WEBVTT 00:00.031 --> 00:04.721 [SPEAKER_00]: What if you have to eat three times a day and you're so used to sinning against God? 00:05.021 --> 00:08.749 [SPEAKER_00]: And so you come into the throne room with your McDonald's and you sit before him? 00:09.009 --> 00:10.633 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you recognize that he's in the temple? 00:10.853 --> 00:11.154 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you? 00:11.354 --> 00:16.605 [SPEAKER_00]: Because I think you might make a different decision if you know you're gonna have to answer for the condition of the temple. 00:16.585 --> 00:20.131 [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the God's Perfect-sized show where faith meets fat loss. 00:20.151 --> 00:32.574 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host Kim Jong-Way, the author of God's Perfect-sized, and a former food addict turned food freedom coach tune in every week to be encouraged and empowered towards your goals for weight loss and victory in Christ. 00:33.275 --> 00:35.098 [SPEAKER_00]: So listen community, I got a question. 00:35.499 --> 00:38.745 [SPEAKER_00]: It's a deep one, and I want us to grapple with this together. 00:38.725 --> 00:49.115 [SPEAKER_00]: I want to share it here because I think it's one of those unspoken questions that many of us think about grapple with and even have some strong opinions and thoughts around. 00:49.536 --> 00:51.321 [SPEAKER_00]: And so I want to open this up to discussion. 00:51.421 --> 00:54.169 [SPEAKER_00]: I want it to be brought to the light and have this talk. 00:54.149 --> 00:58.019 [SPEAKER_00]: So here is while the statement slash question that they had for me. 00:58.440 --> 01:05.539 [SPEAKER_00]: So the statement started off with kind of a push back to what we do here at God's perfect size, which is I teach you about food freedom and Christ. 01:05.900 --> 01:10.572 [SPEAKER_00]: And this is not just for somebody who, you know, ate too much on a Thursday night. 01:10.552 --> 01:22.250 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm talking about those who feel like this is a strong hold that they have a root of addiction, that they can't seem to get their bearings on how to eat healthfully and how to eat with self-control. 01:22.631 --> 01:23.672 [SPEAKER_00]: That's what this group is for. 01:24.193 --> 01:25.115 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not a club. 01:25.215 --> 01:27.298 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not where we're just going to sit and hang out forever. 01:27.538 --> 01:29.982 [SPEAKER_00]: It's a place where you find your healing and you go out and you live your life. 01:30.363 --> 01:31.364 [SPEAKER_00]: That's God's perfect size. 01:31.384 --> 01:33.167 [SPEAKER_00]: You're not meant to be chained to any program. 01:33.147 --> 01:36.393 [SPEAKER_00]: I firmly believe that y'all like you are not meant to be chained to a program. 01:36.734 --> 01:39.259 [SPEAKER_00]: If Jesus gives you freedom, take it and go with it. 01:39.279 --> 01:51.983 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, but I digress all of that to say, the statement came to me and it was, hey, I get what you're doing, I get what you're saying, but food addiction or issues with eating is different than every other sin. 01:51.963 --> 02:00.103 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, other sins you can maybe abstain, you don't have to see it or be a part of it again, but food is something you do every day all day. 02:00.143 --> 02:02.068 [SPEAKER_00]: Eating is a part of life and we can't avoid it. 02:02.248 --> 02:04.173 [SPEAKER_00]: And I agree with that because you're going to die if you don't eat. 02:04.434 --> 02:05.556 [SPEAKER_00]: But here's what they said. 02:05.877 --> 02:07.681 [SPEAKER_00]: They said it's harder than all other sins. 02:07.822 --> 02:09.145 [SPEAKER_00]: And I thought to myself, 02:09.125 --> 02:15.973 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not sure that that's true, and then they went on to make the point of drug addicts don't have to go back out into the streets. 