Diet Devotional

"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord"

2 Corinthians 5:6

David had never been able to stick to a diet. He had tried a number of times, but nothing seemed to help him lose weight. Then he met Jennifer. She was cute, and friendly, and thin. David was suddenly more ashamed of the way he looked than he had ever been before. He began a new diet, and this one worked. David's whole personality changed. He gained a new confidence and strength of will. What we struggle with at one point becomes easy when we receive the right incentive. With God as our incentive, we can do wonders. Without God, we are helpless. With God, we can do all things.

Today's thought

I will make sure to keep God close by all day!

 Devotions for Dieters: A 365-Day Guide to a Lighter You

Dan R. Dick

Affirmation

"The key to meaningful connections with the people in your life is making yourself whole by honoring your body, mind, and spirit- filling the voids that cause you not to love yourself. You can’t give love if you don’t have it. And can’t receive love (or even perceive) it because you won’t recognize it when it shows up, you’ve got to care for yourself in order to be able to care for others."

Oprah

Wisdom

Clarity and Direction

In spite of our best efforts to work our programs and lean on God’s guidance, we sometimes don’t understand what’s going on in our life. We trust, wait, pray, listen to people, listen to ourselves, and the answer still does not come.

During those times, we need to understand that we are right where we need to be, even though that place may feel awkward and uncomfortable. Our life does have purpose and direction.

We are being changed, healed, and transformed at levels deeper than we can imagine. Good things, beyond our capacity to imagine, are being prepared and brought to us. We are being led and guided.

We can become peaceful. We do not have to act in haste or urgency just to relieve our discomfort, just to get an answer. We can wait until our mind is peaceful. We can wait for clear direction. Clarity will come. The answer will come and it will be good for us and those around us.
Melody Beattie
The Language of Letting Go

Wisdom

Duality of Perfection & Flaws Within One

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Beauty

Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty,

Only because there is ugliness.

All can know God as good because there is evil.

Being and non-being produce each other.

The difficult is born in the easy.

Long is defined by short, the high by the low.

Before and after go along with each other.

So the sage lives openly with apparent duality

And paradoxical unity.

The sage can act without effort

And teach without words

Nurturing things without possessing them,

He works, but not for rewards;

He competes, but not for results.

When the work is done, it is forgotten

That is why it lasts forever.

Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life (Living the Wisdom of the Tao)

Dr Wayne W Dyer

Diet Devotional

March 12

'. . .The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.'

2 Chronicles 15:2

In this day and age, promises are made easily and just as easily broken. We promise ourselves that we are going to lose weight, then we turn around and cheat at every possible chance. For this reason, we ought to include God in our diets. Whereas we might break promises that we make to ourselves, we stand a much better chance of keeping the promises we make to God. When we break promises to ourselves, we have no one to answer to, but when we break our promises to God, He expects us to explain. Promising God that we will lose weight makes dieting much easier.

Today's thought

I will lose weight for God's sake!

March 13

"But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."

Proverbs 1:33

Jesus faced many terrible experiences in His lifetime. The Bible tells of many incidents where crowds of people sought to kill our Lord. Whenever the pressures got too great, Jesus withdrew and spent time in prayer. That is an important lesson for us to learn. There will be times when the pressures build up while we try to lose weight. When the pressures get too much for us to handle, we should turn to the Lord in prayer. He will comfort us, strengthen us, and give us the courage we need to face every new day.

Today's thought:

Jesus will take my mind off my diet!

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"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

Isaiah 41:10

Will the diet ever end? That question gets asked an awful lot. What starts out as a good idea soon becomes torture. Giving up seems to be such a good idea. It's at those times that we need the most strength. We need something to pull us through the really tough times. The love of God is just what we need. God will give us strength and courage and will help us fight off the temptation to quit. Call upon the Lord, and He will uphold you, He will strengthen you, He will stay with you, no matter how tough the diet gets.

Today's thought

If I can make it through the tough times, I can make it through anything!

Devotions for Dieters: A 365-Day Guide to a Lighter You

Dan R. Dick

Diet Devotional

"And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."

Genesis 28:15

When I was little, I just hated to be alone. I was afraid of being by myself. When my family got a dog, it made my fear go away. There was never a time when I was alone again. Just having some other presence with me made a huge difference. Now that I'm grown up I still have a constant companion who will never leave me alone. That companion is God. No matter what I do, I know I am not alone in the endeavor. My diet is no exception. When I feel the most alone, I just rely on the support of the Lord, and He gives me strength beyond measure.

Today's thought

God helps us to be the best we can be!

R.I.P

A Sad End To A Troubled Life

Anyone with family and friends who struggle

with addiction perhaps understands the hope

that "they" will overcome the disease of addiction

and the challenges of life

it is always painful when

one who struggles

loses the battle

R.I.P

Lucas!

Corey Haim

1972 - 2009