{"id":333,"date":"2009-09-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/09\/give-it-to-god-in-prayer.html"},"modified":"2009-09-20T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T01:00:00","slug":"give-it-to-god-in-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/09\/give-it-to-god-in-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"Give it to God in Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you feel like you just can&#8217;t lose weight, no matter how hard you<br \/>\ntry? Do you feel like you&#8217;ve tried everything? Are you on the brink of<br \/>\ngiving up?<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t blame you. Losing weight seems really hard, if not impossible. We are all working at it and<br \/>\nfinding we can&#8217;t do it alone. We need each other, and we need God.<br \/>\nI recommend you give up. Just give up the problem to God. Surrender,<br \/>\nlet go of it, and let God take over.<\/p>\n<p>A Prayer:<\/p>\n<p>God, I give up.<br \/>I need Your help.<br \/>I cannot seem to lose weight by myself.<br \/>I give you my life, God.&nbsp; I put it all in Your hands.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Please try this prayer, and let us know what miracles happen to you.&nbsp; Write a comment.&nbsp; ( I lost 160 pounds with God&#8217;s help.)<\/p>\n<p>If you have found this helpful, please share it with a friend, with love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you feel like you just can&#8217;t lose weight, no matter how hard you try? Do you feel like you&#8217;ve tried everything? Are you on the brink of giving up? I can&#8217;t blame you. Losing weight seems really hard, if not impossible. 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