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What your body is calling for or what your body wants to eat is innate; it is programmed into each person and each animal... - [It is All About...LOVE](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-is-all-about-love/) - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Who would have thought that this Omnipresent, Omni-powerful God is Love and all He ever wanted…is Love?! Who would have thought that our interactions with mankind could be condensed to Love... - [The Example of Christ](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-example-of-christ/) - He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge. Proverbs 14:26 For this loving fear of God to grow in our hearts, it is essential to adore Christ. Each family member practices all the characteristics of Christ as they learn about and apply God’s authority lines—the - [A Real Relationship with The God of the Universe](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-real-relationship-with-the-god-of-the-universe/) - Daily conversation about God is essential. Many verses point out that we need ears to hear…we need to listen, we need conversation, and we need to hear the Truth. This matters. Truth makes all the difference. Truth sets you free; it completely changes your life. Truth is essential in this procedure to obtain this holy - [True Wisdom](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/true-wisdom/) - Wisdom is a wonderful reward, but this essential loving fear gives back so much more than just wisdom. The family, in fact, will have no needs if this loving fear is the true pursuit of the father and the mother and the children. It is the fountain of life… But the eyes of the Lord - [A Wonder-Filled Respect and Fear of the Lord](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-wonder-filled-respect-and-fear-of-the-lord/) - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Proverbs 9:10 By considering God with wonder-filled fear and awe, we will automatically find this wisdom and this knowledge of God, which is priceless! This fear of God is natural in the beginning of a child’s life - [It Starts in the Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-starts-in-the-heart/) - How do we pass this God-first way of life down to our children? It starts in the heart. Each of us must lovingly fear God above all. This respect can be seen in your conversation—from the abundance of the heart, so the mouth will speak. What is the conversation in your home? That conversation is - [The Goal of the Family](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-goal-of-the-family/) - When Jesus came, his food was to finish the work of God. Parents should take care of this responsibility first and foremost—to ensure that this priority is passed down to each child in each generation. Therefore, the purpose of the family unit is to do the Will of God…to be holy as He is Holy, - [A Healthy Family](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-healthy-family/) - Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in his own image, in - [A Family and Super Community of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-family-and-super-community-of-love/) - This Super Community of Love was created and developed to belong to God, to this Great I Am. If the Will of God is taught as the utmost importance in life, then God’s Will would be done. If this Holy respect was understood—if every father, mother and child understood the importance of this—God’s Will would - [A Kingdom of Pure Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-kingdom-of-pure-love/) - Think about this: God is building a Kingdom based on Pure Love, and the most powerful, influential substance in all the world is love. But this Kingdom can only be accomplished by separation—disconnecting the beautiful, the positive, the warm, the endearing, the delightful emotions and spirits, and completely severing them from the worst hateful emotions - [It All Starts with You](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-all-starts-with-you/) - If you are looking for a God-Fearing Family…if you are searching for beautiful peace between and among all family members, then start with yourself. How have you accepted your assigned height, body type, talents, roles, intelligence, circumstances and authority line? How have you shown full acknowledgement of such a high honor with taking care of - [This is Possible for Your Family!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/this-is-possible-for-your-family/) - It is a common factor that we all long for an atmosphere at home of love, affection, respect, gentleness, companionship, humor and family unity with a foundation of building one another up. Can the miracle of this transformation happen within your family? The answer is yes—but it must start with the foundation of you. It - [The God-Fearing Family](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-god-fearing-family/) - You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a - [True Love Heals](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/true-love-heals/) - Why is True Love more influential than any energy source, more commanding than any energy tool? Because its destination is the heart of man... - [The Body of Christ](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-body-of-christ/) - God is building a Kingdom of Love. To do this, He is taking each glorious spirit or human that He creates and separating out the evil. The Kingdom of God is in the heart of man, but it is made up of these interconnected wholesome hearts—all of the hearts that have gone thru a purification - [Having a Loving Focus on the Lord Almighty](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/having-a-loving-focus-on-the-lord-almighty/) - The foundation of all revivals for the Church and the family is based on a loving fear of God. It is based on the Will of the Heavenly Father. Deuteronomy 10:12 says to fear the Lord: And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your - [A Star of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-star-of-love/) - The best visual is that God is a huge Star of Love. His love can travel on love waves into the heart of man and is dispersed thru humans. It is far faster than the thrust of a jet, far warmer than the combustion of fuel, from a more sure and distant Source than solar energy... - [The Impact of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-impact-of-love/) - Love affects mankind in a positive way more than any other force on the planet, and yet it remains a mystery as to how to generate it and disseminate it. It is not like electricity that can be engineered, stored and then sent thru wires to an outlet to light up a room... - [The Greatest Influence on Earth](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-greatest-influence-on-earth/) - True Love is the best kept secret. The Early Christians in I Corinthians 13 were told by the Apostle Paul to “desire love.” Why did God choose True Love as our foundational, most important acquisition? - [True Freedom](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/true-freedom-2/) - Just as the Israelites were set free from Egypt, you have just been set free to love God instead of the refrigerator or pantry... - [The Time is Now](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-time-is-now/) - You did it before, you can do it again…and you did it by focusing only on God’s hunger and fullness—no distractions. It is time for self-denial. Finally, you have come to the right place because you cannot do this just for your own health and high energy—that is selfish—it must be done for the glory of the Lord... - [Direction from Within](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/direction-from-within/) - Now you know there is no more white-knuckling it—but rather direction from within. Thru prayer and reaching out in surrender, you will finally connect that if you eat one more bite, you are going to be in pain. Now, stopping when you are full is more obtainable because of the fear of the pain of the past.. - [The Pain of the Past](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-pain-of-the-past/) - Now that we have started on the path of remembering our journey, recall how exhausting being out of the Zone of hunger and fullness is. Are you sick of being tired after lunch or after dinner? I am sure you do not want to be tired anymore; you do not want pain anymore...the backache, the joint aches, headaches, heartburn, your feet hurt, knees, hips, heart fluttering, indigestion problems, loss of sleep… just overall exhaustion... - [The Path to Success](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-path-to-success/) - How do you return to that Zone you experienced in the first two weeks of WeighDown? What was going on then? You focused all day only on God with no gimmicks. The gimmicks that you might have picked up after Week Three of your original class that then diverted your all-essential focus... - [Stay Alert...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/stay-alert/) - We are warned many times to be alert. I am convinced that every one of us is supposed to have a raised consciousness. That is why our battles will be something different every day at different hours. We are not going to have the same exams... - [The Battle of the Ages](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-battle-of-the-ages/) - Spiritual warfare is real. It is indeed the Battle of the Ages—the Ancient War of God versus satan. You are a part of the war whether you know it or not. Your role is very important, and it is the real purpose of your life and existence. You are a prize to be won... - [The Full Armor of God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/full-armor-god/) - In Ephesians 6, Paul said you need to put on your spiritual armor: Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground... - [Do Not Delay](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-not-delay/) - We learned before that we are to put to death whatever is in our earthly nature. However, what the average person does is spend a lot of time thinking about it. They like to consider giving up the food, hear other people talking about giving up their food, check them out to see that they - [It Is Not Too Difficult...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-is-not-too-difficult/) - There is a difference between a selection and a life or death decision. There is a difference between a preference and perdition. If you do not surrender to the God of the Universe, the stakes are too high, the consequences are too devastating. Moses put it this way: Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”... - [Love is the Answer](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/love-is-the-answer-2/) - There are many passages that refer to being completely obedient in the Bible. Think again about the example of a soldier in the army. If a private only obeys 9 out of the 10 things that the lieutenant officer asks him to do, is he obedient and under authority? The answer is “No.” You have simply obeyed what you decided to obey, and you are over the lieutenant because you trump his decisions. You are put here on this Earth to finally acknowledge if God rules your life or not... - [Experiencing Real Freedom](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/true-freedom/) - I want you to experience freedom. Jesus came to Earth—he lived and died to set you free, and down deep you long to be free. Truth helps to end your anxious greed for food. For example, the truth is that you have thousands of eating occasions left in your life, even if you are 30 or 40 years old, and you will see the food many more times during your life... - [Do Not Hold Back](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-not-hold-back/) - If you have a “root,” it just means you never gave yourself fully over to God. “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” Hebrews 12:16 You left a part of your heart, mind, and soul back to rule over it all. You have held back a part of the day that is “yours” ... - [No Hidden Root...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/no-hidden-root/) - If you leave a root of love of self over love of God or love of food over the love of God, it will come back, and it will take over. If you leave a root of indulgence in the heart, even if you have laid 90 percent of it down, it will come back to take over. Why? Because you have not made the choice. You are just “playing religion.” You are half-hearted... - [Building a Kingdom of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/building-a-kingdom-of-love/) - Love is a legitimate solution that ends so much suffering that a human can migrate toward inexpressible joy, which of course ends man-on-man crime. It is essential to know that the Genius God created the empty spot in the heart so that He could fill it. But why... - [What is Your Priority?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-is-your-priority/) - To those who understand and claim to be born again of God, the laws should be written on the heart and Love should be on the tongue. True Religion is Love…God is Love and man loves God first... - [An Unbelievable Love Story](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/unbelievable-love-story/) - God’s will is protecting and ensuring the eternal existence of love, and that will never end—as long as the stars twinkle and the sun rises in the east and the moon reflects light! Stop and imagine an enormous separate planet far away, populated with love-filled Saints from thousands of centuries... - [The Proof of God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-proof-of-god/) - The world has many questions…does God exist, is God loving, is God personal…and beyond a shadow of a doubt I give a resounding “YES!” to all these questions because of the fruit. When you see the first person healed it is amazing, then the second and third…astonishing, then when you see thousands and hear of millions, you become a believer that God is working... - [The Beautiful Refiner's Fire](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-beautiful-refiners-fire/) - Trials in life are Heaven-screened—all personalized tests for you to be refined in love, peace, kindness, charity, faithfulness and goodness. These are all fruits of the Spirit and they are the characteristics of Christ and God... - [Our Circumstances have a Purpose](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/our-circumstances-have-a-purpose/) - Though we hear lies from satan…do not pay attention to what the dark world is saying, for we are God’s workmanship and NOT just an afterthought or a mistake... - [It is a Battle Worth Fighting!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-is-a-battle-worth-fighting/) - The war is powerful, and there are so many spirits out there, and they talk thru people or whisper in your ear. Truth is the weapon that breaks through the lies... - [Being Born Again](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/being-born-again/) - What is this essential fundamental that we began discussing yesterday? We must be born again. But to be born again is not a physical thing, but rather a spiritual thing. The concept is as follows: cease controlling your day with food or anything else and follow the lead of God... - [Returning to the Fundamentals](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/returning-to-the-fundamentals/) - I have noticed that there is a common thread among people who do not easily lose their weight. They put their hope in dieting. Don’t be afraid to let go. Let go of control and have some faith. Why have faith in diets? What has been the result? You have more love for the food than ever... - [The Final Breakthrough](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-final-breakthrough/) - To make the final breakthrough, we are going to return to the basics: eating when we are hungry and stopping when we are full. It is back to the very first lessons of WeighDown: hunger and fullness... - [It is Time to Break Through the Chains!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-is-time-to-break-through-the-chains/) - God has sent His Words from the Heavens to help you to break thru the chains that have held you back. Breaking thru strongholds in the world is going to take your full or complete concentration. You will need to surrender your full heart and entire soul; it will take all of your entire mind and thought process and all of your energy and strength.. - [Like This Child](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/like-child/) - At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:1-4 Jesus and the prophets were trying to make things very clear for the people by using parables and stories that portrayed the will of God as revealed in the scriptures... - [Being Able to Say, "I'm Sorry"](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/able-say-im-sorry/) - Looking inward and changing is a hard teaching. The nearer that Jesus got to the cross, the fewer the people who followed Him. His disciples said: “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it..." - [Beautiful, Loving Conviction from the Holy Spirit](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/conviction-holy-spirit/) - The Holy Spirit is a free gift given to those who obey, [Acts 5:32] but it is worth billions—it spares us from many shameful, destructive behaviors. In a word, the convicting feeling of the Holy Spirit has been our only salvation. I crave it and cannot imagine life without it... - [A New Perspective on Hardships...