“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. . . Greater love has no one than this: to lay do...

The New Testament continues the marriage theme describing the Church—and ultimately all the elect of God--as the bride of Christ. While the Husband-wife references in the Bible specifically describe God’s relationship with Israel, Christians ar...

As mentioned in the previous post, God wants relationship with His children. To clarify further—God desires intimate relationship with us. The Bible describes God’s relationship with His people in several intimate ways—Father and son/daugh...

“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, th...

“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...

“God is love.” 1 John 4:16b In 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 ar...

“. . . 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...

“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 ...

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 near...

“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 tha...

“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 s...

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 Sunday...