02:16.533 --> 02:20.357 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have to go back out into a bar if you struggle with alcoholism. 02:20.598 --> 02:22.760 [SPEAKER_00]: You can just kind of abstain from those environments. 02:23.241 --> 02:30.749 [SPEAKER_00]: If you have an issue with pornography, you can just get rid of it and you don't have to see it again, but the point they were making is that food is different. 02:30.769 --> 02:33.732 [SPEAKER_00]: You have to eat a couple times a day to stay alive. 02:33.712 --> 02:45.343 [SPEAKER_00]: and so therefore you have way more opportunity to send and because it's a part of life and it's a necessity, then there really are no safe places for those who over eat. 02:45.704 --> 02:47.749 [SPEAKER_00]: There's no way of escape for those who over eat. 02:48.090 --> 02:48.852 [SPEAKER_00]: And I 02:48.832 --> 02:55.942 [SPEAKER_00]: I disagree with that and I agree with it and I'm gonna start with why I agree with it Because you're like what girl what are you talking about what do you mean you agree with it? 02:56.162 --> 03:15.430 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, here's the thing if you don't have the Holy Spirit if you don't have Jesus at work in your life If you don't have that accountability that comes with the Holy Spirit if you don't have that spirit of self-control That is helping you to overcome that is prompting you not to overeat not to sin against him then you're on your own and 03:15.410 --> 03:18.156 [SPEAKER_00]: As harsh as that sounds, you really don't have any help. 03:18.597 --> 03:21.402 [SPEAKER_00]: And that breaks my heart because so many people are living like that. 03:21.763 --> 03:24.509 [SPEAKER_00]: So many people are not leaning into the Holy Spirit. 03:24.529 --> 03:26.413 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm not talking about just unbelievers. 03:26.733 --> 03:28.237 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, they're people who don't believe in God. 03:28.357 --> 03:31.343 [SPEAKER_00]: And so they're white, neckling it on their own, or they're trying to... 03:31.323 --> 03:51.945 [SPEAKER_00]: all these other means to find their freedom and so yeah for them this is a reality and even for believers there are many believers who have salvation who have given their life to Christ but they just don't operate by the power of the Holy Spirit and so they feel like they lack they feel like their spiritual weapons don't exist. 03:52.286 --> 03:58.292 [SPEAKER_00]: Ephesians 6 for them means nothing because there 03:58.272 --> 04:11.153 [SPEAKER_00]: All of that is not an option because they believe in Jesus and then it's kind of stopped at salvation and they have salvation, but they have this idea of cessationism where the gifts of the Spirit are not present. 04:11.173 --> 04:13.236 [SPEAKER_00]: The Holy Spirit doesn't work in our lives. 04:13.657 --> 04:17.563 [SPEAKER_00]: You only have the option to read your Bible and hold on for your life. 04:17.543 --> 04:21.571 [SPEAKER_00]: And that, my dears is not what scripture says, and that's not what the Bible says. 04:21.672 --> 04:22.854 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'll take it one step further. 04:23.215 --> 04:30.209 [SPEAKER_00]: We often read Ephesians 6 when we're talking about spiritual warfare and the spiritual weapons, and we need to know what these weapons are. 04:30.570 --> 04:32.755 [SPEAKER_00]: We need to know what it means to guard your heart. 04:32.775 --> 04:36.683 [SPEAKER_00]: We need to know that guard is that breastplate of righteousness. 04:36.663 --> 04:44.235 [SPEAKER_00]: We need to know that we need our feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel and we need our minds renewed with the gospel, with the word, with the truth. 04:44.275 --> 04:44.856 [SPEAKER_00]: We need that. 04:45.316 --> 04:55.953 [SPEAKER_00]: And with all of that knowledge, there is power, resurrection power that comes through the Holy Spirit, that is at work in you, in your life, when you believe God. 04:56.394 --> 05:00.460 [SPEAKER_00]: And so this week I was reading 05:00.440 --> 05:03.704 [SPEAKER_00]: I think this is something that helps me tremendously and I pray that it helps you. 05:04.084 --> 05:11.793 [SPEAKER_00]: So if you struggle with the belief that eating is extra hard, it is the sin that feels insurmountable. 