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OVERWEIGHT COUNSELINGOVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION
Christianity Oasis Ministry has provided you with this free Overweight counseling program to deal with and overcome overweight discrimination from others and from even yourself with an enLIGHTening message as to enhance your YOU-nique lifestyle.
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OVERWEIGHT COUNSELING
OVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION
Is being overweight a sin?
Is overweight discrimination a sin?
Can
being overweight keep you from God?
GET "OVER" WEIGHT
Let’s talk about
IT
… honestly.
I’d like you to know first of all, that this is NOT a
program designed to help you lose physical weight but will lift quite
a burden off of your mind and heart. I’d like to share with
you the TRUTH that being overweight may not be the BIG problem
that most make
it out to be, but may be (in some cases) God’s solution to a
problem that once existed or it may be the prevention of a problem that could
happen if you weren’t overweight.
Let’s talk about the effects that your
weight gain can have on your flesh. Most people today think that being
overweight is a bad thing. There’s no question that in excess it can
be harmful to your health, just as anything else can, and many people
who are overweight, suffer from physical illnesses that are definitely
caused by overeating.
Excess in ANYTHING is not good. However, most
people who are overweight are affected even more deeply by the effects
that it has on their spirit, rather than on their flesh.
Being overweight seems to have a stronger emotional
effect on women, than it does on men, but many people, both men and
women, live in a constant state of depression because of their weight.
It’s very disheartening to step on the bathroom scale each morning,
praying that the number is lower than the day before. It can even
affect your spirit for the whole day. You often despise yourself for
losing control of your weight.
It doesn’t have to be that way. All you have to do
is look at it from a different point of view, like many other
problems. The world doesn’t like people that are overweight. If you’re
living to please the world, then being overweight is definitely going
to hinder your ‘success’ ...
But if you’re living to please God, being overweight, may just be a
feather in your cap.
The worldly souls can be amazingly cruel sometimes.
In this day and age, if you’re not physically fit, attractive, young,
and financially secure ... You will not be accepted in most worldly circles.
Some people don’t care about your feelings either, making jokes within
earshot at the grocery store, at work, in restaurants, at school …
Actually, it doesn’t matter where you are, people don’t care, they’re
just plain insensitive to people who are overweight.
THE JOKE IS ON WHO?
OVERWEIGHT COUNSELING TRUTH
OVERCOMING OVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION
I would like to introduce a rather unique view of
being overweight to you that you will not see on television or hear
from whispering friends. Let me ask you a simple and direct question
... Are overweight people as likely to participate in
all the ‘worldly’ lures of our enemy (satan) that thinner people participate in? Let’s take a look at some of the
lures the devil uses to entrap God's people ... Fornication, infidelity,
adultery, flirting, indecency, bar scene … The list goes on and on ...
Let's face it, the main reason most people want to be
thinner, is to impress the worldly people
around them … They want to be more attractive to themselves and to
other people. But the underlying question is … Why? The answer is
selfish PRIDE.
Now I want to take this time to say that I do not
believe that ALL thin people are sinners or that you have to be
overweight to be close to God. That's just silly. I am saying the
world has a trend that has identified thin and beauty as being a
sexual preference. The Television, movies, radio and even whispers
from friends confirm this.
Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and you must take care of
it. I believe that one should try and maintain a healthy weight.
BUT I do not believe Christians should be out there trying to please
the worldly and letting the weight issue overwhelm them and affect
their Christian walk.
That being said, ponder on this TRUTH ...
You just don’t hear many people say ... Ya know, if I was
thinner, I could be closer to God, or if I wasn’t so portly, I could
sing better praises to my Lord, or, I could be a more loving person, if I were only thinner. If you think you’d be a happier person if you
weren’t overweight, it may be time to reevaluate your reasons.
What would be different if you weren’t
overweight?
Remember, we’re talking honestly now. Nobody here
but you and GOD.
Will people find you more sexually attractive?
Probably.
Will this make you more flirtatious? Probably.
Would you go out more often? Probably.
Would you become more promiscuous? Probably.
Would your morals change if you were thin? Probably.
Would you find yourself drifting
away from God?
Probably.
Can you see God working through you in any of those
things?
PROBABLY NOT!
Would you be more qualified to accept the Spiritual
gifts from God?
NO.
Would you be a more compassionate person if you were
thinner? NO.
Would you be a better spouse, parent, child, student
or employee?
NO.
Who would you say tends to live a more sinful lifestyle …
Overweight people, or thin people?
OVERWEIGHT COUNSELING FOR YOU
OVERCOMING OVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION REASON
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe God made
you overweight for a purpose?
Look again … The things that would change, if you weren’t overweight
anymore, are all things that would SEPARATE you from GOD.
God doesn’t use a scale to weigh flesh ... His
scale weighs sin and Faith. God doesn’t care what you look like. Your body
is dust, and it returns to dust when you die. It’s your soul that
really counts. God created you, you are made in His image ...
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Genesis
1:26
And God said,
Let US make man in
OUR image, after OUR likeness. |
No matter what you look like outside, you are
beautiful to Him INSIDE.
