Talking To My Weight Loss Counselor

Showing Off His Power

I enjoy showing off My power within the yielded weak ones, for then it takes away or rather destroys the power of those who think they have strength enough to defeat Me. Therefore, I will show them who I AM, and they will never forget the power of the Great I AM.

A while back I saw a model walking in high heels across the stage holding her head up high, showing off her beautiful dress. Then I thought. “Lord, I don’t want our conversation to be about models. But, I want to talk about You.”

But you, My Child, are like that model.

No Lord, I am wimpy and defeated.

But My child, soon you will be like that model walking around with your head held up high. You will not be showing off your body, but you will be showing off My power in your life.

Oh Lord, do you really think?

After all, it won’t be the first time I used a wimpy, defeated person to show off My power.

Oh Lord, I do want to be used by You. And I hate feeling so down and defeated.

My Child, your strength does not come from yourself, or from your accomplishments, but your strength comes from My Presence.

Thank you, Lord, for talking with me and encouraging Me. Also, thank you for giving me hope for the future.

But My Child, it is here. In fact, your hope is here, for I am your hope and I am here with you.

Thank you Lord.

Child, I use plump people too, not just what you call the ‘beautiful’ people. In fact, what makes one beautiful in My eyes is a heart of obedience. I don’t look at the outward appearance, but I do look at the appearance of an obedient heart. Overall, I can only use the obedient, yielded ones, submissive to My power and My will in their lives.

Yes Sir. Do with me as You will. But help me be strong enough.

My Child, where is your faith? Listen to Me as I speak. Your strength is not found in you, but rather it is found within My power within you.

Yes Sir. When do I get this power?

I’ll give it to you when I am ready for you to have it, when everything is set in place.

Yes Sir

I enjoy showing off My power within the yielded weak ones, for then it takes away or rather destroys the power of those who think they have strength enough to defeat Me. Ha! Then I will show them who I am and they will never forget the power of the Great I Am.

Thank you, Sir, for speaking with me and giving me hope. (Then I sensed His laughter as He anticipates what is about to happen.) Alright Lord, so what do you want me to do now?

Read Psalms 34

I will praise the Lord at all times.

I will constantly speak His praises.

2. I will boast only in the Lord;

let all who are helpless take heart.

3. Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness;

let us exalt His name together.

4. I prayed to the Lord, and He answered me.

He freed me from all my fears.

5. Those who look to Him for help will be radiant with joy;

no shadow of shame will darken their faces.

6. In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened;

He saved me from all my troubles.

7. For the angel of the Lord is a guard;

He surrounds and defends all who fear Him.

8. Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in Him!

9. Fear the Lord, you His godly people,

for those who fear Him will have all they need.

10. Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,

but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.

11. Come, my children, and listen to me,

and I will teach you to fear the Lord.

12. Does anyone want to live a life

that is long and prosperous?

13. Then keep your tongue from speaking evil

and your lips from telling lies!

14. Turn away from evil and do good.

Search for peace, and work to maintain it.

15. The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;

His ears are open to their cries for help.

16. But the Lord turns His face against those who do evil;

He will erase their memory from the earth.

17. The Lord hears His people when they call to Him for help.

He rescues them from all their troubles.

18. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;

He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

19. The righteous person faces many troubles,

but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.

20. For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous;

not one of them is broken!

21. Calamity will surely destroy the wicked,

and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

22. But the Lord will redeem those who serve Him.

No one who takes refuge in Him will be condemned.

Psalms 34: NLT

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Oh No! Let Go of the Desserts!

Child, you aren’t willing to let go of the desserts. So you need to be stronger, and I want to increase your strength. Are you willing to accept another 40-day challenge, 40 days of no desserts in order to increase your inner strength?

Also, My sunshine is important for you and water is to wash your body out. Remember when I told you 15 minutes of sunshine a day? Are you willing to accept the challenge of 40 days of no desserts, 2 glasses of water, and 15 minutes of sunshine daily?

Let go of desserts — You can let go of desserts.

Yes sir, I’ll try.

