Friday, April 30, 2010

Whew

Glory to God that this semester is almost over, I think I bit off more than I can chew, so to speak. Working full time, taking 18 hours of college work and being a dad of two young children, well, let's just say all things are possible with God. I have spent much time in meditation and prayer, seeking God's will alone. Without Him, I would've ran away, I would've quit, or totally broke down by now. The first leg of this college journey is nearly over, I praise Him for guiding me and blessing my grades thus far. Thank you God for all that you are :)

Monday, April 26, 2010

Action points to Freedom

James 4:7-10 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The Truth and Hope

This place continues to be a cold drink of water in the hot desert of life, check it out if you need any encouragement or any hope:

www.weighdown.com

Or check out the place we I get the honor of attending and fellowshipping with like minded people:

www.remnantfellowship.org

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Light

Isaiah 60

The Glory of Zion

1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the LORD rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.


Following the footsteps of Jesus Christ is true freedom, walking in His path leads only into true light and away from the darkness we have all been in. Praise God that we can all wake up and make this choice daily to walk in His steps.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Peaceful Life

I love this peace that passes all of my understanding. I now know that if I obey, that if I seek a relationship with God first, then I can have peace. I can now pray and not just think they're hitting the ceiling, God actual loves us and loves us enough to answer prayer personally. He is so good, He merely just wants us to be faithful and obedient children, like an earthly father would want from his own child. He is more real than I ever used to give Him credit for, and He is amazing. I never knew this until I heard the truth through Weigh Down, it has set me free in every area imaginable. C'mon, just try it, just try giving all your love to God for a month straight, and just see what happens :)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Lovely time of year

God is so revealing and beautiful this time of year. His greatness springs forth through the vivid greens and the majestic blue skies, truly, we are blessed. I never looked at nature this way, until my eyes were open to our magnificent Creator. I praise God for the truth that set me free, www.weighdown.com, a message of love, hope, change and peace.

How Weigh Down Helped Me Lose Over 250 Pounds!

Andy SorrellsI 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!