I awoke this morning, my heart bursting with thanksgiving for God’s incredible love and caring. The Question How can I do that when my life as a widow challenges me every day? When my heart aches for those I love who struggle with pain in their hearts over situations that don’t have ready solutions? Like my autistic grandson whom I would dearly love the Lord to heal, at least enough so that he could communicate with words. Or friends who battle cancer and its debilitating pain, endure tricky heart surgery and its aftermath, struggle with excruciating pain from car accidents or necessary surger ..read more

So, are you done with overeating and eager to stay safely secure? I am! Thank you, Lord, that we find safety in your Word! But where do we start? First . . . Keep Watch “Keep your eyes open for spiritual danger; stand true to the Lord” 1 Corinthians 16:13 (TLB). Don’t let that snake Satan take up residence in your garden of God-given peace and freedom. Refuse his wicked temptations, especially the ones that beguile us to judge others now that we are free. Galatians 5:1 (NLT) tells us, “Make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery.” With the Lord’s help, we broke free f ..read more

Here we are, friends! Seeking God’s Word . . . eager for help to escape temptation. Warning! We have an enemy who’s at least as eager to prevent our success. How do I know? God’s Word. First Peter 5:8-9 (The Living Bible) says, “Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour.” Yikes! That victim is me! That victim is you! Like it or not, we won’t succeed on this journey unless we take up the business of defeating the roaring lion who’s intent on destroying our plans. Danger! Like a Roaring Lion It’s n ..read more

by Beth Ann Ziarnik @bethannziarnik Escape temptation? It’s a sad fact of life. As long as we live on this earth, we’ll need to kill those insistent urges to return to our habit of eating more than we need. But–yay!–another fact is just as true. God hasn’t left us helpless. He is ever our Champion! He’ll arm us with winning weapons to overcome those cravings. Here are a few: winning weapons against temptation Three Winning Weapons Pray for God’s enablement to honor him with your body (the one you gave to him in Step 2). Back to Step 5, our pray-and-obey strategy (remember, I’m in this, too ..read more

Help! I need more than a set of great strategies to gain the victory over my miserable habit of eating too much. Who will help me? Help me when I’m really tempted to abandon these strategies just this one time, just this one meal? Help me when a favorite snack keeps calling my name, beguiling me? I know who, and so do you. It’s no secret that what we need is to . . . Gain the victory . . . with the Lord’s help! LOOK TO THE LORD “The horse [powerful eating plan] is made ready for the day of battle [with gluttony], but victory rests with the Lord.” ~ Proverbs 21:31, NIV. Did you catch that? The ..read more

by Beth Ann Ziarnik @bethannziarnik Yea! Here we are at last. Diet No More STEP FOUR and its ten sure fire strategies to conquer overeating at mealtime. Yes, real help and the ultimate secret to success–focus on the Lord rather than food at mealtime. Simple concept, huh? Also extremely effective. Curious? Come along and take a look at the Diet No More STEP FOUR strategies: 10 sure fire strategies to overcome overeating delicious food like this Step Four Strategies “Before the Meal” Turn off the TV. It’s a distraction. You cannot watch it and, at the same time, listen for the Lord to guide yo ..read more