The Spiritual Battle of Weight Loss

There was a day when I KNEW something was wrong in my son's world. He came home on leave and everything about him communicated extreme pressure, but when I asked him what was going on, he wouldn't talk about it.  Everyone in my family told me I was imagining it while I wondered how they could be so blind! So when he left, I fasted and prayed. It turned out I was right and those prayers were much needed. And now that the crisis is over, I find myself 70 lbs lighter and wondering how that happened.

God is so amazing. Fasting would be impossible for weight loss, but put God first and seek Him with everything you've got, and He answers, just like the Scriptures say:"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.  I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity"

I learned a lot in that time and my walk with God became extreme. Jentezen Franklyn taught me about fasting and how offensive it is to God when we focus on food instead of Him. I never realized how I was using food as a crutch when God was there the whole time inviting me to lean on HIM and even now, I find myself reaching in wrong places after a stressful day, or in attempts to alleviate my concerns...and God is there the whole time with open arms, calling. Why do I ever turn anywhere else?

More and more I am realizing that life is about choice. Do we choose Him? All of us have constant streams of concern of some sort, and the enemy seems to wait for us to be vulnerable to tempt us. How many times have I felt strong in my walk only to hear that little voice of temptation....resisted...but then it returns and chip chip chips away at my resolve.

Anyone else out there struggle with these issues? One resource I have found that helps is a little known audio by Bill Foote that I think is powerful and blessed. "Putting on the Armor of God" In it he describes something SO KEY...and that's to recognize that I AM in a battle, an extremely serious battle, I will always lose if I don't realize how extremely intense this battle is.

http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/foote_bill/armor/Putting_on_the_Armor_of_God.cfm

Please pray for me and let me know, I will pray for you too. God bless

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 Lord I lift up every member here and pray for your strength and encouragement. Only You, Abba Father, can quiet our minds, only You remain at our sides through the good times and bad, only You can orchestrate every circumstance that we can grow as You shape us into who You desire us to be. Whatever that is, Lord, we just seek freedom and relief from self-sabotage or boredom. Keep us awake, keep us on guard, stay with us as we keep watch, explode through our hearts and mind with worship song...and help us find those songs that just set our hearts on fire. We praise You, we love You, we worship You, we give it all to You because You are the power and the glory forever. Thank you so much for being there, for caring, for watching over us, for keeping the wolves at bay, for Your patience as we learn to walk in ever stronger ways. In Jesus name we pray, amen.

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"I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day...being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you... and I am persuaded is in you also. Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you...For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."

I looked up the verse and thought so much of the context was perfect for here. Lord I lift up each one of these people and ask for Your blessing upon them. Help us to walk in the Light as You are in the light. Show each of us what we need to know today and thank You for Your presence and guidance in our lives. In Jesus name we pray, amen.

I don't know about anyone else but the only success I have had is when I wait until I'm hungry, I learned it with the Weigh Down Workshop, and with that you can eat ANYTHING YOU WANT as long as you're hungry. It's awesome, you never feel deprived, you just have to wait, it teaches patience. You also learn to listen to your body signal what it's craving because I believe God gave us bodies to help us know what it needs. So I started out a LITTLE hungry but...I pray to do better tomorrow. Other than that it was pretty good. Anyone else? I know you have different strategies, how are you doing?

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I haven't been posting or writing very much for a long time because I'm being still about certain things, and waiting. In the meantime, I have been active in various ways, one being as part of a weight loss group. If anyone is interested in a closer walk with God as He helps you break a trouble area, addiction, stronghold, these are what I have been posting there and with the prayers of other Christians, I can't believe how much God is blessing me. I have never felt so free. Here is the opening post and I'll be adding to this as time goes on. I pray God give you breakthroughs in your endeavors. Feel free to comment anonymously or by name at the bottom of the page and we will pray for you too. It says, "No Comments" to start with,  just click on that.  God bless!

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Everyone has their own ways of trying to lose weight and that's great, but the one common thread everyone can have is seeking God for help. So if you want to lose weight for Godly reasons, for health, for energy, to repent from possible gluttony, for husbands, to find a godly husband, (and most important...) to give glory to Him; then I believe God is wherever you are to carry you. If your goal is to drive men wild, to lord it over other women in social settings, to feel superior, well, believe me, God knows and I highly doubt you will find much here.

Dieting almost always fails because so many of us approach it with an attitude of "I'm not good enough" as we are. Many beat ourselves up while mentally dangling seductive visions of ourselves born from today's culture. I know I didn't have the right reasons many years ago and it was like beating my head on a wall. I have learned since then how much God LOVES us, just as we are, today. He knows why we reach for unhealthy foods, He watched us grow up, He saw everything that tripped us up even before we could remember. I don't understand myself but I know God does, and I am always learning to trust Him more. I honestly think the Holy Spirit kept me from achieving my goal because God knew the trouble I would get into if I had the body I hoped for (good grief how I would have!)

So first and foremost, be honest with yourself. Ask God to search your heart and examine why you want to lose weight. Once you have that on the right road with Him, get ready to love yourself through Christ's eyes, which melts away that kneejerk reaction to toxic thoughts that cripple us. Toxic thoughts about ourselves and those around us. Anger, guilt, rebellion, there are so many reasons besides good taste that cause us to eat too much. My prayer is that all of us discover God's truths about how He sees us, about the love that He has for us, about His protection and strength in carrying the burden as we discover Him through our trials and the trials of others on this page.

I had a page like this before and the insights of friends were such a blessing to me. Community prayer covering over ourselves and others on this page is a huge part of it. If you join this page, please come back often and pray over all of us together, openly or alone with Him. Christian, Catholic, charismatic or not, it's all about being born again. God knows His own and His arms are open wide! Praise God!

"Or 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." (1 Cor 6)