Gwen Lara

May 6, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 6, 2020
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The Temptation to Diet

It is tempting to diet because you instinctively know that SELF can control your day instead of God. It is tempting to diet, for instinctively you know that you still do not have to surrender to the internal guiding hand of God—SELF can rule...
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May 5, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 5, 2020
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Taking Care of the Body

We can choose many things in this world to focus on that will wind up corrupting the soul. One such focus is an extreme focus on our bodies. We are simply not to be body focused—comparing ourselves to others.
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May 4, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 4, 2020
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Letting Go of Control

Turning to God means that you are letting go of your control. In the past, you decided what you were going to eat and when you were going to eat it and when you were going to shop and what you were going to buy—and when you were going to say something and whatever it was you wanted to say, and you did not care about what anyone thought...
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May 1, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 1, 2020
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You Can Change Today!

Look again at Titus 2:11-12, which says that grace teaches us to say, “No” to any worldly passions: For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age. Again, stop projecting, for we ourselves are in need of reformation...
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April 30, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on April 30, 2020
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How to Make a Change

Now that you know you can change, how do you change? Grace from God to be reborn, knowing that we are capable of complete transformation and knowing that we are expected to be new creations, will do it...
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April 29, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on April 29, 2020
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The Expectation of More

Man-made rules from medicine, religion, science, philosophy, psychology, etc. do not work because they intuitively get you to focus on yourself—your favorite subject. People love the weekly counsel sessions where you pay someone to ask you questions about yourself and pay them to let you talk about yourself without changing the subject for one to two hours...
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April 28, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on April 28, 2020
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A Typical Dieter’s Day

Let us start off looking at the typical dieter getting up in the morning. Once you decide on a diet, you have to check that particular diet’s list and select the right foods. At work, you talk about diets, which means foods...
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April 26, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on April 26, 2020
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Why Diets will Never Work, Part IV

Man-made rules...“they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence…” Diets do not get to the root problem—sensual desires. There is something about chewing and swallowing, chewing and swallowing; notice that overeaters often keep drinks beside them for sucking and swallowing or gum in their mouths...
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