Sin during communion. Yes, that’s right. Sin can sneak itself anywhere even in church observing “The Lord’s Supper.” Lord forgive me. This is a true story. Continue reading
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See the leaf shaped placemats on my table.
Those missed placemats were not misplaced blessings. Instead they were blessings of victory. Let me share another conversation with My Lord. Then you’ll know how.
My Conversation With My Lord- Part Two
Lord, . . . do You mind if we talk about those placemats again? You obviously sent me there to that Thrift store and I held them in my hand. Yes, they were all bundled up with rubber bands, but I held them in my hands. So why didn’t I open them?
I’m looking at Romans 8:28. How’s this working out for my good? Was it punishment for overeating to much Cole-slaw or that one extra piece of catfish? Wait, . . . it was that one bite of Hubby’s pie?
Lord, I admit I took that bite without thinking. So are the missed placemats my punishment? What do You want me to learn from this?
Disobedience always costs. If not in punishment, then it costs in missed blessings. Was that it?
At this moment I don’t care about those placemats, I just want this feeling of intense regret to go away.
Not Misplaced Blessings
To begin with, disobedience will cause one to miss out on My blessings. But that was not this case. Now, let’s consider together the results of this supposed missed blessing.
First of all, you’ve learned to focus on My Presence. Second, now you know to look for and expect blessings. Now let’s examine what happened yesterday in your kitchen.
Uh. . . the granddaughters and I cooked some desserts for upcoming thanksgiving Day.
Yes, and how many desserts did you taste?
Uh . . . not one bite.
I see. As you looked at the placemats on your table, you remembered the pain. Didn’t you?
Yes Sir.
Now consider this. Those placemats are not missed blessings. Instead they are blessings of power and victory. They are visable reminders of your vow of 40 Days of Victory for you.
Yesterday you had victory while cooking all those desserts. Those placemats are helping provide you strength throughout your Thanksgiving family feast to resist all the temptations coming forth.
So now you can appreciate these placemats are indeed not misplaced blessings, but rather powerful strong blessings of victory. I sent them as gifts of power and strength to you, My child.
Thank you Lord, and please forgive all my doubts and whining. Help me to please You in all I do, say, and think. I give my life to You, my Savior, Jesus Christ.
Blessings of Victory
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them. Romans 8:28 NLT
My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to Your decrees. Your instructions are more valuable to me than millions in gold and silver. Psalm 119:71-72 NLT
But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Corinthians 15:57
See the leaf shaped placemats on my table.
Did you know you could have misplaced blessings? This story of misplaced blessings involved Thanksgiving/Fall leaf shaped placemats. And yes, it’s a true story.
When I realized my blessing was lost, I went straight to God whining about it. What follows is my conversation with the Lord. Since I’m such a sassy child of God please pray for me. But do not follow my example Continue reading
Remember Your Victorious Future
Lord, I remember my victorious past.
Child, I remember your victorious future.
But Lord, what worked in the past is not working now.
Child, what worked in your future is working now.
But Lord, what is it? What worked in my future?
Me, My Presence with you. I worked in your victorious future. I worked in your today and your yesterday too.
So Lord, what would You have me to do?
Submit your will to Me. Let go of your desires for food gratification. Overall, trust Me to lead you. Obey as I lead you. Victory will only come forth as you submit your will for self-gratification to My will for your deliverance.
Child, this time of deliverance has already been ordained for you. Therefore, it can never be revoked for I have determined and spoke it forth.
But Lord, what would You have me to do?
Submit yourself to My will for your food and your life. Also submit fully your heart love to Me. Then I will fill your heart with so much love you will no longer desire food gratification. Allow Me to fill you with My love. Then the desire for sweets will be a thing of your past. For you will be filled with the sweetness of My Presence.
Lord, I want this. So I ask You now to fill me with a desire for more of Your Holy Spirit, more of the sweetness of Your Presence.
Thank you Lord, for talking with me and loving me in spite of my many failures. I know I have disappointed You many times and yet, You will love me. Why?
Because you are My child. I love all My children and you are Mine. I never give up on Mine. So I always do whatever it takes in the life of each one to bring them back to My Presence. They expect My punishment, but that is not My intent. My intent is to bring them back to the sweetness of My Presence so that I may bless them beyond their comprehension.
Lord, I want You. Thank you for loving me even though I don’t deserve it. Direct my steps today so they bring You honor and praise.
Child, I am drawing you to Me now. I am turning all things around. What you saw yesterday will not be today. It is all turning around for My pleasure and the good of those who love Me. For I am God, the God who delivers and sets free. I am the One, the Winner above all others.
Yield yourself to Me. Your body is the temple of My Holy Spirit. Now yield yourself to Me.
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Your Victorious Future
I will give you a new heart and out a new spirit within you, I will take out the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you to walk in My statutes and you will keep My judgments and do them. Ezekiel 36:26-27 NKJV
Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.1Corinthians 6:19-20 NKJV
If you will just stop overeating, you will lose weight.
But Lord, what do You mean?
If you will do as I told you before, eat three meals a day with half portions and no snacks, then you will lose weight.
photo by ACChild, you want to lose weight, but I want to strengthen your spiritual listening skills. I want to make you strong. At this time you see yourself as weak, defeated, and a disappointment to Me.
Just as Gideon said he was the least of the least, you think the same about yourself because you are oppressed by your own personal Midianites.
But My child, I say to you, “O Mighty Warrior.” Come out of hiding and come forth to your victory, the one I have already planned for you.
photo by ACChild, every time you reach for extra food whether it’s a second serving, an excess serving, or a snack serving, you open the door for compulsive overeating. Child, this happens every time and you feel trapped in despair. You feel that you cannot stop overeating.
But My child, I have come forth to set you free. Just as I told Gideon, I’ll tell you, “I will be with you. You will defeat your personal Midianites.”
photo by ACLord, I won’t ask for a sign like Gideon did. I believe you.
Child, you will have a sign. As you listen to Me, follow My instructions, and eat in submission to My orders, then your scales will go down in number. This I promise you. In fact, I do not lie and I always keep My promises. Once I speak, they come forth.
Now I say to you, ‘Get up out of this hole you dug for yourself.
I have already given you victory for I am with you and I am Victory. Now go forth and walk in your personal victory.
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Feed On This
You’ve set me free from captivity and now I’m standing ready to fight some more! Psalm 18:36 TPT
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
. . . Your God has commanded you strength. Psalm 68:28
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7
So Lord, what can I do to break this cycle of losing weight, binge eat, gaining weight, experience sorrow, repent, lose weight, binge, and repeat again?
Child, I’ll break this cycle for you.
But Lord, how? What can I do? Continue reading
Jesus said, “So you believe because you’ve seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.” John 20:29 MSG
Lord, in this verse You were talking to “Doubting Thomas” after You revealed Yourself to him.
But now I’m asking for help. Help me hold on and keep believing those scales will go down. 
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Buffets-tools of Satan? I think so. As I looked back over time, I then realized weight gain started when we were on that cruise ship. All those buffets, so many options and so much food. Fill your plate. Go back for seconds. Eat as many desserts as your hearts desires. Greed is encouraged. Lord, buffets-tools of Satan? Yes, I think it’s so. Lord, what do You say? Continue reading
Child, know that you’re not a failure. For you are Mine and I will forgive all your failures, but you are not a failure. Your victory is here now. Continue reading
