I have unearthed the secret that many many people including myself have paid mega bucks for! The secret to losing weight is... WAIT WAIT WAIT... now I am not going to write a book (right now) and charge you all $24.95 and make millions. I will give it away for free tonight! Do you since the sarcasm? The secret to losing weight is duhn duhn duhn.... Healthy Eating and Exercise!
Disappointed? Angry at me? There is no magic pill and I am truly sorry. Yep, I mean you will lose some weight with a healthy diet, or cutting calories but when you add in exercise!!!! Man oh Man, that is the key the kicker. I really changed my eating habits dramatically cutting out fast food, sugar, meats, bad carbs but I was not getting the results I thought I should. I was obsessing about the scales and weighing more than once a day! I was resentful and resisted exercise. But I have been doing some serious walking now and getting the results that I am finally excited about. Did I mention I gave my scales to someone who only lets me weigh in once a week. I feel so much better now that I don't have to see the scales in the bathroom and obsessively get on them multiple (gonna go ahead and admit it) times a day.
The secret to sticking with a healthy eating plan and exercise is the supernatural strength and love from God.
After church on Sunday, I walked and prayed. During Darren's sermon, God thumped me on the heart and I realized that I am passive aggressive and that is damaging to my relationships. So I prayed and listed the ways I think I exhibit passive aggression which by the way comes from anger which by the way comes from pride. We can trace our sins back to pride every time. Anyway I show passive aggression by judging others, talking behind someone's back, controlling the argument, manipulation, withholding love, not confronting people, complaining, tone of voice, shutting down communication, leaving, giving up on relationships, being cold towards someone, creatively (not in a good way) insulting someone, the list goes on and on. Thank you Lord for allowing me to see these things in myself, and help me to change so I can improve my relationships. Praying is FREE TOO.
Not to be flippant, but speaking of FREE!! God gave His only Son so we can FREELY accept his gift of eternal life. This is real people. It is not a theory. It is the truth. We are not going to be floating around the heavens in a bubble. It is not a dream. We are going to live real lives at the right hand of the Father. This is concrete and tangible. I know it is hard to fathom, but it's going to happen. God loves us so much that he made a way for our sins to be forgiven, so we can live eternally with him. You do not need another person to confess to. You can pray right now. As the Bible tells us, “For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved” (Romans 10:9-11).
You will be saved, your sins forgiven, and live eternally with God by accepting the offer. By believing that Jesus is your Lord and Savior who died on the cross and was raised from the dead by God the Father 3 days later, and by confessing your sins and repenting of them - turning away from your sins and towards God, you will be saved.
In Acts 16:30-31, the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas: “ . . . ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved . . . .’ ”
“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13
This is a really good website on how to be saved... www.allaboutgod.com/how-to-be-saved.htm
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