Eating As Act of Worship

Living as Enemies of the Cross of Christ

3/18/2018

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Philippians 3:18b-19 (NIV) says, "Many LIVE as enemies of the Cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things." Is it possible to accept Jesus as your Savior but still live as if you are His enemy? Yes! It happens every day. You know Christians who are not married but live together like a husband and wife contrary to God's Word. You sit on the same pew with the Christian who smoked marijuana at the club on Saturday night. You listened as a deaconess gossiped about a person who came to the church for prayer, and you, yourself, have made a "god of your stomach" and failed to obey the Lord's commands to "honor God with your body" by keeping the temple of the Holy Spirit in excellent condition.

In the event you haven't noticed, the devil doesn't bother you while you are comfortable with your sinful existence. After all, you are fighting on his side by actively rebelling against Christ. It's when you resolve to change, or even consider changing, that Satan comes against you. At that point, you are a threat instead of a pawn on the battlefield because you are trying to become free from bondage that you aren't even aware you are captive to.

In other words, the cravings intensify. People suddenly want to take you out to lunch, and you don't even have to pay. There's no free time to cook your own meals or go to the gym, and those are just the warning shots. The warfare intensifies until your feeble resolve crumbles, and you return to your sin, in this case, your old eating habits, like a dog to its vomit (Proverbs 26:11).

The cure for this is to denounce the idol you have made of your stomach and serve the One True God in every aspect of your life, including how you eat. In other words, follow Romans 12:1. "I beseech ye, therefore brethren, by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Then the battle is no longer yours. It's the Lord's! He'll fight for you when you stop warring against Him!

If you’re ready to stop living as enemies of the Cross of Christ, order your copy of the Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher's Edition TODAY at Amazon.com!

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Solving the Puzzle

3/4/2018

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I love puzzles! The Bible is my favorite puzzle book because when you put certain verses together, they flow as if they were written as one passage of Scripture even though the verses were penned years apart, often by different biblical writers. The Scriptures regarding faith are a perfect example! For instance, Romans 10:17 says, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." Hebrews 11:6 adds, "But without faith it's impossible to please Him, for He who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently SEEK Him. James 2:26 further explains, "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith WITHOUT WORKS is dead also."

The Bible also clearly teaches us that we can't earn salvation, but as the Scriptures above indicate, God expects you to show some outward sign of your inward belief. In terms of eating disorders and weight loss, if you believe God is able to set you free from entanglement with the sin of gluttony, from making an idol of your stomach and food, and ultimately, failing to eat and drink for His glory, then act like it! By faith, literally take the first steps to a healthier you by going for a stroll around your building on your lunch break. Taste and see that the Lord is good (Psalm 34:8) by regularly ordering the grilled salmon instead of the fried chicken, and watch your waistline decrease over time as, by faith, you eat for His glory!

Eventually, you'll testify that God was the missing piece of your health and fitness puzzle like Hebrews 11:1 is the piece of the biblical puzzle left out above. Just as eating for the glory of God must be the first and most important reason why you adopt a healthier lifestyle, Hebrews 11:1 fits as the first piece to our Scripture puzzle. It teaches us that, “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen..." However, as you literally begin to exercise your faith in believing God is the weight loss and eating disorder solution you've been hoping for, over time God will reveal your faith was never misplaced as evidenced by the healthier version of you coming into being little-by-little, day-by-day.

If you’ve accepted that the Lord is the solution to your health and fitness conundrum and you’re ready to learn to eat and drink for His glory, ORDER your copy of the Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher's Edition TODAY at Amazon.com!

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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.

Living as Enemies of the Cross of Christ

Solving the Puzzle

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