Losing Weight

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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

For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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

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

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

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill 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 fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You 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 you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — 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 anything.

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

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

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, 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 →

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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

Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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 makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

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

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

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

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

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: — read the full passage →

put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. — read the full passage →

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Whatever you 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, as 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? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

“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 Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. — read the full passage →

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; — read the full passage →

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king’s dainties.

Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.