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/new-perspective-suffering/) - A caterpillar essentially “dies” in its cocoon so that a butterfly can emerge. Consider the spring that follows a harsh, deadly winter. Every year we watch trees lose their leaves, appearing to die; yet they come back to life bigger and stronger than the year before. Another symbol of life from death around us is the daily example of the long, cold night and the warmth of the morning sun rising again. We have to believe that the sun will rise again. Jesus drew a great word picture for us.. - [Telling Yourself the Truth](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/tell-the-truth/) - We must tell ourselves the truth. The world will tell you that you are overweight from eating the wrong foods, that it is genetic, that it is your hormones or a metabolism problem. This is not true. Notice the pattern. All of these lies have one thing in common… they take the responsibility out of your hands and put the blame on the food, your mother, your genes, or anything but yourself.. - [Jacob and Esau](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/jacob-esau/) - In the book of Hebrews, the Apostle Paul refers to the story of Jacob and Esau, and he interprets this story that has been so misunderstood: Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. He could bring about no change of mind, though he sought the blessing with tears. Hebrews 12:14-17 Esau is referred to as “godless.” He sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son for a single meal, and yet Jacob fought, planned, yearned for the birthright and the blessings - [It Comes Down to Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/comes-down-to-all/) - Mark 12:29-31 is the summary of all the laws that God has given us in life, and all the words of every Preacher who has ever been sent down on Earth, every Prophet, are all summed up in the following: “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these." ... - [Examining Our Own Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/examining-our-own-heart/) - It is the heart we should examine. The person devoted to cleaning up what is outside their own heart is not doing what Christ did. Christ loved and obeyed the Father and taught others to do the same... - [Partial Obedience](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/partial-obedience/) - Obedience is tested only when we confront something we do not want to do. In I Samuel 15 it tells of God ordering King Saul to totally annihilate an enemy. Through Samuel, God told Saul: “Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.” I Samuel 15:3... - [All or Nothing](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/all-or-nothing/) - Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Genesis 4:2b-5 Do you see the difference between Cain and Abel? Abel easily gave exactly what God wanted because he did not worship possessions but rather God, but Cain gave up what he (Cain) wanted to give up and kept back what he thought would be good for his pocketbook... - [The Parable of the Four Soils](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/parable-four-soils/) - To find the truth that sets you free from obesity and all vices is a gift from God. But you must be most careful. The word “careful” is used often in the Scriptures in reference to obeying fully. Careful means “full of care and concern.” The ancient dragon, satan, does not want you to find the truth, so he will steal it or twist it to his advantage. Satan uses our weakness to his advantage. His advantage is to get us to destroy ourselves with greed. The teachings of Christ and all the Prophets give so many stories to warn us, but the parable of the four soils gives you insight into perils of the heart... - [What it Means to Persevere](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-it-means-to-persevere/) - Perseverance is commitment to keep going no matter what comes your way or how heavily tested you are, for you are in it for the long haul. Now you know you will never again put food above the Almighty Lord of All... - [A Constant, Ongoing Decision](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/constant-ongoing-decision/) - Perseverance means sticking with it even though it might be hard. The path gets narrow as those who are struggling give up. Do not give up, because it is hard to get started again. Just keep swimming... - [Days of Awe](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/days-of-awe/) - We have been observing the Days of Awe since twilight, Sunday, August 16. These Days of Awe last for 40 days, and commemorate Moses re-ascending the mountain as a second chance to get the approval and the life-giving Ten Commandments and the Covenant with God. With the 40 Days of Awe, you have one level - [The Joy of Acceptance](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/joy-acceptance/) - When you let go and let God… you will find acceptance by the best looking, most talented, richest, most powerful Being in the Universe, the Great I Am. Now that is how you build solid self-esteem... - [How to Fight Temptations](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-fight-temptations/) - Let’s walk through a typical daily battle. More than likely, you are being tempted with food when you come home from work or are home alone. There you are in your house, and there is no one around... so the battle begins. The lies come in… - [Letting Go of the Old Master and Serving the New Master!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/serve-the-new-master/) - Once you choose a master as we discussed yesterday, you must then walk away from the old master, let it go, repent. Peter said to the crowd, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38 To serve the new Master, you have to leave the other one.. - [We Must Make a Choice](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/make-a-choice/) - "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." -Matthew 6:24. Nothing narrows the road more than this one choice. - [The Narrow Road](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-narrow-road/) - It is a narrow focus, a narrow road, but Jesus walked this road and he is now sitting at the right hand of God. We have been told to walk in his steps, and this cannot be said enough, for it is essential that we think like he thinks, love like he loves… - [Introspection is the Key](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/introspection-is-the-key/) - In the end, introspection is the key that unlocks the first door on this journey. James, the brother of Jesus, said it this way: "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like..." - [It Does Not Take "Will Power"](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-avoid-projection/) - A second wrong path people take with feelings of guilt is projection is so common. This second path is not calloused over—they sin and then feel the guilt—but instead of repenting, they blame everyone else near them for their plight... - [Outside Force Versus Inside Force](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/outside-force-versus-inside-force/) - An outside force is anything that surrounds us, influencing what we are doing. It is natural that all of us depend on such a force at one time or another, such as the highway patrol car sitting alongside the road that makes our foot pull back from the accelerator. This is an outside force... - [The Outside Force - The Law](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/outside-force-law/) - God started fulfilling the promise to Abraham by giving him a child named Isaac. Isaac’s son was Jacob, later called Israel. Jacob fathered Joseph, whom God sent to Egypt where he became second in power only to pharaoh. Through circumstances under God’s control, the entire family later moved to Egypt, where this family of 12 brothers grew in number. After they had been there 430 years, God realized that this large crowd of descendants of Abraham did not have the same heart as Abraham... - [Why Does God Want Us to Follow Him?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/why-does-god-want-us-obey-him/) - When your children obey you, it makes you love to do things for them in return. On the other hand, when your child has just rebelled against you, talked back, and had no respect for you… you do not feel like going out and buying them a car or rewarding them in any way... - [A Life of No Worries](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-life-of-no-worries/) - When you go in prayer to God in the name of Jesus Christ, without fretting or manipulating anything to make it happen, God will answer your prayer. Do not think this is necessarily slower; in fact, it could be faster. This builds your faith... - [Going to God for Everything](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/going-to-god-everything/) - God wants us to go to Him for all things—it is appropriate to pray and wait on God. It is appropriate to thank God for all the things He gives every day that we have no need to ask for (food, shelter, etc.). We all need to talk less and pray more... - [How to Get Answered Prayers](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/triangle-how-to-get-answered-prayers/) - Answered prayers are given to those whose hearts are “abiding” in Jesus. In I John 3:21-22 it says, “Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him” ... - [Focusing on What God Wants Energizes You!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/focusing-what-god-wants-energizes-you/) - The magnetic force toward food is a lot like the gravitational force that we have toward Earth. With enough thrust and force, you can fly above the pull of the food. Focusing and determining and then obeying the will of God is the lift and the thrust to rise above... - [God's Spirit of Self-Control](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-spirit-self-control/) - Now that we have turned our face from Egypt, some of you have experienced rising above the pull of this world, the allure of Egypt, the magnetic pull of the refrigerator, or the prison of food. You were presented with the picture of the Thin Eater, or the person who feels no magnetic pull to food... - [A Menu of God's Work...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/menu-god-work/) - Put off the old. Put on the new. To get the new, you have to repent. John the Baptist said to repent and make the crooked roads in your heart straight to be able to receive Jesus Christ in your heart... - [A Whole New Life!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/whole-new-life/) - This is about getting a whole new life—replacing your old spirit (bad attitudes) with God’s wonderful Spirit (beautiful, loving personality). Those who find this transformation experience a restored marriage, re-established relationships, a whole new positive attitude, and diminished criticism and projection... - [The One Question to Ask Yourself](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-onequestion-to-ask-yourself/) - Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength... Honestly, even though I know I have felt a love for God since childhood, I do not think that I can totally comprehend this subject of love for God. I know it grows each year I live... - [Which Comes First - Love or Obedience?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/love-or-obedience/) - Many wayward hearts live to eat instead of eating to live. Food should be nothing more than fuel—we should drop the passion for food and eat simply just the amount to satisfy the hunger... - [How to Fix the Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-fix-the-heart/) - Notice that there is nothing inherently wrong with alcohol, tobacco, food, credit cards, or sexual desires. What is wrong is with our heart. Tearing up the credit card is not going to keep our heart from materialism. Making the food have less fat is not going to make our heart less greedy for food... - [We Cannot Love Both God and Food](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/we-cannot-love-both-god-and-food/) - We love the master that we obey. And we obey the master we love. We cannot love both God and food. Either we will hate the one and love the other or we will love the one and hate the other. Do not kid yourself—you cannot be in love with God if you are in love with food... - [How to Fall in Love with God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-fall-in-love-with-god/) - How do you fall in love with God? Well, how did we fall in love with food? What happened was our hearts became enslaved to food by obeying the food. When the potato chips called our name from the pantry and said, “Hey, come eat me,” we found ourselves listening and obeying... - [Run to God for Comfort](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/run-god-comfort/) - Running to God for comfort and solutions makes sense. Do you need a counselor? He knows all truth, and His Word is a light unto your path. Do you need a friend? He is the God of all comfort... - [Excessive Food is a False Friend](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/excessive-food-is-a-false-friend/) - Does overeating help our finances? No, it robs us. It is expensive to keep eating extra calories every day. Diet programs have emptied our savings accounts as well. Does it help us with our clothing? No, we tend to find less and less to wear... - [How to Tell What You Really Worship](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-tell-what-you-really-worship/) - I used to sit in church as a child on Sunday evenings and watch people listlessly drag themselves through the motions of their worship. These are the same people who will apply blue and white paint on their faces to root for their favorite college teams. If you have passion for God, it grows with the years... - [Put on the New Life](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/put-on-the-new-life/) - Put on the new life, be born again, and be a new creation by putting the Thin Eater behaviors and mindset into practice. Live like Jesus Christ in all humility and willingness to suffer to complete the will of the Father. Christ did not complain, he simply lived to please the Father, whatever it took... - [How to Tell if Something is an Idol](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-tell-if-something-is-an-idol/) - There is only one way to find out if something is an idol in your life: let it be taken away. Then, if you really mourn for it, you know that your heart has been given over to an idol. For example, if God took away your food, how would you react? God weighs the motives of the heart... - [What is True Love?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-is-true-love/) - Why did Jesus say, “You are not far from the kingdom of God”? It is because just having the knowledge of what God is looking for is not enough. The journey and the spiritual war start in the mind, as we discussed before. But you could have the knowledge of God and not have a heart for Him at all... - [You Were Made to be Devoted](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-were-made-to-be-devoted/) - God describes Himself as passionate and jealous for us. It is right to return what has been given. No matter how unemotional some people have grown, at one time they had a heart of flesh... - [Love Overflows](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/love-overflows/) - The more you love God, the easier it is to love others with the overflow of the heart. I can return love—even to others who have hurt me—because I know He loves me. Others might hurt me, but God’s opinion is so much higher on my list that it does not matter so much anymore what others may do... - [The Encouragement You Need](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/encouragement-you-need/) - What a genius and yet powerful King we have an opportunity to serve! He opens my eyes daily to new information from His Word or from life that confirms that He is the source of everything... - [What about Organic Foods?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-about-organic-foods/) - All foods are composed of just water, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and trace (tiny) amounts of vitamins and minerals. Proteins, carbohydrates [CHO], and fats are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Proteins add nitrogen to their chemical structures... - [A Heart for God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/heart-for-god/) - I have not set an alarm clock in many years. God wakes me up every day just at the right time. With gentle creativity, He chooses a variety of waking methods, so my first thought is God and thanking Him for waking me—and the earlier the better for me. I love getting up in the night and working for Him or having Him teach me something new... - [Can You Be Addicted To Sugar or Chocolate?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/addicted-to-chocolate/) - There are people who override not only the amount of food that the body is calling for, but also the type of food, and go after just chips or chocolate. These people can wait all day as long as they can binge on their salts or sweets later in the day... - [What to do about "Binge Foods"](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-to-do-about-binge-foods/) - If you have had trouble with sweets all your life and you are still bingeing out, it is because you are focused on them to a fault. God made your taste buds. He made you, and He designed you to have likes and dislikes. He knows what your preferences are... - [How to Eat Sweets](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-eat-sweets/) - Most of the world offers dessert at the end of the meal. God created man to like desserts, otherwise how would so many diverse populations do the same thing? I have noticed my own cravings for something sweet as I get toward the end of a meal... - [What about Sweets?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-about-sweets/) - Sweets are made by God for the enjoyment of mankind. Proverbs 24:13 says, “Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.” God made the sweet to adorn the food—your bagel in the morning or icing on your cinnamon roll... - [Should We Avoid Salt?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/is-salt-okay/) - We are the salt of the Earth, according to Matthew 5:13. This used to be a compliment to people. It meant that they added flavor and enhanced the world around them. Now that salt has been on the hit list for the last two decades... - [Are Vitamins Essential?