For most of my life, I’ve struggled with my weight and committing to a healthy lifestyle. My soul was rubbed raw from years of trying and failing.
I wanted something to instantly fix my issues.
I wanted to stop calling myself awful names I’d never let another person call me.
I wanted to be naturally thin like my sister.
I wanted to stop crying when I walked into my closet to get dressed in the morning.
So when I lost 25 pounds a few years ago and kept it off for the first time in my life, it was a huge victory.
That year, the year I finally got my eating issues under control, I started with a very simple New Year’s prayer. I didn’t write a long list of resolutions as I had in previous years. After all, my list from one year to the next could have simply been a photocopy from the year before.
It was the same stuff, year after year. I started out with great gusto to eat less, move more, make this a healthy lifestyle, and live in victory. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
But each year around January 7, I’d get invited to a party where treats were plentiful and motivation scarce. My stomach would soon be overstuffed and my resolve worn quite thin.
Year after year.
But that year I just couldn’t bring myself to write the list again. So, I prayed this simple prayer: Unsettle me.
These are the words I wrote in my prayer journal…
Unsettle me. These are the two words rattling about in my brain today. I almost wish it were a more glamorous prayer. Surely more eloquent words could be found for what I’m feeling led to pursue during this New Year. But these are the words, this is the prayer.
The funny thing is, I’ve spent my whole existence trying to find a place to settle down, people to settle down with, and a spirit about me worthy of all this settled down-ness. All of this is good. A contented heart, thankful for its blessings, is a good way to settle.
But there are areas of my life that have also settled that mock my desires to be a godly woman — compromises, if you will. Attitudes that I’ve wrapped in the lie, “Well, that’s just how I am. And if that’s all the bad that’s in me, I’m doing pretty good.”
I dare you, dear soul of mine, to notice the stark evidence of a spirit that is tainted and a heart that must be placed under the microscope of God’s Word. Yes, indeed, unsettle me, Lord.
Unearth that remnant of justification. Shake loose that pull toward compromise. Reveal that broken shard of secrecy. Expose that tendency to give up. Unsettle me in the best kind of way. For when I allow Your touch to reach the deepest parts of me — dark and dingy and hidden away too long — suddenly, a fresh wind of life twists and twirls and dances through my soul.
I can delight in hope that this is my year to change. I can discover reasons to appreciate my body and find softer ways for my thoughts to land. I can recognize the beauty of discipline and crave the intimacy with God it unleashes. I can rest assured though the journey will be hard, I will be held.
Goodbye to my remnants, my justification, shards, and tendencies. This is not who I am — nor who I was created to be.
Goodbye to shallow efforts, self-focus, and suspicious fears that I’ll never find victory in this area of my life. I am an unsettled woman who no longer wishes to take part in distractions or destructions.
Welcome deeper love for God and the realization I am made for more than this constant battle. Welcome my unsettled heart.
Are you ready to be unsettled in a good way? Maybe you’re at the beginning of your journey and feel intimidated by the long road ahead. Or, maybe you are on the other end of the spectrum and need ongoing encouragement to stay healthy.
Whether you’re in those places or somewhere in the middle my book, Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food can help. You’ll find a friend who understands, biblical teaching that is surprisingly motivational, and a victorious perspective in the pages of this book.
I’m giving away signed copies of Made to Crave today to 5 random commenters. To be entered to win, leave a comment below with your prayer for 2015.
What a beautifully written post! My prayer for 2015 is to teach myself to slow my mind, to stop it from wandering, when I should be present and in the moment. As women, I think it’s something many of us struggle with – thinking of all things undone when life is happening right before us!
Can’t wait to read the book, whether I win a copy or not 🙂
Morgan
I ♥ what God must have in store for me as 2015 roars into full swing. Isn’t it amazing how trusting God can most definitely change your life, especially whenever you may be having various difficulties at any point of your lifetime? My mom, Cynthia Echols, has given me such a wonderful book in Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. I this incredible book. Back in December of last year, I read the introduction at the end of the book- read it as the 2014 year was coming to a close. I wanted to get an idea of what the book was going to be like. Early this morning, and even yesterday morning, I read the first two devotions for this month. Isn’t it amazing just how Jesus can speak to our hearts through the pages of wonderful books-no matter where we are in our spiritual journey?
“Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.” Psalm 86:11 (NIV)
Lord, thank You for Your Word. Yes, I want an undivided heart. I love that part of this verse. My heart can get so divided and stretched and pulled in a million directions. So, thank You for this reminder. My deepest desire is to follow hard after You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”~
Amen! What a wonderful prayer to read on this late Friday afternoon! Sometimes, our lives can seem super crazy, especially after the holidays have come and gone for yet another full year.
“Lord, unsettle me.”~ http://lysaterkeurst.com/…/the-prayer-that-changed…/…
What a wonderful prayer! There may be times when we are comfortable with what we may be doing. Nonetheless, God can unsettle us, steering us away from what’s making us comfortable in the things of this world. Nevertheless, God can help us become more comfortable in what He is doing in our lives.
“For most of my life, I’ve struggled with my weight and committing to a healthy lifestyle. My soul was rubbed raw from years of trying and failing.
I wanted something to instantly fix my issues.
I wanted to stop calling myself awful names I’d never let another person call me.
I wanted to be naturally thin like my sister.
I wanted to stop crying when I walked into my closet to get dressed in the morning.
So when I lost 25 pounds a few years ago and kept it off for the first time in my life, it was a huge victory.
That year, the year I finally got my eating issues under control, I started with a very simple New Year’s prayer. I didn’t write a long list of resolutions as I had in previous years. After all, my list from one year to the next could have simply been a photocopy from the year before.
It was the same stuff, year after year. I started out with great gusto to eat less, move more, make this a healthy lifestyle, and live in victory. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
But each year around January 7, I’d get invited to a party where treats were plentiful and motivation scarce. My stomach would soon be overstuffed and my resolve worn quite thin.
Year after year.
But that year I just couldn’t bring myself to write the list again. So, I prayed this simple prayer: Unsettle me.
These are the words I wrote in my prayer journal…
Unsettle me. These are the two words rattling about in my brain today. I almost wish it were a more glamorous prayer. Surely more eloquent words could be found for what I’m feeling led to pursue during this New Year. But these are the words, this is the prayer.
The funny thing is, I’ve spent my whole existence trying to find a place to settle down, people to settle down with, and a spirit about me worthy of all this settled down-ness. All of this is good. A contented heart, thankful for its blessings, is a good way to settle.
But there are areas of my life that have also settled that mock my desires to be a godly woman — compromises, if you will. Attitudes that I’ve wrapped in the lie, “Well, that’s just how I am. And if that’s all the bad that’s in me, I’m doing pretty good.”
I dare you, dear soul of mine, to notice the stark evidence of a spirit that is tainted and a heart that must be placed under the microscope of God’s Word. Yes, indeed, unsettle me, Lord.
Unearth that remnant of justification. Shake loose that pull toward compromise. Reveal that broken shard of secrecy. Expose that tendency to give up. Unsettle me in the best kind of way. For when I allow Your touch to reach the deepest parts of me — dark and dingy and hidden away too long — suddenly, a fresh wind of life twists and twirls and dances through my soul.
I can delight in hope that this is my year to change. I can discover reasons to appreciate my body and find softer ways for my thoughts to land. I can recognize the beauty of discipline and crave the intimacy with God it unleashes. I can rest assured though the journey will be hard, I will be held.
Goodbye to my remnants, my justification, shards, and tendencies. This is not who I am — nor who I was created to be.
Goodbye to shallow efforts, self-focus, and suspicious fears that I’ll never find victory in this area of my life. I am an unsettled woman who no longer wishes to take part in distractions or destructions.
Welcome deeper love for God and the realization I am made for more than this constant battle. Welcome my unsettled heart.
Are you ready to be unsettled in a good way? Maybe you’re at the beginning of your journey and feel intimidated by the long road ahead. Or, maybe you are on the other end of the spectrum and need ongoing encouragement to stay healthy.
Whether you’re in those places or somewhere in the middle my book, Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food can help. You’ll find a friend who understands, biblical teaching that is surprisingly motivational, and a victorious perspective in the pages of this book.”~Lysa TerKeurst
Amen! It doesn’t matter where our spiritual journey may be leading us. God wants to settle our unsettled hearts and minds. Rather than trying to handle difficult situations on my own,I’d allow God to have His way in my life- doing whatever He so pleases to help me grow in my spirituality.I what God must have in store for me as 2015 roars into full swing. Isn’t it amazing how trusting God can most definitely change your life, especially whenever you may be having various difficulties at any point of your lifetime?
unsettle me. I love it. I can so relate. I am a task oriented person, and as such, I can be so focused that I lose sight of the little things along the way. I find that God has to ‘unsettle me” to get my attention, so that I focus on the things of God in a new and refreshing way.
That was a great prayer. You are quite gifted with words. I wish I could capture all my thoughts like that in a coherent manner. Sadly my prayer journal is never filled, just my head with lots of jumbled thoughts. I am thankful that God can understand that too, but admire your gift.
Happy New Year
THANK YOU!! This is the exact prayer I need to be praying right now. After having 3 babies now all 5 and under I am exhausted at all times and desperate for more of Him. I love to workout and eat right but have found it sooo hard to find the time. I have been wanting to read your book for awhile now and know that praying for God to unsettle me is right where I am. Praying this year for victory.
What a beautiful prayer and post. Thank you!
One of my favorite prayers: Oh God of second chances and new beginnings, here I am again.
Lysa I met you at a conference and just loved listening to you. I relate to this post so much it makes me sad. Here I am, another year with the same wish/goal and yet each year I am further away from it. I so crave God to break this chain within me so that I can run to Him for comfort and not good but I run to food more and more. I’m a wife, mother to 4, and just started working full-time (2nd grade teacher) after being home for 15 years. It only has worsen my health and I need Him Would love your book!!!!
My prayer for 2015 is that I might finally see myself as God does. That all the things I find myself seeking are things of this world and that God can help me stop desiring more.
I love the idea of “unsettle me.” This year I plan to focus more on prayer than I ever have before. I wrote a book called Praying Upside Down, and it comes out in May. I have to be willing to live it—and I’ve always tried to—but now I sense that I have to take my prayer time to a whole other level. As my book title suggests, I have a somewhat unconventional approach, and I’m ready to explore that even more deeply. But I feel a huge weight of responsibility—this has to be real, genuine, authentic and true. The desires motivating me must be pure. If I’m doing this for self-promotion, I will fail. I’m excited and humbled and blessed by the connections to others that I’ve forged through prayer, and I can’t wait to see what God does this year.
Lysa, thank you so much for the words of encouragement, they were definitely what I needed to hear. My justification always is God loves me know matter what, which is true but I need to be healthy for myself and my loved ones. Praying for a new year with new hope.
Your words touched me today. It seems I wrestle I with so many things in a day. When you speak of attitudes wrapped in lies, I really understand that. Thank you so much for your blog.
My craving comes in the form of spending money more than eating food. My prayer for 2015 is to “recalibrate” – not become someone new, but to get back to who I’ve been at my best times. To change my measure of things and myself slightly and make it “right”. And also to do “less screen in 2015”. To be more present and less tied to my tech.
To live a life more peaceful and content with the blessings God has bestowed upon me and my family.
What a beautiful prayer. My prayer this year is for me to keep wanting to change and to remember to turn to the Lord first instead of anger, yelling, and discontent. I always have good intentions and quickly fail in the moment. I need to stop trying to muscle it myself.
My prayer is that I keep remembering:I Am the Daughter of a King. He loves me and He calls me His. Thank You Jesus!
I so badly want victory in this area too!!
My prayer for 2015 is to grow towards God. Be filled by Him so I can pour myself out for others. I don’t love others very well. Oh Lord hear my prayer!
Nothing else can satisfy but God. I am struggling myself after a huge victory with weight loss. Now I’m struggling with compulsive eating. I need a fresh look and fresh motivation. Would be a great book to read or listen to on Audible. Thank you for writing it
More pressure, Lord—to mold me into the diamond you want me to be.
Thanks for sending this email today. I too have struggled for many years with compulsive and destructive eating behaviors, but always kept my weight gain to within 25-30 pounds. In the summer of 2013, I read your book and I joined Weight Watchers and I found success for the first time in my entire life. I lost 27 pounds. I have had some very stressful events in my life over the past few months and I have gained 7 pounds back. But I continue to go to my weekly WW meeting, and it helps me regroup, and now that it is January again, I am recommitting to my healthier patterns. Here’s to all of us women realizing we were made for more than this battle!!!
Thank YOU!! so much for that pray, I really need it at this time, i feel the same way, not knowing what to do or what way to turn. I have been struggling with my weight for sometime now, and that pray will help me make it through that and other issues going on in my life. So god bless you, you are an Angel.
I just asked for prayer for this “unsettled” mind of mine. I believe life is more than this feeling of ineptness. I have a great life and wonderful family, so why do I feel in my heart so much less. I feel lacking, not enough, like I’m hiding a secret that I’m ashamed of, yet not knowing what it is – just the feeling it leaves behind. It’s weird. So some of your prayer Lisa hit a nerve deep inside. I hope to be one of those that gets randomly chosen.
I was so encouraged by this article, and the prayer was the answer to my prayer this year, and everything l am going through, and need to do. Thank you Lysa. This was confirmation. You have changed my life today! This spoke to me where nothing else has.
Blessings
Wow- so powerful!! Hit me to my deepest core! So simple yet powerful!!! Thank you so much for sharing and being transparent !! May God continue to bless you! Rom 15:13
I have also struggled with my weight all my adult life, never a huge amount of weight which I think makes it all the more difficult! I have been on every diet known to man only to slide back into bad habits when I start to lose weight and start “looking good”. You are such an inspiration to me and I will definitely pray for God to unsettle me! Thank you for your words of wisdom that so often are just what I need to hear. May God bless you and your sweet family in 2015!
Thank you for such a beautiful reminder for us to never settle. My prayer for 2015 is that I would finally surrender completely to Jesus and relinquish my will to His so that I may trust fully in all that God is doing in my heart & in my life.
My prayer for this year is to speak kind and encouraging words.
This was a great word to read and I agree with you. I want to be unsettled also. Thank you Lysa.
Judy
Awesome post!
Lord, unsettle me! I am so comfortable in my current unhealthy state. I’ve tried everything but I realize now that only you can help! Unsettle me Lord!
I, too, have struggled with my weight for years and years. Lose it, gain it back, lose it – well, you get the picture. This year I am trying again. Thank you so much for your message today. I need to be unsettled! Blessings to you, Lysa.
My prayer for this year is –first. Always go to Him first thing in the morning, and at every other “first” during my day.
Lead me.
I am brought to tears by yearnings so strong I do not know how to satisfy despite being a Christian for all the years I remember.
My thought this year is to be “brave” or “fear not”. I would love to win a copy of Crave.
Oh Lord, I like the idea of unsettled. Unsettle me where I need to be unsettled, please. Thank you. In Jesus name….
Thanks Lysa.
My prayer for 2015 is for me to be authentic to myself. As a Mom, worker, friend and child of God. To be comfortable with my choices not pressured out of my convictions. Thank you for all that you do and the Proverbs31 ministry. I gain so much strength and insight. It is a valuable resource to me.
“Unsettle me!!”Simple, yet profound and almost life shattering words of a prayer that resonates deeply within me. Thank you for sharing this! It’s just what I needed today!
I am in a rut I can’t get out of, I go right to the edge of the call and decide it is to hard and I can’t do it. Fear of making a wrong decision and failure stops me in my tracks. So much so that I often take a detour just to get away from what I would love to step out in faith and do. I lack the self discipline to keep moving forward when it gets really hard.
After reading this prayer, I felt led to post something in the comments section so I prayed about what to say. I was diagnosed with a heart condition in February and have had very little energy to do my daily tasks and to keep up with my studies. Everyday, I look at my to do list and it continues to grow instead of shrink and I realize that I am unsettled in a bad way. I look at my to do list and feel so overwhelmed because it’s like a huge mountain I have to climb daily and it keeps growing. After I finish the first few things I have to do each day, someone goes right behind me and messes it up. I ask for helpbut I have finally realized that I am asking the wrong person for help and advice. I should be asking God instead of everyone else. Lord, unsettle me in a good way. Give me the help and courage and energy I need to overcome my daily mountains. Be my guide, my deliverer, my healer, my refuge, my best friend, my everything. I love you so much Jesus. Thank you for every blessing you have given me. Thank you for everything. In Jesus name we pray, amen.
Lysa, your words are the same words rolling around in my head and what falls out of my mouth…..eat less, move more….yadda, yadda. I’m tired of hearing myself say it to myself and others. I feel like a hypocrite and that I’m failing God. It’s time to let go of the voices of my past and become present today!!! My prayer for 2015 is this: Dear Loving God – break me of me. Pull me close to you so I may feel your heart beat in mine. Please take control of my life. Take it – it is yours. I love you Lord. me. (small me intentional) Thanks Lysa.
Amen! For years I’ve also struggled with my weight. I’d drop 20 or so pounds and feel good and then a year or so later they’d be back. I’m praying this year that with Gods help and guidance that I can keep the weight off. Also, praying is help with other strongholds in my life.
I never fail to be inspired and edified by your words, messages, posts, and prayers. Thank you.
Your blog post has a word included that a few days ago I cautioned against in a facebook status post, ‘shallow’. I wrote that shallow living would be regretted and was addressing myself more than anyone else. I made note of a few things often done unawares and without thought that indicate shallow living. One of the things I noted is; “When I’m more attentive to, concerned by, and conscious of the wrinkles around my eyes than the wrinkled lives, human suffering, and broken spirits I encounter.”
I’m weary of living in the shallows. I long to be as deeply engaged and responsive as God desires me to be. Yes, Lord, unsettle me!
I’ve had an ongoing eating disorder since the age of 16, that’s 37 years now. My health has been impacted and I too am tired of “calling myself awful names I’d never let another person call me.” I’ve had countless therapies and counselors with limited, short lived success. I’m anxious to read your book and like another commenter stated, will happily purchase it if need be. My prayer is ‘Lord lead me out of the shallows into Your depth.’
I’ve struggled with losing baby weight from my last two babies, one of which was born stillborn… I know I can do it with the help of God; but failure has hung over my head for the past several years. My prayer for 2015 is to walk with God daily, hear His voice continuously, and to rely on Him to help me reach a healthier and happier weight. Blessings to you!
Lord, I can’t seem to get this right. Help me be unsettled. I want more of you and less of food to satisfy me. Help me get it right this time! Amen.
Lord, let me live today as if I had one month to live. Regretted life, unsettle me..
absolutely beautiful. my prayer for 2015 is clarity. I’ve prayed for clarity over the last couple of months and feel like god keeps showing me everything clear as day – but somehow it’s not sinking in. it’s like I’m doubting the clarity in some way. this year I want to be shown clarity in ALL aspects of life and to not ‘second guess it’ if you will.
I enjoyed your devotion. It really spoke to me here at the start of 2015!
As I come to the ebd of 2014 and the start of a new year, this post took all my hearts feelings, thoughts and emotions and put them into exact words -especially when you spoke about simply “photo copying” your New Years resolutions from year to year. Lol. Thank you for this encouragement, thank you for being vulnerable. It’s made a difference in my life. Candi. (Cape Town, South Africa)
I need to be unsettled. I need a God encounter that will change my life and the world of my family around. I am lost on many levels and need Him more than the words I write can reveal. Dear Lord, hear my cry and petition for my family and soul.
Dear Lord, Enliven my spirit with fresh faith, and make my heart strong to hope.
I read, re-read, and read again, your words of prayer “unsettle me”. The more I read, the stronger I felt led to be unsettled as well. I am in the middle of one of many bouts of fear and anxiety which has once again taken its toll on my health. This battle has raged for the largest part of my 62 years. I tend to fight the same insecurities over and over and continue to see how these fears have caused much destruction in my life as well. I no longer want to settle for a life out of the will of my God and settle for out of control fears and anxiety. The more I search and seek him, I need for him to unsettle me as well. I need to love myself for who God made me to be and trust him to change the things i am unable to change on my own and release me from this destruction as well. Thank you Lysa for sharing this with us.
So beautiful. When I read the words “Unsettle me” I wondered where the post was going but now I can truly say Lord Unsettle me in such a good way. This year my prayer and hearts deepest desire is to pursue Jesus like I’ve never done before. I just want to pour my life into seeking Him knowing that as I seek Him I will find Him. I want to cultivate such an intimacy with Him. I want Him to come into every place of my heart…the hidden areas. Honestly I just want to be full of Him. This desire supersedes any desire I have. As I think about a soaked sponge that pours out when it is squeezed, I see myself pouring out the life of Jesus even when life’s pressures attempt to squeeze me and this is only possible if I stay full of Him. This is my heart’s pursuit this year….JESUS!!
I love the way you can touch me with your words.
My prayer for this new year is keep God with me every step of the way. Whether it be to lose weight or to be a better wife/mom or just be Jesus to everyone I meet! We all share a loving Heavenly Father and I pray the whole world can know the warm comfort that his love is for us!