05:11.914 --> 05:13.075 [SPEAKER_00]: This episode is for you. 05:13.115 --> 05:25.249 [SPEAKER_00]: If you truly are looking for that help and that hope that will flip this thing on its head and turn your mind around to understand that God is present in you, then I'm gonna share that with you today. 05:25.630 --> 05:27.612 [SPEAKER_00]: And then when we're done sharing this, 05:27.592 --> 05:35.023 [SPEAKER_00]: I want you to make a decision about how you're going to operate and how you're going to think about your plan of attack when it comes to weight loss. 05:35.043 --> 05:36.284 [SPEAKER_00]: Let's head back to the scripture. 05:36.645 --> 05:39.789 [SPEAKER_00]: It says in Ephesians chapter 2, and I'm going to drop all the way down to the bottom. 05:40.510 --> 05:44.776 [SPEAKER_00]: And this is talking about us being built up in Christ and that we are the temple. 05:44.817 --> 05:49.363 [SPEAKER_00]: We are a holy temple, not just my spirit and being in Christ. 05:49.343 --> 05:55.079 [SPEAKER_00]: but all of us collectively are being built up into this holy temple which is God's church. 05:55.460 --> 05:56.804 [SPEAKER_00]: And so here's what it says. 05:57.004 --> 06:04.365 [SPEAKER_00]: So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. 06:04.345 --> 06:16.139 [SPEAKER_00]: Built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets and Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone in whom the whole structure being joined together Grow as into a holy temple in the Lord. 06:16.159 --> 06:22.527 [SPEAKER_00]: That's the part where I was talking about as being collective and listen to verse 22 This is this is key to your success in him. 06:22.567 --> 06:26.472 [SPEAKER_00]: You are also being built together into a dwelling place 06:26.452 --> 06:28.477 [SPEAKER_00]: for God by the Spirit. 06:29.119 --> 06:43.836 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, this week as I read this, I don't know why it hit so hard, but when I read verse 22, I never stopped to think about the fact that, yes, we are the temple of God, but that God 06:43.816 --> 06:47.801 [SPEAKER_00]: built us so that we could be this temple for his dwelling. 06:48.122 --> 06:52.328 [SPEAKER_00]: Like I know the Holy Spirit dwells in us, but I don't know that I was seeing it rightly. 06:52.588 --> 06:53.329 [SPEAKER_00]: And here's what I mean. 06:53.449 --> 06:54.491 [SPEAKER_00]: I want you to follow me on this. 06:54.531 --> 06:58.396 [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to go around the world for a second together and then we're going to come back and land this plane. 06:58.897 --> 06:59.938 [SPEAKER_00]: But here's the thing. 07:00.218 --> 07:06.567 [SPEAKER_00]: When you think about a temple, like just think about a temple, what makes it different from every other building? 07:06.547 --> 07:09.190 [SPEAKER_00]: What makes a difference from the department store or the grocery store? 07:09.671 --> 07:10.612 [SPEAKER_00]: I'll give you a second. 07:10.752 --> 07:11.213 [SPEAKER_00]: Think about it. 07:11.473 --> 07:21.225 [SPEAKER_00]: The truth is, is these temples tend to be places of worship where there are sacred objects and there is a what we call a holy presence. 07:21.245 --> 07:29.135 [SPEAKER_00]: That's usually what makes a temple a place of significance, a place that's set apart from every other building. 07:29.415 --> 07:33.280 [SPEAKER_00]: And so if you and I are the temple of the living God, 07:33.260 --> 07:38.628 [SPEAKER_00]: We fully understand what that looks like, what it means, and the ramifications that it has for our lives. 07:38.908 --> 07:45.417 [SPEAKER_00]: So as you are the temple of God, let's say you are this just a building, but now the presence of God moves in. 07:45.778 --> 07:49.222 [SPEAKER_00]: And when the presence of God moves in, his holy presence is in you. 07:49.583 --> 07:54.610 [SPEAKER_00]: And I want you to picture it as if his throne is at the center of your heart. 07:55.191 --> 07:59.537 [SPEAKER_00]: His throne is at the center of your existence, and he is seated on that throne. 