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Whatever you Need, God’s Got it

Kim T — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:13:36 +0000

Have you ever faced a situation and didn’t know what to do about it? I know I have! But the good news is, God gives us answers when we pray.

And many times, God will give answers to needs we don’t even know we have. I can testify to that.

Back in 2001, I attended a Christian women’s conference only to support a friend going through a tough time. I didn’t want to be there. Little did I know God had other plans for me!

You see, I was raised by a single mother. I never knew the love, protection, and security of having a father. But during that women’s conference, the event coordinators had created a theme called “The Father/Daughter Dinner” that Saturday night. When we arrived at the dining room, they had the room decorated like a prom, had corsages at every place setting, along with a silver ring.

They also had a letter written “from God” (based upon biblical scripture) to his precious daughters about how much he loved them. The letter touched my heart as I learned how God desired to have a personal relationship with me and care for me.

I lost it. I cried at that dinner more than I have ever cried outside of a funeral!

Then, the ladies had another surprise. They had men to come in and pray for us – husbands, fathers, friends. These men also sang praise songs and we all worshipped the Lord together. I have tears in my eyes right now, thinking about how through that one event, God healed the hurt, anger, and grief inside of me. He revealed Himself to me as a loving, protective Father. I have never been the same.

Because God loved me, I was now free to love myself.

I share that story with you now because my husband, Mike Taylor, has written an amazing book called ‘Right Now Prayers‘ with stories and prayers from real people, with real needs – just like you. You will be encouraged to see how God came through for them.

Here is my favorite prayer from the book. Now that you know my background, you will probably see why it is my favorite. This prayer is for you too. Mike called it ‘Prayer for Salvation’ in the book, but I call it “Uncle Mike, Save Me!”

There’s an old school church song that sings:

“When I think of the goodness of Jesus and all he has done for me, my soul cries out Hallelujah! Thank God for saving me.”

We echo those words today, for everything else pales to our soul salvation. I am truly thankful for how You watch over us and are always nearby.

Saturday, I was at the sports field sitting in the bleachers while waiting for our team to play. My young nephew who is about 5 years-old was tussling with a couple of boys who were a little older than him, but it was all in fun. A week earlier his cousin was harassing him when I came to his rescue. I told him if anyone ever bothered him to call on me and I will protect him.

Saturday, he remembered those words because when those boys got the best of him, he said, “Uncle Mike, Save Me!” I was sitting in the bleaches about two benches above him and the boys. As soon as he said those words, those boys froze, took their hands off of him and looked at me with fear as I had a scowling look on my face from my thoughts, not because of the boys’ play.

Nonetheless, it made me realize how much that situation was just like ours in the Spiritual. You are always right there to hear our cries and the enemy will certainly turn us loose when we do.

When we play, You are there.

When we work, You are there.

While we sleep, You are there.

Even though we may have trouble in our bodies at different stages whether physical or Spiritual, we know that You are in control and work all things for our good.

I pray that all is indeed well with my co-laborers in all areas of their lives; especially for their marriages as the enemy desires to upset the peace in the home and put family member against family member. Give them peace within the home and outside of the home.

Every time the enemy rears his ugly head against them, inspire them to witness or say something good about You to the next person they see.

We will glorify You Father for You are worthy to be lifted up before us. Again, we thank You for Your goodness and ask that You continue to be good toward us as we journey through this day.

As always. we shall continue to give You all honor, praise and glory both now and forever more in Jesus name.

Amen

Mike Taylor

I hope you enjoyed the prayer and that you will check out Mike’s book. I know you will be blessed by it!

Be blessed in health, healing, and wholeness,

Kimberly Taylor
Author of the ‘Take Back Your Temple’ ebook
http://www.takebackyourtemple.com

P.S. Whether you need healing or a resolution to a financial problem, the new book, Right Now Prayers, will empower you to handle it. See a free excerpt from the book.

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With the tough times we are facing today, we all need a right now prayer. Be encouraged to see how other people are facing challenging situations – and emerging victorious!

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In 2012: The-Lord-Will-Provide

Kim T — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:55:41 +0000

Happy (early) New Year! This year, I challenge you to experience God personally as a Provider – in your daily life.

What do I mean? Many Christians (and I was one of them), experience weak, depressed, fear-filled, and defeated lives because they try to keep God on a shelf. They only take Him down on Sunday at church, if even then!

But after the worship service is over, they put Him back on the shelf where He remains Monday-Saturday.