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/are-vitamins-essential/) - Personally, I do not take vitamins or dietary supplements of any kind. When you are allowing your body to call for exactly what it needs, then it does not need to be fed artificial forms of those nutrients. Basically, there is no need to worry about whether or not you are getting vitamins... - [Moderation Versus Overindulgence](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/moderation/) - Weigh Down continues to endorse moderation in one’s consumption of food or substance. One can overdose on or overeat raw carrots and become ill or suffer ill side effects from even this practice. Because our goal is to imitate Thin Eaters... - [Are Artificial Sweeteners Safe?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/artificial-sweeteners-safe/) - As you have noticed, we suggest diet sodas and artificially sweetened tea. These non-caloric drinks may be used in place of sugared beverages to help your blood sugar levels drop normally so that you will be able to detect hunger. The artificial sweetener called aspartame has come under fire in past years for allegedly causing side effects in some people... - [But Don't We Need Extra Vitamins?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-we-need-vitamins/) - Some people argue that vitamins (natural or synthetic) or herbs are necessary for good health because the soil is depleted. This is not true. When soil is depleted, it makes a smaller carrot than it would if it were fertile... - [Turning from Idols](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/turning-from-idols/) - Anyone who has ever spoken on behalf of God turns people from idols. That is the purpose of The Tablet. True religion necessitates that we turn heart, soul, mind, and strength away from Egypt, idols, and the love of the world... - [What about Food Allergies?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-about-food-allergies/) - True food allergies should be respected. For instance, if you are allergic to certain seafoods, then by all means, do not eat them. If you know you have a milk sensitivity, listen to your body and limit your milk intake. You will know your own sensitivities, hungers, and nutritional needs... - [Are Processed Foods Okay?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/are-processed-foods-okay/) - The liver is a chemical factory that is capable of turning what you eat into the substances your body needs. If you happen to swallow a trace amount of a chemical that the body does not like, such as a pesticide, then the liver traps it and breaks it down, preventing it from entering your normal bloodstream or damaging your liver... - [The Best Advice...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/best-advice/) - The lack of a nutrient is highly overemphasized. The only documented cases of true malnutrition (scurvy, beriberi, or pellagra) occur when people are starving—when the food is limited so that even though the human is craving the right foods, the food is unavailable... - [A Healthy Variety](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/healthy-variety/) - All foods have varying combinations of these six units: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, vitamins, minerals, and water. Your main need is for energy or fuel to run the body. We have made selecting foods into something complicated, burdensome and worrisome... - [What about Breads and Carbohydrates?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-about-breads-carbohydrates/) - Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” That had meaning in Jesus’ day and has meaning to most of the world today. Breads were and still should be the staple... - [How to Have a Balanced Meal](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-have-balanced-meal/) - For the most part, all the food groups contain the six basic nutrients. For example, when you eat a piece of bread, you think you are eating just a carbohydrate. No, it is largely a carbohydrate, but it also contains proteins, fats, water [H2O], vitamins, and minerals... - [Let No Debt Remain but Love...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-covenant-offer-of-love/) - Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandments there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love your neighbor - [Will Regular Grocery Store Foods Harm You?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/will-regular-grocery-store-foods-harm-you/) - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulate and monitor pesticide use and residues in conventional foods. The real question is: Will grocery store food harm you as some have claimed? - [Weigh Down and Diabetes](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/weigh-down-and-diabetes/) - Thin Eaters are healthy because the food they eat is needed for fuel and then they do not refuel until the stomach growls, which keeps just the right amount of sugar in the blood—not too much and not too little... - [God's Genius Design for Nutrition](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-design-nutrition/) - The food you eat is simply chemicals—primarily molecules of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins—which are made up of carbons, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. After you swallow the food, it is shredded and broken apart by the acid in the stomach... - [Our Bodies are Wonderfully Made!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/our-bodies-wonderfully-made/) - Our bodies are wonderfully made, and the body instantly knows when something is wrong, from something as small as a paper cut to a broken bone, and it instantly goes to work to heal itself... - [Worrying about Missing a Nutrient](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/missing-nutrients/) - Just as God programmed animals to like different foods, God has programmed the human, and He miraculously coordinated hunger and taste buds and fullness and thirst. The detail that He has gone to should assure you... - [How to Eat Healthily](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/vitamins-nutrition/) - God never intended for eating to be such a confusing burden nor a scare. Since the sale of foods is a big industry in this country, false promotional information is rampant because it is hard to monitor. There are a lot of words that are misunderstood—for example, “organic” or “chemical.” Everything you eat is a chemical, primarily carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Organic simply means it contains “carbon,” and almost all foods are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen... - [What about the Four Food Groups?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/four-food-groups/) - The human body, over time, wants appropriate amounts of a variety of foods. Most of the world in all generations—and even among the seven billion living today—do not know what the food pyramids are. Notice the confusion from the so-called experts. None of the experts even agree on anything, neither what foods to emphasize nor - [God's Natural Biological Feedback](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-natural-biological-feedback/) - When you learn to eat regular foods in the correct amounts using hunger and fullness, you have achieved 90 percent of sound and life-giving nutrition. How is this possible? It is because calories are the main nutrient need, and you can hardly make a mistake. Glucose is the chemical [C6H12O6] that you need to run - [Focus on the Content of Your Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/focus-on-the-content-of-your-heart/) - The average human follows the direction of the world. They want to hang onto believing that the food is at fault for their obesity and poor health. They want to believe that they are “saved” and a “Saint” while all the evil is outside of them—and if you listen to the news, all the evil - [Change Your Heart, Not the Food](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/change-the-heart-not-the-food/) - Simply put… God wants us to work on our heart and soul being pure and righteous, rather than working on making the food clean and righteous and the environment pure. That is why so many people who start WeighDown are no longer depressed. God tells us that we do not need to worry about the - [Worry about the Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/worry-about-the-heart/) - God does not want us to worry about the food’s content: Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him ‘unclean.’” After he had - [What to Focus on for Good Health](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-to-focus-on-for-good-health/) - Notice the pattern of instruction from Genesis to Revelation… man should put all of their energy and focus into doing what God says is right, and then everything else will be added unto you. We look for health in so many places, but they are the wrong places, and so this country is not any - [Do Not Worry...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-not-worry/) - It is fine to be educated about foods, but it is wrong to worry. In fact, God commands us not to worry! Jesus said in Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?”... - [The Secret to Permanent Weight Control and Good Health](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/secret-to-permanent-weight-control-good-health/) - Another example of a common nutrition concern… Omega-3 fatty acids are vital for normal metabolism, but some of the potential health benefits of supplementation are controversial yet are marketed widely, in spite of inconclusive evidence... - [The Key to Good Health and Nutrition](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/key-to-good-health-good-nutrition/) - As a rule, Americans are not missing vitamins. So many foods are fortified or enriched with extra vitamins and minerals, and your body can cue you to a variety so that you need not worry about what you eat... - [What is a Healthy Diet?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-is-a-healthy-diet/) - To wake up internal control, you must end the lies and believe the truth. Remember, Colossians 2:22 says, “These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.” There are man-made rules and there are God’s rules... - [How to Sense an Internal Leading](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-sense-internal-leading/) - Apart of living a righteous life is to have respect for how God made the body. Listen to the internal cues as all animals do. If you are thirsty, drink. If you are hungry, eat. If you are sleepy, sleep... - [How to Sense Internal Controls](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-sense-internal-control/) - When you start the journey, it is not uncommon to have no idea about what your internal senses are telling you. If you have never looked for the Voice of God from within or from without, you might not know what to look for... - [How to Start Over with New Hope!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/start-over-with-new-hope/) - Remember, you are not a failure. You have not overcome overeating because you have applied the wrong medicine to this condition. It is time to start over with new hope. You can change your heart’s focus. And do not be afraid, because you should only fear missing the guiding hand of God for what He wants... - [How to Be Healed from Eating Disorders](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/answer-to-how-to-stop-bingeing-and-purging/) - You can be completely set free from eating disorders. Let us not Band-Aid the symptom, though; let us go straight to the root. The WeighDown approach to eating is absolutely the answer to it all... - [How to Stop Bingeing/Purging](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-stop-bingeing-purging/) - Many years of dieting can breed the “starve-binge-purge” cycle. The purge is an attempt to eliminate from your system the calories that you took in from the binge or food that you have been led to believe is “bad for you” or “too high in fat.”... - [Freedom from Eating Disorders](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/freedom-from-eating-disorders/) - The way to end the entire nightmare cycle of eating disorders is to get to the root problem—you have a desire to go against the will of God and it must stop. The way to end this is to transfer your passion for food—or in anorexia, for too thin of a body—to passion for God... - [Weigh Down and Eating Disorders](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/weighdown-and-eating-disorders/) - Weigh Down has helped many anorexics and bulimics to let go of control and become at peace with their bodies. The anorexic person who responds to physical hunger as taught through WeighDown will gain the appropriate weight their body needs for good health... - [Exercise and Weight Loss](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/exercise-weight-loss/) - Exercise will not increase the speed of your weight loss, because, when using hunger and fullness, the body already knows how much energy you spent and it will ask for more food... - [What about Exercise?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-about-exercise/) - Just as dieting does not help your heart desire less food, neither does exercise. Appropriately motivated exercise can be a help for physical training. There is no substitute for exercise when it comes to muscle toning, cardiovascular conditioning, and bone strengthening. It can also help with digestion and with healthy functioning of your organs. “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” I Timothy 4:8... - [How to Approach the Scales](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-approach-scales/) - The body is made of mainly water, and water can fluctuate. If you have been obedient to hunger and fullness, you will lose weight. Therefore, keep food records of hunger and fullness. Do not be surprised if your weight goes up if you are disobedient to the stomach... - [Ideal Body Weight](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/ideal-body-weight/) - The body is amazingly made; you are amazingly made. God designed all of us in His image, but each body is quite unique. Again, what the ideal body weight is for one person is not the ideal body weight for another... - [Transferring Your Concern to the Right Body](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/concern-right-body/) - We are to take care of our body, and it should not be abused. We must do the best we can. We are to glorify God with what we have been given just as all the animals do. However, we are not to obsess over looks. Do your best, and then forget your looks and show concern for others... - [How to Let Go of Worry](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/worry-about-your-body/) - The world may applaud outward beauty, but they are attracted to righteous people who are a light in this dark world. Jesus had no appearance that men would desire (Isaiah 53:2b), however, look at how the world has flocked to him and his teachings. Jesus taught the love of God first, and then love of man, in that order. It is not about how you look but what you give back - your response to the love you have been given... - [A Misplaced Focus on the Body](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/mis-placed-focus-on-the-body/) - People focusing on their own looks often claim they hate their body. But Paul tells us in Ephesians 5:28-29: “In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church...” - [How to be Free from Obsessive Body Focus](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-be-free-from-obsessive-body-focus/) - Focused on taking care of the body and body focus are two different things. There are many different degrees of body focus that I have run into over the years of counseling. This obsession can lead to many kinds of strongholds: narcissism, exercise-aholism, anorexia, bulimia, chronic control. All these people have this in common: their mind is on themselves in almost any and every circumstance... - [You are Not a Failure](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-are-not-failure/) - You are not a failure—no one can maintain man-made rules for any length of time because they run against the body’s natural eating, and underneath they are increasing the self-focus and greed. It is inevitable that you will eat more and gain more in the end... - [Something to Read Daily](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/something-to-read-daily/) - Colossians 2 taught us that man-made rules do not work, and the following passage from Colossians 3 teaches us what God’s rules are and then backs up how quickly we can choose to stop indulging. I recommend—and I have seen it work wonders—to read this chapter every day until you have it memorized in your heart... - [The Temptation to Diet](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/temptation-to-diet/) - It is tempting to diet because you instinctively know that SELF can control your day instead of God. It is tempting to diet, for instinctively you know that you still do not have to surrender to the internal guiding hand of God—SELF can rule... - [Taking Care of the Body](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/taking-care-of-our-bodies/) - We can choose many things in this world to focus on that will wind up corrupting the soul. One such focus is an extreme focus on our bodies. We are simply not to be body focused—comparing ourselves to others. - [Letting Go of Control](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/letting-go-of-control/) - Turning to God means that you are letting go of your control. In the past, you decided what you were going to eat and when you were going to eat it and when you were going to shop and what you were going to buy—and when you were going to say something and whatever it was you wanted to say, and you did not care about what anyone thought... - [You Can Change Today!