Losing Weight

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

I can do all things in him that 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, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual 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 the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: — read the full passage →

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.

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

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

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

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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 then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

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

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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

My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod 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 will direct thy paths.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah. — read the full passage →

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

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: — read the full passage →

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

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

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

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are 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 eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

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

It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

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

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

But seek ye first his kingdom, 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 cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Come unto me, all ye that labor 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 Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

whose end is perdition, whose god is the 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 were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

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

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

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

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

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

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

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. — read the full passage →

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

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

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

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

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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

I waited patiently for Jehovah; 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 him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 unto godliness: — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength 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, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king’s dainties.

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