What if....

What if everytime you wanted junk food, you said no to yourself and prayed to God instead? What if this is what you chose to do as a daily type of fasting and prayer?

Maybe your "thing" is drinking or smoking or chewing tobacco. What if every time you wanted to do these things, you said no to yourself and prayed to God instead?

Maybe your "thing" is reading dirty romance novels or looking at pornography or watching soap operas. What if every time you wanted to do these things, you said no to yourself and prayed to God instead?

Maybe your "thing" is laziness or lying or gossip. What if every time you wanted to do these things, you said no to yourself and prayed to God instead?

Maybe your "thing" is eating in front of the t.v. mindlessly shoving food in, not because you're hungry, but because it's something to do while you watch your shows. Maybe your "thing" is eating when you're emotionally upset. What if every time you wanted to do these things, you said no to yourself and prayed to God instead?

What kind of relationship would we have with God?
What kind of relationship would we have with ourselves?
Would we feel better?
Would we be healthier?
Would we truly learn what it means to lean on God for EVERYTHING and trust Him totally?

Losing ourselves and gaining God.....hmm.....sounds extremely hard to do but soooo worth it all.

Well, maybe I don't want to tell myself no. Maybe I want to endulge in everything my body wants and craves. I know I should tell myself no concerning the things that are bad for me, but I just don't have "the want to" that I need to break free from all these things.

What do I do about it?

Pray and ask God to make me want to want what is good for me. To make me want to pray to Him all the time. To make me able to tell myself no and be stronger and better for it.

I hope this post has encouraged you. Lose yourself and gain God.