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As I awakened from the sedated slumber I could hear the sound of the heart monitor. My eyes cracked open just enough to see a figure beside my bed. She was checking vitals and administering pain medicine.

I seem to drift in and out of consciousness enough to know when the person beside my bed left the room. I could see my mother through my groggy stare sitting on the window sill, where she’d stayed the night. Once my thoughts came to the reality of the situation, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

Where was God now!

He had given me this dream over a decade before and now it’s all over? How could he do that? God’s not a prankster. He doesn’t play jokes on his creations or at least that’s what I was taught. Hold on, let’s back up. God didn’t put me in that hospital bed, my choices did. He gave me a passion and I went for it, but He didn’t say it’d be easy. Looking back nearly 30 years later it’s easy to see the omniscience of the Creator at work. Time has a way of putting perspective on things. Did I accomplish my original goal? Yes. Did it turn out like I had planned? No. Does that mean God didn’t give me what I dreamt? No. He obliged me with that original dream twice over, despite my not considering Him consistently throughout the process. What does this have to do with you? We’ll you’re about to find out. My name is Kevin “Hurricane” Hudson, two time world kickboxing champion, 7th degree black belt, professional martial artist, and school owner, husband to one woman for over 20 years and father of three. As God would have my road diverge in the woods, I have taken the path less traveled. That being said I’ve been commissioned to use my skills, knowledge, and influence to help fellow believers and non-believers alike make the best of their time here on earth. You only get one body. You’re born with it and you’ll die with it, our job is to keep it as healthy as possible while we’re here to battle the daily fights against evil and carry out the great commission for our Savior. Christians need more help and inspiration than ever. Our lives are in shambles due to the rat race forced on us by the nine to five, kids tugging at us, and pressures from every direction. There has been an n unprecedented decline of health in America. Our population is getting more un-healthy by the minute. Even the percentage of overweight children has tripled since the 1970’s. We now have more obesity, more heart disease, more diabetes, and it’s time we Christians took control of ourselves and begin to set a good example for others. 1 Corinthians 6 19-20 says, ‘Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.’ You are a temple God has ordained and I’m sure God has inspired you to get in the best shape you could and that’s why, with God’s help and a buddy of mine, we’ve developed the… …once you see how it came to fruition you’ll understand its’ merit. So you’ll get the complete picture, let’s go back to that hospital bed and by the way, please don’t beat yourself up for not putting your health first, we’re only human. I was an 18 year old fighter lying in that hospital bed. I was a tough cracker, or so I thought. I’d won all type of kickboxing matches as a youngster and set my sights on a world championship. As a child I began training in martial arts at the age of eight and by 13 God had pierced my heart with aspirations to be a world champion kickboxer and owning my own academy one day. My entire life had been geared from age eight to at that time 18, to be a champion. Then like so many times in our lives, God allowed a curve ball that no one in my corner was ready for. A career threatening injury. A broken jaw to be exact, broken not only in one place but three. If you’re in the fighting game as I was, that’s not a very desirable thing to have. 30 years past that now, I still don’t understand why it happened, but I do understand the ‘Who’ of why it happened. You may be in a similar situation in your life, the lofty plans you had to lose 25 pounds and get in tip top shape are constantly side tracked by life, work, and the pursuit of…well…whatever we’re pursuing. Or you may have started out with a bang and strained a muscle early on and now haven’t returned to the gym. That’s why there’s the… God seemed to have put a road block in front of my goal. Was it because I was on the wrong track for the previous ten years? Why would he allow my whole life to be centered around one goal and then pull the rug out from under me in such a painful way. From my experience, it’s perfectly feasible for God to test you a little and see how serious you are about your goal. I wanted to be not only the top kickboxer in the world but to do that I had to be in the best shape possible. Maybe I waivered a little in my training so God said to one of His angels, allow a wild, crazy hook through Kevin’s defense and see how serious he is about this goal. He could do the same thing to you in your quest to be in top shape. He could put a little stitch in your side when you’re hiking that last mile up that hill. He could allow that alarm clock to malfunction on your day to be at the gym at five in the morning. This is all possible. You know as well as I do that Jesus looked at his disciples and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26. As I brought my mind back to some sort of alertness in order to gain a mindset of where I was my Mom slipped close by my bedside, ‘You’re waking up, sweety,’ she said as she stroked my sweaty forehead. It’s funny how moms always have the ability to state the obvious. I looked intently at her face and grabbed her hand. She began telling me how the surgery went well and the doctor said all three breaks should heal fine. My mouth was wired tightly shut so I just nodded and hummed through the wires as she continued, ‘I’m gonna run home and check on your brother.’ My brother is eight years younger than I, so he was at home alone at this point. My mom, sugared me on the forehead (In the south we say, ‘sugared’) and said good bye for now. Once she was gone the pain meds began to kick in so I felt a little better momentarily. My eyes were open normally and I began to take inventory of the room. As I was examining all the tubes running in and out of my body a nun in a white robe looking outfit darkened my doorway with a soft rap of three taps at the door. She quietly approached my bedside, almost levitating over to me as an angel may do. She placed her elderly, wrinkled hand on mine and said something I couldn’t understand. She was speaking a language I couldn’t understand, but I gathered from her large smile and hand gestures, she wished to pray with me. I nodded in agreement and she began in this strange tongue. She finished a pretty lengthy prayer and said, ‘Amen,’ I nodded and she smiled even bigger. She gave me a final pat on the hand, gently and backed up a few steps holding this huge smile. She then turned and exited the same way she came, softly and smooth. As soon as she got out of sight, I thought to myself, ‘Wow…that was odd, but I feel a certain peaceful presence about the room, even though I was beginning to get agitated with the I.V. and other tubes getting in my way.’ For some reason, only explained by God’s prompting I reached over to the table beside my bed and opened the drawer. I remember prior to going into surgery that drawer contained a Gideon Bible, just like a hotel. I pulled it out and sat it on my lap, draping it over tubes with fluids of all colors flowing through them. I thumbed through this book as if I was looking for something in particular, but not knowing what that could have been. Finally, I stopped in the book of Psalms and flipped a few more pages. Finally finding the Psalm 91. At this point I was on a mission. This nun coming in my room while I was in such a painful state, blaming God for all that had happened. It occurred to me that maybe God wasn’t a sick jokester. Maybe there was something valuable he was trying to teach me and this whole thing was used to get my attention. What an attention getter it was! But I wasn’t putting Him first in my career at the time of this accident or should I say incident. I’m sure you’ve read through the 91st Psalm at some point. Verse 2, reads, ‘I will say to the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge. It goes on to read in verse 7, ‘A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you,’ and verse 14, reads, ‘Because he loves me, says the Lord, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.’ That was all I could stand at the time, I laid the Bible back on the side table and tried to rest my eyes as the pain meds had begun to subside and pain crept back into my head area. Do you believe the Word of God? In your eyes do you see the Bible as a living thing? It is! It’s the living, inerrant Word of the Living God. It’s infallible and it’s timeless, applicable today, yesterday, and tomorrow. The Bible inspires, motivates, plants, cultivates, as well as whatever God desires, can be accomplished by His word. As it reads in Isaiah 55: 11; ‘so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.’ Another reason we designed the … From that point on I realized God wasn’t playing a game with me, he was testing me somewhat to see if my character and determination were such that a champion could emerge. Does that mean after this incidence it was smooth sailing? Of course not! Trials my friend, I had trials on this road. Did I rejoice as James says to do all the time…I wish I could say I did, but I didn’t. I went on to accomplish that heart felt dream implanted in my soul as a youth. I became the World Crusierweight Kickboxing Champion in 1994. Then in 1997, I won a World Championship again, this time in the Heavy weight division. I trained and fought some of the best fighters in martial arts history. My last teacher was the greatest fighter in history, Joe Lewis. I also did some pro boxing as well, but that didn’t turn out well due to a shady manager and some mismatched bouts. Time won’t allow me to go into the details of a failed boxing career, but from this side now I see it was just another chapter in the Creators molding of my character. Throughout the entire process he protected me, encouraged, me, and even gave me the gift of encouragement. Now I run a couple of martial arts schools and encourage students daily. Being in the health and fitness industry I see the struggle people have in making the progress they’d love to achieve. I’ve seen people be successful at losing those extra pounds and I’ve seen some on that perpetual rollercoaster. What I’ve noticed as a common thread for those who were able to get in great shape compared to those who didn’t was three key elements: 1) Placing God at the center of the plan 2) A good exercise program 3) What went in their body This was how the 40 Day Fitness thru Faith Challenge came about. Realizing that Scripture has the power to change lives and God wants us to be as fit as we can be I consulted with a good friend regarding this idea. My friend just happens to own a successful restaurant as well as being an accomplished martial artist and endurance athlete in his early fifties. Edmund is a professional consultant regarding healthy eating and prepackages healthy meals for folks wanting to control their diet. His sentiments echoed my thoughts exactly. People have the ability to make good progress if they have these three key elements: God at the center, a good exercise program, and what foods they consume. I’m sure you know all about the roller coaster of fitness and weight loss. It usually starts with the, ‘Okay, this is enough’ attitude, the next time you get on the scales or glance in the mirror. You then make the promise to yourself, ‘Self, I have to change my ways. I’m gonna hit the gym everyday and eat a balanced diet.’ You step off the scales, give yourself that one final determined look in the mirror and go put some clothes on for the day. Breakfast goes well. You eat some granola cereal and a banana with low fat milk. You have to have that cup of coffee, but all in all b-fast is a success. You even pack a few healthy snacks in the briefcase for the office. You’ve heard eating smaller more frequently helps your metabolism. So you’ve set out with all the best intentions…enough is enough. Being 20 lbs over the weight you were when you got married is unacceptable. You can fill in the number of pounds with whatever fires you up at this point. So you’ve started out with a bang…eating pretty clean, hitting the gym daily as you promised yourself-but then it happens: You know what I’m talking about! LIFE! Your son or daughter has a recital the night you were suppose to hit the gym. You missed your lunch time gym appointment due to a surprise meeting at the office, which didn’t faze you. You knew tonight will work out fine, I’ll just swing by after work. BUT YOU DON’T! Do you know what happens in your brain when you DON’T? You subconsciously program your mind to accept DON’T as an acceptable answer to the, should I hit the gym question. Next thing you know, you’re back sliding on the diet, because you forgot your snacks on Thursday. As a result you were starving at lunch and they happen to have the Deluxe Double Chili Cheese Burger on sale that day and guess what? You begin to accept that Deluxe Double Chili Cheese Burger as acceptable lunch food…why not…you deserve it. Does all that sound familiar? Almost like a back slidden Christian, ain’t it! Sorry, I had to go southern on ya there to prove a point. Just like there’s no such thing as a little sin, there’s no such thing as a little commitment. You understand the point I’m sure. Life get’s in the way, we become a victim of circumstance. We allow those circumstances to dictate our behavior even though deep down inside we really don’t want that to happen. Back to my friend Edmund and how the 40 Days Fitness thru Faith challenge came to be. Edmund completed a marvelous athletic event recently called the 20X Challenge. This is sponsored by SealFit, which is some really tough and rough bunch of men. This event is ran by ex-Navy Seals and is a 12 hours workout with 11 other people while these ex-SEALS yell and scream obscenities at you the entire time. It’s something similar to the final training an aspiring SEAL has to accomplish at Kokoro before becoming officially a SEAL. During this grueling 12 hour training session Edmund explained how scripture really encouraged him, during the toughest of these 12 hours, especially Philippians 4:13: ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ He said this one scripture spurred him on to finish the course. Since he’s known as the Caveman Chef and helped hundreds of people lose hundreds of pounds we put our heads together and God birthed the 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Challenge. As Christians we all have a Bible, but as athletes or plain folks aspiring to improve our health, acquiring that just perfect scripture needed for inspiration during those tough workouts or those blah days is sometimes difficult to find, unless you have some sort of divine intervention by God, as I did in the hospital bed. God tells us to seek and we shall find, but in today’s busy life sometimes our minds are so cluttered we can’t even begin to search. That’s where the 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Challenge comes in. We are here to help! Let’s say you’ve been in the scenario I previously described. You set out to lose 20 pounds. As you know gaining 20 pounds doesn’t happen overnight so taking it back off surely won’t either. You’ve started out with good intentions but then forgot that snack. Next thing you know you are a victim of the Deluxe Double Chili Cheese Burger, now you’re programmed for failure. But I won’t let you! Just like the Father allows us to come back when we’ve made those mistakes it’s as easy to get back on track with your goal of losing 20 pounds. With God at the center and the 40 Day Fitness thru Faith Challenge you’ll be back on track in no time. If you’re already a pretty well-conditioned athlete and decide to step it up a little, maybe go for a half marathon or even a whole. The 40 Day Fitness thru Faith Challenge will help you stay on course. Or if you have neglected your health for a long time and God has convicted you regarding the status of your temple…IT’S OKAY! Take one step at a time and follow your heart. The 40 Day Fitness thru Faith Challenge will fuel your mind and spirit so you can fill your body with good stuff and proper exercise. The 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Challenge is a support tool to keep you on track. It’s a community of likeminded people who have all struggled with fitness related goals or weight issues. It’s Heavenly inspired by Christian people who feel your pain of being on that roller coaster of fat to thin, thin to fat, energetic to lethargic, lethargic to energetic. Joining the… Encourages you through … -A community of believers all rooting for you to cross that finish line and achieve that