Run for Your Life

Proverbs 6:4-5 says, "Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter and like a bird from the hand of the fowler."  Why?  Because you are being hunted every day, all day, by the enemy.  The Bible warns us to, "Be alert and of sober mind.  Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8).
 
This life is like a jungle, and we are like the enemy's prey.  The difference is Satan devours his prey from the inside out by getting you to choose one sinful path or another.  God tells us to expect to be tempted and to run in the opposite direction for dear life when it occurs just as Joseph did when Potiphar tried to seduce him.  If you did not run and you find yourself entangled with the sin of gluttony, making an idol of your stomach and food, or abusing your body with eating disorders by failing to obey the command to eat and drink for the glory of God, it is not too late.  The Blood of Jesus Christ will free you from the snare of the fowler and the hunting lion, but you must confess and repent.  Then run in liberty for Christ in the opposite direction by taking care of your body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and start eating and drinking for His glory!  If you do not, you will be consumed through your sin by hypertension, cancer, diabetes, and other illnesses related to be obesity and eating disorders.

I know the enemy works hard to make it seem like freedom from obesity and eating disorders is an impossibility, but Jesus said the devil is a liar, the father of lies, and there is no truth in him.  So stop listening to Satan!  The Bible says as a man thinks in his heart, so he is (Proverbs 23:7).  If you think you will always be fat, you will be.  If you doubt you will ever be free from your eating disorder, chances are you will continue to suffer in bondage to it.  Conversely, if you think you can change your current circumstances and lose the weight or overcome the eating disorder, you will.  
The first and most important battle in the health and fitness war takes place in your mind.  While there will be other skirmishes during the war, your mind is the equivalent of the front line of the battlefield.  Consequently, the fighting will be most intense there, and you will fight repeatedly day after day as you claim more of what used to be the enemy's territory.  When you become tomorrow who you think you are today, the enemy will be defeated, and you will emerge victorious!
 
In other words, YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO THIS!  Whether it is 50, 150, or 500 pounds or more, you can lose every ounce of weight through Christ!  If you have been bingeing and purging for decades or starving yourself in secret for years, God can renew your mind and change you from the inside out TODAY!  His power gives you victory over every sin, including those that result in obesity and eating disorders.  REMEMBER, “Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).  “Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith” Hebrews 12:1-2.
 
If you’re truly ready to free yourself from the enemy of obesity and eating disorders which seek to kill you like prey, run for your life by obeying God’s commands regarding your health and fitness!  Sign up for the Eating as an Act of Worship Health and Fitness Class TODAY!  During the 12-week course, you will learn the biblical principles regarding the body, dieting, exercising, and maintaining a healthy body for the glory of God!  The classes are 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, which can be ordered online at Amazon.com. 
 
Classes are available ONLINE via Periscope, a FREE APP for your phone or tablet, and IN PERSON at New Calvary Temple COGIC located at 1120 Bishop Lindsey Avenue in North Little Rock, Arkansas!  The EAW Adult Course begins on MONDAY, AUGUST 20TH at 6:00 p.m. CST.  The EAW Kidz Initiative Health and Fitness Course begins on TUESDAY, AUGUST 21ST at 6:00 p.m. CST!  If you’re unable to take the classes or you don’t want to wait to get started, then ORDER YOUR COPY of the Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher’s Edition TODAY!  Don’t procrastinate!  Order your copy at Amazon.com and start serving the One True Living God in every aspect of your life, including your eating habits, TODAY