I am more than halfway through with reading the Bible, the entire Bible, through. I am so excited to be being filled daily with God's Word. I am behind two or three days but praying I catch up soon.
The Lord is calling me and putting it on my heart to meet with Him in the mornings. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young today was wonderful in reminding me of this.
Right now I am in Isaiah. It is difficult to understand completely what I am reading, but I know I will remember things as I go back and study.
More later...
Sunday, September 4, 2011
God is My Personal Trainer
I had the reminder today that God still is my personal trainer. I am so prone to just grab other ideas or programs or systems or guidelines to treat my body the way I want or think I should, but God reminds me again that He alone is all I need and He will show me what He wants for me. For me it is eating when I am hungry, stopping when satisfied, eating foods that make my body strong and a new boundary that I feel He is bringing to my mind that I have heard before is when tempted to put anything to my mouth, wait 5 minutes. Pray and ask Him why I want to eat and to for Him to fill me up, and if I still want that "thing" after 5 minutes then I can eat it.
I think as I do this more and more it will help me to realize that I really didn't want that "thing" to begin with.
In "Eating with the King" Terri Rockewell says in regards to getting confused and wanting to turn to many different things: (Page ix)
"Oh, I lost 25 pounds in those four months. But, don't seek Him for that reason! He's worthy of so much better than that! The pure JOY I experienced in the process of learning to be fed by my HEavenly Father far surpassed the thrill of tucking in my shirts and wearing belts for the first time since middle school. (But, that was part of the joy that Jesus and I celebrated together.
Our intimacy at that time was meal-by-meal, moment-by-moment. We celebrated the Lord's Supper all day. It was true communion as I waited upon Him for true bodily hunger and relied upon Him to show me fullness.
It really was as simple as that. Satan likes to confuse us with many options and complex costly weight loss plans and programs. Jesus simply says, 'Here I am. I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and him with me. -Revelation 3:20'"
Stuck is how I've felt the past two years. Stuck is not where I am staying. Lord help me press on in blind faith. Help me to journal all my thoughts and find the lies that I have been believing and give me truths from You to replace those lies, renew my mind Lord and renew anyones mind that is reading this that needs to hear Your truth and stop believing lies and live...live the abundant life in Jesus that you want us to live. Fill us up Lord, in Jesus Name, Amen
I think as I do this more and more it will help me to realize that I really didn't want that "thing" to begin with.
In "Eating with the King" Terri Rockewell says in regards to getting confused and wanting to turn to many different things: (Page ix)
"Oh, I lost 25 pounds in those four months. But, don't seek Him for that reason! He's worthy of so much better than that! The pure JOY I experienced in the process of learning to be fed by my HEavenly Father far surpassed the thrill of tucking in my shirts and wearing belts for the first time since middle school. (But, that was part of the joy that Jesus and I celebrated together.
Our intimacy at that time was meal-by-meal, moment-by-moment. We celebrated the Lord's Supper all day. It was true communion as I waited upon Him for true bodily hunger and relied upon Him to show me fullness.
It really was as simple as that. Satan likes to confuse us with many options and complex costly weight loss plans and programs. Jesus simply says, 'Here I am. I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and him with me. -Revelation 3:20'"
Stuck is how I've felt the past two years. Stuck is not where I am staying. Lord help me press on in blind faith. Help me to journal all my thoughts and find the lies that I have been believing and give me truths from You to replace those lies, renew my mind Lord and renew anyones mind that is reading this that needs to hear Your truth and stop believing lies and live...live the abundant life in Jesus that you want us to live. Fill us up Lord, in Jesus Name, Amen
Love to you...more later!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Being still
I am being quite and still as I can and listening to the Lord through my days. Letting Him lead. I don't have a lot to share right now but these two songs that He put on my heart the other day. He is teaching me to "chill out" and stop controlling and focus on Jesus. That is my daily lesson right now for a while, as long as He sees fit until its a renewed mind of just doing that habitually, maybe forever :) So these songs really were great to listen to.
This one helped me when I condemn, feel guilty, feel like I am falling short, He played this song on K-love at the PERFECT time, isn't He perfect like that?!