goal, whatever fitness related goal you’ve set out to achieve. The 40 Days Forum is open for all members to post their victories and their challenges and of course any prayer concerns. I, personally monitor the post here in order to add my comments when led. I’m always there to pray for your progress. You’ll even get my personal email, which we encourage each member who takes the 40 Challenge to send your goals directly to me. I’ll pray for your success and be your accountability coach if needed. You may need an extra push and I’m here to help. -40 tailored video devotionals from me to you. These scriptures are the very ones used by us and millions of believers around the globe in times of physical duress, but now they’re delivered straight to you every morning. God’s word does not come back void, and these versus will apply to your plight just like they have mine. Yes these scriptures are right there where they’ve always been, in your Bible. You could go every morning and find them yourself, but the coach in me has to give you some tough love. You haven’t been! God sometimes puts people in special places of leadership in this world. I feel led to help people just like you through this media. Who knows, if God had spoken to you, you may be writing this and not me. These Devotionals aren’t shot with my brother’s camera. Edmund and I took time to book studio time at a professional studio. We weathered the hot lights for hours on end to make each one just right. I’m proud of them and praying you’ll be blessed watching them as much as I was doing them. These scriptures were handpicked to give you inspiration in your athletic goals. -The 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Exercise Journal. This is a special journal, designed to document your victory. Each page is titled with the Scripture picked for that day, and has designated locations to document your workout for the day, eating habits for the day, as well as long term goals and milestones. You can’t trust your memory, so looking back to see real progress will do so much for you and your spirit. - The 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Recipe Journal. Putting God first is number one, getting active is number two, but what you put in your mouth is number three and majorly important. These are the same recipes the Caveman Chef himself, Edmund, has used to help hundreds of people lose record amounts of fat. I lost 25 pounds in 6 weeks eating what the Chef told me to eat. This journal contains sample recipes to cook 20 healthy meals as well as margins to jot down notes on which you liked best or what day you cooked what. Each meal has the total caloric count listed with all ingredients needed. The Caveman Chef is known for his amazing restaurant here in town and now you can have an amazing chef planned meals right in your own kitchen. Each meal is chocked with a good protein source and healthy carbs from vegetables that kick that metabolism into high gear and keep your glucose index stabilized so you reduce cravings and overeating. We are a product of our previous choices. Making the decision to join the 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Challenge gives you an accountability group. I personally take each new member and pray by name for them and their goals. I pray a hedge of protection while you’re training as well as God’s blessing on your goals and healthy habits. As an added benefit of being a part of this community you can rest assured that we donate 10% of every dollar we get to the local church. Each month we pick a local church that is doing the Lord’s work and gift a cash gift to that church. We are also partnered with some great philanthropic groups to aid in their fund raising efforts. Organizations such as the United Way, Christian Evangel Fellowship, Belize BaseCamp, as well as many other charities that provide for basic needs and spreading the Gospel! Joining the 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Challenge isn’t FREE, we do have to pay staff, programmers, and obviously give to our community. Joining the is easy! Just $39 gets you in this community of supportive believers with all the bells and whistles. The 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Challenge is like having your own… -personal life and accountability coach which would cost you anywhere from $75 per session to hundreds of dollars per session. -personal exercise expert at your service, to have a couple of experts at your beckon call is something you can’t put a price on but I’m sure you’d have a hefty fee if you went to hire one. -personal meal planner with the 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Recipe Journal, which could run you as much as $500 per week -The 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Journal, sold separately as an ebook would run $9.95 -The 40 Days Fitness thru Faith Video Devotionals, which I’ve seen programs like this go for as much $179, with this challenge these professionally produced series comes with it at NO additional cost. Here at the home office we invest it in God’s work, helping our world, and seeing you reach that fitness goal that’s constantly eluded you in the past. We want to improve your relationship with the Creator and help you realize that God given potential you’ve always known you’ve had. This side of eternity is short for us all, let’s live to the max and take 40 Day Fitness thru Faith Challenge today. Just $39 get’s you on your way and closer to Creator both physically, emotionally, and spiritually! We want to see you get off that roller coaster and graduate to the body your Creator wanted you to have. Keep Kicking and God Bless! Kevin “Hurricane” Hudson