You Are What You Eat // Encouragement
To all of my OG readers, y'all know I love to talk about my faith, and share my Jesus walk with you. I know there are some things that God wants to keep between Him and I, but I also know that I have positioned myself to allow Him to work in me, to work through me. With all of that said, from a loving heart, I want to encourage someone today.
Have you ever heard the phrase "you are what you eat"? Well today I'm going to tell you just how true that statement really is, how to push through it, and how to overcome it. And to be completely fair, I'm not referring to food!
What you watch on tv, what you listen to, what you read, the company that you keep, all play a part in your spirritual walk and your daily life. Kinda like when you eat a load of junk food, your body will essentially turn into junk. It causes you to have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gain unwanted weight, lose sleep, ect ect, the list goes on. The same goes for your spirit man!
So first things first, Be Careful With What You Put In Your Mind. If you're reading garbage, then you're going to think garbage, and ultimately you'll speak garbage. Why do you think God had the Helmet Of Salvation as a piece of the Armor of God? To protect your mind! You have to be intentional with what you're putting in your mind.
"Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet....."
Ephesians 6:11, 17
"But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation."
1 Thessalonians 5:8
Which leads me to, Be Careful With What You're Speaking. I have touched on this several times in the past, because it's one of my favorite things to talk about. Your words have so much power. I truly believe that people don't realize this, especially with some of the words I hear people saying. 😳 You know when momma said, "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."? Yes, she was probably referring to badmouthing to others around you, but it's so important to speak nice things about yourself as well. I have come to learn that by me speaking negatively about myself, I am opening spirital doors to be attracted by my own words. Be nice to yourself. Give yourself some grace. Love yourself. ❤ If you don't love yourself, you can't possibly love someone as yourself. This is why "love your neighbor..." is #2 on this list; and the first is to love yourself....
"A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:39
And last but definitely not least, Be Careful With Who You Hangout With. My pastor says this, "you show me your closest friends, and I'll know all I need to know about you." 😯 How powerful is that? It's crazy to think about, but how often do we do things, that we normally wouldn't do, while we're around certain people. It is vital to your spirit man, to get around people who will feed your spirit and help you become the better version of yourself. A few years back I was watching a teaching from Jentezen Franklin and he said, "if you hang around Jesus long enough, you'll start to act like him."💥 If you have to cut some ties, do it.
"Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble."
Proverbs 13:20
If you don't feed your body, you'll starve. If you dont water your plants, they'll starve. If you don't feed your marriage, it'll starve. If you don't feed your spirit man, he'll starve.
At all cost protect your spirt man. This is something that I've been chewing on for a while now, I hope this has encouraged you to really think about what you're putting in your mind, body, and soul. I love y'all so much, thank you for being here. And as always my inbox is open to anyone who has questions or needs prayer!
Have you ever heard the phrase "you are what you eat"? Well today I'm going to tell you just how true that statement really is, how to push through it, and how to overcome it. And to be completely fair, I'm not referring to food!
What you watch on tv, what you listen to, what you read, the company that you keep, all play a part in your spirritual walk and your daily life. Kinda like when you eat a load of junk food, your body will essentially turn into junk. It causes you to have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gain unwanted weight, lose sleep, ect ect, the list goes on. The same goes for your spirit man!
So first things first, Be Careful With What You Put In Your Mind. If you're reading garbage, then you're going to think garbage, and ultimately you'll speak garbage. Why do you think God had the Helmet Of Salvation as a piece of the Armor of God? To protect your mind! You have to be intentional with what you're putting in your mind.
"Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet....."
Ephesians 6:11, 17
"But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation."
1 Thessalonians 5:8
Which leads me to, Be Careful With What You're Speaking. I have touched on this several times in the past, because it's one of my favorite things to talk about. Your words have so much power. I truly believe that people don't realize this, especially with some of the words I hear people saying. 😳 You know when momma said, "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."? Yes, she was probably referring to badmouthing to others around you, but it's so important to speak nice things about yourself as well. I have come to learn that by me speaking negatively about myself, I am opening spirital doors to be attracted by my own words. Be nice to yourself. Give yourself some grace. Love yourself. ❤ If you don't love yourself, you can't possibly love someone as yourself. This is why "love your neighbor..." is #2 on this list; and the first is to love yourself....
"A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:39
And last but definitely not least, Be Careful With Who You Hangout With. My pastor says this, "you show me your closest friends, and I'll know all I need to know about you." 😯 How powerful is that? It's crazy to think about, but how often do we do things, that we normally wouldn't do, while we're around certain people. It is vital to your spirit man, to get around people who will feed your spirit and help you become the better version of yourself. A few years back I was watching a teaching from Jentezen Franklin and he said, "if you hang around Jesus long enough, you'll start to act like him."💥 If you have to cut some ties, do it.
"Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble."
Proverbs 13:20
If you don't feed your body, you'll starve. If you dont water your plants, they'll starve. If you don't feed your marriage, it'll starve. If you don't feed your spirit man, he'll starve.
At all cost protect your spirt man. This is something that I've been chewing on for a while now, I hope this has encouraged you to really think about what you're putting in your mind, body, and soul. I love y'all so much, thank you for being here. And as always my inbox is open to anyone who has questions or needs prayer!
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AMEN SISTER!!! This is so good!!! #goodbyejunk ❤
ReplyDeleteThank you friend!!❤
DeleteAbsolutely awesome words!! So ironic...I have been on my soap box about this very subject with my students!!! Thank you for your words of wisdom!!!
ReplyDeleteIt must be what's on Gods heart then! Thank you so much!!
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