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Twenty Pounds Gone
At the end of December I found out at a routine visit to my endocrinologist (for my thyroid) that I was about one pound away from being obese. Yikes! My doctor told me that I needed to lose weight and recommended that I see a dietician, but I knew what the real problem was: turning to food instead of to the Lord. Again, yikes! Since then, I’ve lost about twenty pounds by doing a few different things. I’d like to share them with you today! First, diagnosing the spiritual problem behind my over-eating was the key to losing weight. I realized that since I was young, I had been turning…
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Follow the Sound Words
Most Saturday evenings, we have a few friends over for dinner, a Bible study, and games. For our Bible study, we are going through the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Today we are studying question three: “What do the Scriptures principally teach?” and the answer: “The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.” The verse that goes along with this Q&A is 2 Timothy 1:13, which says, Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. I like this simple reminder to do as the Bible commands–what God commands!–all the while loving Jesus…