Gospel music has evolved over the years, with its origins in small rural churches, and has become an easily recognizable art and form of worship. It hasn’t been done often, but combining your training and your faith can be a powerful combination. By using your commitment to the Lord to honor the temple he provided, faith-based training can be one of the most effective ways to strengthen yourself, both physically and spiritually.
Gospel music can be as inspiring in your home or community center as it is in church. We all need to hear that we can get through tough times on weekdays just as much as we do on Sundays.
Using gospel music as a backdrop to your fitness workouts can be especially motivating for Christians and non-Christians alike. Each workout, each song invites the presence of the Lord to join and support your effort to be healthy and take care of the body with which you have been blessed. A gospel training lifts your spirits and encourages you to strive to be the best person you can be. Don’t forget 1 Corinthians 6: 19-2: “Don’t you know that your body is a temple? So glorify God in your body.”
A gospel training combines exercise with gospel choirs, singing traditional and well-known gospel songs and inspirations. The best designed program will take the exerciser to a place where they can feel God’s touch. The euphoria of feeling can go beyond emotion and provide a spiritual anointing that is very rare in a fitness program. This could be called the spiritual equivalent of “runner’s high.” Regardless of your religious leanings, the energy and power of gospel music is hard to resist. It makes your body want to move. With a combination of organ, drums and guitar, energized by a few screams and calls, a gospel workout can get your soul moving and your feet moving as you warm up for some exercise.
Focusing your training on praise and prayer can give you the added motivation people need to stay committed to a new exercise regimen. If you think you don’t have enough time to dedicate to a training program, there is good news for you. You can strengthen and condition both your body and soul with the help of a gospel training.