I’m two-thirds through Best Yes and loving it. The word that has come to me for my year ahead is WATCH, an idea that was confirmed by your thoughts on being attentive to what’s right in front of us. I’m sure Made to Crave would have many good things to teach me as well. Thank you for being such a warm and wise mentor to so many of us.
Lysa, I look forward to your devotionals on Bible Gateway…somehow your words just speak to my heart. I would love to start the new year reading your book, “Unsettle Me”!
My prayer for 2015 is borrowed from Edgar A. Guest: “Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me, let me praise a little more; let me be when I am weary, just a little bit more cheery, let me serve a little better, those that I am striving for.” I have this on my desk and have it labeled “My New Year’s Prayer”.
My prayer for 2015 would be… Revive my spirit to seek Your Face Father and Renew my body to be a suitable and healthy temple! I am a mother of 4 who over the last 6 years has put on 70 lbs from childbirth and very unfortunate court happening with my step-daughter’s mother. I love the Father with my whole heart and want nothing more than to serve Him with all of myself and to be the wife and mother He desires me to be. I know that this is only possible when I am focused on the Father and healthy as He created me to be! Blessings!
Lysa, you hit the nail on the head for me. Even these last few years, knowing my health would be better I struggle to find it in me to improve my eating habits… I break my own heart.
Lord, free me from the chains that drive this behavior in me. I don’t even know what they are- so show me where to start. I desire to be healthier. I crave to feel better. I ache to understand why I can’t move forward. Show me and let me walk with you on this journey. Amen
My prayer for 2015 is to make improvements in my spiritual and physical self.
Lysa, I’d love a copy of your book. I’ve been in recovery for about a year now from an eating disorder that I’ve struggled with for most of my life. My prayer during this entire process has really been that the Lord would continue to reveal Himself to me, that he’d grow me to be a strong woman, physically, spiritually, and emotionally, so that He could trust me to be a warrior for Christ in this Earthly battle. Like you said, “I am made for more than this constant battle.” Thank you for sharing those words.
Thanks, Lysa. Your book is awesome. Really need to regroup myself. Praying for strength.
I can totally relate. Every year I want to get in shape, eat healthier, be like the contestants on the biggest loser, but every year I fail. I start off doing well and then I start to give in again to my cravings. I don’t know what’s wrong and I can’t seem to shake it. I know I’m getting older, and its not getting easier. I’m praying for the will power, and that 2015 will be the year I suceed!!
Thank you for this. I’m going to start your book again this year with a new mindset. I am praying for victory in this area of my life this year. I know that with the help of the Holy Spirit I can do it!!!
I look forward to always reading what you write. But today the word “unsettling” has really stuck! I lost my husband almost 4 years ago-very suddenly. We were in a hotel room 2000 miles from home; he was gone in 10 minutes. From there my life has been chaotic. I have become ill and on many drugs-mainly high prednisone. I am always hungry and try to eat right but then I just give up. I pray daily for my health & for better eating habits. But, I always feel so “settled” and always say “it is what it is.” I am going to pray that God keeps me “unsettled.” I need to be shaken up and the wind needs to blow through me. This is the year that I want to really listen to God and understand what His plan for me is. I want to step out of my box and become unsettled. I think I can do this as I know God is always by my side. Thank you so much for your words and encouragement. If I win your book that will be an extra. God’s blessings to you for the New Year.
Lysa, I hope one day you see this and know that a 21-year-old woman in college read this prayer in your book 2 years ago, and God began to work a miracle in her heart. I’m 23 now, but God has used this prayer to unsettle me not only in my relationship with food but in my faith, my doubt, my relationships, everything. I’ve lulled those two words out from the depths of my heart anytime I feel God’s bringing me to the edge of a new thing. Or a new way of looking at old thing. Unsettle me. That’s how I want to live life in Christ. Thank you for the vulnerability to write this book because it’s something I cherish. -Lanie
P.S. I attended She Speaks this summer and WOW. What a conference! I loved my time there. 🙂
We have to share what is real, this is the only way we can help others. Let’s kick satan to the curb… God has our back!! Thank you for sharing. I would love to speak to you or your office about being a speaker on your show. Have a great year!! God has great plans for us all! -debs
Mine is “get out of myself.” I don’t really know the exact meaning of this other than to start putting myself first more (I can’t even say it – sad, being a mom, wife, teacher has put my needs to the very end of the line). The thing is I’m taking care of so many that I have to be energized, well fed, rested, and it could go on and on. When I find that moment of silence and freedom, I tend to sit and do nothing! So, Marion, aka Miss Mustard Seed, wrote about your book, and I was looking for a new devotion. One click led to another, and my world has been forever changed by discovering so much inspiration from your website! Thx!
I am trying to find the right words to say first. I mean are you in my head or what? I decided this year 2015 my weight was going to come in 2nd this year. I have been struggling since forever with it. so this year I wanted to focus on my relationship with God. so on 12/31/14 I went into the local Christian book store with my list and your book What Happens when women say yes to God was top of the list. I could not find it at first so went to my 2nd choice which was not for me so I stopped said a prayer and turned down the next aisle and their it was. I found a chair to began to read it to make sure it was truly what I needed. the stop was the checkout line and today I completed lesson/chapter 3. please let me say thank you so far it is confirming and setting me on the right path. the 5 questions I have been asking because God has been telling me different things to start doing. I just finished reading your blog and it spoke volumes to me and can’t wait to finish this book and the get the crave book. I know you have heard this a lot please allow me to say it one more time God is using you to minister to one more person. thank you
Thank you for this. I am a wife and mamma of 4 kids and am totally struggling with having the drive to lose weight and be healthy. 2014 was a very difficult year in our home and I put on weight and am holding onto food like it’s my security blanket. After reading this, I realize I too need to ask The Lord to unsettle me. I need Him to be my security instead of turning to food. I so appreciate this vulnerable post.
For me it’s not just about my weight , I always seek the Lord for a verse or word at the end of every year to show me what work He wants to accomplish in my life for this year. I have been praying and seeking and listening for His direction and what He wNts to accomplish in and through me. Today especially. I have read some of your books. Girls with Swords is one of my favorites. Today on seeing your post on your Instagram pierced my heart and spirit!!! This is what my hearts cry has been all along these last few days. I want to be “unsettled ” in all the areas God sees fit to work in! I am one of Gods older daughters and never want to become complacent in my love or relationship with my Precious Savior. So I am ready and excited and willing to be “unsettles” and let my King mold me and shape me for His glory!! Thanks Lysa for your transparency.
I actually just wrote a post on my blog about wanting to be unsettled. I was very VERY inspired by your book. It gave me a perspective I had never been exposed to before, and it has literally flipped my world upside down. I needed to hear that it was okay to want to lose some weight. I had been in treatment for my eating disorder back in 2011 and although I believe I needed the tools I learned about eating intuitively, listening to my hunger and fullness cues, and making peace with different types of food were very helpful, the issues still wage a war with my mind. I couldn’t help but feel in a physical and spiritual sense that I needed to make healthier food choices.
I’ve been working on recovering from my eating disorder and worth issues through the Celebrate Recovery program for a year and a half now. I’ve been stuck on step 3, turning my will – the tendency I have to keep my food issues in my own control – over to God. The perspective as a whole that you shared in your book really bridged the gap in knowing what steps I needed to take in order to actually be able to do surrender it. 1 Corinthians 10:21, getting disgusted with my lack of strength, your commentary on Matthew 19, seeing how much God cares about my food issues and everything his Word has to say about it, and letting Jesus put a microscope on me and my issues with food… All of it. Really taking those truths in and applying them to my recovery has made a world of difference for me. I’m working through the participants guide now and am looking forward to working through the action plan afterwards.
Thank you for taking the time to write this book! It stays just about as close to me as my bible does. Everything in it was and is still much needed!
Dear Lord, Thank you for the gift of another year. Please help me with my priorities and help me to spend my precious time and energy working on these areas in me and my family. I ask this in Jesus name. Amen.
My prayer for 2015. Is to have a healthy spirit and body. I want my heavenly father to be my stronghold,my foundation, my everything. I would love for my body to reveal for the first time in a very long time a Healthy me, inside and outside. Amen
I love your blogs & posts. Sometimes I think is God telling Lysa to write that for me. You are inspirational and grounded. You write all the thoughts I struggle with and help me when I’m consumed with day to day stuff and bring back my focus. Thank you
My prayer is courage! I’m not exactly sure what that looks like yet but courage is my goal and prayer! Thanks for being such an encouragement!
Sarah DeForest
My prayer for 2015 is for the Great Lord above to break these chains that have had me bound up for so many years. I am severally obese and have tried everything. After going through childbirth 4 times, with my youngest being born in 2006, and then a prisoner of domestic violence until a few years ago, I have lost sight of how God sees me and just see the person that has gained over 100 pounds and has been abused for so long. I want to gain the understanding of God’s love for me and love myself again. When I look in the mirror I see the overweight, not so pretty woman that I have been told over and over again that I was. I want to be able to see the beautiful child of God. Thank you for your inspiration Lysa
I need this book for so many reasons. I’m a natural encouragement and motivator of the wonderful women around me that God has so graciously blessed me with. I have led several book clubs with these women. these friends. and each time we come to a close, I start digging and hunting and praying for God to reveal just the right and most perfect book choice for our next adventure. This seems like such the perfect choice as the topics you’ve described in this beautifully written article flow right in line with the struggles that myself and those around me deal with daily.
Unsettle me ….I have always struggled with being content with myself and where I am at in life. I look at everything that could possibly go wrong and prepare myself on how to cope when it happens. I unpurposely judge others that are closest to me on what “they should’ve done”. I want this year to be the year I pray for them and be more accepting of who God made them. So that simple prayer is a perfect prayer.
God has opened my eyes to the fact that He wants to be included in EVERY aspect of our lives. I never realized just how much I have depended on myself to figure everything out on my own. Failure soon comes and disappointment along with it. My weight is one of those huge disappointments for me. I think every few years another few pounds come. I am ready to give up and invite Christ into this part of my everyday struggles.
Thanks Lysa. Your words hit me right where I needed it today!
I just want to like myself……
Love this book and believe I’ll read it again with the new year starting!
I started leading a group of women in our church in October through your Made to Crave books and videos. We have enjoyed ourselves so much that we want to start it all over again starting this coming Thursday and asking if anyone else would like to join us. I have struggled with weight and health issues for years, and believe with all of my heart that the Lord is preparing me for the ministry. I begin seminary in September, but to have the strength both physically and spiritually to accomplish God’s Calling, I need to get healthy. So far, I have lost 25lbs, but I still need to get rid of about 250 more to really be healthy. Dearest Lord Jesus, help me to turn to you hour by hour to constantly grow closer to you, and crave you more everyday rather than craving foods that have made me so very unhealthy. Thank you Lysa for writing these books and making the videos.
Absolutely love this. Always have been intimated by everyone’s “new year, new me” posts bombarding me on social media come January 1. This was such encouragement that change IS possible. Exactly the words I needed to hear today!
My goal this year is to let myself dream again, to remember that God is not limited by human weakness or frailty, and to expect Him to move.
My husband and I are looking at a Missions Trip in July to Kenya, back to the orphanage that our church has begun to sponsor and work in. We are looking at God’s call to place us there on a more permanent basis. Talk about Unsettled! I had your book, and loaned it out and never got it back. Would love another copy because I still struggle to overcome unhealthy thoughts and eating habits. Getting ready to go through corporate fast with our church-21 days of prayer and fasting. Unsettle me Jesus!
Afraid of failure, but uncomfortable with success, I hinder my progress out of fear. Having been anorexic and bulimic in the past, it is difficult to have the mindset I need. Thanks for this honest post about the “mindspeak” that keeps us stuck.
December 26, 2013 I received a liver transplant. By the grace of God. My prayer this year is to be able to share the word of my lord. And to always stay humbled. An Angel gave me a chance at a New life and I pray I never let her down. A copy of your book would be so educating. I’ve been through a spiritual journey of many emotions. Thank You
Wow such powerful words “Unsettle me”. I had just decided that I was going to start reading your Made to Crave book and I felt like God was leading me to push aside all my excuses that easily derailed me in the past. I had previously lost 30 lbs in my journey to lose 74 but was unmotivated to continue and reading the above article along with the book is what I needed to encourage me to keep up my quest for a healthier me. Thank you so much for being so transparent!!! You will never know how much you impact my life today.
Unsettle me! I lose sight sometimes because I too am always on task. My goal this year is to work on all my relationships, not to exclude the one with myself, which I certainly struggle with. Thank you for sharing your prayer.
This is the year of new life! “Unsettle me” is the prayer I have been longing to pray. I did the Made to Crave study last year, and have seen many wonderful changes, but not with my weight. This year, I am through with excuses and asked God to show me what the lie is that I keep telling myself about food. He immediately showed me the root cause of my misuse of food! Now I know where to focus my spiritual warfare. It really was not about food at all. Simply put, I want to know Christ in his fullness and receive from him all that I need in this life. Unsettle me, Lord. I am ready. I am yours!
Please take my hand and show me the way to be a better me—the “me” You designed in the beginning!
Thank you Lysa. You always inspire me to rethink how I react to things. Being unsettled by God is such a gift. When I am too comfortable with the status quo I tend to be easily attracted to that which is worldly and not that which is Godly. Whatever distracts us from God, whether it be food or things or money, also takes control of us. I have a friend that is so afraid of being unsettled that she moves further and further from God. I pray that God will show us all ways to help her let go and let God. She thinks that if she controls her life then nothing bad will happen but she doesn’t see that she cannot control her life at all and trying only makes her and those she loves more unhappy. Thank you again for making us think in different ways about how we react to God.
Unsettle me because despite my best intentions, (but probably not my best efforts) I always seem to settle for good enough. I don’t want to settle anymore. I want to fight through the hard moments and days and become the woman God created me to be.
Thank you for always encouraging. I pray for God to be in the front of everything I do, even the little things that I think I can do by myself like getting my house in order and my body right. It hasn’t happened yet and I need help and I think I haven’t asked for God’s help with this.
Looks like an honest and truth filled read 🙂
My prayer for 2015 is to find help for my wavering faith. I have be through so much in my life and have made it through, but this last year has been so dreadfully painful from depression. Some days I feel like I just can’t pray anymore. I can’t ask for Gods help anymore. Either I am not worthy or he’s not even real. I never thought I would ever say that, but I know I’ve reached a point of this pain has to stop or I won’t make it. So if there is anyway to help me see the light I need it.
My prayer is to please help me build myself esteem. At age 61, I want to be the person He wants me to be.
Thank you for sharing your heart and conviction. It is inspiring and really shines hope in such a dark area of my life. I pray that God will unsettle me and use my testimony to encourage others as you have encouraged me
Love your simple prayer. “Unsettle me” covers so many issues, and I foresee myself praying the very same often.
My struggle is with time. My job and my roles as wife and mother (among other things) keep me very busy, so I become selfish when I get the luxury of a little unstructured time to myself. The problem then is that I want to do so much, so I get overwhelmed, and I end up blankly staring at a computer screen, wasting an hour playing a mindless game, or simply being a lump on the couch. My one word for this year is Purpose, and my prayer is that I will use my time with a purpose in mind. God has blessed me with numerous talents, and I’ve begun to realize that I need to be using them better for His glory whenever I have opportunity.
My prayer for 2015 is for God to create in me a dependency on Him instead of in myself. Plain and simple.
Lysa, your books are awesome and I find myself described to the tee quite often when reading them.
Most Kind and Gracious Father in Heaven Unsettle me, shake me, break me and make me. I am yours and I want to live a completely surrendered life for your purpose and a life that truly glorifies You Father. In the precious name of your one and only son Jesus I pray. Amen
As always, thoughtful and inspiring- thank you Lysa! This is a great prayer for so many facets of life- unsettle me, give me strength, perseverance, and faith. That is my prayer for 2015. Thank you!
My prayer is for self discipline and self control, to be mindful of my thoughts, words and actions.
My prayer for this year is to have the courage to walk in freedom. To walk in the boldness and light and love. To walk forward on the adventure He has for me. Trusting Him~~!
My prayer for 2015. In the waiting may I seek You. In the no may I worship You. In the unexpected gifts may I give You all glory. In the hard places may I surrender my will. My deepest desire Lord is for you to be glorified in both my life and my families.
My prayer for 2015 is that I would be conscious of making prayer more of a constant in my life, both focused time as well as “practicing the presence of God.”
I am the shard yard friend. Finding Jesus in my brokenness and allowing Jesus to restore me and finding Him amongst my mess..”If only the glass could talk” was birthed in my grief. Sharp. Jagged. Rough edges smoothed over and polished in the struggle. Overwhlemed by the love of God was the healer.
Your post showed me what MY struggle was yet this very hour. I am unsettled and I was being stirred up to pray and interceed and yet I was allowing those lying thougts of doubting I do hear His voice distract me. Thank you for your obedience and transparency. Christ in us is enough. Oh how he loves us…
I am trying again, just like you did years ago…I just need to get to that point to find myself, listen to God, and make it stick so that I am around for my husband and boys!
Its such a struggle. Eat healthy, run, workout, holidays come, enjoy, savor all the moments, while clothes start getting tight. Back to balance, my prayer for 2015. Savor the moments of joy, but balance the over indulging. Trying to not be legalistic,
definately don’t want vanity to be part of it. This culture we live in screams we must “look” a certian way. Makes us all quite
tired. Asking the Lord for help.
I read your post and see my battle. I feel like crying at my constant failure to keep my weight down and maintain a healthy lifestyle. I want to be changed, I want strength and willpower, and I want it to come straight from God because I am not having any long-lasting success on my own. If unsettling me is the prayer I need to pray, then I pray it now. Unsettle me Lord! Thank you for your posts. I feel like we are such good friends, yet you don’t know me. Happy New Year!
“Unsettle me” is such a scary prayer to me, because almost every area of my life right now feels unsettled. No more, please! But the first couple paragraphs could have been written by me. Fix me, Lord!
My prayer for this year is “Renew”. I need to renew my faith in myself as a wife and Mom. And I need to renew my dependence on the Lord.
I have the Made to Crave book but if I won it I would surely give it away to someone who likely wouldn’t purchase it themselves.
My word this year is “Prepare/Preparing” for what God has in store for me next – so that is my prayer too. Prepare my path, my heart, my mind, my soul, and my Spirit.
Thanks Lysa for continuing to pose the questions.
My prayer this year is for me to totally trust in God, and believe He has a miracle for me.
To put God first above anything of this world.
Thank you, Lysa, for this post. Throughout my life, I have felt unsettled as well. I think that is the way God works in us. It indeed is unsettling! But I am a stubborn person, so I need to be unsettled at times. I have looked at the times where I have gone my way instead of God’s way and I now see that if I had listened to God even through the fear, in ALL areas of my life, I would be more peaceful. My prayer for you and for all women this year is to experience God’s love and peace each day – by surrendering to his will for us a day at a time. Never easy but it does work!
This is a great post! I definitely needed to read this today. In already struggling with things and we’re in day 2 of this new year:/ This really hit home with me. Thank you for your continued inspiration and posts that hit home!
My prayer for 2015 is basically to change my heart so that I crave God and and his Word more than anything else and that I would be obedient to him, that it would transform me, and transform our home into one of love and grace!
LORD JESUS, I surrender all to You. My mind, my will, my emotions. May I become more and more like You each and every day. Give me an obedient heart. In JESUS Name, Amen.
Thanks for the wonderful giveaway! :o)
That which is. Unsettled; easily moved, shaken , changeable. I surrender my heart to You my King. Unsettle all the areas of my life that You desire to transform in me so Your name is glorified in me so You will receive e the honor and praise You so deserve
Unsettle me and yet I am not quite sure what that would mean to me.I know that I do lose weight but can also quickly sabotage often because I lack self esteem. At 61 when will I learn? So God unsettle me.
I really like your prayer. Took a deep breath and said it with you. I hesitated at first, I think it this type of prayer takes a deep courage to surrender all our what we think as strong self defenses and be vulnerable, naked in front of God. I would rather find that fig leaf, LOL
I struggle daily with my weight. I desperately need to let go and allow God to work in me. I struggle daily with letting go. Your website and prayers have kept me going and feel encouraged many times when I am struggling
I have a healthy relationship with food. I crave healthy food, and I am pretty disciplined. I have never read this book because of this, but I would like to crave God, His word and all that he wants for me.
My prayer for 2015 is to get closer to God, quit smoking and god please help me find a job. and find a church
Even having diabetes and heart disease still isn’t enough for me to control my eating and lose the weight that I need. Every day is a failure. But every day I start over again and will continue to do so until God gets through to me.
Love this book. Would love a copy. I went to wolf conference to c u but you weren’t in Hartford. Had a great time anyway!
