REGARDING YOUR WEIGHT!

SPIRITUAL PASSAGE: "19 Or do you not know that YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY and in your spirit, which are God’s." - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Beloved, Let us go medical today. Here are seven principles for dealing with a weight problem:

(1) Realise that your body is not your own. ‘…your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you… therefore glorify God in your body.’ (1 Cor 6:19–20). Remind yourself that you’re the manager of a body God has entrusted you with, to do His will each day.

(2) Keep a food journal to determine how much you’re eating, or not eating. Focus on eating foods that help your body, and avoid or minimise foods that hurt it.

(3) Listen to the concerns of your loved ones.

(4) Check your weight against the standard weight charts to see if you’re at a significant variation. It’s easier to lose five kilograms than twenty.

(5) Instead of going on repeated diets, write down the kinds of food you will and won’t eat, and the portions.

Brethren, It will definitely take time for your new discipline to take root and your will to strengthen. However, each day you do it, your self–control will increase until you start feeling so good about yourself that your old appetite begins to lose its grip on you.

(6) Avoid fat-phobic people with a judgmental attitude toward those who are overweight. Often they’re just masking their own insecurities and reinforcing your distorted self–image.

(7) Stay on course. You may have several ups and downs, but with determination and God’s help you’ll get on the road to freedom. ‘You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. (Hebrews 10:36). So, help yourself for God to also help you!

SOULMEAL: Eph 1:1-4:16, Matthew 25:31-46, Psalms 79, Proverbs 17:24-26.

Pray: 1. Lord I thank God for the grace to know the Truth. 2. Lord I ask for the grace to do the needful 3. Lord I want you to help me in the area of my health in Jesus mighty name. Amen

��CONFESSION: Lord Jesus, I receive grace to always hearken to your voice, devil I resist you and your voice from now on, I receive power to be spiritually sensitive to the things of God, Lord because you are the Lord that knoweth all things; please teach me how to take of myself medically in Jesus name.

©OLUTUSIN J.O.Y

Shalom!!!