The Office of Readings for today is from the first letter of the apostle Paul to Timothy 4: 1-5.
The Spirit distinctly says that in later times some will turn away from the faith and will heed deceitful spirits and things taught by demons through plausible liars--men with seared consciences who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by believers who know the truth. Everything God created is good; nothing is to be rejected when it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by God's word and by prayer.
What good does it do you to diet, or fast for God, when you're doing it for the wrong reasons. One must be working towards physical and spiritual health. All that God created is for good.
