A Different Kind of FULL
Our weight-loss journey can quietly become another place where we try to step up, prove ourselves, or manage every outcome through effort. However, Faithful Step 11 begins in a different place. It reminds us that the Spirit of God lives within us, pours out the love of God in our hearts, and fills us with the “fruit” of self-control. So, it’s absolutely crucial that we daily surrender our body, mind, emotions, desires, and the journey itself to Jesus.
Five Minutes in Your Own Words
Prayer does not require a polished script. Simply talk to God in your own words – bring your habits, hunger, cravings, discouragement, and weight-loss journey honestly before Him. My workbook offers this simple pattern: surrender what is real, ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit moment by moment, and receive God’s grace that empowers you to tell the truth, bear fruit, and take the next faithful step.
Make the Rhythm Concrete
So much in this life distracts us from choosing what is BEST (Luke 10:38-42). So, Faithful Step 11 gives you the tools to drop three practical anchors: your prayer time, your prayer place, and the reminder you’ll set. And before you start, set your phone to DO NOT DISTURB. Then, as the week unfolds, notice what you are surrendering, how you are being transformed, and how the Holy Spirit is speaking.
Let One Passage Stay With You
Faithful Step 12 invites you to meditate on one passage of Scripture each week. Read it slowly and reflectively. The goal is to let God’s Word reshape your identity, desires, words, and habits. This is a steady invitation to communion and union with God that bears fruit through your daily choices.
Slow Down and Ask Honest Questions
As you meditate on the passage, ask what the text reveals about God, what it reveals about humanity, what it reveals in you, and how it intersects with culture and daily life. The workbook supplies passages and prompts for this kind of reflection. Philippians 4:4-9, for example, connects prayer and thought life with peace asking which thoughts you need to bring to God.
Choose a Simple Tool
You can select a Bible reading plan in the Bible app or listen to scripture-centered, prayerful meditations using the Lectio 365 app. The tool is not the point. The point is a recurring, attentive meeting with God in His Word.
Prayer does not require a polished script. Simply talk to God in your own words…
One Question to Reflect on Today
Who can you invite to join you in this prayer-FULL practice?
Set a five-minute appointment with Jesus. Choose one passage for the week. Read it slowly. Bring your honest thoughts and desires to God. Then, take the next faithful step with the grace you receive.
Invitation
Click the button at the top of this page to download my FREE workbook, “The Next Faithful Step: A Christ-Centered Weight Loss Journey“.
