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Episode 084-Flesh Versus Spirit
This episode is going to be the first in a series Iâm doing based around the book of Romans. Itâs really a book that talks to us about Spirit-led Transformation so that will be a topic weâll be exploring for the next several months.
Because these episodes are so foundational I am putting them into a course that will include the transcript, action steps and challenges. Those last three will only be available to those in Overcomers Christian Weight Loss Academy. So if you want the deeper dive you will need to join us there to get this course and all the other things we provide in that group.
In talking about the flesh we need to define what it is, what sin is, why if we allow our flesh to lead us it will lead us astray and why following the Holy Spirit is the right way but we many times resist it until we have no other choice.
Two favorite scriptures from this episode are Romans 2:2 TPT, âGod is always right, because He has all the facts.â And Galatians 5:16 TPT, âAs you yield to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life.â
Then there are two of my favorite quotes, âYour flesh doesnât care about your eternity because itâs not going with you.â And âFlesh cannot fix flesh.â
Overcomers Academy link: https://Teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers/
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Episode 241-Finding Freedom
One minute I was sitting in the green metal lawn chair in my uncleâs front yard, talking and laughing with my aunt while cousins and our children played hide and go seek.
The next minute I felt the bending and eventual collapse of the rounded legs of the chair as they slowly lowered me to the ground.
Even though Iâm sure the sight of a 430-pound woman sitting on a pile of metal was funny, all laughter stopped. My uncle jumped up to help me.
Being super morbidly obese I always tried to blend into the wallpaper and not make more of a spectacle of myself any more than I already was.
That day, however, the proverbial cat had been let out of the bag.
Iâm fat, really fat. I break lawn chairs like twigs. I canât be trusted to sit anywhere.
I knew I had a problem. I denied it constantly. I tried to push it under the rug. However, I could no longer ignore the obvious.
I was a really good Christian. I didnât drink alcoholic beverages. Iâd never done drugs, smoked cigarettes, had sex before marriage, gone to an X-rated movie, watched or listened to pornography. I went to church every Sunday. I taught Sunday School and small groups. I worked in ministry. And I was a glutton.
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Episode 240-What God Wants
Iâve learned since childhood that I should listen to God. I knew He wanted me to give up sugar and flour and eat more meat, fruits, and vegetables. However, I continued to do the opposite. I was like the people of Jeremiahâs day. âWe will not listen to your messages from the Lord. We will do whatever we want ⊠For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!â (Jeremiah 4:16-17 NLT).
My desire to do my own thing regarding what I ate and how I didnât exercise or listen to God about my health was not working. As a matter of fact, I was eating myself into an early grave. I was eating myself to death and thinking I was having a great time doing it.
Because of what I had done to myself, in 1999 I found myself lying in a hospital bed awaiting the results of an angioplasty. The very rude cardiac surgeon came into my room, looked at me and without compassion said, âYou don't need open heart surgery. You need to lose at least 100 pounds and keep it off or you'll be dead in five years.â Then, he promptly turned and walked out of the room leaving me very alone. My world came to a screeching halt. I had just been given a death sentence.
Overcomers Academy link: https://teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers
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Episode 239-King of My Heart
Who or what is King of your heart, the most important thing in your life?
The first stanza of the song, King of My Heart says, âIâm in a war every minute. I know for sure Iâll never win it. I am David up against Goliath and itâs a fight for my attention. Iâm being pulled every direction.â
However, Davidâs real giant was not a huge hairy man, but a beautiful woman named Bathsheba. He saw her. He wanted her. He took her even though she was married and knew it was wrong.
I so relate to David because I had a love affair too. His name was Sugar and He tasted so good.
Let me tell you when something takes over as King of your heart, itâs not easy to dethrone it. But, hereâs how.
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Overcomers Academy Link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/overcomers/.
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Episode 238-Intimacy
I love this episode! I love talking about real intimacy with my husband and with Jesus. Intimacy is a deep, close relationship that makes us feel validated and safe
In simple language Jesus told us how to be his intimate friends âYou show you are my intimate friends when you obey all that I command you ⊠I call you My intimate friends for I reveal to you everything I have heard from My Fatherâ (John 15:14-15 TPT).
Obedience to God unlocks the door to intimacy with Him. Trust then becomes the foundation for intimacy with Jesus, as well as deep and true intimacy with our husbands and other loved ones..
