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July 31, 2020

Going to God for 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...

July 30, 2020

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” ...

July 29, 2020

Focusing on 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...

July 28, 2020

God’s Spirit of 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...

July 27, 2020

A Menu of God’s 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...

July 26, 2020

A 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...