{"id":470,"date":"2020-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/index.php\/2020\/01\/23\/stand-on-gods-word-3\/"},"modified":"2020-01-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:00:00","slug":"stand-on-gods-word-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/stand-on-gods-word-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand On God\u2019s Word (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>When you are eating too much.<\/i> Studies confirm that today over half the population of the western world is eating too much. If you are one of the many people battling a problem of overeating, here\u2019s the good news: God can help you win the battle! Often it\u2019s not about what <i>you<\/i> are eating, it\u2019s about what\u2019s eating <i>you.<\/i>  <\/p>\n<p>We overeat to find comfort and relief from stress and anxiety, but it\u2019s a short-term fix and it doesn\u2019t work. The psalmist went directly to the root of his problem: <i>\u2018Search me\u2026 and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 139:23\u201324 NLT) God can relieve the <i>\u2018anxious thoughts\u2019<\/i> within you. <\/p>\n<p>The Holy Spirit is the greatest therapist in the world. When you surrender and ask Him to take up residence within you, you discover that <i>\u2018the fruit of the spirit is\u2026 self-control.\u2019<\/i> (Galatians 5:22\u201323 NIV) He can give you the power to control your appetite, and start living by the Scripture: <i>\u2018Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.\u2019<\/i> (1 Corinthians 10:31 NLT) <\/p>\n<p>So make this your prayer today: <i>\u2018O Lord, if You heal me, I will be truly healed; if You save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for You alone.\u2019<\/i> (Jeremiah 17:14 NLT) The word for you today is\u2014with God\u2019s help you can avoid eating  too much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are eating too much. Studies confirm that today over half the population of the western world is eating too much. If you are one of the many people battling a problem of overeating, here\u2019s the good news: God can help you win the battle! Often it\u2019s not about what you are eating, it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}