Have you ever taken a memory improvement course?  When I took one years ago it used the analogy that our mind stores memories in a “file cabinet” and as we recall something from the past it retrieves it from this file cabinet.

If something is really important in your everyday life you don’t store it in a file, you keep it on the walls of your mind where you can see it at all times.

“Dear friend, listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice.  KEEP MY MESSAGE IN PLAIN VIEW AT ALL TIMES.  Concentrate!  Learn it by heart!  Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul they’re bursting with health.” – Proverbs 4:20-22 The Message

Notice the line in capital letters.  The Bible instructs us to keep the message in plain view, not file it away.  It says if we do that we’ll live, really live!

Most Christians leave church on Sunday and as they walk out the door they put God in the filing cabinet of their mind.  They’ll take him out when they pray, read the Bible or during Bible study,  but for the most part as they go through everyday life they keep God and his message hidden away. 

Any area of life you struggle with temptation you know you are not thinking about God.

I know people who are always struggling with weight loss.  They are constantly looking for the secular world to turn out the next “magic pill,” and are disappointed when it fails.  They are always looking outside themselves for the answer when they already have it, tucked away in the file cabinet of their mind. 

Pull God out of the file cabinet, put his message in plain view on the walls of your mind (and around you; ex. rings, necklaces, pictures etc.) and everything can change.

It’s time for you to start to live, really live; BODY AND SOUL!

God bless,

Danny

I have heard it said that we are more likely to make a change in our lives to avoid pain than to gain pleasure.

Today’s topic will provide a little pain.

Being over weight or obese can lead to liver disease.  It is caused by having too much fat in the liver.  What is scary is it can lead to memory lapses and erratic behavior just like people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

It is cirrhosis, just like alcoholics get except instead of alcohol, it is fat that is the cause.

Dr. William Carey,  a hepatologist at the Cleveland Clinic, said, “This is huge. We didn’t even know this disease existed 30 years ago. Now it’s the most common liver disease in America.”

This is getting crazy.  It is estimated one third of the US population has fatty liver disease, and of those 6 million will develop the extreme cases.  Doctors say they won’t be able to treat them all.

Doctors say if caught early enough, if one loses weight it can be reversed but if it is in the late stages it is too late.

If you’d like to read the article I learned about this from click below.

Another Reason To Lose Weight, Fatty Liver Disease

The article cites a guy who developed the disease who was 5 foot 8 inches tall, 185 pounds.  That doesn’t sound very over weight so obviously you don’t have to be obese to get liver disease.

God bless,

Danny

Let’s get started.  As always make sure you are in a situation where you can safely close your eyes.

Close your eyes and imagine someone in your life, past or present who has shown you unconditional love. You know they always loved you, no matter what you have done.  It could be a mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, other relative, friend, care giver etc.

Now I’d like you to think of a point in time when you experienced deep, intense love from this person and feel the love pour over you.  See it in your mind and replay it as if it is happening right now.     

Now imagine Jesus beside that person as you are experiencing this intense love. Suddenly you see the person merge with Jesus and it is Jesus who is showing this intense love to you, that same love you felt from the other person.  Let that love fill you completely, revel in it!

Feeling God’s love is so amazing, if you’re like others you’ll want to do it again and again.  The cool part is the more you do this, the more you’ll begin to experience the presence of God throughout your day and truly realize you are never alone!

To counter our sinful nature and the Tempter we must develop the habit of experiencing the presence of God before temptation strikes.  Turning your focus to God and feeling his love turbo charges your ability to resist the temptation to over eat.  God’s love is the greatest weapon we have when it comes to defeating temptation. 

Finally, God is love and he tells us to love one another as he loves us. One of the greatest ways we can show love to others is by helping them improve their lives.  Please share this with anyone you believe is in need of experiencing God’s love.

God Bless,

Dannywy

Imagine you just cooked dinner and as you sit down to eat someone knocks on your door.  You open the door..it’s JESUS!

He says, “Mmm that really smells good, can I join you?”  You would absolutely be freaking out,  JESUS sitting at your table!

With Jesus sitting there do you think you’d be a glutton and pig out?  NO WAY.

God gave us a wonderful gift in our ability to visualize, in fact we do it all the time whether we are aware of it or not.

Since you are already visualizing something when you eat, why not visualize Jesus?

You can experience Jesus with you at any meal or snack, it’s up to you.

That is of course, unless you’d rather keep binging and over eating.

God bless.

Danny

God bless.
Think of overeating and Jesus will kick your butt!

While this is helpful, it is not a magic cure for lasting weight loss. Overeating is a relative term. Slowly eating high calorie, high fat foods is still going to add a lot of excess calories to your diet. It is when we learn to resist temptation and remove the power it has over us that everything can change.