My prayer fro 2015 is to have more hope – the anticipation of good things – in my daily life…to shed the feelings of worry and to allow the blessings that God grants me each day to lift my spirit. I grew up with parents who loved me and who each had addictions to alcohol and prescription medications. My addiction has been with food and that has led me down a path of self-destruction and self-hate…I have a strong desire to seek out God’s plan for me, to understand his words and to make those two things a part of me so that I can become stronger and fight the unhealthy relationship that I have had with food and my self image.
My prayer is that I will crave more of him and less of this world and my own desires.
2015…the year that my church has visioned as the “best year yet”..the year to live up to our full potentials as followers of Christ. I have a beautiful life. But my battle with my body image is my hinderance to becoming all I can be. My family has made some huge faith steps- this is my personal faith journey that needs to be fulfilled. I long for the word you will share in this book. Thank you for your vision!
My prayer is simple….a restored marriage.
My prayer is to have God’s peace. I find that it is in the times I trust Him and put my hope in Him I feel the most peace. And, when I have peace in my heart, joy comes along side it and the sun seems brighter! Would love to win a copy of your book for a dear friend of mine who has struggled with her weight for years. Our choir is heading to Israel in June, and unless she is able to get herself healthier and more fit, she won’t be able to experience a lot of what is planned.
Lisa- I completely feel your pain….what you experienced when trying to lose weight. I have been struggling to lose weight for about 10 years….after having kids. Never had weight issues before. I’ve tried everything … I mean everything. Even your book, made to crave. I have not has success at all. 4 years ago I lost 30 pounds in 6 mos with exercise and eating healthy. No sugar, no white flour, low carbs & only whole grains. 1 year later I put it all back on. I tend to loose my focus. I just can’t keep motivated. I’m so frustrated. I feel like a thin person trapped in a fat persons body. Please pray for me. I know I can only do this with Christ. Thank you
This is the prayer (or close to it) that I have been praying for my husband and I. We both need to choose a healthier lifestyle. We have high blood pressure and health issues that could be solved by just eating healthier and losing some weight. With God’s help, we will do it this year and beyond. 🙂
I had decided that this year my prayers will focus on discipline and vision. Your blog totally spoke to me.
I loved what you said about the beauty of discipline and how it unleashes a craving for intimacy with God. I totally agree. I want to embrace the LIBERATION that comes from discipline rather than getting stuck in the perceived restriction or constraint of it – which is generally rooted in a justification anyhow. I find the practice of discipline itself affects a kind of positive domino affect within me. Because as you said, it ultimately leads to greater intimacy with God. Why do I fight it? What am I clinging to within myself that it not from God? Yes, goodbye to those remnants, justifications, shards and tendencies. Some of those things are remnants are things which I perceive as my personality. Things which are so a part of my personal identity that maybe I think they ARE who I was created to be. But God created me to be perfected in Him – and leaving my shards behind, those shards which sometimes cut and shred, will liberate me. Draw me closer, Lord… refine me as your happy slave.
What you said about the “suspicious fears that I’ll never find victory in this area of my life” spoke to my desire to focus on vision. I love the words “I am made for more than this constant battle.” Sometimes I am afraid to lock in on a vision for myself because I am so afraid of the disappointment of failure. Easier to keep expectations low and find surer, feal-good moments of success. I know I am made for greater things and I choose to accept and believe that. God will show me the way. I refuse to limit Him by my fear. His perfect love will cast out fear. Greater is He who is in me than He who is in the world. Nothing is impossible for Him. I believe, Lord. Help me in my unbelief. Come, Lord Jesus. May it be done to me according to your word. Give me eyes to see.
To serve the Lord with my life and I need to get healthier to do that. My weight keeps me from doing a lot of what I wish I could do. Thank you for a chance to get your book. I need God’s help to get healthier.
Lysa,
I love that your prayer is so simple, yet so profound. I would love to read your book, Made to Crave as I am inspired by your writing. I led a ladies bible study of “What Happens when Women say Yes to God” – it was fabulous. I especially loved the analogy of the little seed, so of course I bought your new children’s book this Christmas. It was awesome! Thank you!
My prayer for this year is that God would continue to give me the strength I need to stay the course in my journey of healing. I pray that I would be bold in sharing my story for His glory, so that others would be encouraged to persevere through their own trials. And I thank him for the love and grace that He continues to pour lavishly into my life along the way.
Kamea
incrementalhealing.wordpress.com
My focus must be on “surrendered” and in operating in the fruit of the Spirit of self-control. I know that’s what I am destined for but have no idea how to attain it in realistic and practical ways. Appreciate any help or insights…
This is such an answered prayer!
I so appreciate your encouraging words. John 15 continues to keep me where I know I need to be……clinging to the vine. I love being a branch. Such freedom!!! While there is freedom still challenge to remain completely dependent on and with Christ. So I continue to cling in my desperate need for Christ and His ways! Keep up the good work of challenging us!
I too struggle with a food addiction. Two years ago I was attending counseling with a Christian Equine Therapy councilor and we used the Made To Crave book in conjunction with the intense therapy that I was receiving. I didn’t realize that all the burdens and “junk” I was carrying around were important to God. I never knew that He would be interested in helping me with my food issues. What I came to realize that all my “junk” issues, burdens, and shame were connected to the emotional problems that were perpetuating my food issues. I could accept that the Lord could help me solve my issues and finally realized that FOOD was my biggest issue. Once I acknowledged that God would willingly take my addiction to food and release me from the obsession to eat when ever I was stressed or felt unhappy or afraid all I had to do was CRAVE HIM. Through many painful tries and slips I was able to let go and let God take hold of my life and lead me out of the darkness and into His light. I have my Crave God magnet on my fridge and each morning I am reminded to keep craving Him and to turn all my cares over to Him. During the on line bible study Before Amen; Max Lucado used an example of taking your concerns and putting them into your cupped out stretched hands and offering them up to God to take them away. It works~ I am physically releasing my burdens upward and relief floods me and my instant instinct to reach for good subsides and I can cope. I am maintaining a healthy weight now and I have peace and abstinence for which I am forever grateful. I have been blessed with guidance from God’s many angels. Especially the counselor that saved my life and for folks like you Lysa that are able to connect words to reach those of us that are searching. Thanks be to God.
Yep – I’ve been doing the yo-yo diet for several years. Due to medication & medical issues (partly), I’m 70 lbs more than I was 10 years ago (when I got married). I’m looking (again) for stick-to-it-ness. My word for 2015 is prayer – praying for strength to overcome this “rock”/albatross/sin is at one of the top things I’ll be praying for..
This is so what I needed to hear, brought tears to my eyes and confirmation to my heart, chills over my arms and soundness to my soul. Thank you♡
My christian husband has struggled with gaining and losing weight for years. I would love to give him a copy of this book
My 22 year old daughter is experiencing the same struggles. Her weight gain fuels her depression and anxiety! I try to offer her encouragement, but I cant fix this for her. I forwarded your post to her!
I’m not posting for a copy of Made to Crave, I have a copy. What I am posting about is that I feel like God is wanting me to work on self discipline. I was wanting to know if you know of a good bible study on discipline. There are many areas of my life that are lacking, but I know that I need to start with my Christian life then everything else should fall into it’s right place.
Thanks for your assistance,
Rhonda
My prayer is to be more intentional with my time and to be present in the moment. Days pass me by with much routine and without much thought. I want to be present with my family, at my job and with those I love.
My 2015 prayer is to show gratitude and to always have a positive attitude.
I’m asking the Lord to help me stay in the present. Not to fret over the past or the future.
Craving GOD’s word and not food…..my focus for 2015 and beyond!
I’m tired of struggling and losing the food battle. Whether I win it or not – I must get this book!
My struggles is not with weight, but the weighing down of my situation. Struggles in my life at this moment are not to well in my marriage. We have pushed away a Lil on following Christ. So many ups and downs this past year. I just pray that this year we will be strengthened and focus on the future God has in store for us.
Thank you for sharing and caring!
Yes Lord unsettle me. My goal for 2015 is 15 in 15. Just 15 extra pounds off the 56 year old frame. I love Made to Crave. Thank you Lisa.
My prayer is to fill my Gratitude jar daily and to have so much gratitude this year. To journal daily and to stop and smell the roses. Have a blessed year Lisa!
I simply just want to know God more – to really know Him. But I could also add that I want to know God more and make Him known to everyone He puts in my path. To walk in obedience by His Spirit, seizing the opportunities He gives me. To love Him more. To live above my feelings more, and not be led by fear.
My prayer is to become closer to The Lord, become healthy, worry less, and see myself as God sees me. I love your ‘unsettle me’ prayer and post, and would love to win your book as well! Thanks so much!
My prayer for this year is to walk out Philippians 1:6 – that I will carry out to completion the good work that has been begun in me.
Hi!
I love your messages that I receive in my email! They are most uplifting and encouraging to me. They also seem to keep at the “perfect” time ! My mom was morbidly obese, therefore, I am horrified at becoming extremely overweight. I have held my same weight for 14 years but that is considered obese by medical diagnosis. My mom had health issues that cost her her life. She passed away with colon cancer while also suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart issues. I loved her so much and she was my best friend! I miss her still 14 years later. I would love to read your book to give me more encouragement and stamina to stay healthy 🙂
God Bless you!
Kimberly Carabin
Contact #804-314-1340
I am tired of fighting the battle on my own terms! I want God to show me the way! Please pray for me to be willing!
Thank you, Lysa, for such a simple but powerful prayer. I, too, am looking for God to unsettle me. My prayer for this year is for the Holy Spirit to convict me in all areas that need to be unearthed to God’s Light and to give me the strength to face them. Thank you for your beautiful and encouraging messages.
Thank you for this simple prayer with very significant meaning. My daughter struggles with stomach pain and her weight. She has tried gluten free, vegan, non-dairy, and vegetarian diets to not only lose weight, but to find the source of her stomach pain. It has been a struggle for her. This year is different. She is taking her faith to a deeper level and she is growing in her faith and her submission to God’s plan for her. My prayer is that this year will be one of change, unsettling if you will, that will be the beginning of a permanent acceptance of who she is in God’s eyes.
My prayer for 2015 is to stop being so hard on myself.
I spent the last ten years of my career teaching nutrition in a rural county in NC. I developed and managed a Health & Wellness program for the county employees. During those years I watched many citizens and county employees excitedly lose weigh only to gain it back and often more. We encouraged exercise and changing eating habits. I taught classes on what foods to eat and the benefits of exercise and did one-on-one counseling. Deep down I knew something was missing. After I retired, I began gaining two pounds a year, nine years and eighteen pounds later I realized I needed to get serious! I tried, lost a few pounds, stopped and then gained them back plus the two pounds.
I found my first faith based weight loss program in 2002 and decided to start it in a church we were attending. It was the Weigh Down Diet, an Inspirational Way To Lose Weight, Stay Slim and Find a New You by Gwen Shamblins. It has some very good spiritual and nutritional ways to lose weight. I will share some of her suggestions in Caring for God’s Temple. I lost a few pounds, stopped and gained them back, plus my two pounds.
I then combined a new faith based program developed in 2008, First Place 4 Health by Carole Lewis with the Weigh Down Diet. This had to work, two faith based plans! You already know what happen. The women attending the program experienced the same results.
I knew in my heart that I could not do this alone even with the information provided
in the programs. Then I was introduces to a third faith based program, Made To Crave, Satisfying Your Deepest Desire With God, Not Food by Lysa TerKeursten. We started with a 218 pages book on the spiritual component of weight loss. Now this was different! A light started flashing! It was followed up with the Made To Crave Action Plan. I never finished the program but I did lose eight pounds, stopped and gained three back. Then I was introduced to the Daniel Plan, 40 Days to a Healthier Life by Rick Warren.
I finally went to the LORD on my face and begged for HELP. A few days later the scripture, Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:11 I felt GOD’S CALLING many years ago to encourage other women. Slowly it came to me over the next few days that the one strand was the GOD’S precious daughter trying to lose weight, the second strand was the encourager and GOD was the third strand that gave HIS STRENGTH to the cord and thus success. When I truly looked at my body, I knew this was not the temple GOD had created for the first woman, Eve. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Slowly the idea of Caring For GOD’S Temple began to develop.
I feet that first we must build that “cord of three”. The book, Made To Crave, helps to do that. This is the crucial key to success. We have to develop a mental picture of GOD holding one end of the cord and our holding on the other end for dear life. The white strand is larger and is the strength of GOD flowing down to us. The purple strand is the encourager or accountability sister. The green strand is the beloved daughter of GOD trying to care for the temple God has given her. The strands are
interwoven to form the life giving cord.
Our health is also a very important piece of our plan. We have to take control of the health of our earthly temples. Exercise will be a key component to our health and weight loss. I believe each daughter of Christ needs a different plan because HE created us each to be different. Our lives, our families and our activities are different. We have to create an exercise and eating plan that we can live with for the rest of our lives here on planet earth.
Guidelines for the Program
Two daughters plus the encourager attend each session. God is our Father and we are his daughters.
The daughter weighs on the morning of each session and tells no one her weight. This is between her and God.
The daughter’s goal is to lose seven pounds, and then she and God decides if she needs to lose another seven pounds.
The program is planned for fourteen sessions over seven months.
Meet once a week for seven weeks (7 sessions).
Meet every other week for two months (4 sessions).
Meet once a month for 3 months (3 sessions).
After seven months, lifestyle changes should become a familiar, comfortable way of life.
There are three components that will be worked on at the same time throughout the seven months. They are spiritual, health, and lifestyle changes.
Made to Crave is required reading for the program. I would love a copy to give a lady
that might not be able to purchase one.
My prayer is that each daughter of CHRIST develops an intimate personal relationship with GOD through this program and weight loss will only be the icing on the cup cake. Praise GOD for HIS goodness!
Linda
I, too, have struggled with weight issues all my life. Your prayer was lovely and have me strength to trust one more time. Unsettle me, Lord, I pray.
This is the second year that I have asked God for my “Word of the Year” and 2015 will be a year of stewardship for me. My prayer is that I will be able to make good use of all the blessings that God will entrust me this year.
Thank you for being you. I pray that God speaks through me like he does through you. This year my word is Meaning. I want to live each moment work true deep spiritual meaning… To see God’s transformation in me and to see his life plan played out.
Unsettle me is a great prayer. I have struggled all of my life with my weight. I like you have set so many resolution to lose but after maybe a week it falls to the way side. I love this prayer because I know I can only lose the weight with God’s help. I have been wanting to get your book but have not be able to get it. This year I am committing to losing this weight and becoming more healthier. I have two beautiful grandchildren with one being born on December 16th and she is so precious. In this year I want to devote more of my life to God and His will. I know God has great things in store for me and I want to be all that God has intended for me to be. Thank you so much for your post, it was so encouraging!!!!
I have struggled with my weight all my adult life. I use food to satisfy needs. My weight is up and down and it is so dissatisfying. My prayer is to no longer use food as a pacifier and to try to stop thinking I am not good enough. I have wanted to read your book!
I lost a significant amount of weight several years ago but still find myself struggling to maintain that weight loss. I would love to read your book. It is really encouraging to receive advice from other Christian women regarding life issues. Thank you for sharing your God-given gift!
Never thought of God unsettling me, but for Him to settle me. After reading this I realize I do settle and in doing so don’t allow Jesus to do all he desires in and for me. I just settle, not getting all that He desires to do in and for me. Thanks for this new outlook in this New Year.
My prayer this year is to let God handle it. What ever the “it” is at the moment. I NEED to seek Him first and then take action. Not the other way around. That’s not working so well for me…
I printed this prayer and will let it sink into my soul and make it mine. Thank you, Lysa, for sharing this very intimate entry and allowing us to make it our prayer.
~TinaW
Unsettle me! This is my prayer. I am also praying to surrender to The Lord all the things in which I am grasping for control…shedding the last of my pregnancy weight being high on the list! Thank you for this!
Lysa,
Thank you for sharing your heart! You are such a Godly inspiration. My prayer for the year ahead is to follow where God leads and show others random kindness all 12 months of the year. It can be so easy to become distracted with my own plan for my life, but I know God has great things in store for me!
Happy New Year
I’ve had weight issues all my life, and I can’t get a handle on it. I’m bigger now than I’ve ever been. It doesn’t even see God will help me. I would love to read your book to see if it could inspire me.
Would love to use this wonderful prayer in my life!
“I can rest assured though the journey will be hard, I will be held.” What wonderful and encouraging words I needed to read today. I have been discouraged the last few weeks due to family circumstances and then just yesterday I weighed myself and seemed to have gained back the 8 pounds I fought so hard to shed the last two months of the year. My prayer for the new year is that I would trust God with my family, and everything for that matter, and that I would fight the voices that oppose His truth, whether about me and my value, or my ability, with a holy boldness that comes from His indwelling Spirit. Thank you for these words, Lysa!
My prayer for the new year is to make time for myself! I just went back to teaching this year, and I spend way too many hours at school. Also, I have 4 children and a husband, so when I am not at school, I am taking care of them. I am taking time to take care of me this year!
Wow! This blog entry is so inline with a conversation I had with some friends today. I am the one who is searching to settle down by buying a house and establishing roots, so to speak. I never thought of the notion of being unsettled. I like that thought because if we are unsettled then we are relying on God’s will for our lives instead of our own. When Jesus told the rich man to be perfect he had to give away his possessions to the poor and then follow Him, the rich man left because of all that he had. He was unwilling to be unsettled. I recognize that same unwillingness within myself and hope that through God’ grace, I can become unsettled. I am reminded of a poem that was on the wall in a local ice cream shop in my hometown, “I asked God for all things so that I might enjoy life. God gave me life so that I might enjoy all things.” Thanks for the reminder that being unsettled doesn’t mean not having direction in life, but is rather letting God direct our steps in life.
A friend of mine has lost 90 pounds this year so I am thrilled to check out your website. Happy New year
My prayer for 2015 is to seek God’s will for our family. The Lord has been moving in our lives in an unusual way the past few months we pray He continues to move and we will be able to follow Him!
My prayer is “Lord I am ready now” taken from a song from Plumb. It has been speaking right to my heart.
Lysa thank for your post/books they also speak right to my heart with encouragement. My you and your family have a blessed new year.
My prayer is to practice quieting my human brain so I can connect better with my spiritual soul. That is when I can hear Him the best.
I’m so thankful to have found you. I just finished Unglued for the second time and it won’t be the last. It is really challenging my perspective and thinking about everything. I continue to be blessed by your candid words and simplicity when it comes talking about life as a Christian woman, wife, mother, employee, and friend. I need to hear it over and over again until it becomes me. I’ve been struggling for some time now with many of the same issues you addressed in Unglued as well as those coming up in The Best Yes that I’m reading now. Made to Crave is the one I’ve debated about getting probably due to my fear that it will yet again be too close to home for me. But that’s the point, right? I’d love this book to add to my collection and my thought life. I’m a big girl and always will be, but I’ve been working on my weight in earnest since May and ive lost about 40 lbs which included all my baby weight. I’m trying to lose another 25 before June. Again I appreciate your ministry, honesty and ability to connect with women you’ve never met.I’m most thankful for the understanding of God’s word that is so basic and true. God bless you in your continued endeavors.
My prayer is to be emotionally whole, balance my work and home life, and develop a healthier sense of myself. It’s not just for 2015, but a life prayer.
Blessings.
My prayer for 2015– Lord please don’t let me leave this earth without fulfilling your purpose. I was created to do something that would bring you glory. Help me stay focus and just do it! I recognize it’s not my purpose, but Your purpose Lord! Amen.
Praying to answer God’s call to step out of my comfort zone, dare to become unsettled, as I serve Him in the new year in ways that intimidate and scare me.
For God to lead my family down the right path, His path. We are on the edge of big changes in our lives and it is scary. In fact, reading “Unsettle me” brings tears to my eyes because I feel like I am about to be unsettled in many ways
My prayer is to MOVE. I am so good at planning and thinking about how I want things to work but actually implimenting my plans are my big hurdle. How I pray to action DO what I have planned to do! Thank you for the chance to win your book.
My prayer for 2015 is that God would help me to care, pull me out of the muddy pit and lift my spirits. So often, I just want God to give up on me so I can give up too.
Content on the inside as much as the outside
My prayer is to trust God in all that is going on in my life, to live by faith and not by sight.
God all your promises are Yay & in You amen. I thank you for promises that were made to me in the previous years. Now in 2015 I praise you because they will be manifested in Jesus Name Amen!
Encouraging and Simply Inspiring!!! Thank you for your transparency in this post. My prayer is to let go and let God. I’ve struggled with my weight for over 8 years. It’s been extremely hard for me. I’m trusting 2015 will be a year of change, as I walk in faith and seek God to help me through this health challenge.
My prayer for 2015 is this. So many times I pray to God that He soften the hearts of others, especially those who have hurt me. But I realize today before this post that I need to be asking God to soften my heart too. Things will occur in my life where I am left breathless and hopeless. Things said and done that I have no control over. Yet I have control over MY actions and my words and my thoughts. I must let God unsettle me and help me understand where I fail so I can be victorious the next time I face pain. Despite what has been said to me, I will still have an open ear and heart. But also I must develop a stronger prayer life so I won’t let hurt people entice me to hurt others–misplaced anger. I must accept what has happened to me and let it go. Not let it linger and take it out on someone innocent. Father God I have failed you and I have hurt your children because of the hurt I’ve faced in this lifetime. But while the pain continues I will have peace and find your grace and comfort. I will absorb and release pain, rather than letting it poison me. Unsettle me God. Show me where I keep pain to myself and lash out on others.
