Teresa Shields Parker
CharismaMag
Columbia, MO, United States
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Why God Cares About Your Physical Health
God doesn’t care if I am fat. He wants me to enjoy my life. He wants me to live, love and be happy. Food makes me happy so I’m just doing what He wants me to do. That was just an excuse and at its core it is untrue. God really doesn’t care about our outward → Read More
A Lame Excuse for Not Surrendering to the Holy Spirit
To say we have no voice or say in what happens in our lives is an excuse for not surrendering to the Holy Spirit. We do have a voice, but it means we are just living by every whim we have and not by God. Galatians 5:16 (TPT) tells us, “As you yield to the → Read More
A Big Excuse That Shuts Down Our Ability to Hear from God
One of the biggest excuses we have is that we somehow feel God doesn’t speak to us. This excuse shuts down our ability to hear from Him, trust Him and surrender to Him. All three things are integral when we are trying to change our habits, lose weight, get healthy and follow God’s plan for → Read More
How the Holy Spirit Can Restore Your True Sanity
Most of my life I tried to avoid one thing—being crazy or insane. When I was growing up my mother had emotional issues and saw a psychiatrist regularly. She was on medication which only seemed to make her mood swings worse. She had high highs, and low lows. When I asked my dad what was wrong → Read More
Jesus is My Friend, Not Sugar
It’s been at least 10 years since I’ve had cake for my birthday, which I celebrated recently. Strawberries with nuts are my favorite treats today. That was definitely not my choice in years past until I made some monumental decisions in about 2009. Not eating sugar and flour went deeper than just not eating cake on → Read More
Another Huge Lie: Food Will Protect You From This Abuse
There is a major fallacy that keeps many stuck in super, morbid obesity. That is that overeating our favorite foods will protect us from the kind of men that might want to do us harm. For those who have been sexually abused this becomes a major excuse for overeating. They say, “I can’t lose weight → Read More
Why Am I So Afraid of Success?
Many of us have a fear of success, which keeps us stuck. We are afraid of moving forward because we might succeed and then have to continue the hard work that we think success will take. We are afraid of what success might do to us and how it will change us. I have been → Read More
Don’t Make ‘Parties’ as an Excuse for Over-Indulging
I love a party or any get together where there is food. How about you? However, it is a big excuse many use for not losing weight. I had this excuse. It went something like this, “I can’t lose weight because I want to eat at family gatherings, parties, church carry-in dinners and holidays. Here’s → Read More
Jesus Is Sweeter Than Sugar —
The plan He gave this woman helped her lose 250 pounds. → Read More
Being Sold Out to Jesus and His Plan for Your Life Comes With a Price —
Sacrificing sugar to step into my destiny has been the sweetest decision I ever made. → Read More
How You Can Have God's Promised 'Abundant Life' Even Under Stress —
There is hope. → Read More
Your 1 Corinthians 6:12 Cure for Obesity —
"God had to make it simple in order for me to follow it." → Read More
Why You Need More Than a Diet to 'Fix' You —
True transformation is possible because God says it is. → Read More
When You're Desperate to Lose Weight, Here's How Jesus Can Set You Free —
When we have turmoil inside that we want to get rid of and choose to eat it away instead of dealing with it, we put ourselves back into bondage. → Read More
Here's What You're Really Seeking in Your Weight-Loss Journey —
Our self-focus tends to make us want to fix ourselves in some way. But we're looking for more. → Read More
The Spiritual Sickness That Can Hijack Your Weight Loss —
They may think it's an ex-husband, a runaway child or their last boss, but most of the time those presenting issues are just the tip of the iceberg. → Read More
Why Failure May Be Your Road to Spiritual Weight-Loss Success —
What happens is that many times, we don't try for fear of failing. → Read More
Why 'Just a Little Sugar' Hurts You More Than You Think —
This sweet substance has been painted as so innocent that we would never want to take it from a baby. → Read More
Here's the Spiritual Connection to Your Emotional Eating —
It's not difficult to shake off these issues if we just trust God in the process. → Read More
To Succeed in Your Weight-Loss Journey, You Must Find This First —
It gives us focus on something more than just "I should lose weight." → Read More