  urlLink The National Association for Christian Recovery Daily Meditation : Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. -Philippians 4:6 " Responding to this invitation requires a great deal of us. It requires that we acknowledge that we cannot do what we have been trying to do. We are powerless. It requires that we turn to God. It requires that we release our control, our anxiety, our very lives into God's care.
" Just this morning after finishing my morning prayers and God putting in my heart a few things that I had been 'holding on to' and releasing those things to him, I read this and it just jumped out at me...YES LORD...I get the message now...LOL. You would think that I would fully get it by now...I've been down this same road so many times...I thought I had this particular lesson well under my belt...but it just goes to show that we should never get to cocky...Satan walks around like a lion seeking to destroy...and the worst part is that I've been in agreement with him in some areas and not with my Lord and Savior.
Lord I can't...maintain my weight, stay healthy, have a good relationship with my husband, keep my house in order, be loving and giving...without You! On my own, I am trully powerless...I just get frustrated and more negativity sets in, carrying me even further into shame and self hatred. I now turn to You! Which means that I must turn away from all that is not of You or not Your will for me in these areas...help me to do that Lord.
I know that slowly walking with You in obedience, in little baby steps...I CAN do it...You have showed me this before, and have brought great blessings into my life through it. I thank You for that Lord...it has bestowed the hope that I need to keep on this road. I now release my control, anxiety, and my very life into Your care! Jesus I Trust In You! 