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1 Samuel 16:7
The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. |
Sounds to me like ...
FAT IS WHERE IT’S AT!
Check out what God says will happen to those who pridefully flaunt their beauty.
It’s not a very “pretty” picture.
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Isaiah 3:16-26
Moreover the LORD saith,
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: Therefore the
LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the
daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret
parts. In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their
tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their
round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and
the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and
the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, the rings, and
nose jewels, the changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles,
and the wimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses, and the
fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there
shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of
well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of
sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. Thy men shall fall by
the sword, and thy mighty in the war. And her gates shall lament
and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. |
If you were thin, would you be at a Christian web
site seeking for the Lord’s guidance in your life? Honestly … NO. If you were thin would you be too busy to look into more Christian
programs and studies that you’ve discovered here at the Oasis?
Honestly … YES. Would you have other things in mind and heart that
would take priority over strengthening your relationship with God?
Be
honest … YES.
When this day is over, would you rather say to
yourself …
I have pleased man OR I have pleased the Lord.
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
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Psalms 92:13-15
Those that be planted in the
house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They
shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing; To shew that the LORD is upright: He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in Him. |
Isaiah 58:11
And the LORD shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy
bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a
spring of water, whose waters fail not. |
Here’s another little surprising fact. If vanity is
something that’s got a hold on you, and your appearance is more
important to you than perhaps it should be, take a look. Did you know
that Satan became prideful because of His beauty? He was the most
beautiful of all God’s Angels in fact. God gave him everything, and he
was perfect until sin was found in him, then he brought sin to the
world. So, knowing that, doesn’t it make sense that satan would use
beauty as a tool to coerce people into sin? It’s the perfect trick.
But in the end, God will destroy him, and those who follow his
deception.
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Ezekiel 28:12-19
Thou sealest up the sum, full of
wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden
of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius,
topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the
sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the
workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee
in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub
that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy
mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of
the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day
that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the
multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee
with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee
as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee,
O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine
heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted
thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the
ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I
bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee,
and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of
all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the
people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and
never shalt thou be any more. |
OVERWEIGHT COUNSELING WARNING
OVERCOMING OVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION DANGER
Don’t be fooled by this world and it’s lies that being thin is a
ticket to happiness. The world has convinced people that being
overweight is ugly. But the world has also taken beauty and turned it
into something nasty, so now people think filth is beautiful.
NOW THAT’S UGLY!
Only YOU and God know why you want to lose
weight ... If you feel like the
difference in your health would be make a significant change in your
spirit and in the name of righteousness, you could better serve God,
by all means, go for it. But, if being fat makes you unhappy because
you feel like the world expects you to be thin and attractive ... Who
are you seeking to please?
Don’t get me wrong now, God certainly doesn’t want
you to be depressed and unhappy about being overweight, but He will
use drastic measures if necessary to prevent you from other evils.
Take a look at your heart. Evaluate honestly whether or not you would
be influenced by the evil of the world more readily if you were thin.
If you feel like you would maintain a strong
relationship with God and shun the evil that the world will inevitably
offer if you lost weight, then perhaps God was pruning you … Or taking
something away (your vanity) in order for you to produce new growth (a
closer relationship with Him). It may be that your pruning period is
over with and your Faith can now withstand the temptations that it may
have been too weak to handle before.
Again,
don’t get me wrong, many people just like to eat. They have strong
relationships with God and resist the temptation of the world as well
as any other Christian, and they are still overweight. Being
overweight is either God’s plan, or a result of our choices. Once you
realize which one it is, then it becomes easier to deal with if it’s
something that bothers you.
Sometimes God uses different ways to get our attention, and maybe as
your flesh started growing, you in turn, turned to God. You just never
know. With God, all things are possible, and what seems like a bad
thing, may have saved your soul.
Sooooooo, for those to whom this study was directed
...
It boils down to this ...
Do you want to trade
up your pleasingly plumpness for some more worldly wonders?
FAT CHANCE!
God may have led you here to show you that He’s
working through you, and not to worry about being overweight, or He
may have led you here to show you that you’re ready to lose some
weight for your health’s sake, but with caution to resist the
temptation that will arise. Ask Him that His will be done, that He
remains strong in you, and reveals to you what He wants you to do to
best glorify Him. Ask Him for His guidance if your weight has become a
health issue or an emotional burden in your life. Just be sure that
when you lose weight, you don’t lose God.
Now lemme talk to you
straight up ...
Let it be known that God oft times allows and
even creates stumbling blocks where we will be unwanted by the world
so that we will crawl into that secret place within ourselves and find
HIM.
OVERWEIGHT COUNSELING INSIGHT
OVERCOMING OVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION FREEDOM
Once we gain understanding, we are then set free from
this place and allowed to walk unencumbered among mankind again but
this time with an inner strength and above all ... TRUTH. This is when
we are allowed to CHOOSE to overcome the stumbling blocks that
prevented us from being worldly.
The number one question
a Christian SOUL will ask of itself when we tell ourselves we want to
change something is ... WHY.
