Made to Crave Wk 7 - Ch 13 & 14

Hi Everyone. I know I have taken a long time to get out these last few chapters. I read them I just need to get this blog out. For the next few chapters I will just give you the quotes that really stuck out to me (in my own words). Today I am posting Chapter 13 &14. Chapter 5 & 16 will be posted tomorrow and 17-19 on Wednesday.



Ch. 13 - Overindulgence

• Gluttony or eating in excess is sin
• Proverbs 23:20-21 Be not among drunkards or among the gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.
• Proverbs 28:7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding but a companion of gluttons shames his father
• We will always be triggered to numb our longings with temporary pleasures if we fail to understand how to fill our souls with spiritual nourishment
• Emotional eating is an issue bigger than emotions. It really about spiritual deprivation
• Difficult emotions triggering a desire for treats is an attempt to self-medicate
• Speak to God and say, This feeling hurts or is uncomfortable and I desperately want failure. Feeling this way makes me want to say who cares and eat whatever I want. God I desperately want to be better in this area but I can not do it alone. Instead of trying to medicate my shortcomings with food I really need you to give me your strength to get through this circumstance

Ch. 14 - Emotional Emptiness

• 3,500 Calories equals one pound of fat
• The heart was lacking and the stomach came up with a way to fill the void. 
• Food works for me because it is easy, filling, available and therefore became a pattern
• I must figure out my places of emotional emptiness and identify the triggers

Sources:
Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst
NIV Bible