Losing Weight

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 can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

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.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, — read the full passage →

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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 not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

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 →

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: — read the full passage →

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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.

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

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

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

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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.

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

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. — read the full passage →

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? — read the full passage →

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?

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.

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

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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 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.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

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

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?

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

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 →

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

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. — read the full passage →

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

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.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. — 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.

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: — read the full passage →

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. — read the full passage →

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; — read the full passage →

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.