No, My child, I don’t want ‘try’. I want commitment. I want to increase your strength. Already this past week you have not followed My instructions, and you held on to that dessert even though I stirred your heart to let it go.

My Child, freedom from addiction comes through complete surrender. You have not surrendered all yet. I require complete obedience, fully with all that you are and will be. I demand complete surrender.

That’s why you are struggling now, you’re functioning in your own knowledge, and your own power. I want to fill you with My power.

Okay Lord, how do I do this?

My child, it’s back to basics. I want you to seek Me for direction over every meal. You have the three meals a day with no snacks down pat. But you’ve been eating larger portions and insisting on your sweets. So let go of your desserts for now.

I want My Presence to be your sweetness. Therefore give up your sweets for a while, 40 days.

Lord what about the birthdays coming up?

Child, as you seek Me, I will lead you. All of this is not about losing weight, although you have enjoyed the positive comments from others and I have enjoyed the attention and success too.

All this is to show forth and point the way. I am the road to success, not man made rules, but leaning on Me. Seek My will and obey. Trust and obey for there is no other way.

So, Lord, am I to start eating ‘diet’ food? Is this like the scripture about eating food offered to idols?

No, My child, again you are looking at diet rules, I want you to look to Me and no other source. Just focus on My Presence to help you for it is I who brought you this far.

My child, I want your heart yielded more than a slim body. I want the victory of a yielded heart more than a weight loss goal. Make it your goal to increase in My Spirit versus the goal of decrease in body size. I will take care of your body if your focus is on the spiritual first. I want to strengthen your spirit, so let go of desserts for now.

Alright Lord. But how do I increase in Your Spirit?

Seek and you will find. Ask and ye shall receive. Spend your thoughts, your energy, and your desires on Me. After all, what do you want more, your desserts or Me?

Lord I want You.

Then My Child, let go of what is in your hand and allow Me to fill you with Myself.

Feed On This

So, here’s what I want you to do, God is helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life- your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life– and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. . . Romans 12:1 The Message

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 NKJV

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God’s Presence Brings Success in Weight Loss

Child, all this is not just about losing weight, although you’ve enjoyed your success in weight loss. All this is to show forth and point the way that I am the road to success, not man-made rules, but leaning on Me. So, seek My will and obey how I lead you. Trust and obey for there is no other way.

Lord, do I start eating diet food again to lose weight faster?

My child, again you’re looking at diet, man-made rules. I want you to look at Me, no other source, Me. For it was I who has brought you this far.

My child, I want your heart yielded more than a slim body. I want the victory of a yielded heart more than a weight loss goal. Make it your goal to increase in My Spirit versus the goal to decrease in body size.

I’ll take care of your body if your focus is on spiritual first. I want to strengthen your spirit.

Alright Lord, how do I increase in Your Spirit?

Seek and you will find. Ask and you will receive. Open your thoughts, your energy, and your desires to Me. What do you desire more, My Presence or your desserts?

Lord, I want you.

Then My child, let go of what is in your hand and allow Me to fill you with Myself.

Yes Sir. Alright Lord, what now? Direct my steps.

Child, that’s exactly why you have to depend on Me for every bite of food that enters your mouth for I will feed your spirit instead. I will remove the desire for earthly food and make you hungry for spiritual food. As you increase spiritually, you will decrease physically. Then you will have success in weight loss. That is a ‘given’ and an always.

Feed On God’s Presence for Success in Weight Loss

And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:24-25

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:17

And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and He will give it! He won’t see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures, but He will overwhelm your failures with His generous grace. James 1:5 The Passion Translation

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Don’t Fast for Me – God

Child, I want to ask you about your ‘fasting’. When you’re fasting, do you see yourself as more spiritual than others? Do you have some ‘pride’ in your successful fasting?

Well Sir, I have felt some pride when I was successful in fasting.

Then don’t fast for Me.

Child, I want to ask you another question. Are you fasting because you think it will bring a quicker answer to your prayers? Do you think fasting will influence Me to grant your wishes?

Well Sir, I have fasted because there’s an outcome I desire.

Then don’t fast for Me.

Then Lord, what do I do?

