Since I have used this Bible passage as an example of how the Lord God has positively influenced my overeating, this doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the verse. Debbie

COE Support Note:

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I Had to Let the Bulges Go!!!!

Philippians 4: 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 I wrote in the previous post about how I started becoming obsessed with whether the bulges on my arms were returning or not. Christ had allowed me to lose a some of the extra weight I had gained back over the years. I'm not complaining. He has allowed the vast majority of the 80+ pounds that He allowed me to lose to stay off for over 30 years!

Anyway, I was paying far too much attention to whether I was gaining the weight back and the bulges were returning. It had almost become an obsession to look in the mirror to see if they had come back. Once I realized that I was now turning the bulges into a false god, because they had become too important to me, I realized I had to put this all in Christ's very capable hands.

I prayed and asked Christ for Him to take care of my food, body, eating and stress over the potential of the bulges returning. Additionally, I had the feeling that I should weigh (something I rarely do, because it's easy to let the scale to have too much power over you, telling you whether you're good or bad, depending on your weight.) I found I had lost two more pounds, so the bulge I was seeing, either is my being too focused on it or it's result of being so heavy all those years, before I turned my food, body, eating and stress over to Christ's very capable hands, which made all the difference in my focus on food. If He could do this for me, He can do it for you, provided you ask Him and are willing to let Him be in control.

 Because these posts are examples of how I've applied these Bible verses to my life, they don't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verse. Debbie

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