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LEAN GOD’S WAY
PHILLIP GOLDFEDDER, MD
Expect to receive a transferable, knowable,
“feelable,” and tangible anointing for your weight loss
from reading this book, because of its enormous HolySpirit wealth and the abundance of God within
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&homas 'elson (ublishers, )nc © *++
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FOREWORD
LIKE “DOCTOR LUKE,” WHO was inspired byGod to write one o t!e "ospe#s and t!e $oo% o &'ts,
Dr( )!i# Go#dedder e*perien'ed a radi'a#, +id#ie'on-ersion( I irst +et )!i# at .ait! .e##ows!ip Wor#d
/inistries in 0ayre-i##e, 1ew 2ersey( I o3nd !i+ to bean e*traordinary +an, and w!at !e to#d +e abo3t !is
e*perien'es in t!e +edi'a# proession and t!e Kin"do+o God ne-er ai#ed to inspire and as'inate +e(
&s yo3 read .ean God2s 3ay, yo3 wi## see into t!e
!eart o “Do'tor )!i#” 4 a !eart t!at see%s to rea'! as
+any si'% and o-erwei"!t peop#e as possib#e or t!e
Kin"do+ o God( T!is +an, I soon dis'o-ered,
possesses t!e 'o+passion o 2es3s, t!e One w!o #i-es
wit!in !i+(T!e word “stren"t!” is t!e +ost appropriate ter+ I
'an t!in% o to 3se in des'ribin" t!is tr3#y re+ar%ab#e
+an( 5o3 wi## see w!at I +ean as yo3 read t!is boo%, or
it wi## soon be '#ear to yo3 t!at Dr( Go#dedder is a
radi'a# o##ower o 2es3s C!rist( He is tr3#y stron" in t!e
Lord and in t!e power o His +i"!t( 60ee Ep!esians
789:(; T!e <oy o t!e Lord is !is stren"t!( 60ee 1e!e+ia!=89:(; C#ear#y, )!i# is a -a#iant warrior in t!e ar+y o
God( He is not as!a+ed o t!e Gospe# o 2es3s C!rist,
or !e %nows it is t!e power o God 3nto sa#-ation to
e-eryone w!o be#ie-es it( 60ee Ro+ans 987(;
)!i#>s ent!3sias+ or t!e t!in"s o God, in'#3din"
e-an"e#is+, spirit3a# warare, de#i-eran'e, and !ea#in",
is tr3#y 'onta"io3s and e*'itin"( His %now#ed"e o God>s
Word and !is pra'ti'a# app#i'ation o t!e 0'ript3res are
insi"!t3# and 'o+pe##in"( His #o-e or God and t!e
$ody o C!rist is -i-id#y "en3ine(
God !as 'a##ed t!is spe'ia# +an into a +inistry t!at
+any wo3#d 'onsider to be 3n"#a+oro3s( &s )!i# p3ts it,
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!e +inisters to t!e “downando3ter and t!e 3pand
o3ter(” It is !is pri-i#e"e to s!are t!e #o-e o God wit!
peop#e w!o ee# !ope#ess, in'#3din" t!e ter+ina##y i##(He a#so +inisters to '!3r'! #eaders, b3sinesspeop#e,
+e+bers o t!e '#er"y t!e +enta##y i##, and 'o3nt#ess
ot!ers( His spe'ia#ty is to rea'! o3t to t!ose w!o are
-i'ti+s o t!e %in"do+ o dar%ness(
)!i#>s t!r3st in +inistry is a “ro##3pyo3rs#ee-es
anddon>tbearaidto"etdirty” approa'! t!at is -ery
ee'ti-e, indeed( His ener"y is see+in"#y bo3nd#ess, !issty#e is si+p#e and dire't, !is p!i#osop!y is based
entire#y on t!e $ib#e, and !e pro-ides 3n'o+pro+isin"
answers to t!e 'ries o t!e !3+an !eart( T!e peop#e w!o
!ear !is +essa"e %now t!at !e spea%s t!e 3n-arnis!ed
Word o God, w!i'! !as t!e power to rea'! into t!e
deepest re'esses o t!e !3+an !eart and arrest sin( &t t!e
sa+e ti+e, God>s Word pro-ides peop#e wit! a pat! in
#ie t!at is 3## o pea'e, <oy, !ea#t!, and prosperity(
T!e boo% yo3 !o#d in yo3r !ands is not abo3t Dr(
)!i#( Rat!er, it is abo3t t!e power o God and His
anointin" 4 an anointin" t!at brea%s e-ery yo%e( 60ee
Isaia! @=87(; It is a boo% t!at is i##ed wit! answers or
yo3, no +atter w!at yo3r 'ondition in #ie +ay be( It is a
-ery !e#p3# and 3se3# boo% or pastors, '!3r'! #eadersA
tea'!ers, e-an"e#ists, and '!3r'! +e+bers( .or a## t!ose
w!o str3""#e wit! iss3es re#ated to t!eir wei"!t, t!is is a
tr3#y 3niB3e and ee'ti-e boo% t!at wi## be a '#arion 'a##
to positi-e and spirit3a# a'tion t!at wi## a''o+p#is!
-i'tory in e-ery area o yo3r #ie( /ost i+portant#y, t!is boo% wi## #ead peop#e to t!e Lord 2es3s C!rist, w!o is
t!e Great )!ysi'ian o o3r so3#s and bodies(
.ean God2s 3ay is a batt#e +an3a# or e-eryspirit3a# so#dier( It wi## !e#p to ste+ t!e tide o iniB3ityt!at t!reatens so +any in o3r present a"e(
T!is boo% wi## inspire yo3, '!a##en"e yo3, and set
yo3 ree( It is i##ed wit! tea'!in" and pra'ti'a# !e#ps t!at
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are bot! anointed and -ita#( $e prepared to +a%e
i++ediate '!an"es in yo3r #iesty#e as yo3 read, or I
'an ass3re yo3 t!at yo3 wi## ne-er be t!e sa+e aterreadin" t!is boo%( In a't, it is #i%e#y t!at yo3r #ie in
God wi## be'o+e radi'a# and 0piriti##ed(
Readin" t!is boo% wi## be a spirit3a# e*perien'e or
yo3, and its anointin" wi## to3'! e-ery area o yo3r
body, !eart, and so3#(
T!e Re-( /r( inny Lon"o
.o3nder, i'tory in 2es3s /inistries0ayre-i##e, 1ew 2ersey
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PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK
THE )UR)O0E O. THI0 boo% is to tea'! andinstr3't yo3 wit! re"ard to !ow to #ose wei"!t and to
+aintain yo3r wei"!t #oss by 3sin" w!at I 'a## “t!e KI00)rin'ip#e”8 Keep It 0i+p#e, 0weet!eart( 0in'e bein"
o-erwei"!t is a spirit3a# '!a##en"e, not a p!ysi'a# one,and it in-o#-es de+oni' and e-i# spirits, yo3 'an bypass
a## o t!e wor#d>s diet prin'ip#es and o'3s on t!es3pernat3ra# rea#+ o t!e Ho#y 0pirit in order to dis'o-er
!ow to deeat t!e de-i#( T!e spirit3a# intensity o t!is
boo% wi## enab#e yo3 to re'o"nie t!e Ho#y 0pirit and
<oin or'es wit! Hi+( T!e %ey is t!at yo3r !3+an spirit,
w!i'! dwe##s wit! t!e Ho#y 0pirit, is a#ready s#i+ and
tri+, and He desires or yo3 to e*perien'e t!is in bot!
yo3r so3# and yo3r body( 5o3 wi## #earn abo3t spirit3a#%now#ed"e and t!e Word power t!at is ne'essary to
a''o+p#is! yo3r wei"!t#oss "oa#s(
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HOW I CAME TO WRITE
LEAN GOD’S WAY
IFD LIKE TO $EGI1 by te##in" yo3 !ow t!e tit#e o
t!is boo% 'a+e abo3t( Let +e ass3re yo3, it was not
ro+ +e( /y irst boo%, Healing )s 4ours, p3b#is!ed by
&3t!or Ho3se in ::@ 6I0$18 9:=7::;, too%
se-en years 6God>s n3+ber o 'o+p#etion and
pere'tion; to inis!, as I wor%ed in 'on<3n'tion wit! t!e
Ho#y 0pirit( In +y ear#ier boo% yo3 wi## read !ow Ie*tensi-e#y dis'3ss t!e !ea#in" and de#i-eran'e powers
o 2es3s C!rist o 1aaret! t!ro3"! one o !is -esse#s
6+e;(
T!en, a year a"o, I be"an to a''3+3#ate notes or a boo% t!at was to be 'a##ed 3eight .oss 5 .ife, b3t it <3stdid not see+ to 'o+e to"et!er( I wondered, “Do peop#eneed anot!er ood boo%, "i-en t!e poor res3#ts o +ost
peop#e>s atte+pts at #on"ter+ wei"!t #oss” &nyway, itsee+ed t!at t!ere was a "#3t o boo%s on t!is topi' in t!e+ar%etp#a'e(
0e-era# peop#e to#d +e t!at God wanted +e to writeanot!er boo% b3t I did not yie#d to t!eir s3""estions or a#on" ti+e( T!en t!e anointin" o t!e Ho#y 0pirit 'a+e3pon +e, and I sat down and be"an to write( T!is ti+e I%new t!e +essa"e o t!e boo% wo3#d be based on t!e
power o t!e Ho#y 0pirit instead o 3pon +an>s ways and!is !3+an so#3tions( 5o3 a#ways want yo3r so3r'e toste+ ro+ t!e 0pirit o Tr3t!, not ro+ +an>s ideas( &sGod +o-ed wit!in +e and 3pon +e, wit!in two wee%s I!ad +ore t!an !a# o t!e boo% 'o+p#etedJ
0o, "et readyJ God !as a p3rpose or His boo% and a+essa"e or yo3(
I prayed, “God, I need a tit#e( W!at s!a## I 'a## t!e boo%”
He '#ear#y answered, “God2s 3ay”I as%ed, “Is t!at a##”God t!en spo%e t!e word, .ean to +e( T!at was itJ
.ean God2s 3ay, wit! a wonder3# do3b#e +eanin",t!an%s to t!e Lord( It !ad to be God, or I>+ <3st not t!at'#e-erJ
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DEDICATION
I0 $OOK I0 DEDIC&TED to yo3, dear reader, asyo3 i"!t yo3r wei"!t de+ons and '!oose to ne-er "i-e
3p in yo3r sear'! or t!e answer( I %now t!at yo3 desireto #i-e wit! a "ood B3a#ity o #ie and inner pea'e, and
yo3 want to be s#i+ and tri+( 5et to so+e e*tent, yo3sti## want to eat as +3'! o e-eryt!in" yo3 desire
w!ene-er yo3 want, as we##( T!en yo3 pray not to "ainwei"!t( I t!at so3nds #i%e yo3, we#'o+e ba'% to “sB3are
one,” b3t t!is ti+e, w!en yo3 start a"ain, yo3 wi## be
doin" so wit! God and t!is wi## +a%e a## t!e dieren'e
or yo3r a+ain" s3''ess(
5o3 !a-e ob-io3s#y +ade 3p yo3r +ind to #ose
wei"!t, and w!en t!is desire "ets into yo3r spirit, yo3
'an be ass3red t!at it>s a done dea#( Did yo3 rea#ie t!atyo3r desire ste+s ro+ yo3r destiny God wi## be
wor%in" wit! yo3, in yo3, and t!ro3"! yo3(
I a#so dedi'ate t!is boo% to yo3r Co+orter, t!e Ho#y
0pirit, w!o a'ts in 2es3s> be!a# on t!e Eart!( I %now
t!at wit!in yo3 is a desire to !a-e an inti+ate
re#ations!ip wit! yo3r Creator( I pray t!at t!e Ho#y 0pirit
wi## de-e#op a '#ose bond wit! yo3 and yo3 wi## draw'#ose to Hi+ so t!at He 'an 'ontin3o3s#y i## yo3 wit!
!i+se#, eed yo3, and "3ide yo3 toward yo3r tota#
wei"!t #oss(
Do yo3 %now t!at t!e Ho#y 0pirit !as a#ready p#a'ed
t!is inti+ate desire to be '#ose to Hi+ wit!in yo3 5o3
wi## soon ind t!at 3#ti+ate#y t!is is t!e answerJ
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EPIGRAPH
5OU &RE & GODCRE&TED person wit! a“#eased body,” and yo3 are desi"ned to #i-e a B3a#ity
#iesty#e 3nder t!e tota# "3idan'e o t!e Ho#y 0pirit(0o #et Hi+ #ead yo3 ea'! step o t!e way(
“0nd now, what does the .ord your God re-uireof you but 6reverently7 to fear the .ord your God, 6that
is7 to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to servethe .ord your God with all your 6mind and7 heart and
with your entire being, to keep the commandments of the .ord and His statutes which ) command you today for
your good8” 6De3terono+y 9:899?, T&$;
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CONTENTS
.oreword ?)3rpose o t!is $oo% 7
How I Ca+e To Write Lean Cod>s Way Dedi'ation =
Epi"rap! Tab#e o Contents 9:
&'%now#ed"e+ents 99Editor>s )a"e 9
)rea'e 97
Learn To La3"! &t 5o3rse# 9=
Introd3'tion 9
9( 5o3r )rayer Lie .#o3ris!es
( Dis'#ai+er Is & 1on0pirit3a# 1e'essity( :
?( T!e G#ory O God>s )resen'e ( Didn>t 2es3s &#ready Hea# 5o3J @?
@( 5o3r G3ide, T!e Ho#y 0pirit 7:
7( 5o3r &nointin" 7@
( Conession $e'o+es 5o3r )ossession (( /+
=( 5o3r Do'tor>s Ro#e
( 5o3r 0pirit3a# Di+ensions =
9:( T!e )ower O Ton"3es 7
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Hi#ario3s#y .3nny Re+ar%s 9:
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UniB3e Wei"!t Te'!niB3es 9:
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1ew 0'ientii' Resear'! On Ca#ories 9:
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T!e Key To God>s .ood Wisdo+ 99
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5o3r God#y Wisdo+ 99
97 T!o3"!t3##y Wise 0ayin"s 9
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E*posin" E-i# 9
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Testi+ony 9?
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Reeren'e G3ide 9?
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&bo3t T!e &3t!or 9
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WHE1 I RE.LECT $&CK on +y own persona#wei"!t !istory, I rea#ie t!at +y irst 'ons'io3s 'on'ern
abo3t +y wei"!t be"an soon ater +y !oney+oon inWas!in"ton, DC( On o3r !oney+oon e-eryt!in" tasted
"reatJ Do yo3 re+e+ber a sensiti-e and de#i'ate ti+e inyo3r #ie t!at was si+i#ar to t!is Or per!aps a stress3#
e-ent t!at 'a3sed yo3 to eat +ore t!an 3s3a#/y disappoint+ent 'a+e as a res3#t o t!e tr3t! t!at
I !ad #ost 'ontro# o +y eatin" !abits d3rin" o3r
!oney+oon( .ro+ t!en on, t!ere was a#ways a 'onstant
str3""#e between t!e “ood +onster” and t!e “ood
po#i'e,” and I did not %now to w!o+ I s!o3#d t3rn or
!e#p( )er!aps it wo3#d !a-e been wise or +e to as% a
s#i+ and tri+ person w!at !e or s!e did, and w!at !e ors!e ate, and t!en o##ow !i+ or !er aro3ndJ
Ti+e was o t!e essen'e, b3t it was 'ertain#y
restri'ted d3rin" +y ti+e in +edi'a# s'!oo# and +y
s3bseB3ent residen'y( 0o +y sear'! or an answer !ad to
be p3t on !o#d, at #east te+porari#y( To +a%e +atters
worse, any app#i'ab#e n3tritiona# inor+ation t!at I
a'B3ired d3rin" +y +edi'a# trainin" was -ery #i+ited,indeed( /y e*pos3re to a +3#tit3de o #e't3res,
pro"ra+s, boo%s, +en3s, e*perts, diets, et'( ne-er
see+ed to wor% or +e on a #on"ter+ basis( It was on#y
ater I a''epted t!e Lord in +y #ie t!at I was ab#e to
t3rn it a## o-er to Hi+, or t!en I rea#ied t!at He !ad to
be t!e answer(
T!is was #i%e an 0cres of 9iamonds episode in +y
#ie( T!is is a wonder3# story t!at was to#d by R3sse##
Conwe##, and I !a-e parap!rased !is +essa"e in t!e
o##owin" para"rap!s(
T!ere on'e #i-ed an an'ient )ersian ar+er by t!e
na+e o &#iHaed( He was a wea#t!y and 'ontented
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+an( & 'ertain re#i"io3s priest -isited !i+ one day and
stirred !is +ind by te##in" !i+ abo3t O#dWor#d t!in"s
#i%e pre'io3s "e+s( He dis'3ssed dia+onds and pointedo3t t!at t!ey are rea##y deposits o 'arbon( &#iHaed
was "reat#y +o-ed w!en !e !eard t!at one t!3+bsied
dia+ond 'o3#d p3r'!ase t!e entire 'o3ntry, w!i#e a +ine
o t!e+ wo3#d pro-ide i++ense wea#t! or !is '!i#dren(
0oon t!ereater, &#iHaed be'a+e dis'ontented, and
!e be"an to a't #i%e a poor +an, bot! in !is +ind and !is
i+a"ination( One ni"!t !e went to bed, b3t !e was3nab#e to s#eep, be'a3se !e was 'onstant#y t!in%in"
abo3t be'o+in" i++ense#y ri'!( He so3"!t t!e !e#p o
t!e priest w!o to#d !i+ !e 'o3#d ind t!e dia+onds in
t!e ri-er t!at r3ns t!ro3"! w!ite sands, between !i"!
+o3ntains(
T!is #ed &#iHaed to se## !is ar+ and #ea-e !is
a+i#y in sear'! o dia+onds( He spent a## !is +oney
and ti+e #oo%in" or dia+onds in t!e +o3ntains, in
)a#estine, and t!ro3"!o3t E3rope( &s a res3#t, !e ended
3p in ra"s and po-erty( W!en a "reat tida# wa-e ro##ed
onto s!ore in 0pain, !e 'ast !i+se# into t!e water and
san%(
T!e +an w!o p3r'!ased &#iHaed>s ar+ to3red !is
new#y a'B3ired #and and noti'ed '3rio3s #as!es o #i"!t
s!inin" ro+ t!e w!ite sands o t!e strea+( He p3##ed
o3t a b#a'% stone, p3t it on !is +ante#, and or"ot a##
abo3t it(
0o+e ti+e #ater, t!e o#d re#i"io3s priest ret3rned or
a -isit to &#iHaed>s ar+, and !e was "reat#y s3rprisedto #earn t!at !is riend>s ar+ !ad been so#d( W!i#e t!ere,
!e noti'ed t!e #as!es o #i"!t t!at were e+anatin" ro+
t!e stone on t!e +ante#, and ater e*a+inin" it, !e to#dt!e new owner t!at it was a dia+ondJ T!ey bot! r3s!edo3t to t!e "arden and dis'o-ered w!at be'a+e t!e
dia+ond +ine o Go#'onda, t!e +ost +a"nii'ent
dia+ond +ine in t!e !istory o +an%indJ
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Had &#iHaed re+ained at !o+e and d3" in !is own
'e##ar or !is w!eat ie#ds or !is own "arden, !e wo3#d
!a-e 3n'o-ered 0cres of 9iamonds: Do yo3 rea#ie t!atyo3 !a-e 0cres of 9iamonds in yo3r #ie &s yo3 sear'!
or yo3r answer to t!e wei"!t '!a##en"es yo3 a'e, yo3
need to +eet t!e Lord 2es3s C!rist o 1aaret! and "et
to %now Hi+ on an inti+ate basis( $e#ie-e +e, He !as
a'res o dia+onds or yo3J
In t!is a'%now#ed"e+ents se'tion, I want to
re'o"nie a## t!e ser-ants o t!e Lord w!o !a-ededi'ated t!eir #i-es to 2es3s and !a-e p#ayed a +a<or
ro#e in !e#pin" +e ind answers to t!e wei"!t '!a##en"es
a'ed by +yse# and peop#e e-eryw!ere( I parti'3#ar#y
o3nd stron" s3pport ro+ t!e wor%s o 0piriti##ed
C!ristians and +inisters s3'! as Kennet! Cope#and,
1or-e# Hayes, /ari#yn Hi'%ey, $enny Hinn, inny
Lon"o, 2oy'e /eyer, and Dere% )rin'e(
T!ere are +any ot!er #eaders w!o s!o3#d be
a'%now#ed"ed, as we##, and I apo#o"ie or not bein"
ab#e to na+e t!e+ a##, b3t spa'e won>t per+it +e to do
so !ere( 1onet!e#ess, I t!an% God t!at ea'! one !as
de-oted !is or !er #ie to !e#p a## o 3s +aintain o3r
desire to be s#i+ and tri+, and t!ey !a-e pro-ided 3s
wit! t!e dis'ip#ine we need to s3stain t!e .ean ;od2s
3ay #iesty#e( I t!an% God, w!o %nows w!o t!ey are,
or t!e+ and or t!e i+portant insi"!ts t!ey>-e "i-en to
+e(
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EDITOR’S PAGE
I0 )&GE I0 DEDIC&TED to +y editor, L#oydHi#debrand, w!o is +y spirit3a# brot!er and riend,
and is responsib#e or or"aniin" a## +y Ho#y 0piritt!o3"!ts, ideas, and i+a"es in s3'! a way as to brin"
t!is 'reati-e boo% to"et!er in a 'o!esi-e +anner( Hisin'redib#e editin" abi#ity !as been a#ready de+onstrated
t!ro3"! t!e tre+endo3s s3''ess o +y irst boo%, a "ito t!e Ho#y 0pirit or t!e $ody o C!rist(
T!is is, o 'o3rse, a## God, t!at two +inisters !a-e
been <oined to"et!er a"ain to wor% as one wit! a 3nited
p3rpose( In .ean God2s 3ay, L#oyd !as in'orporated t!e
Ho#y 0pirit>s #ow o words in s3'! a way t!at peop#e
wit! -ario3s wei"!t '!a##en"es wi## be enab#ed to be
b#essed and be !ea#ed(T!e 3nity t!at God estab#is!ed as we>-e wor%ed
to"et!er on t!is boo% 'onir+s t!e bib#i'a# tr3t! t!at t!e
p#a'e o a"ree+ent is indeed t!e p#a'e o power( 2es3s
said, “3here two or three are gathered together in 1y
name,” ) am there in the midst of them” 6/att!ew
9=8:, 1K2;( &s L#oyd and I wor%ed to"et!er, 2es3s
was present wit! 3s( $e'a3se t!is is tr3e, I %now t!isaweso+e +essa"e wi## '!an"e t!e #i-es o t!ose wit!
wei"!ti+a"e iss3es(
L#oyd was ab#e to “'apt3re +y r!yt!+” and brin"
!ar+ony to +y words, so yo3 wi## re'ei-e re-e#ations
ro+ God ro+ w!i'! ot!er re-e#ations wi## arise( In
+any ways it see+ed to +e as i two peop#e were
writin" t!e sa+e boo%J
It>s a+ain" to see !ow t!e a''3rate p#a'e+ent o a
ew words !ere and t!ere 'an +a%e s3'! a proo3nd
dieren'e in a +an3s'ript>s de-e#op+ent( L#oyd>s "od#y
endea-ors in be!a# o t!is boo% 'onir+ !is God"i-en
ta#ent( He was ab#e to interpret w!at I +eant to say or
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wanted to say and e*press it wit! t!e '#arity t!at 'o+es
ro+ e+pat!y and 3nderstandin"(
&s yo3 read .ean God2s 3ay, I t!in% yo3 wi## seew!y L#oyd is a p#eas3re to wor% wit!( I t!an% God or
!is #o-e or t!e Lord and !is "reat sense o !3+or( T!ese
are <3st so+e o t!e reasons w!y !e is so b#essed and
a-ored by t!e Lord( T!an% yo3, brot!er L#oydJ
)!i##ip Go#dedder
O'tober :, ::7
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PREFACE
5OU /U0T $E WO1DERI1G w!y t!e end ti+ess!o3#d !a-e anyt!in" to do wit! .ean God2s 3ay T!e
tr3t! is t!at yo3 need to "et ready or w!at so+e+inisters are reerrin" to as t!e “'#osin" !o3rs” o
!3+an !istory by preparin" yo3rse# to be as +enta##yei'ient and as p!ysi'a##y !ea#t!y as possib#e( 0oon, we
a## wi## be a'in" dii'3#t ti+es( T!is is predi'ted by t!e$ib#e, w!i'! is t!e Word o God(
T!e topi' o t!e “#ast days” or “'#osin" !o3rs” 'an
so+eti+es be a -ery 'ontro-ersia# iss3e( T!ereore, it>s
i+portant or yo3 to re+e+ber t!at 2es3s is o3r Tea'!er,
and He is t!e on#y tr3e a3t!ority in t!e wor#d today( He
!as o3t#ined t!e seB3en'e o endti+e e-ents in t!e
$ib#e, b3t e-en He does not %now t!e e*a't ti+e ow!en t!at '#i+a'ti' e-ent wi## o''3r(
T!e B3i'%enin" o t!e Ho#y 0pirit t!ro3"! t!e
0'ript3res is bein" "i-en to presentday tra-e#in"
prop!ets, !owe-er( Instead o e*perien'in" ear w!en
yo3 !ear 'ertain words s3'! as “antiC!rist,” “t!e
Rapt3re,” “t!e Trib3#ation,” and “t!e /i##enni3+,” yo3
need to si+p#y see% God( $e'a3se yo3 are a be#ie-er,2es3s !as 'a##ed yo3 His saint, and He wants yo3 to ta%e
part in t!e !ar-est t!at a## be#ie-ers wi## be reapin" at t!e
end o t!e a"e( T!ereore, yo3 +3st end3re 3nti# “t!e
end” 'o+es( &s yo3 do so, re+e+ber t!at “t!e end” wi##
a't3a##y be t!e be"innin" or yo3 and or a## t!ose w!o
#o-e t!e Lord 2es3s C!rist(
In t!e near 3t3re yo3 are "oin" to be e*posed to
so+e o t!e "reatest endti+e +ira'#es and de+andin"
tests yo3 !a-e e-er e*perien'ed or !eard abo3t, and yo3
need to be ready or t!ese e-ents in bot! t!e nat3ra# and
s3pernat3ra# rea#+s o yo3r #ie( &"ain, yo3 need to be
in yo3r best di-ine p!ysi'a# and spirit3a# !ea#t! so yo3
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wi## be ready to !e#p anni!i#ate t!e wor%s o t!e de-i#,
w!i'! is one o t!e p3rposes w!y 2es3s 'a+e to Eart!(
“He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning <or this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that He might destroy the works of the
devil” 69 2o!n ?8=, 1K2;(
Let +e ta%e t!is opport3nity to s3++arie yo3r
p3rpose in readin" t!is boo%( 5o3 are i"!tin" a spirit3a#
batt#e, and yo3 !a-e been #osin", be'a3se yo3 'annot
i"!t t!e de-i# wit! nat3ra# weapons #i%e e+otions, diets, pi##s, pro"ra+s, se#pity and yo3r +irror( 5o3 don>t
want to "et into re+edies rat!er t!an t!e power o t!e
Ho#y 0pirit and 'onseB3ent#y p3t yo3r ait! in t!e wron"
a-en3es(
5o3 need to !a-e spirit3a# weapons to 3se in yo3r
s3pernat3ra# 'o+bat 4 t!e Word o God, ait!, tr3st,
tr3t!, be#ie, and t!e Ho#y 0pirit( 0top tr3stin" in
yo3rse# and +an, or God !as "i-en yo3 power, abi#ity,
and -i'tory( &## yo3 need to do is to si+p#y e*e'3te yo3r
God"i-en abi#ities and 3se yo3r God"i-en weapons(
&s yo3 do so, -i'tory wi## be yo3rsJ
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LEARN TO LAUGH AT YOURSELF
Learnin" to #a3"! at yo3rse# and not ta%e yo3rse#too serio3s#y is one o t!e %eys to yo3r !ea#in"( T!at>s
w!y I>-e in'#3ded so+e !3+oro3s ane'dotes in t!e boo%
to !e#p yo3 #a3"! at yo3rse#( T!ere>s "reat !ea#in" in
!3+or, yo3 %now(
)art o +y p!i#osop!y o #ie is not to ta%e +yse#
too serio3s#y, as yo3 wi## see w!i#e yo3 read t!is boo%( I
want t!is to be 'onta"io3s, so t!at yo3 wi## be ab#e toind !3+or in yo3r sit3ation, in yo3r #ie, and in yo3r
'ir'3+stan'es, w!ate-er t!ey +ay be(
5ears a"o, I started to #earn to #a3"! at +yse#( T!isre#ie-ed +e o so +3'! o t!e press3re o +y dai#y #ieas a ne3ros3r"eon( T!ere>s !ea#in" in !3+or, and a+erry !eart tr3#y does "ood, #i%e a +edi'ine( I want yo3to #earn to a''ept yo3rse# and de-e#op a sense o !3+or
abo3t yo3rse# and yo3r wei"!t, be'a3se t!ere abso#3te#yis !ea#in" power in #a3"!ter( &s yo3 %now, it is not +yintention to oend anyone by t!e ane'dotes I s!are int!is boo%(
Read t!e stories wit! an open +ind and enter intot!e <oy o t!e Lord, w!i'! is yo3r stren"t!( God wantsyo3 to e*perien'e His 3nspea%ab#e <oy t!at is 3## o"#ory, so #earn to #a3"! at yo3rse#( La3"! at yo3rwei"!t( La3"! at t!e de-i#( La3"! at yo3r wei"!t
'!a##en"es, or t!e tr3t! is t!at t!ey wi## soon be o-erJT!is tr3#y is a 'a3se or re<oi'in"(
&s yo3 enter into <oy, t!e de-i# wi## #ee ro+ yo3,or !e !ates #a3"!ter( O a## indi-id3a#s, !e ta%es !i+se#-ery serio3s#y, indeed, and !e is B3ite 3nab#e to #a3"! atanyt!in" e*'ept 'a#a+ity and destr3'tion( Rise abo-e!i+, t!ereore, and enter into t!e <oy o t!e Lord by#earnin" to #a3"! at yo3rse#( T!is is one o t!e t!in"st!at wi## send t!e de-i# #eein"(
5o3 wi## soon dis'o-er t!at yo3r +o3rnin" wi## bet3rned into #a3"!ter and yo3r sorrow wi## be t3rned into
<oy, or God is be"innin" to +aniest His !ea#in" in yo3r#ie(
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INTRODUCTION
THE TRUTH I0 TH&T yo3 do not !a-e to 'arryany e*tra po3nds aro3nd wit! yo3, or t!ey 'an a't3a##y
be 3nwanted “"its” ro+ t!e de+oni', s3pernat3ra#rea#+( T!ey are desi"ned to red3'e and e-en e#i+inate
any appro-a# yo3 +ay !a-e o yo3rse#( Did yo3 %nowt!at t!e way ot!ers see yo3 is rea##y t!e way yo3 see
yo3rse#&his reminds me of the story of a patient who came
home following a visit with his psychiatrist He reportedto his wife, “) no ;onger have an inferiority complex:”
His wife was excited to hear this asked =3hat does
he say now8”
He responded> “He told me )2m ?ust inferior:”
T!is +i"!t be 3nny i it were not tr3e, be'a3se peop#e 3s3a##y identiy t!e+se#-es erroneo3s#y by t!e
way t!ey #oo% and ee#( 5o3 !a-e to #i%e yo3rse# and
ee# "ood abo3t yo3rse# be'a3se o w!o yo3 are in
C!rist(
Howe-er, it is t!e de-i#>s <ob to %eep yo3 o"3ard
and o-erwei"!t, so !e de'ei-es yo3 t!ro3"! se#
re<e'tion and se#!ate( &+on" ot!er t!in"s, do not a##ow!i+ to %eep yo3 ro+ be'o+in" t!e %ind o person Cod
wants yo3 to be(
0@E 4A! ;A1<A@&0%.E8
&re yo3 'o+ortab#e wit! yo3r sit3ation &his
-uestion reminds me of the #ewish store owner who was
ad?usting a new sign on the roof of his store when he
accidentally slippedB and landed flat on the groundB 0
police officer arrived on the scene, rushed over to the
victim, rolledB up his coat, anti placedB )t under the
man2s headB He then askedB “0re you comfortable8”
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&he man repliedB “) make a nice living”
To be 'o+ortab#e is to en<oy t!e 'o+ort t!e Ho#y
0pirit i+parts to yo3( O3t o t!at 0pirits3pp#ied 'o+ort'o+es t!e power yo3 need to .ean God2s 3ay and be
.ean God2s 3ay
Did yo3 %now t!at w!at yo3 do not !ate, yo3 wi##
to#erate &s +3'! as I !ate t!e word “!ate,” I a+
reerrin" to de+oni' a'ti-ity t!at 'a3ses yo3 to a''ept
t!e "rad3a# and '3+3#ati-e ee'ts t!at wi## res3#t ro+
'ons3+in" too +3'! ood( T!e reason yo3 to#erate it ist!at yo3 don>t %now w!at to do abo3t it(
Re"ard#ess o t!e p#eas3rab#e rewards asso'iated
wit! eatin", t!ere are "reat pena#ties yo3 !a-e to pay
w!en yo3 eat too +3'!( T!is is 'a##ed bonda"e or #i-in"
as a s#a-e( I want yo3 to be aware o t!e de-i#>s
trea'!ero3s “DI/ a"enda” a"ainst 3s, w!i'! I>-e
s3++aried as o##ows8
D Do+ination
I Inti+idation
/ /anip3#ation
His a"enda di+s yo3r -iew o God and 'a3ses yo3
to see yo3rse# as #ess t!an yo3 are(
In #i"!t o t!ese tr3t!s, yo3 +3st o##ow 3p on yo3r
initia# de'ision to s3''eed wit! yo3r desired wei"!t #oss
by approa'!in" it in God>s way( W!at do yo3 !a-e to
#ose, e*'ept 3nwanted po3nds One reason yo3 !a-en>t
been s3''ess3# in t!e past is t!at yo3 were atte+ptin" to
#ose wei"!t on yo3r own by 3sin" +an>s a'3+en and
inte##i"en'e instead o app#yin" God>s wisdo+ to yo3rsit3ation(
&s yo3 %now i yo3 wat'! t!e news, t!ere is a#ways
a new st3dy t!at 'ontradi'ts t!e #ast new st3dyA God>sWord, on t!e ot!er !and, is a#ways 'onstant and'onsistent( $y "ainin" %now#ed"e ro+ God>s Word,
yo3 'an #oo% orward to be'o+in" an o-er'o+er and a
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winner, and t!is wi## enab#e yo3 to reso#-e 3nne'essary
'on#i'ts in yo3r #ie(
Later, we>## dis'3ss t!e $ib#e>s e*p#anation abo3tyo3 bein" a t!reedi+ensiona# person, and yo3 wi##
3nderstand t!at yo3 are rea##y <3st i"!tin" yo3r #es!( &s
a res3#t, yo3 wi## #earn !ow easy it is to 'r3'iy yo3r
#es! be'a3se God inside yo3 wi## win t!is batt#e(
3H0& )S 4A!@ 3E)GH& S&0'90@98
One o t!e deinitions o t!e word “wei"!t” t!at is
o3nd in t!e 1erriamC3ebster 9ictionary is “t!e
standard or estab#is!ed a+o3nt t!at a t!in" s!o3#d
wei"!(” W!at is yo3r wei"!t standard 5o3 or yo3r
!ea#t!'are pro-ider need to de'ide w!at t!is n3+ber
s!o3#d be rat!er t!an re#yin" on so+e o t!ose ridi'3#o3s
ins3ran'e wei"!t standards t!at appear to represent
peop#e w!o are a't3a##y s3erin" ro+ anore*ia( T!ere
are ot!er a#se standards as we##, and t!ese are not
#i+ited to !ow anot!er +an or wo+an appears to yo3 in
rea# #ie, w!at yo3 see in newspapers, p!oto"rap!y
boo%s, +a"aines, t!e +edia, or on t!e Internet(
)#ease be reass3red t!at t!e pri+ary o'3s o t!is
boo% wi## not be on t!e o##owin" a'tors8
9; 0tatisti's on ris%s in-o#-ed wit! bein"
o-erwei"!t(
; Co+p#i'ations t!at res3#t ro+ o-ereatin"(
?; Reasons to #ose wei"!t(
; E*'3ses we 3se to a-oid #osin" wei"!t(
@; Wonder3# diets, +en3s, 'ontradi'tions to
a''eptab#e and nona''eptab#e oods t!at 'an or 'annot
be eaten, -ita+ins, ood s3pp#e+ents, +etabo#is+,'arbo!ydrates, ats, proteins, and n3trition(
7; Resear'! indin"s re"ardin" !eart disease, b#ood
press3re, diabetes, stro%es, t!e "a## b#adder, 'ir'3#ation,
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or ot!er re#ated p!ysi'a# 'onditions asso'iated wit!
