Hot Topics: Dieting

Glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:20 (ESV)

The greatest transformation in my life began when I committed to Jesus! My greatest physical transformation happened earlier (in my mid-30s) when I lost 220 pounds. (I went from 360 to 140.)*

Thanks be to God, I didn't gain them back, but I know a lot about being fat, because I WAS very fat… for decades. I also know a lot about diets, and I continue to study closely.

Today, weight loss is a red-hot topic! Here are 4 hard-won, researched perspectives:

  1. Fad diets don't work for lasting weight loss. While big losers regain the pounds they lost, diet gurus are the biggest winners.

  2. The pounds clinging to very large people, promoting heightened hunger and disease, delight Satan, Pharma, and food merchants.

  3. Constant diet talk helps no one but them. It makes people feel uncomfortable. Body-size obsession causes great harm.

  4. God's Word has a lot to say about food– and how to maintain a proper balance, good health, and optimum vitality.

Actors, models, and talent for Christ:

If you think you’re NOT beautiful, you think wrong. I deny all of Satan’s lies right now, in the name of Jesus, Who IS the Truth. Speak these words over yourself and believe!

  • “I’m ‘Fearfully and wonderfully made’ “ (Psalm 139:14).

  • ”I’m ‘The apple’ of my Father’s Eye.” (Psalm 17:8).

  • ”I’m ‘Altogether beautiful… There is no flaw’ in me.“ (Song of Solomon 4:7)

If you want to shed some unhelpful pounds, ask God’s assistance and make a new plan. 

  • Don’t eat processed foods. Do eat healthy foods.

  • Don’t sit down too much. Do build your muscles.

  • Don’t buy into lies. Do believe God’s Word.

Every good thing is a work in progress. Improving ‘your temple’ is a good thing.

Hot Topics: Dieting (Part 17)

* Previous Devotions:

* Dieting And Deception:

https://careylewisdevotions.com/dieting-and-deception

* Deal Breakers: Poor Eating Habits

https://careylewisdevotions.com/deal-breakers-part-9-poor-eating-habits

* Eating Right (31-part series), beginning with My Story:https://careylewisdevotions.com/eating-right-part-1-my-story

NOTE: God is my Ghostwriter. If what I write is good, it’s from God! We’re all called to be actors (action stars) for Jesus. We’re all called to be models of Jesus. We all have gifts, talents, and a commission to multiply them in the world for His glory.

P.S. NO DEVOTION, PREACHER, or SERMON… can begin to replace personal time in the Bible. I wholeheartedly and clear-headedly recommend DAILY BIBLE READING.

WARNING: Don’t focus on your favorite verses, because taken out of context, they’re often misinterpreted. I plead with you to READ AT LEAST 1 BIBLE CHAPTER DAILY. How long does it take? An average of 5 to 10 minutes!

Carey Arban