A verse memorized can be an incredible tool for you for years and years to come. This week we are looking at the verse in Hebrews. "For the moment" it starts and that means that it isn't forever. It goes on 'all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant;' That's honest and its reality. Anytime we are trying to change something in our lives it is painful. Even having to discipline our children is always painful for us but we know the value of it. 'later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness' WOW what a promise. Who doesn't want peace and righteousness. And then it ends with 'to those who have been trained by it" . Training doesn't happen overnight. We just can't will to be different. We just can't stop bad habits because we want to. We have to submit ourselves to some training. Part of that training in Your Whole Life program is to memorize a scripture verse every week. If NOTHING else happened to you in these 12 weeks than the fact that you memorized and learned 12 scripture verses you will be a different person. Those thoughts and promises will be right there when you need them.
Week one taught us the words Be still and know that I am God. How many times in this very day have I needed to put those words into action in my thought life...............at least 10 times.
Blessings to you on this journey
Carol
Scripture and what it can do for you.
Help!
I'm confused as to what do for these upcoming weeks. I have a pedometer and I can read daily. But as far as how much to excercise, how to excercise, and how and what to eat; I don't know where to go. I can devote 30 minutes a day to excercise--is the type of excercise up to me? Am I just supposed to document when and what I eat this 1st week? What about the living well? Loving God is not a problem. Sorry for the confusion--I just got the book last weekend. I'm a slow reader and I have a toddler. Doesn't mix well. What do you think. Feel free to contact me. Thanks!
KT
Katie
Don't be anxious.......it is all new and your questions are great. For the first few weeks all we want you to do is wear your pedometer and become aware of how many steps you are taking in an average day. Mark it in your journal. Yes, just write down everything you eat for this first week............don't try to moderate it or change it just write it down. Again, we are looking towards you seeing just what you are eating. Most of us are not aware of what we are putting in our mouths and this very important information that each of us needs in order to take the next steps. Wearing the pedometer is the first step in living well. The other suggestion is for you to put a fresh flower or plant on your kitchen table this week.
Loving God this week in the program means read your daily devotions and meorize your first scripture verse and write down 5 people you commit to pray for every day.
Hope this answers all your questions.
Carol and Maggie
Exchanges
HI, I am a group leader and we just started our group. I have a diet program on my computer that calculates calories etc and is very easy to use. I am having trouble using the ADA exchange program. I cook homemade soup and other recipes and use some more nutrious cereals that do not have the ADA exchanges on the package.HOw can I calculate the exchanges for myself. If it was just me I would use my Diet Power software and forget the exchanges. Can you help me?Margaret Brown
Maggie's answer to Margaret:
Hi Margaret,
I think it’s always more accurate to use nutritional software to calculate what you eat, but we realize that most of our readers do not have this. We may be able to have something eventually on our website to do this. But in the beginning we hope that you would just estimate how many cups of vegetables, for instance, that you eat, so if you have a soup with ¼ cup of cooked vegetables that would be half a serving. Many small portions or garnishes can add up to large totals at the end of the day. Some nutrition software does calculate exchange totals as well… I hope this helps!
-Maggie
Chocolate, Choices and Valentines
It's week 2 and keeping your daily food journal may becoming more of a habit by now. Since today is St. Valentine's Day you may have been given chocolate or have already eaten some. You may have noticed that there is no recommended daily portion guideline for chocolate although many consider it a unique food group on its own... If you are having chocolate and it comes with a label, take a look and evaluate where most of the calories are coming from. Usually the calories are from fat and sugar. In general, chocolate candy contains about 100 calories per ounce. The food news is that even if you are following the guidelines for 800 calories, you have 100 "Your Choice Calories" that you can use to enjoy a piece of chocolate. I don't recommend choosing candy for your extra calories on a daily basis but if you prepare and plan ahead, you will be able to fit in special foods occasionally and still manage your weight.
Maggie