in'reased wei"!t(
; Inor+ation on e*er'ise, water inta%e, p!ysi'a#a'ti-ity, stress, s+o%in", 'oee, drin%in" a#'o!o#, s#eep,
bea3ty, sin, or se*(
4A!@ SE'SE A< H!1A@
Howe-er, in t!is boo%, yo3 wi## en'o3nter so+e
<o%es re#ated to wei"!t, w!i'! I>+ in'#3din" or yo3rso3#is! di+ension, be'a3se t!e $ib#e te##s 3s t!ere is
prote'ti-e power in #a3"!ter( La3"!ter a#so 3psets t!e
de-i#, be'a3se w!en yo3 #a3"! instead o rea'tin"
ne"ati-e#y, !e %nows yo3 are “on to !i+(”
0top or a +o+ent now and repeat t!is air+ation
o3t #o3d, “I 3sed to rea't o3t o ear, do3bt, stress, and
strie, b3t I re3se to rea't any+ore to anyt!in"J”
1ow re#e't on w!at yo3 !a-e <3st said,
re+e+berin" t!at 2es3s ne-er rea'ted to t!in"s
e+otiona##yA He a#ways too% a'tion in spirit3a# ways(
1eit!er was He e-er passi-e or ina'ti-eA He was a#ways
proa'ti-e, and yo3 'an be, tooJ
I 3sed to !a-e a serio3s wei"!t prob#e+, b3t I preer
to 3se t!e word “'!a##en"e” rat!er t!an “prob#e+(” To
+e, a '!a##en"e is easier to o-er'o+e, w!i#e a prob#e+
ne-er see+s to "o away( 1ow, twenty po3nds +ay not
be 'onsidered to be a bi" dea# to yo3 i yo3 'arry +ore
e*tra wei"!t t!an t!at, b3t to t!e person wit! any
3nwanted po3nds, it is sti## si"nii'ant( It 'ertain#y was
to +eJ
Oten, I wo3#d te## <o%es in +y eorts to red3'e
so+e o t!e “pain” I e*perien'ed as a res3#t o +y e*tra po3nds( D3rin" t!at ti+e I was 3nab#e to a''ept +y
'!a##en"eA s#ow#y, t!o3"!, I be"an to rea#ie I was #i-in"
on t!at bi" ri-er in E"ypt 'a##ed “D' 1i#e” 6denia#;(
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/y prayer is t!at t!e o##owin" <o%es wi## #it yo3r
spirits and +a%e yo3r !eart +erry8
) was so heavy that every time ) got on the elevator )t went clown:
1y favorite diet was .imburger cheese, onions, anti
garlic ) didn2t lose any weight, but ) sure looked good
from a distance:
)n my high school yearbook, ) was so huge that my
picture was on pages D and 5:
In s!arin" t!ese !3+oro3s ane'dotes wit! yo3, I!ope yo3 wi## #earn not to ta%e yo3rse# too serio3s#y(
/ay yo3r God"i-en sense o !3+or !e#p yo3 to see
t!in"s ro+ a new perspe'ti-e 4 ro+ His perspe'ti-e(
T!is 0'ript3re s!o3#d 'on-in'e yo3 o t!e
i+portan'e o <oy and #a3"!ter8 “0 glad heart makes a
happy face> a broken heart crushes the spirit”
6)ro-erbs 9@89?, 1LT;
Here is a "reat deinition o “<oy(” It is not t!e
absen'e o s3erin", b3t it is bein" i##ed wit! t!e
presen'e o God( Re+e+ber t!at a day wit!o3t #a3"!ter
is a wasted day(
&HE 3A@9 A< GA9
Here is a -ita# word or yo38 "et e*'ited abo3t t!e
Word o God, be'a3se God is t!e One w!o wi## "i-e yo3
a## t!e answers yo3 are sear'!in" or and +ore( His
Word, t!e !o#y $ib#e, is t!e on#y diet boo% yo3 wi## e-er
needJ
I o3nd 'o+ort w!en I !eard so+eone tea'!in" t!at
ad-ersity is t!e breedin" "ro3nd or +ira'#es( Ho#d to
t!is botto+ #ine8 don>t dis'3ss yo3r sit3ation, b3t t3rnyo3r attention to t!e so#3tion( )#ease don>t poison yo3r
3t3re by o'3sin" on yo3r past( T!at is, w!y reb3i#d
t!ose b3rnt brid"es w!ate-er yo3r past was, #et it "o(
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TOUCH 0LI/ &1D TRI/
T&0TE 0LI/ &1D TRI/
LI0TE1 0LI/ &1D TRI/$E 0LI/ &1D TRI/
E&T 0LI/ &1D TRI/
DRE&/ 0LI/ &1D TRI/
0EE 0LI/ &1D TRI/
/OE 0LI/ &1D TRI/
E-ent3a##y yo3r body wi## respond to t!ese'o++ands, and yo3 wi## en<oy t!eir r3it in yo3r #ie on
a dai#y basis(
1ow #et>s pa3se and en<oy a -ery 3nny story8
0 couple of South ;arolina hunters are out in the
woods when one of them falls to the ground He doesn2t
seem to be breathing> in fact, his eyes are rolled back in
his head
=&he other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the
emergency services He gasps to the operator, “1y
friend2s dead8 =3hat can ) do8”
&he operator, )n a calm, soothing voice, says, “#ust
take it easy ) can help <irst, let us make sure he is dead
&here is a silenceB then a shot is heardB &he guy2s
voice comes back on the line He says, “Akay, now
what8”
Ob-io3s#y, t!e !3nter didn>t 3nderstand t!e
operator>s intent( T!is is a !3+oro3s 'ase o
+is'o++3ni'ation( I s!are t!e story to +a%e a point8 as
yo3 read .ean God2s 3ay, be s3re to 'are3##y interpretits instr3'tions 'orre't#y( T!en, down#oad a## t!e boo%>s
re-e#ations into yo3r !eart, or t!ey wi## +a%e t!e
dieren'e in yo3r s#i+ and tri+ #ie(W!y not be"in yo3r #ist by boo%+a%in" yo3r
positi-e air+ations in t!e Reeren'e G3ide at t!e end
o t!e boo%”
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&s a p!ysi'ian, I reB3ent#y wrote t!e abbre-iation
“prn” on pres'riptions or +y patients( T!e ety+o#o"y o
t!is a'rony+ is o3nd in a Latin p!rase8 pro re nataT!is is trans#ated as +eanin"8
9; &s needed(
; &s t!e 'ir'3+stan'es reB3ire(
1ow, I !a-e a pres'ription or yo3, and I want yo3
to say it o3t #o3d w!en yo3 need it and as t!e
'ir'3+stan'es reB3ire(
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
T!is )R1 is a prayer t!at God wi## answer(
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1.
YOUR PRAYER
LIFE FLOURISHES
2E0U0 1EEDED TO )R&5 and so do yo3J In tr3t!,
He started His +inistry in prayer( I yo3 rea##y be#ie-ed
yo3 'o3#d !a-e e-eryt!in" yo3 prayed or, yo3 wo3#d be
prayin" 'onstant#y( W!at i so+eone oered yo3 at!o3sand do##ars a day to pray Wo3#d t!at be eno3"!
+oti-ation or yo3 to #a3n'! o3t into t!e dept!s o
prayer )rayer wi## "et yo3 e-eryt!in" t!at God wants to
do or yo3J
“He gives us more and more strength to stand
against such evil desires 0s the Scriptures say, =God
sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to thehumble” 62a+es 87, 1LT;
.E0@' &A (@04 E<<E;&)$E.4
2es3s te##s 3s to "et a#one wit! God and enter into an
at+osp!ere o prayer( T!is is best a''o+p#is!ed in a
B3iet p#a'e, i on#y in yo3r t!o3"!ts( 5o3 'an enterGod>s presen'e t!ro3"! t!e doorway o si#ent prayer(
T!e Lord wi## tea'! yo3 and s!ow yo3 !ow to pray, as
yo3 open yo3r !eart to Hi+( T!e Ho#y 0pirit wi## !e#p
yo3 to pray as yo3 o3"!t to pray( Re+e+ber t!at 2es3s
did not!in" apart ro+ t!e Ho#y 0pirit(
To prepare to rea'! a dai#y prayer #e-e# and #earn
!ow to i"nore yo3r #es!, yo3r o'3s on God s!o3#din'#3de anyt!in" and e-eryt!in" t!at 'o+es into yo3r
+ind re"ardin" Hi+( &## yo3 !a-e to do is to rea##y
#isten w!en yo3 are t!in%in" abo3t God( W!en yo3 do
t!is se-era# ti+es a day, yo3 wi## be"in to rea#ie yo3 are
de-e#opin" aweso+e power ro+ bein" in His presen'e(
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5o3 need to "i-e yo3rse# +ore 'redibi#ity abo3t t!is
s3pernat3ra# power t!an yo3 !a-e in t!e past, be'a3se
yo3 are a #ot +ore or"anied, t!an yo3 were, and yo3 ares+arter wit! yo3r spirit3a# %now#ed"e and wisdo+ sin'e
yo3 !a-e be"3n to depend on t!e Ho#y 0pirit( W!en yo3
!ear t!e di-ine instr3'tions t!at yo3 need to pray, start
"ettin" e*'ited abo3t t!e+, e-en t!o3"! yo3r #es! and
+ind +ay i++ediate#y start to i"!t, be'a3se prayer is
not “nat3ra#(” 5o3r #es! wi## instant#y rise 3p and ta%e
o-er by bo+bardin" yo3r +ind wit! +any distra'tin"t!o3"!ts(
In t!e s3pernat3ra# and spirit3a# rea#+s, !owe-er,
t!e rewards t!at 'o+e ro+ prayin" are wort! e-ery
o3n'e o ener"y and e-ery +o+ent o ti+e yo3 "i-e to
it( T!ereore, I 3r"e yo3 to be'o+e a tr3e prayer warrior
t!ro3"! ait!, di#i"en'e, and 'o++it+ent(
1ow, pa3se and ta%e a +o+ent to 'oness o3t #o3d,
“5es, 2es3s, it is easy or +e to pray, and I wi## do it
+ore and +ore ea'! and e-ery day(” &ir+ t!is se-era#
ti+es a day 3nti# it tr3#y be'o+es 'entra# to yo3r #ie
sty#e(
0top #oo%in" at prayer as so+e %ind o p3nis!+ent,
and be"in to appre'iate t!at yo3 are sear'!in" or God
t!ro3"! prayer( 03'! sear'!in" wi## destroy yo3r se#
#ie and "et rid o yo3r se#'enteredness( T!e de-i#
a#ways "ains a''ess to yo3 w!en yo3 en"a"e in se#
'enteredness, <3st #i%e !e does( In t!e sa+e +anner, yo3
want to +o-e ro+ bein" se#'onident to bein" God
'onident, or t!is wi## "i-e yo3 a''ess to Hi+(Ha-e yo3 e-er sear'!ed or a #o-ed one in t!e sense
t!at yo3 +issed !i+ or !er and e#t a need to spend
B3a#ity ti+e wit! !i+ or !er T!is !appens w!en yo3re+e+ber t!e b#essin"s t!at 'o+e ro+ bein" wit! t!at
person and 'o++3ni'atin" wit! !i+ or !er( )er!aps it
was a #o-ed one w!o was no #on"er #i-in" near yo3, and
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yo3 wanted to re#i-e so+e o t!e inti+ate 'on-ersations
t!at bro3"!t yo3 '#oser to !i+ or !er(
Did yo3 %now t!at w!en yo3 ta#% to God, He "ets'#oser to yo3, and t!e +ore yo3 ta#% to Hi+, He draws
e-en '#oser to yo3( W!en yo3 pray ee'ti-e#y, He wi##
e-en s!ow 3p ne*t to yo3J
)rayer is ne-er a waste o ti+e( 0pendin" ti+e wit!
God in prayer wi## i## yo3 3p wit! His passion and
power( T!e power yo3 re'ei-e ro+ prayer 6w!en yo3
pray in ait!; wi## +a%e His Word 'o+e a#i-e in yo3r!eart and yo3 wi## re'ei-e His re-e#ation %now#ed"e(
T!e 'on<oined twins o ait! in-o#-e astin" and
prayer, w!i'! res3#t in a brea%t!ro3"! t!at re#eases
God>s a-or in yo3r #ie( 5o3 s!o3#d ast on'e a wee% or
or one +ea#, b3t do so on#y ater yo3 '#ear it wit! t!e
Ho#y 0pirit(
God anoints yo3 to pray, or yo3 'annot pray in yo3r
own stren"t!( T!e 0pirit B3i'%ens yo3 to pray(
T!ereore, be"in to pray in earnest, sin'ere#y, ro+ yo3r
!eart( 1e-er or"et t!at t!ro3"! prayer yo3 'an destroy
e-ery p#an o t!e de-i#J
Here is a "reat re'o++endation8 0tart prayin" i-e
+in3tes at t!e sa+e ti+e ea'! day so it be'o+es a dai#y
!abit( Do t!is or a wee%( Do not be'o+e 'on'erned
abo3t w!at ot!er peop#e do or t!eir parti'3#ar +et!ods,
be'a3se yo3r prayer ti+e is <3st between yo3r !ea-en#y
.at!er and yo3( T!en ta%e anot!er i-e +in3tes t!e ne*t
wee% and pray at t!e opposite end o t!e dayA do t!at or
anot!er wee%( 1ow yo3 are prayin" twi'e a day and yo3 +ay e-en
rea'! t!e point w!ere yo3 are no #on"er '!e'%in" yo3r
wat'! e-ery ew +in3tes( )ray +ost#y abo3t !ow "reatyo3 are "oin" to #oo% wit! yo3r wei"!t #oss, !ow yo3rot!er +edi'a# 'onditions are "oin" to be reso#-ed, and
t!e t!in"s yo3 wi## be ab#e to do t!at yo3 ne-er did
beore( is3a#ie yo3r s#i+andtri+ wei"!t as yo3 pray(
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5o3 wi## soon ind t!at yo3 wi## want to start prayin" in
yo3r own words at -ario3s ot!er ti+es t!ro3"!o3t ea'!
day, as we##(W!ene-er yo3 t!in% o it, say, “I !a-e enor+o3s
'ontro# o-er +y appetite, and I 'o++and +y body to be
s#i+ and tri+(”
23st w!at are yo3 e*pe'tin" w!en yo3 'o++and
yo3r body to be “s#i+ and tri+” T!ese words s!o3#d
i++ediate#y "i-e yo3r +ind>s eye t!e pi't3re o yo3r
new wei"!t instantaneo3s#y e-ery ti+eJ How 'o3#d yo3 be'o+e w!at yo3 !a-en>t “i+a"ed” in yo3r +ind 5o3
!a-e to see yo3r “s#i+ and tri+” body wit! its new
+eas3re+ents or yo3r w!o#e body, in'#3din" yo3r
'!est, yo3r waist, yo3r !ips, yo3r t!i"!s, et'(
W!en yo3 'an in'rease yo3r prayer ti+e to ten
+in3tes twi'e a day o-er t!e ne*t two wee%s, and t!en
be"in to pray iteen +in3tes twi'e a day o-er t!e
o##owin" two wee%s, yo3 wi## not be ab#e to stop doin"
so, be'a3se yo3 wi## see res3#ts in yo3r #ie t!at yo3
ne-er e*perien'ed beore( 5o3 wi## rea#ie t!at yo3r
prayer ti+e is responsib#e or t!ese "#orio3s '!an"es( &n
!o3r a day o prayer wi## be be'o+e +ore t!ri##in" to
yo3 t!an "oin" to a +o-ie or eatin" at yo3r a-orite
resta3rantJ 5o3 wi## rea'! #e-e#s o inti+a'y wit! God
t!at wi## not be e*p#ainab#e, and yo3 wi## be'o+e +ore
o'3sed on t!e t!in"s o t!e 0pirit t!an t!e t!in"s o t!e
#es!(
.irst t!in"s irstJ Let>s "et into t!e power o prayer
and dea# wit! any de+oni' sit3ations yo3 +ay notre'o"nie in yo3r #ieJ
0ay t!e o##owin" words #o3d#y and '#ear#y, so t!e
de-i# 'an !ear yo3, “In t!e na+e o 2es3s, I '3rse t!e'e##s, roots, seeds, and bran'!es o t!is e*'ess wei"!t( Ita%e t!e a3t!ority and do+inion "i-en to +e in t!e
+i"!ty na+e o 2es3s and I brea% yo3r power, de-i#,
and, I 'o++and yo3 to ta%e yo3r !ands o +e ri"!t
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now( 5o3 'an>t to3'! +e be'a3se I a+ tota##y God>s
property(
I bind and #oose yo3, de-i#, and, I 'o++and yo3,spirit o !ea-iness, to 'o+e o3t nowJ I reb3%e t!is
e*'ess wei"!t( I 'o++and any spirit o disbe#ie to 'o+e
o3t now, as we##(
I 'o++and t!is spirit o inir+ity to 'o+e o3t now,
and I reb3%e any and a## +edi'a# 'onditions asso'iated
wit! t!is te+porary e*tra wei"!t( I re-erse any spirit o
in!eritan'e or "enerationa# '3rse o bein" o-erwei"!t( I'ast o3t any spirit o wit'!'rat or any ot!er de+oni'
spirits( .at!er, or"i-e +e o t!e sins o +y an'estors
w!o opened t!e door to t!is #iesty#e( I 'o++and +y
appestat to ret3rn p!ysio#o"i'a##y to nor+a# ba#an'e and
!ar+ony, and to 3n'tion in t!e pere'tion or w!i'!
God 'reated it, in t!e na+e o 2es3s o 1aaret!( I
'o++and +y new, s#i+andtri+ wei"!t to +aniest
itse# in +y body(”
&#ways be open and !onest wit! yo3r !ea-en#y
.at!er, so yo3 'an de-e#op an inti+ate and #o-in"
re#ations!ip wit! Hi+( T!en stand ba'% and wat'! Hi+
open t!e doors t!at need to be opened or yo3 to re'ei-e
answers to yo3r prayers( &s yo3 pray, #earn ro+ God
w!y yo3 o-ereat( I yo3 dis'o-er t!at yo3 do so or
'o+ort, "o to Hi+ or 'o+ort instead o t3rnin" toward
ood( Dis'3ss wit! Hi+ w!y yo3r e*'3ses !a-e %ept yo3
in bonda"e and pre-ented yo3 ro+ #osin" wei"!t( He
wi## re-ea# to yo3 t!e reasons w!y yo3 "ained wei"!t( In
God>s presen'e yo3 wi## dis'o-er t!at no e*'3ses orrationa#iations wi## +atter(
Gra'e is God>s 3n+erited or 3ndeser-ed a-or, and
He "i-es His "ra'e to yo3 re"ard#ess o w!at yo3 !a-eor !a-e not done( Did yo3 %now t!at t!e Ho#y 0pirit>s
power is God>s "ra'e at wor% in yo3r #ie T!ereore,
w!y not dis'ip#ine yo3rse# wit! t!is "ra'e
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“So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious
God &here we will receive his mercy, and we will find
grace to help us when we need it” FHebrews 5B*/, '.& 1ow, stop, re#a*, ta%e a brea%, and breat!e so+e
deep breat!sA and t!en pray t!e o##owin" prayer o3t
#o3d8
“.at!er, I as% 5o3 to b#ess +e as I be"in to read,
st3dy, and absorb t!is power3# wei"!t#oss, !ea#in"
+essa"e( I want 5o3 to +inister to +y spirit( &noint +e,
Lord, wit! 5o3r +i"!ty power and 5o3r aweso+e presen'e(
In t!e areas o +y #ie w!ere I !a-e e*perien'ed
pain, !3rt, s3erin", or e+otiona# dii'3#ties, "i-e +e
"ra'e, +er'y, and t!e opport3nity to or"i-e ot!ers and
+yse#( W!ere I !ad do3bt, an*iety, or stress, re#ease
5o3r stren"t! and 'oniden'e to easi#y wor% t!ro3"! and
brin" reso#3tion to ea'! o t!ose areas and iss3es( W!ere
t!ere is tiredness or ati"3e, en'o3ra"e +e, and !e#p +e
to "et s3i'ient s#eep( He#p +e to #earn s3b+ission and
obedien'e to yo3r pro+ptin"s and #eadin" in +y #ie(
W!en 5o3 !ear +e spea% ne"ati-e words o depression,
dis'o3ra"e+ent, r3stration, et'(, p#ease see to it, Lord,
t!at I ne-er +a%e s3'! 'onessions a"ain( W!ere t!ere is
ear, re-ea# 5o3r #o-e and draw +e into "reater inti+a'y
wit! 5o3( I as% yo3 to b#ess +e wit! an in'redib#e
pea'e(
W!ere t!ere was any sin t!at b#o'%ed +y '#oseness
to 5o3, re-ea# onto +e, and "rant yo3r repentan'e to +e,
Lord( $rea% any bonda"es t!at !a-e been o-er +y #ie asa res3#t o +y sin( $#ess +y inan'es, t!at I wi## !a-e
prosperity, wit!o3t any #a'% w!atsoe-er(
T!an% 5o3 or "i-in" +e "reat insi"!t and -ision or+y #ie as I reso#-e t!is wei"!t#oss '!a##en"e( Lord,raise +e 3p as a #eader T!an% yo3 or +y riends and
a+i#y, w!o s3pport and en'o3ra"e +e( Gi-e +e
dis'ern+ent to re'o"nie t!e e-i# or'es t!at are aro3nd
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+e, and re-ea# to +e t!e power 5o3 !a-e "i-en to +e to
deeat a## or'es o e-i#( I as% 5o3 to do a## t!ese t!in"s
and anyt!in" I or"ot to as% in t!e +i"!ty na+e o2es3s(”
1ow -is3a#ie and see yo3rse# !3""in" 2es3s( T!en
!3" yo3r #o-ed ones( Do t!is e-ery +ornin"( T!is is a
p+ w!i'! wi## be'o+e a proitab#e way to start ea'!
day(
&H@EE .E$E.S A< (@04E@
W!en yo3 rea'! t!e #e-e# o prayer t!at wi## a't3a##y
brin" yo3 into God>s "#orio3s t!rone roo+, yo3 wi## #oo%
orward to prayin"(
T!ere are t!ree dierent #e-e#s o prayer( T!e irst is
t!e #e-e# w!ere yo3 pray ro+ yo3r %nown or nat3ra#
wor#d, t!e p#a'e w!ere yo3 are aware o yo3r se##ie(
T!is rea#+ is t!e wor#d o t!e #es!, t!e +ateria# wor#d,
w!ere de+ons e*ist and spend a #ot o ti+e( &t t!is #e-e#
yo3 spend +ost o yo3r ti+e as%in" and e*pe'tin", b3t
not!in" 3s3a##y !appens( Don>t stay at t!at #e-e#, and
don>t stop prayin"J Instead, '!oose to "o on to t!e ne*t
#e-e#( T!e tr3t! is t!at God 'an be"in to 3se yo3 w!en
yo3 s3rrender yo3rse# to Hi+ and start p3ttin" yo3r
tr3st in Hi+, not in yo3r #es!( Re+e+ber, not!in" 3nder
His 'ontro# 'an e-er be o3t o 'ontro#(
W!en yo3 "et to t!e ne*t #e-e#, w!i'! I 'a## t!e #e-e#
o t!e 3n%nown wor#d, yo3 wi## !a-e e+ptied yo3rse#
and wi## !a-e be"3n earnest#y see%in" t!e Ho#y 0pirit in
a## His 3##ness( 5o3 wi## want to re+ain at t!is #e-e#
#on" eno3"! to "et t!e brea%t!ro3"! t!at o''3rs wit!o3t
str3""#e( E*pe't a re#ease in yo3r !eart to ta%e p#a'ew!en t!e Ho#y 0pirit ta%es o-er yo3r #ie( &t t!is #e-e#,
He wi## i+part to yo3 w!at yo3 s!o3#d pray abo3t, and
He wi## 'a3se yo3 to pray or t!in"s yo3 are not e-en
aware o(
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T!e t!ird #e-e# is w!at I 'a## t!e !ea-en#y or di-ine
#e-e#( T!is is t!e wor#d o t!e 0pirit in w!i'! God ta%es
'ontro# o yo3r #ie( Tr3e prayer ta%es p#a'e at t!is #e-e#and t!ro3"! it yo3 'o+e into inti+a'y wit! God and His
Word( God !ears yo3r -oi'e in t!e o3ter rea#+, and yo3
!ear His -oi'e in t!e inner 'o3rt( Let +e paint a -erba#
pi't3re or yo38 w!en yo3 breat!e in, yo3 are in!a#in"
God, b3t w!en yo3 breat!e o3t, yo3 are e*!a#in" yo3r
se##ie(
%)%.E 1E9)&0&)A'
1ow, #et>s dis'3ss +editation( /y irst introd3'tion
to +editatin" on t!e Word o God in-o#-ed readin" a
0'ript3re a ew ti+es and t!in%in" t!at was w!at $ib#e
+editation was a## abo3t( It didn>t ta%e +e #on",
!owe-er, to rea#ie t!at +editation is t!in%in" abo3t and
re#e'tin" on t!e Word o God and #ettin" its tr3t!s soa%
deep wit!in +y spirit(
&s yo3 +editate on God>s Word, yo3r intention
s!o3#d be to 3nderstand w!at t!e passa"e +eans and
a##ow t!e re-e#ation yo3 re'ei-e ro+ t!e words to be
p#anted in yo3r spirit(
Let>s start by #oo%in" at a a+i#iar -erse ro+ t!e
1ew Kin" 2a+es ersion o t!e $ib#e8 “) can do all
things through ;hrist who strengthens me” 6)!i#ippians
89?;
Let t!e power3# tr3t! o t!is 0'ript3re per+eate
yo3r +ind( 1ow read t!e sa+e -erse ro+ t!e 1ew
Li-in" Trans#ation8 “<or ) can do everything with the
help of ;hrist who gives me the strength ) need”
&## t!in"s( E-eryt!in"( God pro+ises t!at it wi## a## be possib#e t!ro3"! C!rist, and He wi## "i-e yo3 a## t!e
stren"t! yo3 wi## e-er need(
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/editate on ea'! and e-ery one o t!e se-enteen
words in t!is #ast 0'ript3re( Loo% at it ro+ e-ery an"#e
and ponder w!at it +eans to yo3(W!at is God sayin" to yo3 How does t!is app#y to
yo3r #ie
&s yo3 +editate 3pon t!is -erse, yo3 wi## ind t!at
an inti+ate re#ations!ip wit! t!is 0'ript3re wi## be"in( It
wi## be as i yo3 are bondin" wit! anot!er person( 6In
tr3t!, yo3 wi## beA yo3 wi## be bondin" wit! C!rist
!i+se#J;/enta##y app#y t!is prin'ip#e to yo3r own
'ir'3+stan'es by p3ttin" it to wor% in yo3r #ie( W!at I
#i%e to do is to <3st %eep sayin" t!e -erse o-er and o-er
a"ain 3nti# it be'o+es part o +e( Doin" so wi## B3ite
#itera##y a#ter yo3r +ind and t!e way yo3 t!in%( /ediate
on a 0'ript3re -erse dai#y(
1e*t, ta%e “God>s +edi'ine” #i%e a do'tor>s
pres'ription by readin" t!e Word twi'e a day ater
+ea#s( Read t!e "ospe#s 4 /att!ew, /ar%, L3%e, and
2o!n 4 espe'ia##y or yo3r wei"!t !ea#in"( Co+p#ete#y
read t!e $ib#e 4 e-en o3t #o3d 4 in one year to b3i#d a
power3# ait!, as re'o++ended by Ro+ans 9:89( “4et
faith comes from listening to this message of good news
the Good 'ews about ;hrist” 61LT;(
M3otin" 0'ript3res, espe'ia##y t!ose yo3 !a-e
+e+oried, pro-ides a power t!at is #i%e 3sin" a
spirit3a# sword( It 'o+es inside yo3, into yo3r spirit
w!ere it be'o+es a#i-e( W!en t!e de-i# atte+pts to 'o+e
ater yo3 wit! !is ood te+ptations, !e won>t stand a'!an'e be'a3se o yo3r re-e#ation %now#ed"e( &s 2es3s
did in t!e wi#derness, yo3 'an deeat t!e de-i# by
spea%in" t!e Word o God, w!i'! yo3>-e !idden in yo3r!eart, to !i+(
/e+oriin" <3st one -erse o 0'ript3re "i-es yo3
enor+o3s a3t!ority, or it enab#es yo3 to re'ei-e "reat
+aniestations ro+ God(
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T!is !appens be'a3se yo3 p3t yo3r ait! in His
Word( In'identa##y, t!e words “ait!” and t!e “Word”
!a-e identi'a# power( 5o3 +ay !a-e to B3ote t!at0'ript3re o-er and o-er !3ndreds o ti+es 3nti# it
!appens, b3t it wi## be'o+e part o yo3J &n e*'e##ent
e*a+p#e yo3 +ay de'ide to '!oose ro+ is /ar% 998,
or t!is 0'ript3re wi## "et yo3 anyt!in" t!at Hea-en
oers( 0ay t!is o3t #o3d reB3ent#y or yo3r ears to !ear8
“&herefore ) say to you, whatever things you ask
when you pray, believe that you receive them, and youwill have them” 6/ar% 998, 1K2;(
0pea% t!is o3t #o3d, “T!an% yo3, .at!er, or t!e
pro+ise o 5o3r Word, w!i'! I spea% and be#ie-e, or I
'#ai+ +y desire wi## +aniest or a “s#i+ and tri+”
body( 23st be#ie-e it, do it, 3se it, and yo3 wi## !a-e itJ
God wants yo3 to "o to '!3r'! to wors!ip Hi+,
be'a3se doin" so wi## !e#p yo3 to b3i#d 3p yo3r spirit
+an, "#oriy Hi+, approa'! Hi+ wit! !3+i#ity and
"od#y ear, s!ow Hi+ re-eren'e and respe't, oer
prayers to Hi+, ser-e Hi+ obedient#y, sin" praises to
Hi+, "i-e #o-e oerin"s to Hi+, sa'rii'e or Hi+, and
!a-e e##ows!ip wit! ot!er be#ie-ers(
T!e +ost i+portant t!in" yo3 'an do is to be
obedient to God and to t!e Word yo3 !ear ro+ His
“sti##, s+a##, B3iet -oi'e” spea%in" to yo3r spirit(
“<or God is Spirit, so those who worship him must
worship in spirit and in truth” 62o!n 8 , 1LT;
%)%.E <AA9 G@A!(S
Re"3#ar ood no3ris!es o3r body or "rowt! and
stren"t!, b3t spirit3a# n3trition is -ita# as a ba'%3psyste+ to t!e p!ysi'a# one(
It is 3ni-ersa##y a''epted t!at t!e +ain 'onstit3ents
o p!ysi'a# ood in'#3de 'arbo!ydrates, proteins, ats,
-ita+ins, and +inera#s(
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1ow yo3 are "oin" to read a prop!eti' word t!ro3"!
