Psalm 37:4 (AMP)
4Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
I have come to realize in the past year that this verse is so so true. Especially now that I have finally really thought about what it is saying. God is not going to give you the desires of your heart unless you are delighting yourself in Him. If you are delighting yourself in Him you are going to want His will in your life. You will be so close to Him that the desires of your heart will be whatever He wants for you.
This is what I want in this new year. I want to be so close to Him that all I want for myself is what He wants for me.
I have come to realize in the past year that this verse is so so true. Especially now that I have finally really thought about what it is saying. God is not going to give you the desires of your heart unless you are delighting yourself in Him. If you are delighting yourself in Him you are going to want His will in your life. You will be so close to Him that the desires of your heart will be whatever He wants for you.
This is what I want in this new year. I want to be so close to Him that all I want for myself is what He wants for me.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (AMP)
19Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own,
20You were bought with a price [purchased with a [a]preciousness and paid for, [b]made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.
This verse clearly says that our bodies are not our own. They belong to God and have only been gifted to us for a time. In the time we have them we should honor God in everything we do.
I have worked my hardest to honor God in every way possible. The one area that I am lagging in however is honoring God with my physical body; as in my health. If He is amazing enough to give me life, I should be thankful enough to work to have a long and healthy life so I can lengthen my time as a witness here.
Because I want to honor Him in every way possible in this new year I am continuing my weight loss pursuit in an attempt to be healthy.
In this blog I will be brutally honest and open about everything concerning my weight loss and my walk with God.
To start out being completely honest, I don't talk about my weight...EVER. I have always been embarrassed about my weight because I have ALWAYS been overweight. A great friend started a blog kind of documenting her weight loss and it has been great not only for her but for myself and those of us who need a little inspiration. She has lost of 100 lbs in a year. Crazy right!?!
So, if she can do it what is stopping me? Myself. And I'm tired of it, so here it is:
My starting weight: 247
My current weight: 218
My short term goal weight: 170 (I'm going on a cruise in March and would love to have lost this much weight!)
My long term goal weight: 140
I am approaching the rest of this weight loss differently than I did the first 29 pounds. Prayerfully.
I hope that as I go through this experience myself and blog about it I will be able to find inspiration from others and maybe even help someone else.
Good luck to you all in your weight loss pursuits in this new year!
20You were bought with a price [purchased with a [a]preciousness and paid for, [b]made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.
This verse clearly says that our bodies are not our own. They belong to God and have only been gifted to us for a time. In the time we have them we should honor God in everything we do.
I have worked my hardest to honor God in every way possible. The one area that I am lagging in however is honoring God with my physical body; as in my health. If He is amazing enough to give me life, I should be thankful enough to work to have a long and healthy life so I can lengthen my time as a witness here.
Because I want to honor Him in every way possible in this new year I am continuing my weight loss pursuit in an attempt to be healthy.
In this blog I will be brutally honest and open about everything concerning my weight loss and my walk with God.
To start out being completely honest, I don't talk about my weight...EVER. I have always been embarrassed about my weight because I have ALWAYS been overweight. A great friend started a blog kind of documenting her weight loss and it has been great not only for her but for myself and those of us who need a little inspiration. She has lost of 100 lbs in a year. Crazy right!?!
So, if she can do it what is stopping me? Myself. And I'm tired of it, so here it is:
My starting weight: 247
My current weight: 218
My short term goal weight: 170 (I'm going on a cruise in March and would love to have lost this much weight!)
My long term goal weight: 140
I am approaching the rest of this weight loss differently than I did the first 29 pounds. Prayerfully.
I hope that as I go through this experience myself and blog about it I will be able to find inspiration from others and maybe even help someone else.
Good luck to you all in your weight loss pursuits in this new year!
You have already came so far sista. I'm proud of you and you are such an amazing witness. Can't wait to read all about this:)
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