Help....I need somebody...not just anybody

I'm on Chapter 6 of my new book Made To Crave, which I spoke about in the prior post.  Very much like an AA program (from what I've heard) there is sort of a step process to take to overcome this emotional tie to food.

In Chapter 4, Friends don't let friends eat before thinking, she suggests that we need accountability partners to help us overcome and fight with us on a daily basis.  So that is why I am posting now.  I need accountability and prayer.  Also, I would like to offer my accountability and prayer to anyone else reading this who needs to be helped through their addiction.  Not just to food, but to any addictions that we deal with daily.....something as simple as shopping, credit cards, TV to bigger issues such as drugs, alcohol, and sex. 

Please comment if you would like for me and for everyone here to pray for you.  Just a first name.  No need to tell us your addiction......I just want to offer a support system.

Here is the prayer that I would love to have you prayer for me everyday, and I will pray for you....

"God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food.  I need to eat to live, not live to eat.  So, I keep asking for your wisdom to know what to eat and your indwelling power to walk away from things that are not beneficial for me."

It's time to get these addictions out of the way of our relationships with Christ.  The time is now to get it right.  We cannot keep putting off what we need to get done today.  I learned something managing Pier 1 that is very applicable in our everyday lives.....If you see something that needs to get done, DO IT.  Don't write it down on a list to be done at a later time.  It might never get done.  You might lose the list.  Things will happen to prevent you from accomplishing your list.  Do it.  It won't take as long as it would to think about doing it.

Much like the writer of this book, I have always identified myself with my circumstances and everything I am not.....but NO MORE.  I choose to see myself through God's eyes. 

I am the forgiven child of God. (Romans 3:24)
I am the set-free child of God. (Romans 8:1-2)
I am the accepted child of God. (1 Corinthians 1:2)
I am the holy child of God. (1 Corinthians 1:30)
I am the made-new child of God. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
I am the loved child of God. (Ephesians 1:4)
I am the close child of God. (Ephesians 2:13)
I am the confident child of God (Ephesians 3:12)...This one will take some self convincing
I am the victorious child of God (Romans 8:37)

"I was made to be set free, holy, new, loved, and confident.  Because of this, I can't allow myself to partake in anything that negates my true identity.  I was made for more." ~Lysa Terkheurst, Made to Crave

To conclude, I am praying that God reveals to me his word for me.  The word that describes what he sees in me.  It may take years to get my answer, but I cannot wait to hear it.  So please pray for me.  I would love to pray for you too.

"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.  I pray also that the yes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe." Ephesians 1:17-19

Although, asking for wisdom and power is scary because it means I can't drown my sorrows in food.  Means I cannot hide anymore.  This is why I need your help.