This one helped me when I condemn, feel guilty, feel like I am falling short, He played this song on K-love at the PERFECT time, isn't He perfect like that?!
This next song also I heard while listening to K-Love and Plumb was on with them talking and sharing. She said God had to teach her that He was the only one who could satisfy her...she would get all stressed out thinking she needed to do "this" exercise, eat "this" way, read "this" book on parenting, etc. He was the only one alone she needed and He told her to "chill out" and that He loved her, to calm down, be still, just stop.
More later...love to you!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Lies & the Battle in My Mind
To prevent me from God's will, walking by His Spirit that lives in me forever, is big fat lies and a big spiritual battle in my mind. Now this isn't anything that can't be overcome with the Lord on my side. But, there are lies that have kept me from truly walking this out and believing that it can be overcome and I can walk daily by His Spirit that lives in me. My main struggle seems to be with food for the last several years.
The Lord is changing me by His Word and by His Spirit in me. I long now more than ever to be close to Him, to be walking completely in His Spirit and to fill up with Him alone. I am doing none of this on my own but He is doing the work in me and giving me the desire and I am wanting to run into His arms.
Today this song has been on my heart...listen and then listen again, I am going to do that also, because I think these words are something He has really put on my heart, I've been singing it all day.
Love to you...more later!
The Lord is changing me by His Word and by His Spirit in me. I long now more than ever to be close to Him, to be walking completely in His Spirit and to fill up with Him alone. I am doing none of this on my own but He is doing the work in me and giving me the desire and I am wanting to run into His arms.
Today this song has been on my heart...listen and then listen again, I am going to do that also, because I think these words are something He has really put on my heart, I've been singing it all day.
Love to you...more later!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Saying Good-Bye to Food Once & For All
For me it is like letting go of a loved one. I cannot believe the hold that food has had on me the past two years. Having been freed from it twice already in the past 5 years, you would think I knew how to cling to God and let Him help me in this so I was never in bondage again. How did I end up back here you ask...the answer, one single compromise after another.
The Lord is showing me things, that I have seemed to been ignoring or in denial about the past two years, this past week. Things about sin and how that is what I should be realizing is going on, and not that I am gaining weight and am losing control. New perspective coming in my life and changes are in store in me as well. God is doing a new thing and He is working even now and the fruits of His work will be showing up soon, when I am not even expecting it! Thankful for that.
Two scriptures on my heart:
Isaiah 43:19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
The other I cannot seem to find at the moment but I know what the message of it is...it says that as soon as we think we have "got it" or that we are doing good, be careful because then we are sure to stumble.
So I want to rely on the Lord and learn to be more and more reliant on Him and not myself, because as soon as I think I have anything under control it will not be pretty. God alone. He is enough. Food has to go and cannot hold a place in my heart anymore.
It is like losing a great friend, this food. I'm turning my back and asking God for help to learn how to fully live for Him and ENJOY Jesus each moment every day and work through feelings and circumstances without my old friend (idol/god but totally not a god), food.
Good bye food (my love for it).
Lord help me as I step out in faith. I want this next day to be different. Forgive me my sins, cleanse me and help me turn my back to the idols in my life and turn my face towards You and enjoy life!~ Thank you for today and for life and breath, I pray whoever reads this today will hear what You are saying to them and that they will just love you more. In Jesus Name, Amen :)
Love to you...more later....
take a listen
Two scriptures on my heart:
Isaiah 43:19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
The other I cannot seem to find at the moment but I know what the message of it is...it says that as soon as we think we have "got it" or that we are doing good, be careful because then we are sure to stumble.
So I want to rely on the Lord and learn to be more and more reliant on Him and not myself, because as soon as I think I have anything under control it will not be pretty. God alone. He is enough. Food has to go and cannot hold a place in my heart anymore.
It is like losing a great friend, this food. I'm turning my back and asking God for help to learn how to fully live for Him and ENJOY Jesus each moment every day and work through feelings and circumstances without my old friend (idol/god but totally not a god), food.
