I think this is going to be the introduction to my fifth sermon on the series: A New Way of Praying Our Father. “Gives us this day our daily bread”:
On our flight from Los Angeles to San Antonio I took the American Airlines magazine and read the article Million Dollar Bill: Infomercial guru extraordinaire and pitchmen star Billy Mays has made a fortune hawking household cleaners and cooking supplies. What’s next for this one-man brand? The article ends telling us that Billy Mays latest adventure was selling Health Insurance. Let me quote you what he said: “It was a big step to cross over from dicers and cleaning products to people trusting me with their health… I don’t think OxiClean has ever saved someone’s life. Maybe it has saved someone’s butt because they had a stain on the carpet, but not their life… I have a lot to give and a lot to do yet in my life. I think there is a bigger platform out there for me now.”
I read the article on a Friday. Sunday morning at church the preacher mentioned that Billy Mays was found dead in his bed. The autopsy showed he died of a heart attack. His arteries were not in good condition. How ironic! He was making millions selling heath insurance, and he died young because of bad health.
“Give us this day our daily bread” is a very dangerous prayer to pray in our hiper-caloric North American daily diet. Billy Mays is just one example of how bad most of us are treating our bodies, temples of the Holy Spirit. So, in my sermon I will mention four “intakes” that are ruining our bodies: food, alcohol, drugs and smoke (tobacco or marihuana).
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