a re-e#ation t!at 'onne'ts t!ese ood "ro3ps wit! t!e
boo%s o t!e $ib#e( /y spe'ia# t!an%s to )a3#a Est!erCrownbo+, w!o !e#ped +e 3nderstand t!e 'on'ept o
“$ib#e .ood Gro3ps(” T!e ood yo3 eat +3st be ta%en in
ba#an'ed proportions in order to oster nor+a# p!ysi'a#
"rowt!A so 'onsider t!e possibi#ity t!at t!is ba#an'e
s!o3#d app#y to yo3r $ib#e readin", as we##, to oster
spirit3a# "rowt!( T!is !as ne-er been do'3+ented as ar
as I 'an as'ertain, b3t it +a%es spirit3a# sense to +e(T!ereore, I en'o3ra"e yo3 to ba#an'e yo3r dai#y $ib#e
readin" in t!e sa+e way yo3 ba#an'e t!e eatin" o yo3r
+a'ro and +i'ro n3tritiona# ood "ro3ps(
)rotein +ay be represented as t!e 1ew Testa+ent,
ro+ &'ts to Re-e#ation, or t!e 1ew Testa+ent
pro-ides t!e essentia# b3i#din" b#o'%s or #earnin" t!e
prin'ip#es o God>s Word( .ats +ay be represented as
t!e "ospe#s, ro+ /att!ew to 2o!n, or t!e "ospe#s
'ontain detai#ed a''o3nts o 2es3s> #ie and +inistry
a#on" wit! prin'ip#es and instr3'tions or #i-in" in t!e
way He #i-ed and He wa#%ed w!i#e He was on t!e Eart!(
T!is wi## !e#p yo3 'onor+ to His i+a"e(
Carbo!ydrates +ay represent t!e O#d Testa+ent,
ro+ Genesis to /a#a'!i or t!ese boo%s re-ea#
prin'ip#es or t!e 1ew Testa+ent in types and s!adows,
and t!ey !i"!#i"!t prop!eti' ti+in", w!i'! wi## enab#e
yo3 to in'rease and prosper bot! spirit3a##y and
p!ysi'a##y( )ro-erbs +ay represent t!e -ita+ins t!at are
needed in yo3r dai#y #ie to pro-ide yo3 wit! instr3'tionor wisdo+( T!e )sa#+s +ay represent +inera#s in
s+a##er B3antities, or t!ey are ne'essary or spirit3a#
we## bein" in t!at t!ey inspire, 'o+ort, and en'o3ra"eyo3 wit! -ita# prop!eti' tr3t! t!at is app#i'ab#e to yo3 asa 1ew Testa+ent C!ristian(
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9E0@ .A@9 90).4 'A&ES”
& +ar-e#o3s opport3nity to 'ontin3e to draw '#oserto God is o3nd in t!e b#essin" o writin" to t!e Lord
e-ery +ornin" in t!e or+ o a dai#y #o" t!at '!roni'#es
yo3r spirit3a# #ie and yo3r wei"!t#oss <o3rney( 5o3
+ay respond to t!is idea by te##in" yo3rse# t!at yo3 are
not 3sed to doin" any o t!is “st3(” T!e answer to t!is
'!a##en"e 'o+es w!en yo3 "et 3sed to doin" t!ese
t!in"s on a re"3#ar basis in order to "et “s#i+ and tri+”and to "et to %now God better(
E-en a po'%etsied noteboo% is s3i'ient to 3se or
<ottin" down a## t!e positi-e aspe'ts o yo3r wei"!t#oss
<o3rney in dai#y <o3rna# entries( Te## t!e Lord w!at yo3
!a-e e*perien'ed and w!at yo3 e*pe't( 5o3 'o3#d 'a##
t!is yo3r “Dear Lord Dai#y 1otes(” Do not be s3rprised
i yo3 !ear ro+ Hi+ as yo3 write to Hi+( 5o3 +ay
dis'o-er t!at yo3 e-en write t!in"s t!at yo3 #ater rea#ie
were not ro+ yo3(
&)&H)'G
5o3 +ay wonder at t!is point w!y tit!in" wo3#d
!a-e anyt!in" to do wit! bein" s#i+ and tri+( I <3st want
yo3 to appre'iate t!e power o “stayin" in step” wit!
God t!ro3"! tit!in", be'a3se He 'an do +ore wit! yo3r
tit!in" ten per'ent t!an yo3 'an wit! yo3r re+ainin"
ninety per'entJ
Tit!in" is t!e doorway to t!e s3pernat3ra# or a##
inan'ia# '!a##en"es, w!i'! 'an be reso#-ed t!ro3"! yo3r
persona# tit!in"( 0pirit3a##y spea%in", it is a## God>s
+oneyA !owe-er, yo3r tit!in" de'ision is between yo3
and God(
1ot to tit!e is 'onsidered to be a '3rse( T!ereore,
sin'e e-eryt!in" is "oin" so we## !ere or yo3 and
e-eryt!in" e#se is bein" 'o-ered or yo3, don>t +ess it
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3p by i"norin" t!is so3nd bib#i'a# prin'ip#e( God wi##
'ontin3e to "i-e yo3 a-or as yo3 !onor Hi+ wit! yo3r
"its( $esides, yo3 'an ne-er o3t"i-e God(Here>s a 3nny story to "i-e yo3 a bit o “'o+i'
re#ie”8
) think )2ve found inner peace 1y religious advisor
told me that one of the ways to achieve inner peace is to
finish things ) have started, &oday ) finishes two bags of
potato chips, a lemon pie, a bottle of white wine, and a
small box of chocolate candy ) feel better already”Re+e+ber to 3se t!is )R1 dai#y8
“God, thank You for helping me to eat wisely.
Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and guiding all
my food needs.”
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2.
THIS DISCLAIMER IS A NON-
SPIRITUAL NECESSITY
THROUGH OUT /5 C&REER &0 a
ne3ros3r"eon, wei"!t '!a##en"es !a-e oten p#ayed a
+a<or ro#e in t!e #i-es o +any o +y patients(
ConseB3ent#y, t!ese '!a##en"es !a-e ae'ted +yse#, aswe##, be'a3se o +y responsibi#ity to t!e+( $eore I
re'ei-ed t!e re-e#ation t!at 2es3s 'o3#d !ea#
ne3ros3r"i'a# 'onditions wit!o3t s3r"ery, I re+e+ber
se-era# o''asions w!en patients reB3ired a#+ost
e+er"en'y wei"!t#oss pro"ra+s beore t!ey 'o3#d e-en
ris% "oin" t!ro3"! s3r"ery(
T!ere was no '!oi'e in t!ese 'asesA t!ere were on#y'rises be'a3se t!e patient 'o3#dn>t #i-e wit! se-ere pain
and ne3ro#o"i'a# dei'its( 5o3 rea##y 'an>t aord t!e
ris%s in-o#-ed wit! i"norin" yo3r body(
T!is dis'#ai+er app#ies espe'ia##y to t!e reader w!o
de'ides to be'o+e an obser-er instead o a parti'ipant in
t!e .ean God2s 3ay prin'ip#es( 03'! a person +ay
e*pe't +a"i'a# res3#ts, as i t!ey !e or s!e is dea#in"wit! a "enie in a bott#e( In s3'! 'ases, a “'3te”
dis'#ai+er wo3#d be8 “It is not +y a3#t t!at it did not
wor%J” T!e tr3t! is t!at yo3 %now yo3 !a-e t!e !e#p o
t!e .at!er, t!e 0on, and t!e Ho#y 0pirit, b3t yo3 need to
ta%e t!e persona# responsibi#ity to be 'o++itted and
a''o3ntab#e or yo3r 'ooperation wit! t!e+(
T!is '!apter ser-es as a dis'#ai+er t!at is ne'essaryto point o3t t!at I +a%e no "3arantees t!at yo3 wi##
a'!ie-e yo3r desired wei"!t #oss, e-en t!o3"! t!e
inor+ation !ere is based w!o##y 3pon t!e Word o God,
t!e !o#y $ib#e( In tr3t!, it>s 3#ti+ate#y 3p to yo3( &ny
'o++it+ent yo3 +a%e to God is between yo3 and Hi+,
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and He !as "i-en yo3 +any ass3ran'es, pro+ises, and
"3arantees in His Word( 5o3 'an a#ways 'o3nt on Hi+J
/y intention is to present spirit3a# "3idan'e to yo3ro+ t!e Ho#y 0pirit( He wrote t!is boo% t!ro3"! +e and
I be#ie-e He inspired t!e tit#e, .ean God2s Way, as I
e*pressed to yo3 in t!e be"innin" o t!e boo%(
I !a-e written not!in" !ere t!at is intended to be
#e"a#, +edi'a#, or psy'!o#o"i'a# 'o3nse# or treat+ent(
)#ease do not t!in% ot!erwise as yo3 read( T!e tr3t! is
t!at I too% prin'ip#es, insi"!ts, e*perien'es, spirit3a##aws, +any, +any !ea#in"s, and +ira'#es, and 'orre#ated
t!e+ as "3idin" prin'ip#es in writin" t!is boo%( T!is, o
'o3rse, is beyond +y trainin" as a p!ysi'ian and
ne3ros3r"eon, so I !a-e be'o+e tota##y dependent on
God and His +er'y and "ra'e(
19 9AES 'A& S&0'9 <A@ 1E9);0. 9E)&4
/y /(D( de"ree was ne-er +eant to stand or
“/edi'a# Deity(”
I !a-e 'onsidered t!e possibi#ity o “/irt!
Dispenser” instead( I ass3+e no persona# or proessiona#
responsibi#ity or anyone w!o does not re'ei-e !is or !er
desired wei"!t #oss, nor do I a''ept 'redit or anyone
w!o does, sin'e s3'! +atters are between t!e indi-id3a#
and God( T!3s, I a+ 3nab#e to pro+ise or "3arantee
yo3r wei"!t #oss, b3t I do e*pe't it to !appen, "i-en
w!at God !as done or ot!ers, and I %now t!at He is no
respe'ter o persons( I He does it or one, He wi##
abso#3te#y do it or anot!er and or yo3, as we##(
“&hen (eter replied, =) see very clearly that God
doesn2t show partiality” 6&'ts 9:8?, 1LT;
Re'ei-in" yo3r wei"!t #oss wi## reB3ire ait! e-en i
yo3 !a-e ne-er seen nor e*perien'ed a !ea#in"( .ait! is
be#ie-in" in so+et!in" w!en 'o++on sense te##s yo3
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not to( )ersisten'e in yo3r be#ie is an a't o ait!( 5o3
rea##y !a-e a distin't ad-anta"e t!at yo3 'annot see ait!,
or its in-isibi#ity be'o+es an enor+o3s opport3nity oryo3 to stren"t!en yo3r be#ie #e-e#s( Hen'e, yo3 are ab#e
to wa#% by ait!, not by si"!t(
5o3 want to %now t!e best rea#ity deinition o
ait! It>s p#a'in" yo3r body on so+e o t!ose !orror
a+3se+ent par% rides, #i%e t!e Tower o Terror in
Disney Wor#d and be#ie-in" yo3>## wa#% away !appy and
sae( T!at ta%es a #ot o ait! and tr3st(T!ere was no intention, eit!er, or t!is boo% to
'on#i't wit! any '!3r'! or +edi'a# do'trines, be#ies, or
pra'ti'es( It is based so#e#y on t!e $ib#e(
/y persona# opinion is t!at t!e "oodness o a do'tor
is dependent on !is into#eran'e to si'%ness, disease, and
espe'ia##y to e*'ess wei"!t(
5o3 s!o3#d e*pe't "reat positi-e res3#ts ro+ yo3r
spirit3a# eorts to "row in ait!( T!is wi## !appen
t!ro3"! t!e Word o God, w!i'! wi## in'rease yo3r
be#ie #e-e#s( T!is, a#on" wit! prayer and $ib#e
+editation, wi## draw yo3 '#oser to God( In addition, yo3
'an !a-e t!e s3pport o a 0piriti##ed, .3##Gospe#, God
earin" '!3r'!( God e*pe'ts yo3 to be asso'iated wit!
be#ie-ers w!o are in a"ree+ent wit! yo3 and wi## stand
wit! yo3 to !e#p yo3 a'!ie-e yo3r wei"!t "oa#s(
Rodney Dan"erie#d, t!e "reat 'o+edian, +ay not
!a-e ta%en ad-anta"e o t!e sayin", “T!e p#a'e o power
is t!e p#a'e o a"ree+ent,” as yo3 'an do( His 'o++ent,
on t!e ot!er !and, was, “) always seem to hang around:
people that could do me absolutely no good:”
God wants yo3 to “!an" aro3nd” wit! t!ose w!o
wi## en'o3ra"e and s3pport yo3, and +y prayer or yo3is t!at yo3 wi## re'ei-e w!at God wants or yo38 “9ear
friend, ) am praying that all is well with you and that
your body is as healthy as ) know your soul is” 6? 2o!n
98, 1LT;
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Here>s anot!er 3nny story to w!et yo3r sense o
!3+or8
& man goes to the psychiatrist 1ultiple patches oflettuce are clinging across the front of his chest and
carrots are flopping from his back 4ou can see what
looks like thick globs of gravy behind his ears &here are
huge strings of spaghetti wrapped around his legs and
different kinds of pasta are hanging from his arms large
wad of gum is obviously protruding from the top of his
head8 He )s wearing a string of bananas around hiswaist as a belt, He says, “9octor, )2m terribly worried
about my brother”
Re+e+ber to 3se t!is )R1 dai#y8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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3.
THE GLORY OF
GOD’S PRESENCE
.IR0T, 0&5 THI0 )OWER.UL prayer o3t #o3d, so
yo3 'an witness !ow God>s in'redib#e presen'e 'an and
wi## ae't yo3r #ie8 “Lord 2es3s, I repent o +y sins(
I as% 5o3 to 'o+e into +y !eart( I +a%e 5o3 +yLord and 0a-ior(”
T!e Ho#y 0pirit be'o+es an eterna# presen'e wit!in
yo3 w!en yo3 'oness 2es3s as yo3r 0a-ior and Lord
t!ro3"! t!is sa#-ation prayer( W!en 2es3s 'o+es into
yo3r #ie, He be'o+es t!e open door to yo3r spirit3a#
wor#d(
0 1E0S!@E A< <0)&H
God !as a#ready pro-ided yo3 wit! “a +eas3re o
ait!(” 60ee Ro+ans 98?(; Did yo3 e-er 'onsider t!at
t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ is oten +ista%en or s'ien'e
i'tion, and interestin"#y, ew peop#e e-er see+ to
B3estion t!at #iterary "enre 5o3 wi## ind t!at yo3 do
!a-e t!e ne'essary ait! to pro'eed a#ready, and yo3rait! #e-e# wi## in'rease as yo3 read wit! yo3r spirit3a#
eyes and #isten wit! yo3r spirit3a# ears( T!is +eans yo3
wi## !a-e to stop dependin" on yo3r !3+an
3nderstandin" or re#yin" on yo3r e*perien'e, i it is non
spirit3a#( 5o3 want to brin" yo3r #e-e# o e*perien'e 3p
to t!e tr3t! rat!er t!an brin"in" t!e tr3t! down to yo3r
#e-e# o e*perien'e(“%ut people who aren2t ;hristians can2t understand
these truths from ;od2s Spirit )t all sounds foolish to
them because only those who have the Spirit can
understand what the Spirit means” 69 Corint!ians 89,
1LT;(
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Laar3s was raised ro+ t!e dead, and t!is +ira'#e
brin"s 3p t!e B3estion o t!e de"ree o ait! !e +3st
!a-e possessed( Howe-er, ait! was "i-en to !i+ be'a3se He !eard 2es3s say, “Laar3s, 'o+e ort!(” God
!as a#ready "i-en yo3 a +eas3re o ait!, so <3st be#ie-e
wit! w!at yo3 !a-e and be#ie-e t!at it wi## be stret'!ed(
2es3s said, “) assure you, even if you had faith as
small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain,
=1ove from here to there,2 and it would move 'othing
would be impossible” 6/att!ew 98:, 1LT;(0ay t!is, “T!an% yo3, God( /y ait! is so stron"( I
!a-e t!e ait! o a "rain o a +3stard seedJ” 23st e*pe't
God to +3#tip#y and e*pand yo3r ait! #e-e#(
Do not or"et t!at it is God>s wi## to !ea# e-ery
person w!o !as e*'ess wei"!t, in'#3din", b3t not #i+ited
to, nonbe#ie-ers, +e+bers o deno+inations 6+an>s
re#i"io3s #abe#s;, a"nosti's, at!eists, et'( T!is is tr3e
si+p#y be'a3se o His +er'y(
Listen to t!is8 Wo3#dn>t yo3 be p#eased i yo3 'o3#d
absorb e-eryt!in" yo3 need in yo3r #ie <3st by #istenin"
To do so yo3 need to #isten wit! bot! yo3r ri"!t ear
and yo3r #et ear o'3sed on God>s Word( 0o+e peop#e,
wit!o3t bein" aware o w!at t!ey are doin", #isten to
God wit! one ear and to t!e de-i# wit! t!e ot!er ear( Do
yo3 %now w!at !appens w!en t!ose 'ontrastin"
+essa"es b3+p into ea'! ot!er wit!in yo3r brain
Con3sion res3#ts(
I t!is !appens to yo3, start 'on'entratin" on !earin"
God>s Word si+3#taneo3s#y wit! bot! ears( T!e b#essin"s t!at wi## 'o+e 3pon yo3 as yo3 do so are
enor+o3s( Open yo3r ears to God>s -oi'e as He spea%s
to yo3 t!ro3"! His Word, and open yo3r eyes to a## He!as in store or yo3(
To s3''eed wit! t!is s3pernat3ra# wei"!t#oss
pro"ra+ t!at is yo3rs as yo3 read .ean ;od2s Way, yo3
wi## need a %ind o !3n"er to be s3re, b3t not t!e %ind o
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!3n"er t!at +oti-ates yo3 to eat( T!e !3n"er I>+
reerrin" to is an eterna# as'ination or t!e t!in"s o
God( &re yo3 !3n"ry and t!irsty or Hi+ 5o3r !3n"erand t!irst or Hi+ wi## intensiy t!e power o God wit!in
yo3, and wit! t!e +eas3re o ait! yo3 !a-e been "i-en
by Hi+, yo3 wi## witness His power bein" re#eased in
yo3r #ie( Indeed, yo3 wi## be a+aed w!en yo3 rea#ie
!ow +3'! spirit3a# %now#ed"e yo3 !a-e re'ei-ed ro+
God a#ready wit!o3t e-en %nowin" it(
5o3 !a-e re'ei-ed two %inds o %now#ed"ere"ardin" yo3r wei"!t '!a##en"es8 spirit3a#, w!i'! is
deposited in yo3 by t!e Ho#y 0pirit, and #earnin" w!i'!
res3#ts ro+ st3dyin"( T!e "ood news is t!at yo3r
in'reased %now#ed"e wi## brin" yo3 an in'reased tr3st in
God, sin'e t!e Lord is t!e God o %now#ed"e(
5o3 are “a#i-e” be'a3se yo3 !a-e a power so3r'e
wit!in yo3 w!i'! is 'a##ed t!e spirit o +an( 5o3r
s3pernat3ra# spirit does not !a-e to be a +ystery to yo3,
espe'ia##y w!en it brin"s yo3 to t!e %now#ed"e o 2es3s
C!rist( 5o3 wi## "ain a new 3nderstandin" o t!e
spirit3a# wor#d and its prin'ip#es t!at wi## enab#e yo3 to
a''o+p#is! yo3r wei"!tred3'tion "oa#s(
Did yo3 %now t!at t!e spirit3a# or s3pernat3ra#
di+ension 'ontro#s t!e nat3ra# di+ension and t!at yo3
'an !a-e a''ess to t!at power
5o3 were born and yo3 #i-e in t!e nat3ra# wor#d, b3t
t!ro3"! a 'ons'io3s eort, yo3 'an e*perien'e t!e
"reater s3pernat3ra# rea#+ 4 God>s in-isib#e %in"do+(
5o3 probab#y %now t!at peop#e !a-e reported#y seenan"e#s and de+ons and e-en 2es3s, so t!e di-idin" #ine
between t!e two rea#+s is not as s!arp as yo3 +ay t!in%(
T!e tr3t! is t!at t!ere is no separation between t!enat3ra# and t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+s 4 t!at t!e nat3ra#rea#+ 'a+e ro+ t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ to be"in wit!(
5o3 are a part o bot! wor#ds, and e-en t!o3"! yo3
'annot see it, t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ is +3'! "reater and
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+3'! +ore rea# t!an t!e p!ysi'a# rea#+( In tr3t!, t!e
spirit3a# rea#+ is eterna#, b3t t!e p!ysi'a# rea#+ is on#y
te+pora#(“So we don2t look at the troubles we can see right
now> rather, we look forward to what we have not yet
seen <or the troubles we see will soon be over, but the
?oys to come will last forever” 6 Corint!ians 89=,
1LT;
5o3r spirit is 'reated in God>s i+a"e, and it is #i%e
Hi+( He 'reated yo3 by ait!, and He "a-e yo3 His power be'a3se He does not want yo3 to #a'% anyt!in"(
He +ade yo3r spirit+an pere't, wit!o3t any
i+pair+ent w!atsoe-er( E-eryt!in" God !as yo3 !a-e(
0ay t!is a"ain, b3t t!is ti+e be s3re to say it o3t #o3d,
“E-eryt!in" God !as I !a-e or He !as 'reated +e in His
i+a"e and wit! His D1&(”
“0nd the .A@9 God formed a man2s body from the
dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life
0nd the man became a living person” 6Genesis 8,
1LT;
&s yo3 "row to %now w!o yo3 are in t!e spirit 6yo3r
spirit #oo%s #i%e God;, yo3 wi## !a-e and 3se t!e
aweso+e spirit3a# power God !as i+parted to yo3( T!e
o##owin" 0'ript3res represent a “trip#e w!a++y” t!at
s!ows God !as "ranted yo3 His power to 3ti#ie a"ainst
yo3r ene+y in t!e de+oni' rea#+J
4A! ;0' !SE “GA92S ;@E9)& ;0@9”
5o3 'o3#d e-en say t!at God !as "i-en yo3 His
“'redit 'ard,” w!i'! in'#3des a## yo3r God"i-en
abi#ities and ri"!ts as a '!i#d o God(“God said, .et !s 6<ather, Son, and Holy Spirit7
make mankind in Aur image, after Aur likeness, and let
them have complete authority over the fish of the sea,
the birds of the air, the 6tame7 beasts, and over all of the
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earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth”
6Genesis 987, T&$;
T!is 0'ript3re re-ea#s t!at t!ro3"! God>s Word, yo3!a-e re'ei-ed a3t!ority and do+inion, w!i'! in'#3des
t!e power to spea% 6by -o'a# 'o++and; to sna%es,
!3rri'anes, tornados, ani+a#s, is!, et'( God says t!at
t!ey !a-e to obey yo3r 'o++ands, or e-eryt!in" in t!e
s3pernat3ra# rea#+ !as ears, and t!in"s in t!is rea#+
!a-e to obey t!e be#ie-er>s orders(
.or e*a+p#e, 2es3s spo%e to t!e i" tree, t!e wind,t!e sea, and t!ey a## !ad to respond to His dire'ti-es( He
'3rsed t!e i" tree be'a3se it !ad de'ei-ed Hi+ 6it !ad
#ea-es wit!o3t bearin" t!e r3it; and a## its roots !ad
died( He spo%e to 2an3s>s twe#-eyearo#d da3"!ter w!o
!ad died, a''ordin" to w!at peop#e said8
“&hen He took the child by the hand, and said to
her, =&alitha, cumi2 which is translated, =.ittle girl, ) say
to you, arise” 6/ar%( @89, 1K2;
H)S 3A@9 3A@"S
Let +e "i-e yo3 a ew e*a+p#es o t!e a3t!ority and
power be#ie-ers !a-e t!ro3"! words(
&n aweso+e +inister, 2oy'e Gi##, w!i#e ad<3stin"
!er '3rtains, spo%e to !er #adder as it was a##in" o-er(
0!e 'a##ed o3t, “Ladder, 3pri"!t yo3rse# in t!e na+e o
2es3s(”
It i++ediate#y went ri"!t ba'% 3pJ 5es, yo3r words
do !a-e a+ain" power(
& -eterinary te'!ni'ian was "i-en instr3'tions to
point !er in"er into !er batinested atti' and ye##, “&##
yo3 bats, 'o+e o3t in t!e na+e o 2es3s and ne-erret3rnJ” T!e 'reat3res obeyed !er 'o++andJ & be#ie-er
!as aweso+e a3t!ority 4 an a3t!ority t!e .at!er !as
"i-en to 3s t!ro3"! C!rist(
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& pastor ro+ 1ew 2ersey stood on t!e ront por'!
o !is !o+e and s!o3ted, “Tornado, yo3 sp#itJ 5o3 "o
nort!, and yo3 "o so3t!,” and it #et wit!o3t 'a3sin" anyda+a"e to !is !o+e( 5o3 see, e-en nat3re +3st s3b+it
to o3r a3t!ority(
Here is a persona# e*a+p#e ro+ +y own #ie and
+inistry8 & riend o +ine a'ed a dii'3#t di#e++a( 0!e
!ad to #ea-e, b3t t!e bra%es o !er 'ar !ad ai#ed( I
p#a'ed +y !ands on t!e #id o t!e tr3n% and 'o++anded,
“$ra%es, yo3 wor% in t!e na+e o 2es3s(” /y riend wasab#e to dri-e sae#y ba'% !o+e( It is tr3e t!at yo3r ton"3e
possesses t!e power o #ie and deat!(
2es3s said, “0nd ) have given you authority over all
the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes
and scorpions and crush them 'othing will in?ure you”
F.uke *B*+, '.&
“%ehold: ) have given you authority and power to
trample upon serpents and scorpions, and 6physical and
mental strength and ability7 over all the power that the
enemy 6possesses7> and nothing shall in any way harm
you” 6L3%e 9:89 , T&$;
1ot on#y do yo3 !a-e t!e '!ar"e and “power o
attorney” o-er yo3r own body, b3t God !as "i-en t!e
sa+e power to yo3 o-er yo3r ene+y(
)a3# writes, “'ow you are no longer a slave but
God2s own child 0nd since you are his child, everything
he has belongs to you” 6Ga#atians 8, 1LT;
5o3 !a-e been +ade a <oint!eir wit! 2es3s and God
!as "i-en yo3 e-eryt!in" yo3 need( W!en yo3 ta%ead-anta"e o 3sin" t!e sa+e words God 3ses 6t!e words
t!at are o3nd in t!e $ib#e;, yo3 wi## be s3rprised 6on#y
initia##y; by t!e in'redib#e wor%in" power o His Word(
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(A3E@ A$E@ 4A!@ <.ESH
5o3 !a-e to %now t!at re"ard#ess o yo3r persona#'!a##en"es wit! re"ard to 'r3'iyin" yo3r #es!, 2es3s
says yo3 !a-e t!e ri"!t to deny yo3r #es!8 “0S 4ouhave given Him authority over all flesh, that He should
give eternal life to as many as 4ou have given Him”
62o!n 98, 1K2;(
2es3s is te##in" yo3 t!at t!e .at!er !as "i-en yo3
'o+p#ete power and a3t!ority o-er yo3r #es!( 0in'e yo3are a <oint!eir wit! Hi+, yo3 !a-e t!e ri"!t to ta%e
power o-er yo3r e*'ess #es! be'a3se He !as "i-en t!at
a3t!ority to yo3( &##ow t!e power o God to 'o+e 3pon
yo3 and to "o-ern yo3r p!ysi'a# body( &s yo3 deny yo3r
#es!, in'#3din" yo3r wei"!t, God wi## to3'! yo3 and
!ea# yo3( Ta%e ad-anta"e o His "#orio3s power( He is
not s3""estin" t!is to yo3, b3t He is a't3a##y
'o++andin" it(
W!en I was a '!i#d, I reB3ent#y -isited aB3ari3+s
wit! +y at!er( .or 3s, #i-in" wit! is! in a r3bber#ined
poo# in t!e oyer o o3r !o3se was nor+a#(
Later in #ie, +y irst Koi is! de-e#oped an 3#'er on
its botto+ and +y i'!t!yo#o"ist riend ta3"!t +e !ow to
'are or it and treat it( T!e ne*t ti+e I saw t!e te##ta#e
si"ns o an ina'ti-e, “s#eepin"” is!, I %new +y #ar"e
"o#dis! probab#y !ad a s%in 3#'er( W!en t!is !appened,
I !ad <3st inis!ed st3dyin" Genesis 987, b3t I did not
tr3#y be#ie-e it( T!at is, I didn>t be#ie-e it 3nti# I ta#%ed to
t!e is! and 'o++anded, “.is!, be !ea#ed o any 3#'er
and ret3rn to nor+a# +o-e+ent(” I was in s!o'% or
abo3t a +in3te as I witnessed t!is is! i++ediate#y
swi++in" ater !a-in" been ina'ti-e or a#+ost a dayJ Istood 3pon t!e Word o God, spo%e it ort! in ait!, and
re'ei-ed a tre+endo3s b#essin"(
Listen to t!is8 God>s power 'annot operate in t!e
nat3ra# 3nti# He "ets a person w!o %nows w!at !e or s!e
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is doin" and %nows !ow to appropriate and 3se !is or !er
God"i-en powers( 5o3r spirit3a# power is '3#ti-ated by
yo3r 'onsisten'y in wa#%in" wit! God(“'ow glory be to God: %y his mighty power at work
within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than
we would ever dare to ask or hope” 6Ep!esians ?8:,
1ET;
5o3 'an a'ti-ate God>s power, as )eter did wit! t!e
#a+e be""ar( In t!at 'ase t!e re#ease o God>s power
enab#ed t!e #a+e +an to wa#%J“%ut (eter said, =) don2t have any money for you
%ut )2ll give you what ) have )n the name of #esus ;hrist
of 'aIareth, get up and walk:” 6&'ts ?87, 1ET;
Here>s anot!er story or yo3, and I !ope it wi##
“ti'%#e” yo3r “3nny bone(”
0 construction worker opens up his &hermos at
lunchtime and removes a package wrapped with wax
paper
He yells, “(eanut butter sandwiches again: Every
day, peanut butter sandwiches:”
0 coCworker turns to him and says, “;harlie, for
heaven2s sake, tell your wife to make something different
for a change:”
;harles shouts back to him, “you leave my wife out
of this: ) make my own sandwiches:”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d a"ain8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me eat wisely.
Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and guiding all
my food needs.”
