“Well Lord, here I am again! Right back where I started! Lord, after a whole week of obedience, I blow it big time! I ate some cookies before bed, then after being asleep for a few hours, I woke up and finished the leftover chicken salad with some crackers! Now, here I am again, in Your Presence Lord, with crumbs from my sin all over my face! When will it ever stop? Is there any hope for me?” Continue reading BACK TO START AGAIN!!
LORD-GIVEN FREEDOM
“Lord, I want to do Your will! Thank you for helping me yesterday, helping me not get that extra piece of chicken and that second piece of cake. Thank you Lord, for only You could stop me from eating too much. Thank you for convicting me as soon as the food was in my hand. Because of Your conviction I dropped the chicken and put the second piece of cake back, thank you Lord. Continue reading LORD-GIVEN FREEDOM
GOD LAUGHS AT MY SCALES!
7:30AM weight ### / 8:15 AM weight #### down 1 lb. – Yea!!! / 8:30AM weight ### up 1 lb. – Huh?/ 8:35AM weight # up 2 lbs. from 7:30AM??? WHAT???? . . . All I did was take a shower and brush my teeth!!!!! How can this possibly be????? Continue reading GOD LAUGHS AT MY SCALES!
THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS
Lord, I didn’t lose any weight, in fact, I gained! Ahhh! I ate what I thought was Your will and now I gained! What happened? Continue reading THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS
THE PATH OF FREEDOM
“My child, lay aside that self-help book, it will not help you. My Book will help you! You will find the answers you are seeking in My Book.”
“Yes sir.”
“My child, . . . do ye still not know that I love thee so? It is My love that will deliver you. There is no self-help book that will bring you freedom and deliverance from your bondage, only My book will. Look no more for your answers in man written books, but choose My book. I will be your deliverance.”
HERE I GO AGAIN- STARTING OVER AGAIN
“Lord, how wonderful it is! How thankful I am! Lord, I am bowing before You again. You Lord, have mercy for me yet again. For this, I offer praise unto You!”
At age 601/2, I am finally going to defeat this enemy of the extra weight that so easily besets me. Yep, the saddlebags and the bondage of overeating banished forever through the power of the Holy Spirit!
“Lord, I know You are my only hope of freedom! Diets don’t work, not for me! I either won’t or rather don’t stick to a diet or an exercise program. Lord, You are my only hope. I am coming before You, laying down the sacrifice of all my extra snacks and sweets on Your holy altar as my ‘sin’ offering.”
( “My child, I gave My life already as a sacrifice for your sins. Sacrifice is not required from you, My child, what I desire from you is your love and your obedience.”)
1 Samuel 15:22 NKJV: So Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.
LOOK FOR THE VICTORY!
. . . Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians:6 NKJV
My child, I will finish what I have started. No matter how many times you turn away, I will draw you back – for I ALWAYS, ALWAYS get the glory! Defeat does not bring Me glory; therefore, I have planned for you VICTORY! Victory, My child, is coming! Continue reading LOOK FOR THE VICTORY!
BEGINNING A NEW WALK!!!
Last spring, I started riding a bicycle to get physically fit. Then on May 16, 2011, I had a serious bicycle wreck. As a result, I ended up with surgery, seven screws and a plate, two months in a wheelchair, and several months of physical therapy. I am now released from the doctor, but I still walk with a serious limp and a cane for support. So much for getting physically fit! Continue reading BEGINNING A NEW WALK!!!
POWERLESS
” I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature, for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” Romans 7:18 NIV
Lord, here I am completely at “rock bottom”, fatter than I have been in years! Continue reading POWERLESS
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
BASED ON THE BEATITUDES By Pastor Rick Warren
Principal 1: Realize I’m not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable (Step one*).
“Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Matthew 5:3
Principal 2: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover (Step Two*).
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 Continue reading THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
