Awww I feel so much compassion for you while I’m listening to you share. Well said bro. I ask for Jesus to pray for me all the time, especially because I don’t have anyone in my family or many friends that are Christian to pray for me, it’s usually me that’s interceding for others, so I need all the prayers I can get! By the way thank you for your vulnerability in sharing this. I actually struggle with this too. It’s often a stronghold. Especially since my back injury got worse and I haven’t been able to do the exercises that I enjoy doing anymore like running because the last time I ran my sciatica and arthritis from my herniated disk back injury got SO bad last year that I was limping around the house and the pain got so bad that I couldn’t even walk to the end of the street. I was in tears. Just felt so defeated and discouraged. I was trying to lose the extra 20-25 pounds I gained from just straight up overeating and fighting the spirit of gluttony from winter of 2023. Like I could not stop eating bruh. I’ve been repenting for gluttony and making food an idol. And I heard God’s audible voice tell me “Fast” and I was like how?? I had never fasted before and so I ended up doing a 6 day water only fast for my first ever fast. Not sure how I did that besides God’s grace! Cuz now I struggle to do 3 day water only fasts. But they really do help! I’d suggest starting with intermittent fasting from like 7pm-7am or something like that. Or start small like skip a meal if that’s all you’re able to do. God knows your heart. What it does is help to kill the flesh and the lust of the flesh. One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit is self control. Ask God to increase the fruits of the Holy Spirit within you. What’s been helping me is living a lifestyle of fasting and prayer. Once you build up your fasting stamina with intermittent fasting, try fasting for 24 hours and only drink water. When you feel hungry, read your Bible. Also, don’t speak those word curses over your life! 😉 Oh and what I literally pray daily is: “Lord please anoint me and my stomach for fasting, and Lord please help me to increase my fasting stamina.” I’m telling you this prayer works because I don’t ENJOY fasting lol, but when I ask God to help me, It’s like He will trick me into fasting by taking my appetite away when I’m not even TRYING to fast. It’s totally His Grace though! I truly believe this is something that a lot of Christians struggle with. And just remember that fasting isn’t about starving yourself or dieting, it’s a sacrifice we make to Jesus to crucify our flesh so that we are humbling ourselves before the Lord. Try not to be so hard on yourself with it. There’s been times when Jesus told me to do a 3 day water only fast and I couldn’t stop thinking about food and I didn’t make it/finish it cuz by like the 36th hour into it, I caved and broke my fast early. Then I started feeling guilt, shame and self-condemnation and that’s not of God either. It’s the devil and the devil is a liar! Just remember that Jesus knows your heart and knows that you’re trying! Oh my goodness thank you Holy Spirit!! Okay so Holy Spirit just told me to tell you to check out some deliverance videos on UA-cam for casting out the demonic spirit of gluttony! Check out Isaiah Saldivar’s UA-cam channel, Pastor Vlad, Mike Signerelli on UA-cam too! I’ve had the spirit of gluttony cast out of me from their mass deliverance videos! (Also spirits of lust, anger, anxiety, depression, addiction, etc) This is what I’d recommend you try first. I was about to hit send on this comment and I heard the Holy Spirit tell me to tell you to try deliverance! Its SPIRITUAL! Rebuke , bind , renounce, denounce and cast the spirit of gluttony and obesity out in the name of Jesus Christ! I do this daily! But def look into getting actual deliverance from their UA-cam channels. Yes, Christians can have a demon. I had hundreds that Jesus delivered me from! And I’m still getting set free from others! It’s worked for me! I’ve literally struggled with everything you mentioned in this video, you’re not alone! I really hope this helps!!! I just remembered that earlier today while I was praying to the Lord in the secret place telling Him how tired and weary I felt but I still said “God use me, help me to be a willing vessel for you even in my weakness and speak through me Lord. Have your way Holy Spirit!” And here I am writing you a long comment, and I wasn’t even going to watch any of these videos but I felt prompted and led by the Holy Spirit to watch some, wasn’t sure why but now I see why. God is so good dude! So cool how God works. Let me know if you have any questions. I’ll be praying for you! Love you bro! And Jesus loves you so much more! 💕🥹🫶🏼
Awww I feel so much compassion for you while I’m listening to you share. Well said bro. I ask for Jesus to pray for me all the time, especially because I don’t have anyone in my family or many friends that are Christian to pray for me, it’s usually me that’s interceding for others, so I need all the prayers I can get! By the way thank you for your vulnerability in sharing this. I actually struggle with this too. It’s often a stronghold. Especially since my back injury got worse and I haven’t been able to do the exercises that I enjoy doing anymore like running because the last time I ran my sciatica and arthritis from my herniated disk back injury got SO bad last year that I was limping around the house and the pain got so bad that I couldn’t even walk to the end of the street. I was in tears. Just felt so defeated and discouraged.