Submit your food and yourself to Me. Allow Me to fill every part of your life, not just the parts you are willing to let Me have. For instance, you submit your Sundays to Me, but what I really want is all of you.

Here’s a new fast. Every hour of your day, stop your activity long enough to have a ‘short talk’ with Me. This is fasting of your time. Then every time you eat, consider what is before you. Give to Me that you would consider the most pleasurable.

It’s not the giving up of food that I’m seeking from you. Instead, it’s our relationship, the seeking of My Spirit I desire. It’s My desire that you find pleasure in My Presence, not your food.

Now this fast will be between you and I, for no one will be aware of what you’re doing. Only you and I would know. It’s the attitude of your heart I am seeking, not your food denial.

Okay Lord, what about family celebrations? Don’t You realize all the desserts that will be at the family gathering?

My child, I could remind you of all the suffering I went through as I gave My life for you? But what good would that do? For already I see that your heart is as the rich young ruler that didn’t want to give up his riches. My Child, I will intercede for you.

I am trying to teach you a great truth. Will you not yet understand? My child, what I desire is your heart, not your food.

Okay Lord, I do want Your Presence more than the food. But what will I say to those at the family gatherings who will encourage me to eat and taste?

Concentrate My Child, on expressing love to each and every single person at the family gathering. Ask about their lives and then listen, really to each one. Touch each person with love. Then no one will speak to you about what to eat. You will see, Trust Me.

Okay Lord, it’ll be a fun experiment to see what You will do.

Okay My Child, you’ll see and you’ll learn, for I will teach you. Because I love you, My child, and I want the best for you.

Lord, I love You too. I realize that you want the best for me. Just help me Lord to live out Your will for each day.

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“We have fasted before You!”, they say. “Why aren’t You impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and You don’t even notice it!” “I will tell you why!” I respond. “It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves. . . Isaiah 58: 3 NLT

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 NLT

And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. Matthew 6:16 NLT

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Trust God, Never Give Up — Never Give Up

Happy Birthday Beautiful -250 years!

Happy birthday Beautiful Lady! You are amazing and blessed by God.

Yes, when you were young, you had high expectations of freedom for all.

You also had very high ideals of principles and justice for all.

But the years and all those who argue about what should be and what shouldn’t have caused you some deep wrinkles. They argue to change your ideals of freedom.

During one period in your past, they even broke you. Everyone thought it might be over for you.

But through the grace of God, you got it back together to shine forth once more.

In spite of those many struggles throughout the years, you still emerge as a shining beauty.

Even with your many ongoing struggles today, you’re still one classy lady.

God has blessed you beyond what was imagined in your beginning.

Yes, you are amazing! God bless you, beautiful lady! Happy 250th birthday!

Let’s Pray for Our USA

Lord, I ask for your continued blessings across this land of USA. Help the people to realize what a thing of beauty she really is. We ask for Your wisdom to lead our leaders, both those we elected and those who were appointed, even those we disagree with.

Grant them Your wisdom to lead. Turn their hearts toward You and Your laws for they are eternal laws. Grant USA leaders who seek Your guidance to lead the people according to Your will for this USA.

Bring healing to this land. Presently, she has many broken places and broken people, even broken leaders. I ask for your supernatural healing power to cover this USA and your people.

We also ask for Your supernatural protection. There are many who have ill intentions toward USA. Their goal is to destroy what You began. Even some of the so-called leaders want to destroy this USA and recreate her into something else rather than the freedom You gave her.

Protect her people, the ordinary people who want to work and make this USA a better place for free people. Turn our hearts back to You. That’s our biggest problem; our hearts have turned away from You to serve our own selfishness.

But Lord, bring a renewal of our desire to seek Your Presence. Deepen our hunger for You. Overall all else, You are our only hope for restoration of what our beginning leaders envisioned.

We praise You for Your mercy over our USA and we ask for Your continued mercy. Restore all of us as one people under God. Only You can heal our nation. No man can work a miracle to heal us, only You have the power to heal what is broken.

But You, Almighty God, are the God of the impossible and You can do all things. Therefore, we ask for Your healing power to cover our nation. Join our hearts together as one nation under God.

