To fellow MFP Christians out there

Ummm... WHY AREN'T WE FRIENDS? lol

I totally agree with the nice person who posted about "MADE TO CRAVE", it is a most excellent book and I encourage others to read it as well. it is a nice place to start. Talk to others in your church family as well, find community around you in your daily life there and create a new social circle of people who a) seek Him in everything and b) support and encourage you as you do the same through your weight loss.

Whats that? You have a shortage of those people on hand? lol Congrats! Me too! lol So here I am! lol But seriously, I prayed and still do, to find those people, and God has been like a beacon of Light, bringing these kind of people to me. He will do the same for you. Just stay with it. He is good. he is faithful. He is never late.

I have some "power verses" I keep on hand and use A LOT! Write em on your mirrors, in your car, on your hand, whatever you need to do to remind yourself of these promises. They are truth in a world of subjective "facts". These are UNSHAKABLE FACTS.

1. YOU HAVE INCREDIBLE STRENGTH: COLOSSIANS 1:11-12
2. GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE AND HAS PLANS FOR YOU TO SUCCEED: JEREMIAH 29:11
3. YOU HAVE VALUE AND WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE: 1 CORINTHIANS 6:20
4. WE TRAIN OUR BODIES LIKE ATHLETES FOR A REASON: 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27
5. YOU CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE: MATTHEW 17:20

That should help you get started! Use this as a time to really dig into your Bible and get reacquainted with His Word. God Loves YOU SOOO MUCH. He longs to communicate with you RIGHT NOW. He is watching you begin this and He desperately wants to be involved in every single moment of it. By reading and learning His promises, it is like reading a very personal letter from Your True Love to you, the One who knows you better than ANY human ever has or will. He is watching you go through this and He doesn't want you to do it alone. He is there. Learn His Words, Tuck them in your heart. They are promises of hope, of Love. They are keys to success not just in this, but in ALL endeavors.

Love you my precious, victorious, and BEAUTIFUL sister in Christ,
Kimi

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Can you please take this over to your own group.
Not all of us find imaginary friends so appealing and can do things of our own volition.

You came here, looking for us, not the other way around.

Ahhh.. the mockers! We knew they were in the crowd somewhere! lol Hey guys! Guess what?! JESUS DIED FOR YOU, TOO! It's ok! He will take ya still! :flowerforyou:

Philippians 4:13 ~ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

On my own I can do nothing, with Christ, I can do ANYTHING.

Hebrews 11:24-26 ~ By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; CHOOSING RATHER TO SUFFER AFFLICTION with the people of God, THAN TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON; ESTEEMING THE REPROACH of Christ GREATER RICHES THAN THE TREASURE in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Moses, through faith, recognized that temporary pleasure gained from doing the wrong thing, could not measure up to the reward at the end of the longer, harder road. Doing the right thing is rarely the easy thing to do. Your body is going to tempt you to give in and give up. Don't do it. Keep fighting. Keep your eyes on the prize. NOTHING tastes as good as fit and healthy feels. Sure, you're going to experience moments of failure, as Moses did, but he never gave up. He kept doing what God had called him to do, and he gained an eternal reward for it. In this particular case, God has called you to start taking better care of the body He has given you. When you have a moment of failure, don't let it stop you. Get back up with God's help and keep fighting. Recently, I posted in my MFP newsfeed that I was in alot of pain from a recent workout. A friend commented that it's weakness leaving my body and that it (weakness) likes to make a grand exit. My response? Okay, weakness, go ahead and fight all you want because the struggle will only make me stronger. It's like strength training at the gym. Without resistance we never get stronger.

Thank you so much for posting that. It was just what God wanted me to hear today, so I praise Him for your obedience.

Philippians 1:5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God

This and a daily prayer asking for guidance, and a thankful heart for God helping me make it through one more day.

Made To Crave is an AWESOME read!!! For many of us, our weight gain wasn't caused simply by eating a little too much here and there. A life of emotional eating lead us to gain that weight. Living to find our comfort in food instead of in Christ...
My turning point came a few months ago when I realized that I needed to surrender my weight issues to Christ. I had to acknowledge that I was addicted to food just as someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol. When I did this. Things changed. It doesn't mean that it's been easy and there are no longer cravings, there still are, but they are few and far between. The biggest change is that instead of running to food when I'm emotional, I run to the Y to work out or simply take a walk!
God is good and wants us to lean on Him in this battle!

So glad to find fellow Christians on here!

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Can you please take this over to your own group.
Not all of us find imaginary friends so appealing and can do things of our own volition.

You came here, looking for us, not the other way around.

yes, but my thread about disliking Nickleback gets deleted because its not a thread everyone can take part in....how is this different?

I can't believe you are comparing nickleback to our Faith in Jesus Christ....

I am just saying if the rules state thread must be able to include everyone that goes for Jesus Christ as well.

Can you please take this over to your own group.
Not all of us find imaginary friends so appealing and can do things of our own volition.

You came here, looking for us, not the other way around.

yes, but my thread about disliking Nickleback gets deleted because its not a thread everyone can take part in....how is this different?

I can't believe you are comparing nickleback to our Faith in Jesus Christ....

I am just saying if the rules state thread must be able to include everyone that goes for Jesus Christ as well.

Jesus is for everyone...

Read Made to Crave and sign up for Dieter's Devotions Both of these are awesome and have helped me tremendously along my journey.