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1. How to Cure the Spiritual Obesity of Today's Spirit-Filled Church ...

In Acts 2, we find the disciples waiting to be baptized by the Holy Spirit. Millennia after that first outpouring of the Spirit of God upon the early church, we now find ourselves facing another outpouring ...

Created on 18 June 2019

2. Your 1 Corinthians 6:12 Cure for Obesity ...

No diet ever worked for me to lose weight and keep it off back when I weighed 430 pounds. However, I'm glad it didn't. If it had, I would be sure I had invented the cure for obesity. Beyond that, thoug ...

Created on 13 June 2018

3. Americans Have Never Been More Overweight Than They Are Now—New Survey Finds 40 Percent of US Adults Are Obese

... pushing those foods on us anyway. The average American diet is extremely self-destructive, and it is time for a change. If we do not change, our "obesity epidemic" will continue to grow even worse. Th ...

Created on 19 October 2017

4. Holy Spirit's Uncomfortable Key to Help You Obey Mark 12

"Do you love Me with all your heart?" I was just reading my daily Bible reading like a good girl and then, He had to ask me that question. I squirmed. The question caught me off guard. "You shall love ...

Created on 19 April 2017

5. The Real Reason You Can't Stop Overeating

The account of the woman at the well in John 4 is a beautiful story of how Jesus desires to meet our deepest needs. (Now, if you're a man, don't stop here because this story is about a woman. It applies ...

Created on 21 February 2017

6. Why a Surprising Number of Christians Cling to This Destructive Addiction

Is anger eating you alive? I talk to many people who are angry. Most of the folks I deal with think they have found a good way to deal with their anger. They just eat it away. It really doesn't taste very ...

Created on 17 February 2017

7. The Missing Ingredient to Lasting Weight Loss That Secular Programs Just Don't Get

Body image and weight issues are two of the most overwhelming personal topics in our world today. Information abounds in the world about the danger of being overweight. Every day we see another "magic ...

Created on 18 January 2017

8. One Major Reason So Many Christians Cave to Sinful Indulgences

Ever feel as though you are free-falling without a parachute and no one to catch you? It's as if at any minute you might plunge into the abyss of nothingness and no one would even notice? Although it's ...

Created on 05 January 2017

9. Is Detoxification the Answer to Obesity? ...

... than in America, and even rarer were sightings of obesity. From 1998 to 1999, I lived in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in China's southwest region, studying at Sichuan University and internin ...

Created on 02 December 2016

10. 7 Surefire Tips to Help You Say No to Gluttony During the Holidays

I used to have this love-hate relationship with the holidays. I salivated when thinking of all the decadent dishes I knew would be there, yet I hated the fact I had no ability to control what and how much ...

Created on 30 November 2016

11. A Kingdom View on How to Lose Body Fat

This morning during my Scripture meditation, a weird thought occurred to me regarding how to lose body fat. This is the Scripture on which I meditated: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, ...

Created on 28 November 2016

12. Willpower Means Nothing in Your Weight-Loss Journey Without This

Jane Brody, a health columnist at the New York Times, once wrote an article titled, "Many Fronts in Fighting Obesity." She addressed many issues that in fact play a role in one's ability to win the batt ...

Created on 10 November 2016

13. Doctors Said She Had 5 Years to Live—17 Years Ago

In 1999 when a cardiac surgeon told me I only had five years to live unless I lost at least 100 pounds (preferably more) and kept it off, all I could think about were the things I'd miss. I wanted to choose ...

Created on 18 October 2016

14. Why Many Christians Never Taste the Abundant Life Jesus Promised

Have you ever been like me, thinking, "What is going on?" I love the Lord, go to church and study the Word, but sometimes things just don't seem to click. Jesus promised us an abundant life. He told us ...

Created on 14 October 2016

15. This One Thing Can Make Your Bones 'Vibrate With Life'

I love the feeling of being utterly alive, of feeling health and well-being flowing through every part of me, of that bones vibrating thing.1 It didn't used to be that way. As a matter of fact, I felt ...

Created on 19 September 2016

16. Crushing the Vicious Source of Sluggishness and Disease

... ey want! Then they reap what they sow in obesity, heart disease, cancer, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, reflux disease, sleep apnea and loss of quality of life. Webster's dictionary defines g ...

Created on 07 September 2016

17. Watch What Happens When You Surrender This Addiction to the Lord

Body image and weight issues are two of the most overwhelming issues a person deals with on a daily basis. We have a constant reminder on billboards, radio, TV and in the news that obesity is an epidemic ...

Created on 18 August 2016

18. The Biblical Weight-Loss Strategy That Beats Dieting

Today I celebrate 63 years of living on this Earth. For the first time in my life, I feel like, with God's help, I really am on the other side of food addiction. It's that place where even though I am ...

Created on 05 August 2016

19. What Is Missing in America's Battle With Obesity? ...

It is obvious, looking around and seeing all the news about obesity, that there is something missing in the battle of the bulge. In today's world we are bombarded in the news, books and billboards abou ...

Created on 02 August 2016

20. How This Stronghold Can Sabotage Your Weight-Loss Efforts

It comes in all shapes and sizes. It's hidden in small incidents that trigger flashbacks. It grabs hold of you and doesn't seem to want to let go. It stymies any healthy living journey. It's the main tool ...

Created on 29 July 2016