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Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. . . Psalm 33:12

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible. Mark 10:27

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God’s Will Leads You to Victory

Child, if you follow as I lead you, then I will lead you to victory. Child, I enjoy rewarding My children when they are obedient to My will. Know this, I am with you.

Sometimes you wonder where I am because you don’t hear My voice as you once did. But all this time, I have been standing by your side guiding you throughout this whole process.

Just because I am silent for now is not reason for you to question. Know that I am always with you. In fact, I have never left your side. As long as you seek My guidance, I will lead you to victory.

Also, you do need to drink more water. Now don’t get stressed over keeping count of your water glasses. Just increase your water intake. How much have you had today?

Uhhh, one.

My child, for your body water is the same as oil for your car. Water keeps all your parts lubricated. Also, you need to get out of the house and get more sunshine.

God grants each of us a new day toward our victory, the one He designed for us.

Allow My sunshine to kiss your face. But not too much. Remember all things in moderation. Allow the breezes of My wind to blow your hair and allow My birds the pleasure of granting you a performance of their musical recitals.

But Lord, I don’t have time. I have several projects on my “to do” list that need to be done. And I have the project You gave with a deadline.

My child, you’re stressing over a deadline. Know that, since I gave you the project I will bring it through to completion. But it is not My will that My children sit before their computers or cell phones all day without moving. I want you up and out enjoying My sunshine.

Just take 15 minutes a day of sunshine. This is as important to your body as My Word is to your soul. Your doctor prescribed a dose of Vitamin D. But I prescribe a dose of My sunshine. My child, I want you strong. Now do as I say, I created you and I know more than your doctor.

Also, spend some of your time soaking in My Word for it will feed your spirit and increase your strength. And soak in My Presence for therein you will find peace, joy and courage. Now trust Me for I will lead you to victory. In fact, I promise victory and I always keep all My promises.

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I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalms 32:8 NKJV

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. Joshua 1:8 NLT

Despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. Romans 8:37 NLT

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The Call of Food Lust*

And He said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord- that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding ” Job 28:28

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Hey you . . . come here.

Look at me. Don’t you see me?

Oh baby, don’t I look good.

You just want to eat me with a spoon.

I’m so sweet and creamy.

Come on now. You know you want me.

I’m waiting here just for you.

All alone here by myself,

The last of my sweetness.

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Hey you. . . come here.

I’m calling your name.

You know I’ll give you pleasure.

I’ll make you feel so good.

You know I will fill you with joy.

My pleasure is waiting just for you.

I’m just yours, all to yourself.

You’ll love it. Umm . . .so good.

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Hey you . . . come here.

You know you want me.

It’s the holidays, you can overeat now.

Everybody else does, so it’s ok.

Don’t be so strict, relax a little.

Just one little snack won’t hurt you.

Everybody gains a little now and then.

Oh come on, I’m the last piece.

If you eat me now, no one will ever know.

It’ be our little secret, I won’t tell

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Lord Jesus, HELP! I need you now.

Do you hear how that cake calls to me?

Help me resist this temptation.

Turn My eyes away from this forbidden snack.

You said that if I ask for strength and wisdom You would

provide a way of escape. HELP!

This last piece is hard to resisit.

I want it gone, never to torture me again.

Thank you, Lord, for I know You will help me.

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My Child, I love you and I will provide a way of escape for you. While you drink your warm tea, focus on the warmth of My love for you. My Presence is more satisfying and sweeter than any sweetness you will find on earth. Come be with Me. Commune with Me. Allow Me to fill you with Myself.

That cake will not satisfy desire for love, for only I am the true source of love. I have come to bring you fullness of life. Overabundance of cake will only bring you abundant size and tight clothing. But I will bring you true love, true joy, and true peace. I will fill your spirit to overflowing with My love. Come to Me, My Child.

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For everything in the world- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life- comes not from the Father, but from the world. 1 John 2:16

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1

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Child, It’s Time You Work for Me

Child, it’s time you work for Me.