I was trying to lose the extra 20-25 pounds I gained from just straight up overeating and fighting the spirit of gluttony from winter of 2023. Like I could not stop eating bruh. I’ve been repenting for gluttony and making food an idol. And I heard God’s audible voice tell me “Fast” and I was like how?? I had never fasted before and so I ended up doing a 6 day water only fast for my first ever fast. Not sure how I did that besides God’s grace! Cuz now I struggle to do 3 day water only fasts. But they really do help! I’d suggest starting with intermittent fasting from like 7pm-7am or something like that. Or start small like skip a meal if that’s all you’re able to do. God knows your heart. What it does is help to kill the flesh and the lust of the flesh.
One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit is self control. Ask God to increase the fruits of the Holy Spirit within you. What’s been helping me is living a lifestyle of fasting and prayer. Once you build up your fasting stamina with intermittent fasting, try fasting for 24 hours and only drink water. When you feel hungry, read your Bible. Also, don’t speak those word curses over your life! 😉
Oh and what I literally pray daily is: “Lord please anoint me and my stomach for fasting, and Lord please help me to increase my fasting stamina.”
I’m telling you this prayer works because I don’t ENJOY fasting lol, but when I ask God to help me, It’s like He will trick me into fasting by taking my appetite away when I’m not even TRYING to fast. It’s totally His Grace though! I truly believe this is something that a lot of Christians struggle with. And just remember that fasting isn’t about starving yourself or dieting, it’s a sacrifice we make to Jesus to crucify our flesh so that we are humbling ourselves before the Lord. Try not to be so hard on yourself with it. There’s been times when Jesus told me to do a 3 day water only fast and I couldn’t stop thinking about food and I didn’t make it/finish it cuz by like the 36th hour into it, I caved and broke my fast early. Then I started feeling guilt, shame and self-condemnation and that’s not of God either. It’s the devil and the devil is a liar! Just remember that Jesus knows your heart and knows that you’re trying!
Oh my goodness thank you Holy Spirit!! Okay so Holy Spirit just told me to tell you to check out some deliverance videos on UA-cam for casting out the demonic spirit of gluttony! Check out Isaiah Saldivar’s UA-cam channel, Pastor Vlad, Mike Signerelli on UA-cam too! I’ve had the spirit of gluttony cast out of me from their mass deliverance videos! (Also spirits of lust, anger, anxiety, depression, addiction, etc) This is what I’d recommend you try first. I was about to hit send on this comment and I heard the Holy Spirit tell me to tell you to try deliverance! Its SPIRITUAL! Rebuke , bind , renounce, denounce and cast the spirit of gluttony and obesity out in the name of Jesus Christ! I do this daily! But def look into getting actual deliverance from their UA-cam channels. Yes, Christians can have a demon. I had hundreds that Jesus delivered me from! And I’m still getting set free from others! It’s worked for me! I’ve literally struggled with everything you mentioned in this video, you’re not alone! I really hope this helps!!!
I just remembered that earlier today while I was praying to the Lord in the secret place telling Him how tired and weary I felt but I still said “God use me, help me to be a willing vessel for you even in my weakness and speak through me Lord. Have your way Holy Spirit!” And here I am writing you a long comment, and I wasn’t even going to watch any of these videos but I felt prompted and led by the Holy Spirit to watch some, wasn’t sure why but now I see why. God is so good dude! So cool how God works. Let me know if you have any questions. I’ll be praying for you!
Love you bro!
And Jesus loves you so much more! 💕🥹🫶🏼