07:59.517 --> 08:04.503 [SPEAKER_00]: Now God is in this temple with you and you're hanging out in this temple. 08:04.904 --> 08:12.513 [SPEAKER_00]: If God is in the temple and you're dwelling in your temple and your body, if he's in the temple, is he an authority inside of you? 08:12.693 --> 08:13.975 [SPEAKER_00]: He absolutely is. 08:14.015 --> 08:20.223 [SPEAKER_00]: He's able to make judgments and commands on your behalf, seated on the throne in the temple of you. 08:20.583 --> 08:22.065 [SPEAKER_00]: He can absolutely do that. 08:22.045 --> 08:26.812 [SPEAKER_00]: What if you have to eat three times a day and you're so used to sinning against God? 08:27.213 --> 08:30.958 [SPEAKER_00]: And so you come into the throne room with your McDonald's and you sit before him. 08:31.219 --> 08:32.841 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you recognize that he's in the temple? 08:33.041 --> 08:33.342 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you? 08:33.622 --> 08:38.630 [SPEAKER_00]: Because I think you might make a different decision if you know you're going to have to answer for the condition of the temple. 08:38.870 --> 08:44.358 [SPEAKER_00]: You're going to eat this junk food and then and then throw trash around the temple so to speak. 08:44.779 --> 08:46.281 [SPEAKER_00]: Is that the way you treat a temple? 08:46.261 --> 08:47.403 [SPEAKER_00]: is what I'm asking. 08:48.024 --> 09:01.806 [SPEAKER_00]: When you fill your temple with junk food, you're making a decision, but I don't know that we're always making a decision with the understanding that God of heaven is seated on a throne in the temple and that you're actually doing this. 09:01.786 --> 09:02.869 [SPEAKER_00]: in his presence. 09:03.350 --> 09:11.510 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know that we, not just imagine it, but that it has become real enough for us to understand that God is in the temple. 09:11.951 --> 09:18.267 [SPEAKER_00]: So when you're making decisions about what you're going to eat, when you're going to eat, how you're going to eat, like what kind of attitude do you have around food? 09:18.287 --> 09:19.390 [SPEAKER_00]: Are you going to worship it? 09:19.370 --> 09:24.657 [SPEAKER_00]: And is he going to, is God going to sit on that throne and watch you worship food? 09:25.277 --> 09:32.987 [SPEAKER_00]: I think if you recognize the fact that the Lord is in his holy temple inside of you, you'll treat food differently. 09:33.027 --> 09:40.416 [SPEAKER_00]: And if you haven't been able to do that thus far, this is your opportunity to recognize, say God, 09:40.396 --> 09:43.680 [SPEAKER_00]: I haven't been paying attention to the fact that you dwell in me. 09:43.960 --> 09:49.166 [SPEAKER_00]: I haven't been honoring you as the one who resides in my temple, and so I've been treating it like trash. 09:49.186 --> 09:50.227 [SPEAKER_00]: I've been trashing your temple. 09:51.088 --> 10:03.062 [SPEAKER_00]: I repent before you, and I ask you to help me clean up the mess I made, because the mess has been going on for years, and I don't know if I have the strength to energy, the wherewithal, or the know-how to clean this up. 10:03.042 --> 10:05.545 [SPEAKER_00]: I need your help by the power of your spirit. 10:05.745 --> 10:09.450 [SPEAKER_00]: When you do that, it changes the way you start treating the temple. 10:09.730 --> 10:12.233 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm not just talking about the physical temple. 10:12.633 --> 10:15.577 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm even talking about your relationship with God like your prayer time. 10:16.037 --> 10:19.702 [SPEAKER_00]: When you wake up in the morning, you're waking up with the God of heaven in your temple. 10:20.062 --> 10:21.063 [SPEAKER_00]: He's seated on the throne. 10:21.504 --> 10:25.929 [SPEAKER_00]: So when you wake up and you recognize that he's there, do you ignore him? 10:26.410 --> 10:30.214 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you just walk right by and leave him sitting on the throne and you don't even say hello? 