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The Jennie Allen Podcast

S12: Does God Care About Our Bodies?

The Jennie Allen Podcast

Jennie Allen

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.96.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Our physical bodies are a tool given to us by God and it is up to us to steward that gift well. Listen as Jennie shares how she prioritized her health during her extended sabbatical and what it looks like to value your body without making it an idol. HELPFUL LINKS: Join the Newsletter | jennieallen.com/newsletter Want to get texts from Jennie and our team? | Send PODCAST to 214-225-6267 CONNECT ON SOCIALS: Instagram: instagram.com/jennieallen Facebook: facebook.com/jenniesallen TikTok: tiktok.com/@jenniesallen Pinterest: pinterest.com/jenniesallen Storyworth is a meaningful gift you and your family can treasure forever. Go to storyworth.com/MADEFORTHIS to get $10 off your first purchase! Did you know Jennie wrote a set of children’s books? Save 20% on her 5-book set, ‘The Story of God’, by going to jennieallen.com/kids and use code MADEFORTHIS20

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to get $10 off your first purchase. One of my passions in bringing this season together was actually the work I did in sabbatical physically that we did a lot of testing, we did a lot of appointments. I kind of caught up with my physical health. As I've

0:44.3

mentioned before my husband walked through a really difficult season with his

0:47.0

health last year. We'll share about that soon, but it really woke us up to just

0:51.8

how much we need to be taking care of ourselves and not in a way that,

0:58.0

you know, I would say in a way that brings quality of life, that we can be the fullest version of ourselves day in a day out

1:05.4

and I mean guys just in having the right appointments and the right testing I

1:10.4

learn things about myself that have changed how I feel every day and how my body works every day.

1:17.0

That in turn has affected my spiritual life, has affected my relational life, has affected my ability to have vision and dreams.

1:25.0

I, when I walked into sabbatical, I crawled in.

1:28.0

I crawled in.

1:29.0

I mean, I was, I have never been so physically tired, so discouraged, so just not right.

1:37.1

I wasn't sleeping, my body wasn't working, my mind wasn't working, my spiritual life felt

1:42.0

dry and what I saw in this season was just

1:46.0

the Lord like restoring and building up different parts of my life and causing me

1:51.4

to move from a place of exhaustion and discouragement to to

1:56.6

thriving again and I was scared I thought I don't know if that's in me

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