I wo3#d #i%e to 'on"rat3#ate yo3, dear reader, t!at
yo3 !a-e now 'o+p#eted and st3died onet!ird o t!e
essentia#s o t!is boo%( I wo3#d #i%e to ta%e t!e
opport3nity to point o3t t!at be'a3se o yo3r a"ree+ent
wit! w!at yo3 !a-e read, yo3 are in t!e p#a'e o power,
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w!i'! is t!e Word( 5o3 %now t!at so+et!in"
s3pernat3ra# !appens w!en yo3 a't in a"ree+ent wit!
God>s Word( T!e Word, w!i'! is 2es3s C!rist o 1aaret!, "i-es yo3 a3t!ority o-er t!e ene+y and yo3r
#es! and 'a3ses yo3 to tri3+p!( 5o3 rea#ie by now t!at
yo3r rewards and t!ose yo3 anti'ipate !a-e been we##
wort! a## yo3r patien'e, ener"y, and eorts( 5o3r
de-otion to t!is 'onB3est to o-er'o+e yo3r wei"!t
de+on is bearin" r3it( $#ess yo3, and +ay God b#ess
yo3r end3rin", "reat attit3deJ 60ee Ga#atians 78(;
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4.
DIDN’T JESUS ALREADY
HEAL YOU?
O1CE 5OU GR&0) WH&T is presented in t!is
'!apter, yo3 wi## re'ei-e one o t!e +ost proo3nd
re-e#ations t!at is a-ai#ab#e to !e#p yo3 reso#-e yo3r
wei"!t '!a##en"e( T!e $ib#e te##s 3s !ow 2es3s died ont!e 'ross or e-ery one o yo3r si'%nesses, diseases, and
sins( He a#so de#i-ered yo3 ro+ t!e de-i#( T!is +eans
yo3 were bo3"!t wit! a pri'e t!at yo3 did not !a-e to
pay, be'a3se 2es3s paid it in 3## on t!e 'ross( 5o3r
si'%nesses and diseases, in'#3din" yo3r e*'ess wei"!t,
were nai#ed to t!e 'ross, and He too% t!e+, so t!at t!ey
are no #on"er yo3rs( In ot!er words, He "a-e His body in p#a'e o yo3rs(
T!e point is t!is8 i 2es3s too% yo3r wei"!t prob#e+
6'a3sin" Hi+ to be !ea-y; to t!e 'ross in t!e
s3pernat3ra# rea#+, !ow 'o3#d yo3 sti## !a-e it 0in'e
2es3s does t!e wor% o God, He is a't3a##y t!e wi## o
God in a'tion(
T!e $ib#e says, “%ut he was wounded and crushed for our sins He was beaten that we might have peace
He was whipped, and we were healed:” 6Isaia! JDBJ,
1LT;
)eter "i-es 3s a 1ew Testa+ent perspe'ti-e on t!is
tr3t!8
“He personally carried away our sins in his own
body on the cross so we can be dead to sin and live forwhat is right 4ou have been healed by his wounds:” 69
)eter 8, 1LT;
T!e tr3t! is, yo3 are not atte+ptin" to "et !ea#ed o
yo3r body>s e*'ess wei"!t, a''ordin" to t!e $ib#e,
be'a3se 2es3s !as a#ready !ea#ed yo3J
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It>s a “done dea#J” &'t3a##y, yo3 are i"!tin" to
+aintain yo3r !ea#in" sin'e yo3 !a-e a#ready been
!ea#ed in t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ by 2es3s()#ease be aware t!at t!is is not your e*'ess wei"!tA
it is t!e de-i#>sJ It doesn>t be#on" to yo3J T!is is tr3e
be'a3se we %now t!ere is no si'%ness, disease, or bein"
o-erwei"!t in Hea-en( In Hea-en t!ere are no +edi'a#
'onditions s3'! as art!ritis and painA t!ose t!in"s,
in'#3din" e*'ess wei"!t, did not 'o+e ro+ God( Don>t
reer to it as “+y e*'ess wei"!t” or “+y art!ritis” be'a3se t!ey>re not yo3rsJ Instead, 'a## it t!e new, s#i+
andtri+ +e(
W!i#e t!e de-i# repeated#y atte+pts to re+ind yo3 o
yo3r e*'essi-e wei"!t, God ad-ises yo3 not to #isten to
ne"ati-e reports, and He 'onir+s yo3r s#i+andtri+
appearan'e( I yo3 a##ow yo3rse# to be#ie-e t!e de-i#,
yo3 a't3a##y be#ie-e a #ie( 6Re+e+ber, !e is t!e at!er o
#ies(; 23st stay God'entered instead o prob#e+
'entered, se#'entered, or de-i#'entered(
5o3 a#ready %now !ow proper n3trition p#ays s3'! a
si"nii'ant and +a<or 'ontrib3tion in !e#pin" to pre-ent,
red3'e, a-oid si'%ness and disease, and to e*tend yo3r
#ie(
1ot!in" !appens in t!e nat3ra# rea#+ 3nti# it irst
!appens in t!e s3pernat3ra# di+ension, w!ere e-en yo3r
in'reased wei"!t ori"inated( T!e de'eption o t!e de-i#
was a#ready in pro"ress beore yo3 be"an to see t!e
ee'ts o yo3r in'reasin" wei"!t in t!e nat3ra#( T!e
"ood news is t!at e-eryt!in" in t!e nat3ra# rea#+ iss3b<e't to '!an"e, and #earnin" to 'ontro# yo3r #es! is
t!e si+p#e answer or yo3r s3''ess(
I pray t!at yo3 wi## 'at'! t!is point I a+e+p!asiin" w!en I as%, “Did yo3 %now t!at 2es3s too%yo3r wei"!t on !i+se# 6see Ga#atians ?89?(; w!en He
went to t!e 'ross to die or yo3” Isn>t e*'ess wei"!t
'onsidered a si'%ness or a disease 5es, o 'o3rse it is(
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T!e +edi'a# 'ondition o e*'ess wei"!t is represented
by on#y one o t!e t!irtynine stripes He re'ei-ed on His
ba'%, w!en He was beaten on t!e 'ross( 6&'t3a##y, t!etort3re He went t!ro3"! was ar worse t!an w!at yo3
+ay !a-e witnessed in “T!e )assion o t!e C!rist”
+o-ie(;
2es3s re+o-ed a## o yo3r e*'ess wei"!t in t!e
s3pernat3ra# rea#+, a#on" wit! any ot!er si'%nesses and
diseases, w!en He !3n" on t!e 'ross or yo3( He
s3bstit3ted His body or yo3rs( W!en yo3 a'%now#ed"et!e tr3t! o t!e 'ross, yo3 start yo3r !ea#in"( 1ow yo3
'an anti'ipate seein" t!e p!ysi'a# +aniestation o yo3r
wei"!t #oss 4 yo3r 'o+p#ete !ea#in"( One o t!e %ey
a'tors t!at wi## "i-e yo3 t!e stabi#ity yo3 need to !and#e
yo3r '!a##en"es wi## be seein" 6-is3a#iin"; t!e "ood
t!in"s t!at tr3#y do #ie a!ead or yo3(
&HE .03 A< 9A!%.E #EA(0@94
W!at I>+ des'ribin" !ere is no dierent t!an t!e #aw
o do3b#e <eopardy, w!i'! a#so e*ists in t!e s3pernat3ra#
rea#+( It is a s3pernat3ra# #aw t!at states t!at yo3 'annot
be tried or t!e sa+e si'%ness or disease twi'e(
0i'%ness, disease, and in'reased wei"!t e*ist bot! in
t!e nat3ra# and s3pernat3ra# rea#+s at t!e sa+e ti+e( T!e
!ea#in" 'onne'tion is o3nd in t!e tr3t! t!at t!e nat3ra#
rea#+ is a#ways s3b<e't to '!an"e( It is transor+ed into
a !ea#in" +aniestation w!en yo3 e*tend a spirit3a#
brid"e ro+ t!e nat3ra# into t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ wit!
t!e app#i'ation o t!e proper spirit3a# %now#ed"e, w!i'!
is 'a##ed wisdo+ & si+p#e way to rea'! t!e s3pernat3ra#
rea#+ is to 'ontin3o3s#y -is3a#ie yo3r desiredtransor+ation !appenin" 3nti# it be'o+es rea# to yo3(
T!e 'onstant -is3a#iation o yo3r desired body i"3re in
yo3r t!o3"!ts and in yo3r spirit is estab#is!ed t!ro3"!
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t!e !ypot!a#a+3s t!at is #o'ated at t!e base o yo3r
brain(
4A! 0@E 3H0& 4A! &H)'"
T!e irst ti+e I +ade a s3r"i'a# in'ision in t!e ina#
year o +y ne3ros3r"i'a# residen'y it see+ed as i I !ad
a#ready peror+ed it +any ti+es( I !ad witnessed +any
ot!er s3r"eries and -is3a#ied and t!o3"!t abo3t +y irst
s3r"ery +3#tip#e ti+es( &s a res3#t o a## t!is so'a##ed
“e*perien'e,” it did not see+ to +e #i%e +y irst s3r"ery( b3t it was ne-ert!e#ess(
“<or as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” 6)ro-erbs
?8, K2;
T!ereore, t!e way to approa'! yo3r +edi'a# wei"!t
sit3ation is not to deny t!at it e*ists in t!e nat3ra# rea#+,
b3t to "i-e yo3r e*'ess wei"!t a dierent na+e8 #yin"
sy+pto+s and si"ns( $y doin" so, yo3 are not rea##y
denyin" it, b3t yo3 are spea%in" t!e tr3t! in advance
5o3 do %now t!at a sy+pto+ is s3b<e'ti-e, and it>s on#y
appre'iated by yo3, w!i#e a si"n is ob<e'ti-e, and it 'an
be seen and 3nderstood by ot!ers( In ot!er words, yo3
+ay ee# t!at yo3 are !ea-y, b3t it>s i+portant or yo3 to
%now t!at yo3 are nor+a# in t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+( T!e
tr3t! is t!at yo3r spirit #i-in" inside yo3 in t!e
s3pernat3ra# rea#+ is pere't and in di-ine !ea#t! and
yo3 need to des'ribe and -is3a#ie it as s#i+ and tri+(
It>s yo3r #es! t!at is atte+ptin" to 'on-in'e yo3 t!at
yo3 !a-e a wei"!t sit3ation, and it is B3ite aware t!at it
is responsib#e or 'a3sin" it(
)#ease rea#ie t!at yo3 are not to p3t yo3rse# down,
e-en wit! ae'tionate wei"!t ter+s, or t!ey are
o3t#awed by t!e $ib#e and t!is “s3pernat3ra# boo%” yo3are now readin"( 5o3 do not !a-e to be a prisoner o
yo3r 'ir'3+stan'es, as a res3#t o a##owin" inappropriate
#abe#in" to ae't yo3 or bind yo3( /o-e away ro+
t!ose w!o sti## !a-e not #earned !ow to #o-e peop#e
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into t!e in-isib#e rea#+, w!y 'an>t yo3 Isn>t t!is t!e
way God, w!o is in-isib#e, does t!in"s In t!e Kin"do+
o God, irst yo3 be#ie-e it beore yo3 see it by ait!(&nd yo3 a#ready %now t!at t!e Kin"do+ o God is
a't3a##y wit!in yo3( 60ee L3%e 989(; 5o3 !a-e to "et
e*'ited abo3t yo3r -i'tory beore yo3 wi## see it and
beore yo3 "et yo3r -i'tory(
&s yo3 'ontin3o3s#y t!an% God or t!e -i'tory He
"i-es to yo3, yo3 wi## be"in to see +aniestations t!at
initia##y wi## see+ to o''3r as +ere 'oin'iden'es( &'oin'iden'e is rea##y God>s way o re+ainin"
anony+o3s( It is ti+e or yo3 to re'o"nie t!at t!ere are
too +any o t!ese “'!an'e !appenin"s” to a't3a##y be
'oin'iden'es, and t!ey are #eadin" to a b3i#d3p o
so+et!in" t!at yo3 +ay t!in% is too bi" to !appen to
yo3( It isn>tJ
Do not be a+aed t!at, as yo3 "row '#oser to God,
He wi## ta#% dierent#y to yo3( T!e point at w!i'! yo3
wi## %now t!at a s3pernat3ra# e*p#osion is a!ead or yo3
is w!en yo3 sense a stron" pea'e wit!in yo3r !eart and
yo3 sense by instin't t!at yo3 are pro'eedin" in t!e ri"!t
dire'tion and +a%in" pro"ress( 5o3 wi## !a-e no do3bt
in yo3r spirit t!at yo3 wi## win t!e batt#e yo3>re !a-in"
wit! t!e “wei"!t ene+y(”
5o3 a#ready %now t!at 2es3s is yo3r Hea#er, b3t did
yo3 %now t!at 2es3s 'an be'o+e w!ate-er yo3 want
Hi+ to be 5o3 +ay not t!in% so, b3t yo3 'an #et Hi+
be w!ate-er yo3 need Hi+ to be or w!ate-er sit3ation
yo3 a'e( 0ay t!is, “2es3s, yo3 are +y .ood &d-isor(”Or !ow abo3t t!is, “2es3s, yo3 are +y /en3 &d-isor(”
Here>s anot!er possibi#ity( “2es3s, yo3 are +y .ood
0!oppin" Cons3#tant(” Did yo3 e-er 'onsider, “2es3s,yo3 are +y 13tritionist(” )i'% so+et!in" yo3 need, and#et t!e Lord +eet t!at need and rea#ie t!at He ne-er
tires o !earin" ro+ yo3, re"ard#ess o yo3r reB3ests(
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Here>s a s3''ess3# “God idea”8 W!ene-er yo3
re#a*, wa#%, or e*er'ise, be s3re to praise and wors!ip
t!e Lord 2es3s and air+ t!e power3# be#ie t!at'onession brin"s possession( Let t!is air+ation a#ways
be do+inant in yo3r +ind( 2es3s wants yo3 to be#ie-e,
t!in%, and say, “W!at I 'oness is w!at I possess(”
5o3 +3st 'ontin3e to say w!at yo3 want, not w!at
yo3 !a-e( )ay no attention to yo3r “'ondition(” Ta#% to
yo3r wei"!t sit3ation abo3t 2es3s and not to 2es3s abo3t
yo3r wei"!t( T!e +ore ti+e yo3 spend ta#%in", #o-in",and wors!ipin" Hi+, t!e +ore a-or He wi## bestow
3pon yo3(
1ow, #et>s pa3se or anot!er !3+oro3s inter#3de8
& beggar walks up to a wellCdressed woman who is
shopping on @odeo 9rive and says, “) haven2t eaten
anything in four clays”
She looks at him and replies, “) wish ) had your will
power”
Repeat yo3r )R1 a#o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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HE "'A3S E$E@4&H)'G
T!e Lord 'reated yo3 and !as a## t!e answers to yo3rB3estions( He is #i-in" in yo3 in order to peror+ His
wonders or yo3( He said t!at i yo3 see% Hi+, yo3 wi##
ind Hi+( 0o, be #ed by t!e Ho#y 0pirit(
$e#ie-e w!at He te##s yo3( Obey Hi+ and do
w!ate-er He te##s yo3 to do wit! re"ard to yo3r wei"!t
'!a##en"es( He does not +a%e any +ista%es(
T!e Ho#y 0pirit, w!o #i-es wit!in yo3, %nowse-eryt!in"( He 'an e-en +a%e 3p or any dei'ien'ies
t!at +ay e*ist in yo3r body( 0in'e yo3 t3rned yo3r #ie
o-er to Hi+, it wi## be easy to !ear Hi+J
T!e Ho#y 0pirit wants yo3 to !a-e t!e %now#ed"e
t!at 2es3s !as( In order or t!is to !appen, yo3 !a-e to be
trained and to be wi##in" to #earn( &s yo3 pro"ressi-e#y
"row spirit3a##y, yo3 wi## rep#a'e spirit3a# #a'% wit!
spirit3a# %now#ed"e, so yo3 'an reso#-e yo3r wei"!t
'!a##en"es( He wi## dis'3ss yo3r wei"!t#oss desires and
yo3r "oa#s wit! yo3 sin'e He a#ready %nows e-eryt!in"
abo3t yo3(
&s yo3 'ontin3e to “!an" o3t” wit! t!e Ho#y 0pirit,
yo3 wi## see !ow He !as pro-ided e+power+ent in and
or yo3r #ie( &s yo3 'an see, God wants yo3 to be'o+e
tota##y dependent on t!e Ho#y 0pirit(
T!e $ib#e says( “<or the Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the 0lmighty gives me life” 62ob ??8,
1LT;(
2ob a#so said, “How you have enlightened my
stupidity: 3hat wise things you have said:” 62ob 78?,
1LT;
)a3# e*p#ains t!at sin'e t!e 0pirit 'a+e into yo3w!en yo3 were born a"ain, C!rist is a#so in yo3, and He
dwe##s in yo3r !eart by ait!( T!at is, yo3r %now#ed"e o
God 'o+es by ait! t!ro3"! t!e "ospe#( T!is a''o3nts
or t!e aweso+e power o God t!at is wit!in yo3, and it
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!e#ps yo3 to !a-e t!e abi#ity to 3ti#ie and ta%e
ad-anta"e o God>s +i"!ty power( T!e de-i# %nows yo3
are born a"ain, be'a3se !e 'an see t!e Ho#y 0pirit wit!inyo3( He a#so %nows t!at yo3 !a-e re'ei-ed His power,
b3t i yo3 do not %now yo3 !a-e t!is a3t!ority e-en
t!o3"! yo3 re'ei-ed it w!en yo3 were born a"ain, yo3
wi## not be ab#e to 3se it, and t!e de-i# %nows t!is(
.or e*a+p#e, yo3 boo% a 'r3ise, b3t yo3 don>t
rea#ie t!e ti'%ets in'#3de ood, so yo3 +a%e t!irty
sandwi'!es or t!e tripJ Two !o3rs o3t o port yo3 "raba sandwi'!, b3t w!en t!e +atre d> 'at'!es yo3 eatin",
s3rro3nded by a## yo3r #3n'! ba"s, !e 'o+es o-er and
s!ows yo3 t!at yo3r ti'%ets in'#3de t!e ood, not <3st
transportation( In a si+i#ar -ein, yo3 do !a-e t!e power
to deeat t!e de-i#( T!is %now#ed"e !as been "i-en to
yo3(
T!e de-i# %nows abo3t yo3r potentia# to be
3ninor+ed, so don>t a##ow !i+ to 3se it to !is ad-anta"e
T!is +eans yo3 need to be espe'ia##y 'are3# abo3t yo3r
wei"!t attit3des, or t!e way yo3 see yo3rse# is t!e way
t!e de-i# sees yo3(
4A!@ 'EE9 &A &0."
In a sense, t!is is a ta#%in" boo%, and I>+ as%in" yo3
to do t!e ta#%in", to persona##y 'o++3ni'ate wit! t!e
Ho#y 0pirit( 5o3 need to ta#% to yo3r +o3ntains beore
t!ey start ta#%in" to yo3( Te## yo3r +o3ntains 6yo3r
'!a##en"es; abo3t 2es3s( Te##in" 2es3s abo3t yo3r
+o3ntains is not t!e best approa'!( T!ereore, it is yo3r
responsibi#ity to ta%e '!ar"e, be'a3se yo3 now
appre'iate t!e tr3t! t!at yo3 a#ready !a-e 3## spirit3a#a3t!ority be'a3se 2es3s #i-es wit!in yo3( In #i"!t o a##
t!is, say t!is 'o++and o3t #o3d, “/o3ntain, I>+ ta#%in"
to yo3, and in t!e na+e o 2es3s and wit! His a3t!ority, I
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'o++and yo3 to “ 6state, as 2es3s re'o++ends, w!at
yo3 want, and not w!at yo3 !a-e;( 60ee /ar% 998?(;
Learnin" do'trines is "reat, b3t or do'trines to beee'ti-e, yo3 +3st app#y t!e+ to yo3r #ie and pra'ti'e
t!e+( In ot!er words, yo3 +3st #i-e t!e+ o3tJ 0tart
ta#%in" to yo3, yo3r body, and yo3r oodA 'o++and
t!e+ to be obedient( Te## t!e+ w!at yo3 want
repeated#y(
5o3r “+o3ntain” represents yo3r wei"!t sit3ation
t!at 3sed to be resistant, i++o-eab#e, and tota##y dea toanyt!in" yo3 or anybody e#se said to it( 1ow, yo3 'an
e*pe't '!an"e, sin'e yo3 'an ta#% to t!is obsta'#e
t!ro3"! t!e Ho#y 0pirit by si+p#y 3sin" yo3r ton"3e(
One o t!e b#essin"s yo3 !a-e is t!at yo3 %now t!at
e-eryt!in" in t!e nat3ra#, any si'%ness or disease, is
s3b<e't to '!an"e, and '!an"e +eans !ea#in"s and
+ira'#es( E-en +ore i+portant is or yo3 to 3nderstand
t!at yo3 are not s3b<e't to t!e nat3ra#, or t!e nat3ra# is
s3b<e't to yo3( Interested in %nowin" !ow t!is is
possib#e
2es3s said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible %ut
with God everything is possible” 6/att!ew 987, 1LT;(
5o3 'an re'ei-e instr3'tions or #ie ro+ t!e Ho#y
0pirit, s!o3#d yo3 '!oose to obey Hi+ and His
instr3'tions( T!e Ho#y 0pirit #i%es to be e+p#oyed, so
3se Hi+, or He 'an !e#p yo3 %eep in step(
2es3s said, “( ( for the Holy Spirit will teach you
what needs to be said even as you are standing there”
6L3%e 989, 1LT;( 1ow, #et>s app#y a #itt#e !3+or to t!is sit3ation8
0 fussy lady goes into a restaurant and orders a
meal that includes chicken, vegetables, and a baked potato
<ive minutes into her meal she calls the waitress
over because her chicken )s not tender &he chicken isthen replacedB
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YOUR ANOINTING
THE )UR)O0E O. WRITI1G Lean God>s Way is,
o 'o3rse, to !e#p yo3 be'o+e s#i+ and tri+ by t!e
powers t!at are a-ai#ab#e to yo3 t!ro3"! t!e s3pernat3ra#rea#+( One o t!e +a<or b#essin"s t!at is a-ai#ab#e to yo3
is t!e anointin" o t!e Ho#y 0pirit, a wonder3# spirit3a#"it t!at yo3 re'ei-ed w!en 2es3s 'a+e into yo3r !eart(
T!e anointin" 6w!i'! 'o+es ro+ t!e -erb “anoint,”w!i'! +eans “to r3b in or to s+ear”; !as been deined in
t!e past as t!e tan"ib#e presen'e o God(
$3t t!e tr3t! is t!at t!e anointin" is rea##y His
power, not His presen'e(
2es3s, t!e &nointed One, said, %ut when the HolySpirit has come upon you, you will receive power and
will tell people about me everywhere in #erusalem,
throughout #udea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth” 6&'t 98=, 1LT;(
God>s presen'e +ay be des'ribed as His "#ory, His
person, His attrib3tes, and His ways( 5o3 need His
presen'e in order to !a-e His power or t!e anointin"(His power e*ists or ser-i'e( 5o3 ne-er want to be
wit!o3t His presen'e, be'a3se !a-in" His power wit!o3t
His presen'e 'an be -ery tro3b#eso+e(
How do yo3 "et into God>s presen'e &s yo3 "et
+ore in-o#-ed wit! Hi+ and draw '#oser to Hi+, and as
yo3 soa% in His presen'e, t!e +ore yo3 wi## %now Hi+,
or He wi## re-ea# His ways to yo3, as He did to /oses(His "#ory wi## i## yo3, and yo3 wi## %now in yo3r inner
“%nower” t!at yo3r wei"!t #oss is not!in" +ore t!an a
+atter o ti+e, and yo3 wi## not need to str3""#e wit!
yo3r #es! any #on"er
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4A! 0@E 0'A)'&E9
W!y do yo3 want to be in God>s presen'e $e'a3sespendin" ti+e wit! Hi+ wi## transor+ yo3 and yo3r
!eart( T!is "#ory o God 'an transor+ yo3 into His
i+a"e( 60ee Corint!ians ?899=(; 5et, His presen'e or
"#ory 'annot be e*perien'ed or e#t in yo3r p!ysi'a#
bodyA it 'an on#y be %nown in yo3r !eart( /ore
i+portant#y, t!e +ore yo3 are in His presen'e, t!e #ess
yo3 wi## be aware o yo3rse#( T!is +eans t!at, as yo3s3rrender yo3rse# to God, yo3 wi## e*perien'e ewer
distra'tions and yo3r o'3s on yo3r #es! wi## di+inis!(
T!en yo3r spirit wi## dwe## in 3nity wit! God>s 0pirit(
5o3 see, yo3r #es!, w!i'! is yo3r so3# and body,
doesn>t %now !ow to see% God in t!e sa+e way yo3r
spirit does( 5o3 !a-e to be on 'onstant "3ard to deny
yo3rse#, t!at is, yo3r #es!, in order to +aintain yo3r
anointin"(
“<or ) know that in me Fthat is, in my flesh nothing
good dwells> for to will is present with me, but how to
perform what is good ) do not find” 6Ro+ans 89=(
1K2;(
Listen, t!e so3# is not e-i#, or it was '!an"ed at t!e
'ross( It does !a-e t!e potentia# to sin 6se#in#i'ted
nonsense; w!en #et to its own nat3re, !owe-er( T!at is
w!y 2es3s !as to wa#% His #ie in yo3(
5o3 wi## rea#ie t!at God>s presen'e brin"s si#en'e,
or w!en yo3 are i##ed wit! God, yo3 rea##y are 3nab#e
to spea%( T!is is a spirit3a# or !o#y si#en'e, not t!e %ind
o B3ietness t!at yo3 are aware o in t!e #es!(
Do yo3 want to %now w!at yo3 re'ei-e ro+ bein"
in His presen'e 5o3 wi## e*perien'e t!e pea'e t!at'o+es ro+ !a-in" His prote'tion and His power( T!is
wi## brin" abo3t a '!an"e in yo3r a'tions and be!a-ior
and wi## t3rn yo3 into “anot!er +an(” 60ee 9 0a+3e#
9:87(; 5o3 wi## be bat!ed in t!e #i"!t o God in a way
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anointin" ro+ t!is boo% to yo3 in t!e sa+e way t!e
Lord did or His ser-ant Da-id8
“) have found my servant 9avid ) have anointedhim with my holy oil ) will steady him, and ) will make
him strong His enemies will not get the best of him, nor
will the wicked overpower him” 6)sa#+s =8:,
1LT;(
0ay t!is prayer o3t #o3d, “Lord, I %now I re'ei-ed
ow p!eno+ena# anointin" w!en I was born a"ain, and
I t!an% 5o3 or 5o3r 'o-enant wit! +e( I as% 5o3, int!e na+e o 2es3s, to i## +e a"ain wit! a res! and new
anointin", and as oten as I as%( I want to re'ei-e and be
b#essed wit! a## yo3r beneits and a''o+p#is! a## o +y
wei"!t#oss desires t!ro3"! 5o3r !e#p in t!e +i"!ty
na+e o 2es3s(”
1ot #a3"!in" is a serio3s +atterA so #et>s i* t!at
wit! t!e o##owin" story8
0 young man rushes )nto a physician2s office
demanding to see the doctor immediately &he doctor
examines him He sees the man has a carrot up one side
of his nose, a stick of celery up the other> a cucumber )n
his left ear, anti a banana )n his right ear
&he patient says, “) have soreness and pain in my
ears and ) can hardly breathe “3hat2s wrong with
me8”
&he doctor responds, “4ou2re not eating properly”
T!en say t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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YOUR CONFESSION
BECOMES YOUR POSSESSION
THE TRUTH O. THE rea#ity o #ie is t!at w!at
yo3 'oness is w!at yo3 possess( T!at is, w!at yo3 say is
w!at yo3 "etJ In ot!er words, 'onession brin"s
possession(Let>s start wit! a 'o3p#e o !3+oro3s ane'dotes8
& 'o##e"e st3dent 'onessed, “Ane day )2m going to
own a 1ercedes” He wor%ed #i%e a s#a-e in order to
p3r'!ase one, b3t as a res3#t o !is 'onession, !is 'ar
on#y #asted one day, or !e wrapped it aro3nd a
te#ep!one po#e on t!e se'ond dayJ
Want anot!er "ood e*a+p#e o a bad e*a+p#e &yo3n" +an st3died a se#!e#p boo% entit#ed, How a Guy
1eets a Galatians One o t!e p!rases !e was
en'o3ra"ed to 3se to i+press !is new "ir#riend was,
“4our face is so beautiful it would make time stand
still”
Instead, !e re-ersed w!at !e was s3pposed to te## !is
new "ir#riend and in t!e +i*3p !e said, “4ou have a face that would stop an eightCday clock”
T!is was a “ata# +ista%e” wit! re"ard to !is new
re#ations!ip, w!i'! ended abr3pt#y t!ereaterJ
5o3r words +ay !a-e serio3s 'onseB3en'es, and
yo3 need to "et serio3s abo3t #earnin" !ow to 3se t!e+(
T!e $ib#e says t!at deat! and #ie are in t!e power o t!e
ton"3e8“&hose who love to talk will experience the
conse-uences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life”
6)ro-erbs 9=89, 1LT;(
E-ery word t!at 'o+es ort! ro+ yo3r #ips spea%s
eit!er ait! or 3nbe#ie(
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“He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his lifeB but he
that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction”
6)ro-erbs 9?(?, K2;Did yo3 %now t!at any 3n"od#y words yo3 spea% to
yo3rse# are potentia##y da+a"in", espe'ia##y w!en yo3
repeat t!e+ reB3ent#y, e-en to yo3rse#( W!en yo3
spea% 3nintentiona# ne"ati-e state+ents, yo3 t3rn yo3r
#ie into a se#3#i##in" prop!e'y(
5o3 need to rea#ie t!at prop!e'y wor%s bot! ways(
T!is wi## on#y be +entioned on'e, b3t ne-er e-er or"ett!isJ 5o3 'an prop!esy to yo3rse# o3t #o3d and e*pe't
to re'ei-e w!at yo3 as% or( 5o3 !a-e t!at powerJ T!at
+eans yo3 'an spea% o3t #o3d w!at yo3 want 3sin" t!e
bo3ndaries o "od#y prin'ip#es and e*pe't w!at yo3 say
to !appen( I don>t !a-e to te## yo3 t!at t!e s3pernat3ra#
ne-er +a%es !3+an sense and it>s not s3pposed to(
T!e #ess yo3 ta#% abo3t yo3r e*'ess wei"!t, t!e #ess
yo3 wi## be ens#a-ed to it( T!e way to be re#eased ro+
t!is prison is to not 'on'entrate and o'3s on wei"!t and
ood( W!en yo3 t!in% abo3t ood #on" eno3"!, yo3 wi##
a#+ost or'e yo3rse# to eat(
T!e $ib#e says, “Gentle words bring life and health>
a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit” 6)ro-erbs 9@8,
1ET;(
;A'&@A. 4A!@ &A'G!E
2es3s re'o++ended t!at peop#e s!o3#d say w!at
t!ey want instead o sayin" w!at t!ey !a-e( 0top
spea%in" w!at yo3 ob-io3s#y !a-e and start spea%in"
w!at yo3 want, e-en t!o3"! yo3 do not !a-e it( In t!is
way yo3 wi## be ab#e to "et it( 5o3 do not want to "et“!3n" by yo3r ton"3e(” 5o3 need to 3nderstand t!at
!ow yo3 r3n yo3r +o3t! deter+ines !ow yo3 r3n yo3r
#ie( 5o3r words 'ontro# yo3r at+osp!ere( it>s t!at
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si+p#e and t!at power3#( &n idea# way to a-oid t!is
“+o3t! trap” is to 3se t!e words 2es3s 3ses(
.o##owin" t!e West ir"inia 0a"o +ine disaster o2an3ary ::7, t!e #one s3r-i-or o t!e t!irteen trapped
+iners 6Randa## /'C#oy; #et t!e re!ab 'enter wit! a
“new #ease on #ie(” T!e do'tors reported t!at on#y a
+edi'a# +ira'#e 'o3#d e*p#ain !is s3r-i-a# ater bein"
e*posed to 'arbon +ono*ide or +ore t!an ortyone
!o3rs( T!e +edi'a# dire'tor o t!e re!ab 'enter said,
“It>s basi'a##y a#+ost #i%e !e was res3rre'ted(” 5o3 +ay ponder in a+ae+ent !ow to e*p#ain t!is, b3t
i++ediate#y o##owin" t!e reported tra"edy, .o* 1ews
inter-iewed t!e a+i#y, and I !eard t!e+ say, “I anyone
'an +a%e it, Randy 'an +a%e it(” I be#ie-e t!e Ho#y
0pirit was responsib#e or t!is 'onession bein" 3#i##ed(
T!ereore, as I write t!is boo%, I a+ app#yin" t!is
approa'! to yo3r own persona# wei"!t sit3ation by
te##in" yo3 to say, “I anyone 'an #ose wei"!t, I 'an #ose
wei"!tJ”
Get ready or a +ira'#e w!en yo3 app#y t!e power o
God>s Word to any '!a##en"e yo3 a'e( & yo3n" boy
w!o was in a 'o+a was ad+itted to a 03r"i'a# Intensi-e
Care Unit ater !a-in" been tria"ed in t!e E+er"en'y
Roo+ as t!e res3#t o a serio3s a## and res3#tin" !ead
in<3ries( His pro"nosis was "3arded, b3t w!en !is a+i#y
was inter-iewed abo3t !is 'ondition, t!ey said
repeated#y, “O!, !e>s sittin" 3p in bed and eatin"(” T!ey
were not #yin", b3t t!ey were spea%in" t!e tr3t! in
ad-an'e, w!i'! e*p#ains w!y !e #et t!e !ospita# !ea#edand w!o#e( W!at yo3 say is w!at yo3 "etJ
5o3 e*pose yo3r #ie to t!e ris%s and dan"ers o t!e
de+oni' rea#+ w!en yo3r ton"3e is o3t o 'ontro#( T!ede-i# and !is -ery or"anied de+oni' !ordes 6t!ey ne-er
brea% ran%; e*ist in t!e s3pernat3ra# wor#d, and t!eir
pri+ary p3rpose is to ser-e as spirit3a# “!it +en(” T!an%
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God or 2es3s, or t!ro3"! Hi+ we 'an o-er'o+e a## t!e
de-i#>s strate"ies(
2es3s said, “&he thief2s purpose is to steal and killand destroy 1y purpose is to give life in all its fullness”
62o!n 9:89:, 1LT;(
Did yo3 %now t!at it is t!e responsibi#ity o t!e
bein"s in t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ to 'arry o3t, peror+,
and e*e'3te e-ery one o t!e -erba# reB3ests t!at #ow
ro+ yo3r ton"3e T!is !appens w!et!er yo3 spea%
positi-e or ne"ati-e words( 1e"ati-e words '3rses andt!ey !a-e t!e power to be'o+e i+bedded in yo3r !eart
and or+ and as!ion yo3r persona#ity
T!ereore, a-oid ne"ati-e words at a## 'osts, be'a3se
yo3r brain is #iab#e to re"ister and re'ord t!e+, and
de+oni' or'es wi## be"in to ta%e a'tion in a''ord wit!
