Devotion #31

The Way of Holiness

1) Whether I eat or drink, whatever I do, will be for the glory of God.
2) If I purpose in my heart to work for God, for His glory, He will enable me.
3) If I “feast” on Jesus, I will be full and satisfied.
4) I must learn what I need to learn, apply it in my heart and life, and leave the results and timing up to God.
5) Fasting once a week will help my bondage to food be broken, my yoke of self-loathing loosed, and true freedom realized.
6) I receive food with thanksgiving and with discipline (when and how much to eat).
7) When I overeat, I deny the sufficiency of Christ. I must change my focus from the physical to the spiritual, from food to Him.
8) If I give in to a craving, I choose to gratify my flesh over enjoying the presence of God.
9) Food cannot meet emotional needs (quench the thirsty heart, fill the hungry soul). Only Jesus can do that.
10)If I allow the “waters” of the Word of God, the Presence of God, the Glory of God, and the Power of God to flow over me, I will be satisfied, fed, quenched, refreshed, and transformed.
11)My purpose is to honor the Lord, to magnify His grace, and to show the power of God in my life, living a disciplined life and savoring the preciousness of my Jesus.
12)Gluttony, the habit of overeating and indulging the flesh, is sin.
13)It is important to remove all obstacles on The Way, and that involves repentance and purposeful living.
14)I must “put off” gluttony, overeating, and indulging my flesh and “put on” disciplined eating habits, feasting on God’s Word, and offering my body as a living sacrifice. The power of God’s grace will accomplish this.
15)My two accountability partners and I are a “three-stranded cord [that] is not easily broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12).
16)I am most easily tempted after a spiritual experience, when I am physically weak, and/or when I am alone. To resist and overcome temptation, I must refuse to comply AND reply with God’s Word.
17)I am clay in the Potter’s hands. He will remake me into a beautiful, useful vessel.
18)Jesus will set me free from the bondage of overeating, as I yield to Him and His Word.
19)God saves, rescues, and frees. My part is to cry out to Him.
20)When I “feed” on Jesus, my Passover Lamb, I leave Egypt, my enslavement to overeating.
21)On my own, I am powerless over food addiction. I must keep my eyes on God, looking to Him for help.
22)Renewing my mind is thinking differently, and thinking differently leads to acting/behaving differently. It’s the key to presenting my body as a living sacrifice.
23)God fights for me. Because of Him, I can stand firm, confident, and undismayed.
24)I must be vigilant in my walk of victory.
25)When I embrace God’s Greatness and all of who He is fills my view, I will no longer be able to overeat in His Presence.
26)When I’m weary, God’s power will strengthen me. When I’m weak, God’s power will empower me. I find it by waiting in His Presence.
27)Living by the Spirit (being led by and walking with the Spirit) is the key to not gratifying my flesh/not overeating.
28)I am a new creation, on the inside. In time, my “outside” will show that, too.
29)When I fall down, I will get back up again.
30)When I am content in my cir****tances, God is free to intervene in them.

Today, read all 30 steps of The Way of Holiness outloud, as a way of renewing your mind. Listen to "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns. May your life sing to the Father this day. 
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=9a5bc0fa34381b f42fbd

Blessings,
Mary