Inspirational Writings from Gwen Shamblin Lara
How to Make the Transfer from a Focus on Food to God
When you diet, you are following man-made rules, because they are your rules. When you make that choice, you are not committed to following God or Christ because you are making the choice to follow man-made rules, and you cannot have it both ways...
May 28, 2026
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 27, 2026
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 26, 2026
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, 2026
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, 2026
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, 2026
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, 2026
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...
May 21, 2026
The liver is a chemical factory that is capable of turning what you eat into the substances your body needs. If you happen to swallow a trace amount of a chemical that the body does not like, such as a pesticide, then the liver traps it and breaks it down, preventing it from entering your normal bloodstream or damaging your liver...
May 20, 2026
Running to God for comfort and solutions makes sense. Do you need a counselor? He knows all truth, and His Word is a light unto your path. Do you need a friend? He is the God of all comfort...