t!e+( )sy'!o#o"ists be#ie-e t!at or e-ery ne"ati-e
'onession yo3 +a%e, it ta%es t!irteen positi-e
'onessions to o-er'o+e itJ
T!is app#ies, as we##, to any 'on3sion yo3 +ay !a-e
wit! re"ard to t!e words “try” and “do(” W!en yo3
“try,” yo3 'reate a se#deeatin" e*'3se, w!i'! a#so
in-o#-es se# do3bt( T!e word “do,” !owe-er, in-o#-es
t!e power o God>s presen'e( T!e $oo% o t!e
Re-e#ation points o3t t!at w!en yo3 <3st “try,” yo3 wi##
be'o+e #3%ewar+, and as a res3#t, yo3 wi## be “spit o3t”
o God>s +o3t!(
2es3s said, “%ut since you are like lukewarm water,
) will spit you out of my mouth:” 6Re-e#ation ?897,
1LT;(0o, do not “try” to st3dy t!is boo% b3t si+p#y “do”
it( Did yo3 e-er try to breat!e I re'o++end t!at yo3
de#ete t!e word “try” ro+ yo3r -o'ab3#ary a#to"et!er,e-en i yo3 t!in% I a+ bein" too pi'%y abo3t word'!oi'es and #an"3a"e 3sa"e( T!e word “do” is ar
s3perior to t!e word “try” sin'e it in-o#-es “tr3st” and
God(
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T!is is a "ood ti+e or +e to point o3t t!e a't t!at
t!ere are additiona# words w!i'! reB3ire yo3r s'r3tiny(
.or e*a+p#e, ro+ t!e +edi'a# aspe't, w!en yo3e*perien'e pain, do yo3 rea##y want pain +edi'ine or
re#ie w!en yo3 are a#ready e*perien'in" pain T!e
words “antiCpain +edi'ation” are +ore appropriate to
3se, aren>t t!ey 0i+i#ar#y, i yo3 '!oose to "o to a
weightCmanagement center, yo3r "oa# is not rea##y to
+ana"e yo3r wei"!tA instead, it wo3#d be better to "o to
a weightCcontrol center and a weightCloss center wo3#d be ar better t!an eit!er o t!e two pre-io3s a#ternati-es(
&s yo3 'an see, yo3r words or+ yo3r perspe'ti-e(
T!e point is t!at yo3 need to rea'! a !i"!er #e-e#(
T!e $ib#e te##s 3s t!at God 3ses words to 'a## t!ose
t!in"s w!i'! be not as t!o3"! t!ey were8
“&hat is what the Scriptures mean when God told
him, =) have made you the father of many nations2 &his
happened because 0braham believed in the God who
brings the dead back to life and who brings into
existence what didn2t exist before” 6Ro+ans 89, 1LT;(
T!is -erse presents a “spirit3a# te'!no#o"y” t!at is
"ood eno3"! or God( T!ereore, it s!o3#d wor% or yo3(
0o, do not te## it #i%e it isA te## it #i%e yo3 want it to
be( 5o3 +i"!t as%, “5o3 +ean I a+ s3pposed to say, FI
a+ !ea#ed o t!is wei"!t prob#e+> w!en I a+ sti##
o-erwei"!t”
5es, t!at is 'orre't(
5o3 +i"!t say, “Does t!at +ean I 'an say I !a-e a
terrii' i"3re w!en I a+ wearin" '#ot!es t!at wo3#d ittwo peop#e T!at so3nds #i%e #yin" to +e( $esides, I
!a-e to be !onest(” &'t3a##y, yo3 are not #yin" w!en yo3
+a%e s3'! a positi-e 'onessionA yo3 are spea%in" t!etr3t! in ad-an'e( &"ain, yo3 are spea%in" a !ea-en#ytr3t! rat!er t!an an eart!#y #ie, be'a3se o 2es3s(
I s3spe't t!at +ost o +y readers wi## be tro3b#ed
wit! re"ard to !ow to do t!is( In a## probabi#ity, yo3
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!a-e spent yo3r #ie “te##in" it #i%e it is(” 5o3 'onstant#y
3sed yo3r +o3t! to report on t!e sorry state o aairs
t!at were s3rro3ndin" yo3( $e'a3se o t!ese attit3des,t!e -ery t!o3"!t o 'a##in" “t!in"s w!i'! be not as
t!o3"! t!ey were” probab#y see+s a #itt#e 'ray or st3pid
to yo3(
0t3pid 5es, in t!e p!ysi'a# or nat3ra# rea#+, b3t not
in God>s rea#+( In His rea#+, His t!eo#o"y, it is His way
or t!e !i"!way( /an>s way is to or+ a de+o'ra'y so
t!e +a<ority 'an -ote to '!an"e w!at t!ey want to be#ie-e and do( God>s ways are entire#y dierent ro+
+an>s ways, and His t!o3"!ts are ar beyond +an>s
t!o3"!ts(
W!en yo3 spea% w!at yo3 en-ision abo3t yo3r
wei"!t and yo3r p!ysiB3e, yo3 are not denyin" t!at yo3
are o-erwei"!t( T!e God o t!e $ib#e does not want yo3
to en"a"e in denia#( 5o3 are statin", !owe-er, t!at yo3
!a-e #yin" sy+pto+s and si"ns o bein" o-erwei"!t(
W!en yo3r wei"!t ret3rns to w!at yo3 'onsider to be
yo3r nor+a# wei"!t as a res3#t o 3sin" God>s spirit3a#
prin'ip#es, yo3 wi## t!en be ab#e to say and 'onir+ t!at
yo3 were a't3a##y #yin" abo3t bein" o-erwei"!t( W!en
yo3 say yo3 are !ea#ed, <3st re+e+ber t!at yo3 are
spea%in" t!e tr3t! in ad-an'e(
)er!aps yo3 sti## don>t #i%e t!is +essa"e( I so, I as%
yo3 to 'onsider t!is state+ent8 t!e tr3t! wi## set yo3 ree,
b3t it +ay irst +a%e yo3 +ad(
2es3s said, “3hen the Spirit of truth comes, he will
guide you into all truth He will not be presenting his
own ideas> he will be telling you what he has heard He
will tell you about the future” 62o!n 9789?, 1LT;(
!'SH0"E' <0)&H
5o3 wi## rea##y be "rate3# or #earnin" abo3t God>s
power w!en yo3 are ab#e to spea% ro+ yo3r spirit, 3sin"
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words o ait!, instead o spea%in" ro+ yo3r +ind in
t!e nat3ra#(
Can yo3 see !ow yo3 are now de-e#opin" 3ns!a%enait! T!ere is a proo3nd dieren'e between #yin" and
spea%in" by ait!( $y spea%in" words o ait! yo3 are
not atte+ptin" to de'ei-e yo3rse# or anyone( 5o3 do not
want anyone to be#ie-e so+et!in" t!at is not tr3e, and
yo3 don>t want to be#ie-e 3ntr3t!s eit!er( W!at yo3 are
doin" w!en yo3 are spea%in" ait! is si+p#y spea%in"
words t!at a"ree wit! t!e Word o God, words t!at yo3spea% ro+ yo3r spirit instead o yo3r +ind(
5o3 a#ready %now t!e tr3t! t!at 2es3s !as !ea#ed
yo3r wei"!t sit3ation in t!e s3pernat3ra#( He !as ta%en it
ro+ yo3 in t!e nat3ra# rea#+( W!en yo3 'a## so+et!in"
t!at does not e*ist, s3'! as sayin" yo3 are s#i+ and tri+,
w!i'! is w!at yo3 desire, yo3r word power, w!i'! is
a#i-e in t!e s3pernat3ra# wi## +a%e it !appen as a res3#t
o yo3r be#ie( Do3bt is not per+itted( 5o3r ait! and
be#ie in t!e 3nseen is so stron" t!at yo3 wi## re#ease t!e
+ira'3#o3s power t!at is needed or t!e !ea#in" o yo3r
wei"!t sit3ation( 5o3 wi## t!en rea'! yo3r "oa#( 5o3
wi## be'o+e w!at yo3 want to be(
& riend o +ine needed two +i##ion do##ars or a
b3siness dea#( He didn>t !a-e it, b3t God didJ He #ay
prostrate on t!e #oor or twentyo3r !o3rs repeatin" t!e
sa+e p!rase o-er and o-er a"ain, “God, "i-e +e t!e
+oneyJ” Two days #ater an in-estor wa#%ed into !is
oi'e wit! a '!e'% or two +i##ion do##arsJ In t!e sa+e
way God wi## answer yo3 w!en yo3 pray, “God, +a%e+e s#i+ and tri+J”
Re+e+ber, yo3 "et !ea#ed ro+ t!e inside o3t( God
'!an"es yo3 on t!e inside beore yo3 see t!e '!an"es ont!e o3tside( 5o3r spirit re'ei-es yo3r !ea#in" irst andt!en it notiies yo3r body by B3i'%enin" it by t!e sa+e
0pirit t!at raised C!rist ro+ t!e deadJ 60ee Ro+ans
=899(;
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One o t!e easiest t!in"s yo3 need to #earn is !ow to
ta#% #i%e God ta#%s 6t!ro3"! His Word; so yo3 'an !a-e
t!e t!in"s God wants yo3 to !a-e( W!en yo3 3se t!esa+e words God 3ses, yo3 'an e*pe't t!e desired res3#ts
in ti+e( I a+ not <3st ta#%in" abo3t t!e power o positi-e
t!in%in"( I a+ ta#%in" abo3t t!e power o t!in%in" God
t!o3"!ts and spea%in" Godwords, w!i'! are a#ways
positi-e(
&#t!o3"! yo3 +ay not !a-e t!o3"!t abo3t t!is, yo3
do not !a-e to ee# so+et!in" in order to spea% it and sayw!at yo3 t!in%( God says His Word is tr3e, so a## yo3
!a-e to do is to say it in a"ree+ent wit! Hi+J .ee#in"s
are not ne'essary e-en i yo3r body te##s yo3 so+et!in"
dierent( T!ere is no need to wait or ee#in"s to 'o+e in
order to a't by ait!( .ait! be"ins in t!e +o3t! and t!en
in t!e !eart( 5o3 'oness it irst wit! yo3r +o3t! and
t!en yo3 be#ie-e it in yo3r !eart(
Did yo3 e-er noti'e w!at 'o#or yo3r words are w!en
yo3 spea% 5o3 'annot see t!e+, b3t yo3r words
a't3a##y prod3'e Te'!ni'o#or i+a"es( T!ese are
in-isib#e, be'a3se t!ey are disp#ayed in anot!er
di+ension, b3t o 'o3rse, yo3 'an !ear t!e+( T!ey are
spirit and #ie, and t!ey are “a#i-e(” W!en yo3 open yo3r
+o3t! to spea% by ait!, t!e words 'o+e o3t o yo3r
spirit( 5o3 are 'reatin" t!in"s spirit3a##y by spea%in"
t!e+ and be#ie-in"(
T!e &post#e )a3# said8 “3e having the same spirit
of faith, according to as it is written, =) believed and
therefore have ) spoken2> we also believe, and therefore
speak” 6 Corint!ians 89?, K2;(
&0." .)"E GA9 9AES
5o3 are sendin" o3t t!e Word w!en yo3 spea% in
t!e sa+e way God sends ort! His Word( 5o3 e*pe't t!e
sa+e res3#ts to !appen t!at ta%e p#a'e w!en God spea%s
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His Word, si+p#y be'a3se yo3 are 3sin" His Word( T!e
tr3t! is t!at yo3 are a '!anne# t!ro3"! w!i'! t!e Word
o God 'an #ow(T!e )a#+ist writes, “He sent his word and healed
them, and delivered them from their destructions”
6)sa#+s 9:8:, K2;(
W!en yo3 #earn !ow to #i-e and wa#% in t!e 0pirit,
yo3 are operatin" spirit3a##y, not ro+ yo3r +ind( Wit!
yo3r spirit3a# 3nderstandin", yo3 rea#ie t!at yo3r words
are re#eased in t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+, and yo3appre'iate t!eir spirit3a# power(
“)f we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit” 6Ga#atians @8@, 1K2;(
T!e ti+in" is 3p to God( His ti+in" and His ways
are pere't( 23st %nowin" t!at yo3 are spea%in" in His
presen'e wi## be s3i'ient or yo3, or t!is wi## "i-e yo3
t!e 'oniden'e t!at t!e words yo3 3se are in t!e spirit3a#
rea#+( In t!is way, yo3 'an e*pe't to +o-e yo3r
+o3ntain by ait!(
W!en yo3 spea% God>s spirit3a# words wit!
3nB3estionin", 3na#terin" ait!, yo3 are rea##y sendin"
t!e+ to God, and yo3 are p#antin" His seeds in yo3r
spirit and e*pe'tin" to reap a !ar-est ro+ t!e+( W!en
yo3 sow t!e seed 6t!e Word o God;, yo3 %now t!at it
a#ways #o3ris!es in "ood "ro3nd 6yo3;, and, a''ordin"
to God, yo3 'an e*pe't a t!irty si*ty and one
!3ndredo#d in'rease(
1ow, say t!is o3t #o3d, “.at!er, I Lo-e 5o3 and I
t!an% yo3 or t!is aweso+e wei"!t #oss and 5o3r3n'onditiona# s3pport in !e#pin" +e eat wise#y( I as% t!is
in t!e +i"!ty na+e o 2es3s(”
Interestin"#y, w!en yo3 #oo% 3p t!e word“3nderstand,” yo3 dis'o-er t!at it in-o#-es a batt#e to'o+pre!end( Understandin" is one t!in", b3t w!en yo3
tr3st, yo3 "o a step beyond 3nderstandin" and
'o+pre!ension, and yo3 enter into ait!( 5o3 need to
=
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tr3st in God #i%e yo3 ne-er tr3sted in Hi+ beore( $e"in
t!is pro'ess by brin"in" bot! yo3r ton"3e and yo3r !eart
in #ine wit! God>s Word( Get into e##ows!ip wit! Hi+as we## as riends!ip wit! Hi+, and start ta#%in" to Hi+
and #istenin" or His -oi'e( 0top “te##in" it #i%e it is,” and
start spea%in" and be#ie-in" t!e pro+ises o God by
p3ttin" t!e power o His words to wor% or yo3(
& patient inor+ed +e t!at e-ery De'e+ber, #i%e
'#o'%wor%, s!e "ot pne3+onia( Wit!o3t +eanin" to be
#ippant, I as%ed !er, “W!y do yo3 s'!ed3#e it I wantyo3 to pro+ise yo3rse# and God ne-er to s'!ed3#e any
sit3ation by way o inappropriate and ne"ati-e
'onessions(
1ow, I t!in% it>s ti+e to in<e't a #itt#e !3+or8
) asked a little girl, “9o you guys pray before you
eat8”
“'o sir,” she said “3e don2t have to 1y mom2s a
good cook, but sometimes if she cooks in a hurry we
have to pray after we eat:”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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YOUR DOCTOR’S ROLE
&.TER THIRT50EE1 5E&R0 O. wor%in" as a
ne3ros3r"eon, I dis'o-ered t!ere was anot!er, +3'!
+ore ee'ti-e and power3# “+edi'ine(” 1o ot!er dr3"or treat+ent 'an eB3a# t!e ee'ti-eness o t!e Word o
God( T!e tr3t! is t!at God>s “+edi'ine” is t!e answer toe-ery need, or it en'o+passes a## o #ie, breat!, and
di-ine !ea#t!( T!e power o God>s Word is a#ready'ontained wit!in yo3r !eart, or by ait! yo3 !a-e
a#ready e*perien'ed yo3r wei"!t #oss in t!e s3pernat3ra#
rea#+( T!is is a ait a''o+p#iA it !as a#ready !appened(
T!e B3estion +i"!t arise, “I God>s F+edi'ine>
wor%s so we##, w!at abo3t t!ose peop#e, e-en be#ie-ers,w!o are sti## o-erwei"!t or are si'%” T!e answer to t!is
3nderstandab#e B3estion is si+p#e8 so+ew!ere a#on" t!e
#ine, t!ese peop#e don>t %now eno3"! spirit3a#
inor+ation abo3t !ow to ta#% to God in order to "et Hi+
to !ea# t!e+( &s a res3#t, t!eir disbe#ie a't3a##y
be'o+es disobedien'e(
T!e way to reso#-e t!is, i it app#ies to yo3, is to ta%et!e ti+e to p#ant t!e Word 'on'ernin" t!e !ea#in" o
yo3r body deep#y wit!in yo3r !eart and do w!at t!e
Word te##s yo3 to do( Re+e+ber t!at yo3r words are
yo3r ser-antsA w!en yo3 spea% t!e+, yo3 wi## be#ie-e
t!e+, and w!en yo3 be#ie-e t!e+, yo3 wi## see t!e+
+aniested in yo3r #ie(
“9on2t lose sight of my words .et them penetratedeep within your heart, for they bring life and radiant
health to anyone who discovers their meaning”
6)ro-erbs 89, 1LT;(
Initia##y, as a !ea#t!'are pro-ider, I was not aware
o +y responsibi#ity to +aintain t!e !ea#in" syste+s t!at
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God "a-e to a## peop#e( I !ad no 'on'ept o %eepin"
one>s !ea#in" syste+ in proper wor%in" order t!ro3"!
t!e 3se o "od#y words( T!e dept! and power o yo3rdo'tor>s words 'an prod3'e an*iety, do3bt, ear,
depression, and e-en pani' wit!in yo3, espe'ia##y i t!ey
oer #itt#e !ope( & do'tor>s words are t!e words o an
a3t!ority i"3re w!o !as to 3se ne"ati-e +edi'a#
ter+ino#o"y wit! 3## dis'#os3re be'a3se o #e"a#
'on'erns t!at 'o3#d ae't !is or !er pra'ti'e(
5o3 +3st not a##ow yo3rse# to a''ept or be#ie-e anyinappropriate +edi'a# #abe#s t!at +edi'a# proessiona#s
atta'! to yo3( Words be'o+e yo3r e+otiona# stabi#ity,
and t!ey +3st be treated as a sensiti-e and de#i'ate
spirit3a# iss3e in yo3r wei"!t!ea#in" pro'ess( In sayin"
t!is, I do not +ean to be disrespe't3#( Howe-er, I do
%now t!at yo3 !a-e anot!er “opinion” t!at is a-ai#ab#e to
yo3, and t!e tr3t! is t!at yo3 wi## "et a ar better report
ro+ 2es3s, t!e Great )!ysi'ian(
A$E@;A1E &HE S()@)& A< <E0@
5o3 'an o-er'o+e t!e de+oni' power o ear( 5o3
need to be aware t!at yo3 'an brin" ear into rea#ity
w!ene-er yo3 a##ow it to enter yo3r +ind, be'a3se it
rea##y is a spirit(
“<or the thing ) greatly feared has come upon me,
0nd what ) dreaded has happened tome” 62ob ?8@,
1K2;(
T!e reso#3tion or t!is di#e++a is B3ite si+p#e, and
it is o3nd in t!is -erse8 “<or God has not given us a
spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound
mind” 6 Ti+ot!y 98, 1K2;(God>s pere't #o-e !as 'ast o3t a## ear ro+ yo3r
#ie, b3t yo3 +3st stand ast in t!e #iberty wit! w!i'! He
!as set yo3 ree( 60ee 9 2o!n 89= and Ga#atians 789(;
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Did yo3 %now t!at .E&R stands or “.a#se E-iden'e
&ppearin" Rea#” 0ay t!is o3t #o3d, “5o3 spirit o ear
'o+e o3t in t!e na+e o 2es3s(”T!ro3"! +y +edi'a# trainin" I #earned t!at I !ad to
be !onest wit! patients( I t!ey were o-erwei"!t and
e*perien'in" 'o+p#i'ations as a res3#t o t!eir wei"!t, I
was ad-ised to te## t!e+ so( T!is 'o+es ro+ t!e
notorio3s s'ientii' approa'!, w!i'! is #i%e a re#i"ion in
+edi'a# se'tors(
&s yo3 %now, t!is +et!od is based 3pon reason andit does not reB3ire ait!( In tr3t!, it is 'ontradi'tory to t!e
$ib#e be'a3se it says t!at yo3 !a-e to see so+et!in"
beore yo3 'an be#ie-e it( T!e Word o God, on t!e ot!er
!and, says t!at we s!o3#d be#ie-e in order to seeJ We
s!o3#d wa#% by ait!, not by si"!t(
3E)GH& )S #!S& 0 '01E
Did yo3 %now t!at wei"!t is <3st a na+e, and t!is
na+e !as to bow down to t!e na+e o 2es3s It too% +e
a #on" ti+e o +3'! st3dy and repetitio3s readin" to
o-er'o+e +y spirit3a# i"noran'e abo3t t!ese -ita##y
i+portant +atters, b3t I e-ent3a##y #earned t!is tr3t!8
“%ecause of this, God raised him up to the heights of
heaven and gave him a name that is above every other
name, so that at the name of #esus every knee will bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth”
6)!i#ippians 89:, 1LT;(
T!is was a '!a##en"in" 0'ript3re or +e be'a3se o
+y intensi-e #o"i'a# and proessiona# +edi'a# trainin",
w!i'! was based entire#y on s'ien'e( Howe-er, t!e tr3t!
was ina##y re-ea#ed to +e( It was a re-e#ation, to +e, atr3e epip!any and a w!o#e new be"innin" or +y #ie(
2es3s said, “4ou believe because you have seen me
%lessed are those who haven2t seen me and believe
anyway” 62o!n :8, 1LT;(
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E*'ess wei"!t 'o3#d we## be '#assiied as a '!roni'
'ondition t!at be"an in t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ and
'ontin3es to e*ist in t!e nat3ra# rea#+( It is easy toreso#-e t!is 'ondition w!en yo3 b#end t!e power o
God>s Word 6t!e Ho#y $ib#e; wit! yo3r ait!, yo3r tr3st,
and yo3r be#ie( 5o3 tr3#y 'an e*pe't to see t!e p!ysi'a#
+aniestation o yo3r !ea#in"J
0o, e*pe't a +ira'#e by tr3stin" God to brin" it to
pass in yo3r #ie(
T!ere is a pri'e to pay, !owe-er, and t!is pri'ein-o#-es8
9; )rayer(
; Obedien'e(
?; Dedi'ation(
; 03rrender(
@; .ait!(
7; Re#yin" on God>s Word(
1ow, it +ay be a a't t!at yo3>re o-erwei"!t, and it
+ay a#so be a a't t!at yo3 !a-e asso'iated +edi'a#
'onditions res3#tin" ro+ yo3r wei"!t and t!ese a'ts are
printed in +edi'a# te*tboo%s( &"ain, t!ey are facts, b3t
t!ey are not the truth: I !ope yo3 3nderstand t!is
distin'tion, be'a3se it>s 'r3'ia# to yo3r wei"!t #oss(
&HE &@!&H 'E$E@ ;H0'GES
Listen to t!is8 T!e a't is t!at yo3 are o-erwei"!t
a''ordin" to yo3r do'tor>s s'a#e or any s'a#eA t!e a't is
t!at t!e do'3+entation o yo3r wei"!t and ot!er
asso'iated 'onditions are noted in yo3r +edi'a# '!artA
t!e a't is t!at yo3 !a-e re'ei-ed instr3'tions ro+ yo3r
!ea#t!'are pro-ider re"ardin" treat+ent, et'( $3t a'tsare ro+ +en, and t!e tr3t! is ro+ 2es3s( .a'ts 'an
#3't3ate be'a3se e-eryt!in" in t!e nat3ra# is s3b<e't to
'!an"e, b3t t!e tr3t! is ne-er s3b<e't to '!an"e(
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In +edi'a# s'!oo# I #earned a +3#tit3de o a'ts, and
sin'e t!en, +any o t!ose “a'ts” !a-e '!an"ed,
so+eti+es see+in"#y on a +ont!#y basis( $3t t!e tr3t!ne-er '!an"es( T!e tr3t! is 'onstant, and t!e tr3t! is t!at
God !as !ea#ed yo3 in t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+( T!is is t!e
tr3t! t!at wi## +a%e yo3 ree( 60ee 2o!n =8?(; 5o3 see,
a'ts are ro+ +an, b3t t!e tr3t! is ro+ God( 1ot on#y
does yo3r ait! i"nore w!ate-er power a'ts appear to
present, b3t yo3r ait! is so power3# t!at it '!an"es t!e
a'ts, as we##( 23st to 'onir+ t!e '!an"eabi#ity o so'a##ed s'ientii' a'ts, did yo3 !ear t!at )#3to is now no
#on"er 'onsidered to be a p#anet
T!is a#so app#ies to a## t!ose wei"!ts'a#e n3+bers
and “bad news” reports yo3 !a-e been e*posed to( T!e
a't is t!at yo3 wei"! * n3+ber o po3nds, b3t t!e tr3t!
is t!at God !as reso#-ed t!is, and He !as !ea#ed yo3 in
t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ I do not 'are w!at yo3 t!in% yo3
#oo% #i%e w!en yo3 see yo3r re#e'tion in t!e +irror,
be'a3se i yo3 'o3#d see yo3r spirit and stop #oo%in" at
yo3r #es!, yo3 wo3#d see a !ea#t!y, s#i+andtri+
person( T!ereore, I 'a## s3'! wei"!t n3+bers “artia'ts
and i##3sions(”
I was present w!en a o3ryearo#d "ir# w!o !ad
been dia"nosed wit! a brain t3+or re'ei-ed power3#
prayer in t!e /RI depart+ent o a !ospita#( T!e prayer
was so power3# t!at, w!i#e t!e st3dy was bein"
peror+ed and +onitored, t!e t3+or a't3a##y be"an to
s!rin% and disappearJ
In tr3t!, t!ere was no e-iden'e o t3+or on t!e ina#s'ans( How I re<oi'ed and praised God or t!e ob-io3s
+ira'#e t!at pro-ed t!at t!e +edi'a# “a'ts” were not
tr3e( T!is pre'io3s #itt#e "ir# was '3red w!en s!e #et t!e/RI depart+ent( I a+ no #on"er interested in t!e “a'ts”t!at peop#e atte+pt to or'e on 3s( I want to %now t!e
tr3t!, don>t yo3
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2es3s didn>t pray or peop#e to be !ea#edA He si+p#y
!ea#ed t!e+(
T!e "ospe#s '#ear#y state t!at 2es3s !ea#ed t!e+ a##(In a si+i#ar -ein, t!at is w!y I +inister !ea#in" to peop#e
rat!er t!en <3st prayin" or t!e+(
&HE (.0;E A< (A3E@
T!e p#a'e o power is t!e p#a'e o a"ree+ent(
T!ere>s a better report to re'ei-e i yo3r do'tor>s reportis ne"ati-e( Two or t!ree peop#e o God !a-e t!e power
to bind e-en wei"!t '!a##en"es, as t!is 0'ript3re '#ear#y
de'#ares8 “<or where two or three gather together
because they are mine, ) am there among them”
6/att!ew 9=8:, 1LT;(
0tand in a"ree+ent wit! ot!er be#ie-ers and t!e tr3t!
o God>s Word, and yo3 wi## see a +i"!ty re#ease o His
power(
Wi## yo3r in'#ination be to a"ree wit! yo3r do'tor
w!en !e presents a “bad” report to yo3 Did yo3 %now
t!at yo3 !a-e a '!oi'e as to w!et!er yo3 wi## a"ree wit!
t!e 'ontradi'tory report o yo3r +edi'a# a3t!ority or t!e
report o 2es3s, w!o de'#ares t!at yo3 are !ea#ed I see
no ad-anta"e in a"reein" wit! “bad” news( .or t!is
reason, I wo3#d re'o++end t!at yo3 do not re'ei-e or
a''ept t!e do'tor>s ne"ati-e reports as bein" t!e tr3t!(
Respond to s3'! a reports by sayin" o3t #o3d, “Do'tor, I
do not a"ree wit! yo3r reports and I do not re'ei-e or
a''ept t!e+, be'a3se 2es3s te##s +e I a+ !ea#ed and
w!o#e in His na+e(” It is tr3e t!at yo3r p#a'e o power is
t!e p#a'e o a"ree+ent(
2es3s said, “) also tell you thisB )f two of you agreedown here on earth concerning anything you ask, my
<ather in heaven will do it for you” 6/att!ew 9=89,
1LT;(
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tri+( T!ereore, yo3 need to spea% t!e tr3t! to yo3r
#es!(
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8 “.#es!, I 'o++and yo3 toLine 3p wit! t!e Word o God in t!e 0pirit in t!e +i"!ty
na+e o 2es3s(”
T!e 0pirit o t!e Lord is in yo3, and He !as set yo3
ree and "i-en yo3 -i'tory t!ro3"! 2es3s> s3bstit3tionary
deat! on t!e 'ross(
1ow it>s ti+e or anot!er “breat!er”8
1y wife ?ust came home with a large package ofboneless chicken which was on sale
) asked her, “How was it able to walk8”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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%.