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-can-change-today/) - Look again at Titus 2:11-12, which says that grace teaches us to say, “No” to any worldly passions: For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age. Again, stop projecting, for we ourselves are in need of reformation... - [How to Make a Change](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-make-a-change/) - Now that you know you can change, how do you change? Grace from God to be reborn, knowing that we are capable of complete transformation and knowing that we are expected to be new creations, will do it... - [The Expectation of More](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/expectation-of-more/) - Man-made rules from medicine, religion, science, philosophy, psychology, etc. do not work because they intuitively get you to focus on yourself—your favorite subject. People love the weekly counsel sessions where you pay someone to ask you questions about yourself and pay them to let you talk about yourself without changing the subject for one to two hours... - [A Typical Dieter's Day](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/typical-dieters-day/) - Let us start off looking at the typical dieter getting up in the morning. Once you decide on a diet, you have to check that particular diet’s list and select the right foods. At work, you talk about diets, which means foods... - [Why Diets Will Never Work, Part V](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/why-diets-will-never-work-part-5/) - “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch”... Man-made rules teach us to project rather than to look inward; to make the food change rather than the human changing... - [Why Diets will Never Work, Part IV](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/why-diets-will-never-work-part-iv/) - Man-made rules...“they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence…” Diets do not get to the root problem—sensual desires. There is something about chewing and swallowing, chewing and swallowing; notice that overeaters often keep drinks beside them for sucking and swallowing or gum in their mouths... - [Why Diets Will Never Work, Part III](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/why-diets-will-never-work-part-iii/) - .“These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.” Diets are man’s regulations telling you what to eat and drink and swallow... - [Why Diets Will Never Work, Part II](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/why-diets-will-never-work-part-2/) - Diets or man-made rules have “an appearance of wisdom,” but in actuality are not wise. Since the beginning of time, godless men have made up godless regulations—simply guessing at the solutions for problems but not consulting God, who actually is the Wisdom of the Ages... - [Why Diets will Never Work, Part I](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/why-diets-will-never-work/) - The temptation is strong for the U.S. diet industry to push special foods since that is the bulk of their sales; and for other weight loss programs, new diet drugs, exercise regimens, and surgeries, the income is in services. The industry brings in north of 60 billion dollars per year some of this spending going toward not only diet foods but diet sodas—and their celebrity supporters are paid millions... - [Man-Made Rules Do Not Work](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/man-made-rules-do-not-work/) - There are many reading this post whose dependency or unwanted habit is a substance other than food. If you will notice, somehow, someway, the dark lord of this world has worked in man-made regulations for cures in every generation that range from bloodletting using leeches to inversion therapy - hanging upside down... - [There is Hope!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/there-is-hope/) - If you are tempted to go back to food, ask Him, “O God, can You do better than a food binge, an alcohol binge, a shopping spree, a gambling spree, etc.? Can You do better than these relationships I have had?” Within minutes, watch Him answer that prayer!... - [The Only Motivation that Lasts](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/lasting-motivation/) - You are never going to lose ALL the weight until you finally say, “I am not having a relationship with that food anymore!” Flee it! Turn around and say “NO!” and make a decision to have a relationship with God instead. God is begging you for a relationship. Do not run back to the relationship with food... - [How to Stay Motivated for Lasting Weight Loss](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-stay-motivated-for-lasting-weight-loss/) - Let me talk you into wanting God over food or other idols. I have spent most of my life reasoning with people who think they are going to miss the food, and scared that they will be bored or have the emptiest days ever. Turning to God from idols should not even be a competition, and it is not a contest... - [The Secret to Quick Weight Loss](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-secret-to-quick-weight-loss/) - The best things to fill your time and mind with are selfless things. Jesus Christ spent His life focusing on the will of God. All other preoccupations could send you right back into self and selfish desires... - [What are You Focused on?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-are-you-focused-on/) - Again, you fall in love with what you focus on. What are you focused on? God created this phenomenon in hopes that you would find Him, not become dependent on idols, food, affluence, alcohol, lusts, or praise of man... - [Two Senses that Affect Weight Loss](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/two-senses-that-affect-weight-loss/) - Imagine being free of worrying about lusts, wealth, pride, praise of man—free of tobacco, alcohol, food, man-made food rules, and their impossible procedures. You are free to be devoted to Him, while enjoying His wonderful foods when your body is hungry - to eat like you did when you were a child... - [Food is Not Your Friend](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/food-is-not-your-friend/) - Food is not a good source of entertainment or a good escape from your problems or a good thing to fill up time—it is not a good thing to use to escape the fear of being bored, nor a good friend to take the place of relationships... - [You Fall in Love with What You Focus on](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-fall-in-love-with-what-you-focus-on/) - There is a truth that is profound that God gave me early in this ministry, over 30 years ago. This one truth can set you free from all vices… You fall in love with what you focus on.. - [The Lord Will Fight for You](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-lord-will-fight-for-you/) - When Satan comes with his temptations and personal attacks, trying to lure you back to Egypt or get you discouraged with choosing the best Boss and Kingdom, please stand firm and call out to God. Do not plan to defend yourself. Just run to God, and watch HIM defeat the enemy... - [Delivered Me From Death](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/delivered-me-from-death/) - Enslavement to any master other than God - whether it is food calling your name, or TV commanding your attention, or sex controlling you, or shopping occupying your heart and mind - is still enslavement. Enslavement is a part of our nature... - [Reversing Your Focus](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/reversing-your-focus/) - The transfer is everything. This old relationship with food or idols is over, and a new relationship with God will take its place. Food was the impetus to get out of bed in the past, and then it was your morning, noon, and night. Yet, it is a false god... - [A Harvest of Righteousness](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-harvest-of-righteousness/) - God uses this behavior modification to get us to choose right living. But we are such babies and easily discouraged with discipline instead of correctly interpreting His punishment as love... - [God’s Mighty Deliverance](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/gods-mighty-deliverance/) - If you continue to be enslaved to food, then I promise that food will damage your body. Overeating is the number one cause of death and disease. How many eighty- or ninety-year-olds do you see who are overweight?... - [Why is it Hard to Stop Eating?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/why-is-it-hard-to-stop-eating/) - Why is it hard to stop eating? It is because without the truth that God adores you and wants a relationship with you and is generous…you become a god—and we are bad gods. We just do not know when to stop... - [How to Build Your Faith](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-build-faith/) - Belief and Trust are huge compliments to God. They glorify God. To glorify God simply means “to reveal God’s true character.”... - [The Treasures of a Relationship with God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-treasures-of-a-relationship-with-god/) - God knows things that only you and He would know about—personal, secret, extremely special, private things. God knows the things that personally get our attention and that help us find Him... - [Rewards and Jewels](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/rewards-and-jewels/) - God rewards you when you wait on Him and depend on Him for everything. It is all about depending on and waiting on God to supply your need. - [Living to Please God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/living-to-please-god/) - The Bible talks about the earthly nature versus the heavenly nature, the fleshly desires versus the heavenly desires, and pleasing God or self... - [How to Make Your Transfer Permanent](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-make-your-transfer-permanent/) - You can reverse that old relationship with the all-day-long food lust to an all-day-long dependence on God—where you are listening to God, you are dressing for Him, and you are going to Him for your relationships and your finances... - [How to Transfer Your Focus](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-transfer-your-focus/) - We must transfer this relationship with our idol (food, lusts, materialism, drugs, etc.) over to a relationship with God. You have to learn that every time your mind goes to your idol, you need to get it off and concentrate on higher callings... - [You are Special to the Heavens](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-are-special-heavens/) - Remember, everyone has tough days, but food can no longer be your comfort or reward during these hard days... - [God Wants Your Devotion](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-wants-your-devotion/) - God will go to great lengths to help us on this journey, and it is humbling to realize that He cares so much... - [Finding Ways of Escape](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/finding-ways-of-escape/) - The ways of escape God sends us seem to fall into four categories... - [Ways of Escape](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/ways-of-escape/) - God is so involved with your life that not only does He know the number of hairs on your head, He also provides ways of escape from temptations... - [Experiment with the Blessings of Obedience](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/experiment-with-the-blessings-of-obedience/) - Jesus said, “And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:30-31 In other words, do not be afraid. He loves you and knows you so intimately that He has counted the hairs on your head. He has a digit assigned to each hair. He knows when one falls out; He knows you better than you know yourself... - [Loving Intervention from the Heavens](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/loving-intervention-from-the-heavens/) - Every year I see more of the loving intervention of God in my life through a respectful, obedient relationship with Him. If only we would teach the children at the earliest of ages, how different their lives would be... - [God is the Ultimate Provider](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-is-the-ultimate-provider/) - God created many things to delight mankind, however, when man grabs for more—thinking that if a little bit is good, then more is better—he totally misses the point of it all... - [How to Let Go of Your Fears](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-let-go-of-your-fears/) - We are often scared that God will not provide enough for us...Yet, we pamper ourselves so much that we do not even give God a chance... - [A Delightful Menu](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/delightful-menu/) - God wants us to taste and enjoy all kinds of foods, including desserts, because it lets you know just how giving and delightful He really is... - [The Law of Diminishing Returns](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-law-of-diminishing-returns/) - Slowing down could help to prevent your stomach from getting stuffed... - [What About a Slow Metabolism?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-about-a-slow-metabolism/) - Some people have been told that if they have been on a lot of diets, taken diet pills, or been on liquid fasts that their metabolism may be altered and their bodies will be resistant to losing weight... - [How to Feed the Body When Sick](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-feed-the-body-when-you-are-ill/) - One of the amazing systems God created in the human body is the circulatory system, which includes the heart and blood vessels. Your body can direct more or less blood to different parts of the body as needed, depending on the activity or situation... - [How to Feed Your Family](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-feed-your-family/) - First of all, your family is going to love this way of eating. Regular foods forever! You may worry that if every family member eats on demand, you will become a short-order cook. What is more, you may be concerned that family members might never eat together again. Do not worry—they will! - [More Tips on Waiting for Hunger](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/more-tips-on-waiting-for-hunger/) - Another explanation for an inability to get a hunger signal can be attributed to the amount of weight a person needs to lose to start with... - [A Hint for Finding Hunger](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-tip-for-finding-hunger/) - One reason some people cannot find hunger is that they are not allowing themselves to get hungry. They wait part of the day for hunger, but finally give in and eat before the stomach signals hunger... - [What To Do If You Cannot Find Hunger](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-to-do-if-you-cannot-find-hunger/) - Within 1 to 36 hours, most new WeighDown participants find hunger. The more pounds you have to lose or the bigger the last binge was, the longer the wait for your first hunger... - [A Quick Tip for Family Meals](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-quick-tip-for-family-meals/) - What if you are at home and having family dinner, and you are halfway through your serving of casserole when that feeling hits you that you are no longer hungry... - [Additional Eating Tips for Slowing Down](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/additional-eating-tips-for-slowing-down/) - In the event that you are still fighting the battle of “but my mouth still wants some more,” you should try to be creative... - [More Tips for Slowing Down](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/more-tips-for-slowing-down/) - We talked about a few helpful tips for slowing down yesterday. Here are a few more that you can put into practice... - [Helpful Tips for Slowing Down](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/helpful-tips-for-slowing-down/) - Here are some helpful tips for slowing down so you can sense God’s lead during the meal... - [A Practical Tip to End Emotional Eating](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-practical-tip-to-end-emotional-eating/) - One practical thing to do with desire eating is to talk to the food and tell it that you are not going to answer to it anymore. You will not obey it when it calls your name from the kitchen cabinets or refrigerator... - [How to Turn to God Instead of the Food](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-turn-to-god-instead-of-the-food/) - In my personal life, I cling to my Bible as I used to cling to my chocolate! I keep my eyes open, looking for the Father’s guidance everywhere... - [How to Truly Fill Up Your Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-fill-up-your-heart/) - One of the most practical things you can do with the desire eating feeling is to walk away from it and into a private room to talk to God... - [How to Stop Feeling Hungry All the Time](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-stop-feeling-hungry-all-the-time/) - After you taste the world and its pleasures, you are empty and you are left in need again. You become even more out of control and desperate. But this is when you should “transfer”…when you feed your longing soul with a search for your Creator, His will, and His personality... - [The World Will Never Fill up Your Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-world-can-not-fill-up-your-heart/) - When we binge or graze without having any physiological hunger, we are looking for a feeling. Looking for a feeling is not wrong.. - [How to Avoid the Pain of Guilt and Overeating](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/avoid-pain-guilt-overeating/) - We have been deceived into believing that we adore food, we worship the taste, we love the feeling of control. We long for a secret rendezvous with food.. - [How to Recognize Head Hunger](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-recognize-head-hunger/) - Once you begin to wait for true physiological hunger, you discover that there is another feeling of hunger. It is your own “I am not hungry, but I want it anyway” will. We will call this head hunger, sensual desires, or greed... - [Smaller Amounts Feel Great!