“Lord, YOU guide me into your purposes for me this year. I don’t want to waste time pursuing anything that is outside your will. Thank you for your lavish love for me, just an ordinary girl. I so desperately want to get this “Mom thing” right. Please open doors of opportunity that will bring you glory in this busy season of life. I love you and I am so thankful for this beautiful life you’ve blessed me with. Please help me to greet each new day as the gift that it is. Amen.”
Lord, thank you for all of my shortcomings for those are the foundations of new life in you Christ. Thank you for all of my failures, the lies I have used to convince myself that “God understands why I do what I do,” and for my past sins. All of the dark aspects of my personality and past are the very things that brought me closer to you. The very things that made me crave a stronger relationship with you, and Lord, you are the only reason that I have become and am continuing to become the Christ-like woman you created me to be. I love you my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! —— Your Daughter, Cherie’
My prayer?
Lord — I pray that I have the attitude of, “it is well” through all. Lord, I feel as if the seas above are high and the mountains rocky — but I know you are good. Grow me, mold me, & make me yours. Teach me to direct my attitude & thoughts from my feet hitting the floor in the morning to crawing back into bed at night. Lord, use me & remind me who I am in you.
This year, I pray that I can give myself the grace from God that I grant to others. I’m so unforgiving of my short comings and am so hard on myself. I desire to be the woman God created me to be, in my entirety. But that means that I must allow myself to be imperfect in his perfect creation of who I am. That is easier said than done, and much less believed to my core. That is my prayer for this year. To be happy being created by God with all of my imperfections – because he created me perfect for him.
Thank you so much for this post! God gave it to me at the perfect time.
Lord, I pray unsettle me!! Amen
I am reiterating the prayer for God to unsettle me.
Praying for positive change, to be in and do His will and for His Hope to continue to lift me up during hard and dark times.
Amen!
This post hit me right between the eyes. My weight fight is my cross to bare. I was down 40 pounds 2 years ago when my dad died and I gained it back. I was down again 20 pounds 4 months ago and my mother died. Dear Lord, please help me to see that there is no candy, cakes, pies, cookies, carbs, or fats that will heal my grief over the loss of my parents. Please help me through my grief without the help of the “bad” foods and overeating. Please help me as I start again on this weight loss and health journey. Please help me to reach my goal of 60 pounds. Thank you for your blessings! Amen!!
I just want God to consume every part of me, for me to desire Him more than anything else, and for Him to use me in a mighty way.
Amen, Alex! So be it – for all of us! God continue to bless you richly!
Oh Lord, more of you! Less of me.
Thank You!
I want God to use me…somewhat like unsettle me. Praying for his will for me.
Wow this hit home. I have serious weight issues with about 60kg to get rid of. I need God to unsettle me. Wow wow wow
My prayer for 2015 is for God to do something new in my life. I’ve never been one to pick a word for the year, but the little word “new” keeps popping up. 2014 was such a heartbreaking year. So here’s hoping for new hearts, new experiences, new attitudes, and new life in 2015!
I struggle with my weight year after year and I make the same resolution year after year! The struggle is so difficult and I am so tired of failing time and time again. Lord please unsettle me! Amen!
Praise God! I find myself yearning for an unsettling, a massive unsettling in all areas of my life. I want to strengthen my walk and relationship with Christ.. I pray without ceasing for this unsettling and I believe it is in God’s will.. Amen to my Sister loved by God..
2015.
My prayer is to look to God in EVERY circumstance. Just took a nice snowy prayer walk today and prayed from the very depth of my soul for Jesus to be my freedom, and nothing else. I pray to find my place IN HIM this year, and not look to others.
I’m just about done reading Unglued. Wow- I’ve got a notebook full of prayers and a heart full of change. Thank you for your words. They are uplifting and lead me to Jesus!
Thank you. Needed to hear this.
Lord, I am humbled and submitted to what You
want to do in me. Talk to my unsettled heart and
show me the way.
This year I am going to stop being sick! I’ve spent so much of my life feeling terrible from my Ulcerative Colitis. I just had my Colon taken out in April of 2014. I am officially cured (my physical body anyway) but Even though I am not in pain and I am very healthy and capable, I sometimes still see myself as a sick person. No more. God has healed me and I will rejoice in this pushing my body to its full potential.
Praying for healing, restoration, and trying not to worry and remember that this is in Gods hands and to Trust Him everyday, every hour
My prayer is to be a woman who loves better and who doesn’t count the cost before choosing love. I want to be a woman who does hard and holy things. I want to be so much more like my Savior.
Thank you for sharing this Lysa! I have struggled with my weight all of my life, feeling that this was just who I am. In the past 6 months I have lost 30 pounds. I still have a long way to go, but I have hit a plateau and I can’t seem to lose anymore. I am back to that place of “this is just who I am, God made me fluffy!” When I read this tonight, it was exactly what I needed! Perhaps “unsettle me” is the very prayer I need to begin to pray over every area of my life!
This book changed my life. With the truth in it & God I lost 112lbs and found HOPE!! I would love to win a copy I can use as a giveaway at my church when I do the bible study again! I’ll be doing the bible study next month.
I have wanted to be much thinner for over 40 years but have given up hope. Reading about your experience and prayer gives me encouragement that I may be able to change and become unsettled in my life. You always give me a fresh perspective and I appreciate that so much.
My prayer is Please help me Jesus.
My prayer is to stop wandering like the Israelites and start intentionally circling the promises of God like they did at Jericho and to see His promises for my life fulfilled.
My prayer is to become disciplined not just in food but in time and money management which are both huge issues. I want wisdom from God on how to use my time and resources wisely.
My prayer is-,Lord, please use me for your glory, and help me to bring honor to you. I’d love to win a copy!
My prayer is to accept myself flaws and all and know that God created me in his image, and to know that He loves me just where I am. Then thru accepting and loving myself as He does the changes will come naturally.
I pray to be so focused on Jesus that EVERYTHING else pales in comparison. I also surrender my organization, time management and employment issues, to Him, to His glory.
My prayer “is to live a moment by moment awareness of the Spirit until walking in the Spirit becomes as natural —as habitual—as breathing.” (Bill Bright)
I always seem to read your posts & emails at the exact moment I need to hear those words! Would love to read your book, Made to Crave. Praying that I can continue my efforts to slow down in 2015 & savor each day with my 5, 3 & 1 yr old!
I woke up just this morning feeling sick and overstuffed from all the season’s eating. As I lay in bed drinking a cup of cloves/cinnamon tea to calm my sick stomach, I’d been asking myself, Why? The word that popped into my head was ‘crutch’, that I am using the overeating as a crutch. As I tried to untangle the thoughts in my head, I saw your post. It seems to me you’ve been before where I am right now. I pray I get where you are.
Excited to see how God ‘unsettles me’ this year!!
Yes! I like that, Megan. Thanks for sharing. May God continue to bless you richly!
One of my prayers this year is “your will not mine.” I’m praying I can continue to move toward a place of trust – letting go of fear and the need to control.
I am praying for God to expose to me HIS will for my life. That I stay strong in my walk with Him, and do not look to my left our to my right. Additionally, that people will see Christ light in me. I think your book would be a big help in keeping me craving God.
I am morbidly obese at 260 pounds on my 5’6″ frame. I have been to doctors for all the myriad of health problems I am experiencing due to my morbidly obese state. I’ve tried everything to lose weight and keep it off and I have failed miserably. No more New Years vresolutions to eat healthy, exercise and lose weight. I will probably die at a young age if I don’t lose weight. I can’t do it on my own. So, I pray your prayer “Lord, Unsettle Me”.
I would be happy to get a free book as well!
This year (and every day!) I pray that God will help me turn to Him instead of food. Only He can fulfill me!
I can’t put into words how
much this describes me. This is my heart and I’ve been putting this off for over a year now. I run to food for every emotion and am now the heaviest I have ever been and feel like it’s a never ending battle. I know it’s a spiritual thing too because I am not where I used to be in my walk with Christ so my prayer is that God would unsettle me and that I would reach a place where He is my ultimate fulfillment so Nothing will have place to keep my in bondage.
I like that prayer. It is simple in such a complex world. It covers what so many people struggle with daily. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Lysa, you always inspire me. This prayer is beautiful. My prayer for 2015 is for a deep shake-up myself, that my soul would experience a deeper hope in the power of Jesus. For my heart to truly accept and rest in knowing that God is not limited. His capabilities are immesurable. That there is a living hope… that the word *hope* would become more real to me than it ever has before.
Thank you Jesus, for you are our hope.
Amen, Kristen! So let it Be. God continue to bless you richly!
Thank you for encapsulating many of our issues in the two words…unsettle me.
My prayer for 2015 is not so concise but is, “God, help me to try hard in the areas that really matter and try to ignore the areas that don’t.”
That would include work on what You think of me and not what others think.
To work on my marriage instead of just talk about it.
Happy New Year!
“Unsettle me” — when I first read this, my thought was “I’m already unsettled. I want the Lord to settle me.” I understand though and these two little words line up with my one word for the year and that is intentional! I want to be intentional in my commitment to the Lord. I want to be intentional in my desire for a healthy way of life and to take better care of myself. Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you Lysa for your transparency. Your honesty has blessed me for over a year now. I look forward to daily devotions each morning. Your ministry has inspired me to start a small group on FB to also encourage and edify women. I direct people to your site as well as your books. Thank you for using your anointing appropriately, your impact is a true testament for the God we serve. Have a blessed new year!
My prayer for 2015 is to stop. To rest in God and let him put forth the effort and power. I am to live in his strength not my own. My word is a prefix- re- as in again. I can begin again, I can be renewed, reborn, resurrected, revived, and restored. Praise Jesus.
My prayer for 2015 comes from the unknown future of a husband retiring from 36 years in the military and the life I’ve known for 31 years, about to change. It was easy to see God’s direction when directed by the government but now we face an uncertain future and my heart is full of questions. My prayer is for the Lord to strip me of fear of change and for Him to be my peace, no matter where he takes us as we seek to do God’s will above our need to feel comfortable.
Yes, Beverly. As I finished reading your prayer, I was reminded of John 14:27 – AMP: “Peace I leave with you. My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.] Not necessarily easy, but doable because we have His Holy Spirit – our Comforter and so much more – Whom He purposely left with us. Praise Him! I pray you are strengthened in your inner man to keep your eyes, heart and mind fixed on Him!
Thank you Lysa for sharing that wonderful testimony which I know it was God leading you just to encourage me. Next Friday, January 9th I will be turning 45years old. I know all too What you are saying, if I didn’t know better I would thought was writing bout me. I struggle all my life with my weight and it cause me to hate myself and hate life period. I suffered with low self-esteem, depression and suicidal thoughts. Now I’m in a more settle place in who God created me to be FEARFULLY & WONDERFULLY MADE. He has taught me and teaching me to love myself and who I am in Him. Now physically I’m still obese and I’m quote the definition of self control within my spirit. Oh the journey is definitely not easy but no matter how many times I struggle or fall I’m just that more determined to get up and continue this journey. I constantly reminds myself that I will reach my goal. I have a year to lose 335 pounds because I am planning my wedding and life with my King that God has given unto me. So I humbly asked that you lift me up n pray that I will succeed. For the Word of the Lord says, that I will prosper and be in good health as my soul prosper. I would truly love a copy of your book and I pray that I am favor with a copy. I am truly proud of and I celebrate your success. It really encourage and inspired me to continue on trusting God on this journey. Be encourage, Cassandra
I am at the place in my journey of wanting to please GOD, making Jesus my Master and desiring to overcome my sinful habit of over eating to satisfy my negative emotions…
Your book looks to be promising for the encouragement I realize I need to gain victory in this area of my life. Thank you for your work ministering to the Body of Christ, Lysa!!!
When I first read this small but mighty phrase “unsettle me,” it suddenly occurred to me that this is exactly what we are called to be-UNSETTLED. We as Christians were never meant to remain in a stagnant comfort zone our whole lives. Otherwise, how are we to expand our faith and grow in character. My prayer for 2015 is to thirst and hunger for Jesus in every aspect of my life. I pray for Godly wisdom in raising and nurturing both my children to be the best they can be for God. I pray to be as close as I can be, in these modern times, to the Proverbs 31 woman. More Jesus…less of me in 2015 and always.
My prayer for 2015 is simply, peace in my heart, stillness in my heart.
Unsettle me Lord !
My prayer is for God to unsettle every part of my being that I make compromises for. I have settled in so many areas especially health and I want God to whisper into these areas of my life. I want my life to be pleasing to God in every area, so unsettled in 2015 is exactly where I want to be!
Just this past weekend our pastor gave a sermon stating that when it feels like God is turning us upside down, he is actually turning us right side up!
Oh, I need this! I am praying this prayer right now!
My prayer, in my ongoing battle for my son’s choices, is for Wisdom for me in my parenting, and for Trust in Jesus that he is beside me and will watch over my son even when my son is wandering away.
Thank You, for sharing your life with us and inspiring us. Unsettle me, what a wonderful thought and prayer.
Thank you, Lysa, for another heartfelt blog. My prayer?
Oh, God, in my dissatisfaction with myself, draw me to dependence on You. Amen.
Lysa, your words–Lord unsettle me, is very unsettling! Thanks for your encouragement. It’s difficult keeping your weight down when you have “gone through the change” and what’s more discouraging is that it’s harder to find purpose in your life. The world seems to revolve around the young. I would love to read your book, thank you for your words.
Unsettle me and bring my life into focus.
I will be 74 years old this month. In November 2013 I started a women’s group using your book Made To Crave (before the holiday season started — Thanksgiving, birthdays, Christmas with food, food, and more food). There are five of us “mature ladies” who meet once a week. Three of us need to lose over 100 pounds (I have lost 30 so far). We refuse to give up on ourselves, but it is tough. So thank you for your writing and continued transparency in sharing your journey. You are an encouragement and inspiration for us.
Thank you, Lysa, for putting to words what is on my heart. I feel it and I want to be unsettled when it comes to God. I want to be used in a such a unique way that only comes from Him. I get pigeon holed sometimes because I am a stay at home mom and surely this is what I am called to be. But I know God has more for me too and I sometimes struggle to see or hear what that may be.
I love and relate to this sentence from your blog: “I CAN delight in HOPE that this year is my year to change!” Thank you, thank you!
Your devotional about asking God to unsettle you goes exactly with what He is teaching me about shame. Shame is something most all women deal with but it is not what we think. It has many faces and it hides perfectly behind our pride. Allowing the Lord to unsettle us is like asking for a shaking up so as to unlodge our pride and expose the shame in us that we didn’t even recognize. Psalm 34:5 says, “They looked to Him and were radiant and their faces will never be ashamed.” Thank you for sharing.
Unsettle me….Jesus
My prayer for 2015 is not only to unsettle me but to let go and let God! I am recently retired after teaching 40 years and searching for my new normal and best yes! Just read your book in our Bible study this fall with Karen Ehman! Loved it and praying about retreading it again with some of my former teacher friends and moms! Happy New Year and thanks for
your words of wisdom on a daily basis!
I am praying for God to Unsettle me
Thank you for this
My prayer for this new year is to be the wife God needs me to be for my precious husband and for me to be the mama God needs me to be for my new precious little one. I know I just said ” precious” twice, besides my salvation they both are my most wonderful treasures.
My prayer for 2015 is very simple: Lord, help me to pay attention – to notice You more.
This post touched me so deeply and so profoundly. I’ve found myself in unsettled place…literally. My family and I moved out of state recently, leaving behind our jobs, our friends and our home (that has been taking its sweet time to sell) to obey the call of God. I’m in such an unsettled, uncomfortable place right now. We’re trusting and waiting on God to open doors. But this stretching, this waiting—this unsettling—is doing something in my soul. I’m forced out of my comfort zone and into a place of trust, of faith, and full reliance on God to come through. There is nothing I can do in my natural strength to speed this process along. Much to my dismay.
But I’m finding that as I wait, I am growing in expectancy. I’m taking the limits off of God in my heart. I’m letting Him move the way He chooses, not the way I think He should. It’s been so difficult. I feel so unsettled. I’m out of the boat and on the choppy waves. But that is the very place where my faith is challenged. When my eyes look down at my circumstances, I simply call out to Him. He holds my hand and pulls me close. And I learn again about faith and trust. And He is patient with me. And I build up my courage to step out of that boat again and again…and again.
Thank you for your words. They are the prayer of my heart and the hope of my new year. ❤️
This is the best article you have ever written.
I pray for the courage to ALWAYS remember whose ambassador I am and to act accordingly.
What a miracle it would be to find a solution to the problem of weight loss!
Dear Lord, Please help me an instrument of encouragement–rather than one of nagging/enabling (conscious or unconscious) to my newest daughter-in-law. This precious young woman has lost both of her parents early in their lives, and she nurses much anger towards You (and others). She has covered over her pain through various means, and, in the process, she has settled for progressive weight gain which appears not to be stopping. Please sensitize me as to how I can best love and support her because I am now both her mother and mother-in-law. In Your amazing name, AMEN! <3
I know the give away is over, but this blog entry moved me. You put into words what I have been feeling for weeks. Almost like anxiety about the new year. Something is different this year than the rest. Im sick of being less than a passionate follower of Christ. I do feel unsettled! But my prayer is that this feeling of being unsettled wouldn’t lead me to laziness or believing Satans lies of me not being worth it, that it would lead me to the cross.
I have had weight issues since I was about 14 yrs lost my weight and kept most off until later 30 yrs plus. Loosing my weight 5 different times to only gain back all plus some has brought me to 85 lbs over presently entering my senior yrs. I pray for this bondage to break and for God to take me under His wing as I now struggle to move with this weight and age and not so easy now. May God help me to motivate and to get back to my first Love when I first invited Jesus into my life is my struggle and my prayer for 2015.
I want to nourish the areas of my life that are necessary (mind, body, spirit) in a way that glorifies God.
This was something I needed to hear!
Is this book good for men as well?
After 4 kids and gaining 50 lbs, I’ve only focused on raising them and put aside any discipline or energy to even work on myself. My self-esteem is low and I don’t have confidence that I can do this. Lord, helpe make this year different from all others.
Happy New Year Lysa! Thank you for you candor in this post! I too had had enough of my unhealthy lifestyle. Recently, after years of trying and failing and many many words of defeat I’d tell myself, I lost 20 pounds! Together with diet, exercise and daily time with my Lord I was able to get this far! I’m kind of losing momentum now, but I’m keeping my eyes on Him and receiving daily forgiveness and grace! Thank you for the many words of encouragement you offer us ladies through the years! You’ve truly been a blessing to me!
I pray to become closer to Jesus I. 2015
My husband died in 2008 & I do not cook anymore. I plan on being “unsettled” enough to eat healthier so I will be able to do more for others. I love all of your writings & hope to win this book Thank yoj
God you have opened my eyes to many things in 2014, of bigger and better things. Now 2015 is the year we work together to conquer the battle of my fight with my body! I can’t wait to see what we can do together!
Yes! May God “unsettle me.” I really, really appreciate this prayer. I can so relate to “Unearth that remnant of justification. Shake loose that pull toward compromise. Reveal that broken shard of secrecy. Expose that tendency to give up. Unsettle me in the best kind of way. For when I allow Your touch to reach the deepest parts of me — dark and dingy and hidden away too long — suddenly, a fresh wind of life twists and twirls and dances through my soul.” Whew! So let it be. My word for 2015 is Yield, and I think it goes good with this prayer. Do you? May I/we yield to God and all that He has and desires for us. No more striving or resisting, but a laying down of ourselves before Him to truly “mold and make us after His will.” These last seven words are from the hymn, “Have Thine Own Way Lord.” – “Have Thine Own Way, Lord. Have Thine Own way. Thou art the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after Thy will, while I am waiting, yield and still.” They also remind me of the song, “Spirit of the Living God fall fresh on me/us. . . melt us, mold us, fill us, use us. Spirit of the Living fall fresh on me/us.” God continue to bless you richly!
My prayer this year is that I would continue to follow the plan my chiropractor gave me. Even though I don’t like the taste of the many supplements I have to take each day and the awful taste of the shake I take 2 times a day, I will persevere. I will (with God’s help) stay on the plan and pray my way through it. I am determined to be what God wants me to be (physically, emotionally, spiritually). Please Lord, hear my prayer and be my strength from today until the time I accomplish what I need to. Be my guide & help me to stay on track as I give you all the glory for what I accomplish. In Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!
Amen! Thank you, Lysa, for putting this thought into words!
I’m praying for the ability (from God not me) to love others and think the best of them. Basically thinking of others before myself.
Prayer for 2015 is that God will invade my daily life. Invade my thought my actions and the words that I speak to others. I wanna speak life, wisdom, and love. I want to here God in the chaos and in the quit places of my day. Invade my spirit, Invade my marriage, Invade my finances, Invade my relationships with my kids. Shut out the chatter and be overcome by his spirit.