YOUR SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS
/&KE O1E O. 5OUR "oa#s to ne-er stop
a'B3irin" a## a-ai#ab#e spirit3a# %now#ed"e and to
'ontin3e 3n'tionin" in t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+( 5o3rdesired wei"!t red3'tion is <3st a -is3a#iation away(
Re+e+ber, t!o3"!, t!at one o yo3r ene+ies is yo3r#es!(
5o3 are a t!reedi+ensiona# bein"8 yo3 are a spirit,yo3 !a-e a so3#, and yo3 #i-e in a body( Ea'! o t!ese
parts is inter'onne'ted and inseparab#e( 5et, yo3r spirit
and yo3r so3# are dierent entities wit! dierent
s3bstan'es( 5o3r #es! 'onsists o yo3r so3# and yo3r
body( W!at is so as'inatin" is t!at i yo3 'o3#d re+o-eyo3r spirit and #oo% at it, yo3 wo3#d see yo3r pere't
wei"!t 4 s#i+ and tri+(
“'ow, may the ;od of peace make you holy in every
way, and may your whole spirit, and soul and body be
kept blameless until that day when our .ord #esus ;hrist
comes again” 69 T!essa#onians @8?, 1LT;,
5o3 are rea##y a spirit3a# bein" rat!er t!an a !3+an bein" sin'e yo3r spirit is eterna# and t!e !3+an part o
yo3 is te+pora# or te+porary In ot!er words, yo3 are a
spirit in a body, not a body wit! a spirit( 5o3 are a
spirit3a# bein" on a p!ysi'a# <o3rney rat!er t!an a
p!ysi'a# bein" on a spirit3a# <o3rney( W!en yo3
a''epted t!e Lord 2es3s C!rist into yo3r !eart, yo3r
spirit 'a+e “a#i-e,” as i it !ad been res3rre'ted ro+ t!edead in t!e sa+e way t!at C!rist was(
5o3r spirit is God>s 'and#e, as t!e o##owin" -erse
re-ea#s8 “&he .ord2s searchlight penetrates the human
spirit exposing every human motive” 6)ro-erbs :8,
1LT;(
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&HE SE;@E& (.0;E
Let yo3r spirit r3#e yo3r so3# and body( Re+e+ber,spirit irstJ God>s 0pirit !as 3nion and e##ows!ip wit!
yo3r !3+an spirit wit!in t!e se'ret p#a'e o yo3r
inner+ost bein"( T!at is, t!e Ho#y 0pirit dwe##s wit!in
yo3 and He #i-es wit! yo3r spirit( 5o3 need to spend
ti+e wit!in t!e se'ret p#a'e o t!e /ost Hi"! be'a3se, as
/oses pointed o3t, t!at is w!ere yo3 wi## !a-e
e##ows!ip wit! God and #i-e wit! God( T!e se'ret p#a'e!as been des'ribed as a p#a'e o re3"e, 'o+ort, pea'e,
and <oyA it is a p#a'e w!ere yo3 wi## ind indes'ribab#e
treas3res and a p#a'e o power and !ea-en#y ait! t!at
wi## o-er'o+e any obsta'#e, sin, si'%ness, or e-en e*'ess
wei"!t( W!ere is t!e se'ret p#a'e It is t!e t!rone o God
in yo3r !eart(
&he (salmist says, “He who dwells in the secret
place of the 1ost High shall abide under the shadow of
the 0lmighty” 6)sa#+s 989, 1K2;(
W!en yo3 e*perien'ed yo3r +ira'#e o sa#-ation, t!e
.at!er, t!e 0on, and t!e Ho#y 0pirit 'a+e to dwe## wit!in
yo3r spirit( 5o3 wo3#d ne-er !a-e been ab#e to see t!e
a'e o 2es3s i t!is did not !appen(
)#ease re+e+ber t!at yo3r spirit is #i%e a spon"e t!at
soa%s 3p w!ate-er it !ears( It is wit!in yo3 and it is
!e#pin" yo3 to a'!ie-e yo3r wei"!t red3'tion(
5o3r so3# !as a wi## t!at God 'reated to be reeA
t!ereore, yo3 are not a robot( T!is +eans t!at yo3 !a-e
t!e abi#ity to +a%e 3p yo3r own +ind rat!er t!an
a##owin" yo3rse# be in#3en'ed by yo3r ad-ersary t!e
de-i#, or e-en by God( 5o3r ree wi## "i-es yo3 t!e
power o '!oi'e( 5o3 need to "et so e*'ited abo3t Godt!at yo3 or"et t!e de-i#(
In addition, to yo3r ree wi##, yo3r e+otions, yo3r
senses, yo3r ee#in"s, yo3r t!o3"!ts, yo3r per'eptions,
and yo3r +ind or inte##e't are o3nd wit!in yo3r so3#(
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yo3 !ea-ier, +a%e ridi'3#o3s de+ands on yo3 and t!en
!a-e yo3 be#ie-e t!at t!ose de+ands are in a"ree+ent
wit! t!e essentia# yo3 4 yo3r spirit($3t yo3 wi## %now better as a res3#t o e*perien'in"
w!at wi## !appen wit! yo3r wei"!t #oss, as yo3 i"!t and
win 'ontro# o yo3r so3#( 5o3 'an easi#y oppose 0atan
w!en yo3 irst s3rrender yo3rse# to God(
2a+es writes, “&herefore submit to God @esist the
devil and he will flee from you” 62a+es 8, 1K2;(
;A11)&1E'& 0'9 &@!S&
Co++it+ent a#ways in-o#-es tr3st( T!e tr3t! is t!at
yo3 +3st now tr3st God +ore 3##y t!an yo3>-e e-er
tr3sted Hi+ beore( Co3ra"e res3#ts ro+ yo3r tr3stin"(
/a%e a 'ons'io3s eort to see% God e-ery day, to !ear
His -oi'e, to see% His %in"do+ and His ri"!teo3sness,
and to re+ain aware o t!e Kin"do+ o God, w!i'! is
wit!in yo3(
Here is one o +y a-orite $ib#e passa"es8 “&rust in
the .A@9 with all your heart> do not depend on your
own understanding Seek his will in all you do, and he
will direct your paths 9on2t be impressed with your
own wisdom )nstead, fear the .A@9 and turn your back
on evil” 6)ro-erbs ?8@, 1LT;(
In'#3ded in yo3r yie#din" to God is t!e s3rrender o
yo3r body to Hi+( 60ee Ro+ans 989(; Do yo3 rea#ie
t!at yo3r body does not be#on" to yo3 It was #oaned to
yo3 ro+ God, w!o 'reated it or yo3( 5et God is not
responsib#e or yo3r body 3nti# yo3 t3rn it ba'% o-er to
Hi+( W!en yo3 !a-e dii'3#ty %eepin" yo3r body in
s3b<e'tion, yo3 need to ret3rn owners!ip o it to yo3rCreator( He is 'ertain#y better ab#e t!an yo3 are to
!and#e and preser-e it in t!e proper +anner(
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W!en yo3 ai# to ta%e 'are o yo3, yo3 are i"norin"
yo3r body and, t!ereby, yo3 are a't3a##y ab3sin" God>s
te+p#e(“9o you not know that you are the temple of God
and that the Spirit of God dwells in you8” 69 Corint!ians
?897, 1K2;
I t!ere is any B3estion abo3t t!is in yo3r +ind, <3st
as% yo3rse#, “Is 2es3s !appy wit! +y appearan'e”
Deep wit!in, yo3 %now t!at yo3r spirit !as a#ready
answered t!is B3estion or yo3(W!at yo3 need to do is p3t yo3r body on His a#tar,
as i yo3r body were a #i-in" sa'rii'e and yo3 are
t3rnin" yo3r #es! o-er to God(
T!e word “sa'rii'e” re+inds yo3 o t!e sa'rii'es
t!at were pra'ti'ed by t!e Hebrews in t!e O#d
Testa+ent, b3t t!e dieren'e is t!at t!ose sa'rii'es
were dead ani+a#sA now God wants yo3 to be a living
sacrifice 3nto Hi+(
W!en yo3 "i-e yo3r body to God as a #i-in"
sa'rii'e, yo3 wi## #i-e a '#ean and p3re #ie, and yo3 wi##
treat His property 6yo3r body; wit! respe't( T!e Word
says yo3 'an +a%e yo3r body an a''eptab#e sa'rii'e to
God and t!at t!is is “a reasonab#e ser-i'e” to Hi+( 5o3
+3st re+e+ber t!at yo3 'annot "i-e yo3r body to t!e
de-i# and e*pe't to "o to Hea-en(
5o3r body is +ade !o#y to God w!en yo3 s3rrender
it and p#a'e it on His a#tar( T!is is t!e %ey t!at 3n#o'%s
God>s pro-ision or yo3r body, or yo3 t!en wi## be'o+e
open to His s3pernat3ra# pro-ision or yo3r p!ysi'a# body( 5o3 wi## t!en ee# God>s 0pirit drawin" yo3 and
spea%in" to yo3( 5o3 !a-e "i-en 3p owners!ip o yo3r
body w!en yo3 !and it o-er to Hi+( T!is !as to be a tr3ere#ease ro+ wit!in, so yo3 'an wat'! w!at God 'an doand a-oid 3rt!er ab3se, in'#3din" o-ereatin"(
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“0nd so, dear brothers and sisters, ) plead with you
to give your bodies to God .et them be a living and holy
sacrifice 4 the kind he will accept 3hen you think of what
he has done for you, is this too much to ask8 9on2t copy
the behavior and customs of this world, but let ;od
transform you into a new person by changing the way
you think &hen you will know what God wants you to
do, and you will know how good and pleasing and
perfect his will really is” 6Ro+ans 989, 1LT;(5o3 need to 3nderstand t!at sin'e yo3 were 'reated
by God, yo3 be#on" to Hi+( T!is didn>t +a%e sense to
+e 3nti# I 3nderstood, as an e*a+p#e, t!at w!en yo3
paint a pi't3re yo3 be'o+e t!e 'reator o t!at pi't3re and
its owner( T!e pi't3re is yo3r possession in t!e sa+e
way t!at yo3 are His possession(
<)..E9 %4 &HE HA.4 S()@)&
T!e tr3e %ey to yo3r persona# power is o3nd in
bein" i##ed wit! t!e Ho#y 0pirit( $3t t!is is not a one
ti+eon#y %ind o e*perien'e( 5o3 +3st %eep on bein"
i##ed wit! t!e Ho#y 0pirit on a dai#y basis( 0tart ee#in"
t!e ire o God wit!in yo3r spirit( )ro'#ai+ t!is !o#y
inor+ation oten, o3t #o3d8 “I "o in t!e power o t!e
Ho#y 0pirit e-ery day, and He w!o 'ontin3o3s#y #eads
+e i##s +eJ”
2es3s #i-es wit!in yo3J $e'a3se t!is is tr3e, yo3 do
not !a-e to #isten to nat3ra# ta#% any+ore, or t!is is t!e
way t!e wor#d 'o++3ni'ates( 5o3 +ay be in t!e wor#d,
b3t yo3 are not o t!e wor#d(
5o3r #es! is dead, b3t yo3r spirit is a#i-e( 5o3 be#ie-e t!is by ait!, and t!at is a## t!at is reB3ired( God
is as e*'ited as yo3 are wit! yo3r ait!, be'a3se it
'ontin3es to "row by #eaps and bo3nds as yo3 read .ean
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God2s 3ay, and, +ost o a##, it p#eases Hi+, and
%nowin" t!is s!o3#d p#ease yo3, as we##(
“So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith 0nyone who wants to come to him must believe
that there is a God and that he rewards those who
sincerely seek him” 6Hebrews 9987, 1LT;(
&s a res3#t o app#yin" t!ese tr3t!s, yo3 !a-e now
rea'!ed anot!er #e-e# in t!e wisdo+ o God( 5o3 !a-e
t!e sa+e 0pirit wit!in in yo3 t!at was in 2es3s, t!e 0pirit
t!at raised Hi+ ro+ t!e dead( I He "a-e #ie to 2es3s,He wi## a#so "i-e #ie to yo3( T!is +eans t!at t!ere is no
'ondition or sit3ation yo3 are a'in" t!at t!e 0pirit w!o
is wit!in yo3 'annot dea# wit! and 'onB3er, in'#3din"
yo3r wei"!t '!a##en"e(
“&he Spirit of God, who raised #esus from the dead,
lives in you 0nd ?ust as he raised ;hrist from the dead,
he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit
living within you” 6Ro+ans =899, 1LT;(
5o3 on#y need w!ate-er +eas3re o ait! yo3
a#ready !a-e wit!in yo3 to be#ie-e and a'!ie-e t!e
p3rpose o t!is boo%( I be#ie-e t!at w!en yo3 p3r'!ased
t!is boo%, e-en wit!o3t rea#iin" it, yo3 were "oin" to
a''o+p#is! yo3r wei"!t#oss "oa#( 5o3 'o3#d say t!at
God "a-e yo3 a “ait! #it(” 5o3 do not need to "et an e
+ai# or a a* ro+ t!e Ho#y 0pirit to 'onir+ w!at I>+
sayin", be'a3se t!e power o yo3r ait! and be#ie is
s3i'ient or t!is to !appen( 5o3 a#ready !a-e eno3"!
ait! to bind a## t!e powers o t!e de-i#, and yo3 wi## see
t!is !appen wit! yo3r new wei"!tJ)ro'#ai+ t!is a#o3d, “Lord, I t!an% 5o3 or +y
pre'io3s body( $y t!e de'ision o +y wi## and a
'o++it+ent o +y ait!, I want to !a-e an e*tended #ieon Eart! and so I t3rn +y body o-er to 5o3, God( I #ay iton 5o3r a#tar and as% 5o3 to ta%e 'are o it, preser-e it,
and prote't it( .ro+ now on +y body be#on"s to 5o3( I
wi## #isten and be obedient to 5o3 wit! +y new eatin"
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#iesty#e as yo3 de#i-er +e ro+ +y pre-io3s 3n!ea#t!y
eatin" !abits( I t!an% yo3 t!at be'a3se o 5o3 I wi##
a'!ie-e +y desired wei"!t and +aintain it(”
(04 0&&E'&)A' &A 1E
T!ro3"!o3t yo3r readin" of .ean God2s 3ay, it
won>t be 3n3s3a# or yo3 to !ear w!at so3nds #i%e t!at
“sti##, s+a##, B3iet -oi'e(” God +ay be te##in" yo3 to,
“)&5 &TTE1TIO1 TO /E(” W!en yo3 e*perien'eHis presen'e, w!i'! is His #o-e, t!is be'o+es a#+ost an
indes'ribab#e !appenin"( 5o3 +ay sense an aweso+e
pea'e, #i%e a prote'ti-e B3ietness, per!aps e-en abso#3te
'a#+ness( 5o3 +ay sense sti##ness and ina'ti-ity wit!in
yo3r so3#( T!e 0'ript3re 'o+es a#i-e and yo3 are ab#e to
e*perien'e )sa#+ 78998 “%e still and know that ) am
God” 6K2;(
5o3 +ay not be ab#e to des'ribe t!is, or e-en !a-e a
need to e*press it in words be'a3se yo3 "rasp t!at t!is is
a## spirit3a#( God>s presen'e 'an 'reate 'oniden'e, <oy,
and e-en an i++eas3rab#e ait! wit!in yo3( T!e tr3t! is
t!at yo3 #ose yo3r ee#in"s, yo3r e+otions, and e-en
yo3r se# w!en yo3 are in His presen'e( 5o3r se#
disappears as i it were swa##owed 3p by di-ine
in-o#-e+ent( W!en yo3 rea#ie yo3 do not need t!e se#,
yo3 %now yo3 'an and wi## do t!is t!in"J
W!at>s so a+ain" and abso#3te#y tr3e is t!at God
won>t inrin"e on yo3r ree wi##( $3t i yo3 are wi##in" to
s!3t down yo3r so3# di+ension, and t3rn it 'o+p#ete#y
o-er to God, yo3 wi## e*perien'e enor+o3s pea'e and
steady wei"!t #oss be'a3se He !as 'ontro# o yo3r wi##,
yo3r e+otions, yo3r t!o3"!ts, and yo3r inte##e't entire#yor yo3r beneit(
T!e anointin" 'o+es 3pon yo3 or ser-i'e( T!is
anointin" pro'eeds ro+ t!e presen'e o God, so irst
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yo3 need to s'!ed3#e pri-ate ti+e or see%in" Hi+(
In'#3de ti+e to #isten to Hi+ and ta#% ba'% to Hi+(
Wors!ip tapes wi## en!an'e yo3r en'o3nter wit!God in yo3r se'ret p#a'e( 60ee )sa#+ 98 9(; Ha-e yo3
noti'ed t!at as yo3 'ontin3e to "row '#oser to God, yo3
'ontin3e to #ose wei"!t 5o3 'o3#d reer to t!is
s3pernat3ra# 'onne'tion as a dyna+i' spirit3a# pro'ess(
T!is is a-ai#ab#e i yo3 want to rea#i"n and i+pro-e yo3r
+ind( In t!e nat3ra#, it is '#ai+ed peop#e on#y 3se a -ery
s+a## ra'tion o t!e cognitive potential o t!eir brain,e-en t!o3"! e-ery part o t!eir brain !as a %nown
3n'tion and e-ery brain ne3ron is b3si#y wor%in"( T!is
is not a !3+an so#3tion( To answer t!is, yo3 !a-e to "o
beyond t!e inte##e't3a# aspe't, into t!e deep side o t!e
brain w!ere t!ere are si+i#arities between t!e !3+an
+ind and God>s( & brea%t!ro3"! o''3rs w!en yo3 set
yo3r +ind on t!in"s abo-eA it is an 3n#i+ited di+ension(
5o3 %now t!at t!e Kin"do+ o God is wit!in yo3, b3t
did yo3 rea#ie Hea-en e*ists on Eart!, and yo3 are a
'itien o Hea-en and en'o3nters in t!e !ea-en#y rea#+
are yo3r in!eritan'e
1ow !ere>s anot!er ta#e t!at wi## "i-e yo3 p#eas3re(
0 woman was talking to her “3eigh .ess Group”
and telling them how sympathetic her physician was
with her situation when she got off the scale during her
last office visit
3ith concern in her voice, she said “9octor, am )
gaining too much weight8”
He replied “'o, not at a** especially if you are
planning a career as a Sumo wrestler:”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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1&.
THE POWER OF TONGUES
I01>T IT &/&PI1G TH&T one o t!e "reatest
too#s God !as pro-ided or His '!i#dren is sti## str3""#in"
or re'o"nition Did yo3 %now t!at e-ery -erse in t!e 1ew Testa+ent was written by so+eone w!o spo%e in
ton"3es& +a<or ortress t!e de-i# b3i#ds in t!e !3+an +ind
is pre<3di'e( He pro"ra+s o3r +inds wit! erroneo3sinor+ation beore we %now a## we need to %now to
or+ an a''3rate opinion( In t!at way !e 'an pre-ent t!e
tr3t! ro+ enterin" o3r #i-es and doin" its i+portant
wor% wit!in 3s and t!ro3"! 3s(
T!e tr3t! is I didn>t want any part o spea%in" inton"3es, a#t!o3"! I +3st ad+it t!at it p#ayed a +a<or
ro#e in t!e !ea#in" o t!e '!roni', intra'tab#e pain I !ad
#on" end3red in bot! o +y eet( 5o3 see, I was
pre<3di'ed in +y attit3de toward t!is "it( I didn>t
3nderstand t!at God "a-e t!is "it to His saints so t!at
t!ey wo3#d proit in a## t!in"s(
)a3# 6w!o spo%e in ton"3es; writes, %ut themanifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal” 69 Corint!ians 89, K2;(
In ot!er words, I was down on w!at I was not 3p on(
&nd yet +y tota# !ea#in" was '#ear#y an a't o t!e Ho#y
0pirit, not t!e res3#t o so+e de+oni' sit3ation, a#t!o3"!
t!e etio#o"y or 'a3se was ro+ a spirit o inir+ity(
“0nd everyone present was filled with the HolySpirit and began speaking in other languages, as the
Holy Spirit gave them this ability” 6&'ts 8, 1LT;(
I yo3 !a-e been baptied in t!e Ho#y 0pirit, yo3
spea% a #an"3a"e t!at does not 'o+e ro+ yo3r +ind( It
is t!e #an"3a"e o God>s 0pirit wit!in yo3( God wants
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GE& %0(&)KE9 )' &HE HA.4 S()@)&
2es3s !as "i-en 3s t!e abi#ity to pray in ot!erton"3es, and t!is is w!at prayin" in t!e 0pirit a't3a##y
+eans(
)a3# writes, “0nd the Holy Spirit helps us in our
distress <or we don2t even know what we should pray
for, nor how we should pray %ut the Holy Spirit prays
for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in
words” 6Ro+ans =87, 1LT;(Is it any wonder t!e &post#e )a3#, w!o wrote two
t!irds o t!e 1ew Testa+ent, said8 “(ray at all times
and on every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit
Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all
;hristians everywhere” 6Ep!esians 789=, 1LT;(
T!e point is t!at yo3 rea##y do not reB3ire any
te'!ni'a# s%i##s or prayin" in ton"3es, nor do yo3 need
to !a-e a de"ree in e#e'tri'ity( Don>t t3rn so+et!in" t!at
God !as +ade to be easy into so+et!in" t!at is dii'3#t(
)ray t!is wit! passion and spea% it o3t #o3d8 “I Lo-e
yo3, Lord, or a## 5o3 do or +e, and I t!an% 5o3 or
t!is "od#y i+partation( In t!e +i"!ty na+e o 2es3s, I
as% 5o3 ri"!t now, Lord, to anoint +e wit! t!e baptis+
in t!e Ho#y 0pirit, t!at I +ay spea% in ton"3es wit! a##
t!e ri"!ts and pri-i#e"es "ained t!ereby, and t!at I +ay
'o++3ni'ate wit! 5o3 persona##y, and t!at I +ay
re'ei-e t!e "its o t!e 0pirit(”
Let>s pa3se now or anot!er !3+oro3s re#e'tion8
0n elderly gentleman went to the supermarket to
purchase half a head of lettuce &he produce manager
couldn2t believe his ridiculous re-uest He told the man
to wait and in the meantime, after he cut a head oflettuce in half he decided to inform the store manager
about this man2s silly re-uest
He said> “0l, you won2t believe this, but some craIy
customer wants to buy half a head of lettuce:”
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0s he was about to go back, he realiIed that the
customer had followed him, and he -uickly recovered by
saying, “0nd this nice gentleman wants to buy the otherhalf:”
1ow say t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“God, thank You for helping me to eat wisely.
Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and guiding all
my food needs.”
5o3 are a dear and pre'io3s reader, or yo3 !a-e are+ar%ab#e persisten'e and end3ran'e as yo3 p3rs3e
yo3r "oa# toward yo3r tota# s3''ess and -i'tory( 5o3 arenow twot!irds o t!e way t!ro3"! t!is boo% and !a-e
a'B3ired s3pernat3ra#, positi-e e+otiona# stren"t! wit!an i+penetrab#e ar+or a"ainst any ne"ati-ity ro+ t!e
de-i#, ne"ati-e peop#e, or t!e so3#is! rea#+ o yo3r+ind( 5o3 are indeed a ortressJ T!an% God t!at yo3
'oness t!e Word, as it is o3t#ined in .ean God2s 3ay on
a dai#y basis( 5o3 are an aweso+e b#essin" to t!e $ody
o C!rist, as 2o!n 9@8 points o3t8 “%ut if you stay
?oined to me and my words remain in you, you may ask
any re-uest you like, and it will be granted:” 61LT;(
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11.
HILARIOUSLY FUNNY REMARKS
.ro+ a poster in an i'e 'rea+Qba%ery s!op8
LI.E I0 U1CERT&I1,
E&T DE00ERT .IR0T
.ro+ a si"n on a astood b3##etin board8/5 .&ORITE .OOD T5)E I0
“DRIETHROUGH”
.ro+ a si"n in a -eterinarian>s oi'e8
W!at 5o3 Coness Is W!at 5o3 )ossess(
Ta#% t!e Lan"3a"e o t!e Ho#y 0pirit(
io#ators Wi## $e 1e3tered(
.ro+ a posta# 'ard t!at was sent ro+ a or+er#y
o-erwei"!t da3"!ter to !er +ot!er8
Dear /o+,
I yo3 #o-e +e, don>t eed +e(
Howe-er, it does not +atter now t!at I !a-e 'ontro#(
.ro+ a si"n in an oi'e o t!e /otor e!i'#e
Depart+ent8
/5 GO&L I1 LI.E I0 TO WEIGH WH&T /5
DRIER>0 LICE10E 0&50 I DO(
Re'ei-ed as a "reetin" 'ard8
CO1GR&TUL&TIO10 O1 5OUR 1EW DIET(HOWEER, GR&5 I0 1OT & $EER&GE(
.ro+ a poster in a s+or"asbord resta3rant8
& DIET I0 WH&T 5OU KEE) )UTTI1G O..
WHILE 5OU KEE) )UTTI1G O1(
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.ro+ a si"n in a !ospita# n3tritionist>s oi'e8
THE .OUR $&0IC .OOD GROU)08
.ROPE1, /ICROW&E,)&CK&GED, &1D .&0T(
)oster8
LECTURE O1 E&TI1G )RO$LE/0 $5
WORLD .&/OU0 1UTRITIO1I0T(
0o+eone wrote 3nderneat!,
“1ot or +e, I don>t !a-e any prob#e+s eatin"(”
.ro+ a poster in a do'tor>s oi'e8
DIET8 & 0HORT )ERIOD O. 0T&R&TIO1
.OLLOWED $5 & WEIGHT G&I1 O. .IE
)OU1D0
.ro+ a b3+per sti'%er on t!e ba'% o a 'ar8
GOD LOE0 U0 0O /UCH TH&T HE G&E U0
CHOCOL&TE(
.ro+ a si"n in a weddin" "own s!op8
E&T IT TOD&5 WE&R IT TO/ORROW(
/y .a-orite /en3
$RE&K.&0T
Ha# a "raper3it(
One s#i'e o w!o#ew!eat toast, dry(
= o3n'es o s%i+ +i#%(
LU1CH.o3r o3n'es o #ean, broi#ed '!i'%en breast(
One '3p o stea+ed spina'!(
One '3p o !erba# tea(One Oreo 'oo%ie(/ID&.TER1OO1 01&CK
Rest o t!e Oreos in t!e pa'%a"e(
Two pints o ro'%y road i'e 'rea+(
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One <ar o !ot 3d"e sa3'e(
13ts, '!erries, and w!ipped 'rea+(
DI11ERTwo #oa-es o "ar#i' bread wit! '!eese(
One #ar"e sa3sa"eand+3s!roo+swit!'!eese
pia(
T!ree /i#%y Way or 0ni'%ers 'andy bars
.o3r 'ans or one #ar"e pit'!er o soda(
T!ree +ore /i#%y Way or 0ni'%ers 'andy bars(
L&TEEE1I1G 01&CKEntire roen '!eese'a%e eaten dire't#y ro+ reeer(
.o3r o3n'es o s%i+ +i#%(
.ro+ a si"n on a '!3r'! b3##etin8
Co+e or o3r 03ndaysA t!ey are better t!an $as%in
Robbins(
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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in !is bat!roo+( His irst #ar"e, bo#dprint +essa"e t!at
!e pasted as a !ead#ine o-er t!e ront pa"e o !is #o'a#
newspaper 6beore it !appened; was8 2OH1 0LI/0&1D TRI/0 TO 9@: )OU1D0(
W!en God ta#%s to yo3, He +ay s!ow yo3 a pi't3re(
T!e Word o God is prop!e'y and prop!e'y is a pi't3re(
Depend on t!is prin'ip#e o -is3a#iation, be'a3se
pi't3res and "rap!i's 'an indeed +a"netie and ener"ie
yo3( 0i+p#y see w!at yo3 want to be'o+e, be'a3se t!is
repetitio3s i+a"e wi## e-ent3a##y be'o+e so stron" t!atyo3 wi## not be ab#e to distin"3is! it ro+ t!e rea# one(
T!is is tr3e be'a3se yo3r brain stores +e+ory as
i+pressions and e+otions rat!er t!an as a'ts(
5o3 wi## see t!is -ision o yo3r s#i+andtri+ body
be'a3se w!at yo3 spea% is +aniested in pi't3re or+
and yo3r +ind wi## 'reate w!at it sees(
T!e $ib#e states8 “3here there is no vision, the
people perish” 6)ro-erbs 89=, K2;( On'e t!is "ets
inside o yo3, it wi## be'o+e w!at yo3 want on t!e
o3tside( 5o3 wi## be w!at yo3 seeJ
Repetition is -ita# to spirit3a# tr3t!( W!en yo3 are
“!it” by a spirit3a# tr3t! t!at +i"!t be reerred to as a
re-e#ation, repeat it o3t #o3d or yo3r ears to !ear beore
yo3 deposit it into yo3r brain>s stora"e ban%( &#so,
repeat it to a person w!o is near yo3 or rea'!ab#e by
te#ep!one, bot! to beneit yo3rse# and t!e ot!er person(
.or e*a+p#e, yo3 'o3#d say, “I yo3>re interested, I <3st
read abo3t a "od#y way to #ose wei"!t t!ro3"! t!e Ho#y
0pirit(” ¬!er e*a+p#e is, “How I r3n +y wei"!t #iedepends on !ow I r3n +y +o3t!(”
1ow, "et yo3r bat!roo+ s'a#e( )#a'e a pie'e o
w!ite tape or a #abe# in t!e or+ o a "a3"e and p3tn3+bers on it t!at re#e't t!e desired wei"!t t!at yo3 are
be#ie-in" or( T!is tape or #abe# wi## !ide yo3r nat3ra#
wei"!t n3+ber w!en yo3 stand 3pon t!e s'a#e(
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Get on t!at “spirit3a# s'a#e” +any ti+es t!ro3"!o3t
e-ery twentyo3r !o3r period and -is3a#ie and 'oness
t!e wei"!t yo3 see on t!at #abe#( $y so doin" yo3 areanno3n'in" to yo3rse# w!at yo3 wi## wei"! in t!e
3t3re(
0pea% t!is o3t #o3d, “T!an% 5o3 2es3s, or !e#pin"
+e wei"! NNNN po3nds(” Do t!is e-ery ti+e yo3 pass by
a +irror as we##( T!is wi## !a-e t!e ee't o '!an"in"
yo3r inner i+a"e o yo3rse#A t!en beore #on" yo3 wi##
be"in to see t!e sa+e '!an"e ta%e p#a'e o3tward#y(E-ent3a##y, yo3 wi## %now w!en it is ti+e or yo3 to
ina##y re+o-e t!e tape in order to see yo3r a't3a# wei"!t
on t!e s'a#e(
0 husband For wife put a label over his wife2s For
husband2s bathroom scale numbers that read “Go
3alk:”
.o##ow t!ese si+p#e instr3'tions in order to
e+p!asie w!at yo3 do not want to #oo% #i%e in t!e
3t3re8 Lo'% yo3rse# in a bedroo+ wit! a 3###en"t!
+irror and disrobe( )#a'e a paper ba" o-er yo3r !ead
wit! openin"s '3t o3t or yo3r eyes so yo3 'an re-iew
w!at yo3r body #oo%s #i%e( Deer doin" t!is i yo3 t!in%
it wi## be 3psettin", b3t re+e+ber t!at it tr3#y is a "reat
eyeopenerJ
$y t!e way, w!en yo3 #oo% in t!e +irror, re+e+ber
t!at yo3 are seein" yo3r #es!, not t!e rea# yo3, w!i'! is
yo3r spirit( 5o3 need to spea% o3t o yo3r spirit to yo3r
#es!( Co++and it, ta%e a3t!ority o-er it, and do not
a##ow it !a-e its way( Te## yo3r #es!, “9 !a-e a3t!ority,do+inion, and power o-er yo3 e-ery day and I>+ t!e
one t!at 'o++ands yo3 sin'e I>+ in '!ar"e(” 5o3 need
to repeat t!is 3nti# yo3 start be#ie-in" it and %eep be#ie-in" it 3nti# yo3 start seein" its +aniestation(
1ow, #et>s ta#% abo3t yo3r stern3+, an i+portant
part o yo3r body, w!i'! yo3 'an #o'ate in t!e 3pper
portion o yo3r '!est( T!e stern3+ is a #at, s!arps!aped
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bone t!at is at a 'entra# point in yo3r rib 'a"e( 5o3 'an
deter+ine !ow so#id it is in yo3r '!est w!en yo3 tap on
it( T!e $ib#e 'a##s t!is re"ion o yo3r body t!e p#a'ew!ere t!e “breastp#ate o ri"!teo3sness” s!o3#d be worn,
and t!e reason w!y it is so stron" and to3"! is t!at t!is is
w!ere yo3r spirit3a# ar+or be"ins( I++ediate#y be!ind
t!is, in t!e nat3ra# rea#+, is yo3r !eart, b3t in t!e
s3pernat3ra# rea#+, t!is is w!ere 2es3s #i-es wit!in yo3(
5o3 a#ready %now t!at no e*'ess wei"!t, si'%ness or
disease, 'an e*ist in t!e presen'e o 2es3s( T!ereore,spea% t!ese words o3t #o3d, “2es3s, I re3se to a##ow any
e*'ess wei"!t to e*ist in +y body in 5o3r +i"!ty
presen'e( In t!e na+e o 2es3s, de-i#, I ta%e a3t!ority
and do+inion o-er yo3, I bind and #oose yo3, spirit o
!ea-iness, and I brea% yo3r power and 'o++and yo3 to
'o+e o3t in t!e +i"!ty na+e o 2es3s( 5o3 ta%e yo3r
!ands o +e be'a3se I a+ tota##y God>s property( I
reb3%e t!is wei"!t and any and a66 o its 'o+p#i'ations(”
I bind and #oose yo3, spirit o inir+ity, and
'o++and yo3 to 'o+e o3t, wit! t!e si'%nesses and
diseases yo3 atte+pted to p3t on +y body( I reb3%e
t!ese +edi'a# 'onditions( De-i#, t!ey don>t e*ist in
Hea-en and I re3se to a''ept t!e+ in +y body( In t!e
+i"!ty na+e o 2es3s, I "i-e 5o3 praise and "#ory and
t!an% 5o3 or t!is -i'toryJ”
5o3 'an>t see t!e spirit o !ea-iness, t!e stron"+an
w!o is 'a3sin" yo3r e*'ess wei"!t, b3t yo3 'an see t!e
ee'ts o it( 0o+eti+es yo3 +ay de'ide t!at t!e best
way to %eep ro+ eatin" yo3r a-orite attenin" ood isto tota##y a-oid it on a #on"ter+ basis( /any ti+es,
t!o3"!, beore yo3 rea#ie it, t!is wi## 'a3se yo3 to ee#
depri-ed, and yo3 +ay atte+pt to so#-e t!is ee#in" oe+ptiness wit! a “ood bin"e(” T!is in-o#-es 'ons3+in"abnor+a##y #ar"e a+o3nts o yo3r “+issed” ood( &
bin"e o t!is %ind is tota##y 3nre#ated to !3n"er, and
t!ere is a probab#e ris% t!at it wi## #ead to re'3rrent, o3t
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o'ontro# episodes, w!i'! 'an be a-oided by re+ainin"
dependent 3pon t!e Ho#y 0pirit(
Here>s a "reat re'o++endation or yo3 to 'onsider8ta%e an o''asiona# bite or ta%e a “test taste” o yo3r
a-orite !i"!'a#orie ood( I it atte+pts to “ta#%” to yo3
abo3t eatin" +ore, ta#% ba'% to it, %nowin" it !as ears,
and say, “.ood, I a+ in 'ontro# o yo3( 5o3 !a-e no say
o-er +e( 5o3 !a-e to obey +e( I 'o++and yo3 to s!3t
3p, or I re3se to #isten to yo3r ta'ti's to te+pt +e to eat
+ore o yo3 in t!e na+e o 2es3s(”
4A!@ (A3E@<!. 0((ES&0&
5o3r appestat is a ine#y t3ned appetite'ontro#
+e'!anis+ t!at is #o'ated in t!e !ypot!a#a+3s o yo3r
brain( Its p3rpose is to re"3#ate ood inta%e(
It is so sensiti-e t!at it 'an 'o++and yo3r brain to
inor+ yo3r body to +aintain a 'ertain wei"!t,
re+ainin" wit!in a po3nd or two o t!at tar"et wei"!t or
+ost o yo3r #ie( $3t yo3 !a-e to #et it do so( Howe-er,
t!is set point wi## '!an"e e-ery ti+e yo3 ta%e on anot!er
diet pro"ra+, and it wi## %eep resettin" itse# 3nti# yo3
"et p#3""ed into yo3r persistent#y ba#an'ed pro"ra+ at
yo3r desired wei"!t #e-e#(
5o3r appetite'ontro# +e'!anis+ be"ins to wor%
wit!in t!e irst ew bites o a +ea#, and it sends appetite
s3ppressin" si"na#s to yo3r brain( $y t!e ti+e yo3r
sto+a'! is i##ed, abo3t twenty +in3tes #ater, a## ee#in"s
o !3n"er are "one( T!e n3trients ro+ t!e +ea# yo3 ate
inor+ yo3r brain t!at eatin" 'an now stop( 5o3 'annot
to#erate yo3r #es! be'o+in" do+inant, so enor'e yo3r
a3t!ority and power o-er it by 'o++andin" yo3r #es!to stop eatin" at t!e end o ea'! and e-ery +ea#( 5o3
'an do t!is by sayin" o3t #o3d, “.#es!, in t!e na+e o
2es3s, stop eatin" now(”
Let>s 'on'#3de t!is '!apter wit! anot!er 3nny story8
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1y doctor is very proud of my weight loss, but )
know that ) still need to work on my discipline ) think
)2m getting better ) have been depending on God moreand more .ike today, coming home from the doctor2s
office, ) passed my favorite bakery shop with those
creamCfilled doughnuts )n the window ) made a deal
with GodB “God )f you want me to have that doughnut,
then ?ust find me a parking space
0nd would you believe it8 ) found a parking space,
but ) did have to go around the block four times before )topened up:”
0ay t!is o3t )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for he(ping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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13.