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-stop-heartburn/) - Once you eat the small amounts the body is calling for, the pain and ulcers are eradicated. No more “baking soda medications” or other... - [What Happens When You Eat Past Full](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-happens-when-you-eat-too-much/) - If you eat quickly, you will bypass the polite full feeling. It takes approximately 20 minutes for the brain to detect the “satisfied” feeling... - [How to Stop Binge Eating](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-stop-binge-eating/) - It does not take binge eaters long to learn that the faster they eat, the more food they can get down before it is too painful... - [How to Know What "Full" Is](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-know-what-full-is/) - What is the definition of full? I used to know no end to cravings. It seemed as if I could eat all day and not get full... - [How to Eat Out at a Restaurant and Still Lose Weight](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-eat-out-at-a-restaurant-and-still-lose-weight/) - [:en]What if you are invited to eat at a restaurant, but do not want to overeat? Pray and get prepared, for eating out can be tempting...[:] - [How to Stop Eating When You Feel Satisfied](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-stop-eating-when-you-feel-satisfied/) - What if you feel satisfied, but there is still food on your plate? If you are at home, you can cover it and save it for later, or you can... - [How to Handle Eating Late](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-handle-eating-late/) - What if you are not hungry for breakfast but have a growl for evening snacks. Answer: No problem—as long as you are responding to hunger and fullness.. - [How to Handle Waiting for a Meal Time](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-handle-waiting-for-a-meal-time/) - What should you do if you are hungry, but mealtime is still an hour away? Answer: Do not panic... - [How to Get Thru Your Lunch Hour if You are Not Hungry](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-get-thru-your-lunch-hour-if-you-are-not-hungry/) - Many times, questions arise concerning the way to handle specific eating situations when you are trying to lose weight.. - [Learning to Eat Smaller Amounts](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/learning-to-eat-smaller-amounts/) - [:en]In Weigh Down, you must learn to slow down your eating for two reasons...[:] - [How Often Should You Eat](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-often-to-eat/) - Your body knows that you are overweight and, therefore, will only ask for a small amount of food... - [How to Imitate the Right Behavior for Weight Loss Success](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-imitate-the-right-behavior-for-weight-loss-success/) - The best way to enhance your lifestyle is to watch and imitate the right behavior... - [Seeking God First](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/seeking-god-first/) - May we all emulate Christ. May we find others who are imitating Christ and copy them. Your life will have purpose, and you will find that Living Water when all you want is to be like Christ, whose only focus was to seek God and do His will! We should all beg in our hearts to be the apple of God’s eye like King David. Do you want to have a purpose? Do you want to have a blessed life... - [Finding God's Personality](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/finding-gods-personality/) - The gentleness and self-control of God-led people is God’s personality coming thru them. Christ was never prideful. David was never prideful. King David danced in the streets when God’s Word came back to His people. He danced to God and wrote songs. He prayed to God and read the Word... - [God is Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-is-love/) - God is Love and has an altruistic love that is so unfathomable and so deep that we cannot possibly grasp it all. Intimate love was given to a husband and wife to provide insight into the profound love of the Heavens. God uses the allegory of marriage to express this profound love that He has for us... - [Absorbing God's Word](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/absorbing-gods-word/) - Notice that as you get older, various recreational activities are not as thrilling as they once were. While being outside in the water is great, the Water of Life and the Streams of Living Water are better. In John 4, Jesus said to a Samaritan woman, “Come to me, and I will give you living water, and you will never be thirsty again.” “Give me that drink,” the woman cried. He said, “I am that drink.” When you look for Christlike people, know that they have access to that Living Water... - [Love for God's Word](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/love-for-gods-word/) - We read yesterday how King David immersed himself in the Word of God. When I was a child, I remember reading my Bible, and all I had when I was very young was just the New Testament. We were told a few of the stories from the Old Testament, but no one actually read the whole book. Obviously, all that King David had was the Old Testament—the Law and the Prophets and some of the writings of the Prophets who came before him. He did not have the Proverbs, but he taught them to his son Solomon, who later wrote them down. So David did not have as much as you and I have... - [King David's Example](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/king-davids-example/) - How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. - [How to Approach a Meal](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-approach-a-meal/) - Approach the food like a normal Thin Eater - someone not greedy or fearful. So how do we start... - [How to Sense the "Full" Feeling](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/learning-to-sense-full/) - The body processes food more slowly than the mouth chews it and swallows it. It takes 20 minutes for the food to hit the bloodstream... - [Redirect Your Focus to God and You WILL Lose Weight!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/redirect-your-focus-to-god-and-you-will-lose-weight/) - If you really want to get out of the slavery of overeating and binge-eating... then change what you focus on and what you listen to... - [Learning to Eat Smaller Amounts](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/learning-to-eat-smaller-amounts-2/) - [:en]How are we going to approach the food once we do get the green light or feel this hunger? The first thing you do is you think and pray and start looking for answers from within. [:] - [How to Wait for Hunger](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-wait-for-hunger/) - Start now, not Monday, to wait for stomach hunger. You will feel better than you have in a long time... - [Filling Up on God Instead of Food](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/filling-up-on-god-instead-of-food/) - Again, the point is to ask your Savior to help you end all yearnings for food or anything else to be close to Him... - [He Has Provided](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/he-has-provided/) - When we put God’s words into practice, can you believe everything He takes care of each day? First of all, He creates us, gives us a working mind and body, gives us a voice and hearing, and then gives us a desire to find HIM. - [The Healing Power of Overcoming Evil with Good](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-healing-power-of-overcoming-evil-with-good/) - Our worries should be centered around what affects the heart of ourselves, our families, our children—for what comes out of the heart says exactly who you are. From the abundance of the heart so the mouth speaks, and that is what condemns you—a lack of respect for parents, anti-authority, a lack of love. Never forget… love is the condensation of all Heavenly laws. It is the Kingdom of Love… - [How to Change if You are Struggling](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-change-if-you-are-struggling/) - For those who have struggled, have you excused yourself because you have changed in so many other areas? Perhaps there is still one thing you have not given up, and it is usually the first thing God asked you to give up? There are no excuses. God can see straight thru your faulty negotiations with Him. You may overly deny yourself in an area you do not care about (money, for example) so that you can hang onto your idol (food). This “work” is invalid and will not save you on that Great Day, for your idol will be beside you. An idol must be eradicated—as no greedy man, for such a man is an idolater, will enter the Kingdom of God. Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect... - [Experimenting with Give and Take](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/experimenting-with-give-and-take/) - When I first got a glimpse of Christ’s example of self-denial, I started with small experiments of this give and take relationship with God…eating less, talking less, standing in the back of the line, considering others as better, denying myself an indulgence and spending it on the poor. In this interactive relationship of denial, I started making pecan pies and giving them away instead of eating them. This was an enormous calorie reversal to say the least, but more importantly, I experienced for the first time in my life wanting less and the reward for God-led giving... - [Do Not Wear Yourself Out](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-not-wear-yourself-out/) - Proverbs says… When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. Proverbs 23:1-5 Food, money, things—they are all alike. In denying yourself until you are inside the boundaries of hunger and fullness for food and drink, inside the boundaries for money, you will want less... - [Give and Take](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/give-and-take/) - We read yesterday about the love God that is calling for from all of us.…Love is simply give and take. A relationship with God is reciprocal…or just give and take. “Sacrifice” is just another word for “give.” “Denial” is just another word for “give.” You deny (give) and God gives back (take). What do you take? You are taking God’s Holy Spirit, which gives you self-control, and self-control allows you to want less food. When you deny yourself (give), you will want less (take). To “want” less is simply super and supernatural—a true gift, especially in a world of greed. How ecstatic you are when you tap into this gift of the Holy Spirit, and so you actually want less food... - [Greater Love Has No One...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/greater-love-has-no-one/) - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Who would have thought that this Omnipresent, Omni-powerful God is Love and all He ever wanted…is Love?! Who would have thought that our interactions with mankind could be condensed to Love? - [Everything We Need for Godliness](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/everything-need-godliness/) - God has already given you what you need for godliness. And that means GODLINESS! What great news!... - [Worry About God’s House](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-you-worry-about-gods-house/) - Prayer should be natural to us. In fact, I talk to God all day long! Until now, you have been very attentive to your strongholds, but now it is time to reverse this. A wonderful way to direct our hearts to God is to see things from God’s perspective... - [Examine Your Focus](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/examine-focus/) - I just can't stress to you enough how important it is to examine your FOCUS. You WILL fall in love with what you focus on! Make it easier to focus on God and Jesus Christ all day long. Learn the stories about God and Jesus that are in the Bible, take notice of the wonderful creation God has offered for us to live in, and seek out other people who are eager to discuss God and His will in their lives... - [Feeding His Lambs](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/feeding-his-lambs/) - To feed followers of Christ would be to feed them truth that helps them turn from wrong paths and turn toward the true path of facing the cross daily and denying themselves daily. You will be persecuted if you are helping to gain more territory for God’s rule by helping others... - [Love...Simply Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/love-simply-love/) - [:en]When you focus on Jesus, don't focus on His externals...focus on His natural love relationship with God! By imitating THAT, you will grow in love with God...[:] - [You Can Be Free From Dieting](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-can-be-free-from-dieting/) - The typical weight-loss program suggests losing weight through diet (large volumes of low-calorie foods) and exercise. We suggest that if you lose the passion for food, the result will be that you eat less food and therefore lose weight permanently... - [Let Your Soul Yearn](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/let-soul-yearn/) - If you trust God to guide you and feed you, you naturally will not focus on the food at all. A person could "believe" that God will provide, but to TRUST Him fully means that you are happy with the amount of food He gives you. In fact, you cannot get over the fact that He lets you eat sweet and salty foods every day. He could have made everything tasteless... - [Changing Swords into Plowshares](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/changing-swords-into-plowshares/) - The picture of God’s Earth and His purpose is very different from the world as created and ruled by satan and his dark forces. Here, all focus is on God and the needs of the fellow man, because each person is so connected to and taken care of by the Creator. Those connected to God - [Treasure His Words](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/treasure-his-words/) - God’s guidance is everything to me, and I want to know what He thinks. He keeps my foot from stumbling, He gives me wisdom for which direction to turn, and He protects me from the enemy. I have to have His Word, and I love His laws because they are always right!... - [You are Not a Failure](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/not-failure/) - [You are not a failure. I say this with all my heart. YOU are NOT a failure! You’ve just been applying the wrong procedures to this choice of overindulging or this desire to end the strongholds in your life... - [It's All About a Connection with God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/its-all-about-a-connection-with-god/) - Staying inside of God’s boundaries is the will of the Father, and in doing this, you are going to be connected. The biggest incentive for staying in God’s perfect zone of hunger and fullness is a Connection with God. The will of the Father is the Connection with God. I cannot think of anything better! - [You WILL Desire to Eat Less Food!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/2953-2/) - For overeaters, once you start swallowing regular foods only when your stomach growls, you will swallow or eat just one-half to one-third of what you used to swallow. The desire eating goes away... - [Waiting for a Growl](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/waiting-for-a-growl/) - When your blood sugar drops, this is normal; the stomach walls produce hydrochloric acid, which makes the stomach growl or twist or feel empty. This is your signal! This is your one and only signal to eat... - [How to Wait for True Hunger](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/2939-2/) - We need to relearn how to feed the stomach only when it is hungry. You first need to wait - wait for true stomach hunger... - [The Key to Good Health](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-genius-design/) - The Genius Biochemist designed the body in such a brilliant way! We must pay attention like never before to all the internal cues and especially the hunger mechanism, since ignoring this is related to all major diseases and death... - [What Should I Drink for Weight Loss Success?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-to-drink-when-losing-weight/) - We suggest that you drink only non-caloric drinks, such as water, diet sodas, and artificially sweetened tea while you are learning how to sense the body’s needs. If you drink sugared tea or sodas, milk, fruit juice, or sports drinks throughout the day, the glucose or the sugar from them will keep your blood sugars up, the result being somewhat like an IV bag in the hospital... - [I'm Not Hungry Anymore](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/im-not-hungry-anymore/) - God is my morning and my night; He is my Alpha and Omega. He is the Beginning and the End. God is my everything and He is your everything, but you might not know that yet. There is nothing that He can't do, and He wants to show you if you would only give Him the floor for a few minutes. I learn something new every week. I am going to start a list of the things that He has been to me and for me, and you can add to it... - [Will Weigh Down Work for Me?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/2937-2/) - A major concern in starting WeighDown may be “How can this work for me?” because: 1) “I am not particularly religious anymore” and “I feel a distance between me and God because I have been told this is a chronic disease or genetic and I see no cure,” or 2) “I have tried every diet 10 times, every diet pill and exercise, and failed miserably—so how can this work?” What we are really asking is... “Am I a failure? Has God forgotten me?” Well, you are not a failure... - [The Path to Optimum Health](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/2935-2/) - As we learned yesterday, we have been trying to feed our hurting, longing hearts with physical food and substances, but you can reverse this... - [Trying to Feed an Empty Heart with Food](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/2933-2/) - We have all been created with two empty, needing-to-be-fed holes in our body. One is the stomach, and the other is the heart... - [Why is Hunger and Fullness Important?