Eating Disorders

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. — read the full passage →

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. — read the full passage →

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. — read the full passage →

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. — read the full passage →

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; — read the full passage →

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. — read the full passage →

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: — read the full passage →

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. — read the full passage →

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: