"Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings." (v. 11)

Prayer: Lord, you have made it plain that you care what we do with our lives. You are pleased when we seek to do your will, and you grieve for us when we ignore it. Speak to us in this time of worship and enable us to re-discover the joy and the blessing of doing it your way. Amen

Has there been a more popular pastime in recent years, than that of "getting in shape"? One magazine called it "America’s Health and Fitness Craze." Everywhere you look, people are jogging, walking, or running. Some prefer to play with a paddle or a racket. Others lift weights or swim at a health club. Some order an apparatus with which you can make your living room into a gymnasium, an exercise machine or a device you can use i…