Devotional: Taking Care of Yourself Isn't Selfish — It's Biblical
Living God's Way with Kim Dolan Leto | Christian Habits, Identity in Christ, How to Walk with God Daily
Kim Dolan Leto
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🗓️ 14 March 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever been taught that focusing on your health or fitness might be selfish… or even vain?
Many Christian women have been exposed to a more legalistic view that caring about their bodies or health is prideful or worldly.
But when we look at what Jesus actually said, we see something very different.
Jesus tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves — which means caring for your body and your health was never meant to be selfish.
In this episode of the Strong. Confident. His. Podcast, I'm sharing what Scripture really teaches about caring for your body and why stewarding your health can actually be an act of honoring God.
In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why many Christian women believe taking care of themselves is selfish
• How constantly serving everyone else can lead to exhaustion and neglecting your health
• What Jesus meant when He said to love your neighbor as yourself
• Why caring for your body is biblical stewardship, not vanity
• How shifting your mindset about your body can transform your relationship with food, fitness, and discipline
This episode will help you stop seeing health as something selfish and start seeing it as an act of gratitude for the life God has given you.
When you begin to love yourself the way God loves you, you begin to care for yourself the way He intended.
Scripture Referenced in This Episode
Proverbs 3:5–6 — Trust in the Lord with all your heart
Matthew 22:37–39 — Love your neighbor as yourself
1 Corinthians 6:19–20 — Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
3 John 1:2 — I pray that you may prosper and be in health
Philippians 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
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With so much love,
Remember, You are Strong. Confident. His.
Kim Dolan Leto
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Sister in Christ. Welcome to the Strong Confident His podcast and our devotional time together. |
| 0:06.7 | Today, we're talking about something many women quietly wrestle with, even women who love God deeply. |
| 0:14.6 | How do we care for everyone else without slowly neglecting ourselves? |
| 0:20.4 | Because somewhere along the way, many of us started believing that taking care of ourselves |
| 0:25.1 | might be selfish. |
| 0:26.7 | But today, we're going to look at what God's word actually says about that. |
| 0:32.9 | Before we begin, let's quiet our hearts with this beautiful and favorite scripture, |
| 0:38.8 | Proverbs 3, 5 through 6. |
| 0:41.8 | Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. |
| 0:47.4 | In all your ways, acknowledge him and he shall direct your path. |
| 0:52.2 | I want you to take a deep breath in. As you exhale, remember this. |
| 0:58.1 | God is present with you right now working on the things that you can't see. Now let's talk about |
| 1:03.8 | something many of us begin to recognize when we slow down and honestly look at our lives. |
| 1:11.3 | Many of us have been taught to believe that taking care of ourselves is selfish. |
| 1:16.7 | So we start thinking things like, |
| 1:19.0 | I should put everyone else first. |
| 1:22.3 | I don't have time for my health. |
| 1:24.4 | I'll focus on myself later. |
| 1:26.6 | So we pour into everyone else. We take care of our families. |
| 1:30.9 | We show up at work. We serve at church. But slowly, often without realizing it, our own health |
| 1:39.3 | slips to the bottom of the list. Over time, that can look like exhaustion, stress eating, skipping movement, and feeling |
| 1:48.5 | disconnected from ourselves, from who we want to be. |
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