It's hard to break free from entitlement eating because we hear the message everywhere we go: Life should be fair. You shouldn't have to suffer. You deserve the good life. This philosophy encourages us to eat in a couple of different ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 5: “I Have to Be Skinny” Eating
Do you ever feel like you have to be skinny? I used to feel that way. Weight was that one thing in life I could never control. And because I felt like I had to be skinny, I made "losing weight" more important than God wanted me to make it. I ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 4: Indulgent Eating
When I was in high school, I was on a dance team. Before each performance we had to weigh in. If we made weight, we performed. If we didn’t, we had to sit out. Because of this policy, those of us who were border-line in the weight department got ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 3: Justification Eating
The more I work on breaking bad habits, the more I realize how deceitful my mind is. I rarely come right out and say, I’m going to break my boundaries. Instead, I try to make it seem like I'm not really breaking my boundaries. I do that by telling ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 2: Careless Eating
It’s 11:30 in the morning, and I’ve already broken my boundaries. Not because I was dying to eat anything. But because I wasn't trying that hard not to eat anything. Granted, I’m on vacation right now. But if I think of past experience, vacation ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study: Day 1
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could solve all our eating problems in three weeks? I’ve been madly racking my brains for the last month trying to come up with a Bible study that would do just that. ... [ Read More ]
Is Failure Inevitable?
In some ways it's scary to pursue transformation. Because sooner or later, we know we're going to fail. And when that happens, as it inevitably will, the thought creeps into our minds like a slow-acting poison: why do I bother? I’ll never get over ... [ Read More ]
Gathering Your Tools
Sorry about the constant shifting of blogs, everyone. If I can't figure out how to make Bible study type posts over here, I'll switch back to blogger - but I may not have time to work on that for awhile. This will be the last post for the next week ... [ Read More ]
A Renewing of the Mind Project
It looks like I'll have to keep posting any Bible studies or worksheets over at my other blog until I can figure out how to transfer Word documents directly to Wordpress (if it can be figured out!). For today's post, click here. ... [ Read More ]
A Love Grown Cold: Bible Study
Wouldn’t it be ironic if writing a blog on how to break free from bad habits and sins drove me to drink? In order to avoid that possibility, I've decided to post today's Bible study over at my other blog P.S. If any of you know how to post a chart ... [ Read More ]