{"id":328,"date":"2010-01-18T07:03:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T07:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/01\/the-eucharist-diet-burn-baby-burn.html"},"modified":"2010-01-18T07:03:53","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T07:03:53","slug":"the-eucharist-diet-burn-baby-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/01\/the-eucharist-diet-burn-baby-burn.html","title":{"rendered":"The Eucharist Diet: “Burn Baby, Burn”"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 18, 2010<\/font><\/p>\n

Day 17<\/font><\/p>\n

Weight: 202 lbs<\/font><\/p>\n

Weight lost: -4<\/font><\/p>\n

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“All the fat belongs to the Lord,” Leviticus 3:16. <\/font><\/p>\n

This morning the temperature on the thermostat outside the kitchen window reads 16 degrees. I wish I was in Kona today. As I stepped out to pick up the newspaper on the front step I felt the stark difference: my temperature is 98.5. Inside my body I am burning fuel, the food my body is chemically consuming. The calories in that food are the units of energy released to keep me going. I am, so to speak, on fire… And fat is the hottest form of heat… <\/font><\/p>\n

In the Old Testament God required Israel to burn animal sacrifices as acts of worship.  <\/span>In particular they were to burn the fact of the animals.  <\/span>They were not to eat fat or fatty foods. The fat represented the richness of life, the best, and this belonged to God.  <\/span>This also, we know now, a wise dietary direction.  <\/span>Eating fat is an unhealthy choice.  <\/span>The fat was to be burned and give and God.<\/font><\/p>\n

Okay. Today I will look at this Eucharist Diet as a way of worship. Paul writes in Romans 12 that we are to present our bodies as a “living sacrifice.” “Burning fat” is a way to fuel my love for God. God himself is a “fire” and when he comes he consumes what belongs to him. When he is present in me, in my body, mind and emotions, he “ignites” me and burns away the excess. <\/font><\/p>\n

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“God, I am designed to worship you. I am yours. My body belongs to you. Today I ask that you will ‘burn’ the fat with the fire of your presence. I give it to you. I will also limit my consumption of fat in the foods I eat. This too is a way of worship. God, burn up what belongs to you! Burn the fat!” <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“The Eucharist Diet” adventure is my six month experiment taking daily communion and tracking and posting the results in my personal life, relationships, health, and body fat percentage.  <\/span><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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