NEW SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
ON CALORIES
LOGIC&L C&LORIE 0&ER0
9; Ca#ories do not 'o3nt i yo3 ta%e ood ro+ anot!er>s p#ate, sin'e it is not yo3r ood, and, t!ereore, t!ey are
not yo3r 'a#oriesJ
; Eatin" ood in t!e dar% doesn>t 'o3nt, sin'e yo3 are
not responsib#e or so+et!in" yo3 'annot seeJ
?; I yo3 'an inis! a reri"erator sna'% beore t!e door
'#oses, t!e 'a#ories do not 'o3nt be'a3se o t!e p!ysi'a#
a'ti-ity in-o#-edJ
; I yo3 eat a 'andy bar and drin% a diet soda at t!e
sa+e sittin", t!e 'a#ories in t!e diet soda 'an'e# o3t
t!ose in t!e 'andy barJ
@; .ood 3sed or +edi'ina# p3rposes ne-er 'o3nts, s3'!as !ot '!o'o#ate, brandy, and 0ara Lee '!eese'a%eJ
7; Coo%ie pie'es 'ontain no 'a#ories be'a3se t!ey are
bro%en, res3#tin" in 'a#orie #ea%a"eJ
; .oods t!at !a-e t!e sa+e 'o#or !a-e t!e sa+e n3+ber
o 'a#ories( E*a+p#es are spina'! and pista'!io i'e'rea+, +3s!roo+s, and w!ite '!o'o#ateJ
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
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“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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14.
THE KEY TO GOD’S FOOD WISDOM
&0 & RE0ULT O. t!e wei"!t 'risis yo3 !a-e a'ed,
yo3 are #i-in" in a batt#e"ro3nd or yo3r #ie( T!e rea#
wei"!t batt#e is between yo3r ears(
&here )s a cartoon with (eanuts and the gang
drifting clown a river on a life raft )t )s twilight &hecaption under the picture reads, =3e have met the
enemy and they are us:”T!is is a !3+oro3s i##3stration t!at -i-id#y portrays
a spirit3a# tr3t!(
W!at are yo3 #istenin" to &re yo3r t!o3"!ts
'o+in" ro+ yo3r #es!, t!e de-i#, or God Is t!e de-i#
settin" 3p “ood traps,” so yo3 wi## eat w!at yo3 do notwant and e-en w!at yo3 do not #i%e &re yo3 "ettin"
'a3"!t 3p in w!at peop#e t!in% and w!at peop#e say Or
are yo3, instead, p#easin" t!e Lord and o##owin" t!e
Ho#y 0pirit
Wei"!t '!a##en"es are s3'! a +a<or tra"edy be'a3se
t!ey !appen as a res3#t o peop#e not %nowin" t!e Word
o God( Hosea e*p#ains t!is si+p#y by #ettin" yo3 %now!ow yo3 'an stay o3t o 'apti-ity8 “1y people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge %ecause you have
re?ected knowledge, ) also will re?ect you” 6Hosea 87,
1K2;(
G0)' GA9C;A'&@A.
5o3r "oa# is not to "ain se#'ontro# and se#
dis'ip#ine and a## t!e ot!er “se#-es” t!at are a## se#
'entered, b3t to be'o+e God'entered, God'ontro##ed,
Goddis'ip#ined, and God"o-erned( T!e res3#t o
sear'!in" or God and i"norin" yo3r se# is t!e deat! o
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t!e se##ie( T!is is a desired "oa#( T!e #on"er and +ore
er-ent#y yo3 sear'! or God, t!e #ess o yo3 re+ains(
T!e tr3t! is t!at God so+eti+es wit!draws !i+se# ro+yo3 so as to en'o3ra"e and +oti-ate yo3 to #earn to
o##ow Hi+(
5o3 'an be in 'o++and o yo3r entire #ie by
#istenin" to and obeyin" t!e Ho#y 0pirit( 5o3 'o++3ne
wit! t!e Ho#y 0pirit by ait!( His -oi'e is t!at “sti##,
s+a##, B3iet -oi'e” t!at !as a#ready to#d yo3 not to "o to
a parti'3#ar riedood or astood resta3rant and not todrin% yo3r a-orite soda, w!i'! is +ade ro+ t!e
identi'a# s3bstan'e t!e !i"!way patro# 'arries in t!eir
tr3n%s to re+o-e b#ood ro+ t!e !i"!way ater a 'ar
a''identJ 5o3 %now t!at i yo3 !ear a 'ontrary -oi'e and
do not #i%e w!at it says, yo3 'an say o3t #o3d, “I bind
yo3, de-i#, in t!e na+e o 2es3s, and I 'o++and yo3 to
!o#d yo3r pea'eA s!3t 3p, and "oJ”
Wei"!t #oss be'o+es easy w!en yo3 'o+pare yo3r
desired "oa# to t!e <o3rney o 9,::: +i#es t!at be"ins
wit! a sin"#e step( 5o3r <o3rney be"ins wit! t!e #oss o a
sin"#e po3nd and t!ereater yo3 <3st need to %eep on
d3p#i'atin" t!at #oss( T!at is to say t!at yo3 s!o3#d ta%e
it one po3nd at a ti+e 3nti# yo3 arri-e at yo3r
destination( In t!e pro'ess, stay t3ned to t!e Ho#y 0pirit,
or it is in t!e spirit3a# rea#+ w!ere +ira'#es wi## !appen
and instant wei"!t #oss wi## o''3r(
&HE (@);E A< 3E)GH& .ASS
Consider t!e o##owin"#ist abo3t !ow to +aintain
t!e !ea#in" o yo3r wei"!t, and note t!at it does in-o#-e
a "reat pri'e to pay8
9; Keep yo3rse# 3nder t!e b#ood o 2es3s( 60ay it(;
; Keep resistin" t!e ene+y(
?; Keep yo3r ait! stron"(
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; Keep yo3rse# in an at+osp!ere o ait!(
J Keep s!arin" yo3r testi+ony(
W!en God does biarre and as'inatin" +ira'#es or
peop#e, s3'! as !a-in" t!e+ #ose wei"!t instant#y, we a##
re<oi'e( T!at !as !appened to B3ite a ew peop#e, and it
!as been reported by +any +inistries( &n a'3te wei"!t
#oss o t!irtyi-e po3nds !as been witnessed and
reported at t!e Hea#in" E*p#osions o C!ar#es and
.ran'es H3nter 6t!e Happy H3nters; on two separateo''asions( T!ey report t!at bot! a +an and a wo+an #ost
appro*i+ate#y t!irtyi-e po3nds instant#yJ
I as%ed .ran'es H3nter w!at s!e said to t!e+ w!en
t!is !appened and s!e rep#ied, “(ick up your pants:”
One +inistry tra'ed t!is p!eno+enon ba'% to one o t!e
!ea#in" +eetin"s o &(&( &##en in t!e 9@:>s w!en
so+eone a't3a##y #ost :: po3nds instant#yJ Re+e+ber,
w!en yo3 be#ie-e, yo3 'an re'ei-e(
T!ere is not!in" wron" i yo3 de'ide to peror+ a
“pantry s'an” and re+o-e s3r"i'a##y by !and a## t!e
“ood <3n%” t!at !as a''3+3#ated so yo3 don>t e*pose
yo3rse# to any +ore don>teatt!isood "3i#t w!en t!e
de-i# atte+pts to eed yo3r +ind wit! t!e te+ptation to
sna'%(
)rayer or yo3r instant wei"!t #oss8 “In t!e na+e o
2es3s, I ta%e tota# a3t!ority and do+inion o-er yo3,
de-i#( I brea% yo3r power, and I bind and #oose yo3 and
'o++and yo3, spirit o !ea-iness, to 'o+e o3t now, or
I reb3%e t!is e*'ess wei"!t(I 'o++and a tota# !ea#in" o +y +e+ory or a## past
wo3nds, and I or"i-e anyone w!o !3rt +e( I 'o++and
a tota# ret3rn o 3n'tion o +y appestat(In t!e +i"!ty na+e o 2es3s, I 'o++and an instant
wei"!t #oss o ten per'ent o +y tota# body wei"!t to
ta%e p#a'e now( I as% t!e +inisterin" !ea#in" an"e#s to
e#i+inate t!e wei"!t in t!e na+e o 2es3s( 2es3s, I "i-e
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5o3 t!e praise and "#ory or t!is 'reati-e +ira'#e and or
t!is +ar-e#o3s -i'tory(”
Did yo3 %now t!at w!en God or"i-es yo3, Hede#etes a## o yo3r i#es re"ardin" t!at +atter <3st as yo3
s!o3#d do wit! ot!er peop#e
Sam .evinson was a wonderful comedian and
storyteller
&his is a true account of the struggles that existed
not ?ust to #ewish families #ust before supper, his
mother spotted %en?amin Goldberg coming up the front steps of their home
Luickly she saidB “Sam, we don2t have enough food
for ail of us, so ) want you to refuse dinner:”
Sam saidB “%ut, mom, )2m hungry”
“.isten to me:”
%en?amin agreed to stay for dinner 9uring the
serving, Sam did as he was to toldB “1om, )2m not
hungry ) don2t want any chicken
3hen dessert time came, his mom saidB “Sam, you
didn2t eat your supper 'o cake for you:”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding a(l my food needs.”
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1.
YOUR GODLY WISDOM
O1E O. THE GRE&TE0T '!a##en"es yo3 are
a'in" is re#ated to '!an"e( How do yo3 a''ept and
to#erate '!an"e W!en yo3 'onsider t!e res3#ts o be'o+in" spirit3a##y stron"er ro+ ea'! and e-ery
'!an"e or ad<3st+ent, yo3 wi## rea#ie t!at t!e “tradeo” is we## wort! t!e reward( T!ere is a !idden b#essin"
in bein" tested wit! tria#s( Do not or"et t!at yo3 'andepend on t!e !e#p o t!e Ho#y 0pirit ea'! step and ea'!
po3nd o t!e way(
5o3 are a#ready aware o yo3r "reat inward dri-in"
or'e 4 yo3r intense passion to s3''eed 4 and t!e deep
desire in yo3r !eart to win t!is wei"!t i"!t( T!an% Godt!at yo3 !a-e t!e ne'essary stren"t! and 'o3ra"e to be
-i'torio3s(
5o3 wi## be ree be'a3se yo3 !a-e t!e ait! to be
ree, so <3st 'ontin3e wa#%in" in it( $esides, yo3 !a-e
been t!ro3"! too +any wei"!t str3""#es in t!e past too
+any ti+es to t!row in t!e towe# now( T!is ti+e it wi##
be +3'! easier or yo3( I re'o++end t!at yo3 %eep into3'! wit! God on a dai#y basis, or His #o-e and 'are
or yo3 is pere't, eterna#, and 3n'onditiona#(
T!e Ho#y 0pirit, yo3r G3ide, #i-es wit!in yo3 and
He #eads yo3 to eat t!e proper oods wit!o3t restri'tions
or #i+itations( Do yo3 rea#ie t!at yo3 wi## ne-er be ree
to eat w!ate-er yo3 want wit!o3t any restri'tions or
#i+itations 3nti# yo3 %now yo3 are ree to eat anyt!in"yo3 want wit!o3t any restri'tions or #i+itations
“%ut when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you
are no longer sub?ect to the law” 6Ga#atians @89=,
1LT;(
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Restri'tions %eep yo3 ens#a-ed to yo3r ood( Here is
anot!er i+portant bib#i'a# prin'ip#e t!at wi## !e#p to
'#ariy t!is or yo38 yo3 wi## ne-er be ree ro+ sin 3nti#yo3 %now God !as "i-en pere't reedo+ to yo3(
“%ut sin took advantage of this law and aroused all
kinds of forbidden desires within me: )f there were no
law, sin would not have that power” 6Ro+ans 8=,
1LT;(
W!en yo3 +a%e a #aw o3t o t!e ood yo3 eat, it
be'o+es #i%e t!e sin prin'ip#e( 5o3 sti## want it e-enw!en yo3 are not eatin" it, be'a3se yo3 !a-e "i-en yo3r
#es! a taste o it 3nder t!e #aw( $3t, w!en yo3 eat it as a
ree +an or wo+an, wit!o3t yo3r se#i+posed #aw, yo3
eat it in ba#an'e and wit!o3t "3i#t or an abnor+a#
'ra-in" or it(
“So since God2s grace has set us free from the law,
does this mean we can go on sinning8 Af course not:”
6Ro+ans 789@, 1ET;(
;H0'GE )S GA9.4
ConseB3ent#y, yo3 are ree to eat w!at yo3 rea##y
want and e-eryt!in" is per+issib#e, be'a3se yo3 !a-e
be'o+e tota##y dependent on God( 5o3 want Hi+ to
dire't yo3 e-en i t!e ood 'ontradi'ts w!at yo3 t!o3"!t
yo3 were not s3pposed to eat( 5o3 are ree to eat any
ood God 'reatedA i it is a ood yo3 do not #i%e, and God
'reated it, t!en yo3 s!o3#d a-oid ta#%in" abo3t it and <3st
'onsider eatin" it( &#so, 'onsider eatin" w!ate-er yo3
want on'e in a w!i#e( T!is is espe'ia##y tr3e sin'e yo3
ne-er want to "et bored wit! eatin" t!e sa+e ood on a
reB3ent basis( T!is -ariety wi## "i-e yo3 a sense oe+an'ipation(
“3hatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, you
must do all for the glory of God” 69 Corint!ians 9:8?9,
1LT;(
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$e 'are3# not to p3t yo3r ait! in t!in"s o3tside o
God, s3'! as diets, pi##s, +et!ods, pro"ra+s, !erba#
re+edies, et'(, b3t rat!er p3t God irst in yo3r #ie( T!eHo#y 0pirit %nows t!e 'a#ories yo3 need, w!at ood to
p3r'!ase at t!e s3per+ar%et, w!at ood to order w!en
yo3 eat in resta3rants, w!en to eat, and a## yo3r -ario3s
ood a'ti-ities yo3 are in-o#-ed wit!, so as% Hi+ or
!e#p( Tr3st Hi+ t!at yo3 wi## ne-er be #ed into any %ind
o bonda"e to ood e-ery a"ain( T!is %now#ed"e wi##
re#ease yo3 ro+ a## yo3r se#+ade ood #aws and#e"a#is+s, and yo3r stri't and e*'essi-e 'onor+ity to
yo3r own re"3#ations(
E-en i it so3nds stran"e, be"in to #oo% at it t!is
way8 re+o-e and de#ete t!e pop3#ar diett!in%in"+ind
pro"ra+s, and #ose wei"!t so yo3 wi## be ab#e to eat
w!ate-er yo3 want( T!is rea##y is a #ow o wisdo+ to
yo3 ro+ t!e Ho#y 0pirit( Do not or"et t!at yo3 !a-e
a#ready p#a'ed yo3r body on God>s a#tar(
5o3 'an spoi# yo3r body wit! treats and pa+per it to
t!e point w!ere yo3 wi## "et 3sed to t!ese sna'%s and
e-ent3a##y de+and t!e+( T!is in'#3des addi'tions, s3'!
as s3"ar, 'andy, 'aeine, et'(
I +3st te## yo3 abo3t t!e a+o3s b3tterpe'an 'r3ise
I too% on'e( On t!is 'r3ise t!e waiter saw +y desire or
t!is dessert one ni"!t, and !e be"an to a-or +e wit!
e*tra portions o b3tterpe'an i'e 'rea+( T!en !e
s3rprised +e wit! t!e sa+e dessert or #3n'! and, sin'e I
'o3#d not re3se, I was !oo%edJ 5o3 do 3nderstand t!at
yo3 nor+a##y s!o3#d ne-er p3t anyt!in" into yo3r +o3t!a''identa##y t!at yo3 do not intend to eatJ $3tterpe'an
i'e 'rea+ at e-ery +ea# was instant "ratii'ation or +e,
b3t it too% wee%s to #ose t!e 3nneeded wei"!t t!at +yo3to'ontro# eatin" !ad 'a3sed( T!e p#eas3res o t!ei'e 'rea+ -anis!ed w!en I or'ed +yse# to see +y
b3tter pe'an wei"!t on t!e bat!roo+ s'a#eJ
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@; To pre-ent so+e si'%nesses and diseases(
7; To pre-ent s!ortter+ +e+ory i+pair+ent(
1e-er ee# <ea#o3s o t!in peop#e 6or anybody e#se;,or t!ey 'an !a-e t!eir own '!a##en"es wit! a dierent
bonda"e t!an w!at yo3 +ay be aware o( T!ey 'an !a-e
an addi'tion to ood, b3t t!eir wei"!t +i"!t ne-er re-ea#
t!eir o-ereatin"(
I !a-e spo%en to so +any patients w!o be#ie-e t!at
one +ea# a day is adeB3ate( God wo3#d 'a## t!is “te+p#e
ab3se,” and it is a bodi#y sin, 3n#ess, o 'o3rse, yo3 arein a 'on'entration 'a+pJ
T!ere are +any r3#es and re"3#ations yo3 !a-e
adopted and atte+pted to in'orporate into yo3r eatin"
!abits, +any o w!i'! are "ood, or e*a+p#e8 9; a##ow a
ti+e ra+e o o3r to si* !o3rs between +ea#sA ; eat
not!in" between +ea#sA and ?; eat sna'%s or treats
wit!in t!irty +in3tes o a +ea#A and ; eat s#ow#yJ
Howe-er, yo3 wi## be a+aed t!at a## t!e ood
inor+ation yo3 wi## e-er need wi## 'o+e to yo3 ro+
t!e s3pernat3ra# rea#+ t!ro3"! t!e Ho#y 0pirit( &## yo3
!a-e to do is to #isten to Hi+, and He wi## s!ow yo3 t!e
power t!at w!en yo3 .ean God2s 3ay yo3 wi## be .ean
God2s 3ay
1ow yo3 are "oin" to re#ease yo3rse# ro+ a## yo3r
diets wit! t!eir +any borders, bo3ndaries, and #i+its and
depend on t!e Ho#y 0pirit to "3ide yo3 to eat w!en yo3
are !3n"ry and be b#essed t!at yo3 'an stop w!en yo3
are 3##(
5o3 +ay !a-e to wait to see yo3r nor+a# wei"!tres3#ts 3nti# yo3r body>s +etabo#is+ and setpoints
ret3rn to nor+a# 'y'#es( Re+e+ber !ow #on" it too% yo3
to "et to t!is te+porary wei"!t #e-e# God is wit! yo3 int!is re-ersa# pro'ess, b3t yo3 need to !a-e steadast
patien'e or t!e ti+e in-o#-ed( 5o3 need to e*pe't
re'o-ery as we##, e-en ro+ t!e '!a##en"es t!at 'o3#d
s!ow 3p #ater in #ie ro+ yo3r i+proper eatin" !abits(
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T!e $ib#e says, “4ou may say, =) am allowed to do
anything2 %ut ) reply, ='ot everything is good for you2
0nd even though =) am allowed to do anything,2 ) mustnot become a slave to anything 4ou say, =<ood is for the
stomach, and the stomach is for food2 &his is true,
though someday God will do away with both of them
%ut our bodies were made for the .ord, and the .ord
cares about our bodies” 69 Corint!ians 7899?, 1LT;(
.o'3s on t!e spirit3a# inor+ation yo3 !a-e at yo3r
disposa# so t!at yo3 wi## a-oid t!e possibi#ity oinappropriate i+p3#ses t!at +i"!t send yo3 o in t!e
wron" dire'tion( .or e*a+p#e, yo3 +ay adopt an
e*'e##ent re'o++endation, b3t t!en de'ide to add a
pre-io3s +et!od yo3 3sed beore t!at +ay not be
“%os!er” or appropriate, be'a3se it rea##y did not wor% in
t!e past(
&s a 'ase in point, yo3 +ay wa%e 3p on a 03nday
+ornin" and "et an i+p3#se t!at te##s yo3 t!at sin'e t!is
is 03nday, yo3 are ob-io3s#y s3pposed to "et yo3r
a-orite s3ndaeJ T!en yo3 add t!e o##owin" t!o3"!t to
'onir+ w!at yo3 t!in% is a #as! o wisdo+, “) have not
had sundae in a month of Sundays “ T!at !as to be t!e
de-i# or yo3r #es! spea%in" to yo3J T!e dan"er in-o#-ed
wit! i+p3#ses is t!at t!ey 'an be'o+e 'o+p3#sions(
W!en t!is !appens, t!ey reB3ire spirit3a# re+o-a#(
&s yo3 'ontin3e to "et +ore o'3sed on .ean God2s
3ay, a-oid t!e t!reat o bein" di-erted by t!e “st3”
t!at I 'a## “s!adows,” t!in"s yo3 'an>t e*p#ain t!at 'an
be distra'tin"( T!ey 'an be re+o-ed i++ediate#y wit!t!e #i"!t t!at 'o+es ro+ t!e presen'e o God by
en"a"in" in spirit3a# t!in%in"( Re+e+ber, t!ere are no
s!adows or dar%ness in Hea-en, and t!ere s!o3#d benone in yo3r #ie eit!er(
Get rid i++ediate#y o any ne"ati-ity t!at 'o+es
ro+ yo3r ton"3e and ta%e a## inappropriate words ba'%,
so t!at w!at yo3 'oness wi## be w!at yo3 possess( W!at
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yo3 say is w!at yo3 "et( W!en yo3 a''identa##y be'o+e
in-o#-ed in a ne"ati-e ton"3e sit3ation, yo3 'an 'onsider
t!is an opport3nity to te+porari#y yie#d yo3r ton"3e tot!e Lord or !e#p(
T!is is a "reat ti+e to point o3t t!at t!e de-i# is ater
yo3r positi-e words, and !e wi## do e-eryt!in" !e 'an to
stea# and re+o-e t!e+ ro+ yo3r t!o3"!ts and ro+
yo3r +o3t!( He doesn>t want yo3 to spea% "ood words(
In 'onessin" positi-e#y, spirit3a##y spea%in", yo3 'an
"et w!at yo3 want and not w!at yo3 !a-e( T!at +eanst!at yo3 'an ne-er aord to ta%e a -a'ation ro+
"3ardin" yo3r ton"3e aro3nd t!e '#o'%, twenty
o3rQse-en( 5o3 +3st rea#ie t!at e-eryt!in" t!e de-i#
does to yo3 a+o3nts to restri'tion(
5o3 probab#y do not need to !ear any +ore
dissertations on t!e -a#3e o drin%in" abo3t ei"!t "#asses
o water a day( T!is inor+ation is pri'e#ess w!en yo3
are bein" obedient to t!e needs o yo3r body( E*er'ise is
a#so in-a#3ab#e, be'a3se it wi## +a%e a## t!e dieren'e to
yo3r s3''ess( E*er'ise is rea##y <3st +o-e+ent, w!i'! is
easy to do w!en yo3 'a## on t!e Ho#y 0pirit to re+ind
yo3 to e*er'ise( E-en i yo3 don>t to#erate it, do it or t!e
positi-e rewards in-o#-ed( Did yo3 %now t!at e*er'ise
and appropriate water inta%e en!an'e yo3r +etabo#is+
and !e#p yo3 to reestab#is! yo3r -a#3ab#e setpoint
T!ere are ot!er +3#tip#e 'on'erns in-o#-in" ood
and its ee'ts 3pon o3r #iesty#es( .or e*a+p#e, I ne-er
3nderstood w!y so+e o +y e+a#e patients
intentiona##y wanted to re+ain !ea-y and w!y t!ey were'on'erned abo3t t!eir attra'ti-eness to +en w!en t!ey
were s#i+ and tri+( I #earned t!at s3'! an approa'!
'o+es ro+ a spirit o #3st t!at wants to %eep !er t!in( It!is is tr3e o yo3, <3st say, “)er-erse spirit, 'o+e o3t int!e na+e o 2es3s” L3st is a spirit t!at 3s3a##y in-o#-es a
re#ations!ip t!at is o3t o 'ontro#( L3st is 'ontro##ed by
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t!e “stron"+an,” t!e spirit in '!ar"e, w!i'! is a't3a##y a
per-erse spirit(
0i+i#ar#y, a desire to eat t!at is o3t o 'ontro# is aspirit o "#3ttony t!at is 3nder t!e 'ontro# o t!e
stron"+an, t!e spirit o !ea-iness( 6I>-e !eard it said,
t!ere are twe#-e stron"+en !a-in" to do wit! ot!er
a'ti-ities ae'tin" yo3r +ind and body;( 0pea% to t!is
spirit as o##ows, “0pirit o !ea-iness, I bind and #oose
yo3 and 'o++and yo3 to 'o+e o3t now in t!e na+e o
2es3s” 5o3 are rea'!in" o3t or God, so He 'an be yo3rKeeper(
On t!e ot!er !and, t!ere are wo+en w!o want to
re+ain s#i+ and tri+ be'a3se o t!eir -anity Certain#y, it
is a## ri"!t or wo+en to want to en!an'e t!eir God
"i-en bea3ty as #on" as t!ey %eep t!is desire in proper
ba#an'e(
5o3 wo3#d be wise to in'orporate t!e o##owin"
$ib#e -erse as a prayer prior to at #east one o yo3r dai#y
+ea#s( T!is bib#i'a# prayer wi## pro-ide pea'e or yo3
w!en yo3 eat( T!e dinner tab#e is not t!e p#a'e w!ere
yo3 want to sett#e t!e 'on#i'ts in t!e /idd#eEast and
Israe# or so#-e ot!er prob#e+s in t!e wor#d(
T!is 0'ript3re wi## a#so prote't yo3 w!en t!ere are
3n%nown ood ris%s at !and( In'#3de so+e re#e'ti-e
ti+e to pa3se in yo3r t!o3"!ts and t!an% God or a## t!e
ood b#essin"s He 'ontin3es to pro-ide or yo3( It wo3#d
be we## to adopt #on"ter+ "ood eatin" !abits wit!
B3a#ity ood as yo3r #ieti+e sty#e(
“0nd ye shall serve the .A@9 your God, and he
shall bless thy bread, and thy water> and ) will take
sickness away from the midst of thee” 6E*od3s ?8@,
K2;(To t3rn t!is -erse into a prayer, yo3 'o3#d say,
“Lord God, I '!oose to ser-e 5o3 wit! a## +y !eart,
+ind, so3#, and body( I as% t!at 5o3 b#ess +y bread and
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water and re+o-e a## si'%ness and disease ro+ +e and
e-ery +e+ber o +y a+i#y(”
I !ope yo3 wi## ind "reat !3+or in t!e o##owin"story8
& gentleman went into a seafood restaurant for
dinner 0s he sat down, the waitress came over to him
and said “.obster tail fifty cents”
He responded “3hat did you say8”
“.obster tail fifty cents”
Akay, he said She said “Give me the money first”
So he handed her two -uarters
She took one step back, looked directly at him, and
said, “Ance upon a time there was a great big
lobster”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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1".
THOUGHTFULLY WISE SAYINGS
2E0U0 I0 THE O1L5 way, and t!ere is no wei"!t
or ood '!a##en"e t!at is so dii'3#t t!at He 'annot
reso#-e it or yo3(
“#esus told him, =) am the way, the truth, and the
life 'o one can come to the <ather except through me”62o!n 987, 1LT;(
0pirit3a##y spea%in", God>s Word is t!e +ost edib#e,easi#y di"estib#e ood yo3 'an e-er eat(
& diet is not a re+edy or wei"!t #oss, b3t #iesty#e
'!an"es are(
H< is a re-ea#in" +ne+oni' a'rony+ t!at wi##
re+ind yo3 t!at t!e de-i# depends on yo3r #osin" 'ontro#and o-ereatin" w!en yo3 are8
HURT
&1GR5
L&P5
TIRED
Red3'e e*'essi-e eatin" by not wat'!in" te#e-ision
d3rin" +ea#s(C!an"e t!e ti+e o yo3r #ar"est +ea# ro+ s3pper,
w!en yo3 !a-e +ini+3+ 'a#ori' needs and t!e #east
a'ti-ities, to #3n'!ti+e, w!en t!e opposite sit3ation
pre-ai#s(
is3a#ie eatin" #ess ood beore yo3 sit down to eat
and eat wit! a "#ass o water a#on"side yo3r p#ate or
bow#(5o3 !a-e to be 'are3# not to <3d"e t!e ee't instead
o t!e 'a3se(
5o3r "oa# is to p3r'!ase a dress or a s3it in a +3'!
s+a##er sie, not be'a3se it its, b3t si+p#y be'a3se yo3
#i%e it and wi## be wearin" it soon(
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H0%)&S &0"E &3E'&4CA'E 904S
It on#y reB3ires twentyone 'onse'3ti-e days orepetiti-e proper eatin" or a stron" !abit to be 'reated
and estab#is!ed( 5o3 'an do t!e sa+e t!in" wit! readin"(
.or e*a+p#e, w!en yo3 read iteen to twenty +in3tes
on a dai#y 'onsistent basis, yo3 are #itera##y “!oo%ed”
and be'o+e a dai#y reader( I !owe-er, yo3 brea% t!e
!abit by stoppin" on t!e twentiet! day, a day beore t!e
!abit 'an be or+ed, yo3 !a-e to start a"ain(T!e "reatest riend yo3 'an !a-e w!en yo3 asso'iate
wit! Habit is Repetition( 5o3 probab#y noti'ed t!e
persisten'e o repetition in .ean God2s 3ay be'a3se it
!as been pro-en to in'rease #earnin" t!ro3"! re'a## and
'o+pre!ension( It a#so 'reates a+i#iarity, w!i'! #eads to
'#arity and 3nderstandin"( Repetition, or 'onsisten'y,
a'ts as a -is3a# %ey t!at ties yo3r inor+ation to"et!er
and 3niies it( It 'ontro#s yo3r readin" eye and %eeps
yo3r attention on t!e identi'a# se'tions as #on" as
possib#e( T!e "reat ad-anta"e o repetition is t!at it
stores yo3r readin" data into #on"ter+ +e+ory in yo3r
brain(
is3a#ie and write down yo3r "oa#s wit!
