{"id":3756,"date":"2012-06-06T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T16:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2012-06-06T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T16:35:26","slug":"gods-plan-90-of-americans-believe-in-god-67-of-americans-are-overweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/06\/gods-plan-90-of-americans-believe-in-god-67-of-americans-are-overweight.html","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Plan? 90% of Americans believe in God, 67% of Americans are Overweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Did you know that approximately ninety percent of Americans believe in God<\/strong>?\u00a0 And 67% of Americans are overweight (1\/3 of which are obese).\u00a0\u00a0 For those who believe and are overweight, I am wondering &#8230; Do you believe that it God&#8217;s plan for you to be overweight?<\/p>\n<p>Many people believe that God has a unique purpose for their lives. Their sense of the divine and their sense of destiny are entwined.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>What is your call or destiny?<br \/>\nDo you sense that God has a unique purpose for your life?<br \/>\nHow does being overweight fit into your life\u2019s plan, into God\u2019s plan for you?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here follows 5 quotes from the Bible that may shed some \u2018lite\u2019 on the topic.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cDo you not yet understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth, goes into the belly, and is cast out into the sewer?\u201d ~ Matthew 15:17<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe not anxious for what you shall eat, or what you shall drink \u2026 or what you shall wear \u2026 Isn\u2019t life more than food? \u2026 and the body more than clothing?\u201d ~ Luke 12:22; 29<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u201d ~ Matthew 4:4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.\u201d ~ Romans 14:17<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour body is the temple of the Holy Spirit \u2026 therefore, glorify God in your body.\u201d ~ I Corinth 3:16; 6:19-20<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Spread the word \u2026 NOT the icing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Janice<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Life &amp; Weight Loss Success Coach<br \/>\nwise * fun * utterly useful<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyhock.ca\/CMS\/feed-your-soul.html\"><br \/>\nFEED YOUR SOUL: Change Your WEIGHT!!! workshop \u2013 extraordinary opportunity!<br \/>\nSeptember 16 \u2013 19, 212<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY at HOLLYHOCK<\/strong>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyhock.ca\/CMS\/feed-your-soul.html\" target=\"_blank\"> SIGN UP NOW!!!!<\/a><br \/>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/>\nFor the best life, wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/\"><br \/>\nOur Lady of Weight Loss<\/a><br \/>\njoin the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\"><em>Kick in the Tush Club<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Tushkateer!<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickinthetushclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tushkateer*<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 A Tushkateer is a person who receives Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s newsletter, called the KICK in the TUSH CLUB!!!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up and receive her weekly e-newsletter<\/a> with all the news that \u2018fit\u2019 to print, and you are automatically a Tushkateer!\u00a0 How cool is that? <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow Janice on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/ourlady\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter @OurLady<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook.com\/OurLadyofWeightLoss<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that approximately ninety percent of Americans believe in God?\u00a0 And 67% of Americans are overweight (1\/3 of which are obese).\u00a0\u00a0 For those who believe and are overweight, I am wondering &#8230; Do you believe that it God&#8217;s plan for you to be overweight? 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