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Freedom February 29, 2008

Satan wants to destroy believers. He hates everything about us. He wants to make us defeated and ineffective. If he can’t have us in hell he will try to introduce elements of hell into our lives here on earth. He will torment us and try to separate us from fellowship with our Father. I know this because the word clearly teaches it, but I also know it because it has been my personal experience. Even now the evil one is trying to destroy me, defeat me, damage my testimony, and reduce my effectiveness for God. He is trying to keep me from sweet, intimate fellowship with Jesus by getting me to give my worship, loyalty, and attention to food.

I have discovered a helpful site and a 60-day Bible study on being free in my eating habits. Click here to visit the site. It is called Setting Captives Free. Let me know what you think.

The Sin of Sodom August 17, 2005

It is interesting to me that of the sins which brought judgment on Sodom gluttony is listed; “Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food and abundance of idleness” - Ezekiel 16:49.

Three things occur to me when I read this:
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People Who Love You Thick or Thin

Last night Hope said; “Dad, even if you were fat I would still love you and I would still hug you and snuggle with you.

When Kyle was a little boy he rode a school bus for one school year. In the morning I always brewed a pot of coffee and I would walk him out to the road where we would wait for the School Bus. I always hated seeing the little guy in his neat school clothes and mother-attended hair climb up the steps into the big yellow diesel dragon and drive away. I would stand and watch until the bus drove over the hill and out of site and then walk slowly back into the house.
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NEW SEMINAR August 1, 2005

HUNGER FOR GOD SEMINAR

I am working on a three or four hour seminar on Biblical principles to overcome bondage to destructive habits. I think the seminar will be called: “Hunger for God.” I will do the seminar in churches on Saturdays or Sunday afternoons, or on week-nights.

Let me know if you are interested in details. When I was in Nashville this summer I was writing in the lobby of the hotel and a woman came up to me and said; “I just want to thank you. I saw your video and read your story on your weight-loss and did what you did. I have lost over 100 pounds.” I was so happy to meet her and hear her story!

I would like to help others discover the power of Hunger for God.

Saying No to Say Yes January 11, 2005

One day my son Kyle came into my office and asked if he thought if he should take a break from his study and go to the park. It was a beautiful fall afternoon and the park was calling his name. Now this is not as simple a decision as it might sound. You never know what a park or picnic might hold. Both my father and I met our wives as at church picnics so you want to think twice before you stay home with your head in a thick textbook on “Environment, Humanities and the Race to Save the Planet,” while some other guy is hangin’ out with all the pretty girls. Anyway he wanted to know what to do and the advice I gave him is relevant to all who would achieve goals of any kind, including weight management goals.
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Resolutions and Weight Management January 3, 2005

I’ve been thinking about New Year’s Resolutions. I suppose weight management might be the number one New Year’s Resolution. I was reading the Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards. He was probably one of the greatest theologians and preachers ever in America. He wrote his resolutions in his youth and tried to follow them all his life. They are very lofty and deeply spiritual as was the man. Two of his list of life-long resolutions included moderation in eating and drinking. Here they are:
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Fasting April 9, 2004

If you are interested in weight management you should consider the historic Christian discipline of fasting for reasons different than you probably think. Fasting should not be seen as a weight-loss method. Fasting is focusing our attention and affection on God. Fasting is delighting in God over food.
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Cry Out to God January 14, 2002

When we face a foe so formidable that our life is threatened it is appropriate to cry out in desperation to God. Psalm 50:15 says “Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you and you will glorify me.” When I cried out to God in June of 2000 God gave me a level of self-control I have never known. Within six months I had lost 105 pounds. I am still experiencing that self-control today. Before I cried out I had to understand that my gluttony was a deadly sin. Only then did I cry out for God to deliver me.
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Tired of the Struggle January 7, 2002

People who battle with gluttony often write or tell me that they are tired of the struggle.
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Gluttony and Idolatry January 4, 2002

One of the truths that is setting me free from gluttony is seeing my gluttony as a form of idolatry. It helped me admit that if I had to eat to excess then I did not consider God to be enough for my soul. It was a breakthrough in my thinking to realize that I was looking to food for what only God could give. John Piper’s good book on fasting, “Hunger for God”, was a helpful resource on this.
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