Restored by Truth
Ask, Believe in Christ
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This is not a “quick fix” or a “miracle diet solution. Again, it is about choosing to renew your mind for making life style changes that will effect all areas of your life, including your spiritual growth, finances, appearance, health and even the future generations to come. There are rewards for practicing and living with discipline,self-control and obedience as our standards, these are requirements for balance which were established by God. Change needs to take place from the inside out, starting with our thoughts, everything starts in our mind first. That is why it is so important to renew our minds daily with the instructions and knowledge of God's word. Change begins with our thoughts, which are then processed with our hearts. The condition of our hearts will determine how we respond to practicing discipline and obedience to God's authority. If our hearts are pure and filled with a love for God, our appetites and cravings for fulfillment will gradually change. We will begin to desire less of what the world has to offer for a “quick fix” solution. 1Peter 1:13-14 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be self-controlled: set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. If we ask, God will give us the understanding and knowledge of His word to equip us to achieve our goals, to live by His standards and to bring permanent change into our life. We must pray and ask with a pure heart and with pure motives that will glorify God. By making our motives all about pleasing God it will give us the strength and it will empower us to succeed. Commit to making the necessary changes by applying the spiritual and physical A, B, C principles. Make the choice of renewing your mind daily and start the process of restoration and change in your life for the next 40 days. The Lord kept the Israelites in the desert for 40 years, read Numbers 32:13; Jesus was sent out into the desert for 40 days, read Mark 1:12-13. The number 40 is significant in the scriptures so let us start with the number God used. Let's totally commit to start the process of renewing our minds for the next 40 days. Choose an accountability partner who also is serious about making life style changes. Choose someone who will commit to focus on prayer, to seek God's will and someone who will use this study as a tool as a guide to help with starting the process of renewal and restoration. Remember, the process will be a life time commitment. Pray for each other to overcome your “personal desert or deserts”. It could be a spiritual problem, a financial burden, over-eating or some other addiction. Whatever your “personal desert” might be, commit to finding your way out for the next 40 days. Hold each other accountable to achieve your goal. Don't miss a single day of commitment regardless of any temptation that will come against you. We must intentionally choose to put on our armor for protection against any attack, whether it is of our own flesh or from satan. We must pray by faith and believe that God will answer. Pray without ceasing to begin your 40 day journey strong and to achieve your goals. We must continue to pray to finish our 40 day journey with a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and by His power we will be equipped to finish our life long journey even stronger! Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
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Are you in need of restoration or spiritual and physical training? Are you dealing with something that keeps you stuck or habitually wandering in a personal wilderness or desert? Do you find yourself always trying to feel satisfied by overeating or overspending? Are you feeling spiritually or physically fatigued? Do you feel it’s too late for change to take place in your life? Have you thought about what kind of legacy that you are leaving for your children?
We all have something to overcome as a result of the consequences of sin, broken relationships, dysfunctional upbringing, or possibly unhealthy eating habits. All can be the results of our apathetic spiritual or physical training. Whatever is keeping you in that personal desert of brokenness can be defeated, and you can be completely restored. Restoration starts from the inside out, and it begins in your mind and processed in your heart.
Learn to start with the truth, which is the Word of God; it is a compass that can guide you out of your wilderness. This is a simple study to start the process of restoration that begins with basic biblical principles that you might have been taught as a child, but that were lost as you became distracted with the world’s business, causing you to wander further into your personal desert. It can also be a reinforcement to remind you of God’s plan for your life and of His faithfulness. Don’t be like the Israelites and maintain a life of rebellion, dissatisfaction, and disobedience, continuing through life without direction. This is a tool that can teach you how to strengthen your spiritual and physical muscles to overcome dissatisfaction and fulfill the need to overeat.
About the Author
Donna is an ordinary person appointed by God to do an extraordinay thing. She shares her life experiences of being part of a dysfunctional family due to the devistating effects of alcohol abuse by her father in her formative years. The effects has caused her to be addicted to food and over spending to fill the emptiness in her heart. She shares her faith and how God’s word has helped her overcome adversity.She has written of how God had a plan for her life and that He allowed her to wander into her personal deserts to teach her to be dependent upon the word of God and to seek a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, to be filled and satisfied. God had provided a godly mother and grandmother that taught her to ASK, BELIEVE in CHRIST. She wants to help others to renew their minds with TRUTH and start the process of physical and spiritual restoration.