Good bye food (my love for it).
Lord help me as I step out in faith. I want this next day to be different. Forgive me my sins, cleanse me and help me turn my back to the idols in my life and turn my face towards You and enjoy life!~ Thank you for today and for life and breath, I pray whoever reads this today will hear what You are saying to them and that they will just love you more. In Jesus Name, Amen :)
Love to you...more later....
take a listen
Monday, August 15, 2011
Good morning. I am caught up on my reading the Bible in 90 days. This week it is Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job and then into the Psalms towards the weekend. I am really looking forward to a week or more of reading in the Psalms. I feel it will be perfect timing too as it is the first week my kids all go back to school, I will need the Psalms for sure.
The change I am feeling in wanting to make in my blog will be that of something I learned while reading "A Woman After God's Own Heart" by Elizabeth George. She is talking about what we will do with our life and our passions and how God will use us. She talks about finding 5 areas that you are passionate about and just going to work studying and learning in those areas. To make 5 folders and just add things to them as you grow and learn. Well I have had my 5 folders for a few years but they are mostly empty. I feel that I am going to change my blog into my 5 folders and have 5 tabs on 5 different areas of life that I am passionate about and just learn and grow in the Lord and share in those areas as God teaches me. I am excited but will wait for the perfect timing to make those changes.
Lately in my eating I have felt the Lord really showing me to listen to Him. Weight gain has been the cause of me trying to lose weight or eat the way "I" wanted and not what He wanted. I have to align my desires with His and then things will flow and my weight will decrease.
I am not committing to another study until I am done with my awesome reading the Bible in 90 Days, but am reading through a book/devotional called Eating with the King and she talks about eating for hunger only. That is what the Lord is really calling me to focus on in walking it out each day. Lord help me to listen and obey. In Jesus Name, Amen
More later...love to you!
The change I am feeling in wanting to make in my blog will be that of something I learned while reading "A Woman After God's Own Heart" by Elizabeth George. She is talking about what we will do with our life and our passions and how God will use us. She talks about finding 5 areas that you are passionate about and just going to work studying and learning in those areas. To make 5 folders and just add things to them as you grow and learn. Well I have had my 5 folders for a few years but they are mostly empty. I feel that I am going to change my blog into my 5 folders and have 5 tabs on 5 different areas of life that I am passionate about and just learn and grow in the Lord and share in those areas as God teaches me. I am excited but will wait for the perfect timing to make those changes.
Lately in my eating I have felt the Lord really showing me to listen to Him. Weight gain has been the cause of me trying to lose weight or eat the way "I" wanted and not what He wanted. I have to align my desires with His and then things will flow and my weight will decrease.
I am not committing to another study until I am done with my awesome reading the Bible in 90 Days, but am reading through a book/devotional called Eating with the King and she talks about eating for hunger only. That is what the Lord is really calling me to focus on in walking it out each day. Lord help me to listen and obey. In Jesus Name, Amen
More later...love to you!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
MIA
I have not posted in a while. I have been sucked into reading the Bible in 90 Days and enjoying and being busy the last few weeks of summer. I have been praying about what the Lord would want me to talk more about on my blog and feel changes will be coming soon, good ones as far as I can see, and I look forward to seeing how it changes soon.
I am just combing through God's Word, getting to know Him better by seeing in the Bible how His character is throughout and how he responds and has relations with people in the Bible. It helps me so much to relate it to my life, and i am only 26% through the Bible. He has great things in store for me and my heart in this wonderful journey.
If you are interested in reading the Bible this way, I already know I will recommend it because it is changing me so much and teaching me a lot, check this out: Moms Tool Box!
More later, love to you!!!
Kim
I am just combing through God's Word, getting to know Him better by seeing in the Bible how His character is throughout and how he responds and has relations with people in the Bible. It helps me so much to relate it to my life, and i am only 26% through the Bible. He has great things in store for me and my heart in this wonderful journey.
If you are interested in reading the Bible this way, I already know I will recommend it because it is changing me so much and teaching me a lot, check this out: Moms Tool Box!
More later, love to you!!!
Kim
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