Monday, March 29, 2010
Passover
I love this time of year! Spring is changing the dead grass into bright green grass! Tonight, we got to celebrate God's Passover as a family, truly a blessing as we remember what He has brought us out of and celebrated the life we get to live for Him now. Each item at the Passover meal was a beautiful reminder from God of how He delivered the Jewish people out of Egypt. I never got to celebrate this growing up, but now I see it as a way of my life. Read more about the Passover story and what the Bible says about it in Exodus 12.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Truth
Romans 8:18 "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Only He must reign alone
God's ways are perfect, the Bible says so. The more I deny my ways, the better off I am. It takes leaps of faith, it takes much prayer, it takes a fight, more so some days than others....but, I've never had one single regret choosing God's will over mine. Now, if I reverse that....then all I would do is live a life of regret and pain...so, there it is, nice and simple, choose doing God's will!
Here's where I learned:
www.weighdown.com
www.remnantfellowship.org
Here's where I learned:
www.weighdown.com
www.remnantfellowship.org
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Daily plan
Matthew 6:33-34 (New International Version)
33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I'd go crazy if it weren't for these words :)
33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I'd go crazy if it weren't for these words :)
Thursday, March 18, 2010
A cool stream
Good morning all! It's been a little while since I last updated. This has been a very busy time of the year as I am attempting to learn a new position at my job and also wrap up 18 hours of schooling this semester. Life is challenging and I know I would be a chaotic, massive mess without God. It's more than claiming His name and only calling on Him when I am in need, it's a real relationship with God. He is so much greater and more dynamic than this world gives Him credit for! I learned just how real and personal God can be through a weight loss program of all places! www.weighdown.com and www.remnantfellowship.org will provide this cool stream in the hot desert of life. Try it, you won't be sorry!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Isaiah,beautiful....
Isaiah 40 (New International Version)
Isaiah 40
Comfort for God's People
1 Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the LORD's hand
double for all her sins.
3 A voice of one calling:
"In the desert prepare
the way for the LORD [a] ;
make straight in the wilderness
a highway for our God. [b]
4 Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.
5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
and all mankind together will see it.
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
6 A voice says, "Cry out."
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
7 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever."
9 You who bring good tidings to Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, [c]
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
"Here is your God!"
10 See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power,
and his arm rules for him.
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.
SO much more....keep reading on your own to be set free!
Isaiah 40
Comfort for God's People
1 Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the LORD's hand
double for all her sins.
3 A voice of one calling:
"In the desert prepare
the way for the LORD [a] ;
make straight in the wilderness
a highway for our God. [b]
4 Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.
5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
and all mankind together will see it.
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
6 A voice says, "Cry out."
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
7 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever."
9 You who bring good tidings to Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, [c]
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
"Here is your God!"
10 See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power,
and his arm rules for him.
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.
SO much more....keep reading on your own to be set free!
Monday, March 8, 2010
My strength
Nothing in me is good. Not one single thing. God has allowed me to see how great He is and how much I need Him. And it's really more than a need, it's a want. I want to live for Him, I want to live pure and I know that it's possible to live away from the sinful life. He's given us all the tools we need, we just need to use them. Praise You Father, thank you for your conviction and your encouraging saints. I love you!!!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Truth
www.weighdown.com continues to change my life daily. I'm listening to Truthstream right now! It's amazing to have access to God's inspiring truth at my fingertips. Praise Him!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
This is it
Luke 10:27-28 (New International Version)
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[a]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b]"
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[a]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b]"
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Wild one
Wow, life sure is interesting. God has allowed a lot of refinement and testing over the past month, and especially the past 2 weeks. I don't blame Him, He only wants to know where my heart truly resides. I am standing firm, and standing up for the truth, because it has set me free. I praise God for knowing what experiential faith is, you put into practice and see if it works. I would not be alive, I would not be married with beautiful babies, if it were not for the change in my life. This change would not have been possible, if not for a program called the Weigh Down Workshop. It changed more than my size, it changed my outlook on life and really gave me a new life (ultimately because it points me to a one on one relationship with God!!!!) i recommend this program to everyone, even if weight loss isn't your thing. It is easier now than ever before to hear this truth. www.weighdown.com
www.remnantfellowship.org
www.remnantfellowship.org
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How Weigh Down Helped Me Lose Over 250 Pounds!
I was always the biggest and tallest kid in school. I weighed close to 11 pounds at birth and just went up from there! By the high school years, I had become very anti-social, very angry, and generally depressed. Even though I went to church growing up, all that I knew to do was to eat. My first year of college, I dropped out and was diagnosed as manic depressive. 
I started taking a variety of prescriptions to help me overcome this. I also began experimenting with numerous illegal drugs because frankly the doctor prescribed medications weren’t helping. On top of this, I was SO deluded in my own selfish pride that I thought everyone else was the problem. I thought they should change and I should be accepted for who I was. My life was quickly spiraling down,with seemingly no hope for the future. On September11th, 2001, I finally got fear. I realized that life was short and that I seriously needed to makesome changes. I met Maggie in 2000, and we were married in August of 2002. She had read Rise Above and done Weigh Down at Home and had had great success. Unfortunately, she gained some ofthe weight back while we had dated. At the end of 2002, she called the Weigh Down offices and got into a Weigh Down Advanced class. I watched her change emotionally, spiritually and physically. We joined Remnant Fellowship Church in February of 2003, and I took a Weigh Down Advanced class myself. Within 18 months, I had lost all of my weight, down 257 pounds!!!! I had also come off anti-depressants and the illegal drugs and am now full of joy and hope!!!!! - Andy
Weigh Down Helped Me Lose 300 Pounds
I want to praise God for the truth that has come from the Weigh Down Workshop. It is the only program that has ever loved me enough to tell me the WHOLE truth! I was raised up in the church and was thought to be a "good Christian girl,"but what does that mean? Well, I can tell you what it doesn’t mean. I was spoiled. I grabbed and got what I wanted when I wanted, never knowing that it is so detestable to God. I was very greedy for food, that got me to 440 pounds. I also would cut myself with a razor blade from my wrist to my elbows. I would steal and lie. I had sexual sins that make me want to throw up just remembering. I had 20 credit cards and owed over 20 thousand dollars in credit card debt alone.
I never knew until Weigh Down's teachings from the Bible, just how spoiled I was. It was so deeply rooted in my heart, that I still pray that God will scrape my heart so bare that nothing but love and devotion to him remains. It truly disgusts me to see that spoiled nature try to come up; never do I want to miss his spirit again. I used to be convicted of something days after it happened, but never enough to change. Now I want to change and never do it again. Praise God!! Praise God, I don't have to destroy his temple like I used to do again. Praise God for removing 300 pounds from my morbidly obese body!! A miracle!
Praise God he continues to teach me to be led by his spirit with the money he has blessed our family with. I praise God for being taught how to be a wife and a mother, and that he has blessed me with a godly husband and a beautiful son and daughter and true friends that tell me the truth and help when I have a need. Thank you God for Weigh Down, for this freedom, for all your blessings and for this true relationship with you!
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