So their minds remain unrenewed to God’s victorious way of thinking, their hearts remain unchanged to God’s desires for them, and they continue acting in the same destructive way the world acts. It’s a sad way to live and it is not God’s best for his people!

My friend, think about this: “Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, habits become character, and character becomes destiny.”

My whole life changed with a thought back on December 11, 2003. I was standing in my apartment living room with my hand over my chest. I had just experienced a horrendous chest pain and thought I was going to die.

I had never been so scared in my life.

And in that moment, God spoke to me: “It is not supposed to be this way.”

Now, I could have rejected that thought. If I had, I would likely still be 240 pounds and a size 22. I would still be compulsively overeating, depressed, and suffering from the host of health problems that come with obesity.

But instead, I believed God and my whole life changed.

I knew I couldn’t change by myself. I had to humble myself under God’s mighty hand and allow him to heal me from the inside out.

The change process took time; to my impatient mind, it seemed to take forever! Yet, one day I looked in a dressing room mirror and I was able to try on a size 8 dress.

And it fit! All of my daily sacrifices had been worth it!

My friend, that is the key word to God’s provision: Sacrifice.

In Sunday School recently, we studied how God tested Abraham’s faith by commanding him to offer his beloved son, Issac, as a burnt offering (see Genesis 22:1-18). Just before Abraham was about to obey God, God supplied a ram caught in a bush to be used as a sacrifice instead.

Abraham then named the place where he was: “The-Lord-Will-Provide.”

Many people do not realize that God always supplies at the place of sacrifice. In the case of your health goals, it may be a sacrifice of time: It takes time to exercise and plan healthy meals and snacks. It takes time to study your bible so that your mind is renewed according to God’s will and way.

You may need to sacrifice your pride. You may need to humble yourself to God and admit that you need help. You may need to confess your weaknesses to a trusted friend to receive support.

Lastly, you may need to sacrifice your flesh. That is a hard one! The world teaches: “If it feels good, do it.” But that is not the way Christ’s disciples are to live.

Our motto is, “If it IS good, do it.” Our definition of good is what God’s word says is good. That is a totally new mindset that God will teach you this year – if you are willing to make the sacrifice to become His student.

So this year, invite God to walk with you on your health journey, every day.

Be willing to: “…present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service (Romans 12:1).”

Then you will know by personal experience that The-Lord-Will-Provide everything you need to finish your journey well!

Be blessed in health, healing, and wholeness,

Kimberly Taylor
Author of the ‘Take Back Your Temple’ ebook
http://www.takebackyourtemple.com

P.S. If you don’t know God personally or need to re-dedicate yourself to walking with God daily in 2012, you can learn more here:

http://www.everystudent.com/features/gettingconnected.html

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Happy New Year!

The Secret Weapon to Overcoming Temptation

Kim T — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:17:03 +0000

In the “Get Out of My Sight – Temptation!” article, you learned how I dealt with two food temptations recently.

But just this morning, I rediscovered an even more powerful weapon to handle temptation.

This weapon is so important that Jesus himself commanded it.

It lines up with one of my favorite sayings from the martial arts: “The best way to win a fight is to avoid getting into one in the first place.”

See if you can spot the weapon from the wise words of Jesus:

Jesus prayed: “…And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one (Luke 11:4)”
Luke 22:40 “…Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
And to the disciples he said, “…Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation (Luke 22:46)”

By now, you know the weapon is prayer. I pray every day, but must admit I don’t always pray not to enter into temptation.

That was a mistake.

The only reason I realize it now is because Luke 22:39-46 was the focus scripture from the Sunday School lesson I was reading this morning.

After I saw Jesus told the disciples to pray not to enter into temptation twice, I remembered ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ in which he also said the same thing.

I had a revelation: It must be very important if Jesus said it three times!

How many eating “fights” could we avoid every day if we would only pray?

Starting today, I am going to add “lead me not into temptation” to my daily prayers.

How about you?

Be blessed in health, healing, and wholeness,

Kimberly Taylor
Author of the ‘Take Back Your Temple’ ebook

P.S. Have you ever started a weight loss program with great enthusiasm – only to lose focus and regain the weight you lost?

Not any more. To help you stay motivated so you can become a weight loss success story, I recently published my ‘The Weight Loss Scriptures’ 30-day daily devotional on Amazon.com.

Learn more here: http://www.takebackyourtemple.com/the-weight-loss-scriptures-ebook/

The eBook is in Amazon Kindle format, but you don’t need a Kindle to read it. Amazon has a FREE Kindle reader you can use to access the book instantly on your computer.

