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Topic: Life Plan Devotion announcement (for this board)
Hi, Everyone.
No one has read the Life Plan Devotion, on this board, for several days. Since I have to post at 2 a.m., my time, to get the devotion on for the current date, I have decided to post on the Main and VSG forums, as well as on my profile blog, but drop posting here. I'm sad about that, but for the few of you *****ad the devotion, you will be able to find it on the other places mentioned.
I will continue to check this board for posts, especially prayer requests. If you need me, you know where to find me.
Blessings,
Mary
No one has read the Life Plan Devotion, on this board, for several days. Since I have to post at 2 a.m., my time, to get the devotion on for the current date, I have decided to post on the Main and VSG forums, as well as on my profile blog, but drop posting here. I'm sad about that, but for the few of you *****ad the devotion, you will be able to find it on the other places mentioned.
I will continue to check this board for posts, especially prayer requests. If you need me, you know where to find me.
Blessings,
Mary
"Don't tell God how big your storm is; tell your storm how BIG your God is!"
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
Topic: Life Plan Devotion #171 [Wash some feet]
Hi, Everyone.
I trust you had a good weekend, and are ready for a great work week. For those of you who are following the "romance of the century," Leah and Regan continue to make wedding plans. Just when they thought they'd "thought of everything," more details have come up, ones they hadn't thought of. Leah's feeling a bit overwhelmed, but, hey, that's why you give yourself 6 months to plan a wedding [which they didn't do]. So, I appreciate your prayers that cool heads will prevail and that we don't end up with a bridezilla on our hands.
Countdown to wedding: 55 days.
Life Plan Devotion #171 [Wash some feet]
John 13: 1, 4-5, 15 [NLT] "Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to His Father. He had loved His disciples during His ministry on earth, and now He loved them to the very end... So He got up from the table, took off His robe, wrapped a towel around His waist, and poured water into a basin. Then He began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel He had around Him... 'I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.'"
The Son of God came not as a proud master who demanded service from others but as a humble servant who delighted in helping and serving others. In stooping down to do the most menial job (washing His disciples' feet), Jesus showed them that true leaders serve their followers. To follow Jesus' example and serve others, we start by allowing Him to serve us, by experiencing His cleansing power in our life.
What this has to do with weight loss: As you experience Jesus' cleansing power in your life, you can serve others. You can share your story, listen to others, feel their pain, and stand by them in the tough times of the weight-loss journey. As you support others in the weight-loss process, you will be strengthened to continue on your own journey.
Today, find someone's feet that you can wash. Minister to someone else, bless that person, and you will be blessed as well. Listen to Michael Card singing "The Basin and the Towel."
http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=ceaa6f250417bffeb45a
Blessings,
Mary
I trust you had a good weekend, and are ready for a great work week. For those of you who are following the "romance of the century," Leah and Regan continue to make wedding plans. Just when they thought they'd "thought of everything," more details have come up, ones they hadn't thought of. Leah's feeling a bit overwhelmed, but, hey, that's why you give yourself 6 months to plan a wedding [which they didn't do]. So, I appreciate your prayers that cool heads will prevail and that we don't end up with a bridezilla on our hands.
Countdown to wedding: 55 days.
Life Plan Devotion #171 [Wash some feet]
John 13: 1, 4-5, 15 [NLT] "Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to His Father. He had loved His disciples during His ministry on earth, and now He loved them to the very end... So He got up from the table, took off His robe, wrapped a towel around His waist, and poured water into a basin. Then He began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel He had around Him... 'I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.'"
The Son of God came not as a proud master who demanded service from others but as a humble servant who delighted in helping and serving others. In stooping down to do the most menial job (washing His disciples' feet), Jesus showed them that true leaders serve their followers. To follow Jesus' example and serve others, we start by allowing Him to serve us, by experiencing His cleansing power in our life.
What this has to do with weight loss: As you experience Jesus' cleansing power in your life, you can serve others. You can share your story, listen to others, feel their pain, and stand by them in the tough times of the weight-loss journey. As you support others in the weight-loss process, you will be strengthened to continue on your own journey.
