Good morning! My name is Billy and I am new here. About to join my first game and planning on losing 100 lbs this year. Is this group still active?
1 Timothy 4:7-8 "But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
This was such a good reminder to me! There are so many healthy eating plans out there and people often consider "theirs" the best. I've learned that God made us unique individuals (imagine that!) and we all will find what works for us. The main goal, as Susie stated, is godliness, which is profitable for now and things to come!
This was such a good reminder to me! There are so many healthy eating plans out there and people often consider "theirs" the best. I've learned that God made us unique individuals (imagine that!) and we all will find what works for us. The main goal, as Susie stated, is godliness, which is profitable for now and things to come!
- God's reminder to me yesterday that HE is my first love, my deepest desire, my everything - and not to make my FitBit or weightloss my idol.
Praise God for His Mercy & Grace!
I hope you might find this as powerful as I did.
I broke my fitbit band this week - fitbit is sending me a new band free! In the meantime, I have my fitbit tucked into a hairband on my wrist. I took it off charger this morning and got ready for church and LOST it. Looked a little bit, but left without it. Got home, still can't find it. So I prayed. AND BOY.... God convicted me big time. He told me I rely more on my fitbit than I do Him. Ouch. No, I am faithful, I do my morning devotion and prayer time, I talk to Him all day, I serve... Well God told me that I look at the fitbit more than my Bible. Ouch. Guess God wants more of me. Talk about Total Conviction. So, I'm spending more time with God. Oh, and God showed me grace – I found my FitBit - in the shirt I changed out of this morning, my God is so Good and Merciful to me.
That's one thing i never expected to learn in this weightloss journey, my skewed priorities. I am grateful he loves me enough to teach me that. This is a spiritual journey, and not just a health journey. If I am to be a living temple of the Holy God, I must stop treating this temple as a garbage dump. I think God is honoring my desire to not only do it for my health, but to glorify Him - since that is my true purpose and calling. I need to be praising Him every moment of the day, every step, every lift, every bite.
Have a Blessed Week!
I broke my fitbit band this week - fitbit is sending me a new band free! In the meantime, I have my fitbit tucked into a hairband on my wrist. I took it off charger this morning and got ready for church and LOST it. Looked a little bit, but left without it. Got home, still can't find it. So I prayed. AND BOY.... God convicted me big time. He told me I rely more on my fitbit than I do Him. Ouch. No, I am faithful, I do my morning devotion and prayer time, I talk to Him all day, I serve... Well God told me that I look at the fitbit more than my Bible. Ouch. Guess God wants more of me. Talk about Total Conviction. So, I'm spending more time with God. Oh, and God showed me grace – I found my FitBit - in the shirt I changed out of this morning, my God is so Good and Merciful to me.
That's one thing i never expected to learn in this weightloss journey, my skewed priorities. I am grateful he loves me enough to teach me that. This is a spiritual journey, and not just a health journey. If I am to be a living temple of the Holy God, I must stop treating this temple as a garbage dump. I think God is honoring my desire to not only do it for my health, but to glorify Him - since that is my true purpose and calling. I need to be praising Him every moment of the day, every step, every lift, every bite.
Have a Blessed Week!
Happy Sunday! Hope everybody weekend is going well! I just got home from sledding with the family :)
Checking in! How is everyone doing? I won round 1 and I finished my kickstarter, as well. Now I'm just in the Transformer and doing well, so far! I thought I would share a website. I have done Barb Raveling's Freedom from Emotional Eating Bible study (and doing it again!) and she has a podcast and lots of good articles her site:
https://barbraveling.com/
https://barbraveling.com/
You guys ever run and pray? Sometimes I don’t bring music and I pray, take in God’s beauty and thank God for everything along the way!
Good morning!
Good morning!
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- Happy Monday all! Treat yourself well today!