Learn more here: http://www.takebackyourtemple.com/the-weight-loss-scriptures-ebook/

Get Out of My Sight – Temptation!

Kim T — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:26:55 +0000

With the holidays come great food temptations. How can you win? I’ll show you.

I faced two temptations this week. Both start with the letter ‘P’: Pies and Party.

And both temptations came from my husband, Mike.

With the first one, Mike baked three delicious-looking sweet potato pies, leaving them out on the kitchen counter to cool.

The second was at our community holiday party. I had decided in advance how much I was going to eat and made sure that I did not go to the party hungry. So far, so good.

After we finished eating the main meal, Mike returned to the dessert buffet. Another couple was at our table and Mike brought back four slices of cake, announcing as he placed the cake in the center of the table: ”I thought I’d get enough cake for everybody.”

Now sweets are my big weakness. How could I win over temptation with sweets right before my eyes?

First, a clue on what NOT to do. In Genesis 3, the serpent tempts Eve to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Here is how Eve responded:

“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate (Genesis 3:6)”.

Notice that temptation began with what Eve SAW. Temptations always begin with what is in your sight – either in your physical sight or your imagined sight.

The longer the tempting object stays in your sight, the more you desire it.

And when desire reaches a peak, you’ve got to have it. You take it.

Finally, you suffer the consequences of giving in to temptation. In Eve’s case, the suffering included the Curse from God and being kicked out of the Garden of Eden. In your case with tempting foods, the suffering may include triggering an eating binge. You may feel shame or guilt. You may feel physically tired or sicker after eating the tempting food.

Recognizing the temptation pattern is the key to overcoming it. Again, the pattern is:

See it
Desire it
Take it
Suffer it

A principle of martial arts is: “The best way to win a fight is to avoid getting into one in the first place.” The best way to do that with temptations is to get them out of your sight. Don’t bring tempting foods into your home if you can help it. And that includes in your imagination!

With the pies, I stayed out of the kitchen. And after the pies were cooled on the counter, I covered them up with aluminum foil so that I did not see them. Then I went on doing other things in another room.

At the party in response to the cake, I told my husband “Thanks, sweetie but I’m abstaining tonight.” Then I focused my attention on the table conversation.

In both situations, I felt great about not succumbing to temptation. Remember, temptation starts with your eyes!

Recall the old saying, “out of sight, out of mind.” Get the temptation out of your physical sight first. If you can’t remove the temptation, then remove yourself. If you can’t do that, then cover the tempting food so that you can’t see it. If you can’t do that, then get it out of your mind by focusing your attention on doing something else.

God gives us a promise about temptation in 1 Corinthians 10:13: “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

I’ve given you a way of escape that works. You can use the principles in any area that tempts you. The question is, will you take the escape route?

If you are doubting, then ask God to change the desires of your heart so that you act with self control.

And you too will win!

Be blessed in health, healing, and wholeness,

Kimberly Taylor

Author of the ‘Take Back Your Temple’ ebook

P.S. Have you ever started a weight loss program with great enthusiasm – only to lose focus and regain the weight you lost?

Not any more. To help you stay motivated so you can become a weight loss success story, I recently published my ‘The Weight Loss Scriptures’ 30-day daily devotional on Amazon.com.

Learn more here: http://www.takebackyourtemple.com/the-weight-loss-scriptures-ebook/

The eBook is in Amazon Kindle format, but you don’t need a Kindle to read it. Amazon has a FREE Kindle reader you can use to access the book instantly on your computer.

Learn more here: http://www.takebackyourtemple.com/the-weight-loss-scriptures-ebook/

Small Steps to Weight Loss Tips: Start Here

Kim T — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:39:35 +0000

Do you want to lose weight and get healthy, but don’t know where to start? This is where you start! Each day for 31 days, you will step your way to healthy weight loss.

Taking small steps toward your goal daily will fill you with energy and confidence. Best of all, it helps you create a healthy routine so that losing weight becomes automatic for you.

By popular demand I created this home page to make it easier for you to access each of the 31 tips. I recommend that you Bookmark this page in your Web browser right now so that you can get back to this page easily.

You can also access it anytime from the Beginner Small Steps category on the grey bar at the top of the page.

Here’s a word of advice as you get started. Be kind to yourself. You didn’t gain the weight overnight and you won’t lose it overnight. Or if you did, you’ll likely gain it back just as fast. I know – I’ve been there! Be patient and willing to work through the process. Take each day as it comes and do the best you can that day.

I hope you enjoy the tips!

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