365 Days of Spirit-Filled Fruits Challenge-Day 256

In my bible reading the word “alert” caught my attention. Alert means being aware, being prepared and being ready with all the tools we will need to fight the devil and his temptations. I have had a problem with eating as you know so after a conversation with my brother and sister-in-law yesterday about eating based on the Paleo diet I was intrigued and wanting to do something about my eating. The Whole30 challenge is a 30-day challenge that gets rid of foods that are hurting our bodies. I went to bed with all this on my mind and had one of those light bulb moments that makes you think well “duh”. The devil is using all the processed foods and all the convenience foods against us. He us laughing at us as we devour our too-large a bowl of pasta or our nightly bowl of ice cream. He loves it when we are in the grocery store and we end up tossing in an apple pie and a candy bar just in case we are in need of chocolate. Pleeeeeeease! I am so aware now of what the devil is doing so now it is time to get prepared and be ready with my arsenal of tools. What are these tools? Three things come to mind: community, prayer and commitment. The Whole30 challenge has an on-line community for support and I have my brother and sister-in-law I can call up when the temptation to make an unwise choice creeps up but I am also thinking about starting a bible study support group who would like to do the challenge with me and we can also read and study the book Spiritual Secrets to Weight Loss by Kara David, MD that explores the fruits of the spirit and how the Holy Spirit can help us in our fight against the temptation of food. I will let you know the plans for starting this group as soon as I have time to contemplate it all. If you are interested in being in the group, let me know. Have a wise-choice making Sunday.

1Peter 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.  

365 Days of Praise Challenge-Day 259

Conveinece in all it's forms is truly a blessing to us. We just happen to be living in the age of conveience. Technology has created a wide aray of things that help us in our everyday lives. I may have praised such specific things in the past such as a hot shower or my iphone but today I am going to praise the technology of the internet.  I use it for research purposes a lot. Researching medical issuses, vacation desitantions, things to do with the family for free, gift ideas for an upcomping birthday and on and on. I am using the internet everyday and am thankful for the convenience. For my scripture at the end of my blog praise for the day, I would research in the concordance of my bible for words that were part of my blog priase and look up and read scriptures until I found the one that went well with the praise or just flat out spoke to me. Somewhere along the line, I started searching for scripture about a certain subject on the internet. There are tons of sites out there that will give you a whole listing of scripture about a certain subject but the other interesting thing is finding articles and sermons about these topics.  For me, it's been an easy avenue to dig in a little deeper into a topic. Sometimes, I will even put a link in for you so you can read and dig more on the topic I have brought up. So thank you to God for giving us the brains to come up with such great tools that can be used for good things.
Here is a Rock Version found for Romans 8:28  Who knew???
All things work together for good to those who love God
All things work together for good to those who love God
And are called according to his purpose
And are called according to his purpose
(repeat above)

That means everything you're worried about's gonna work out in the end
for your good - not your bad
You're gonna be so glad!

When life won't go your way
Look on to a brighter day
'Cause everything will turn out great
says
Romans 8:28