God's Power...Not our Own...

Many people talk about willpower when it comes to losing weight...they say that is all you need...if you had it...you would not be overweight...

Now this might just be the case for people that do not have an issue with food...or that keep weight off very easily since willpower is quite easy when things are going good and easy...but what about for those people that keeping weight off is hard??? Well let me tell ya...willpower is NOT enough..since when things are hard or difficult...willpower goes down the drain...

So what do we need, you might ask...we need to look to God and his word for that answer...

John 15:5 tells us that "...for apart from me you can do nothing."

Apart from Christ our efforts are unfruitful...we just cant do it! When we try to do it alone or by the help of someone else instead of going to God...he is going to let us see for ourselves what will happen...and what will happen is that we will fail! We have to come to understand the scripture at Psalm 127:1 that says "Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted..."
What that means is that unless we go to God for the help of his Holy Spirit...our efforts and time is a waste...it wont last...that is why diets DONT work! They may work for a time...but for LASTING benifits...we must have God's help and direction...only then will we have a house (body) worthy of housing the Holy Spirit of God in!

So look to God and ask him for his Holy Spirit to help keep you strong and to help guide you in the ways that will work for LASTING benifits...
Just remember the scripture at 1 John 5:15 that reads "And we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for."
So we can be confident in our prayers to God that he will listen and when we ask for anything in line with his will for us...he will answer us!

Nikki's Thoughts to Ponder...

Here is a scripture that stuck out to me today...I am reading the book by Joyce Meyer called "Eat and Stay Thin" and there was a scripture that popped out to me while I was looking through the book...

2 Peter 2:19 which reads (New Living Translation) "...for you are a slave to whatever controls you."

In my notes that are in my bible it says that If we refuse to follow God, we will follow our own sinful desires and become enslaved to what ever our body wants...

So in refusing to do what God wants us to do...or by refusing to listen and follow God...we are becoming slaves. In the case for me...I am a slave to food. I have let it lead me instead of being led by God...I let my cravings and desires come before God and have let my mind be controlled by those cravings and thoughts. Instead of going to God for help and strength...I have gave myself over to this master...I have became a slave to food.

So as I read this...I find that what I see is that I have to not let the food control me...I have to use it in the proper light and go to God when I have the thoughts all the time over food. Having my mind thinking about food all the time leaves little room left to think and meditate over God and the things I should be thinking about...

So my prayer to God is this...

Dear Lord, my God...I come to you to thank you for this chance to change my life into one that serving you comes first. Please help me learn how to think on you and not on food throughout the day. Please help me put food in the proper place and not in the front of all my thoughts and feelings...Dear Lord help me learn how to live without having to think on food all day long...thinking of my next meal from the time I finish the meal before....instead help me think of you and your goodness and about things that will help me grow strong in my relationship with you God. I love you and I am your servant...help me in this fight with my mind. In Jesus Christs name....Amen!