Healthy New Year!

Focus on getting healthy this year rather than just losing weight. “Morning By Morning Pathway to Health” applies biblical principles to health and shows how a daily commitment and the faithfulness of God can transform your health. As you get healthy, your weight will normalize. Be thankful and praise God for the health he has entrusted you with and commit to be a good steward of his resources.

Recognize that we live in an obesigenic environment that favors weight gain. Make your daily food and lifestyle choices wisely to counteract toxic cultural influences and emotional baggage. Your body is designed with the God-given ability to stay healthy and to regain health.  This book helps you make positive health and lifestyle changes that impact your heart, spirit and body. Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and most booksellers.

Joy to the World!

Joy to the world the Lord is come; let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, and heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing.

He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove the glories of His righteousness, and wonders of His love, and wonders of His love, and wonders, wonders of His love.

“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth” (Psalms 98:4 NIV)

 “In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” (John 1:4-5 NIV)

Shepherds Go and Tell

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. (Luke 2:15-20)

Angels Trumpet the Good News

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”  (Luke 2:8-14 NIV)

Wise Men Follow the Star

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” (Matthew 2:1-2 NIV)

Let’s Say “Merry Christmas”!

Joy to the world, the Lord is Come;

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare Him room,

And heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n and nature sing

And heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing.

“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth”

Psalms 98:4 NIV

Pumpkin Bread

Return to Me

“I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,
your sins like the morning mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you.”

(Isaiah 44:22 NIV 84)

Do Not Worry! God feeds even the birds of the air. . .

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?  So do not worry, saying, `What shall we eat?’ or `What shall we drink?’ or `What shall we wear?’  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:25-34 NIV)

Love and Trust

You can trust your heavenly father in all things. Great is his faithfulness. You can step out in faith, trusting that his everlasting arms will always be there for you. He will enable you to do whatever he has called you to do. He has loved you with an everlasting love. He has drawn you to him with loving kindness. There is no shadow of turning in him. He has plans for you: plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  You are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for you to do. Believe, love, trust, and obey. May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace as you trust in him.