I was recently listening to K-love and they were talking about choosing one word to live by for the whole year instead of making a list of New Year’s resolution.
So I am choosing the word ‘accountability’ which encompasses almost everything….finances, health, spiritual discipline, thoughts, emotions. So my prayer is God
please help me to be a good steward this year who stays accountable. Thank you for your wonderful Ministry. You truly are an inspiration.
I need to be unsettled. I want to be unsettled.
As I can relate to this, struggling with the long road ahead of losing weight, my prayer would be that I can give my burden to the Lord and let him work with in me to accomplish the weight loss! I need it for myself and my health, so that my daughter may have a mother full of life! Thank you for your words of encouragement!
Love this!! Amen, thank you this today. It was much needed!!
Unsettle me Loving father. I need you to Heal Me—Body, Mind, and Soul. I cannot be successful without your help.
I have been blessed by Made To Crave. My church hosted a Sunday morning study of the book and I was so scared to join, but I went and I was MOVED. I have lost 20 pounds and I have volunteered to help facilitate the class again starting next month. I pray the Lord will use the peace and victory I have found to help other ladies find victory over this issue. Thank you for sharing your victory with me.
Your transparency with your weight, gives me such great hope! I have struggled with my weight for years, but more greatly with the way I look at myself. My husband, friends, and family can tell me over and over that I’m beautiful, but to me all I see is my weight.. My prayer request is.. That I will see myself through Gods eyes, that I will believe my worth in Him, and that I stop comparing myself to others! Also, for consistency on my new journey.. -kindly, Christina
Great perspective, just what I need. Thank you!
Hi Lysa. I saw an online bible study that followed your book in YouTube a few months ago. I too have struggled with my weight ever since I was a child. I also compared myself with my sister who could eat anything and stay a size 0. About 10 yrs ago I finally decided when I got to 199 on the scale that was the last straw. I lost 70 lbs and for the most part have kept 50+ off ever since. My problem is that food continues to be a struggle when going through hard times, especially in my marriage. I tend to let those cravings overtake me more than just an indulgence, because I haven’t learned how to completely turn to God rather than food. My goal for the new year was to give myself fully to God in 2015, and stop trying to find the answers everywhere else but Him. I ask for prayers and guidance in allowing Him to do a great work in me so I can stay focused on Him.
Prayers for myself as I too have struggled with weight issues. Also my marriage.
Lord, Please… I don’t know… Just help please. I ask you to not only be in my life, but in 2015, to BE MY LIFE. My weight seems to be the one area that I will always struggle with and it’s OK if I always struggle there, because it creates a dependence for you, and there is no one else who understands my exact journey like you. But Lord please help me to experience your victories for my life in this area. Thanks for being my best friend. Amen.
Change my heart oh God.
prayer for 2015–improved health.
Lord, in Isaiah you promised that if I keep my mind focused on you, you would give me peace. So many things are fighting for control of my mind right now, and I desperately need peace. I need the Rock Eternal. My soul yearns to trust you completely and to know you deeper. Lord, lead me through this year, teaching me trust and contentment. Teach me to keep my eyes on you.
I’ve been battling weight for about 10 years. After I had my kids. Never had weight issues before. I’ve tried everything and then some….including your Made To Crave. I lost 30 lbs on my own about 3 years ago, i put it all back. I tend to lose my focus. I’m so frustrated. Your prayers are much appreciated. Thx for all you do.
as only God can, he led me to this prayer tonight. i joined weight watchers today, and have had one of those strange days where 1/2 the time i’m feeling hopeful and the other 1/2 the time i’m feeling defeated (already, and it’s only day 1!). then driving to the store today this prayer was on the radio. my husband turned it up for me:) so, i googled this ministry and found the prayer and found the book:) ONLY GOD! so, i’m praying He will unsettle me. that getting healthy this year means I get spiritually healthy! thanks for being used of God!!!
My prayer is that God will shock me with unbelievable answers to prayer…and that I would be a woman of prayer earnestly knocking and knocking and knocking.
Teach Me, Guide Me, Use Me for your glory this year Lord. I have always tried to stay healthy and want to continue in years to come. Having a healthy body and mind will keep my eyes focused on Jesus and be able to hear what He has for 2015.
Thanks for your encouraging words.
This is a beautiful post, and it is so timely to my feelings for the new year. “Unsettle me” is exactly where I am, which is why my one word for 2015 is FEARLESS, to dismantle the fear that keeps parts of me settled and stagnant. I started one of your books, THE BEST YES, a few weeks ago, and every page keeps my head nodding my and my pen taking notes on paper. As I rebound from the last three months in which I lost the motivation to take care of my health and fitness, I pray that the Lord unsettles me, keeps me fearless and ready to reclaim my health and fitness and all other places now settled… that shouldn’t be so.
Wow! Just wow! That leaves me with so much to pray about. Thank you.
This was my post today on my FB group page, Table of Grace:
I’m sitting here for a few minutes having a coffee break from cleaning and packing and generally reflecting on the past year and the year ahead. That’s kind of like a mental housecleaning yes?
This last year a major change occurred for our household as we very suddenly became B&B owners. I would have never guessed this would happen in a million years, but it did. I was thrust into the world of breakfasts for guests, cleaning rooms, washing sheets and towels, marketing and advertising and meeting the many fabulous neighbors in our B&B town. It has been a remarkable year, a fun year, and a crazy year traveling back and forth for the 2 hour drive to our home and the B&B. I wouldn’t change it though; except for a few business things I learned and muddled through along the way, it was a very good year. It has been full of life learning and enjoying the company of a very unique and friendly town.
We have patiently waited for a particular house to go through probate this year sensing it was right where we needed to be. The wait has been well worth it. The previous owner was beloved in the town, it is just a minute from the B&B, and is a well built, gently used home. It really is perfect for our needs. One to often put feet to my prayers, I’ve had to wait on this gift from the Lord and am so glad we did. I’ve had my gypsy shoes on all this past year and have basically lived out of boxes, laundry baskets and totes as I shifted from room to room, house to house managing our business and multiple properties. This was often difficult as I love a good rut, the saneness of routine. My husband is a bit more spontaneous and flexible and usually drags me along kicking and screaming, but I usually have fun. This week we close on our new home and we couldn’t be more thrilled to be, well, actual residents of Chamois. It feels like home. I love St. Louis, too, (nothing like the convenience of the city) but the simple-ness of the country is like a good song that makes you smile every time to hear it.
This year I’ve also enjoyed some great books and devotionals, two are by Lysa Terkeurst (Saying Yes to God) and one is by Stormie Ormatian (Praying through Scripture). Oddly a verse that was posted on Pinterest sparked my interest this morning; it was a paraphrase from Psalm 103. I re-read verses 1-5 and verse 10 and found them touching my heart for this New Year.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, Bless His Holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life form the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As I was looking at these verses it became clearer that in my prayer life, I needed to be blessing the Lord and remembering all the good things he has done, all that he has provided me with. This was particularly important given that I had let a dark hovering cloud invade my thoughts the day before and left a spout of unkind words flowing out of my mouth at my husband the day before. We reconciled that incident, but why had I let that dark mood permeate and settle? I think this verse is key.
I need to stop and Bless the Lord. I need to stop and Bless the Lord and remember His benefits. These are such wonderful benefits! He has forgiven our sin – all of it. Forgiven it and removed it so far it cannot be found. He chooses not to remember it or recall it to himself or us. Gone, gone, gone. If it haunts us, it is either us or our accuser, not God.
He heals all our diseases. I do believe many diseases have a spiritual cause (not all, but many). I think if we can realize the benefit of #1 – forgiveness, this benefit of healing can happen on all kinds of levels. When our souls are full of blessing and forgiveness, so many wounds can be healed. Often when we pass along blessing and forgiveness the benefit broadens and is deeper felt and applied.
He redeems us from the pit. This is eternally and daily. In a pit?… I was yesterday. He can redeem me out of it. I have yet to really delve into this word pit, but for me personally having lived in a deep, dark sinful pit – his redemption out of it is priceless.
His steadfast love and mercy….have you ever dwelt on these words and benefits? They are amazing. They never end. They are new and fresh and available every minute. They are worth clinging to and dwelling on and blessing Him for.
He satisfies us with good. I had to sit on this one a bit. I read daily on social media about so many who are hurting, sick, fighting health battles…. Yet He satisfies us with good. Is there good in your life? Isn’t it satisfying? His word is good, his provision is good, his love is good, and there is good in our lives – good people, family, friends… unique and good belongings. So much to be satisfied with, yet we often long for more. We must bless the Lord with our whole self and remember – not forget – his benefits.
When you read the entire passage you find two other keys – his steadfast love and compassion belong to those who fear him – to those that reverence and are filled with awe of our God. Dwelling on these benefits will bring that about in our lives.
This is going to be a year of moving into a new home, running a business, enjoying the wedding of my step daughter, and striving every day to bless the Lord and forget not his benefits. I love the Lord ’s Table of Grace. I say that and named this page such because it is at his table (truly his cross) that we find mercy and grace and peace and all that we are longing for. I envision that long awaited table in heaven where we gather for His feast. I cannot imagine how awesome that will be! But even here… while we are still here, we can experience that mercy and grace and peace that only He gives.
It’s dark out now and the fireplace looks warm and inviting, but I need to get back to the packing and cleaning. Have a blessed New Year.
My prayer is just simply, I need help. I can’t do it alone and I’m tired of trying and failing over and over
My prayer is to just live day by day, to stay on track…..with life.
My prayer is for Jesus to make me more like Him, to make me who He wants me to be
Dearest Father, show me this year how to be enough. And let that be the starting place for many victories that will glorify you, victories I cannot win on my own. I know the plans I want for myself, but also know that your plans are perfect and I want those more. Help me to live in your strength, will, and power and not in my own.
Wow Lysa, that was fantastic! I can’t seem to gain control over food at all, it’s my best friend and worst enemy. I so want to win this fight. Thanks for sharing your heart.
I have wanted to read this book for a long time. I have struggled with my weight ever since giving birth to my oldest of six. I lose weight only to see it climb back on when life his me in the face. I eat out of stress and I never used to. Would love to read about your journey!
This year I would like God to renew my mind and transform my thinking. So many negatives thoughts swirl in my head and sometimes even find their way out. This year I want God to help me reprogram my thinking. Positive thinking doesn’t save you, but it can help you stay in the faith! Thank you for the challenge and encouragement!!
I am praying for peace this year and to know God more than I ever have before.
I pray that as 2015 progresses, the power of the Holy Spirit will open my heart to being more sensitive the God’s voice and His will for me above all the other noise I’m surrounded by.
Unsettled is what I need to be..Lord, unwrap my anxieties and insecurities and reveal my true heart even though it feels exposed and ugly. You’ve seen it all along, anyway. I am longing for honesty and raw feelings that make me more like You. Thank you, Lord for revealing your Truth through this ministry!
my prayer this year is that I will trust God and his plan for me.
After a holiday full of indulgences, I’m ready to take back control with God’s help!
My prayer for 2015 is for God to have his hand on me. Everything I do, Every move I make be of him…
I have become complacent, and need to be unsettled.
My desire is for me to see myself the way God sees me.
my prayer for this year is for God to give me strength to stick to my convictions and for him to draw me to himself and make me acutely aware of his constant presence in my life!
Lord! I am tired of saying that I am ready and willing and not following through. My strength comes from you Lord and you alone. Fill me up with you mercy and grace to the point that my days and nights are devoted to you even in ways that I cannot express by myself. Breathe fresh anointing into my life so that I may live the rest of my days more committed each day than I was the day prior. I don’t want to be satisfied with just knowing you but satisfied when I know that even through my weak attempts and ultimate failures at times that I can somehow make it through the storms and see your love shining through in me. I want my life to be a reflection, a love to love that is beyond reproach. Lord, I am ready to be still and listen, be still and know that you are my way maker. I love you Lord!
thank you Lysa. I have been wanting to read Made to Crave for about a year. My prayer this year is , Lord, be enough for me. Food is often my reward, my filler. I want Him to be my reward, my filler, my all.
Heavenly Father,
I know this will be a year full of decisions, moves and changes. I pray for discernment at each new turn and a willing spirit that embraces each new path with childlike faith.
My cycle of uncontrollable eating, up and down weight, and lack of discipline have been a lifelong battle. My weights back up and my eating habits have gotten the best of me once again. I’m too discouraged to start over and am so tired of failing. I’ve prayed and cried and read and cried and cried and prayed so more. What else is left to do when you just cant say no to food no matter how much youve prayed about it. I simply give up!
I am so unhappy… so anxious…. am ready to give up before I start so I will not fail try again.
Oh my, where do I begin. I have so many things I want/need to change in my life and so many to pray for. My prayer is for God to lead me and my family to a church that is real and loving where we can serve. Where my daughter will be drawn back into a relationship with God as well as her fiancé and that they build their relationship around Him. I pray that I become drawn to be more obedient to my time spent in His word and prayer. I pray that my MS remains stable and I stay with an exercise regimen, if not for me, but for my family. I pray that the emptiness/void in my life is filled by whatever God’s will is and not what I want. My prayer is to be STILL…….
I just bought this book for my kindle! I am starting this year off craving more of God and less food!
That I may be sensitive to His voice, become the person He created me to be. To serve Him in all areas of my life.
Dear Lord, help me this year to start anew. Keep reminding me through your Word that I’m fearfully and wonderfully made. May I grow in your love in 2015. AMEN
Lord, I have a framed piece of art near our dining room that has an empty chair with the words “be our guest” underneath. Lord, I want to prepare a place for you at every table I find myself at. I want to scoot you up and pull you in toward the place where life is lived best – the table. May you be the most prized guest that always has a seat at our table.
Thank you, Lysa … I need to remember, ponder & recall your “Unsettle Me” this year as I seek to have Him show me those places that need to be settled. Thank you, Lindsay, for the vivid picture of a place at the table for our Lord daily … your “scoot you up and pull you in toward the place where life is lived best – the table” is a timely and accurate description of how I desire to picture my daily life with God … up close and personal. God bless us all, Amen.
In January 2010 I began a journey to lose weight. I have lost over 100 lbs and kept it off, but I need to lose 30 more to be out of the overweight category!! Please pray I can lose it. I read the Made to Crave devotional everyday, and have read both books. I have read the Daniel Plan. I go to WW, I have used scripture. I know with God’s help I can do it, especially before my wedding date of 7-11-15!!
Lord, please give me your peace and strength as I begin this journey.
That would be a hard prayer to pray right now! I’ve *been* unsettled – deeply – in the last two years. I’m ready to be rebuilt. But I have a sense God might have deeper to go yet. And this might hurt in deeper ways I’m not sure I’m ready to experience. But God knows and will lead me in and through.
I pray that I can follow Jesus to serve Him as He would have me to do.
We lead lives of quiet desperation until we surrender to live in the light of God’s love and wisdom and those he uses to unsettle us to a life of grace and victory.
Thank you for this! After years of empty resolutions I am looking to make significant change this year in several areas including health and weight!
My prayer, dear Lord, is to not rely on myself or my own inner strength! Put God first and pray for others who are like me. I have become complacent once again. Shake me and make me more like you oh Lord. Amen.
I adore this prayer and this blog. I, too, struggle to maintain what *I* think is a “good” weight for me. 25 lbs lost sounds spectacular to me. I often let my goals get interrupted by the stress, the fight, the unsatisfied need for something to fill me. I love this perspective and will pray this prayer. Here’s to a lighter, more “unsettled” year!
o have ur book and I could not push myself to finished my heart is not unsettle like your but I lack the confidence that God can do for me what he does for other but this year I will finish reading made to crave… I will get victory in my life when it come to my weight loss and I will rest in the fact that God love me
I have no words just tears and feelings of hopelessness. What will make this year different from another. So many things to change. I have been trying to loose weight and keep.it off for many years. Failed every time. Failure is my name.
I have tried so long to get my emotional eating under control. I just want to give up. My walk with the Lord is not where it should be, but I know he can help me once and for all win this battle and be victorious.
Lord, I pray the prayer that Lisa has so openly shared to her readers. I, too, need to be unsettled… in a good way. <3
Thank you for sharing, Lisa, and thank you for this wonderful opportunity.
xo
My prayer for 2015: Lord help me. I don’t want to eat to avoid emotional discomfort anymore. I no longer want to hate my body, because You created me, and everything You do is perfect. I am so tired all the time, and I know it’s because I don’t take care of myself. But the I get depressed, and when I am depressed I eat cookies, or other junk. Lord, break this cycle in me. Give me a desire to to better, to change. Please remove the cravings for things that are wearing down my body. I want to please _You in everything I do, eat, say….
Dear Heavenly Father I ask for your guidance and strength as I begin on this journey. A journey where I am looking to better myself spiritually, emotionally, and physically. To make me better for me and my family. In Jesus name Amen.
Father, my children are grown and are settled down in their homes and families. Now my husband and I can focus on each other more than we have in years. May this be the year that, in Your Name, we begin a new chapter in our lives. Tomorrow we are blessed to help launch a new church plant. Bless us with a healthy lifestyle that makes us more accessible to our church family 25/7! Thank you for this blessing! Amen
This is such a hard thing to ask God for. I am already so unsettled in so many other parts of my life. Including food. How do ask to continue to be so out of kilter. I know all things come in Gods time but I am feeling like I am running out of time. I am going to re-read this and think on it and pray about it. I am diabetic, over weight and my faith continues to wain. Thank you for so many positive things thoughts and beautiful prayers. You are an inspiration to so many. With Love Terri
My prayers are for God to help me in my desire and comfort of food. I’ve always worked hard to keep off the weight, but have really been struggling the past two years. I am praying when I am hungry and relying on His strength to help me through this very real struggle.
Love this simple heartfelt prayer.
Oh how this blog post speaks me today!
2 prayers for 2015 —
Unrush me… And now, I add… Unsettle me!
My prayer is that I’ll stop avoiding mirrors from the waist down.GOD help me to feel OK in my own skin.I want to teach my daughter the re
Heavenly Father, in more ways than I can count, you have given me the grace and strength to die to self. And even though I can love and heal the hurting, I cannot love and heal myself towards being fit.This new year send your Holy Spirit to consume any desires that would keep me from the perfect care that this flesh– your temple–deserves. For I want only to give you, Father, that glory too… In Jesus name I pray. Amen
You know my heart
My prayer is for me to get this part of my life uner control. I know I am being a bad influence on my 3 daughters because of it.
Father, my children are grown and are settled down in their homes and families. Now my husband and I can focus on each other more than we have in years. May this be the year that, in Your Name, we begin a new chapter in our lives. Tomorrow we are blessed to help launch a new church plant. Bless us with a healthy lifestyle that makes us more accessible to our church family 24/7! Thank you for this blessing! Amen
Unsettle me is a profound prayer. May I never be content with my walk with God. May I always want more of Him. Let the portion of Him never be enough to satisfy my craving. In other words, may I never feel “full enough” to stop filling my life with more of Him.
I want to be more conformed to Jesus. I want to truly find my identity and confidence in Him. I pray that while everything/one is stripped from me or fails my expectations, that I will look to Jesus alone to satisfy me.
Grace, that is my prayer for 2015 and it sounds like this:
Father God, may my eyes lift up to a remembrance of what you have done for me, for us. That I would stop thinking that my mistakes are far less concequencial than the next person. I ask for grace in my thoughts and words. I pray I shut my mouth and just kneel to you. Your grace is abundant and there is plenty for me to take and pass on.
Amen
My prayer is that I’ll stop avoiding mirrors from the waist down.GOD help me to feel OK in my own skin.I want to teach my daughter the real picture of beauty. And that’s being a daughter of GOD & not the number on my scales.
I pray I can like my self just a little bit. I am always mad with me.Lord,please help me with this.i pray this over and over. I have sickness physically and spiritually.
To seek him first in every part of my life. Not just the parts I choose.
My prayer is similar to yours last year as I’ve lost 35 lbs. In 2014 and I want to stay successful since I’ve never wore a size 14 ever in my adult life and I’m 55 years old and my sister is and always has been thin. Also to be more prayerful and learn more about God.
Dear Heavenly Father, help me this New Year to have your strength and discipline. Help me to have the right attitude toward food and exercise, both spiritual and physical. Give me discernment and help me to make wise decisions concerning my health and diet. Help me to care for my body, your temple. I am weak but you are strong. You, Lord, are my hope, my strength, my refuge, and only with your help can I do anything. With you ALL things are possible and I am more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus who overcomes all and is victorious! Thank you Lord for victory in 2015! I love you! Amen.
