"So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. "
Hebrews 4:16, NLT

Weight loss is a battle that we can not win on our own. We must have someone on our side to help fight the battle. God is on our side......He is there to help us. He is there to help us when we need it most...He never leaves us.

"For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. "

Philippians 2:13, NLT

God is on our side....He wants what is best for us. We make bad choices because we are tempted and deceived by satan. We give in because we have a sinful nature (from satan) and free will (from God) to make our own choices. God does not want us to be puppets, he wants us to make our own choices. Where we fail is when we are tempted we rely on our own self to make the choice instead of going to God about everything. God will show us the way if we seek Him!!

He planned good for us....

"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago. "

Ephesians 2:10, NLT

God did not plan for us to struggle with food and weight issues. These things are a scheme of the enemy.... to tempt us unmercifully until we give in and over indulge in the sinful pleasures of food.... and then to condemn us for giving in and over eating making us feel even worse about ourselves.
God is loving and forgiving and would never plan such destruction in our lives. We need to learn to forgive for the momentary lapse of indulgence and move on in our lives to seek what is good and healthy.

We have it all...

"By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life..."
2 Peter 1:3, NLT

God has given us everything......so why do we feel so inadequate? Because we don't believe! We don't believe that we have the power that God has given us, we see ourselves as weak. The enemy knows this and sends out his demons to beat us up and harass us.....temptation, guilt, shame, condemnation, these things are not from God.
So let's all start believing in what God has given us through Jesus and resisting the devil when faced with his schemes against us. Let's start believing in love, encouragement, patients, understanding. Let's all stop beating ourselves up when we give in to temptation but, instead forget about it and move on in God's understanding and strength so that we might stand up to temptation the next time....and resist!!!

Too good not to share....

"So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up."

Galatians 6:9, NLT

So let's not give up doing what is good and healthy...we will receive a blessing.

We all need to remember to keep putting on our full armor of God (Eph. 6:10-17) because things are not as they seem to the naked eye. There is a spiritual battle going on all around us. Satan will try to get in the way of where God wants you to be. He comes to steal, kill, and destroy, he tempts, lies and deceives, he devours, controls and accuses. Satan never quits but you have the authority over him, God has give you all authority. Resist and the devil will flee. Be on guard and let God do the work. God says "I will contend with the one who contends with you". Be strong...God will never leave you. For if my God is with me then whom than shall I fear?

2 Verses of the day........

These are just so good I had to put both of them on here today!

"You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it."
Matthew 21:22, NLT

"Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you."
Matthew 7:7, NLT

We all have bad days and we need to call upon the Lord with our request, our desires, our hurts, He cares for us and for every little thing in our lives!

Verse of the Day

"It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God."
2 Cor. 3:5, NLT

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"He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless."
Isaiah 40:29, NLT

Lord,
I'm weak, I need your strength in my life. Please give me power over food so it won't have power over me! Thank you for all that I have accomplished so far with losing weight. You are the only reason I could have done this. I know you are right by my side!!
Thank you !!

I saw your sky fall down today
Suddenly turn from blue to grey
Till one by one the raindrops
Turned to tears upon your face
Wish there was something I could do
Wish I could ease the pain for you
But I’ve never felt so helpless
It’s like you’re drowning right in front of me
And I’m reaching out but you can’t see
There’s something holding on to you so tight
So I guess this is all I’ll say to you tonight

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I’ve always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I’m where I’ve always been
Right by your side, right by your side

If the whole wide world is on your back
If the strength you need is the strength you lack
If you’re in a crowd but all alone
If you can’t stay here but you can’t go home
If you can’t answer all of the why’s
‘Cause you’re too tired to reach that high
I want you to remember

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I’ve always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I’m where I’ve always been
Right by your side, right by your side

If the whole wide world is on your back
If the strength you need is the strength you lack
If you’re in a crowd but all alone
If you can’t stay here but you can’t go home
If you can’t answer all of the why’s
‘Cause you’re too tired to reach that high
I want you to, I need you to remember

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I’ve always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I’m where I’ve always been
Right by your side, right by your side

Verse of the Day

"But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength..."
Isaiah 40:31, NLT
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I am weak...

"Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
Mark 14:38, NLT

My body is weak, I give in to temptation very easily. I am working on not eating something just because it is there and it "looks good". I'm trying to make healthy choices but not denying myself either.....if I really want to have something I can then focus on having a small portion and not the whole thing.....and being satisfied with that. I also try to work it into my daily allowance of calories. God is faithful and will always be there to give you strength when you call on Him.
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Verse of the day

"But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength..."

Isaiah 40:31, NLT

Something new...

"Do not call to mind the former things or ponder the things of the past. Behold I will do something new, now it will spring forth: will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness. River in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19

God wants to do new things in you! Don't look back at all the failures and dissapointments in your life only look to HIM for something new. He will make a way, a path, a new road to go down. Better than ever before!! Look to God for your future.


" Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3

"All that God asks of us is an opportunity to show what He can do. Let God work in your life!"

Verse of the day...

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"...He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along."

Mean People...

This morning I commented on a blog about how to deal with "mean people".  I had no idea I was going to have an encounter with a "mean person" today.   I was really put to the test though!  What does this mean???  How did I handle it???  I mainly walked away and did not talk to her, then talked to 2 of her supervisors about what she is doing and saying to hurt me and others (in tears of course).  This is a person who needs to have complete control over everything that is happening around her.  Why?? Only God knows.  Maybe she is hurting inside.  Maybe she doesn't realize what she is doing??  Only God knows.  How much better am I being by talking to others about her and what she is doing??  

Luke 6:27 Says...Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. I thought about this verse all the way home.  I can pray for her....that is something I can do!  Hurt people need to be healed! Only the power of God can heal. And we need to remember our real enemy isn't the people who hurt us, but Satan, who uses those people against us.

Who are we really fighting against?

I used to tell myself "This is the way God made me".  Now I believe this is not entirely true.  God did make me creative, smart, beautiful,compassionate, loving, caring....God did not make me fat. God did put a lot of wonderful food  on the earth for me to fuel my body and enjoy in moderation but it was the enemy who tempts me to eat for so many different reasons than necessary.......comfort, sadness, boredom, loneliness, fun, celebrating....you name it.....and thus putting unnecessary extra pounds on this body that God entrusted to me.

Satan will try to get in your way daily to keep you away from where God wants you to be.