“Come near to God and he will come near to you.”James 4:8a (NIV) Once we begin to realize how much God loves us, and continue to grow in that understanding by reading His Word (His Love Letter to us) regularly, the next step is to enter into and grow...

“God is love.”1 John 4:16bIn the Emotional Eating blog post I provided a list of questions to help evaluate if you are an emotional eater or not. The next step is to evaluate your relationship with God. Whether you have determined you are an “emotion...

“. . . being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 1:6 (NIV)Freedom from compulsive overeating is usually a process. Compulsive overeaters do not stop “cold...

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus . . .” Romans 8:1 (NIV) I have noticed that there are two large groups of people who participate in the N.E.W. LIFE program. About 50% of the people do not know what a balance...

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.2 Corinthians 5:17 My own experience with weight gain, dieting failure and bondage to food started with 22 years of nearly all co...

“Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: ‘Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!’?  These rules, which have to do with things that a...

“To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. . . Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.  Now a slave has n...

Welcome to The Seed blog, written after 30 years of teaching and assisting people with behavior change as a nutrition educator/registered dietitian nutritionist. But I also share as one who previously binged 5x/night for 15 years straight (no Su...