Lysa…I really don’t know what to say. I’m 61 & have battled my weight for sooooo long. I say as a cliche to friends “I’ve lost 2000 lbs., 50 lbs at a time!” I have yoyo’d so much that I’m afraid to even say out loud what my true desire is!!! I bought your book ‘Made To Crave’ a few months ago but have not been able to make myself read it!! Until yesterday…I started it…read more today. Then a few minutes ago saw your e-mail from yesterday…is that a sign?? I do want to do what you have done…but my will power is so weak. However, I loved your prayer…”Lord, unsettle me.” & have decided (hopefully it’s ok with you) to take it as my own! I have lost 25 lbs. in the last few months but have 50 more to go. My biggest fear is if I don’t do it now I won’t ever do it!! My desire is to crave God & His Word more than I crave food!!! I look forward to reading the rest of your book & applying your principles! PS…I would love to have a signed copy of your book…I already have a friend in mind to give mine to!!
Lord, more of You, less of me.
Dear Lord, my heart feels blurry and out of focus. Post baby, borne after this precious miracle that is my second child is a return to old behaviors. Hiding, sneaking, overeating junk. I came so far from this and here it is again. Please help me, Lord, to regain my spiritual eyes and focus.
I’m ready for change and to be unsettled, Lord.
I pray that this will be the year that I don’t feel like a failure. I pray that God will help me and be my will power, because I cannot do this on my own. I have lost in the past, but as I begin 2015 weighing more than ever, it is hard not to feel defeated and already worn. I pray for guidance and help.
You hit my heart with todays devotion. I am at a complacent place and don’t like it,.. in either spiritual growth or my health/weight. I see little sparks, but I want the fire back…please Lord.
My prayer is to stop being selfish in my focus on myself and to turn my eyes toward Jesus.
Trust in The Lord with everything. This is my prayer.
Lord, help me believe who you say I am not the lies I tell myself. Unsettle me Lord.
I struggle daily. Motivation is key. Looking for encouragement from any source Rochelle stay the course.
Thanks for sharing Lisa! We are doing a 21 day fast at church started January 2nd, I wasn’t aware of the fast until January1 because we were on vacation when it was announced. I decided to fast sweets I really haven’t had a chance to make peace with the idea of not having any before it was time to start. It’s awful how much this sugar addiction controls your mind but I am leaning on God alone to get me through this and to help move me towards a healthier lifestyle. While I know that fasting is not dieting I do know that sweets are something I will truly miss!
I love the prayer of unsettlement and finding freedom and contentment and the desire to not give up and surrender to him.
I’ve been following your posts for months and am daily refreshed in my struggle to change my heart and soul so that God is enough in every circumstances. I’ve lost 50 pounds in 5 years and totally understand your perspective. I’m happy with my success. I’m determined to lose the last 30. I’m struggling in my new identity and want to please Christ in every area of my life. Thank you for encouraging me several times. A day.
after my second child, 12 years ago, my body grew larger than it ever had been. No longer could I eat what I wanted and remain thin. Everything goes straight to my stomach, leaving me feeling like I still look like I’m expecting. I have started this year off with a determination to be healthier and feel better about my body!
My prayer is that I be “acceptable”. My verse for the year is – Palm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. ” I pray that the words I speak, my attitude, and what I eat, do, etc… be acceptable in God’s sight!
I want God to transform me this year! Sometimes fear is a big part of my life ! Please unsettle me and help me rely totally on you for all my needs. Waiting on you Lord!
Lysa, I love the prayer that you said, I can totally relate to the way you felt at that time. I have been feeling those feelings of inadequacy, failure and total defeat when it comes to weight loss for many years. I am now 49 and 30 pounds over weight, have high blood pressure and just feel drained all the time! I need to take the weight off for my health and fitness. I am going to read your book with the hope that I can find a new way to look at this weight loss battle and some help to finally be victorious over this cycle of yo yo dieting, weight-loss and gain. I pray I will draw nearer to God in the process and replace unhealthy eating and negative thoughts with more of his presence in me and my life!
I have struggled my entire life with weight. Even at my slimmest I still was having issues. I pray this year I change my outlook on food and exercise.
This is so amazing. Thank you for this, it’s something I needed to hear.
I can’t do this Jesus. I can’t do this b/c I’ve tried over and over….and failed. That whisper in my ear that says I Can’t ..I cave in to it and believe the lies every time, eventually. I’m tired of the constant “I’ll start again tomorrow”. I’m tired of leaning into the weakness that is inside me. I need you, Lord, to walk me through this. Help me lean into you, Jesus. Amen.
I thought I had my eating under control, until the past year. I got married, got comfortable, and settled. I love the prayer of Lord, unsettle me.
Exactly the prayer I need as tomorrow I begin my journey to a healthier me. Again. Unsettle me, Lord, that this may be the last time I fight this battle.
Thanks for sharing a prayer for a battle many of us face.
My prayer is that I continue on the path I started a year ago on loving myself completely so that I may be able to let love into my life.
Jesus, let them see you in and through me.
Lord, please help me to realize I have have all control over my eating.
thank you for talking about this so honestly, this issue that we long time Christian women like to pretend is beneath us, that we couldn’t possibly struggle with, but that when we are alone with ourselves or faces with our insecurities, becomes apparently clear and real in our lives- thank you.
I’m sitting here struggling with the same issues as you did only a lot more out of shape and a lot heavier! Hoping this is the year I am able to turn it around.
My addiction is food. So much so, that I ultimately dieted myself up to 300 + pounds. I finally, for health reasons and co-morbidity reasons, had gastric bypass – and I lost 167 pounds. I have, over the last year, regained 30 of those pounds. I was too thin at 134 pounds, but I am not happy here either. I need to be unsettled, and need to know how to fill those places that crave food that I know isn’t nourishing, with Christ, who is nourishing to my soul. Thank you, Lysa, for your insight into this area of my life that I have fought forever.
This is a GREAT book! I can relate to so many things in this book and it was so encouraging to know there are other women who have the same struggles as I do with food. I have wondered many times why God made me prone to gain weight and have high cholesterol yet I have such a love for food. But I know
He can and will give you the desires of your heart and He will take away desires you wish to give to Him. I plan on lending my book to others who may have same struggles. Thanks for your life stories that encourage and uplift! 🙂
Thank you for this new word– “unsettle”. I will ponder in prayer as I continue on the path to a healthier lifestyle and a holier life. Blessings in 2015!
Struggled my whole life with weight. I’m 75+ overweight and I’m tired of feeling like a hypocrite when I talk about obedience to God!!!
Lord, I thank you for another year. I look forward to 2015 with great enthusiasm and expectations. You know the yearns of my heart. I want to praise you for your grace and love that I don’t deserve. In Jesus name
lord I am Yours — I surrender my eating habits to You. I am Your Child – I have the victory in You. THANKYOU for Your amazing love.
im hoping and praying to be unsettled. Love you openness and honesty. You are a true light!
My prayer for 2015 is that I could be more obedient to God and that I will experience healing and peace inany areas of my life
My prayer for 2015 is for Gods will in my and my families lives, for God to reveal weaknesses and strengths to be used and changed. Thank you for your encouraging words in regards to something most women struggle with.
Lord, I want this year for you to unsettle me and draw me closer to you. Mold me, make me an instrument of you. Tear away the thoughts, feelings of inadequacy, help me to be a more confident child in you and want to be more like you. Give me your thoughts, give me your heart and give me your peace that passes all understanding. Thank you for loving me and accepting me for who and what I am.
God, unsettle me. Draw me closer to you this year. Make me be the woman of God you want me to be.
Thank you for sharing. Dear god, in 2015, show me how to truly love myself. Show me how to grow in all areas of my life, the right way. Show me the true beautiful person you have made me. Show me how to serve others and to be a servant leader. In Jesus name, Amen!
My prayer for 2015 is that I shall continuously seek Him and listen as he helps me to be a better role model for my two beautiful girls, both spiritually and physically. I pray that He will help me rid my mind of my negative self-image and teach me to glorify Him in all that I do and all that I am.
That sounds just like me. Now I am bigger than I have ever been. I know it has to come thru prayer and trusting Him for help, but I just can’t get there. I lose a few pounds and the next thing I know, my jeans don’t fit again. I wonder if a book is the answer. I hope I win. I hope it will help me find the answer.
i recently lost 20 lbs this past year. I was so tired of talking about the need to drop some weight. I was tired of feeling stuffed into my clothes. I have gained back 7 lbs over the holidays, slipped back into bad habits. So tempting. My husband has lost 60 lbs in the last 9 months. We are eating healthy, simple as that. You blog really inspires me to loose the 7 lbs I gained plus the extra 5 to reach my goal. Thank you for your honesty.
God I pray today will be the day that you make me brave enough to go beyond words on paper. Give me the perseverence I need to love myself and my body enough to say no to the cravings. I am so thankful that in you there is hope today and everyday! Amen.
looking forward to returning to some better habits myself….since a quick move to a new pastorate…quickly moving my family of six while looking forward to the placement of our baby through adoption!!
Dear Lord,
Help me! I have given up. I have fallen for the lie that just because I have failed constantly in my quest for a healthy lifestyle over the past 40+ years that I am not worth another try. I hear Satan telling me that if you loved me you would help me. If you loved me, you would give me more will-power. I need to listen to you now Lord. I need to try again.
Amen
Lord, I’m not ready to conquer this on my own. I need your truth to echo into my heart. If not for me, but for my family, give me strength and new perspective. Amen.
Love love love this! Thank you for your insightful post and prayer – if it changes only a few, it is so worth it. But I have a feeling it has and will change thousands!
this is my struggle. Same struggle different day. I want to have a heart like His. More of Him, less of me.
Lord, help me to live out of my redeemed places, not the broken ones.
To be kinder and more patient.
I prayed a very similar prayer this morning…I asked God to reveal Himself to me this year and answer the questions 1) How can I change long term and 2) How can I fully surrender my natural tendencies to Him? I found this beautiful nugget – Hebrews 12:11 “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it”. I want true peace and I look forward to discovering it through submission and surrender throughout 2015. Thank you for all you do Lysa & co.
Dear Lord, I have claimed to fight this battle for most of my life but I haven’t really been fighting at all. I’m so tired of claiming to fight and lose this battle with food when what I’m truly doing is allowing the enemy’s lies about my weaknesses to penetrate my mind and the depths of my heart. I’m ready to be victorious in this area of my life. Please help me. In Jesus’s name.
My life seems very parallel to yours, mother and sister naturally thin, obese father whose genes I seem to have gotten and every year I determine to change things only to hit a wall of failure and disappointment within the first few months. (I’m even a 3+ hair gal…I just finished your other book study!)
The prayer “unsettle me” is a scary one to pray, but I believe that it is even more terrifying to stay stuck where I am! I can so relate to the justifications and settled areas that need to be unsettled in the light of God’s Word and made new to be settle in truth!
So my prayer is, “Lord unsettle me…in all the areas that I have grown complaicent and have justified bad or destructive behaviors. Teach me your truths so these areas can truly be settled in truth and bring life to my body and soul.”
Thank you Lysa!
I needed to read this. Been in a funk for the past few weeks due to my weight. Thank you for this post! 🙂
Lysa, I feel so defeated, such anger at myself. I think I am as unsettled as I can get. Like Robin posted, food is my best friend and my worst enemy. Lord, teach me to trust you to fill that void where food lives. If I work harder, more consistently, to make You my best friend, I won’t have food as my worst enemy. In Jesus’ name, Amen
What you just posted is exactly how I feel. Year after year I feel like such a failure to myself. I need this book. I pray Lord you give me strength, courage and determination.
Unsettle me too Lord…
my prayer is listen with whole hearted obedience to my body’s needs and not my wants. I have struggled since childhood and have just accepted that it is how God wants me to be. Lord, unsettle me!
I don’t want to win anything…I only want to thank you for all the wisdom, encouragement and reassurance that you bring to one’s life on a daily basis…Happy New Year!.
My prayer for 2015 is to grow closer in my relationship with Jesus. I want to walk with Him. I don’t want Him to follow me anymore. I want to follow Him. Jesus take the lead!!
I can justify anything. I appreciate your prayer -the part about justifying especially. I wait and wait for the right day to start. I just need to start! Eat right and quit making excuses. Thank you!
I am at the beginning of the journey. I have fed my emotions with food for along time. It’s has been worse the past 3 years due to a divorce I did not want but could not stop, I pray I can stop the emotional eating and feed myself with God. I pray that I quit listening to the enemy who tells me I’m not worth anything.
Lisa, I too, have struggled with weight all of my life. I’m just coming out of a rough patch in the last few years, where I slowly lost both of my parents, one after the other, and was the one to clean out/up a massive estate (home). I have gained 25 lbs that I now realize is remnants of my grief. I long for a way to settle this weight issue once and for all and end this life-long struggle. I continually pray to surrender to God. Please help me with your words…
Dear God, please help guide me to a better life, one I know reflects who I am without the food and alcohol . For I know I am much better in your hands.
My family health history is poor, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure. I’m overweight and over 40 – this week after my dad had another health scare my husband for the first time ever asked me to lose weight because he’s afraid of losing me. I said I would but instantly was overcome with the impossibility that it seems – I don’t want to relive failure again. I’m so encouraged that I started flowing you this week so that I could read this. I’m stealing you’re prayer ‘unsettle me’ that’s my resolution for 2015.
I need prayers for overeating… I eat to eat
Wow! That is a powerful, deep surrendering prayer. God Bless you Lysa, for your commitment and dedication to be the strong woman God made you to be!
I too have struggled with my weight and felt that the umber on the scale or on my tags defined me. I want to break the cycle and my theme for this year is. JUST GIVE ME JESUS. Less of me and more or him. A right view of myself and speaking truth to myself and not putting myself down and lies. I’m tired of trying and failing. It’s time for real lasting change. His joy.
Thanks for posting this, I’m reading your book “Made to Crave” right now and it’s already given me a perspective shift and a new daily mindset…”I was made for more than this.” Would love to pass on a copy to a friend.
Well, God always sends me a helper right when I need it. Yesterday, I found out that I will have to close my business that I have had for the past 10 years. Of course I am sad and discouraged but I decided to concentrate on the things that I am thankful for. I prayed for him to send me what I needed to make this change. Today as I was scrolling through fb, I saw one of your post and like your page. It’s as if you were talking to me. It gave me peace and encouragement. I have struggled with my weight and being healthy as I have put all my energy into this job. I embrace this new change and want to change my body and health. Maybe this is God’s way of showing me what is really important. Thank you for surrendering to God’s plan for you. Sincerely mary
My prayer is simple yet profound just as your two simple words are, “Create in me a a clean heart oh God and renew the right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 Sometimes I have to say this many times a day, in the car driving to work, eating sugar, judgmental thought about people, etc. the list goes on and on. Some how saying this prayer helps me to cry out to the Father.
Thank you for your honesty. I have struggled for years with my weight. It has become a stronghold in my life. I am praying daily for God to help me break down the stronghold and be filled with Him. Your words are so encouraging and just what I needed as I begin this journey in 2015!
Lord, help me be the woman you created me to be – healthy, happy, and a desire to be on fire for YOU. I want to be the best wife, mother, friend and co-worker.
My prayer is for God to help me through my hurt and pain and all the heaviness that keeps weighing me down. I have been through some pretty tough battles that took a toll on me and right now at this very moment I am in a serious battle and struggling with an addiction to something I can’t seem to overcome. Although I know that God is greater and can handle anything, I still can’t seem to quit worrying and being completely overwhelmed with my circumstances. I was saved and have been a part of Newspring Church for 13 of the church’s 15 years and have also attended Elevation when I come to Charlotte to visit and watch online. I do know and believe in God very much and have learned so much from Pastor P and Pastor Furtick. I feel though I let him down by not trusting in him completely by worrying so much about things and by not being able to just completely quit my addiction. Every time I do good though and all is going well, I feel like the devil keeps attacking me and I’m already trying to remain strong and dealing with so much I wish he would stop! It’s like I take steps forward, but keep getting pushed back. So, please pray for me, thank you.
Lord you know the struggles with my health and my weight and how it impacts my life and the lives of my children. Change me from the inside out and allow me to live another year serving you and raising my children so they won’t be alone in this world. But if that isn’t your will then always drawn near to them and take care of them.
Dear Lord, My prayer for this new year is that You will Increase in my life and I will decrease . Amen
Lord, Jesus help me, strengthen me and allow your fruit of self control overtake/consume me!
Unsettle me! <3
Thankyou for sharing Lysa. I have struggled with food issues for as long aa I can remember. It is a constant. Battle for me. It has been my confort. I want to change my relationship.with food I want to be the woman God wants me to be.
I have struggled with my weight since I was 10 years old. I have finally thought it was conquered last year when I lost 65 pounds. The last time I weighed I had gained 20 pounds of it back and am once again feeling like a fat failure. My prayer is to finally concentrate on being healthy and not worry about how I look.
I have been praying for a month now, my start date is tomorrow. I am praying to be content with small, consistent changes, and consistency in my time with Jesus. I have taken the word “try” out of my vocabulary. I am either a doer, or a don’t-er. Obedience is not an on-again, off-again thing, it is everything. I can do all things through Christ!!
I don’t know what to pray, just need something to help me get better. It gives me hope that someone else has overcome.
I pray for victory over my bad eating habits. I’m overweight and my husband just had his 3rd heart stent. We desperately need to change the way we eat. I’m praying for God to give me wisdom, strength, discipline…..and your book
I have heard you on a few different radio stations and have intrigued by you. You are such an inspiration. I heard about your book but have yet to get it as I do not call myself a reader. I have struggled with my weight for years. In spite of me being an avid workout buff I have gained 30 lbs in the last 2 years and cannot get it off no matter what I do. I am 5′ and very muscular and my friends tell me I’m perfect the way I am but I am 40 lbs overweight and disgust myself. I have been in church all my life and never drank, smoke or done drugs. Had that Perfect christian family and life. Ive dove into his word and have had an revelation and have realized that I have been a rule follower and not a Jesus follower. It seems like everything is falling apart. I feel God telling me to quit worrying about your weight, trust in me and I will take care of you. It is a struggle for me for sure but I am going trust in him and he will take care of me. I am looking forward to reading your book in the near future.
my prayer for the coming years is for the Father to “unsettle me”. That I may become more aware of my wrongs in my life to be made right!
Thank You Lisa for all the inspiration you give me. Lord unsettle me! I also am tired of fighting this long time weight struggling battle. Please help me focus and achieve those goals that i have claimed a victory! In Jesus name i pray that you guide me through my way!
To be satisfied with what I have. Thank you for your thoughts.
as a mother of a four year old, fixing to turn thirty this coming Friday, my desire in life is to be healthy in order to live and see my child grow old. Currently I am going through a seperate on with my husband of 6 years; this year I desire to become healthy because God wants me that way, not for anyone else. I need to be healthy for my son but most importantly for my Lord and Savior who made me in His perfect image. Please keep me and my family in your prayers. I desire for my husband to come home to us and we grow closer to the Lord as a family.
I want to loose weight and be in better health. My prayer is that God would make me so beautiful ON THE INSIDE that it would shine through to the outside and I can and will be such a blessing to Him and help win souls in 2015. God bless you Lysa!
Dear Heavenly Father, help me to surrender everyday, every hour. Amen…
Thanks for the simplest prayer that you can pray and it answers the question many will ask knowing your situation. In other words, the peace that surpasses all others understanding. GOD SETTLED ME!!!
I’ve probably been overweight for 31 out of the 33 years of my life. I can’t say I’ve yo yo dieted because I’d be lying. I’ve probably tried 3 diets in my lifetime and if they lasted a week that is a lot. I only dreamed of working out and losing weight but never tried to even do fad diets. That is how small my motivation was.
I guess since I’ve been overweight all of my life I just internalized it. That is who I was. But deep down inside I longed for being thin.
Since May 2014 I’ve been eating less and trying to replace staple foods with healthier options. I visit my doctor every month, she keeps me accountable.
30lbs later I am barely getting compliments from people who are almost unsure if in losing weight. It’s only the tip of the iceberg. I too am unsure of saying that I have and celebrating my victory because I’m so scared of rebounding. Of regaining everything. This fear doesn’t let me enjoy my victories and makes me feel uncertain about the future. I now sympathize more than ever with drug and alcohol addicts. I pray that the Lord change my mind, my inner most corners, and that this be a life long victory. I would love to read your book.
My prayer is to find a way with God’s help out of this burn out I am currently in. I have been struggling with this for a few months now and I am for all intense and purposes feeling disconnected from my church, husband and job. I feel stuck and i don’t know why. I am merely going through the motions so to speak and that is tremendously wearing. I know the Lord is with me and I love the comfort in knowing that, but I know there is more that I am in need of doing. I know we have all been where I am at one point or another, but this is the first time that I can remember that I have no excitement for the coming year.. God bless you Lisa for all you do..
Lysa, This book profoundly affected me…..if I were to win, I would ask for the devotional so that I can revisit and re strengthen in this area. I’m currently listening to Unglued on audible and WOW ….to focus on not only what goes in our mouths but what comes out. Loving it!!!
This is exactly where I am this year. I need God to unsettle me.
