Daily devotions and inspirational messages
for Healthy Eating & Losing Weight

Mar

2

“Perseverance”

“May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance?” 2 Thessalonians 3:5 NIV

Verse Reflections:  God’s word told us earlier that God is the strength of our hearts and now He is directing our hearts into God’s love.  Perhaps the secret is that God’s love is our strength.  By pouring God’s love into our souls we can love ourselves, we can love others.  That pure love will allow us to be stronger than possible without it.  This love will rise above any self-recrimination we may feel.  This love will allow us to love ourselves just the way we are, right now today.  This love will take away guilt and wash it away with a clean pure shining happiness.  This love will allow us to reach out to those who have done us wrong.  We can see them through God’s eyes.  We can persist as Christ persisted when everyone abandoned Him as He walked with the cross. Christ taught us to persevere.  We will persevere through the love of Christ.  We will eat healthy today in the love of Christ.  We will love ourselves into a body that honors the depth of His love for us.

Prayer:  God, You teach us that Your love directs our hearts.  Today, may my love for You and Your unconditional love for me give me the power to persevere.  I need Your direction in my heart.  I need Your direction in my life.  May I feel Your love in my heart.  May this love give me the power, the strength to live this life of healthy eating for You.  I want to persevere.  I want to keep going even when I can’t. I want to persevere even when my body is crying out.  I want to persevere especially when I fail and have to get back up again.  I am an utter failure without Your love.  Take my hand today and let me walk with You in love.

Daily Challenge

  1. One Bible verse per day
  2. One journal/devotional time per day
  3. One (or zero)serving of non-God food a day
  4. One exercise per day
  5. One fruit and vegetable (non-carb) with every meal and one snack (7-8 a day)
  6. One 4 oz protein with every meal plus one
  7. Only one carb a day (easy definition—white stuff)
  8. One weigh in per month –

God foods?  Fruits, vegetables, and meats with no additives

Did you know?  2019 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that one cup of blueberries daily for six months can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease by 12 to 15%