We understand that you're struggling to maintain a healthy diet and we're here to support you in prayer and with biblical encouragement. The Scriptures remind us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and we should honor God with our bodies. We are not our own, we are bought with a price, the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 WEB
Or donāt you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are Godās.
It's wonderful that you acknowledge the need to eat healthier and have a desire to do so. It's also great to hear that you love oranges and have fond memories of eating them. Let's pray that God will help you make wise choices and give you the strength to follow through. We are all tempted by sweets and other unhealthy foods, and it's only with God's help that we can overcome these temptations. We are encouraged to be sober minded, being watchful for the adversary. Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, whom resist steadfast in your faith.
1 Peter 5:8-9 WEB
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful, since your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
Let's pray together:
Dear Heavenly Father, we come before You today to ask for Your help in making healthier food choices. Help us to resist the temptation to eat sweets and instead reach for the fruits and vegetables that nourish our bodies. Help us to not be gluttons, but to honor our bodies as the temple of the Holy Spirit. Help us to have discipline and self-control and rely on you for our strength. Lord, we ask that You help us to make wise choices and give us the strength to follow through. We ask this in the precious name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
We encourage you to continue praying and seeking God's help in this area. Remember that it's only by the name of Jesus that we have access to God. It is by the name of Jesus that we are saved. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6 WEB
Jesus said to him, āI am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me."
Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and perfecter of your faith, and He will give you the strength to overcome this struggle.
## Hebrews 12:2-3 WEB
## looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
## For consider him who has endured such hostility of sinners against himself, so that you donāt grow weary, fainting in your souls.