Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, […]
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“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not
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Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath”. Mark 2:27 Imagine waking up to near silence. There are no chimes, apps, TV sounds. No ever-present electric buzz, but maybe the faint cluck of a hen or whisper of wind gently flapping whatever happens to be drying outside. There is
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Let me get this out of the way right now: there is no such thing as a “Jesus Diet”. There is no magical formula for weight loss if we would just follow Christ’s “three keys of eating”. I don’t believe in any of that nonsense. I don’t believe that there is a secret, biblical eating
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What’s your crazy? The definition of crazy has been defined as doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. How long have you been living in crazy-land? It might be about food. It might be about spending too much money on shoes. It might be some form of long-suffering with your
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“For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart” 1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV) Scurrying along the sidewalk on a dark night, we might ask, “Does this guy walking past me look like the kind of person who would pull a knife?” When sitting
At this point in my life I have worked with or spoken to a number of people who are in the middle of a weight-loss diet. I hear comments like “I ate X last night. Will I still lose weight when I step on the scale tomorrow?” or “I must lose thee pounds this week.
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“Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand” Matthew 12:25 Have you ever seen those old cartoons where the character has a little devil on one shoulder and a little angel on the other? He is being tempted, and each of them is whispering
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“Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” Psalm 73:25-26 If you haven’t noticed yet, I am a Bible-loving Jesus Freak. I am the nerdiest of scripture nerds.
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I don’t blame you. You have been on this whole weight loss journey thing for a very long time with little long-term success. And the gurus keep saying the same thing: “You need to get serious!” “You aren’t losing weight because you don’t want it badly enough!” Biggest Loser-style trainers are so confusing….they freak out
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