10:30.194 --> 10:30.955 [SPEAKER_00]: That's odd. 10:31.096 --> 10:36.986 [SPEAKER_00]: Like that would be odd even in just a relationship with a friend or a loved one. 10:37.367 --> 10:41.133 [SPEAKER_00]: They're in your house and you wake up and you see them, you've invited them in. 10:41.173 --> 10:50.169 [SPEAKER_00]: They're sitting on the couch and you wake up and you ignore them the entire time and they're talking to you but you don't answer back because you're busy and then you walk out the door. 10:50.670 --> 10:53.535 [SPEAKER_00]: How would that friend feel sitting on the couch? 10:53.515 --> 10:57.024 [SPEAKER_00]: How does God feel sitting on the throne up your temple? 10:57.404 --> 11:00.432 [SPEAKER_00]: Like we're waking up and we're not recognizing his presence. 11:00.733 --> 11:03.499 [SPEAKER_00]: We're eating and we're not recognizing his presence. 11:03.840 --> 11:09.955 [SPEAKER_00]: And the thing is, is that we have all of these beliefs compartmentalized, but every good and perfect gift. 11:09.935 --> 11:11.056 [SPEAKER_00]: comes from God. 11:11.217 --> 11:15.462 [SPEAKER_00]: So when you sit down to eat, when you get the food, he's the one who gave it to you. 11:15.482 --> 11:21.470 [SPEAKER_00]: He's seated on the throne of your temple and you're getting ready to eat and you don't even say thank you. 11:21.830 --> 11:31.723 [SPEAKER_00]: Like he's like, I gave you something good and yet you ignore him and go about eating or you just turn the TV on and eat in front of him and ignore him the entire time. 11:31.703 --> 11:39.517 [SPEAKER_00]: I think we need an awakening of the fact that God is on the throne in your temple, that God is on the throne inside of you. 11:40.118 --> 11:48.413 [SPEAKER_00]: He's a living, breathing God inside of you, or he's, I don't know if he breeds, but he is a living God inside of you. 11:48.393 --> 11:52.381 [SPEAKER_00]: He's fully alive and he's fully relational and he's fully in love with you. 11:52.542 --> 12:01.420 [SPEAKER_00]: He's waiting for you not just to condemn you or on the other side just to rescue you from everything only when you're in trouble, he wants that day-to-day relationship. 12:01.761 --> 12:06.250 [SPEAKER_00]: And so for me lately I've been praying God, help me see you rightly. 12:06.230 --> 12:09.974 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know that I fully understand what it means that you dwell in me. 12:10.355 --> 12:12.097 [SPEAKER_00]: And so, what does that look like God? 12:12.317 --> 12:14.319 [SPEAKER_00]: Am I supposed to talk to you Holy Spirit? 12:14.619 --> 12:15.200 [SPEAKER_00]: I think so. 12:15.220 --> 12:20.046 [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's okay if we start having some real long conversations with the Holy Spirit. 12:20.266 --> 12:26.953 [SPEAKER_00]: And yes, you might be talking to yourself, but hey, what better time than to get in your card and drive down the highway and talk to the Holy Spirit? 12:26.973 --> 12:28.595 [SPEAKER_00]: Because it's you and him and the card together. 12:28.976 --> 12:32.980 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, check in and say God, you're seated on the throne of my heart, you're in the temple. 12:32.960 --> 12:34.902 [SPEAKER_00]: So let me run this past you real quick. 12:35.163 --> 12:36.324 [SPEAKER_00]: Let me tell you what my mom did. 12:36.504 --> 12:37.746 [SPEAKER_00]: Let me tell you what my sister did. 12:38.246 --> 12:40.329 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, let me tell you what happened between my husband and I. 12:40.589 --> 12:43.172 [SPEAKER_00]: Like take that opportunity to have real conversations. 12:43.552 --> 12:45.595 [SPEAKER_00]: It might feel one-sided for a second. 12:45.955 --> 12:50.240 [SPEAKER_00]: But once you get into the rhythm of it, I'd say, I dare say less than a month from now. 12:50.561 --> 12:53.204 [SPEAKER_00]: You're going to love having those conversations with God. 12:53.564 --> 12:56.047 [SPEAKER_00]: And you're going to realize that he's actually answering you. 12:56.388 --> 13:00.132 [SPEAKER_00]: You're going to see the signs of him answering you. 13:00.112 --> 13:01.335 [SPEAKER_00]: flesh in your life. 13:01.636 --> 13:07.833 [SPEAKER_00]: One of the things that I prayed to God for when I was writing God's perfect size, I kept getting tripped up in the way I was eating. 