5. Almighty God, reach down from on high and rescue me from my affliction. May it please You to deliver me from bondage that I might proclaim Your name to others. I have no control or willpower that is able to combat my lust for food. I call upon Your name and look for help. I ask a blessing this day. I ask for Your strength. I ask for the comfort of Your Presence. I ask for deliverance, in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen

Day 6 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Application: One major reason I was successful in losing all my weight was because I have always taken this command quite seriously. I have devoted a year of my life now to encouraging others to lose weight along with myself. As the Lord taught me through Scripture, I taught others. As the Lord encouraged me, I encouraged others. I was being built up again by Jesus, I built others up. It is encouraging to me to build others up because this enables me to know that I have truly returned to God’s will for me, and that is helping others who have temporarily been blinded and lost their way also. Sweet Jesus, as we all recover from the errors of our way to walk in the brightness of His light again. Help someone today, not by tearing down, but be being a voice of encouragement. You may be the only encouraging word that they may hear today.

Prayer: Father God, how You can use us even though we had once been lost and strayed. I ask Lord, for you to send a person today that I might be able to build up for Your glory. Let me be as gentle with them as You have been with me. Amen

My Commitment Today: