March 22th, 2021
Hope you are encouraged in the new week and the promise of spring.
I was just thinking of you all today and wanted to throw out this opportunity to anyone who is looking for a new challenge or area in which to grow.
I am wondering how many of you would like to join me in a sugar fast until Easter (That’s 13 days away…).
Here are 5 Biblical precedents/motivations/reasons…
1) To eat much honey (Sugar) is not good! Proverbs 25:27
If that was true about honey, how much more about sugar?
2) Daniel went on a partial fast (Daniel 10:3) and ate no sweets in order to seek wisdom.
3) God wants us to be as strong as a castle (Proverbs 25:28), and the fruit of the Spirit is self-control. Galatians 5:22, 23).
4) Peter challenges us to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul (1 Peter 2:11 Anybody ever battle sugar addiction?).
Paul said that he fought his body and brought it under submission
(1 Corinthians 9:27).
5) There is a Christian tradition of abstaining from legitimate things
in order to seek God and gain greater understanding of the Lord’s
sacrifice for us… Lent.
No pressure at all, and no guilt at all is meant. Just wondering how many would like to get some encouragement and join me in a challenge. If you want to join me but have doubts, let me assure you that the real battle is in your head/mind
(2 Corinthians 10:5-7). Here is some encouragement from the Lord, as a child of God, if you would like to give this a shot. Because Christ lives in you, this is the real you…
1) You have the Mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16
2) You have a Spirit of Power & Self-Control in you. 2 Timothy 1:7
3) You are a Super Nike (Super Winner). Romans 8:37
4) You are a Living Rock. 1 Peter 2:5
5) You are a Living Mountain… Rock Solid. Psalm 125:1
6) The real you is Dead to evil and Alive to God. Romans 6:11 (God challenges you to think this way!)
7) You are a Good Soldier of Jesus, able to do Hard stuff. 2 Timothy 2:3
8) God will give you Strength to do incredible things. Psalm 18:1,29,34
9) God will pick you Up if you slip. Psalm 94:18
10) God commands Victories for you in every area of your life. Psalm 44:4
Again, no pressure, no guilt, and no shame. I just thought some of you might like a good old challenge. If there is any other area of your life where you have goals or need some encouragement to accomplish things… please, let me know. One of my very favorite things in life is encouraging others as they seek to grow and accomplish things.
God bless you a whole bunch. I hope you have a wonderful Easter season.
May God help you live every day in Resurrection Power.