13:08.114 --> 13:13.188 [SPEAKER_00]: And one day I sat down and I was like, God, why is this besetting me so much? 13:13.328 --> 13:15.133 [SPEAKER_00]: Why has this been so hard? 13:15.113 --> 13:19.500 [SPEAKER_00]: And it wasn't until later that day, I had gone through the day, this is when the kids were young. 13:19.800 --> 13:24.147 [SPEAKER_00]: I'd gone through the day, I'd been praying about it talking out loud while I was doing my housework. 13:24.587 --> 13:27.812 [SPEAKER_00]: And when I got to the nighttime while I was sitting on the couch, I was tired. 13:28.293 --> 13:30.937 [SPEAKER_00]: I was just kind of winding down so the TV was off. 13:31.418 --> 13:35.704 [SPEAKER_00]: Everything was quiet, and I heard the Holy Spirit say, 13:35.684 --> 13:37.707 [SPEAKER_00]: stop watching the Food Network. 13:38.148 --> 13:42.155 [SPEAKER_00]: Now this is not for everybody so don't go running and say Kim told us to stop watching the Food Network. 13:42.436 --> 13:55.077 [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't say that but I will tell you for me Holy Spirit spoke to me that day on the couch and he said you are constantly having images of food before you and so it's fueling this obsession. 13:55.208 --> 13:57.531 [SPEAKER_00]: I never would have thought that, like, for reals. 13:58.012 --> 13:59.414 [SPEAKER_00]: I never would have thought that on my own. 13:59.754 --> 14:05.663 [SPEAKER_00]: But it was like this quiet thought came outside of myself and said, for you, this is not good. 14:06.043 --> 14:08.247 [SPEAKER_00]: For you, this is driving the hunger. 14:08.307 --> 14:16.558 [SPEAKER_00]: For you, this is building your faith up to continue eating rather than bringing you into submission under me. 14:16.839 --> 14:19.883 [SPEAKER_00]: So what I learned from that conversation with the Holy Spirit is, 14:19.863 --> 14:29.423 [SPEAKER_00]: I was driving that urge to eat and I was feeding that type of faith to continue in food addiction when I was watching those types of shows. 14:29.463 --> 14:38.682 [SPEAKER_00]: Like they kept growing my hunger and keeping my mind on getting food or making these fabulous recipes and it was outwaying the word. 14:38.662 --> 14:58.206 [SPEAKER_00]: I would get up in the morning and read and pray, but I was spending way more time watching the food network and watching all of these home renovations shows, and so that was out weighing what I was asking that little bit of scripture to do, and those things kept my mind off of God, and only when the Holy Spirit spoke to me and corrected me in that moment. 14:58.186 --> 15:17.308 [SPEAKER_00]: Did I realize that is the key so this is what I'm saying the king is on the throne He's personal the way he talks to me in that moment and told me you can't watch these shows It's like an alcoholic who is always watching commercials about beer eventually They're gonna be tempted enough to go out and do it 15:17.288 --> 15:21.173 [SPEAKER_00]: or they're always putting themselves in that environment and they'll be tempted to go out and do it. 15:21.474 --> 15:31.727 [SPEAKER_00]: Well for me watching those cooking shows was keeping my mind stayed and stuck in that environment and it was driving my hunger for it rather than for God. 15:32.128 --> 15:33.790 [SPEAKER_00]: And so it was a simple fix for me. 15:34.110 --> 15:38.256 [SPEAKER_00]: I stopped watching those shows and I replaced them with just listening to scripture. 15:38.636 --> 15:42.081 [SPEAKER_00]: I will just literally just turn on something and listen to scripture. 15:42.061 --> 15:42.863 [SPEAKER_00]: It helps me. 15:42.883 --> 15:43.885 [SPEAKER_00]: I've been doing it at night time. 15:44.346 --> 15:45.909 [SPEAKER_00]: I will fall asleep to the word of God. 15:46.330 --> 15:50.279 [SPEAKER_00]: And so I needed to replace that behavior with something, but I wouldn't have known to do it. 15:50.579 --> 16:02.044 [SPEAKER_00]: Had I not recognized, God is on the throne of my heart, and He is dwelling in His holy temple, and He is alive and He's relational, and He wanted to be a part of the decision-making. 