Can God Really Help You?

If we want God's help, then we have to ask for it through prayer. Prayer is the way we communicate with God. It is, to put it simply, talking to him. After God created Adam and Eve he used to come down in the evening and walk and talk with them. Isn’t that a lovely thought? God wanted to spend time with them and talk to them. It is still the same today. Unfortunately most people are too busy with their day to day lives to stop and talk to God, which is a great shame because we are the beneficiaries of time spent with God.

Prayer is a two way conversation. It involves both talking and listening. So often, when we do pray we reel out a list of worries and requests and then get on with other things. We don’t give God a chance to talk back. If we want to lose weight and we want God to help, then we need to start praying about it. Prayer does not have to be at a specific time and way. We can pray wherever we are. God wants to have a relationship with us throughout the day, not just five minutes before we go to sleep. He wants to hear from us throughout the day, when we get up, when we are in the shower, as we drive to work or take the kids to school etc. It is important to try and set aside some special time but we need to talk to him all the time.

It is also important to give God the opportunity to talk to us. We need to learn to listen. If you don’t listen, how can he guide you? God will speak to you in many different ways, through scripture, other people, through your spirit and through inner peace.

You need to start discussing your problems with God. You need to start praying about everything throughout the day. Ask God to help you control your eating, to give you a desire to eat the right foods and to show you when and what to eat. Pray about everything.

The Bible tells us that when we start to pray, the tide of the battle turns. Today is the day for the tide of your battle to turn.

Let’s pray:

Lord, I believe that you want to be involved in every aspect of my life, including the things that I eat and my weight problems. Today I am making a decision to turn this all over to you. I’m asking you to help me with all my food problems. Change me from the inside and bring my desires into line with yours. Help me to crave the right foods, not the wrong ones, help me to know when I am full and to stop eating. Guide me in what and when I eat. Remind of your presence at all times; let me know that you are there. In Jesus name. Amen.

Today

As you go through your day, try to remember to pray about everything, but particularly about food.