD.”

         “It had been nearly two and a half years since our separation and divorce, and my wife Sarah was struggling, and clinging desperately to our LORD’s Promise which He had spoken to her in His Word. Yea, ‘I will restore the years that the locust has devoured . . . And I shall turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse !’And ‘what God hath joined together, let no man (not even the judge) put asunder.’ These promises my wife Sarah determined by faith, to appropriate and make her own very own!”
         Joel 2:25, Malachi 4:4-6 and Matthew 19:3-8

         *******

         Through a series of miraculous events he has been reunited with his wife and now has a personal ministry called Isaiah Ministries. He also exposes the dangers of Yoga and various forms of mediation. One of his YouTube videos is titled “Watch & Pray 2019 – Yoga, Pantheism and the Poison of Serpents!” There are eleven videos that have “Yoga” in the title on his channel and twelve that deal with “martial arts”.

         I would also like to add that many churches “inside” Christianity have little tiny pieces of doctrine that do not come from the Bible. It takes a lot of diligent study to stay on track.

         1. David ‘n’ Goliath,

            Thank you so much for backing up my words with your friend’s testimony!! People really need to be discerning. People need to be discerning abut the stated agenda and the possible underlying unstated agenda(s) of any organization. Unfortunately the majority of the martial arts have Eastern mysticism attached as baggage. Christian’s only alliance should be to Jesus and Him alone. We live in a dangerous world with so many distractions to deceive and pull us away from Him alone. We are living in the very last days of the Age of Grace and we need to be super diligent and discerning to not be deceived and distracted. Be in the Word and in prayer and continually beg the Lord for discernment and to keep you safe in Him.

            Blessings,

            Lily

            1. I have to admit, I am a bit shocked that Survivalblog is advocating against martial arts.

               Rather than arguing on this topic, could anyone explain to me how to stretch properly in the eyes of the lord?

            2. It is only the Eastern Mysticism aspects that we object to. Christian prayer while stretching or exercising is not a bad thing, unless it is mindlessly repetitive. Yoga positions are designed to invite the Kundalini Serpent Spirit. Avoid yoga.

2. Excellent advice on a subject often overlooked.

   Don’t confuse goals with dreams. Goals should be:
   * Realistic
   * Measurable
   * Have time limits (excluding maintenance)

3. Great article.
   A few years ago, I went hunting in a mountainous area and was hunting at about the 5,500 foot level. It kicked my butt! So I joined a local gym and started hitting the treadmill.
   Every couple of weeks, I would have to increase speed and/or incline to hit my targeted heart rate. I also increased time on the mill. 5 days a week too.
   I also started yoga 3 times a week.
   Next hunting trip: similar place, just a thousand feet higher. That trip I kicked the mountains butt. I wasn’t so sore either.

   Nothing too difficult. Just walking.

4. I have been thinking about this subject for a while now. For me fitness is 3rd in the order of importance for well being. IMO sleep is number one over all. If you are not sleeping well then everything else suffers. Next would be nutrition. If you are not eating well the effectiveness of working out and sleep is reduced. The beneficiary of the two would be fitness. If you eat well and sleep well your fitness goals will be maximized. These are just my thoughts from my research and personal experience.

5. Kudos to Avalanche Lily regarding her reply. May I suggest a DVD from Skywatch TV, Rev. Dr. Tom Horn’s ministry, entitled Beyond Supernatural. Former New Ager Steven Bancarz explains the dangers of Yoga. IMHO, every Christian should avail themselves to the teaching.

   Pastor Mark in PRofNY

6. There’s “Yoga” the flexibility set of exercises, then there’s “Yoga”, the Hindu liturgy, and there are middle versions combining both bits.

   If you don’t like “Yoga” or can’t trust your instructor, there is no shortage of “How to gain flexibility enough to do split” workouts which are totally devoid of any religion in martial arts sections.

   Ambiguity is a tool of the Devil, but both ways, to make something innocent seem like sin, and to make sin seem like something innocent. Both are evils. The latter is more obvious, but the former is often worse as it is more insidious as calling “good” “evil” is still of the devil.

Comments are closed.