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Self-Controlled and Alert

Weigh Down Diet Book by Gwen ShamblinThe Apostle Paul called us many times to be “self-controlled and alert.”
I have heard people off and on over the last few years say something along
these lines: “Well, I think my overeating is a spiritual problem.” I would
wonder, “What are they really saying? Are they saying they are spiritually
inadequate? Are they saying there are worldly problems (like car trouble) and
that weight control is in the realm of the spiritual?” At first, I was not sure
what they meant. But I am sure that repenting and turning from our old ways, giving up our will, acknowledging God’s way to eat is the right way, resisting temptation by being obedient, and continuing to resist every hour of the day until we are flying above the pull of food are, indeed, spiritual battles…