Inspirational Writings from Gwen Shamblin Lara
What about Exercise?
Just as dieting does not help your heart desire less food, neither does exercise. Appropriately motivated exercise can be a help for physical training. There is no substitute for exercise when it comes to muscle toning, cardiovascular conditioning, and bone strengthening. It can also help with digestion and with healthy functioning of your organs. “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” I Timothy 4:8...
May 30, 2023
Just as dieting does not help your heart desire less food, neither does exercise. Appropriately motivated exercise can be a help for physical training. There is no substitute for exercise when it comes to muscle toning, cardiovascular conditioning, and bone strengthening. It can also help with digestion and with healthy functioning of your organs. “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” I Timothy 4:8...
May 29, 2023
The body is made of mainly water, and water can fluctuate. If you have been obedient to hunger and fullness, you will lose weight. Therefore, keep food records of hunger and fullness. Do not be surprised if your weight goes up if you are disobedient to the stomach...
May 28, 2023
We have spent years trying to figure out how to overcome addictions and cure hidden obsessions based on the assumption that there is something on the […]
May 27, 2023
It does not matter what it is that brought you to Weigh Down. God does not look at the outside. God looks at the heart. We […]
May 26, 2023
God is building a Kingdom of Love. To do this, He is taking each glorious spirit or human that He creates and separating out the evil. […]
May 25, 2023
The foundation of all revivals for the Church and the family is based on a loving fear of God. It is based on the Will of […]
May 24, 2023
Many wayward hearts live to eat instead of eating to live. Food should be nothing more than fuel—we should drop the passion for food and eat simply just the amount to satisfy the hunger...
May 23, 2023
We love the master that we obey. And we obey the master we love. We cannot love both God and food. Either we will hate the one and love the other or we will love the one and hate the other. Do not kid yourself—you cannot be in love with God if you are in love with food...
May 22, 2023
All foods have varying combinations of these six units: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, vitamins, minerals, and water. Your main need is for energy or fuel to run the body. We have made selecting foods into something complicated, burdensome and worrisome...