Just had a thought as I was reading through some of the posts. Could smoking be or become an idol? Is it more important for you to have that cigarette or to spend time with God. If God asked you to put down the cigarette and never pick it up again could or would you? If you pick it up again then is it an idol? There is a commandment against idols and therefore it would then be a sin....just a thought I had.
Now moving on to my sin of gluttony....again against the temple of God....I was telling my smoking friend that I thought my problem was worse than his in that you don't need cigarettes to survive so you could just go cold turkey and quite.
But my problem is there is no cold turkey solution if I stop and walk away from food eventually I will die. So while a cigarette can be done away with I have to make wise food choices every day and even too much of a good thing can then become a bad thing. I feel my struggle is just a tad more difficult than yours.
However, for both of us we have the same solution that will work every time all the time. I came to God and said here I am I have tried diets and I have failed over and over again, God I can't do this I need Your help so I am giving myself and this eating problem to you please help me fix it as I don't want to sin against You or myself anymore. This has been since end of May and happy to report that God has helped me loose 20 pounds and even though I have a long way to go knowing He is by my side helping me gives me the strength and courage to face the frig everyday knowing He will help me again today to make better choice. It is one day at a time. God will do the same for you just pray and give it to Him.
Now moving on to my sin of gluttony....again against the temple of God....I was telling my smoking friend that I thought my problem was worse than his in that you don't need cigarettes to survive so you could just go cold turkey and quite.
But my problem is there is no cold turkey solution if I stop and walk away from food eventually I will die. So while a cigarette can be done away with I have to make wise food choices every day and even too much of a good thing can then become a bad thing. I feel my struggle is just a tad more difficult than yours.
However, for both of us we have the same solution that will work every time all the time. I came to God and said here I am I have tried diets and I have failed over and over again, God I can't do this I need Your help so I am giving myself and this eating problem to you please help me fix it as I don't want to sin against You or myself anymore. This has been since end of May and happy to report that God has helped me loose 20 pounds and even though I have a long way to go knowing He is by my side helping me gives me the strength and courage to face the frig everyday knowing He will help me again today to make better choice. It is one day at a time. God will do the same for you just pray and give it to Him.