16:02.024 --> 16:05.631 [SPEAKER_00]: And so for you, are you there with God if you're not? 16:05.911 --> 16:06.512 [SPEAKER_00]: It's okay. 16:06.753 --> 16:09.337 [SPEAKER_00]: Because the good news is is that he's still on the throne. 16:09.678 --> 16:14.386 [SPEAKER_00]: He's on the throne in my heart, and he's on the throne in your heart if you've given your life to Christ. 16:14.787 --> 16:17.051 [SPEAKER_00]: And you can start having those conversations with him. 16:17.412 --> 16:21.459 [SPEAKER_00]: And you can start recognizing the fact that he's real and he's present. 16:21.579 --> 16:25.787 [SPEAKER_00]: Just because it feels like he's silent, doesn't mean he is silent. 16:25.767 --> 16:27.409 [SPEAKER_00]: I need you to think about that for a second. 16:27.870 --> 16:33.819 [SPEAKER_00]: We're flesh and blood, so we're living in this world, but God rules and reigns by the Spirit. 16:34.120 --> 16:37.104 [SPEAKER_00]: And so when you worship Him, you've got to worship Him in spirit and in truth. 16:37.405 --> 16:39.488 [SPEAKER_00]: And so He's always speaking by His Spirit. 16:39.848 --> 16:43.774 [SPEAKER_00]: But you've got to be quiet enough and you've got to recognize that He's present. 16:44.095 --> 16:49.463 [SPEAKER_00]: And then you've got to want to walk into the room and have a conversation with the Lord of your temple. 16:49.443 --> 16:50.986 [SPEAKER_00]: have that conversation with him. 16:51.366 --> 16:53.911 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have to stay stuck in eating out of control. 16:54.292 --> 17:01.865 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have to have this worldly wisdom of saying, well, this is this thing is harder than every other thing because I've got to eat every single day. 17:02.446 --> 17:10.540 [SPEAKER_00]: You've got to king on the throne in your heart, who's present every single day, at every single meal, at every single temptation, every hour. 17:10.520 --> 17:11.702 [SPEAKER_00]: You are not alone. 17:12.203 --> 17:15.209 [SPEAKER_00]: And so when you sit down to eat, stop pause. 17:15.229 --> 17:16.973 [SPEAKER_00]: Everybody says pray. 17:17.013 --> 17:20.139 [SPEAKER_00]: But I say, do a little inviting first. 17:20.840 --> 17:22.043 [SPEAKER_00]: Stop pause. 17:22.764 --> 17:27.313 [SPEAKER_00]: Go to the king and say, Father, I stand before your throne of mercy. 17:27.293 --> 17:29.858 [SPEAKER_00]: help me to eat with self-control. 17:30.500 --> 17:36.151 [SPEAKER_00]: And then you say, fill me with the words that I can pray in spirit and in truth before your throne. 17:36.452 --> 17:38.496 [SPEAKER_00]: And then you have that prayer. 17:39.097 --> 17:39.979 [SPEAKER_00]: Invite God. 17:40.480 --> 17:42.143 [SPEAKER_00]: Stop and recognize His presence. 17:42.404 --> 17:44.448 [SPEAKER_00]: Look him in the eye so to speak. 17:45.049 --> 17:46.051 [SPEAKER_00]: Recognize who he is. 17:46.091 --> 17:47.935 [SPEAKER_00]: Recognize his authority. 17:47.915 --> 17:51.500 [SPEAKER_00]: Ask him for his wisdom and then proceed to pray. 17:51.560 --> 18:01.474 [SPEAKER_00]: Oftentimes we kind of just forge ahead with our prayers, and it's almost like we are standing in the room with the king, but we're talking over here, and he's right here. 18:02.175 --> 18:06.261 [SPEAKER_00]: Like it would be so odd if you were sitting right in front of me, and we're having a conversation. 18:06.241 --> 18:10.064 [SPEAKER_00]: And yet I talk to you like this because I never recognize your presence. 18:10.425 --> 18:12.146 [SPEAKER_00]: I want you to get a good visual of that. 18:12.527 --> 18:13.968 [SPEAKER_00]: Like that would be really weird. 18:14.248 --> 18:15.169 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's very telling. 18:15.549 --> 18:19.633 [SPEAKER_00]: It's telling of the fact that you're not sure that the king is in the room with you. 18:20.093 --> 18:23.837 [SPEAKER_00]: It's telling that you think you just have to throw it out into the universe. 18:24.177 --> 18:25.919 [SPEAKER_00]: But you're not throwing it out into the universe. 