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/hunger-fullness/) - Going back to eating the way the Creator wants is huge because it is deeper than just eating...it is going back and getting in touch with the guiding hand of God... - [Why Diets Do Not Work](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/lust-love-and-greed/) - Diets are everywhere we look, and on every diet, the dieter is asked to think about food content, consider the fat gram count, examine food pictures, discuss food and recipes in support groups, depend upon the scales (a focus on body and self), and prepare special meals. This focus on food makes it irresistible, for you fall in love with what you focus on... - [Overcoming Daily Challenges](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/overcoming-daily-challenges/) - We’ve talked about some tips for getting through the sudden temptations, but are you experiencing daily challenges that sometimes seem almost insurmountable? You can make it! Just remember that God is personally attentive to your individual specific needs, so always pray! ... - [Eat to Live, Not Live to Eat](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/eat-live-not-live-eat/) - Here are some more tips to help break your focus on the food – especially during this busy time of year. Do not eat in your car. Do not eat in your room. Do not keep a food drawer at work loaded with unnecessary snacks. Do not eat in front of the TV. You do not need to eat your way through the day! ... - [Helpful Tips](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/helpful-tips/) - As you have begun waiting for true hunger, God has shown you just how much of your heart has been devoted to your passion for food rather than to Him. But the fact is, you are now free from worrying about food, man-made food rules, and the control that food used to have over you. You are free to be fully devoted to HIM, while enjoying His wonderful foods when your body is hungry...[:es]It is a wonderful feeling to be devoted to God instead of food. Remember that prayer – constant communication with God – will keep you focused... - [God Wants To Feed Us](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-wants-to-feed-us/) - Waiting for hunger feels great! God wants us to experience hunger – physiologically, financially, relationally, etc. – so that HE can provide what we truly need...When you are not at God’s hunger point but decide to eat anyway, you are being your own boss - you have listened to Satan, who tells you that you must be your own provider. On the other hand, when you postpone your own control and relinquish decisions to God... - [A New Year, New Hope!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/new-hope/) - We have arrived at another January! What is your big resolution? Hopefully, you are NOT repeating your old yearly restart on diets and have-to exercise! This is the year to get all of your weight off... - [God’s Generous Rewards](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/gods-generous-rewards/) - Throughout the year, I have been giving tips through these posts to help you develop a heart that is passionate for our Father, CEO, Boss, Five-Star General, King, and Lord! With a new year right around the corner, let’s look at what God gives back when you give Him your heart and passion... - [God Can Deliver You](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-can-deliver-you/) - May we all reinvest our souls this year in preparing our hearts to be used to build the church of God with Jesus Christ as the cornerstone. Start your new year by reviewing God's salvation. Review the basics of how God has saved us from having to love this earth... - [A Matter of Decision](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-matter-of-decision/) - If you are still struggling, it is not for lack of information – you have all the information you need at your fingertips! It is because you continue to resist dying to your own will. The more you resist, the harder the battle will be, and the fact is, you will never change God’s truths... - [The Super Community of Pure Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-super-community-of-pure-love/) - Love is a legitimate solution that ends so much suffering that a human can migrate toward inexpressible joy, which of course ends man-on-man crime. It is essential to know that the Genius God created the empty spot in the heart so that He could fill it. But why is He even wanting to fill an empty hole in the heart that He created? It is so He can fill it with love. Why would God do such a thing? Here is the answer... - [True Love is No Little Gift](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/true-love-is-no-little-gift/) - It is in the exposure to REAL, GENUINE LOVE that you find the answer—for it is an understatement to say that it is the greatest gift. True Love holds in its arms the greatest power on Earth. It is somewhat like the wind. You cannot see it, but you can feel it... - [Building True Relationships](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/building-true-relationships/) - This Christmas, did you give gifts to people you are close to? How did you build those relationships? Just giving a gift at Christmas does not do it. The true gift of heartfelt LOVE is what builds relationships, and to offer this to others, you must start with a relationship with God FIRST! - [Come...Let Us Worship Him!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/come-let-us-worship-him/) - Merry Christmas! Praise God for today! Whom, or what, have you come to worship on this day? Do you adore the praise of family members or other people? Then you have missed the mark. Do you behold the food that is before you? Then you will become like a refrigerator. Do you adore material possessions and money? Then you will be greedy and alone. But…do you behold and adore Christ? Then you will be FULFILLED...Whom, or what, have you come to worship on this day? Do you adore the praise of family members or other people? Then you have missed the mark. Do you behold the food that is before you? Then you will become like a refrigerator. Do you adore material possessions and money?... - [Inexpressible and Glorious Joy!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/inexpressible-glorious-joy/) - An inexpressible and glorious joy comes from a true relationship with the one true GOD in this one true Kingdom – this relationship is your treasure! Praise God that you have this relationship and are harvesting the fruit of love and joy and peace and patience and goodness and self-control... - [Even the Highest Heavens](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/even-highest-heavens/) - "Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you."... - [Praise His Holy Name](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/praise-holy-name/) - The Psalms are filled with beautiful praises to the Lord Almighty! Join with me and all of those who seek God wholeheartedly and live only to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, who lived out “Not my will but Yours be done!” (Luke 22:42) Rejoice in the Lord and Praise Him today!... - [The Greatest Pursuit](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/greatest-pursuit/) - There is faith in God and there is hope for God, but I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that the greatest pursuit of all things, the superior way, the most excellent way—not for praise of man, not heart-less, philanthropic deeds done nor “deeds” inspired by satan—but the most excellent way is True Love with good words and deeds inspired by God with the right motives, which is love for God and His Kingdom of Love. True Love will never fail. Why... - [The Compassion of Christ](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-compassion-of-christ/) - Jesus was popular and surrounded by crowds of people everywhere, and instead of recoiling or distancing himself, he behaved quite the opposite. If Jesus lived today, you would not see him traveling in protective vehicles with a security squad. Knowing that he was led by God and represented the will and behavior of The Father…note that Jesus embraced the crowd and its needs... - [It is In the Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-is-in-the-heart/) - Look at what Mark 12 reveals: Jesus commands us to love, so we must have the capacity to love. Indeed, we have all had an entire heart of love this entire time. You do not have to go thru some journey to find it—it has been right there in your heart all along... - [Turn Around](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/an-hour-by-hour-focus-on-god/) - The test will be that you will want to have your excuse…but you must understand that EVERYONE has their test. Everyone has his or her problem. Stop the lie that your problem is bigger. God sets it up so it is a test for you to let Him rule and to let Him have control. Who is the God of the little things? This will let you know who will be your God of the big things... - [What are Your Goals](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-are-your-goals/) - You have come for this hour to glorify God’s name, to glorify Christ’s name. If you are eating when you’re not hungry or eating beyond full, then you are glorifying your own name. That is futile, unproductive, useless, vain and empty; and glorifying yourself is repulsive—but worse, it is futile for you to have glorified something [yourself] that will be dead in a few years, and a being that has no power outside of being connected to God... - [Important Questions to Ask Yourself Daily](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/important-questions-to-ask-yourself-daily/) - So, why would someone struggle with their weight for years—even if they had been in Weigh Down Workshop and know of its concept of hunger and fullness for two to ten years? Why can you not just lose the weight... - [Who are You Glorifying with Your Choices?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/who-are-you-glorifying-with-your-choices/) - At some point, you are going to have to come to your hour of making a choice, making that commitment. And your hour boils down to a decision of who is going to be glorified... - [The Man Who Loves His Life Will Lose It](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-man-who-loves-his-life-will-lose-it/) - ohn chapter 12 has a deep lesson for us all. Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” Faith believes that there is a clear directing hand from the Heavens on those in authority... - [Loving God's Beautiful Authority](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/loving-gods-beautiful-authority/) - Have you surrendered every bite of food to the lead of the Heavenly Father? Why not? The answer could be anti-authority. We need an understanding and the practice of following the lifestyle of Jesus Christ, who stayed under authority during suffering. Your Savior, Jesus Christ, did not choose His rule, but He chose God’s rule in and up to His final hour... - [Do Not Put God to the Test](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-not-put-god-to-the-test/) - They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved. Psalm 78:18 Do not test the generous boundaries that God has given. The volume of food you are allowed to eat is generous. Willingly cut back where needed. Do not crave anything but a relationship with God through Christ... - [The Gift of God’s Lead](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-gift-of-gods-lead/) - We have been given so much... We have the freedom to love God and we actually get a second chance to hear His voice and follow our beautiful Lord. While much of the world is fearful of being controlled by God, we cannot wait to find His lead! Why? - [I'd Love To See God On The News](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/id-love-to-see-god-on-the-news/) - It really bothers me that God is not in the headline news every night. I would love to hear a newscaster say, "And the hand of God spared this person from a fatal accident today." It also makes me mad that God is not on the weather channel every night! - [More Is Not Better](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/more-is-not-better/) - God has programmed an amazing characteristic deep inside each of us: The more you eat, the more you will want…but the LESS you eat, the LESS you will want! This is true for shopping, for alcohol, for drugs, or for self-indulgent hours in the day. - [The Loving, Merciful, Wonderful, True Master!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/loving-merciful-wonderful-master/) - What a joy to know that you are showing the whole Universe that you love God more than anything, and it points to Who the authority is in this Universe. This is essential and fundamental, and it is a guilt-free life... - [Overdue Appreciation](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/overdue-appreciation/) - Our Father has created your very life and then gives over and above to fill your life with all you need. May we never give Him one second of grief by ever thinking that He gave us life so that He could have attention or use people to wait on Him or get praise from people...Our Father has created your very life and then gives over and above to fill your life with all you need. May we never give Him one second of grief by ever thinking that He gave us life so that he could have attention or use people to wait on Him or get praise from people... - [You CAN Be Done With Sin](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-can-be-done-with-sin/) - Just as there were early skeptics who thought pioneer aviators could not overcome the earth’s gravity, skeptics today do not believe that you can be done with sin...The skeptics say that you are wasting your time, you are arrogant, and you are dreaming. When you fall down, they gloat and mock, saying, "Well, what is the matter? I thought you could overcome sin." Skeptics exist inside AND outside the church building, and some even live with you... - [There is a New Life Waiting for You!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/there-is-a-new-life-waiting-for-you/) - This world is not special, for it will pass away—however, the man who does the will of the Father will live forever.(I John 2:17) That is special! You think food or alcohol or lust or fortune are special? Is it special to go eat? No, it is not special. Food is not special. God and His Spirit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and self-control is special... - [Ending the Cycle by Stopping the Gimmicks](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/ending-the-binge-by-stopping-the-gimmicks/) - God is using Weigh Down to bring His people back home. But it takes focus on that one thing, staying in His boundaries of hunger and fullness. The people who are losing weight are dropping the distractions, stopping the dieting and ending the gimmicks. They are waiting for true stomach hunger, and when it comes, they are getting what God is leading—no more gimmicks with the food or dieting... - [Waiting and Temptation—The Example of Christ](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/waiting-and-temptation-the-example-of-christ/) - The Christmas season is an even deeper time to focus on the example of Christ. We want to be like Christ in Matthew 4:1-4 and when we are tempted, answer satan with, “Man does not live on bread alone, but on the will of God”... - [God's Perfect Zone, His Boundaries of Hunger and Fullness](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/gods-perfect-zone-his-boundaries-of-hunger-and-fullness/) - This season, we are going to really focus on studying Christ and being careful to stay in God's perfect boundaries! I love the Zone of God’s hunger and fullness and His boundaries! To be free the rest of your life of your will that is outside of God’s will…you have no more guilt, no more worries... - [Not This Year](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/not-this-year-2/) - Did the "old you" eat with abandon at office parties, special family meals, holiday get-togethers, and of course all those treats that are fun to make at this time of year – only to grieve later over the rising scale? Not this year! Starting today,... - [Keeping Your Priorities Straight](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/keeping-priorities-straight/) - At this busy season, never forget where ALL blessings come from! God is SO good to us, and His Son Jesus is our Shining Star. Do not let this day go by without praying over your priorities... - [A Day of Praise](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-day-of-praise/) - Make today a day of praise for all that God has done! Gather your family and take a good long look at each other, and then walk through your homes and really look at all that God has given... - [Biggest Tip: Invite God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/biggest-tip-invite-god-2/) - Yes, I have just a couple more tips to keep in mind as you approach family meals this week. We covered a few things yesterday, but what should you do if you are simply NOT physically hungry when the holiday meal is served? Just fix your plate, cover it, and set it aside for later. If you spend your time catching up with the company and enjoying visiting, most people won't even realize you aren't eating. You will enjoy the food much more when you are truly hungry later on... - [Special Occasion Meal Tips](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/holiday-meal-tips/) - There's nothing like getting together with family and special friends, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas. All the bakeries display a festive array of cakes, pies, cookies, breads, and other tantalizing treats... - [Approaching Special Occasion Meals](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/approaching-special-occasion-meals/) - During this Thanksgiving week, many of you may be facing some temptations at family meals this week. Be very careful that you don't