OVERCOMING ADDICTION WEEK
This whole week I’m sharing on this topic that is near and dear to my heart!
I really struggled with addictions growing up. The one I’m sharing about this week is the food addiction and how I overcame that obsession!
WHAT THE LORD TOLD ME
When I was in my 20’s, and living with 2 ladies, I was still really struggling with food addictions and binging. One of my roommates brought home a huge sheet cake – leftover from one of their work parties. And I was
T-E-M-P-T-E-D!!! Not just to have 1 or 2 pieces, but like the WHOLE THING!
In the closet!
I was home alone that night with just me and the cake 🙂 and quite scared! I found myself starting to eat it, bite after bite. And I told the Lord, “You’re going to have to help me stop Lord, I just can’t!”
I NEVER bought this much cake or kept it in the apartment, because of my problem with binging.
Then the Lord SHOWED UP! I got a visual of putting it in the closet! So I did! I put it away in the closet and went in my room to talk it out with the Lord.
CUT IT OFF!
I asked the Lord what to do, and He drops that Scripture in my mind/heart/spirit… that when something causes you to sin, you cut if off! (Matthew 5:29) I asked Him, how? How do I “cut off” this cake?
He again dropped a visual in my mind of taking it out to the dumpster and throwing it away!
Whoa! I knew that if I did that, I would NOT go digging in the dumpster for it, once it was in there, I was done with it.
THIS was a KEY MOMENT! I could either say YES and TRUST the Lord with the REST, or NO, and just keep eating this thing.
Somehow, by the GRACE and STRENGTH of the LORD, I was empowered to go throw it away! I wasn’t worrying about what the roommates would think at that moment… thankfully! Because that would have stopped me from doing the right and BEST thing to help me!
I said YES to the Lord, and it was a SIGNIFICANT STEP in the right direction toward overcoming this obsession with food and feeling good from food stimulation.
Can you relate?
It reminds me of the movie Fireproof, when Kirk Cameron’s character was addicted to pornography, and he took a baseball bat to the computer and totally demolished it! Wow! It seemed EXTREME, but it WORKED!
My prayer for you this week, as I share about overcoming this addiction, is it will help and bless you to overcome something in your life, with the HELP and GRACE and STRENGTH of the LORD! It’s the ONLY way that LASTS!!! TRUST ME! I tried a million things! And I now walk in FREEDOM!
He has shown me again and again, that as I surrender to Him, and INCLUDE HIM in these details, He strengthens and empowers me to OVERCOME!
SO NOW WHAT?
ANOTHER THING that really helped me to break off addictions is FASTING.
We are going to give our systems a REST/ REBOOT/ RESET after allll the holiday feasting we did! We are starting tomorrow January 4th. It will be a 10 day challenge, Daniel type fast. YOU can join in! There are 2 ways to join in:
👇 OPTION 1 – “SKIN IN THE GAME” I’M COMMITTED TO THIS THING👇:
$33 to join the challenge.
I’m planning to do a video each day that cheers you on, giving you tips, and some variations to work into your own personal plan that you want to do. And the group coaching and accountability of this group, we can cheer each other on!
PLUS we will have a NUTRITION EXPERT IN THE CHALLENGE GROUP! To help answer your personal/specific questions and support and cheer us on! Plus you get to see all the other info and videos on reseting and rebooting our systems in a natural and supernatural way.
Let’s DO THIS!!! Let’s REBOOT our systems, and really just pay this forward, the blessings that I’ve received, to pray and declare forward for you. WE WILL KICK IT OFF THE 1st Monday after the New Year, January 4th! With a Daniel Fast!!
Put any questions you have in the comments or reach out to me… Love you and bless you to do this with us and the Lord- your own version of it is fine!!
👇 LINK to Sign up is below, and you will receive the information for the Group Challenge!👇
$33 to join the challenge HERE.
https://py.pl/yj9q5 – if you want to commit to this with us, after the holiday time!
👇 OPTION 2 – FREEBIE GROUP 👇
Where you can follow along at your own pace, no pressure, no stress, just learn and grow in the right direction lol! 👇 Link for Freebie group 👇
https://www.facebook.com/groups/babystepstobetterme/
If you are not on Facebook and want an email version of the challenge, put your email in the comments and I will email you instead!
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After you sign up, I will send you the Group link for the 10 Day challenge, which will begin officially January 4th, 2021.
HERE’S A WAY TO BLESS OTHERS:
The OTHER cool thing we are doing is called “Fund My Massage!” We are blessing people with massage who cannot afford it. I have a Go Fund Me at this link – – > https://gf.me/u/zcpvdy
So if you are able to donate $10, or 20 or more, towards someone to receive a massage this season, please DO!
Every time we hit the $60 mark, I will pull a name of someone that was submitted, and bless them with a massage! My husband and I donated the first $20, and now we are already half way to the first goal of $60!
We’d LOVE to have you join in this way to bless people around us.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FILLED WITH LOVE AND BLESSINGS!
babystepstobetterme 