'orrespondin" dates( T!en post t!e+ w!ere yo3 'an see
t!e+( T!is in'#3des postin" positi-e i+a"es on yo3r
reri"erator door and ot!er p#a'es t!at yo3 -isit oten(
I yo3 de'ide to e*perien'e a “transient, setba'%
ood atta'%,” ta#% to yo3rse# by as%in", “W!at is +y
prob#e+” W!en yo3 answer t!is B3estion, be s3re to
say, “W!ate-er it is, "et o-er itJ”
W!ate-er '!oi'es yo3 !a-e to +a%e, de'ide i yo3
want to be power3# or piti3#( 5o3 !a-e to %now t!at bein" piti3# is not yo3r answer, sin'e God !as a#ready
set yo3 ree(
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is3a#ie brin"in" in yo3r a-orite s3it or yo3r
a-orite dress to yo3r tai#or or a#terations so as to
a''o++odate yo3r new wei"!t #oss( Do t!is otenJ0in'e yo3 are so -a#3ab#e to God t!at He %nows t!e
n3+ber o !airs on yo3r !ead, s3re#y He is sensiti-e to
yo3r body wei"!t '!a##en"es( He %nows yo3r n3+ber o
po3nds on t!e s'a#e( He %nows w!at yo3 a'e, and He
'aresJ
2es3s said, “0nd the very hairs on your head are all
numbered” 6/att!ew 9:8?:, 1LT;(Isaia!, t!e prop!et, wrote8 “3ho else has held the
oceans in his hand8 3ho has measured off the heavens
with his fingers8 3ho else knows the weight of the earth
or has weighed out the mountains and the hills8” 6Isaia!
:89, 1LT;(
#ES!S @E1A$ES %!@9E'S
2es3s re'o"nied t!at !ea-y bodies 'an be !ea-y
b3rdens, and He 'an "i-e yo3 pea'e in p#a'e o
!ea-iness( He wi## !ea# yo3 e-eryw!ere yo3 !3rt( 5o3
are ab#e to rest in t!e boso+ o t!e .at!er w!en yo3
3nderstand t!at yo3 obtain pea'e on#y t!ro3"! 2es3s(
5o3 need to %now yo3r .at!er in Hea-en and yo3 "et to
%now Hi+ by %nowin" 2es3s(
“&hen #esus said, =;ome to me, all of you who are
weary and carry heavy burdens, and ) will give you
rest” 6/att!ew( 998=, 1LT;(
1ow, ta%e a +o+ent to re#a* wit! t!is ane'dote8
) had a wonderful patient who was slightly
overweight She insisted on doing everything her own
way, but when she told me she had startedF on a newbanana diet, ) knew ) had to intercede, so ) called her
into my office
She explained how her banana diet worked )n the
morning she had sliced bananas with skim milk )n the
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afternoon she prepared mashed bananas and for dinner
she ate fried bananas
Sometimes, for a lateCnight snack before bed time she would prepare bananas flambe or bananas <oster
) told her, “3ell that is fascinating %ut did you lose
any weight8 9oes it work8”
She -uickly responded “'o, but you should see me
climb trees:”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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1#.
E(POSING E)IL
(@04E@ <A@ 9E.)$E@0';E
FS04 &H)S A!& .A!9B
I1 THE 1&/E O. 2es3s, I 'o++and any e-i#
spirits t!at are at wor% in +y #ie to be bo3nd, +3#ed,and "a""ed( I tota##y brea% yo3r power, de-i#, in t!e
+i"!ty na+e o 2es3s( 5o3 %now yo3 'an>t to3'! +e
any+ore in t!e na+e o 2es3sJ
I 'o++and, in t!e na+e o 2es3s, a tota# '#eansin"
and !ea#in" o +y +e+ory, +y +ind, and a## t!e parts o+y body( I 'o++and any spirit o bonda"e, inir+ity,
#yin", ear, pride, dea and +3te, <ea#o3sy, anti'!rist,a+i#iarity, !ea-iness, w!oredo+, or per-erse spirit, to
'o+e o3t now in t!e na+e o 2es3s(I 'o++and any 3n!o#y so3# ties to #ea-e now in t!e
na+e o 2es3s( I 'o++and any ra"+entation o +y so3#
to be re3nited to"et!er, and tota##y restored in +y body
in t!e na+e o 2es3s(
I re-erse any '3rses, and I 'o++and yo3 to "o in t!ena+e o 2es3s( I 'o++and any spirit o in!eritan'e or
"enerationa# '3rses to be re-ersed in 2es3s> na+e( T!an%
yo3, 2es3s, or t!is !ea#in" and its tota# +aniestation(
&+on" t!e de-i#>s +any a'ti-ities are stea#in",
%i##in", and brin"in" destr3'tion( 60ee 2o!n 9:89:(; He is
a spirit3a# “!it +an(” He wants to stea# any and a##
positi-e and 3p#itin" words and t!o3"!ts yo3 re'ei-e(He penetrates yo3r so3# di+ension be'a3se !e wants to
entertain yo3 by eedin" yo3r +ind wit! t!e wron" %inds
o t!o3"!ts( W!ene-er yo3 re'ei-e or t!in% a ne"ati-e
word, yo3 'an be 'ertain !e is atte+ptin" to p3+p
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“<3n%” t!o3"!ts into yo3r +ind( He wants yo3 to a't on
t!e+ and, w!en yo3 do, t!ey be'o+e sinJ
I ne-er '#ai+ t!e de-i# is atta'%in" +e w!en t!in"ssee+ to "o dierent#y t!an w!at I e*pe'ted( 0o+eti+es I
'onsider t!at it 'o3#d be God trainin" +e or I +ay t!in%
t!e de-i# is 3pset t!at I a+ doin" so we##, and t!is +inor
e-ent is <3st a distra'tion( T!ere is so+et!in" "ood in
e-eryt!in" t!at !appens 6t!o3"! not e-eryt!in" t!at
!appens is "ood; e-en i yo3 do not 3nderstand it at t!e
ti+e( 60ee Ro+ans =8=(;
!SE S()@)&!0. 3E0(A'S
5o3 are not t!e on#y one w!o is 3nder t!e de'eption
o t!e wi'%ed one( &'t3a##y, t!e w!o#e wor#d is 3nder
0atan>s in#3en'es( W!ate-er te+ptation !e t!rows at
yo3, ne-er or"et t!e power o prayer warare, espe'ia##y
t!e aweso+e weapon o prayer inter'ession wit! ot!ers(
T!is is si+p#y one person prayin" to God on be!a#
o anot!er person or sit3ation( Ha-in" t!eir s3pport
w!en yo3 inor+ a spirit3a# brot!er or sister to pray or
yo3 is power3#( T!e Ho#y 0pirit steps in and re#eases
peop#e ro+ bonda"e, and de+ons are dri-en o3t( T!is
re#eases an"e#i' !osts or yo3r spirit3a# prote'tion( $e
'are3#, o 'o3rse, w!o yo3 are bein" in#3en'ed by
be'a3se s!o3#d t!ere be a transer o spirits, yo3 want
t!e+ to 'o+e ro+ !an"in" aro3nd peop#e o ait!(
2es3s !as won yo3r -i'tory, b3t it is 3p to yo3 to
enor'e it( W!en yo3 spea% ne"ati-e words, yo3 re#ease
de+oni' a'ti-ity to 'o+e a"ainst yo3, b3t w!en yo3
spea% positi-e words, yo3 stren"t!en t!e an"e#s on yo3r
be!a#( In'identa##y, de+ons and an"e#s are not t!esa+e( T!e de+ons are dise+bodied spirits w!o are
#oo%in" or bodies or !o+es to #i-e in and t!ey are eart!
bo3nd, w!i#e t!e an"e#s !a-e bodies and are !ea-en
bo3nd( 2es3s ne-er 'ast o3t an"e#s(
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T!is is -ery power3#, so #isten '#ose#y( Do yo3
3nderstand t!at w!en yo3 "et God>s Word on t!e inside
o yo3, He wi## prote't t!at word 3nti# yo3 need to peror+ it( Keep it a#i-e 3nti# yo3 3se it by t!in%in" it,
praisin" it, spea%in" it, sin"in" it, and be#ie-in" it( T!e
0'ript3re e*p#ains t!is dra+ati'a##y ro+ 2o!n 9898 “)n
the beginning was the 3ord, and the 3ord was with
God, and the 3ord was God” 6K2;(
God and t!e Word are t!e sa+e and t!en t!e Word
be'a+e #es! 62es3s C!rist;( T!at Word is pri'e#essA it is+ore -a#3ab#e t!an +any Go#'onda Dia+ond /ines(
T!is 0'ript3re 'onir+s t!at w!en yo3 spea% t!at Word
it be'o+es as o'3sed as a torpedo peror+in" its tas%(
“So shall 1y word be that goes forth from 1y
mouth> )t shall not return to 1e void, %ut it shall
accomplish what ) please, 0nd it shall prosper in the
thing for which ) sent it” 6Isaia! @@899, 1K2;(
On'e t!e word pro'eeds o3t o yo3r +o3t!, it is not
a##owed to ret3rn e+pty, b3t instead it +3st 'arry o3t
and a''o+p#is! t!e p3rpose or w!i'! it was set o3t to
do( Do yo3 appre'iate t!at wit! yo3r 3nion wit! God in
t!at di+ension, His +o3t! be'o+es yo3r +o3t! and
yo3r +o3t! be'o+es His
To in'rease yo3r 3nderstandin" o yo3r on"oin"
batt#e wit! t!e de-i#, yo3 need to appre'iate t!at w!en
yo3 were born a"ain, +ost probab#y, t!ere were de+oni'
spirits t!at #et t!eir !o+e, yo3r body( 0in'e t!ese e-i#
spirits are tor+ented wit!o3t a !o+e, t!ey %eep
re-isitin" be'a3se t!ey want to 'o+e ba'%( T!ey are!opin", e*pe'tin", and be#ie-in" yo3 wi## ret3rn to so+e
or any o yo3r pre-io3s wor#d#y or se'3#ar ways and t!at
wi## open 3p t!eir opport3nity or a !o+e'o+in", b3tt!is ti+e it wi## brin" se-en spirits 4 +ore e-i# spirits( Itis spe'3#ated t!at t!ese de+oni' spirits wi## 'ontin3e to
re-isit yo3r body reB3ent#y(
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5o3 'an dis'ern t!e de-i# wit! yo3r spirit, so a-oid
"i-in" -oi'e to !is ne"ati-e t!o3"!ts( 0ay t!is, “I a+
!ea#ed and w!o#e and in 'ontro# in t!e na+e o 2es3sC!rist, and I a+ s#i+ and tri+ in His +i"!ty na+e(”
5o3 'an i+pose si#en'e on 0atan by w!at 2es3s 'a##s
“pere't praise” and by w!at t!e )sa#+ist 'a##s “ordained
stren"t!(” 5o3 need to si#en'e t!e de-i# be'a3se !e is
a#ways a''3sin" yo3( W!en ne'essary, say t!ese
power3# words o3t #o3d, “0atan, I 'o++and yo3 to s!3t
3p> I re3se to #isten to yo3r ne"ati-e words(”Da-id wrote, “4ou have taught children and nursing
infants to give your praise &hey silence your enemies
who were seeking revenge” 6)sa#+s =8, 1LT;(
I yo3 are #i-in" in any de"ree o 'onde+nation
abo3t yo3r wei"!t, yo3 are no t!reat to 0atan( He wants
to %eep yo3 t!ere and e-en in#3en'e yo3 t!ro3"! yo3r
riends, yo3r a+i#y, and e-en stran"ers( 23st re+e+ber,
yo3 no #on"er !a-e to to#erate s3'! nonsense(
G3i#t is anot!er +a<or weapon 0atan 3ses a"ainst
yo3, i yo3 a##ow !i+ to do so( Did yo3 %now t!at 2es3s
too% a## "3i#t ro+ yo3 w!en He went to t!e 'ross or
yo3 5o3 !a-e, t!ereore, been a'B3itted o a## "3i#t( 0o,
"et o-er it and +o-e on, be'a3se yo3 need to re#ease any
"3i#t by "i-in" it to 2es3s or yo3r !ea#in"J
)re<3di'e is anot!er +a<or weapon t!at t!e ene+y
3ses a"ainst yo3, as I>-e a#ready +entioned( It 'an 'a3se
a stron"!o#d or a#se be#ie to de-e#op in yo3r +ind( I
0atan 'an 'on-in'e yo3 to +a%e 3p yo3r +ind wit!o3t
!a-in" t!e tota# and -ita# inor+ation at yo3r disposa#,yo3r #a'% o tr3t! wi## s3b<e't yo3 to be#ie-in" a #ie(
Wit!o3t t!e tr3t!, yo3 !a-e no power( 5o3 need to %now
t!e tr3t!JDo yo3 rea#ie t!at t!e de-i#, i yo3 are not on "3ard,
'an in-ade yo3r spirit wit! a s3b#i+ina# +essa"e t!at
wi## bypass yo3r senses, in'#3din" yo3r eyes and ears,
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and brea% down yo3r wi## to enti'e yo3 into 3n!ea#t!y
ood te+ptations
0atan wants yo3 to #ose yo3r o'3s re"ardin" yo3rwei"!t "oa#s, and !e oten does so t!o3"! distra'tion,
ne"ati-ity and e+otiona# rea'tions( 2es3s ne-er rea'ted
o3t o His e+otions a#one, b3t so+eti+es yo3 do
be'a3se o ear, do3bt, stress, and strie( T!e de-i# is
3nab#e to %now w!at yo3 are t!in%in", b3t !e is "ood at
readin" yo3r a'e and a## yo3r non-erba#
'o++3ni'ations(Re+e+ber, !e doesn>t %now yo3r 3t3re( &#ways
stri-e to stay a#ert, <oy3#, and #o-in"( Ta%e yo3r eyes o
yo3rse# and o'3s on 2es3s( H3+i#ity 6w!en yo3 !3+b#e
yo3rse#; is a "reat weapon to 3se a"ainst t!e de-i#(
Did yo3 e-er wonder i t!e de-i# is responsib#e or
red3'in" yo3r in'enti-e to e*er'ise by +a%in" t!in"s too
'on-enient or yo3 .or e*a+p#e, did yo3 e-er +iss
yo3r !ea#t! d3b appoint+ent <3st be'a3se yo3 'o3#d not
ind a par%in" spa'e t!at was dose eno3"! to t!e
entran'e o t!e b3i#din" T!is is si##y, b3t it is 3sed as an
e*a+p#e, so yo3 wi## a-oid 3sin" any so'a##ed #o"i'a#
reason not to %eep yo3r e*er'ise appoint+ents( 03re#y
yo3 'o3#d trade t!irty to orty +in3tes a day o e*er'ise
to wat'! t!e po3nds disappear(
T!e $ib#e is B3ite '#ear in statin" t!at to win yo3r
i"!t wit! t!e de-i# re"ardin" yo3r wei"!t, yo3 are
reB3ired to 3se spirit3a# weapons, not "3ns and swords(
)a3# writes, “3e use God2s mighty weapons, not
mere worldly weapons, to knock down the 9evil2s
strongholds 3ith these weapons we break down every
proud argument that keeps people from knowing God
3ith these weapons we con-uer their rebellious ideas,and we teach them to obey ;hrist” 6 Corint!ians 9:8@, 1LT;(
In a si+i#ar -ein, )a3# writes8 “<or we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but
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re+e+ber t!at t!e de-i# a#ways atte+pts to 'on-in'e yo3
t!at yo3r !earte#t drea+s wi## 'o+e tr3e(
I"nore !i+, !is t!o3"!ts, and !is drea+s6ni"!t+ares;( $e s3re to pray i++ediate#y w!en yo3
wa%e 3p ro+ a tro3b#in" drea+, and te## t!e de-i# t!at
yo3 re3se to a##ow !i+ to do s3'! a t!in" a"ain( Here>s
w!at yo3 s!o3#d say, “De-i#, I 'an'e# any ae'ts o t!is
drea+ and I reb3%e and ter+inate any o yo3r p#ans or
3t3re drea+s( I bind and #oose t!is spirit o ear, and
order yo3 to 'o+e o3t now( I wi## not a''ept or to#erateni"!t+ares in t!e +i"!ty na+e o 2es3s(”
&AA.S &A !SE 0G0)'S& &HE 9E$).
T!e weapons yo3 !a-e a-ai#ab#e to 3se a"ainst t!e
de-i# are8
9; )raisin" t!e Lord, w!i'! 'a3ses 0atan to be bo3nd(
; T!e Word o God(
?; Ca##in" 3pon t!e na+e o 2es3s 6o3t #o3d 4 anyti+e;(
; T!e b#ood o 2es3s(
@; 5o3r power o warare prayer wit! inter'ession(
7; 5o3r !3+i#ity(
M 5o3r #a3"!ter and sense o !3+or(
=; 5o3r "od#y anointin", w!i'! "i-es yo3 His
prote'tion(
; 5o3r writin" down, repeatin", #earnin", and
+e+oriin" t!e appropriate re'o++ended
air+ations t!at !a-e been in'#3ded t!ro3"!o3t .ean
God2s 3ay
Re+e+ber, t!e "reatest power o-er t!e ene+y is t!e
Ho#y 0pirit w!o is a#ready #i-in" inside o yo3( T!e
+ore yo3 praise t!e Lord, t!e "reater yo3r power o-er
e-i#, in'#3din" w!ate-er is !appenin" at t!e +o+ent(
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“%ut you belong to God, my dear children 4ou have
already won your fight with these false prophets,
because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world” 69 2o!n 8, 1LT;(
“Grace and peace to you from God our <ather and
the .ord #esus ;hrist (raise be to the God and <ather
of our .ord #esus ;hrist, the <ather of compassion and
the God of all comfort” 6 Corint!ians 98?, 1K2;(
Rea#ity )rayer 60ay t!is so yo3 'an !ear it;8
“.at!er, I as% 5o3 in t!e na+e o 2es3s to re#ease+e to wa#% into a "reater #e-e# o t!e rea#ity o t!e
s3pernat3ra# t!ro3"! drea+s, tran'es, prop!e'y, and
an"e#i' -isions( I as% or an open Hea-en and an
in'reased abi#ity to !ear 5o3r -oi'e( )o3r o3t 5o3r
power and "ra'e 3pon +e and open +y spirit3a# sensesA
#et +e see into t!e tr3e rea#+ w!ere 5o3 #i-e(”
Let <oy we## 3p ro+ wit!in yo3 as yo3 read t!is
3nny story8
& man goes to his doctor )n desperation for help
He is totally drained out from stress with his wife and
his excessive weight
He tells the doctor, “) have not been able to lose any
weight in months, and ) can2t sleep because of the
pressure )2m under”
&he doctor says, “@odney, what ) want you to do is
to run ten miles a day and then call me back in a week
.isten to me and you will see the difference”
@odney calls him back at the end of a week and
says, “9oc, this )s terrific: ) lost eleven pounds and )
feel great:”
&he doctor says, “See, ) told you %y the way, how is
your relationship with your wife8” He responds, “)t2s terrible: )2m seventy miles from
home:”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
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“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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TESTIMONY
5OUR TE0TI/O15 I0 5OUR opport3nity not
on#y to s!ow yo3r s#i+andtri+ se# off, b3t it is a#so away to s!ow t!e wor#d !ow +3'! dis'ip#ine and power
o-er yo3r #es! t!at yo3 were ab#e to +aintain in order to
a''o+p#is! yo3r "oa#s( 1ow t!at yo3 !a-e rea'!ed t!is
#ine in t!e boo%, yo3r new#y desired wei"!t !as be'o+e
a rea#ity e-en t!o3"! yo3 +ay not see it yet(
Re+e+ber, w!at yo3 'annot see in t!e s3pernat3ra#
is ar s3perior to w!at yo3 'an see in t!e nat3ra#(T!ro3"! t!is approa'! yo3 are sayin", “I a+ not +o-ed
by w!at I see, w!at I !ear, or w!at I ee#( I a+ on#y
+o-ed by w!at I be#ie-e(” 0o, '#ai+ yo3r -i'tory a!ead
o ti+e, as yo3 anti'ipate yo3r a'!ie-e+ent, and be bo#d
eno3"! to #et ot!ers %now t!at it>s <3st a +atter o ti+e
3nti# yo3 wi## be s#i+ and tri+(
W!en yo3 spread t!e Word abo3t yo3r tri3+p!, yo3are "#oriyin" God or w!at He !as peror+ed in yo3
and t!ro3"! yo3( In so doin", yo3 be'o+e t!e “!ero” or
“!eroine” o a sit3ation t!at !ad been pre-io3s#y reerred
to as “i+possib#e(” God si+p#y t3rns it aro3nd or yo3
so t!at yo3 wi## see t!in"s His way( He wants yo3 to
%now it t!is way8 “I / )ossib#e(”
Re+e+ber, yo3 wi## need to be a witness to ot!ersas a res3#t o t!e +ira'3#o3s !ea#in" o yo3r wei"!t( It iso pri+e i+portan'e or yo3 to +aintain t!e !ea#in" o
yo3r wei"!t and to be a spirit3a# b#essin" to ot!ers by'onessin" and e*pressin" w!at 2es3s !as done or yo3(
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Let t!e+ %now t!at yo3 'onstant#y t!an% 2es3s or yo3r
!ea#in"J
T!e ee't yo3 wi## !a-e on yo3r a+i#y and yo3rriends wi## be aweso+eJ T!ey wi## see !ow t!e power
o God was t!ere to !e#p yo3 a''o+p#is! yo3r "oa#s, and
t!ey wi## be i+pressed( W!en t!is !appens, yo3 wi##
a't3a##y transer a Ho#y 0piritanointin" to +any o
t!e+( T!ey wi## 'o+pare yo3 in a beoreandater
+ode, and t!e power o yo3r testi+ony wi## "i-e t!e+
!ope( 5o3 'an e*pe't to !ear +any say t!ese wordsabo3t yo3, “I !e or s!e 'an do it, I 'an do it, tooJ”
5o3 wi## !a-e an aweso+e testi+ony to s!are wit!
ot!ers( T!ey wi## a#so want to %now !ow yo3 were
!ea#ed o a## t!e +edi'a# '!a##en"es t!at res3#ted ro+
yo3r wei"!t(
Let +e te## a story t!at i##3strates t!e power o 2es3s
wit!in yo3( & -ery a+o3s and we##%nown s3r"eon te##s
t!e story o a ti+e w!en !e !ad to operate on a patient
w!o !ad a !ernia( T!e anest!esio#o"ist "rew a#ar+ed
toward t!e end o t!e pro'ed3re and !e reported t!at t!e
patient>s b#ood press3re and p3#se !ad "one o3t o
'ontro#J He said, “I>## !a-e to wa%e t!e patient 3pJ”
Hearin" t!is, t!e s3r"eon wa#%ed o-er to t!e !ead o
t!e operatin" tab#e and said to t!e anest!etied patient,
“2a'%, we are a#+ost inis!ed( I want yo3 to brin" yo3r
p3#se ba'% to =: and yo3r b#ood press3re down to
9:Q:(”
T!e s3r"eon t!en pro'eeded wit! t!e operation( T!e
anest!esio#o"ist as%ed, “How did yo3 do t!at” He didnot rea#ie t!at t!e patient>s brain, e-en t!o3"! it was
sedated, !ad power o-er !is body(
5o3r spirit !as power o-er yo3r brain, and yo3r brain !as power o-er yo3r body, so yo3 wi## a#wayswant to send spirit3a# +essa"es to yo3r brain, be'a3se
t!ey wi## dire't#y ae't yo3r body( 0end bib#i'a#
prin'ip#es to yo3r brain and body(
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T!e prin'ip#es o t!is boo%, prin'ip#es o te##in"
w!at yo3 want instead o w!at yo3 !a-e, 'an be app#ied
to +ore t!an <3st yo3r wei"!t( T!ese sa+e prin'ip#eswor% wit! ot!er +edi'a# 'onditions, as we##, in'#3din"
yo3r #e-e#s o s3"ar, '!o#estero# 6HDL and LDL;,
tri"#y'erides, et'( I t!ere are ot!er areas o yo3r body
t!at need !ea#in", p#ease reer to +y boo%, Healing )s
4ours, w!i'! pro-ides deiniti-e answers or a## yo3r
!ea#t! and +edi'a# needs(
E-en t!o3"! it too% yo3 a 'onsiderab#e period oti+e to rea'! t!e stat3s o wei"!t yo3 now 'arry it won>t
ta%e yo3 t!e sa+e #en"t! o ti+e to "et rid o it(
Howe-er, yo3 +3st be patient wit! yo3rse# and
'ontin3o3s#y t3rn yo3r #es! o-er to t!e Ho#y 0pirit or
His "3idan'e, power, and pea'e(
I>+ s3re yo3 rea#ie by now yo3 !a-e to or"et
abo3t t3rnin" ti+e aro3nd or a't #i%e t!e 'o+i' strip
'!ara'ter, C!ar#ie $rown, w!o was a#ways atte+ptin" to
i* yesterday(
5o3 are on yo3r way to 3## re'o-eryJ
I app#a3d yo3, dear reader, t!at yo3 are a winner and
yo3 %now yo3 !a-e a'!ie-ed inner wei"!t !ea#in"( Wit!
yo3r 'o+p#etion o .ean God2s 3ay and t!e app#i'ation
o yo3r %now#ed"e, w!i'! is wisdo+, yo3 are <3st
po3nds away ro+ yo3r "oa# to re+ain s#i+ and tri+(
5o3 wi## ne-er be 'on'erned a"ain abo3t 3nne'essary
tiss3e prod3'in" bonda"e t!at #o'%s yo3 3p in yo3r own
prison( Do yo3 %now yo3 3#i## t!e pere't deinition o
a b#essin" & b#essin" is t!e innate, 3n'anny abi#ity too-er'o+e ad-ersity(
Contin3e to o##ow t!e re'o++endation o /att!ew
@8978 “.et your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your <ather inheaven”
0ay t!is )R1 o3t #o3d8
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“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat
wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and
guiding all my food needs.”
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REFERENCE GUIDE*
LEAN GOD’S WAY
I10TRUCTIO108 THI0 I0 & re+inder or yo3 to
re'a## t!ose i+portant air+ations in t!is boo% yo3
rea#ied yo3 needed( T!is wi## enab#e yo3 to #earn as yo3
spea% !ow to s3pport yo3r e*pe'ted wei"!t #oss( 0i+p#ei## in t!e appropriate 'o#3+ns be#ow( /e+oriation
o''3rs, as yo3 %now t!ro3"! repetition and words
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
/5 )HILO0O)H5 O. LI.E is si+p#y t!at t!e
-a#3e o one>s #ie is o3nd in !ow one>s #ie ae'ts
ot!er peop#e>s #i-es( Dedi'ation to !e#pin" ot!ers
de-e#ops ro+ God>s #o-e and His "i-in" to yo3 and
yo3r desire to re'ipro'ate( &nd I o3nd yo3 'an !a-e t!e
"reatest in#3en'e on ot!ers t!ro3"! 2es3s(
I !a-e a#so dis'o-ered t!at yo3 'an +aintain a positi-e attit3de a#+ost on a dai#y basis t!ro3"! t!e
Lord, by praisin" Hi+ and t!ro3"! t!e power o
#a3"!ter( &ter a##, God !as a "reat sense o !3+or( I
de+onstrated t!is in +y irst boo%, Healing is 4ours,
6t!ro3"! w!i'! readers are !ea#ed 3sin" spirit3a#
prin'ip#es; ro+ &3t!or Ho3seA it in'orporates two
'!apters on t!e !ea#in" power o #a3"!ter( T!is +eanst!at re"ard#ess o yo3r '!a##en"es, yo3 'an re3se t!e
ri"!t o 'ir'3+stan'es to e*ist in yo3r #ie by
+aintainin" a "od#y attit3de(
W!en I was se-en years o a"e, +y +o+ started
te##in" e-eryone abo3t, “/y son, t!e do'tor(” I
re+e+ber !a-in" drea+s o be'o+in" a do'tor, b3t I
was ne-er interested in a'in" a## t!e trainin" t!at
see+ed a#+ost as #on" as #ie itse#( In t!e si*t! "rade in
)!i#ade#p!ia, I be"an to p#ay t!e -io#in, be'a3se +y
+ot!er p#ayed t!e instr3+ent in t!e sy+p!ony or'!estra,
b3t I 'ontin3ed to st3dy e-en ater I re"istered or t!e
pre+ed pro"ra+ at &#bri"!t Co##e"e( /3si' was -ery
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to3"! be'a3se I !ad to depend tota##y on +yse# or
s3''ess, espe'ia##y sin'e I didn>t %now God(
/edi'a# s'!oo# in 1ew 5or% was an intense'!a##en"e t!at reB3ired an a-era"e o se-en to ei"!t
!o3rs o st3dy e-ery ni"!t, in'#3din" wee%ends( In +y
interns!ip, I '!ose a ne3ros3r"i'a# e#e'ti-e and
'onseB3ent#y +ade t!e de'ision, I t!o3"!t, t!at t!is
wo3#d be t!e dire'tion +y #ie wo3#d o##ow 3nti# I
re'ei-ed +y ti'%et to Hea-en( I te## peop#e I be'a+e a
ne3ros3r"eon be'a3se +y +ot!er a#ways wanted +e to"et a!eadJ T!e tr3t! is t!at I read a bio"rap!y 'a##ed
%rain Surgeon 6t!e do'tor went to t!e sa+e !i"! s'!oo#
I attended; and I be#ie-ed t!at it wo3#d be t!e +ost
'!a##en"in" o a## t!e +edi'a# proessionsJ I spent
ei"!teen o t!e #ast t!irtyse-en years o +y pra'ti'e
dedi'ated to re#ie-in" '!roni', intra'tab#e pain by 3sin"
ne3rospina# pain i+p#ants and intrat!e'a# +orp!ine
p3+ps(
Residen'y was +ore p!ysi'a# t!an +enta# wit! t!e
dai#y "oa# o atte+ptin" to "et eno3"! s#eep “so yo3
don>t die(” I be"an to pra'ti'e ne3ros3r"ery ater
'o+p#etin" two years in t!e +i#itary ser-i'e as a na-a#
oi'er at )arris Is#and( &'t3a##y, I inor+ peop#e t!at I
ne-er pra'ti'ed, b3t did t!e rea# t!in"J
In 9=, I de-e#oped '!roni', intra'tab#e pain in +y
eet 6p#antar as'itis wit! sp3rs; t!at was +edi'a##y
3ntreatab#e( &ter two and a !a# years, I <3st !appened
to wat'! a -ideo at a '!3r'! in Or#ando on +y way to
Disney Wor#d( T!e '!3r'! was 3nder t!e #eaders!ip o)astor $enny Hinn( $ear in +ind t!at I was not a
C!ristian at t!e ti+eA I was a nonpra'ti'in" 2ew(
W!en I e#t !eat 'o+e into +y eet as I was sittin" int!e san't3ary t!e pain instant#y disappeared( I <3+ped3p, 'ryin", wit!o3t any 3nderstandin" o w!at !appened
4 or a #on" ti+e( T!is +oti-ated +e to be"in an intense
spirit3a# st3dy in-o#-in" !ea#in" 'o3rses, !3ndreds o
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boo%s and tapes, and +inisteria# re#ations!ips espe'ia##y
wit! +y riends and +entors, C!ar#es and .ran'es
H3nter(T!e Lord, ob-io3s#y, was or'!estratin" +y destiny
as a +inister, and I be#ie-ed I was s3pposed to o'3s on
a !ea#in" and de#i-eran'e +inistry /y riends wo3#d
tease +e abo3t "ettin" into a +inistry at t!e a"e o si*ty
ei"!t, b3t I wo3#d respond t!at /oses was on#y =: w!en
!e started( $esides, I #et t!e+ %now t!at I !ad a si"n in
+y oi'e t!at read, “It>s ne-er too #ate or a se'ond'!i#d!ood(”
I was b#essed to re'ei-e an !onorary Do'torate in
C!ristian Ed3'ation in Canyon-i##e, b3t I %new +y wie
wo3#d ne-er 'a## +e do'tor, do'tor( I to#d +y wie,
“T!ere were so +any a+o3s 'e#ebrity +inisters t!at
'a+e to t!at pro"ra+(” &nd t!en I added, “I was t!e
on#y one I didn>t %now(”
W!en I #earned t!at 2es3s 'an !ea# yo3 e-eryw!ere
yo3 !3rt, I be'a+e a -esse# or Hi+( I was disappointed
t!at t!e pra'ti'e o +edi'ine was not ab#e to a''o+p#is!
! t it t % t! t # # t !i