The following is a direct and personal revelation given to me of the Holy Spirit in
response to my prayer for help in fighting the war against gluttony so that I could begin
to lose weight. As he instructed me, I wrote it down as personal instructions to myself. I
have decided to share it here in case there are others struggling with this issue, that
perhaps it may help.
To overcome the spirit of gluttony
- I must remove my focus on eating entirely. Rather, I am to place my focus on him.
- Become aware of spiritual pressures that cause me to crave something to eat.
Differentiate between true hunger, and false hunger symptoms, which are caused by the evil
spirit. As I become aware of the difference, and detect that the spirit of gluttony is
trying to make me eat when I shouldn't, or eat what I shouldn't, or more than I should,
etc., then I am to rebuke that spirit in the name of Jesus.
- Eat only when my stomach growls.
- As a rule of thumb, I will be eating approx. half of what I normally eat, so that I can
plan ahead when preparing foods or ordering.
- I must incorporating a much healthier eating habit. I am to "cast down" my
unhealthy cravings.
- God will trigger a "FULL" sensation when I was to stop eating. I am to pay
attention to that feeling, and quit eating when I feel full.
- I am to eat slowly, and that by doing so I will enjoy my food more, it will last longer,
and it will be easier to detect the "full" feeling without eating past that
point.
- I can still eat things like pizza etc., but I just can't have it as often, and I will be
eating much less when I do have it. And more important, it must cease to be such a focus.
- If I read some word of God before eating, I will eat less. It's kind of like eating,
BEFORE eating.