18:26.259 --> 18:27.540 [SPEAKER_00]: You're talking to a king. 18:27.560 --> 18:31.524 [SPEAKER_00]: And it doesn't mean you have to fixate on a point and say, God is right there. 18:31.564 --> 18:36.248 [SPEAKER_00]: That's not what I'm saying to do. 18:36.228 --> 18:38.732 [SPEAKER_00]: and recognize that God is with you. 18:39.332 --> 18:40.234 [SPEAKER_00]: That's all I'm saying. 18:40.794 --> 18:42.737 [SPEAKER_00]: Don't put any graven images in your mind. 18:43.258 --> 18:44.480 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not asking you to do that. 18:44.920 --> 18:46.542 [SPEAKER_00]: Just stop and pause. 18:47.283 --> 18:53.012 [SPEAKER_00]: Recognize that the king isn't you and that you're approaching his throne and you're going to talk with him. 18:53.072 --> 18:56.697 [SPEAKER_00]: There should be a targeted direction for your conversation. 18:57.097 --> 19:01.223 [SPEAKER_00]: It should not just be a random, God help me wherever you are, however you are. 19:01.203 --> 19:02.227 [SPEAKER_00]: like whatever you're doing. 19:02.488 --> 19:08.614 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't want it to be something out here that doesn't really connect with you, that doesn't really 19:09.134 --> 19:13.519 [SPEAKER_00]: feel like a relationship with God, you want to bring it in and you want it to be intimate. 19:13.819 --> 19:28.134 [SPEAKER_00]: You want to recognize that God is right here with you and you want to just pause everything and stop and talk to the father who is in the room with you, who is on the throne of mercy and who dwells in your holy temple. 19:28.595 --> 19:31.418 [SPEAKER_00]: I think if you do that, I know if you do that. 19:31.838 --> 19:38.145 [SPEAKER_00]: This is going to be a game changer for you because when you get ready to sit down to eat, 19:38.125 --> 19:38.926 [SPEAKER_00]: to the Father. 19:39.327 --> 19:43.833 [SPEAKER_00]: Or at least you're going to bow before Him and say, God, I know you're here with me in this temple. 19:44.214 --> 19:45.155 [SPEAKER_00]: So give me wisdom. 19:45.616 --> 19:50.623 [SPEAKER_00]: It's going to change the way you behave with your family, with your friends, with food. 19:51.063 --> 19:52.225 [SPEAKER_00]: It's going to change your life. 19:52.646 --> 19:54.048 [SPEAKER_00]: It's the thing that changed mine. 19:54.408 --> 20:01.458 [SPEAKER_00]: So as we conclude our time together, I want you to start imagining that God is with you, because it's not just an imagining. 20:01.578 --> 20:04.082 [SPEAKER_00]: He is start recognizing Him. 20:04.062 --> 20:11.071 [SPEAKER_00]: and it'll feel odd at first but keep practicing it because that relationship will grow and you will have the best friend that you need. 20:11.371 --> 20:22.505 [SPEAKER_00]: You will have that friend that sticks closer than a brother who's going to walk you through every meal and know over eating is not the insurmountable sin because nothing is insurmountable in Christ. 20:22.866 --> 20:23.927 [SPEAKER_00]: Just remember that. 20:23.907 --> 20:25.550 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm glad you were able to join me this week. 20:25.570 --> 20:27.855 [SPEAKER_00]: If I didn't say it, I don't think I were introduced myself. 20:28.176 --> 20:28.817 [SPEAKER_00]: My name's Kim. 20:29.338 --> 20:30.821 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for joining me this week. 20:31.162 --> 20:32.083 [SPEAKER_00]: I pray y'all are blessed. 20:32.143 --> 20:35.971 [SPEAKER_00]: I'd love to hear how this changes the way you sit down to dying. 20:36.392 --> 20:41.863 [SPEAKER_00]: And if you feel more empowered to overcome sin, because God is in the room and on the throne. 20:42.224 --> 20:43.907 [SPEAKER_00]: And he's acting on your behalf. 20:43.887 --> 20:44.549 [SPEAKER_00]: I love y'all. 20:44.709 --> 20:45.752 [SPEAKER_00]: I'll catch you in the next one. 20:46.414 --> 20:50.625 [SPEAKER_00]: But that's perfect size six week community study is now available on Amazon. 20:50.945 --> 20:51.407 [SPEAKER_00]: That's right. 20:51.587 --> 20:57.843 [SPEAKER_00]: So grab your besties, form your community, combine faith, and find victory for food freedom and Christ together. 20:58.064 --> 20:59.989 [SPEAKER_00]: Grab your copy on Amazon today.