See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. —Isaiah 43:19 NIV A new year is a time to start fresh. No matter what your history is with faith, food, fitness, focus, or friends, this is a ...

Why are we fat?  Is it gluttony, or is your fat actually hungry? What if everything you ever learned about weight loss was wrong? What if losing weight has nothing to do with calories—counting them or cutting them out by sheer willpower? What if, in fact, most health professionals (including doctors and dietitians), our own ...

He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.     —Isaiah 9:6 NIV What do you call Jesus Christ? What you say about him influences the way you relate to him. Is he your Wonderful Counselor, the one who guides you in how to live your life? Is he your Mighty God, the one you ...

Source:  MindBodyGreen Staying healthy during the holidays sounds nearly impossible, right? I mean, everywhere you look it’s temptation at every angle. Cookies, cakes, pies, oh my! But what if I told you that staying healthy had actually very little to do with food itself? What IF staying healthy during the holidays depended more on our stress levels and ...

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So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. —Judges 6:24 NIV One of God’s names in the Bible is Yahweh-Shalom, which means “the Lord is Peace.” The Hebrew word for peace, shalom, means wholeness in all of life, completeness, welfare, safety. God is our source of all of these blessings. Philosopher Cornelius ...

Source:  MindBodyGreen There’s no denying it any longer: the holiday season is officially here. And you know what that means: holiday food, and lots of it. Sugary, buttery, carb-packed, delicious holiday food. But just because the holidays are here once again doesn’t mean you have to let all your hard work this past year go to ...

Source:  Food Matters During the holidays it’s easy to overindulge in sugary treats. You’ll often notice at around 3pm you experience a slump in energy. This is usually a sign that you’re blood sugars have spiked and you’re now experiencing the post-sugar energy drop. Your head feels like it’s stuffed with cotton wool and you can’t ...

God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it. —1 Corinthians 10:13 MSG As we’re on The Daniel Plan and trying to move forward in five essential areas of health, we are bound to face temptations to quit. We ...

Source:  MindBodyGreen No matter how awesome our immune systems are, inevitably, we all get sick at some point. Eating clean and exercising will give your immune system a natural boost, but sometimes your body just gets caught off guard. Next thing you know you are waking up with that ever-so-slight tickle in the back of your ...