Heavenly Father,
Empty me of me and fill me up with more of You. Forgive me for making food an idol and for spending more time thinking about food, weight, appearance, etc than I spend meditating on Your word. I lay my insecurties, shame, and fears at your feet, Lord Jesus. Have Your way with me. I am tired of trying to keep it all together on my own. You are the only One that can mend the pieces of my heart and so I give each of them to You. I thank You for paying my debt on the cross and trading places with me so that I can live life to the fullest. In the mighty and powerful name of Jesus I pray! Amen!
My prayer is to walk closer with God so that I can lean on him to help fight the battle with my weight issue. I pray that He will guide me making healthier choices for my body mind and spirit.
Lord……..more of YOU and less of me!!! Jesus please teach me how to do this daily!!!! Thank You!!
Lisa, your post hit a nerve! It spoke to me as if I were writing it. I have struggled with living a healthy lifestyle & more importantly I struggle with making time each day to spend in the word. The excuses I can come up with & the fact that my priorities are not in order like they should be have only brought me down. 2015 is going to be different & I pray also that the Lord unsettle me.
Thank you Lysa!
My husband and I have just finished the VERY WORST year in our almost 20 year marriage. Laying all the ugly of the past year at Jeaus’ feet and LOVING HIM has healed us in a way that the world can not comprehend! My prayer is that JESUS would open my heart even more to HIS wisdom that I may share HIS LOVE to help others to heal!
I love to read your amazing words over and over again! Thank you for sharing you life’s secrets so willingly!
Lord I want to be more like you I have been comfortable at 50 lbs overweight and many issues have come about not to mention that I don’t want to see my reflection in the mirror. Please God unsettle me. Make me not comfortable any longer.
My prayer Dear God is to live in the victory and freedom you have given me. To actually live that way!
Love your prayer!! Making it my own.
To be intentional. I’ve been feeling God telling me this over and over again. So this year my resolution is to be intentional about following Him and letting that permeate everything else. From my lack of confidence, my eating, my words, being on time. Intentionally putting Him first and true change will finally follow.
On Dec 30th 2014 around 6:30pm my husband of 22yrs @ the age of 48 suffered 2 heart attacks. He loves his food & told me after a successful surgery to put 2 stents into his right coronary arteries that God used this to give me a wake up call! I have a 2nd chance & need to be disciplined more. I agreed we would do this together as God did give us a new year and a new opportunity for a life together. He doesn’t read however I love to read have two of your most recent books and study DVD’s. I’d love it if it’s a Gods will to win this book to share and care for my husband that we might be encouraged together. I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.
Thank you and hopeful
Lysa,
You are such an inspiration…I have struggled with weight my whole life and now I am at my highest weight….I am copying you…my prayer for 2015 is unsettle me….I claim the truth behind this prayer….thank you
praying for dedication to read my Bible through this year of 2015
My prayer is Lord fill my mind and heart with you and your word that there is no room for empty pursuits.
I am a 21 year old girl who has finally found it in my heart to hopefully admit I struggle with emotional eating. The struggle began at 6 years old when my parents divorced and later 13 year verbal abuse from my mother. At age 13 and every dr appt from then on out my mother kept telling my dr to give me weight loss surgery because I was just so fat. This lasted for 6 more years until she up and left one day leaving me in a house to myself with bills stacked high. Growing up I forced myself to play on every softball team I could try out for. My passion for softball turned into an unhealthy addiction of trying to lose weight. I started tricking my body by cutting my food up so small, and this has developed into an unintentional pattern that I still do today. Every failed diet, every moment crying in a dressing room stall because clothes wouldn’t fit, and with every name call I turned to the only thing that felt satisfying an that was food. I am now 21, and a ministry student. God recently laid it on my heart last year that He would use my struggle of weight loss in my life during ministry. I am intimated by the process in which I have chosen to follow God on this year and that is to be healthy. Not skinny. I have about 100 pounds to lose to reach my “healthy”. Getting this book would be beneficial for me. Thanks for sharing your story Lysa. I follow you frequently and am always encouraged on the days of struggle.
Thank you Lisa for reminding me that I CAN DO ALL THING WITH HIS STRENGTH!!!
dear Jesus
Fill my heart with you, not with self, insecurities or worldly desires such as worry about what I look like, what others think, how I can numb my pain by hurting my body. God you have been so faithful , but it is so hard to keep my eyes on you when there are so many pressures around me. I have fought this for 34 years and have had highs and lows … I am not where I was God due to your faithfulness but not where I need to be. Please walk with me and held me win this struggle once and for all. Amen
I pray that I decrease so that He can increase.
For 2015 and forward – I not only pray for God’s strength to be healthier, but also to be comfortable in my own skin/body.
Lisa, your prayer is beautiful. I too have weight issues and self esteem issues. I do not have a wonderful prayer to give you, to be honest I will copy your prayer and use it for me. I have never had a way with words, I find it hard to put my feelings out, either on paper or verbally. Here goes : Dear Heavenly Father, Here I am once again asking for your help. Please help me to not eat that cookie or the second piece of toast. I know that I am made in your image and that you are perfect. My father, I am far from perfect and I know I never will be. Please reach down and help me to change. Thank You, my Father.
I need prayers for overeating… I eat to eat
Just what I needed to hear! Thank you!
My life is unsettled in so many ways,but none of them good. I feel my relationship with food is out of control. Those I work with, are losing weight but I can’t seem to find whatever it is I need, to do the same. I would love a copy of this book to help me develop a healthy relationship with food and a deeper relationship with God.
Lord unsettle me that I might crave you more than anything.
My prayer would likely be very similar to yours.
My prayer for 2015 is to serve the Lord according to his will and not my own.
My prayer is to grow closer to God, to truly build my relationship so that I can hear him direct my every move. I pray that the Holy Spirit will give me the strength to push away the sweets and treat my body like a temple. Beautiful blog by the way, this really blessed me.
I’m praying for wisdom. A deeper understanding of who I am in Christ and a greater knowledge of His amazing love for me. Wisdom. That is the word/prayer The Lord has put on my heart.
You are an inspiration!
I’ve always been an ‘all or nothing’ kinda gal, and last year, I was finally able to break free from that a little bit. My prayer this year (and it’s stolen from Emily Ley, but I don’t think she’ll mind!) is grace over perfection. We’re adding a new little one to our family in March, and God has guided me through this pregnancy, and already has changed me so much. I also struggle with weight, and had started to get it under control when I got pregnant.
Thank you so much for your encouragement! This is the year for me to become closer to what God wants me to be than I have ever been before!!
lord, I come to you with an unbridled heart. Seeking your will in all that I am, all that you see in me. Pour out your abundant Spirit in the corners and crevices of my soul filling my deepest needs and quieting my deepest fears. For only You are enough. It has always been You, only You. God bless these precious women the mirrors of your heart.
Dear Lord,
I pray that you work through me as I work to achieve healthy goals. I pray you guide and direct the doctors and surgeons who will work to fix my thyroid issue and as I work toward the gastric sleeve procedure in the hopes to loose 150 pounds. Lord, it has been my goal to loose weight and be healthy my entire life, but I cannot do it alone. I need You, Lord! Amen.
Thank you for your honest words of you struggle. It may as well have been me writing this. And I do still struggle everyday. Father God, fill me as only You can. Let my cravings be only of You!
I battle cravings daily….and fail every day. Lost 20 lbs all to gain 30 more. Ready for God to ‘ unsettle me’. Praying that God would just reveal to me the woman He sees, the woman my husband loves ununconditionally, the woman my daughter looks up to. God help me to accept myself just as I am.
I did the 21 day Made to Crave devotional this time last year….but I need more than 21 days!!
This is a good prayer. Thank you for sharing. I start off this year at my heaviest. I’m putting Gid in control and doing some clean eating and some soul searching. With His grace I will be free from food addiction
Thank you, Lysa. I will share your prayer with my oldest daughter. She has struggled with
her weight for years. She is in her mid thirties and has had many issues with self image.
A lot of it is tied into weight and how she perceives herself and how she looks to others.
She is a Christian, and I know God is helping her. I wish I could help her more. But we can’t make someone feel differently with issues of this kind. I would love to have your book, to give to her . I believe if she read it, her life would truly change with God’s help.
Thank you,
Ann Hudson
this is an awesome post and has spoken so clearly to me! My prayer is for the Lord to help me recognize the beautiful woman he created. I’ve always told myself that this is just how I’m
Made….but deep down I know that’s not true. This year I want to become the true me…the one God created me to be!
Unsettle me Lord. 2015 is in your hands.
I loved yhe part about exposing your tendency to give up.
I pray that this year God reveals to me the strength I have to say no to food when it’s junk or when I’ve had enough already
To not give up on improving myself because I don’t see results fast enough. That I am no longer going to be embarrassed to go in public. To know that people are not laughing and pointing at me behind my back. I am a child of the most high God and am wonderfully made. So I am going to start acting like it. I claim all this in Jesus name
Lisa – I have definitely been on a weight loss/weight gain roller coaster the past year. The amount of work it seems to take to keep the weight off has been frustrating. I am not significantly overweight, but the bouncing around discourages me. I desire to be healthy because I feel better and I believe that it is what God desires. I long for direction and encouragement.
I too have struggled for years along with anxiety and an eating disorder. This year I pray God gives me the wisdom and strength to overcome these issues. Thank you for your words.
After reading this, my New Years prayer is to be unsettled!
I would <3 to read this book!! You are such an inspiration, Lysa!
This is great! So encouraging & just what I needed to hear tonight. Thank you for your transparency in this area of your life. Would love to read the book.
Heavenly Father, I ask in Jesus’ name, that You would bring me back to the place of finding myself lost in You. I no longer want to try to be all these other things I have been trying to be, I just want to be Yours and the woman You created me to be! Your Word says that obedience is better than sacrifice, so I pray that I would not be bound by what I think You want me to sacrifice but that I would simply listen for Your voice and be obedient in what I eat, and beyond!
I love You, Lord
Amen!!
2014 was a year of overcoming fears for me. In overcame my fear of bad weather by being in the midst of a tornado and surviving! I overcame my fear of flying by blasting “strong enough to save” on my iPod and meditating on scripture. I overcame a deep shame of a sin by letting go and letting God! But I still can’t seem to overcome by love of food. I want to love God more than good. I want to crave God not food. Bless you.
My prayer for 2015 is to find relief from the stress in my life – which inevitably leads to all of the other negativity that I seem to attract! To be happy with simple…and get back to the happier, healthier me. I know the ONLY way to achieve these is through our Lord! <3
Beautiful prayer…
My prayer is that God will unsettle me in every area of my life and that I become an overcomer on my weight loss journey through Him.
Father God I come to You asking for complete healing with my struggle in gluttony, I pray that my heart, body, mind, and soul will be in complete agreement with being healthy in my eating and exercising…I realize I can’t go this alone…I bind up the enemy that keeps pouring lies into my head that’s keeps me focused on self and keeps pouring doubts into my mind, heart, body and soul…I am ready to be victorious in with my eating healthy and exercising
lord help me to keep focus! First on you and your word. Then with the items I struggle with. In your most Holy name I pray
I’m misty eyed…and stunned. I opened your comments minutes ago and every word about your struggles with weight could have been mine. A sister who has always been thinner…..the worst part? She’s my twin so ppl naturally compare us. Lord I wish that one day I will be able to wake up and look forward to choosing clothing for the day where the only decision will be what colour and style….not what will fit, feel the least ugly and uncomfortable. Lord help me to finally get past the agonizing arguments in my head; the ones that sway between guilt, anger, shame and dejection. I want peace. To believe that you walk with me.
Search me O god and reveal any wicked ways within me. Less of me and more of you. God I need your hand in every area of my life. I trust you.
I pray You would be the courage to overcome my feelings of insecurity and inadequacy. You are enough; I am made to worship you. Help me to live in that security daily rather than constantly battling with fear of failure.
I own and read made to crave. It is inspiring and convicting. In the 3rd day of this NEW year I already broken many un written resolutions. My emotions, state of mind and my relationships are far away from where they need to be. I’m starting with your book unglued. Then I will re open the made to crave. Hoping that I can place my emotions where they need to be to concentrate on the important things in my life. Thank you Lysa for being you GOD KNOWS how your words convict me!
Lord, thank you for giving me another year to live, and hopefully give you glory. I’m not much, I know that, but I am still going to be used by you. Thanks for loving me even at points when I can’t love myself. You know I am not happy as a unfit teenager, I feel like I am slowly destroying this temple you have blessed me with. Give me the strength to actually change this year, give me the support and the resources to not give up. And lastly have the glory for this victory I know you will help me with. Love you dad. Thanks again. Love your Little Lilly Amen.
Dear Lord,
Please bless me with grace, strength, and wisdom, as we enter into a new year. Please allow this to be the year I realize your purpose for me and not give into desires I know don’t lead me to the person you want me to become. Let your voice be louder and stronger than the voices of doubt and despair in my own head and help me to be wise enough to trust, listen, and follow.
In your name,
Amen.
Sugar is my weakness and my dream for 2015 us to move everyday and to journal/pray regularly. Here’s to everyone’s commitments to a new year!!
So grateful for these words…expels guilt, brings hope! Lord, unsettle me, as well! I truly want to be like you…
unsettle me….Amen
Dear Lord you know this past year I was told I am now pre diabetic. Please help me Lord to seek you first, take time to take care of myself, make better food choices. Be with me in the grocery store that I will purchase the items my body needs to improve my health. Lord I enjoyed walking so much before but now with my boys busy sports schedules I the mom am the first to let my needs go first. Heavenly Father I know all things are possible with you and with your help I can turn myself around and get into better health and kick pre diabetes out. I do not want diabetes I know I can do this a few years ago I lost several pounds and I can do it again. Please give me strength and Courage Lord In your Precious Name I pray Amen
I feel like you are describing about me. It made me feel that I am not alone in my struggle. This year I want to pray your prayer unsettle me Lord and give me strength snd patience to do it.
Had a conversation with a family member on this very topic last night. Thank you for this timely post. Praying for self-disipline in addition to a proper enjoyment of God’s blessings.
My prayer is the lord gives me the strength to finally overcome this struggle, and to live for Jesus.
I really need this book. I can relate to every word you said. Thanks for sharing your story.
My prayer for 2015 is for God to show up for me big time. Dont let me despair Lord.
My prayer is to be closer to God this year and to accomplish some goals that have been in front of me for a long time. One of those goals is losing a lot of inches and weight
Praying that the Lord would be my sustainer…that I would stop filling myself with food instead of being filled the Lord. May He fill my soul to the the brim. May I crave only Him and not the things that cannot give me peace, Amen
The words I am hearing in my spirit are: What are you searching for? I am pondering this question, and sadly I don’t like the answers I am uncovering. I think I am beginning to walk in at settled season which reminds me that God has more for me to do for. His kingdom!
my prayer and desire of my heart is , more of God and a lot less of me
Lord I pray that I would focus more on you and crave you. May my heart be with you.
Thanks for sharing. This year I to am trying to get it together, goals include keeping up with reading the bible in a year plan, my goal is to get through it at least once, between reading your blog and some others, I am learning so much about God and putting my needs, wants,cares concerns at his feet, while listening to his words for answers. This book will continue my journey as I truly crave his approval and word.
God, help me to know, believe, and live out this truth this year: that food is fuel, not my friend. You are the only one who can satisfy my soul.
Well I have picked up the book, the best yes. I’m already trying to practice this. One if those areas to apply the concept is my personal wellness. The reason I say that is too often I start some regimine and find myself swayed b/c family or others in my life have different priorities. I’m realizing that I may need to make sure I am saying yes to only the things that are best for my health. I’m praying God helps me move beyond the excuse that it’s being selfish to take care if me too.
Your posts are always align with something happening in my life!! God bless you wonderful woman of God!
Lord, please help me to make this year, the year. I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror without crying or gerring upset about the way i look.
Thank you so much for this! This is what I’m dealing with. My prayer from now on will be, Lord, unsettle me!
I cannot tell you how reading this has brought tears to my eyes. I have struggled for years with eating disorders and am currently in therapy to try once again to gain control. I have had some unjust things happen recently that has triggered the emotions to once turn to food. I crave to know Jesus and am struggling on that road. May all of us find some peace within our hearts this new slate that of which is 2015.
Life has been hard, I am turning to God to help me tun things around.
My prayer is to say “yes” to God in the big AND small things. Thanks for your encouragement in this!
There are so many women who struggle with weight and self esteem issues. I know this can’t be God’s plan for me. I would love to crave God more than i crave food
Your fb post are encouraging! I’m thankful I stumbled across you.
Help me Lord to see myself how you see me; to forgive myself as you forgive me, and to live a life that glorifies you, not a life where I am a slave to my belly.
2015 prayer … please allow acceptance of myself…
This speaks so much to what my heart needs to hear. Oh, how I long to get beyond this battle for self-control and peace about my body and size. Adding the book to my list for this year.
This is all too familiar a struggle. Each year I vow to change and each year I fail. This year I am already at rock bottom. My husband found a girlfriend and left, my boss decided I was no longer needed and I buried my Grandfather, the man who raised me, the week before Christmas. A friend has said, God allows you to hit rock bottom to remind you that he is your Rock! This will be a new year. Moving up and onward and having more Faith than ever before.
Lord,
Thank you for creating me. You have given me the will to make healthy and unhealthy choices. I know I am not happy with the way my body looks right now. I have not disciplined myself to eat healthy and be more active. Please forgive me for putting myself down. Give me the strength and tools to make better choices one day at a time. Help me be a great role model to my daughter. I want to instill healthy habits and a high self esteem in her. I tell her how beautiful she is, but don’t always speak those positive words on myself. In Jesus name, AMEN!
Lord, please give me the motivation to take care of my body because it is your temple. Please give me the strength to make necessary tough changes. In your name, Amen.
my prayer is that i’ll settle once and for all the immense love the father has for me, that my home will be a picture of heaven on earth, and that i will see God.
For many years I have turned away from God. Felt as though he really isn’t or hasn’t been there for me. Tried more to depend on myself solely. I am coming to the realization I can no longer do that but am still finding it hard to welcome him back in. Not much support from husband. Along this journey I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and gained unnecessary weight. Trying to lose it is a challenge. My self pity has turned me to food and unhealthy choices. I want to commit this year to becoming healthier, stronger, and reconnect with God. This book may be a great starting point.
Lysa, there is just something about the way you speak that goes straight to my soul. God has truly blessed with with the gift of being real – real situations, real thoughts and feelings, in our real world. Then you adapt them to His word and it is so rewarding. Thank You.
My prayer for this year:
Dear Heavenly Father,
I come before you full of praise for your steadfast love, forgiveness and amazing (undeserved) grace. I pray to continue on in your love by truly loving in your love and continue to be an example, silent and steady.
This year will be challenging being new to single-parenting, though not what I had planned, a blessing indeed. Please work in me to be worthy of the name mother and help me to lift Wyatt up to be a God-seeking, serving, respectful man.
I praise you for the healing you have done in my mother and that she and I can learn to better take care of our health remembering our bodies are a precious gift from you.
I ask all these things in Jesus’ name I pray (please tell my Papa I said Hi & I miss him),
Amen
I am asking God to help me put him first….above everything else in my life.
I want to lose weight and be healthy so that I can do all that HE has for me
to do! I know that it is going to be a hard road to go….but, I can do all things
through Christ Who gives me strength.
Thank you for your words. I have set many goals this year for myself as well. Written at the top of the list is Present over Perfect.
My prayer for this year is that God would help me be quiet in him. I think this will reach the primary areas He is working in me about. Quiet to hear him first before the internet world. Quiet to hear his path for us not mine, or everyone else’s. Quiet to be content with what he has generously given us. Quiet to still the emotions to bad health habits and deal with difficult relationships. I pray that He will still my heart from outside distractions to be able to focus on His path for us.
I am weary and tired from the struggle between what I am and the woman God is calling me to become. Yet I am grateful that Jesus is calling me out of self into a deeper relationship with Him. My prayer life is no longer an abundance of words. I simply pray, “Jesus help.”
My new years prayer was: Lord create in my a new heart. I desire to be like you, to have your attitude and your love for everyone. I am so far from that now but that’s where I want to be. I want to love in away that points unbelievers to You!
Along with more of course but that is the main part 🙂
Lord God I pray for this weight to get out of my way so that I have the confidence to do the work you put me here on earth to do.
as I walked my dog tonight and talked with God about my struggle and how the quest to be thin has ruined my health, this was spoken to me: work on your soul for heaven, not your body for earth
Lord, thank you for an unsettled mindset in one of your royal daughters, Lysa…and for empowering her with a voice strong enough to challenge others to consider a new mindset of unsettled living. Help me, Father, to not only consider the personal places that have become settled, like an old house with doors and windows that are difficult to open, but to prayerfully submit those to your Lordship for refinement and change this new year, through personal submission to the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name, Amen.
I think I need this book!
Lysa first i just want to say that you are a blessing! I too struggled with food for over 15 years (bulimia/anorexia ), that is until God grabbed hold of my heart in 2008 and freed me from bondage. My prayer for 2015 is to live my life so that others see and want what i have~Jesus♡
Lord, unsettle me.