Lord, forgive me. I’ve wasted so much time on mindless scrolling through social media. Help me break away from this new addiction.

So, Child, what did you do for Me today?

Lord, I sent a prayer to a friend of mine.

Child, I’ll ask again. What did you do for Me?

Okay Lord, I did nothing today.

Child, look for something you can do for Me today. In fact, look for something you can do for Me every day. Do you remember when I spoke to you last year “You will work for Me, or you will work for Me?”

Yes sir. I remember.

Well Child, it’s time you work for Me.

Okay Lord, show me how. Lead me, guide me.

Child, working for Me is more than just reading your Bible and saying your prayers. After that, you think you’re finished your work for me. But no, I say you’re not finished working for Me. In fact, you will never be finished until it’s time for you to come home to be with Me

So, what do you want me to do?

First of all, seek My will for each day. Then open your eyes to see those I place around you. Look for someone to speak My love to.

Lord, I do ask you every day to lead Me to your will.

But Child, you keep your eyes focused on that social media. Come up for air, My Child. Look up to see those around you. Look around to see those who I place in front of you. Tell them about Me. Tell them of My love for them.

Yes Sir. Help me do so.

Child, your walking steps don’t matter until you’re walking as I lead you. That phone is not your source. I AM your source. So today look for the one I send to you.

Yes Sir.

Child, first of all, look for the people I place in your life. The real live people that I place before you are more important. People, individuals in person are opportunities to share My love are the most important.

Withdraw from your social media. Breathe in My Presence. Become so full of My Presence that it becomes an aroma surrounding you. I want to cover you with My Presence.

Yes Sir. Help me yield, help me surrender my will to Your will.

Child, as you listen to My voice and obey as I lead. You will be overjoyed with the results; both victory in your life and in the lives of those I send to you. Look for at least one person every day. I will send one every day if you will only open your eyes to see and open your ears to hear their heart cries.

There are people all around you with heart pain, emotional hurt pain, or just struggling to survive life pain. Those are the ones to look for. Those are the ones I will send to you, if only you’ll look up from that phone.

Yes Sir. Help me to follow Your guidance in obedience and be a yielded vessel. Help me to experience a real life of victory, not life of social media, but real people socially in person.

Lord, I do ask for forgiveness for all the time I have wasted zoning out on life. And I ask for forgiveness for pleasing my flesh versus seeking to please You.

Create in Me a new heart for You and Your Presence, Your will. And Lord help me to be steadfast in obedience and love for You. Grant me the exact words to share Your love with others.

Child, I want you to focus on the people I place before you. Share my love with them.

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Sing to the Lord, bless His name; proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among the peoples. Psalm 96:2-3

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalms 32:8

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul. Psalms 138:3

You Are Not Ready

Child, you are not ready.

Lord, ready for what? I’ve always thought I was ready for the rapture, even death, but am I? Am I saved?

Yes Child, you are saved. But you are not ready.

Lord, ready for what?

For what is coming.

So, Lord what is coming? Is it hurricanes? Is it a stock market crash? What is coming? What should I do to get ready? I’ve heard “get your ducks in a row.” But Lord, what ducks do I need to get in a row? What do I need to do to get ready?

Do we get guns? Do I buy up food to restock the freezer and pantry like I did before the covid shutdown? Do I get ready for martial law, days of darkness, major catastrophes like earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.? What should I do to get ready?

Lord, I saw on the news where young people were smashing and breaking in places to steal. The police couldn’t handle them. Is this going to spread?

Yes.

Is that what I am to get ready for?

More than that.

Days of darkness, I’ve been hearing about? What about martial law? I’ve been hearing about that too.

They are indeed coming.

Is that what I should get ready for? Hurricanes, is it hurricanes?

Child, take inventory of what you have. Keep your heart ready and humbled before Me. Keep your heart submitted fully and completely before Me. If your heart is fully yielded to Me, My will, My guidance and you follow exactly as I lead you, then you will always be alert and ready.

Trust Me to guide you for every step you take, everywhere you go, everything you do, even to what you say. Pray before you respond. Pray before you answer the phone.

Lord, is there a World War coming?