One-on-One Coaching link: https://www.teresashieldsparker.com/one-on-one-coaching/.
Overcomers Academy link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/Overcomers/.
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One of my issues growing up was I was the oldest child and my mother had many issues that caused her to be unable to do a lot of household duties. Many of these fell to me because otherwise they wouldnât get done. So, as the oldest child of three, I stepped into a controlling, bossy mini-Mom.
From an early age I took on a works mentality. I took over Momâs duties to they would get done. I did housework, laundry, cooked supper, took care of the kids, and did my own homework and school activities. I was always working. It was who I was.
I became an in-charge Martha. Finally came the day, though, when God showed me how wrong I was.
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Episode 236-Hiding from Fear?
Are you afraid of people, things you failed at, things that want to make you go somewhere and hide and never come out again? Many are. This episode contains a fictional story about a woman who wanted to just live never having to deal with fear.
When she thought about stepping outside the room, she felt naked, exposed, and vulnerable. To go for her dreams felt way too difficult, impossible, and scary.
Fear can keep us stuck. Fear can cause us to disconnect from everyone we love. Fear can cause us to even hide from ourselves and make us stop trying to reach the dreams God has placed inside us. This woman learns how to step into life and go for her dreams. You can as well.
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One-on-One Coaching link: https://teresashieldsparker.com/one-on-one-coaching/
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Episode 235-Self-Effort
Are you doing things in your own self-effort? Or are you doing them with Godâs help and strength? How do you know? How can you do things with Him instead of for yourself?
Overcomers Academy link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/Overcomers
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Episode 234-Who Am I?
Who am I? Who are you? Many times in our lives, people knowingly or unknowingly tell us who we are. This happened to me when I was six years old. At the time, I didnât really know what was said would define me.
I tried to push it out of my mind. It stayed there until another similar statement when I was an adult jogged my memory. And I realized how what was said along with what others said had set the tone for my life.
I finally understood that I should allow no one but God to set the direction for my life. After all, He is the only One who truly knows me and can lead me. He is the only One who knows who I am and what I will become. I will follow Him.
Overcomers Academy link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/Overcomers
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Episode 233-Forgiven
I sat on the back deck of the lodge at the north rim of the Grand Canyon while my family was hiking. I just wanted to sit there forever and take in the glory and the splendor of Godâs majestic, vast creation.
The canyon is miles across. It looked huge. I thought of the song, âThere is a cross to bridge the great divide.â The width of the chasm visibly reinforced the fact there is a wide gulf between me and God. There is no earthly way I can jump to the other side of the Grand Canyon.
As a human many things look impossible, but with God everything is possible, especially forgiveness.
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Episode 232-Am I Greedy?
I never really thought of myself as greedy, but my journey has really been one of greed. What is greed?
The definition of greed is âan intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.â Did you get that? Itâs not just an intense desire for money or position. Itâs also a selfish desire for food!
Are you greedy? Listen to this episode to find out if you are and what to do about it.
Overcomers Academy Link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/Overcomers/
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Episode 231-Deception
A person who deceives is one who misleads by a false appearance or statement. Isnât it interesting Satan can appear as an angel of light.
One big deception the enemy threw to me was that I needed food to eat so I could eat all I wanted to. The devil is a deceiver who turns something, which looks good, into something which leads to death, even though it may be a while coming.
So what can we do when we have bought into a lie that has become such a habit we think we can never get free? Thatâs what this episode is all about.
Overcomers Link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/overcomers/
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Episode 230-Prayer Answers
For many years I was frustrated because I would pray and it felt like God wasnât answering my prayers. I knew the Bible said He would, but I didnât believe it because I wasnât experiencing the answers I wanted, which was to have my mother healed of her bipolar disorder. They werenât selfish prayers so why wasnât He answering?
This episode examines two huge instances of how God answered prayer but it wasnât because of me. It was because it was because it was in Godâs will and His time.
If you have unanswered prayers, this is the episode to listen to.
Overcomers Link: https://teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers
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Episode 229-This is My Surrender
The other day I was listening to a church service and they were singing, âI will Make Roomâ. As I sang along with them the words arrested me. âHere is where I lay it down. Every burden and every crown. This is my surrender. This is my surrender.â God stopped me and asked, âHow are burdens and crowns alike so that when we lay them down they define surrender?â
Burdens are negative. Crowns are positive. We want to get rid of burdens. Crowns are what God gives us in return for the good weâve done here on earth. How are both of these related to surrender?