Today, find someone's feet that you can wash. Minister to someone else, bless that person, and you will be blessed as well. Listen to Michael Card singing "The Basin and the Towel."
http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=ceaa6f250417bffeb45a
Blessings,
Mary
"Don't tell God how big your storm is; tell your storm how BIG your God is!"
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
Topic: RE: UPDATE: Sister!!!
Praising God along with you. He is so good isn't He. We serve the ultimate God.
In Christ
Karyn
Topic: RE: UPDATE: Sister!!!
Our God is an awsome God. He is still on the throne & hears the prayers we offer up. Rejoycing with you.
Blessings,
Linda
Blessings,
Linda
Topic: Flashback Friday Devotion #39 [clay]
Hi, Everyone.
I love that this devotion mentions Psalm 37:4, and that it is coming to pass in my daughter's life. God is giving her the desires of her heart, in response to her softening to The Potter. The wedding is December 19. :)
Today's devotion is from my personal journal dated May 17, 2007. Let me know how God speaks to you.
Flashback Friday Devotion #39 [clay]
I read a quote by John Piper today, and it got me thinking. He says, "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
It reminded me of how, for so long, I didn't feel right unless I felt wrong. "Dissatisfied" was the adjective that hung over me, like a sign, and, I believe, despite all I've been through in my past, it was dissatisfaction that ushered in depression in my life.
Jesus wants me to be passionate about Him. He was certainly passionate about me! He died for me. He lives in me, delights my soul, and stirs me.
I was drawn to the Psalms, to read about delighting in the Lord and praising Him. I love Psalm 16:11, "You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, in Your right hand there are pleasures forever."
I thought of Psalm 37:4, which is a verse I pray for my daughter, Leah, for a godly husband. "Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart." I realize that I've never looked up the Hebrew for the words "delight" and "desires," for Psalm 37:4, so I decided to do that, and, my, how my perspective on this verse broadened!
The Hebrew word for "delight" means "to be soft or pliable." The Hebrew word for "desires" means "requests, desires, petitions." If I want to have a "yes" from God to what I ask, want, or need, all I have to do is be soft and pliable, so God can mold me. That's all I need to do to be a delight to God, also.
I asked the Lord to show me some verses that would give me more information on delighting in Him, because I don't want to miss it! He led me to Job (I know, I was surprised, too) 22:21-26, which says, "Yield now and be at peace with Him...receive instruction from His mouth and establish His words in your heart...return to the Almighty...remove unrighteousness far from [you]...then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God."
Look at the progression to delight:
1) Yield
2) Be at peace with God
3) Receive instruction
4) Establish the Word in your heart
5) Return to God
6) Remove unrighteousness
It all starts with yielding, with being soft and pliable. So often, we try to "remove unrighteousness" in our own power, and it seldom works. If we begin with yielding, the peace comes. If we look to the Word, to receive it, to learn from it, and if we seek the Lord, we'll be able to remove the things from our life that harm us or do not help us, that keep us from having a right standing with God.
With Jesus is fullness of joy, overflowing pleasure, ongoing delight. In thinking about how this relates to a God Gain lifestyle (which I choose to call this journey, rather than a Weight Loss program), in particular with eating, as I continue to "taste" the joy found only in Jesus, I won't go back to the temporary pleasure of overeating.
Today, think of yourself as clay in The Potter's hands. What kind of clay are you? Are you soft and yielded to The Potter's hands, or do you resist His work in your life? Watch the video "Clay," and enjoy the song. http://connect.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=93f046ff12095b5 c5668
Blessings,
Mary
I love that this devotion mentions Psalm 37:4, and that it is coming to pass in my daughter's life. God is giving her the desires of her heart, in response to her softening to The Potter. The wedding is December 19. :)
Today's devotion is from my personal journal dated May 17, 2007. Let me know how God speaks to you.
