Live It Articles Delightful Thoughts

I Googled the word “delightful” to see what would come up. I  got all sorts of delightful things such as candles, cakes, cookies, pies, purses, T-Shirts, and other delightful creations, but not one single site that had a thing to do with delightful exercise. Go figure that one! The dictionary’s definition of delightful is “highly pleasing.”

This holiday season, I would like to give you a gift that has been highly pleasing to me as I literally walked through my weight loss journey in First Place. Now I have been known to preach a sermon or two, so what I would like to do for you is give you some of the motivational scriptures I have meditated on while I work out each day. These scriptures are food and exercise related. After each scripture, you will find what I call Rev Bev’s one line sermons.  If you want to add a new delight to your workouts, memorize scripture while meditating on His words as you move. There is a big difference between memorizing and meditating. Try it you’ll like it.

Merry Christmas to you all. I love you and I hope you enjoy these scriptures and the one line sermons the Lord gave me to share with you.

Proverbs 30:32…clap your hand over your mouth.
Bev: This is good scriptural appetite control for you.

Psalms 78:25…Men ate the bread of angels, He sent them all the food they could eat.
Bev: Angel Bread? Sounds heavenly. I wonder how many calories or exchanges are in angel bread?

Joshua 1:3…Every place the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given to you.
Bev: The sole of your foot can’t tread sitting in a recliner or on the couch. Get up!Take a walk into your promised land.

Psalms 100:4…Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise...
Bev: The only courts some of us know how to enter with praise is the “food court.” Help me O Lord, to look deep within my soul and enter into your courts with praise.

Genesis 3:7…and the eyes of them both were opened and they knew…
Bev: Oh Lord, keep my eyes open to the truth. Help me to not be blindsided by the enemy. Father, help me not to view my food through super-sized eyes! (Super-sized eyes, are eyes that see “enough” as never enough.)

2 Corinthians 10:4…The weapons we fight with are not weapons of this world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Bev: Lord Jesus I give you permission to become "Lord of my fork."

Ephesians 6:16…Above ALL, taking the shield of faith wherewith you will be able to quench ALL the fiery darts of the wicked.
Bev: Keep moving! It is hard to throw fiery darts and hit a moving target.

Habakkuk 3:19…The Sovereign Lord is my strength. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. He enables me to go on the heights.
Bev: Guess what? It’s deer season! A new season for new feet! Jump up! Try out those new feet God gave you.

Psalms 147:1…Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him.
Bev: Hallelujah! Something that will always fit. Praise Him.

2 Corinthians 1:20…For no matter how many promises God has made, they are YES  in Christ. And so through him  the AMEN is spoken by us to the Glory of God.
Bev: Jesus is my Divine YES! He gives me the power to use an anointed “No!”

Genesis 1:28-29…and have dominion over the fish of the sea…the fowl of the air…fruit of the tree yielding seed to you it shall be for meat.
Bev: The Genesis Principle: Help me, Father, to exercise dominion over my food, rather than food having dominion over me.

Psalms 119:103…How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Bev: Got a sweet tooth? Our Father’s words will change your taste buds.

Happy Holidays to you, my Friends

Beverly Henson
Meridian Mississippi

Beverly Henson is a conference and rally speaker for the First Place ministry. She is also a Bible teacher and certified personal trainer. Beverly joined First Place in July 1997 and has lost 160 pounds. First Place has given Beverly a powerful testimony. She is the First Place Director and the Director of Wellness Ministries at Northcrest Baptist Church in Meridian, MS. She is also an area Networking Leader for First Place in Mississippi. Beverly has a genuine love of proclaiming the word of God to His people.