You are in the fight of your life. You are in a fight for your life.And you are fighting not only for your life, but other peoples' as well.Time is getting short. The world is getting darker. According to news reports, Christianity is declining in America.Many people...
What is abundant living to you?Love? Joy? Peace?Just as fruit grows from a tree, so is spiritual fruit designed to grow out of your daily relationship with Jesus Christ.We are meant to grow in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,...
Is food occupying your mind where God should be?It was a hard question I had to ask myself when I struggled with emotional eating."Food is not the fix for everything" was the lesson I had to learn.You see, if I was mad, I ate; if I was sad, I ate; if I was bored, I...
Is your tongue writing checks that your body can't cash?God once led me to do a study on the Scriptures about gluttony (overeating), and this is the unusual definition He gave me for it: "Overeating is your tongue writing checks that your body cannot cash."That...
Whenever you are working on a goal, it is easy to get discouraged if results take longer than you want.Discouragement is like weeds in a garden: If you don't pluck up these thoughts, they can take over!I recommend using the same question I used to take the option to...
Have you ever wondered why you sometimes make the wrong decisions?How you can increase your emotional intelligence so you can make the right decisions?I discovered the shocking truth about how our brains make decisions recently. If you don't know this, you will always...
Have you ever considered the relationship between Jesus and food?Yes, food tempted Him too!Even though the particular food that tempted Him may have been different from ours, the struggle was real nonetheless.Hebrews 4:15 tells us: "For we do not have a High Priest...
I was working on a difficult project recently and in the midst of it, I noticed tension in my head, neck, shoulders and chest.It was painful.Have you ever felt that way?Mental distress or resistance (such as when you battle temptation or procrastination) often...
Have you ever bought a car, then suddenly start seeing that same car model everywhere?It's not like someone started putting more of those cars on the road—it's just that your vision changed.Now that the car model is relevant to you, your vision changed to pay...
"Does God really care about our weight?" A young woman emailed me that question once after reading about my Christian weight loss success story. I gave her the short answer, but it inspired me to look deeper at the subject. In this article, I want to share my answer...
Having once eaten my way up to 240 pounds and a size 22, I ate for many reasons that had nothing to do with body hunger.Overeating is becoming even more common in an age of food abundance, advertising and the addictive properties of man-altered foods.Although both...
Recently, I was researching a nutritional article when I came across this photo of a garbage bag on a plate.The author was saying that many people complain of weight gain, low energy, mood swings and other negative symptoms.However, their diets consist of nutritional...
Have you ever driven to work—and then arrived with no memory of the drive?It doesn't have to be just driving to work, but anything you do out of habit.The Lord brought the "driving to work" example to show me that the same experience of driving to work...
Several years ago, I taught a Take Back Your Temple small group class, and a common theme emerged: Many of the ladies had problems saying no.Because they were so busy saying yes to everyone, they didn't have much time left to take care of themselves.So food became the...