fall into old habits. A huge suggestion that Weigh Down recommends is that you SLOW DOWN your eating... - [Waiting on God's Plan and His Menu](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/waiting-on-gods-plan-and-his-menu/) - Look what happens to the person who is doing it right. They are concentrating on God thru the growl. They are concentrating on God once they start eating to find the full. They are concentrating back on the growl in the evening…they are crying out to God. Do not just reach out to others—you need to get down and pray, because the whole point of this is your relationship and Connection with God... - [Finding Fullness and a Connection with God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/finding-fullness-and-a-connection-with-god/) - “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.” John 4:34 Your food is to do the will of the Father. And what is the will of the Father? It is found in that growl. Waiting on the growl is like finding God, meeting up with God every day, several times a day. It keeps you so focused on His will... - [You are so Valuable](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-are-so-valuable/) - It is so important to remember that no matter what, we are going to keep going! When you are tested to go back, keep your list of incentives of why you are doing this close by, and you know that you do not ever want to go back to your old life... - [Obedience to God All Hours of the Night and Day](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/obedience-to-god-all-hours-of-the-night-and-day/) - Remember, if you are still struggling with overeating, one huge thing to avoid is getting up in the middle of the night to eat. You have made it through the day with being aware of what you are doing...but in the night, you must not get distracted, lose focus and run to the food... - [How to Pass Your Tests with Food and Overeating](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-pass-your-tests-with-food-and-overeating/) - The main thing to focus on when you are struggling is obedience to God with hunger and fullness. When you are tempted to overeat, remember that eating too much wears you out. It robs you... - [What to Do While Waiting for Hunger](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-to-do-while-waiting-for-hunger/) - If you want God more than the food, He will be right there with you to help you. He is GOD—He can make this easy for you. Keep running to Him... - [Thank You, God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/thank-you-god/) - A prayer… Father, we just praise Your holy name for letting us live today. Father, thank You for this opportunity to deny ourselves and to have more of You and less of our own way. Not our will but Yours be done, and therefore You are glorified and giving us this opportunity to have this relationship... - [How to Make the Transfer from a Focus on Food to God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-make-the-transfer-from-a-focus-on-food-to-god/) - When you diet, you are following man-made rules, because they are your rules. When you make that choice, you are not committed to following God or Christ because you are making the choice to follow man-made rules, and you cannot have it both ways... - [Ending Dieting Gimmicks](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/ending-dieting-gimmicks/) - This one focus on waiting for the growl is essential. Your gimmicks have to go. They are making you dream of the food and are increasing your head hunger, and then making you eat when you have that head hunger in the evening. Then you wake up heavier the next day and you are going to feel panicked and return to dieting and all your gimmicks again. The next thing you know, you have not tuned in to hunger and fullness at all...you feel the guilt, and you lose that relationship... - [Keeping it Simple](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/keeping-it-simple/) - Focusing on the growl is so important. There are no other choices, and you do not have any other things that you have to listen to. You do not have to find some special trick or gimmick…it is just the growl... - [Going Back to the Growl...](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/going-back-to-the-growl/) - If you have done Weigh Down before, do you remember how it was when you first start­ed? What did it feel like? You literally abandoned what you were doing before; you abandoned dieting, and you got in there and started finding the growl. You were so excited wait­ing on that growl. You were so focused on finding the growl and finding the full, that suddenly you looked up and you had lost weight, and it was the most exciting thing you had ever done in your life—eating regular foods and eating what you really liked! Why was that so much fun? Be­cause you were free... - [The Scales are Just a Tool](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-scales-are-just-a-tool/) - Many of you have struggled with the scales—with a fear of weigh­ing, a fear of the “number” and a panic to get a certain size or weight. You can now let go of that forever! The scales are just a tool; they are not your judge and not to be your god. Getting in tune to hunger and full­ness and a reliance on God is what you are looking for! The scales will just help you see if you are off track and help you fine tune your eating... - [You are so Loved!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-are-so-loved/) - Change is so exciting! God is doing something amazing! It is so important to remember that YOU are loved so much, and love is going to be the key that unlocks the door to permanent weight loss and permanent freedom from anything in the world that has called your name... - [Now is the Time to Let Go of Control](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/now-is-the-time-to-let-go-of-control/) - To those who have relied on their own strength, now is the time. This is your year to be done with overeating, to be done with suffering. You are exhausted and have gotten nowhere. Whatever you are controlling in your life, you have to let go... - [God is the Answer](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/god-is-the-answer/) - Weigh Down is about being committed to God ruling and you letting go of control. If you really mean it, then you do not know where you are going to be today and tomorrow and the next day. You don’t know where you’re going to be eating, who you are going to be eating with, what you’re going to be eating or if you are going to be eating... - [Making the Commitment](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/making-the-commitment/) - To commit to God, you have to let go of control of your eating, spending, lusting, talking, bad habits, jealousy, laziness, etc. People do not realize that they are controlling. Did you wait for hunger—true hunger—every time you ate these past few weeks... - [A Beautiful Relationship of Love for God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-beautiful-relationship-of-love-for-god/) - Do you watch the feet of Jesus and concentrate on what He did? He always spoke the truth in love and stayed busy in Kingdom work every day, not caring about what naysayers thought but only what the needs of the people were. Christ lost Himself in God and now has right-hand recognition and position and power... - [Staying Near](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/staying_near/) - Are you seeking this peace and joy through a relationship with God and Christ or are you seeking selfish gain and glory? The Key is to stay near. My puppy dog does not leave my side. When I am sleeping on the bed, she is at my feet. When I get up, she follows me - [It's a Daily Decision](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/its-a-daily-decision/) - Think about your testing and waiting—it is short lived and you do not remember it, but you keep the product of the suffering forever. Some will wait for a day or a week for hunger, but what they have not embraced is the DAILY cross... - [Walking with God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/walking-with-god/) - It is all about walking with God. When you look for men who have been lifted up by God—Abraham, Moses, David, the Apostle Paul, and especially the Son of God, Jesus Christ—all have a common denominator: they walked with God. God’s Spirit led them... - [One Thing to Focus On](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/one-thing-to-focus-on/) - This is all about a relationship with God. A controlling person has a relationship with themselves. They know every detail about themselves, and their mind is constantly returning to thinking about what they need. Their mouths and conversations will invariably return to talking about themselves and their wants, their needs, their desires. With each passing year, the dieter is more in love with the food and less in love with God... - [Letting Go of Man-Made Rules](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/letting-go-of-man-made-rules/) - You will never lose the love of food unless you stop dieting and let go of control. Diets will never make you self-controlled—they make you get OUT of control. Man-made rules [or diets] will never sanctify you or give you the self-control you desire... - [Rejected by the World, Loved by God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/rejected-by-the-world-loved-by-god/) - I have found inspiration in the martyrs and the men like Job and Spafford, but especially Jeremiah, Paul and Jesus. Though the world hated and rejected them, you could not take away the treasure in their hearts. - [Making the Choice](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/making-the-choice/) - Control can be the biggest issue. The controller usually describes who is left in a situation where they cannot lose their weight... - [Let Go of Control](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/let-go-of-control/) - If you struggle with weight loss, it could be a sign that you need to let go of control with your eating, because you will become “out-of-control!” We all need to look inward to find out what the body is calling for, because in the end, eating the same thing over and over with large volumes of low-calorie foods will extradite a binge... - [Diets and Control](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/diets-and-control/) - The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. I want to change the word “self-control” to “God-control.” Dieting and saying “yes” to dieting is wrong because it is person control vs. God control... - [Free to Love God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/free-to-love-god/) - You were born to worship and you do worship. What is on your mind all the time is your idol; it is what you adore. But you need to adore Jesus Christ. So we’ve established that you will give your heart, soul, mind, and strength to something—and that is worship. In fact, you could even call it addiction. But, again, you were born to do this, so, actually, being addicted is normal. And I am not asking you not to be addicted. I am asking you to be addicted to something that can love you back, and there is only One who can do that—our heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, His Son... - [How to Start Losing Weight Again](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-start-losing-weight-again/) - If you are wanting to get back on track, start off by reviewing the basics of Weigh Down at WeighDown.com and in your materials. But know that you can get started right now. An important part of the process of repentance includes the recognition that our relationship with God is wounded if our hearts are unclean—in other words, if our hearts secretly long for or lust for something else on this Earth—for more, that is, than what the Father has allotted... - [Being Able to Laugh at Yourself](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/being-able-to-laugh-at-yourself/) - You know that there is a just and fair God out there, and your day is coming. When it is your turn and you are winning, then you want to make sure you are a good sport... - [How to Play Board Games Without Strife](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-play-board-games-without-strife/) - What about when you are playing a board game and you have to go back three spaces? Maybe you were almost to the point of winning a game, and then someone sends your piece all the way back to Start. Do you get mad or upset? - [What if Something Really is Unfair in a Game](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/what-if-something-really-is-unfair-in-a-game/) - We are continuing to talk about competitiveness and sports. What if a situation in a game really seems to be unfair? Maybe you were called out, and you are sure that you were not out... - [How to be a Good Sport](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-be-a-good-sport/) - The main thing we have to understand in life is that everything is screened by God. God knows everything that is going to happen and everything that is happening... - [How to Make Games Fun for Everyone](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-make-games-fun-for-everyone/) - How do you make a game better? First of all, remember to pray! But after praying, there is one question you ask yourself every time: Would you want someone to do that to you? - [How to be the Salt in a Game](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-be-the-salt-in-a-game/) - What is inside of a person that makes them angry and allows them to throw the ball down or get into an argument? Most of the time, it is embarrassment... - [Being Christlike in Sports and Games](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/being-christlike-in-sports-and-games/) - We have been talking about how to imitate Jesus in sports. We can stop being overly competitive when we understand that no one is impressed with whether or not someone did well in the game. They will not remember how you played, but they are going to remember if you were angry... - [Godly Competition](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/godly-competition/) - We are learning to be more like Christ in all areas, but to be like Christ when it comes to a game can be challenging. Sports can be a lot of fun, but they can also conjure up characteristics that are totally unlike Christ and unlike God. We need God to learn how to play games and participate in sports in the way that Jesus Christ would have done... - [How to Overcome Alcohol Addiction Part III - The Answer](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-overcome-alcohol-addiction-part-iii-the-answer/) - With God’s Holy, incredibly temperate Spirit, you can have a drink and not overdrink… you can have a meal and not binge… you can have a pipe or cigar to celebrate a newborn. Moderation—temperance—is what is acceptable for God’s Holy people... - [How to Overcome Alcohol Addiction Part II - The Impact](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-overcome-alcohol-addiction-part-ii/) - This substance abuse, like tobacco, can start in the teen years for various reasons. In fact, survey results from the National Institute of Health indicate that 28.6 percent of the 12th graders and 40 percent of the college students reported binge drinking. Again, “binge drinking” is defined as five or more drinks on the same occasion. Surveys reveal that binge drinkers can down as many as six to nine drinks in one setting... - [How to Overcome Alcohol Addiction Part I - The Scope of the Problem](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-overcome-alcohol-addition-part-i-the-scope-of-the-problem/) - Small amounts of wine have been proven to be safe and even medicinal. However, alcoholism—“overdrinking,” defined as more than two drinks in one sitting—is the number one drug problem in the U.S., as it is easily accessible, legal, and socially acceptable... - [How to Stop Smoking](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-stop-smoking/) - Smoking and tobacco use are a worldwide concern where 1 in 10 adults are smokers. In the United States, the number of smokers is about double, at one in five. According to statistics, every fifth person has an “addiction” to a tobacco product, including cigarettes, pipes, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and snuff... - [How to be Free from Any Overindulgence/Addiction](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-be-free-from-any-overindulgence-addiction/) - Thousands of people have used the principles taught through WeighDown to be permanently set free from any dependency, including cigarettes, alcohol, antidepressants, diet pills, sexual lusts, or other worldly desires... - [A Future of Hope and Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-future-of-hope-and-love/) - This planting of pure love has just begun. God is taking a piece of Himself—His Spirit—and building a Super Community consisting of charity as we have tasted, but know that what the future holds will be far beyond our imaginings and more formidable than any nation known to man because it is the most prevailing substance to found an institution on, the most powerful substance on Earth... - [A Life of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-life-of-love/) - It is all about who you love, and with the Spirit of God in our hearts, this creates a Community of stress-free peace. It is a Church built on the Rock of Jesus Christ who said, “the world must know that I love the Father and I do exactly as he commands me”... - [An Acts 2 Church](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/an-acts-2-church/) - The building of the True Church and care for this Kingdom on Earth results in a Community that is phenomenal. It is the picture of Acts 2 and the early Christians... - [The New Jerusalem](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-new-jerusalem/) - The Kingdom of Love could be best described as people who give and give again and then give again; and when they think they cannot give any more, they GIVE, to both God and to man. This creates the Super Community founded on