You do not
even know this process is ongoing cuz it takes place in the spirit of
your mind. Many call this the subconscious mind. It is that part of
you that drives you home when you are thinking about something else
and you look up and you are in the driveway. It is SPIRITUAL.
IF the inner child which is growing Spiritually in TRUTH and having
the Laws placed within by GOD does not buy the reasoning you give for
wanting change or sees that it has the potential of having you back in
man's world if you succeed ... It will create circumstance to cause
failure.
Sooooooo, you best know what you want and WHY and it better be in
harmony with what the inner child within which has been reborn is
heading towards lest you find yourself warring against yourself. One
is flesh and one is SPIRIT.
See the lil pure Reborn one within KNOWS that the flesh returns to the
dust and that it is SPIRIT that matters so it wants one darn good
reason why you wanna mess with success. It knows that you found GOD in
this condition and has no intent on going back where you came from. So
again ... The question it wants to know is ... WHY.
That is why when you are tempted to eat you say to yourself ... WHY
NOT. It knows God has no scale in Heaven. It knows that if a person
judges you by such things they are unworthy of friendship much less
LOVE.
Now health issues come into play here and IF that is WHY you want
change and you reason with the lil reborn child within, and they will
hear and be in harmony and say to your spirit ... Let it be. AND IT
WILL BE. (See Trinity study)
My friend ... Like it or not the Christian walk is a process. All
these people that say they believed in Jesus and everything was
peaches and cream after that are lying. Those that say they have not
sinned are lying. Doubt is a sin. Have they never doubted? To LOOK
upon another with lust is sin. Have they not done this? Are they
PERFECT? We are to strive to be perfect but it is a PROCESS.
Paul's soul screamed out ... Oh wretched man that I am ... I do that
which I would not do.
He is saying that he does what the lil reborn child within ... would
not do.
Jesus was a sacrifice.
Long ago the sacrifices covered ONE sin.
Jesus is not that type of sacrifice. His blood covers a multitude of
sin.
Past, present and future.
Wanna get a leash on this stumbling block?
FIRST ... Determine if it is GOD's WILL. If you cannot discern ...
SECOND ... Determine if it IS a stumbling block.
Mankind used to think thin women were nasty.
Now they think the opposite.
I saw in the grocery store the other day a magazine that showed women
striving to be thinner than the next and they looked like walking
skeletons.
Is this why you seek to stop eating?
Your REBORN CHILD knows the heart as this reborn soul is YOU.
THIRD ... Determine if this stumbling block is gone, are you strong
enough to stay on the path?
Cuz the lil child within ... KNOWS TRUTH and will fight you every step
of the way if they think for a second that you may fall AWAY and
blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and
have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the
Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers
of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them
again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son
of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
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This is returning to your old
ways like a dog to his vomit.
2 Peter 2:21-22
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the
holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto
them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own
vomit again.
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OVERWEIGHT COUNSELING FACTS
OVERCOMING OVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION TIME IS NOW
If you are thinking ... Wow is
this guy weird or what. Typing about two people in me.
Not two people. Two
personalities that were created.
THINK SPIRITUALLY ...
I have a question for YOU.
When you were REBORN ... Where does the other you go?
You know ... The one that pops up from time to time.
It is living in the flesh crying out for the old ways that it became
addicted to. It will continue to be there as we die in Christ DAILY.
This is a step at a time, day to day procedure.
This is a CONVERSION. During the conversion of a butterfly, there is a
metamorphosis occurring where it is part caterpillar and part
butterfly.
Allow the process to finish.
Now some LOVE to say ... OHHHHHH
but the body is the Temple of God.
Am I not aware of that which I teach? And yet you do err in
understanding as you see things in a carnal light and not Spiritual.
Yes, the body is the Temple of God but GOD is a SPIRIT.
It is not the physical which goes into the body that is sin but the
spiritual which comes out.
Mark 7:18-23
And He saith unto
them, Are ye so without understanding also?
Do ye not
perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it
cannot defile him;
Because it entereth not into his
heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught,
purging all meats? And he said,
That which cometh out of the man, that
defileth the man.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy,
pride, foolishness:
All these evil things come from
within, and defile the man.
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OVERWEIGHT COUNSELING SUMMARY
OVERCOMING OVERWEIGHT DISCRIMINATION CAN AND WILL BE DONE
You wanna watch
what you take into your Temple?
Avoid taking in that which creates drama, gossip, violence, lust,
greed, fear, doubt, anger, jealousy and any other foul emotion that
defiles the Temple.
Excess in any thing oft times finds it's way to become sin BUT one
best find the ORIGIN and REASON behind what they do before they allow
someone to stereotype or classify them into some neat lil man's world
filing system.
Their beliefs do NOT define you.
To those that can hear:
Matthew
19:12
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their
mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made
eunuchs of men:
and there
be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom
of heaven's sake.
He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. |
One more thing ... Ever seen a group of butterflies?
Ever sit there and say ewwwwwwwww that one is fat?
Of course not ...
You say ... How beautiful.
The butterfly does not think such things. Nor does any other species.
Only mankind thinks this way.
Who taught em this?
God?
Or the enemy of our souls?
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