Eating As Act of Worship

Jesus said if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can tell a mountain to move and nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:20). From your perspective, being free of bingeing and purging, no longer being anorexic, or losing 50, 150, or 300 pounds may seem as impossible as telling a mountain to move from one place to another, but nothing is impossible with God (Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37). We overcome the problems of the world by our faith, the Blood of the Lamb, and the word of our testimony (1 John 5:4; Revelation 12:11). Through faith in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, the mountain of eating disorders and obesity will crumble at your feet and you will tread over that which previously blocked your path and hindered your success! Your testimony to others as you celebrate every milestone should glorify God for giving you victory where you once failed! When you repent and eat for His glory, your attitude of gratefulness coupled with your faith that Jesus will remove the yoke of bondage to gluttony and failing to take care of the temple of the Holy Spirit, which is your body, insures you the victory that overcomes the world and makes you more than a conqueror through Jesus Christ!

On the other hand, doubting God's faithfulness to perform His Word and His ability to do what is impossible for you in your own strength, sets up a mountain of fear that seems insurmountable. "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). If you listen to the truth of God's Word regarding the cause and solution for being overweight and suffering from eating disorders, your faith in God increases that He'll remove the mountain. If you listen to your internal fears and the world's doctrine about obesity and eating disorders, for example, bad genes, no willpower, environmental factors, the mountain will remain and appear even larger with time. I encourage you to change your perspective of the mountain in front of you and believe God is able and willing to help you overcome it! "

If you’re ready to tell the mountain of obesity and eating disorders in your life to MOVE in the MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS, simply go online and order your copy of the Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher's Edition TODAY at Amazon.com!

The Bible teaches us to, "Put off your old self which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires (Ephesians 4:22)." Instead, you are to "be renewed in the spirit of your minds and to put on the new self-created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:23-24). This isn't a one-time occurrence. This must be done daily because temptation comes every day. The fight for possession of the Promised Land of Healthy and Fit for Life is "not against flesh and blood, but against the powers, against principalities, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, and against spiritual wickedness in the high places (Ephesians 6:11-12)." Therefore, we are commanded to, "Put on the whole armor of God" daily (Ephesians 6:13).

Before Jesus embarked on His spiritual mission to redeem mankind, He spent time alone with the Father, fasting in the wilderness. Sensing a moment of weakness, Satan tempted our Lord to stop abstaining from food in humble submission to the Father and urged Jesus to break His fast. Jesus responded with the Word of God and said, "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4)." Similarly, when the disciples thought Jesus was hungry, He told them He had already eaten. This confused them because they had not seen Him eat, but Jesus explained, "My food is to do the will of the One who sent Me and to finish His work (John 4:34)."

As in every other aspect of life, Jesus exemplified in these Scriptures how to eat for the glory of God. No, you don't have to abstain from food and beverages for 40 days and nights, but you MUST commit to "honor God with your body" by maintaining the temple of the Holy Spirit, which is your body. This isn't a choice. It's a command. Therefore, when you are tempted to disobey the command, you follow Jesus' example and fight back with the "sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God (Ephesians 6:17)" by continuing to follow your health and fitness plan or treatment plan for an eating disorder out of loving obedience (which is a form of worship) to God.

What you'll discover is the phenomenal truth of Jesus' statement to His disciples, that is, obeying God's will to eat and drink for His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31) is sustenance not just to your spirit, but also to your physical body.b In other words, the Holy Spirit gives you what you lack, self-control, and fulfills His promise that if you "resist the devil, he will flee from you (James 4:7)."

The battle for the healthy and fit version of you is spiritual warfare, and you must prepare your heart, mind, spirit and body for the onslaught from the enemy so you can stand against the evil today! If you’re ready to put your war clothes on and learn to fight with the FULL ARMOR OF God, REGISTER TODAY for the January 8, 2018, Eating as an Act of Worship Ministries Health and Fitness Class for adults! The class is FREE! There are NO REGISTRATION FEES OR MEMBERSHIP FEES! Participants are only responsible for the cost of the Eating as an Act of Worship Workbook. Classes are held ONLINE via Periscope or IN PERSON at the Otter Creek Community Church located at 13000 Quail Run Drive in Little Rock, Arkansas. To register for the course, visit our website at www.eatiingasanactofworshipministries.org! If you're unable to take the course, you can still learn on your own. Simply go online and order your copy of the Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher's Edition TODAY at Amazon.com!

Ann Wooten Taylor

Ann is an attorney who has been licensed to practice law in the State of Arkansas since 2004, practicing in the areas of child abuse and neglect, special education, and unemployment insurance law. Mrs. Taylor is also the C.E.O. of Eating as an Act of Worship Ministries and a Christian author. Her first non-fiction, Christian book entitled, "Eating as an Act of Worship Workbook" was published and released by Life to Legacy Publishing in 2015. Her second book, the "Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher's Edition" was published and released in December 2016.

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