Comments on: How People Change their Very Characters, or Sanctification! https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17213 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:38:48 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17213 @Jo, thanks. I find I understand and accept myself better as I analyse myself honestly here. I guess, in the old axiom, it's cheaper than therapy.
@Jane, thanks much.
@ Leah, the addiction to soda is the same as to caffeine. Soda has so much caffeine. It's like a chemical dependency, and isn't easy to break. It's the same with chocolate addiction. I am now trying to identify the trigger which says, “I am stressed, depressed, bored, happy. Let's eat to change the first 3 moods, and intensify the fourth one.” Lord have mercy!!
@Joanna, you are right, it seems low-level. For many years, I honestly thought God did not care if I was thin or fat, ate duck or lean fish etc. But eating to change one's emotional state is letting food become the Holy Spirit, the Comforter to me–so as you say, it is a crucial battle!!
@Crack the Whip, welcome to my blog. And thank you for your comment!:-)

]]> By: Crack You Whip https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17212 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:04:05 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17212 I am fighting that same battle now and it is my first thought every morning. Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: Joanna https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17211 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:22:56 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17211 I understand why this seems like a 'low level spiritual battle' to you, but sometimes I wonder whether these are not the most crucial ones. I read a great piece about Daniel once which said that his biggest victory was not won in the lion's den but every time he got down on his knees to pray before an open window, despite the edict against doing so. I really identify with the temptation to medicate with food and your open and honest sharing has been a good reminder that I need to take it seriously. Thank you!

]]> By: Leah Atha https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17210 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:32 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17210 I'm impressed that you broke a coffee addiction! For me, it's soda. I've yet to figure out it's hold on me & I've made numerous attempts to stop.

I too “medicate” with food. Carbs in particular!

]]> By: Chelliah Laity https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17209 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:36:09 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17209 Thanks for being so honest in talking about something that afflicts us all.

]]> By: Anita https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17208 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:30 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17208 Oh wow, Mary Beth, thank you so much! How sweet of you!

]]> By: Mary Beth https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17207 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:58 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17207 Great post. I have featured it on the RevGals Wednesday Festival. Cheers, Mary Beth

]]> By: Jo https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17206 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:48:39 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17206 Go for it Anita! Thank you for being prepared to unwrapped yourself before us. You have inspired me to ask some questions of myself. Praying for you.
Jo.

]]> By: Anita https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17205 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:12:20 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17205 Donna! Lovely to hear from you. I first met you in 1990, 22 years ago. You certainly knew me when I was a very new and raw young Christian:-) Blessings!!

]]> By: Donna mills https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17204 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:13:05 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/08/how-people-change-their-very-characters-or-sanctification-battles-won-and-battles-being-waged/#comment-17204 Anita, you inspire with your transparency because you have always lived to aspire…to be like Christ. I love your heart and your garden. By the way… One thousand gifts is amazing. I delight to know across the pond you are reading the same book that is on my stack.

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