Inspirational Writings from Gwen Shamblin Lara
You CAN Do It!
Why is this time going to be different? Because God has prepared your heart. These last attempts are not for naught. God has used the successes and failures to program much information into your mind and soul that will give you victory this time. Thru repetition of God’s WeighDown, you will finally win with Christ...
April 7, 2026
God knows things that only you and He would know about—personal, secret, extremely special, private things. God knows the things that personally get our attention and that help us find Him...
April 5, 2026
If you continue to be enslaved to food, then I promise that food will damage your body. Overeating is the number one cause of death and disease. How many eighty- or ninety-year-olds do you see who are overweight?...
April 4, 2026
Enslavement to any master other than God - whether it is food calling your name, or TV commanding your attention, or sex controlling you, or shopping occupying your heart and mind - is still enslavement. Enslavement is a part of our nature...
April 3, 2026
We must transfer this relationship with our idol (food, lusts, materialism, drugs, etc.) over to a relationship with God. You have to learn that every time your mind goes to your idol, you need to get it off and concentrate on higher callings...
April 2, 2026
Remember, everyone has tough days, but food can no longer be your comfort or reward during these hard days...
April 1, 2026
God will go to great lengths to help us on this journey, and it is humbling to realize that He cares so much...
March 31, 2026
The ways of escape God sends us seem to fall into four categories...
March 30, 2026
God is so involved with your life that not only does He know the number of hairs on your head, He also provides ways of escape from temptations...
March 29, 2026
Jesus said, “And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:30-31 In other words, do not be afraid. He loves you and knows you so intimately that He has counted the hairs on your head. He has a digit assigned to each hair. He knows when one falls out; He knows you better than you know yourself...