Sin and deliverance

   Jesus said unto Him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life:  no man comes unto the Father, but by me.  JOHN14:6 (KJV) .  Today I want to talk about Sanctification.  Fat: I have lost over-- who knows, maybe 600#. I have been on every diet plan from clubs, to nothing but meat, the same results every time, lose a lot, gain a lot.  The endless merry-go-round! One day I was listening to a Bible teacher,  Brother Larson. He was talking about how we as Christians are always willing to ask God to help when sin has taken us farther then we want to go. His illustration was,  "We'll be so quick to want to kick a youth out of youth group because we saw them smoking. While we are sitting at the table talking about his problem.  Honey could you bring us some more coffee, and oh another piece of pecan pie, my you shur make good pie, sweetie. Then when we weigh 400l# we ask God  to help us to lose weight. Willing to want help with the result of our sin, but never dealing with the sin. The sin is gluttony!"   Ouch!  That hit a nerve!  That got my attention!  I  was 397#,  on 14 medications and over 220 units of insulin.  I took him seriously.   I had been praying for help with my weight.  If we confess our sins,  He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1JOHN 1:9(KJV).  It seemed so simple, but it was hard for me to admit that I was wrong, living in a sinful condition for 55 years.  In PROVERBS it says raise up a child in the way he shall go and when he is old he will not depart from it.  As a child I was expected to eat everything on my plate, the old standard line, all the starving children in the world, my answer, send it to them.  Living to eat was a sin, and it turned into a lifestyle.  It is a subject that is very rarely addressed,  because in the church setting,  a lot of toes would be stepped on.  After I realized I was living in sin, I asked for forgiveness.   I call it a miracle.   My appetite was cut in half, then, after a while,  it was cut to a third.  In 1 year the Lord Has taken me from 397 lb. to 308 lb.  Many times people ask how did you do it?  And I always answer, " I confessed the sin of gluttony and the Lord delivered me."  I don't have a goal weight that I want to accomplish because that would be me in control.  I will be satisfied where ever the Lord takes me.  One of the benefits of the miracle is that my medicine costs  have dropped greatly.  Will it work for you ?  I don't know, that's between God and you.  Does He want to do it for you?  When we reach the point in our lives when we repent of our sin, whatever it may be, and seek the Lord's help, then he will be faithful and just to forgive.   In Proverbs it says acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will direct your paths.