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...
July 27, 2025
Most of the world offers dessert at the end of the meal. God created man to like desserts, otherwise how would so many diverse populations do the same thing? I have noticed my own cravings for something sweet as I get toward the end of a meal...
July 26, 2025
Sweets are made by God for the enjoyment of mankind. Proverbs 24:13 says, “Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.” God made the sweet to adorn the food—your bagel in the morning or icing on your cinnamon roll...
July 25, 2025
It is incredible to know that you can actually approach the presence of this most powerful Being. He is the Master of the wind, the land, […]
July 24, 2025
I have good news. Even though you have tried many times to quit your bad habit, you are not a failure. You are the exact opposite—you […]
July 22, 2025
There is something so amazing about starting over. God does not want to leave you in a state of pain but rather in a state of […]
July 21, 2025
It is always fun to get an invitation from friends to join them for brunch on a weekend or for a special occasion. A brunch usually […]
July 20, 2025
There is only one way to find out if something is an idol in your life: let it be taken away. Then, if you really mourn for it, you know that your heart has been given over to an idol. For example, if God took away your food, how would you react? God weighs the motives of the heart...
July 19, 2025
Why did Jesus say, “You are not far from the kingdom of God”? It is because just having the knowledge of what God is looking for is not enough. The journey and the spiritual war start in the mind, as we discussed before. But you could have the knowledge of God and not have a heart for Him at all...
July 18, 2025
God describes Himself as passionate and jealous for us. It is right to return what has been given. No matter how unemotional some people have grown, at one time they had a heart of flesh...