Child, the world is already at war. But you are not ready,

Lord, what would You have me to do to get ready? And ready for what?

It is coming

Lord, what is coming?

All of the above. Most important, get your heart and mind ready to seek My guidance and trust Me before all you do, where you go, and even to what you speak. Always speak life, the abundant life found only in My Presence.

Lord, create in me a new heart completely yielded to Your will, Your guidance and Your wisdom. Create in me a steadfast spirit, where I always follow Your guidance in all my ways, and words. Direct all my steps.

Lord, help us get ready for whatever is coming. So, what do I do to get ready?

Stay focused. Listen for and to My guidance. Follow as I direct.

Lord, help us get ready.

Child, as long as you seek My will and follow as I lead, I will help you. I will guide you. But when you seek your own ways, then I will let you have you own way, which is not always beneficial. In fact, most of the time it’s not beneficial because My wisdom is higher than yours. So, its for your best interest and benefit to seek My wisdom over all things. Then follow and obey as I lead you.

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The men of Israel looked them over and accepted the evidence. But they didn’t ask God about it. Joshua 9:14 MSG

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The men of Gibeon lied to the Israelites, and it eventually caused trouble. Therefore, no matter who comes to you telling you whatever, always inquire of Me and ask for My guidance every time for I will always lead you correctly. Seek My counsel over everything, all things and obey. Follow as I lead you in My wisdom.

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I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalms 32:8 NKJV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:5,6 NLT

Draw close to God and God will draw close to you. . . James 4:8 NLT

Success Begins with the First Choice

Child, success begins with your first choice. Whether to obey Me or not, you get to choose. But consequences always result from your choice. Whether its negative or successful, your results are always determined by choice. And you always get to choose. Your success, rather your victory to overcome is always the result of your choice.

But Lord, my will is weak.

Child, if you come to Me, I will make you strong. But know this, as you come to each choice decision, each time you choose to resist temptation, and choose correctly as I lead, then your strength will increase.

Strength upon strength, victory upon victory until your goals are achieved and success arrives at your door. Success and victory are determined by many wise choices built upon each other. But it all begins with the first choice.

Lord, help me choose Your will today with all my choices. But how do I know what to do, say, even eat, especially eat since I want to lose this extra weight? Originally, long ago, You lead Me to eat only three meals with no snacks or extra servings. And You delivered me of those 90 pounds.

But now here I am, older and it seems I am physically more fragile and weaker than ever before. So, what is Your plan for now? Do I go back to 3 meals a day without snacking again? Do I give up all desserts? Do I cut my food in half like before? Do I go on a specific diet?

So, what do I do now? How do I begin? Will I be able to follow Your plan for my eating for another 40 days as You had me to back when I lost that 90 pounds?

Child, you can do all things with MY help. You can do all things including eat what is sufficient and follow My guidance as I lead. That’s the most important choice you can make, to follow My guidance as I lead you. As you stay yielded to My leading and obey as I lead, you will find your victory. In fact, I always lead My children to the victory I designed just for them.

The deciding factor that determines your victory and success begins with your first choice. So, what do you choose, My child? Your way or My way?

Lord, I want to choose You, for I know you are the source of peace, joy, love, and real success.

Then come to Me, My child. Submit yourself to My will as I lead you. As you submit to My will, and My guidance you will come to your victory. But it always begins with the first choice. You get to choose. So, My child, what do you choose?

Oh Lord, I want to choose You.

Then come here, My child, into My presence. Read My Word for further instructions. Learn from the example of others, their victories and their failures too. Then come here, My child, so I can lead you to your victory. After all, I have many plans for you, plan to give you a hope and a future.

Oh, what a future I do have planned for you. Rejoice for your victory is here. In fact, I’m holding it in My hand. Come into My Presence so I may bless you with the fruits of My Spirit. Allow Me to cover you with the assurance of My love for you.

Here I am Lord. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Maybe if I’m full of Your Presence, I won’t desire those treats of pleasure food. I want to find my pleasure in Your love and Presence. Here I am Lord.

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He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40: 29-31 NIV

Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Ephesians 4:22-23 NLT

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