My child, as you are faithful in the small things, I will bring you more. With more comes more responsibility. Remain in Me and I will give you the ability and strength you’ll need for the outpouring to come. Revival is coming and the harvest is ripe. I need laborers. You will see much fruit as you stay close to Me and remain faithful.
Matthew 25:23 Matthew 9:37-38
This is a question that I struggled with when a coach asked me this back a few months ago. My target calories were 1300 per day. I was bound and determined to lose some fat and thought that this would do it. Well now it’s July and I have finally realized that I wasn’t eating enough calories! Since then, I’ve started eating around 1800 calories for most days. I eat a plant-based vegan diet getting around 100 grams of protein a day. I eat a lot of green leafy veggies, as well as high protein grains, beans, lentils, soy, almond butter in small quantities, some nuts & seeds and rice, hemp and pea protein. I’ve been watching my measurements move in the right direction. The scale is irrelevant to me so I only use that as a tool to check my body fat. This coach also helped break my scale addiction as well. I’m so thankful for the support and encouragement to get my head wrapped around the higher calories, dump the ‘ideal’ scale weight and hit the weights HARD AND HEAVY!
I’m starting to see some definition and I KNOW I am fueling my body, building muscle and melting the fat off. I have more energy than when I was in my 20’s and 30’s! This was a huge revelation to me. My moods are no longer affected by a dumb number on a scale and my clothes are nice and loose! Thank goodness for the sale racks. I just found a pair of new jeans for $26.00 after a $10.00 off coupon!
All things are possible with God! You just gotta believe Him!
I’m 52, soon to be 53, and there is no turning back from this lifestyle. I LOVE it!
Anyone struggling with the question of calories? Try fueling your body with high quality foods, hit the weights and see what happens. Know that your body will try to hold on to every bit of fat it can when it thinks you’re in starvation mode. Avoid that at all cost! Build up some muscle and the fat will fade away when you get the balance right. Feel free to email me with any questions.
My child, the choices you make affect those around you and have lasting repercussions. Choose wisely in the big things as well as the small. People around you are watching. Don’t thing for a minute your actions won’t go unnoticed. You have more influence than you think. Stay humble and stay close to Me. I give you all the wisdom you need.
My child, do the work of a servant. Have a good attitude when you are called to do the more menial tasks. In humility be willing to lay down your life for another. In doing, you are storing up treasures in heaven. Life is full of opportunities to be bitter or better. Choose the better way. Choose to serve with a happy heart.
My child, now is the time to press in and pray. There is a fork in the road and some that you are praying for are wrestling with which way to go. Pray that they choose Me, the only path to life. Your prayers are effective and powerful. Keep believing and keep praying My child. You will see fruit from your prayers. My desire is that none perish, but for all to come to repentance.
James 5:16 2 Peter 3:9
My child, don’t let the distractions of the day rule your heart. Keep your focus on Me. I will lead you and make your path straight as you seek Me above everything else. Remain in My Presence throughout the day. I have much to show you. Don’t let the world interfere with our intimacy.
My child, the more often you submit to Me, the more often you will encounter Me. The more you lay down your life, the more I can live through you. When you hold back, I must hold back the blessings I have intended for you. Release it all and enter into the flow of My Holy Spirit. There is no greater adventure in this life than allowing Me to live through you.
My child, I alone satisfy that deep longing in your heart. I alone bring calm to the storms. I am peace. Nothing or no one else will ever bring peace to your soul except Me. I created you with the ability to experience My peace and to be completely satisfied in Me. Every other substitute will leave you lacking. Come and enter My peace. The world will take notice and desire to know how you live this way. You have the only answer. You have Me.
My child, I am changing your thought processes. I am giving you My desires. The things you thought were of utmost importance will fade away in comparison with what I have for you. Your life is in My hands and I know the outcome. As you draw closer to Me, you will want Me more and the things of the world will lose their grip on your affections. I am jealous for you. I have so much to give you. Don’t waste your time worrying about the things of the world when I have a glorious plan awaiting you. Set your heart and affections on Me alone. Only then will you come into the calling and destiny I have planned for you.
Your Father who is trustworthy
My child, as you release the old out of your life, I will fill you with the new. A new way of thinking and a new way of doing things. You are coming into a season of living a totally surrendered and wholly devoted life. This has been a process in you, but as it intensifies, the devil will fight you from releasing the last bit of self to Me. Oh, but when you do My child, you will wonder why you ever hung onto it. Come now. Come willing. I will show you great and wonderful things. Things you wouldn’t ever be able to think or imagine on your own. Come and explore the adventure I have set before you. Yes, it takes faith. Yes, it takes courage. Yes, it requires your all. But it’s so worth it. Won’t you trust Me?