Flashback Friday Devotion #39 [clay]
I read a quote by John Piper today, and it got me thinking. He says, "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
It reminded me of how, for so long, I didn't feel right unless I felt wrong. "Dissatisfied" was the adjective that hung over me, like a sign, and, I believe, despite all I've been through in my past, it was dissatisfaction that ushered in depression in my life.
Jesus wants me to be passionate about Him. He was certainly passionate about me! He died for me. He lives in me, delights my soul, and stirs me.
I was drawn to the Psalms, to read about delighting in the Lord and praising Him. I love Psalm 16:11, "You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, in Your right hand there are pleasures forever."
I thought of Psalm 37:4, which is a verse I pray for my daughter, Leah, for a godly husband. "Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart." I realize that I've never looked up the Hebrew for the words "delight" and "desires," for Psalm 37:4, so I decided to do that, and, my, how my perspective on this verse broadened!
The Hebrew word for "delight" means "to be soft or pliable." The Hebrew word for "desires" means "requests, desires, petitions." If I want to have a "yes" from God to what I ask, want, or need, all I have to do is be soft and pliable, so God can mold me. That's all I need to do to be a delight to God, also.
I asked the Lord to show me some verses that would give me more information on delighting in Him, because I don't want to miss it! He led me to Job (I know, I was surprised, too) 22:21-26, which says, "Yield now and be at peace with Him...receive instruction from His mouth and establish His words in your heart...return to the Almighty...remove unrighteousness far from [you]...then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God."
Look at the progression to delight:
1) Yield
2) Be at peace with God
3) Receive instruction
4) Establish the Word in your heart
5) Return to God
6) Remove unrighteousness
It all starts with yielding, with being soft and pliable. So often, we try to "remove unrighteousness" in our own power, and it seldom works. If we begin with yielding, the peace comes. If we look to the Word, to receive it, to learn from it, and if we seek the Lord, we'll be able to remove the things from our life that harm us or do not help us, that keep us from having a right standing with God.
With Jesus is fullness of joy, overflowing pleasure, ongoing delight. In thinking about how this relates to a God Gain lifestyle (which I choose to call this journey, rather than a Weight Loss program), in particular with eating, as I continue to "taste" the joy found only in Jesus, I won't go back to the temporary pleasure of overeating.
Today, think of yourself as clay in The Potter's hands. What kind of clay are you? Are you soft and yielded to The Potter's hands, or do you resist His work in your life? Watch the video "Clay," and enjoy the song. http://connect.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=93f046ff12095b5 c5668
Blessings,
Mary
"Don't tell God how big your storm is; tell your storm how BIG your God is!"
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
Topic: RE: UPDATE: Sister!!!
Praise You, God! Thank you for sharing this awesome report, Randall. :)
"Don't tell God how big your storm is; tell your storm how BIG your God is!"
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
Topic: UPDATE: Sister!!!
They found NOTHING!! What the Dr's saw as (and I quote) "Ratty Lungs with ENLARGED lymph nodes and concerned for lymphoma" now they can't see it! Her O2 Sats were dropping in the 70's. She is fine and just has fluid from the IV fluids and meds! GOD IS A HEALING GOD!!! He still works TODAY!!!
For every Goliath, there is a Stone! His name is Jesus!"
Topic: RE: I NEED MY FRIENDS!! PRAY!
Praying for good results for Alicia, Randall. Be strong. Healing is the bread of the children, according to Jesus' response to the mother who came to Him for healing for her child (Mark 7:27).
Blessings,
Mary
Blessings,
Mary
"Don't tell God how big your storm is; tell your storm how BIG your God is!"
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
ObesityHelp Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach
Topic: I NEED MY FRIENDS!! PRAY!
My baby Sister, Alicia is RIGHT NOW AS I TYPE having exrays and test done to rule out Lymphoma. She has 2 kids of her own and 4 step children. She LOVES kids. I need my prayer warriors to agree with us that SHE does NOT have Lymphoma or any other type of phoma! In the name of Jesus!
Please help me pray. She is only 32. Thank you!
Please help me pray. She is only 32. Thank you!
For every Goliath, there is a Stone! His name is Jesus!"
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