We explore that in this episode.
Overcomers link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/Overcomers.
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Episode 228-Backdoor Grace
"Crisco, Crisco fat in the can" churned around and around in my head for decades after a three-year-old said that to me when I was 11. He said it so he could distract me.
Thoughts of I am fat went through my conscious mind and were archived in my subconscious right then. Our childhood emotions can lie dormant for years ready and waiting to be retrieved and then expressed in our actions.
Through the years I did gain weight. God told me what to do, but I didnât listen to His straight-forward approach. He had to come in through the backdoor. Youâll want to listen to this episode. Itâs one of my favorites.
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Episode 227-Lies or Truth?
Itâs hard for children to separate truth from lies. When we grow up lies from childhood still chase us and take us down treacherous roads.
Then my lies sounded like this: âI can eat whatever I want whenever I want it. If I want sugar or dessert I can eat as much as I want. It doesnât hurt me. If Iâm upset foods with carbohydrates will make me feel better.â
Losing physical weight is wonderful. Many things change just because of being thinner, such as having more energy and stamina. However, true freedom for me came at handing each piece of emotional baggage to Him and receiving a gift of renewal in exchange.
âIf the Son sets you free, you will be free indeedâ (John 8:36 NIV).
Overcomers Link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/Overcomers/
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Episode 226-I Can't Lose Weight
I CANâT lose weight, I just canât. I carried this feeling of defeat with me for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I was always outgrowing my clothes. Hey, itâs what kids do. They grow.
It was true, as a child I couldnât lose weight. I was designed to grow, not lose weight. The difficult part, especially for a child, is separating out what is true and what is a lie. A child is not meant to understand all of this. They are to be loved and supported by the adults in their lives. They are not supposed to overhear conversations which make them feel like they are hopeless.
I canât lose weight was a lie the enemy fed me because he didnât want me to know the truth. He wanted me to think eating desserts and candy was the best thing in the world. And yet, God loved me too much to leave me wallowing in that lie. His truth would completely set me free!
Overcomers Academy Link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/overcomers
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Episode 225-Listen to Gdd
All the time there are at least three voices vying for our attention: my voice, the tempterâs voice, and Godâs voice. For years, though, I listened to the tempterâs voice constantly. It always has an element of truth to it. What he tells me is half-truth, half-lie. In the past he hadnât needed to be too subtle. He just put the bait out there and like a hungry, naĂŻve fish, Iâd bite, and gobble it up plus more.
I listened because my rational mind agreed with him. My flesh wanted something sweet and carbohydrate-laden with tons of unhealthy fats.
This time though I had made a firm decision. I was going to listen to the voice of God. I had invited God to tell me when I was making a wrong decision.
Listen to episode 225 and Iâll share with you 10 things that help you know it is Godâs voice instead of the enemyâs.
Overcomers Academy link: https://teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers/
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Episode 224-Fighting the Battle
Eleven years ago I weighed 430 pounds. Now letâs be honest thatâs really, really large, especially for a woman who isnât that tall. Iâve lost 250 pounds and I feel a whole lot better. However, to me the more important thing is Iâve undergone a total lifestyle change of a slow, steady weight loss. No matter what the quick fix, it doesnât work to keep the weight loss off. We must change our habits. Itâs not easy, but it is worth it.
The only way to change our habits is to realize that overeating is sin. If we want to do what God wants us to do we must listen to Him and do what He says. Romans 12:2 MSG states it as plainly as possible. âFix your attention on God. Youâll be changed from the inside out.â
In order to lose weight, the inside of us needs to be transformed, changed and renewed first. We help you do that in Overcomers Academy. Join us
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Episode 223- God's Great Adventure
Most of us love a good adventure story. I love Sunday nights when weâd hear foreign missionaries tell us about their adventures. They seemed so different from my life, which was very boring in comparison. I longed for a bit of adventure, and a great adventure with God would be even better. Back then I didn't have the concept that following God completely would always be a great adventure all on its own.
Iâve learned since then that there is nothing more fulfilling and satisfying as surrendering to God and doing what He wants me to do even though I donât think I can do it. Thatâs OK, though. All God wants is a willing vessel to do what He asks.
Overcomers Academy link: https://teresashieldsparker.com/Overcomers/
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