Christ... - [It Takes Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/it-takes-love/) - Love gives more than anything on Earth. Someone who responds to hate with love, with the virtues of gentleness and quietness, is the prodigy... - [How to Enhance Your Life Today](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-enhance-your-life-today/) - We must follow God’s lead of tenderness each day, starting with those closest to us. Have you been purposefully kindhearted today with your children... - [The Super Community of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-super-community-of-love/) - To have this picture of Heaven on Earth, it is going to take everyone choosing to go ALL IN and getting rid of every offensive vice so that God can reside in the heart on Earth as He does in Heaven—so that a light can be left for our children and our children’s children... - [Immortal Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/immortal-love/) - God is Love and has an altruistic love that is so unfathomable and so deep that we cannot possibly grasp it all... - [All of Creation Speaks of God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/all-of-creation-speaks-of-god/) - All of creation speaks volumes about God and what He wants. You can also find what God wants by watching people live out the Word of God. Yes, one of the best ways to visualize this relationship with God is to spend a day in the life of someone Spirit-led and fully devoted to God alone... - [Your Situation is Not Hopeless](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/your-situation-is-not-hopeless/) - Another thing that could make you feel hopeless is counselors informing you that you have come from a “dysfunctional family.” Well, who has not come from a dysfunctional family!? Look at the first family unit: Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel... - [If You Truly Love, It is Natural](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/if-you-truly-love-it-is-natural/) - How much trouble is it to refrain from running to another idol if you are so in love with God? These are easy commandments from this wonderful God. We should praise Him that salvation (being able to enter His presence) is not performance-based... - [Never Alone Again](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/never-alone-again/) - Imagine when you have a test. Let’s say it is dying to the praise of men tonight or to pride or lust. Let’s say it is dying to eating food tonight or being submissive to your husband tonight or loving someone hard to love. Whatever you struggle with, bring it to mind now. Imagine having to die—giving up your will, your body, your soul, your dreams, whatever it is—in this test. You have always been alone. You try to do this alone... - [The Opportunity of God's Will](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-opportunity-of-gods-will/) - For most, obedience conjures up the concept of “obligation.” But for me, obedience conjures up the concept of “opportunity.” This opportunity of conformity to God’s Divine Will purifies us... - [Leaving the High Places for the Promised Land](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/leaving-the-high-places-for-the-promised-land/) - The Bible talks a lot about high places or strongholds—things we cling to in order to cope with this ever-changing orbiting world where the winds change daily! High places are mentioned more than sixty times in the Bible... - [True Repentance](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/true-repentance/) - To repent means you have stopped the past action. This is not about saying you are sorry that you messed up. This is about saying “goodbye” to behaviors of the past... - [The Night Lie, Part II](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-night-lie-part-2/) - Yesterday, we discussed the Night Lie and the pressure that can come on suddenly in the evening to take care of yourself and fall for whatever temptation is put before you. Don’t fall for this pressure lie, whatever it is: you will not see the food again, you must eat before anyone sees you, you might not get this chance again, etc. You must say “no”... - [The Night Lie, Part I](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-night-lie-part-1/) - Tragically, the enemy has many people just where he wants them: deceived, year after year after year. They may go to bed every night determined to be different. Then get up every morning with the same resolve. If this is your situation, you may pray, and yet, at the end of the day and at the last minute you are presented by satan an opportunity to eat, and you make a rash decision... - [How Does it Look to Follow God's Lead with Food?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-does-it-look-to-follow-gods-lead-with-food/) - Every day, you get up and focus on God with prayer and praise and listening inside—when the stomach is growling, you approach the food with prayer and thankfulness. You become satisfied and do not think about food until you feel empty again. No more bypassing hunger—let go of control, and you will be rewarded with energy... - [No More Dieting!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/no-more-dieting/) - Praise God that you will follow His will and eat regular foods for the rest of your life. When you deny God and what He has programmed inside of you, you will become ravenous again and lustful for food. On the other hand, you will wind up eating less when you are not dieting and no longer craving foods you have denied yourself that were programmed inside you by God... - [Flying Above the Scales](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/flying-above-the-scales/) - God is doing something new for those who are coming to Him once again… His Spirit is pouring down and providing a breakthrough. Let us start with laying down the scales—get a beginning number, but just use the scales occasionally because the trend that we are measuring is the dependency on God. It is not about a number…it is about getting that internal control and Connection to God so that you are guided and are flying above the scales... - [No Worries about Weight or Food Ever Again](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/no-worries-about-weight-or-food-ever-again/) - All that has happened to you on your journey is not for naught. God has been right there with you this entire time. You are not a failure. God is with you, and we are ready now for the next phase... - [You CAN Do It!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/you-can-do-it/) - Why is this time going to be different? Because God has prepared your heart. These last attempts are not for naught. God has used the successes and failures to program much information into your mind and soul that will give you victory this time. Thru repetition of God’s WeighDown, you will finally win with Christ... - [More on How to Have the Perfect Day](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/more-on-how-to-have-the-perfect-day/) - The morning is the time for thoughtful quietness. After a night that has been dark and quiet, it takes time to gear up for light and sound and noise. And family members are waking up and spending time in prayer, so you have to be respectful. Remember to do to others as you would have them do to you... - [Spreading His Light to Others](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/spreading-his-light-to-others/) - Having a new life—this dependence, this love, this turning to God and obeying Him—covers the first four of the Ten Commandments. With these foundational characteristics in place, you may leave your bedroom. You are now ready to open up the door and face the world, ready to put into practice the last six of the Ten Commandments and be a glorious, successful light to all men on Earth... - [How to Have Peace and a Grateful Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-have-peace-and-a-grateful-heart/) - When we depend on God and Christ for all things every minute of the day—with any obstacles, with any oppositions, with any hardships—then we will not project and cause a problem by blaming others... - [Relying on God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/relying-on-god/) - When you lean not to your own understanding but rather to God all day, expectations and anger go away. - [Looking to God](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/looking-to-god/) - We are continuing the discussion from yesterday on how to have a great morning. Once you are ready for the day, before you leave the bedroom, you must pray the Lord’s Prayer to be led not into temptation for idols and to be sure you have nothing but forgiveness and mercy and patience for others. In this way, you fulfill the Law and the Prophets and all that God has asked of you. - [How to Have a Great Morning](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-to-have-a-great-morning/) - Etiquette starts in the early morning when you awaken and give glory to God by praising Him for another day and His beautiful sunrise. He has been merciful to allow the world that is so full of evil desires to continue to spin another day... - [God's Spirit of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/gods-spirit-of-love/) - To have God’s good etiquette, we need the Spirit of God in our hearts, but note that obtaining this Spirit is dependent on our actions. These actions must come first, and then God will come and make His home inside your heart. - [Gaining a New Life and a New Heart](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/gaining-a-new-life-and-a-new-heart/) - How do you get the beautiful Spirit and gracious etiquette from above? You cannot buy it, nor can you obtain it from simply begging for it from the Heavens. - [God's Beautiful Etiquette](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/gods-beautiful-etiquette/) - Good etiquette is only possible when you genuinely love GOD and His Ten Commandments from deep inside your heart. However, etiquette courses and multiple finishing schools all claim to teach proper etiquette. People pay for and take courses to polish the outside, but they never achieve appropriate social interaction, so they never seem to have true friends or maintain relationships of any depth. - [Returning to God's Foundation](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/returning-to-gods-foundation/) - There is hope for the future. As we return to this foundation of God’s etiquette and His Commands, we have seen a transformation in our own lives and in those around us. Imagine a Heavenly Community…a place of gentleness, kindness and graciousness…filled with true etiquette and manners, a positive attitude and looking for the good in everyone. - [The Foundation of Good Etiquette](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-foundation-of-good-etiquette/) - While the world teaches secular etiquette and rules that are politically correct, it is time for a comeback to true etiquette as laid out by God. Doing what the Heavens expect was given to Moses and the Prophets and Christ and his Apostles. It was based on the Ten Commandments and Mark 12, which all - [The Golden Rule](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-golden-rule/) - To employ the Golden Rule is the most important lesson in your life. You cannot toss it aside as just one more little fact. If you learn nothing else in your home, in school, in Church, thru all the sermons and all the reading of the Bible, except learning to love God and to do - [Do Unto Others](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/do-unto-others/) - So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12 The Golden Rule was written by God, and almost all etiquette rules have been stolen words from the Bible…for true etiquette is to do to others as you would have them do to you. This is one of those subjects that is so deep and so vast. - [An Epic Spiritual Journey](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/an-epic-spiritual-journey/) - Now…if you have tried WeighDown in the past, take a moment to walk down memory lane. Do you remember the years of overweight and dieting? Do you remember when you first found WeighDown? You had been thru so much pain, dieted for years and years and had struggled for so long, and once you cried out to God, He sent WeighDown, a revolutionary approach to losing weight. Freedom at last! You felt so loved by God... - [Our Most Important Pursuit](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/our-most-important-pursuit/) - Can you tell me what else matters than pursuing this relationship with God, because the world is all fading. It is all passing away. When it is gone—and it will be destroyed —what will you have left? There is faith and there is hope, but the greatest of these is this investment into a love relationship... - [The Embracing Path of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-embracing-path-of-love/) - My personal relationship with the Father grows daily. I am awakened to God both in the day and in the night. Just last night, after years of the same experience, I was awakened by God to get up, only to walk right into the brightest rays of the full moon I have ever experienced in my life. I was awakened at the only hour this one night when the full moon was not covered by clouds... - [Unfathomable Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/unfathomable-love/) - God is Love and has an altruistic love that is so unfathomable and so deep that we cannot possibly grasp it all... - [The Most Superior Power](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/the-most-superior-power/) - Evil is the Earth’s biggest enemy, therefore, it stands to reason that Love is the most important commodity on Earth. Underneath this love-force, the components of love are breaking down the barriers. It is chipping away at the stony exterior, and love eventually triumphs…love triumphs as mercy triumphs over judgment.. - [Love Overcomes](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/love-overcomes/) - True Love is more powerful than any other energy or power, more important than any other resource, and therefore, the most important study of all because True Love overcomes evil... - [An Endless River of Love](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/an-endless-river-of-love/) - It is when you finally see that True Love is the greatest force on Earth and is the power that raises the dead from the grave—because it gives life everywhere it goes—that is when you will want to seek it far more than anything else on Earth or in space or in the depths of the sea... - [A Rich Inheritance](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/a-rich-inheritance/) - How do you create a God-Fearing Family? How do you expect your children to be what you are not? It seems impossible, and that is why it starts with the parents and the grandparents, because you cannot transfer to your children what you do not have yourself. Start today and make a connection with God - [Pray about Everything!](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/pray-about-everything/) - Pray about everything! You cannot have a relationship with God without talking to Him. How many times have you prayed since you started this program? You need to be praying all the time—without ceasing... - [How Do You Commit?](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/how-do-you-commit/) - So how do you commit to your authority? How do you commit to God? You lay down fears that you will be abused. Being under authority does not mean that women only find identity and meaning in their lives through their husbands and children. Just because Christ served the world under the authority of God, it does not mean that Christ lost His identity. So do not fear... - [Not This Year](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/not-this-year/) - Did the "old you" eat with abandon at office parties, special family meals, holiday get-togethers, and of course all those treats that are fun to make at this time of year – only to grieve later over the rising scale? Not this year! Starting today,... - [They Know What Lights Up Your Eyes](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/know-lights-eyes/) - Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. Deuteronomy 4:9 Yesterday we started discussing how to help your children off the path of overweight, obesity, or any slavery to any stronghold in the world today. It all starts with the mom and the dad. If the hearts of the father and mother are turned toward God, where God is their everything, then there will be a natural understanding of how to avoid overindulgences in anything. In other words, there will be no greed for extra food, or unnecessary material possessions, overindulgences in alcohol or drugs, anger, gossip, or any stronghold. With this fact in mind, my first encouragement is to just absorb God’s basic truths for your OWN heart, soul, and mind... - [God's Good Pleasure](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/486248-2/) - It seems like an overwhelming task to fight overweight and obesity for YOURSELF, much less for your children. We all want to be free and not be a slave to food or to anything on this earth. We do not want to pass our love for food down to our children... - [Choosing Whom You Obey](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/choosing-whom-you-obey/) - By the incredible grace and the leading hand of God, I have been working with Saints for over 30 years to point them to the healing hands of Christ and God as they lay down strongholds. WeighDown Ministries and Remnant Fellowship Churches have been a calling. You discover quickly that you cannot judge a book by its cover; this message is about mere Christianity and an eternal, saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ... - [Control Versus Discipline](https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/control-versus-discipline/) - Many people—under the guise of righteous self-discipline—try to run not only their lives but others’ lives as well, because they think they can. 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