CRAVINGS – Why Do I Do What I Don’t Want To Do?

Is it balance, self-control, discipline, diets or more faith that will master the cravings that seem to rule my life? In whatever form they present themselves, cravings are defined as a strong desire to have something, to demand, to force, through deviousness. We are torn between self-indulgence and self-control, and often spend our lives trying to quit something we cannot seem to overcome.

Romans 6-8 sheds new light on our two-fold dilemma, the demands of the Law, and the constant presence of sin in our lives. “Doing the things I do not want to do”, being subject to the cravings, “the body of death”, as Paul calls it, is not addressed with denial or diet. “Cravings” address our need for freedom from God’s point of view and yields real solutions to our entrapment.

DEFEATING DEPRESSION – Depression is not mental illness. Many mighty men and women of God have gone through depression. Depression is not a chemical imbalance, though it can create a chemical imbalance. It is exhaustion that comes from trying to solve the irresolvable conflicts of life.

We try to be good and fail. We live under the counsel of guilt and condemnation, thinking these thoughts are normal. We feel we have made God mad. We live in the wilderness of, “it’s never enough”, and think it’s never going to end. (See Is. 35) We are afraid and become bitter. The Devil wants to make us responsible for our own life and gets us to spend our energy “trying” to get better.

Learn about the spiritual roots of depression and God’s message of truth and hope.

EATING TO LIVE Or Living To Eat? – Because food is basic to survival it becomes one of the enemy’s most targeted areas in our spiritual life. God’s second command told Adam and Eve what to eat. The green herb and the fruit with the seed were meant to be more than a divine diet plan or an occasional salad. Could it be that many of our physical sicknesses, including obesity, obsession, addictions, insomnia, and food allergies are related to our modern diets?

We are full of fear, guilt, fads and diets. Learn to eat your food without guilt and as an act of worship to God.

Eating For Spiritual Health – Has food become your foe? Many of us are caught up trying to control our cravings for food and drink through dieting and self-discipline or denial. We eat and feel guilty. We are well fed and yet mal-nourished. We are what we eat and we don’t like it.

“Eating for Spiritual Health” explores what God has to say and what God has given us for optimum spiritual and physical health. Experience deliverance through obedience as you feast at the table of biblical and nutritional truth that Marjorie Cole and Karen Stene Finch have prepared for you. Learn the principles of living well through following God’s diet plan.

THE TRUTH ABOUT FEAR, ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS – Panic Attacks and Generalized Anxiety are two of the most commonly diagnosed mental health conditions. Worry, perfectionism, over-mastering, and stress set us up to fail and affected our sense of well being. Striving puts pressure on us to try harder to “figure things out” which leaves us exhausted and afraid. Our mental and emotional circuits are overloaded. We feel isolated, overwhelmed and abandoned by God. We loose our ability to control things in our world and become terrified.

“The Truth About Fear, Anxiety and Panic Attacks” examines the lies that feed the monster that grips those who struggle with panic attacks and fear of death.

SPIRITUAL ROOTS OF PHYSICAL DISEASES – Many in the Body of Christ are sick and not feeling well. We look to the medical community for solutions and miss the vital connection between the condition of our soul and its affect upon our body. Though we do not understand the part sin and iniquity play in physical diseases, ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is deadly.

Spiritual Roots examines Psalm 38 in light of physical conditions and their connection with iniquity. “Spiritual Roots” takes a deeper look at those connections and the integration of the spiritual and physical worlds that govern not only our health but our lives as a whole.

The enemy holds agreements in the spiritual world that give him authority in our physical world to bring down the judgments of sickness and disease. Confession and forgiveness are critical to breaking the activity of disease in our physical bodies and the restoration of health.