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Rachel And Leah: Three Lessons Leah Can Teach Us About Beauty and Body Image
I used to believe that Genesis 29:17 was the meanest verse in the whole Bible. Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. (ESV) How could God tell us that Rachel beamed with physical beauty while Leah lacked great eyes? Isn't that a bit...
How Cleaning Your House Like Crazy Connects to Your Body Image
I caught this slightly crazy but totally funny video on For Every Mom. (You'll get the gist after the first fifteen seconds. Why is it so funny? Because it's true . . .at least for me it was. Years ago we planted a church in our house. Yes. Our church met inside our...
5 Ways Compared to Who is Different Than Other Christian Books About Body Image
I've read lots of books on body image, insecurity, self-esteem--with lovely Christian authors who attack these issues and encourage women who desperately crave healing in this area. Most of them helped me a little. Some, helped a lot. Others, didn't help at all. But,...
Ten Habits of Women With Healthy Body Image
"How She Lost the Weight: Her Secret Revealed!" That headline sucked me in. Every. Single. Time. Unlike the best practices of a celebrity diet plan, if you battle your body image, there are practical things you can do to help. These aren't tasks to be accomplished one...
Three Good Reasons to Tilt Your Mirror: Key to Better Body Image
That dress is sooo cute. I bring the hanger to my chin to check the length. Good. Dressing room, here I come! I slip it on and look at the long reflective glass. Wow. This dress is amazing. Have I lost weight? And, then I see it. The mirror. It's tilted. Tilted down,...
Praying for Holiness: Striving for Holy in a World that Wants Hot
Today we pray that God would make us more holy. It sounds like a strange thing to pray for. But, throughout the New Testament we are encouraged to be striving for holiness. There are many things we strive for on this earth--beauty, power, money, success, love of...
Praying to Be More Loving Towards Body and Others
Today we pray to be more loving. There are many ways being more loving can help us overcome body image issues and insecurity, but today we talk about how believing and receiving God's love can help us feel more of that love so that it overflows into the way we love...
Praying for Grace for Body Image Struggles
God gives us so much grace. When we're struggling with issues like body image or insecurity or comparison, his grace is our only cure. As Heather writes in the Burden of Better - she thought that she had a comparison problem, but what she really had was a shallow...
Praying for Peace With Boundaries of Your Body
Today we're talking about praying for peace with the boundaries of our bodies. One of the hardest aspects of our body image struggles may be accepting the way God made and "sized" our bodies. For some, there's frustration over height or size. For others its...
Praying for Radiance from Psalm 34:5
Who doesn't want to be radiant? We all long to shine with a beauty that draws others to us and that those around us would describe as "radiant." While marketers promise that radiance comes from using the right skin care products, cosmetics, and beauty rituals, the...
Praying for a New View of Beauty
Today we take time during our month-long series where we're praying for your body image issues to pray for a new view of beauty. Why do we feel compelled to try to look a certain way or be a certain "type" of beautiful? It's often because we have defined beauty the...
Praying for a New View of Food to Help Body Image
Today we're praying for God to give us a new view of food. Some of us have feared food. Some have treated it like a savior. But the best way to interact with food is to see it as a good gift from God. God designed us to eat. He designed our bodies to run on food. And,...
Praying for Truth and Clarity Around Food Rules
Like we talked about yesterday, an important part of this process is seeing and believing something new about your body and your value and even food and what it’s intended for. Today we are praying for truth and clarity around food rules. What we need to remember is...
Praying for a Healthier Relationship with Food
Are you praying for a healthier relationship with food? Are you always restricting or binging? Do you obsess over food or feel like thoughts of food run your life? Do you fear food or what food might do to you? Are you caught up in labels like "good" foods and "bad"...
Praying for Freedom From My Opinions of Myself
Yesterday we talked about praying for freedom from what others think of us, but today we're talking about praying for freedom from what we think of ourselves!! What happens when we have ideals or expectations for ourselves that we can't meet? What happens when our...
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