tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519774272031467458.post8440970942691310468..comments2022-10-28T21:25:09.905-07:00Comments on THE SHEPHERD FOR EVERYONE: My SinPastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01329750042474085895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519774272031467458.post-33938274669739444712007-02-21T09:45:00.000-08:002007-02-21T09:45:00.000-08:00What you describe is similar to what I'm doing, an...What you describe is similar to what I'm doing, and I'm sure that my gluttony is deeper than eating as well. So, looks like another area for me to delve into...<BR/><BR/>dang.<BR/><BR/>I've been reading "Revolution of the Heart" by Dallas Willard, and the Lord has been revealing some things to me along these lines. Isn't it amazing how different we all are in the way we think (our thought processes)? What "works" for one, doesn't for another. Thanks be to God, who's considerably more intellegent than all of us and is able to bring us each into an awareness of our sin!<BR/><BR/>God, bless Dave.<BR/><BR/>-allen-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519774272031467458.post-9526869437636604492007-02-19T09:59:00.000-08:002007-02-19T09:59:00.000-08:00The heart issue...hmmm...that is the root of the p...The heart issue...hmmm...that is the root of the problem isn't it.<BR/><BR/>I have no concrete answers for anyone other than myself. If you find that it works for you, then praise God.<BR/><BR/>First, my gluttony is not just in eating...I tend to over-indulge in things I like. For instance, I am a music junkie. I hog/hoard books. I buy dvd's even when I haven't watched some of the ones I already have.<BR/><BR/>So for me, it covers many areas.<BR/><BR/>I deal with the heart issue in this way. I start every day now with prayer and time in the Word. Next, when the temptation to gluttony arises, in all it's various ways and places, I am training myself to ask, will this please the Lord, will it bring me closer to Him, and will it hurt in any way (emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually, etc) myself or those that I love.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying that it works every time. After all, if I had self-control mastered, I wouldn't be a glutton in the first place.<BR/><BR/>But it is getting better, and easier, day by day, moment by moment, temptaion by temptaion. Hope this helps.<BR/><BR/>In His service,<BR/>Pastor DavePastor Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329750042474085895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519774272031467458.post-58342570583839870422007-02-15T14:28:00.000-08:002007-02-15T14:28:00.000-08:00So, how are you addressing the heart issue?I sin i...So, how are you addressing the heart issue?<BR/><BR/>I sin in this area as well, eating as much for comfort as nourishment--which doesn't allow God to be my comforter. Am attempting to deal with it using prayer and scripture...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519774272031467458.post-84852782488829099982007-01-30T20:24:00.000-08:002007-01-30T20:24:00.000-08:00Well, this is going to be interesting...Well, this is going to be interesting...Deena Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267100019443842145noreply@blogger.com