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Day 32: A STEADFAST MIND


  • Peace is an inside job.  Jesus Christ is the necessary ingredient for all true and lasting peace.  There is a saying: “No Jesus. No peace. Know Jesus. Know peace!” Jesus has warned that I will have trouble in this life (John 16:33), but through it all I can enjoy His peace (No matter what!), because He has overcome the world.
  • Circumstances and conditions often threaten to take my eyes off truth.  The result is that my thought can become consumed with fear and my feelings can begin to spiral downward.  The love of God is eternal.  Jesus has been given so that I can have a focal point for living. It is vitally important that I route out the thoughts that are ungodly (2 Corinthans 10:4-5), and fill the empty places in my life with the word of God.
  • God’s love is powerful.  Nothing can permanently keep me down.  God has redeemed me and He keeps me from being consumed by the hardships of this life. (Lamentations 3:22-23).  Although God desires that I have loving relationships with others, He must at all times be the most important relationship in my life.  He loves me. He guides me.  He gives me the wisdom to live my life victoriously.  He will never let me down.  He is eternally dependable!
  • I have no guarantee of tomorrow.  So many times, when I was struggling to get abstinent, I would tell myself that I would “go back on my diet” as soon as I completed the binge that I was emmersed in.  This was a lie.  The truth is that whenever I refused to admit the seriousness of my overeating, the longer it took to break its grip. For me, a recovering compulsive overeater, uncontrolled eating is a sin.  Compulsive overeating is not God’s will for me.  When overeating compulsively, I am relying on food to cope with life.  This is fruitless and foolish (Jonah 2:8)  I pray to always and at all times call on the Lord instead of running to food.
  • Jesus modeled the importance of prayer. (Matthew 26:36; Mark 1:35; Luke 1:16; John 17:1-26)  My time apart with the Lord is the most important part of my day.  When I spend time apart with the Lord, I regain an eternal perspective.

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