I’ve struggled with this vary issue all of my life. Each January I promise myself this will be the year I gain control of my weight and I vow to be slimmer by summer so I can enjoy the pool with my kids, only to find I have failed. Lord I ask that you help me to finally conquer whatever obstacle that is keeping me from reaching my goal!
My prayer for 2015 is for God to heal my brokenness and use it for His glory. I pray that He will draw me closer and deepen my faith walk this year and every year after.
ipray that I can be a source of hope and life to others!
my prayer for 2015 is to spend more time seeking God than any other year of my life
Lord, unsettle me to my core.
I love this blog entry – thank you for sharing. C
My prayer for 2015 is that I strive to thrive, not only survive. A big part of this is my want to get in better shape and be healthier as we try to start a family in the next few years!
This past year I have struggled the most with giving my body changes to God and not beating myself us. I am turning into an old woman in front of the mirror, and I feel out of control. I will work harder with prayer to become unsettled.
Lysander thanks so much for this. My prayer is that the Lord would make Himself known to me in a fierce way in all the situations this year. I am struggling with so many now. My weight and health has become a problem along with depression. Please continue this good work He has instilled in you. Through you, He is working. God bless you.
My prayer is that God would reveal to me the path He has for me and to be lead where my trust is without borders so my faith can be amde stronger in the presence of my maker.
I am using “My One Word” as my prayer for the year, which is to put my “Trust” in God and he will show me the way.
Wow! Thanks for the perspective shift! I needed that today…this year!
My prayer is to be unsettled from my bed. Im too settled in the mornings and feel the time with God before my children wake up and start the day off on a better note.
I could have written this. Reading it, I feel broken and exposed. Lord, unsettle me.
Made to Crave was such an answer to prayer several years ago. I was searching for a book written by a Christian woman who really understood the life consuming battle with weight and how it prevented us from living in the complete freedom Christ died for us to have. My prayer was similar to yours. I prayed for the Holy Spirit to convict me of my sin of gluttony. I prayed for my spirit to grieve the way that He grieved with my idol worship of food. I also prayed for Him to bring Christian women into my life to be in agreement with His conviction. God was very faithful! December 31, 2012 I additionally prayed for God to get me “unstuck” from any areas in my life that were preventing me from moving forward into His calling on my life. Glory to God today I’m 150lbs lighter! Also, free from the emotional and mental obsession with food. The healing and “unsticking” continues today. I thought the food issue would be my last area of surrender. Alas, following God always requires more. 🙂
Don’t be surprised that when the food obsession is lifted there will be deeper issues revealed. I’ve continued to allow God to heal the sexual abuse in my past. I pray that 2015 will be the year that many women would break out of this bondage and get unstuck and moving forward with our loving Saviour.
Thank you God that when Christ returns I will not be found with dusty orange fingers eating Cheetos on my couch! 🙂
oh Lord help me to make this my year for victory. Help me to remember that even when it’s hard…I am held by You!
Dear Lysa,
I feel so much like the woman you described with a losing battle year after year with weight loss and its the one area that makes me feel very much like a loser and not in a good way. I seem to have a measure of victory in other areas but not this one and so much want that this year will be different. I want to “unsettle” myself too! Please help me.
Vera
Thank you so much for sharing. Weight has been a struggle for me as well my whole life. My prayer for this year is to draw ever near to God and have Him change me as He sees fit.
Whether I win the weight battle or not, I want to be right with God and be okay with everything else in my life.
Thank you again for sharing. God bless you.
i am praying daily for self control yet not find … I would like your book
I say that I would trust God to sustain me if I was to face a terminal illness, that He’d give me to strength to make the choices I need to…yet I succumb to a brownie. Oh me of little faith.
Once again all I can pray is Lord I don’t know You well enough to know that You are all I need.
This could not have been said more beautifully! Thank you!! Lord, please help us win the battle against our desire to be healthy. Please vanquish Satan back to hell with temptations he knows eat at the core of my soul. Please help all women who struggle the same battle to find grace, mercy and beauty in being healthy. Amen!
Thank you for sharing this- I needed this tonight. Lord, tonight I pray that you take over in my life. In all areas, not just when it comes to food. Help me to remember to seek comfort in You and not snacks or from just complaining about my clothes not fitting. Walk with me Lord, and help me to give up the control food has over my emotions, whether good or bad, and to be able to always turn to You and your goodness. Thank you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thanks for sharing. Good words to hear. I hope God unsettle me in other areas of my life too. I really need this
Thank you! This is what I needed to hear today!! I’m starting a new weight loss journey. Dear Lord help me to look to you for comfort and trust you in my new journey of becoming a healthier person physically, spiritually and emotionally.
To be “present” for my family, friends, and co-workers.
I wish I could do this, too.
Lysa, I also want to say that I admire you and your stand for Christ. I started writing a blog in 2009 for God’s glory. He placed the desire to write for Him on my heart and I have been writing ever since. If you ever get a chance, I would be honored if you would read it and give me feedback 🙂
You are an inspiration to many and I want to thank you!
My prayer this year is to be satisfied with less
Today I was remembering a few years ago when I was 30 pounds thinner and thought of the excuses I use now for not being that weight. The truth is, it is all in the mind and the heart. We make up our minds to let God rule our hearts when it comes to our stomachs.
I have been rocked to my very core on the last 4 months. Now it’s time to be unsettled.
Thanks for sharing. Good words to hear. I hope God unsettle me in other areas of my life too. I really need this. Do You ship your book worldwide? Or does it have an online version? Thanks again
My prayer is to be brave. Brave in the hard, the unknown. Brave in my faith and in my trusting that He holds me well.
My prayer for 2015 is to get my health back and to restore my relationship with God. I am always taking care of everybody and leave myself last. The result is I am 32 and have high blood pressure, anxiety, overweight by 80 pounds, and back issues. I need God to help me put myself first and stop allowing toxic people to come first. I need to be healthy for myself and my kids!!
My prayer for this year is for direction to know whether we should move and if not, for contentment where we are. I just finished “The Best Yes” last month, so I am working on implementing what I learned in my life.
Father, I pray that I can finally realize even just a fraction of the love you have for me as your son. I pray that through realizing this love that I would be able to finally release the false love I’ve allowed food to provide to me all my life when I thought you and everyone else, including myself, hated me. I want for once in my life to not feel shame and regret, but love and peace about myself. I release this to you, my Father, my King, my Savior. Amen.
Yes Father, PLEASE unsettle me. Shake me up, reach inside and give me the focus and strength to finally lose some weight and at the same time find myself closer to YOU! Let my heart desire You more than I desire sweet treats. Provide me with clear focus on healthier diet and becoming more active. Amen
As I read your prayer, I had just been thinking of how 12 years ago I had committed many things to God, family issues, professional concerns, and my physical weight problem. I was able to lose over 30 pounds then–but it has slowly found its way back to me! I was wondering if I had the stamina, the strength, to try to lose it again, and keep it off. I need your prayer, for God to “unsettle ME” and do His work in and through me.
I pray that I can be all that God made me to be. I pray I can get all of the negative thoughts & memories out of my mind & move forward. That I will put God first & listen to his instructions for my life.
I pray for the Lord to help me be content where I am, yet lead me into the places and calling He has planned for me.
I just started reading the bible in Chronological order. So my prayer is to stay in the word every day for the whole year. To stick with it. I am studying with an online video series.
Thank you for writing that book! I’ve read it a lot and keep reading with God’s word to keep me focused, to keep me mindful that it’s truly a daily surrendering to him! It’s a journey in discipline, self control and obedience. It’s a journey is living myself and being content. It’s a daily walk with Jesus! Thank you Lysa! I’m so grateful for your ministry!
My prayer, for this year especially, is that I may honor God in all that I do…my relationships, my thoughts, my eating, my caring for my family…everything!
Dear God: you know the struggles that I am going thru in my life now. You know that I am a stress eater!! God, please help me to let go of this stress & trust in you to take control of things. And God, if this book is something that will help me, please let me be chosen as a lucky winner. In Gods name I pray. Amen
My prayer is to abide in him! To love myself and accept the limits he has planned for me – to surrender to him daily!
Lord unsettle me…having just left the hospital from chest pain issues, I need this healing in a deep way.
To be who God intended me to be…not anything more or less.
My prayer would be that the Lord would settle me by – unsettling me. For years, I have tried to settle into my life and I just haven’t yet. I am yearning for more of something that I can’t seem to find. So, my prayer is; that the Lord would settle my spirit, settle my soul through the peer act of unsettling me. To finally rid me of all that hinders a deep, quiet, calm relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ!
Wow, Lysa — your blog and prayer, “Unsettle me”, really struck a nerve. I’ve been “pleasingly plump” (as my grandmother called me….) my whole life. I remember vividly my mother calling me a fat pig when I was still in elementary school, and being compared to my older, thin, perfect sister. My sister the chemistry teacher’s aid in high school while I struggled to pass; my sister the drill team co-captain while I hung out in the smoking area, my sister the Jazzercise teacher. I’ve always settled with being the younger, chubby, funny sister. I settled dating men I felt superior to. I settled being in debt (“everyone has credit cards!”), I’ve settled too much. I don’t want my 15 year old daughter to learn to settle in her life. No more…! “Unsettle ME, Father. Today…right now…where I am…where you want me to me. Unsettle me.”. Amen.
Thank you Lisa for your inspiration!! I saw you for the first time this year at Women of Faith….your words encouraged me. !!!
two yrs ago I made a conscious choice to live a healthier lifestyle and changing my bad eating habits!!! Needed to loose weight as well – lost 45 lbs and now two yrs later I have gained some of that back because I have so slacked in what I was accomplishing!! (I have come to far to go back!!!!) So I need this prayer you have shared!! I have fallen off my path and need to find my way back again so I want to thank you for your inspiration and positive attitude! And putting it in God’s hand is the only way it can be done!
My body is my temple. Lord I want to be the best version of myself for me, your ministry, and my children. Only with Your help can I achieve these goals that seem so unattainable to me now. Thank you for Your victories and blessings!
Thank you for sharing that prayer. It meant so much to me. Trusting God for exactly that this new year. Been struggling for a long time. Ready to start this journey with the help of the Lord…God bless you!
Thank you for your words. This seems to be a neverending battle for so many of us.
My prayer is Lord help me! In every aspect in my life. I can’t do it on my own, I’ve tried and I’m tired.
You just described me.
Dear Lord, unsettle me. Let this year be the year I prepare to be the best I can be. Help me prepare my body, heart and soul not only for me and you but to be able to bring one of your great blessings into this world. Prepare me this year to be the Christian person and mother you plan for me to be.
More of Him, less of me
With the help of one of our elfer’s wives, i amhoping to start this bible study soon! Would love to read the book ahead of time!
My prayer is that I will not live day to day, barely making it, winging it at almost every turn. My prayer is that my days will be purpose led with God as my leader. That my family will make, and keep, Godly goals… Keeping each other accountable and also being encouragers when we are struggling. Praying to see Gods purpose for me and my family and not “just surviving” life.
Please Lord, also unsettle me. Year after year I commit to getting healthy and find myself giving up before January is over. Give me the strength Lord this year to be intentional to stay committed, to rely solely on you, and to crave more intimacy with you.
My prayer is to answer Jesus’ call: Come away with Me.
If I can do that, I know the rest of life will line up rightly.
My prayer is that I be … truely what God wants me to be. I am so displeased with how I let food be my idol. I love you Lord. Please be everything to me.
this is the first year that I didn’t make a news resolution to lose weight because I couldn’t set myself up for another failer I’ve been trying to lose weight for over 4 years now. I always start out good and hit a bump in the road and quit again. I honestly just can’t start again only to fail again. I wish there was something I could do that could work but I just don’t think I’m strong enough to do it. Thank you for posting this though. Always encouraging to hear other people’s stories of success
Lord-make me content in all circumstances, rejoicing always, praying consistently!
I have a simple prayer for 2015. “More of you, Lord, and much less of me. Amen”
I have several prayers for this year. Like you, I long to finally get this weight battle under control. Not for superficial reasons, but for my health and the ability to go off medications. Secondly, to surrender worry to the Father and focus on allowing Him to be in control rather than me since I’m certainly not qualified.
My prayer this year is to be ravished by his presence and to experience a new level of worship through a healthier life and a deeper realization of my purpose and calling.
Having lost 40 lbs 4 years ago and now having gained it all back, my spirit, self image, and body image are broken. I feel as though my spirit is crushed when it comes to this area. My prayer is that I will finally give this battle to you Lord. Your grace is sufficient for me. Your are all that I need when battling this issue of emotional eating.
My prayer is that I would just trust God as the author of who made me… that He was infinitely wise when he made me the way I am… and I can rest in that. I don’t have to earn His approval through my appearance or actions.
You bless me daily with your words of encouragement Lysa. Thank you, thank you! This is the best yet. Just what I need. I need to be unsettled. I want to be healthy for my family, for me and for God. I want to leave this current self behind and become a new, more beautiful, more healthy version. I want to be unsettled!! ❤
i just got done telling my husband that I am tired of being fat, then I opened facebook and saw this post. Totally a God thing!! I’ve decided to work on my faith this year as well as getting healthy. I’m praying that this year I can finally change.
Dear Father I really want to learn how to fully trust you I have spent most of my life trying to fit in, but never could. I want to learn how to see myself from your pespective not how others see me. I see myself so badly I hate my body my hair just about everthing about myself. I don’t even like to go out anymore because I’m afraid people don’t like me. I just want to see what you see lord when I look in the mirror.
I feel like you were just telling my life story.
I am still struggling with that first step though. I keep praying but am having a hard time giving up my control and not taking it back.
Please pray with me that this time I will give all control to God and leave it where it belongs.
I’ve been very “settled” with the thought of defeat in this area knowing I’m not where God intended for me. Please Lord hear my prayer to give me the daily strength to make the healthier choices to be my best to do all you have planned for me. amen!!!!
I pray for God to help me loose weight, so that He can use me more for His purposes for my life. I pray I don’t use my weight as a reason to not be used of Him more.
To be available, to be teachable, to be soft
Also a simple prayer this year.
That God will be in the midst of me, that I shall not be moved -Psalm 46:5. Be in my midst, BE MY MIDST. Lord, that I might fulfill what plans you have for me this year. Amen.
As I enter into 2015 I want to keep myself before God. I want my thoughts, actions, desires, and hopes to directly reflect my love and devotion to the Lord. I want Jesus. Above all… just more of Jesus.
My prayer for 2015 is that I have a willing heart to surrender to the Lord completely the things that He wants to lovingly rid my soul of…that I will cooperate with the “digging up and rooting out” of all things that are toxic to my soul and to my physical body. That I will listen and heed to His voice when He speaks and do the thing that He asks of me, including when He asks me to stop with the over-eating. That I will crave more of His wisdom in every decision I make, from the little to the big decisions, especially by making wise food choices.
Seems that I’ve prayed for God’s help with the weight issue forever. I think the result of the weight gain is the fact that I allow my stress to fuel my eating. Just this morning while reading my bible and praying I know that God is there and ready to help me I just have to let go of things and “Let God” handle them. I so want to reach my goal weight, not for anyone else but for myself and I need to take care of this body that God has given me. All things are possible with God.
My prayer for this year is for God to revive my broken heart and restore hope so that I may become the mother and wife He has called me to be, allowing me to live every moment to it’s fullest, realizing how truly blessed my life is!
I REALLY NEED THIS BOOK!!!! 🙂 SERIOUSLY!! This seems to be the book that will feed the craving of my soul, along with the BIBLE!! 🙂
Sweet Jesus, unsettle me!
Dear Lord, I’ve prayed the same prayers so many times. Please help me to see through your eyes who you want me to be and give me the wisdom and courage to live it. In Jesus name I pray.
my prayer is for peace and love to reign and for my house to be a lighthouse to the city!
Dear Jesus, This year, the only voice I seek to hear and to follow is yours. Please, Lord, help me to shut out all the other distractions, desires, agendas, and idols that pull me away from you. I want to hunger and thirst for You, your Word, and righteousness. And, I want to follow you wherever you lead. May the result of this desire bring others to know you and hear your voice also. Jn 10:3-4, 16 In your most gracious and powerful name, Amen.
My prayer is for God to use me to help others in their journey as I lead a group in Made to Crave Bible study. I pray that our small group journey draws us closer with our walk with God, help us make healthier choices for the temple that God has given us, and set a example for our children as they grow up walking with God daily. I have had an incredible journey of flooding 171 lbs and keeping it off for 6 years with God being my center and spending time with him daily. This is a for me a recommending to God and to the group of people that will be joining me in this study. God guide me and lead me.
There are no words – not really. The depth that this prayer has reached…..into my heart and life. 2015 is going to be ‘unsettled’ for me. Life circumstances dictate that, but now I can face it with a renewed hope. Being unsettled can be a gift if I keep my feet firmly planted on the Rock of my salvation. Thank you for sharing your heart!
It’s as if you were reading my mind. I only wish that I could put into words my thoughts and prayers as eloquent as you. Thank you, reading this has inspired and encouraged me.
My prayer is to give it all to the Lord and let him mold me!
Thank you Lysa for be so true to your feelings. When I read yours, I know that I can be honest about my feelings – especially those concerning food. Blessings to you.
My prayer for 2015 is one, to be more faithful in my walk and to listen to God’s whispers to me so He doesn’t have to yell. Two, to also be healthier and wiser in my choices for myself and to set a good example for my children. Third, to understand what direction I’m to go in my life, if I am to reconcile with my husband or move on and also professionally and education wise.
To demonstrate grace to myself, my husband, and our children.
I like your “unsettle me” prayer in fact I too will be praying that. Unsettle me Lord in all things. Being unsettled will encourage me to hold tight to you Lord. Thank you Lord for other sisters in Christ who are encouragers. Life is not easy and we all carry so much thank you Lord for being willing to carry my load and the load of others as well.
I bought this book the other day and I am really enjoying it. I have a whole lot to lose but hopefully I’m gonna be a lot closer to Jesus by the end of this year.
Thank you for that, Lysa. I definitely need God to continue to unsettle me. I’m praying to let God flow through me and to strip me of any pride that lets me think I have any ability to control things or that any accolades are mine. The glory is completely His. My heart knows this, but the enemy keeps telling my head to take pride in His work. I’m praying to silence that voice and never take away the praises that belong to God.
Love your prayer. I’ve been praying Psalm 17:14 for my prayer this year.
my prayer is the same. My word for 2015 is health and that starts with making my health a priority. I’m finally finished having babies and it’s time to give a little to myself.
Would love to read this…and share it in our group as a book club. Thank you for being so open and honest.
To quote Ms Renfroe “I don’t wanna die being angry at my thighs”. My prayer for the new year is to learn to look at both others (and myself) and see God in their image rather than stereotypes.
I have depression..it started when my grandson died, at the age of 14..all they could tell us was that Austin was perfectly healthy..it was a freak virus..it’s been 6 years now.
My faith in God has never wavered,. I know Austin is happy. But it just seems like it started an avalanche of heartaches and troubles throughout our family.
I want to find the Joy again of having Christ in my heart! I know bad things will happen somewhere or another..but I know Jesus is right beside me at all times! My mind knows all of this, my heart believes it..but I can’t seem to find the JOY anymore.
Unsettle me Lord.
My prayer – Unsettle me!! I have made the commitment and voiced it to my friends and family but now I need to truly make the commitment to allow God to work in me to show others His love and power at work. Please God – UNSETTLE ME!!
I have come to the conclusion even if others are unsettling me( not in a good way) it is really not their issue it is mine. I want God to unsettle me so that all I seek is His pleasure. To quit worrying about what those I love think about me but trust Him and only seek His approval and He loves me! I exercise I fail and eating perfect. I have read some of your books and identify with unglued and best yes. I sure I need to read made to crave
Was walking in victory for 2 years and then fell back into old habits last year and gained 30lbs! It has to stop! I’m ready!
Lord I surrender do your plan
powerful prayer! I have fought this same battle my whole life, and now I’m peri menopausal and weary of the fight! Lord help me!
I am so blessed to come upon Proverbs 31 years ago, but strayed for the last few months because of pregnancy issues and pretty much “quit” going to church as much, quit teaching Sunday and Wednesday nights.. I am beyond blessed to be able to read this and get a huge lift because I have the same problem now. you have encouraged me today and hopefully this is what I really needed. I have prayed and thank you.
Thank you for these encouraging words. I am also battling with my weight and after reading this I hope it inspires a lot of people with this issue .
In desperate need of something that will truly jumpstart this new year and motivate me to put my trust back where it belongs.
I am 63 years d and I’m STILL playing the yo yo dieting ‘game’. I want God to help me heal that part of me that is quick to compromise my commitment to better health. When I’m tempted in social situations or self-medicate with food when stressed I am weak. I need God’s strength to get through those challenging times. I want that little voice that tries to stop me from overeating to be God’s stronger voice. I am single and divorced and want to be healthy to work as long as I can and be a Christian leader. Thank you!
Over 2 years I had lost over 20 lbs on weight watchers & felt great. Then my dad got sick with cancer & I was helping take care of him & went into a mode of depression knowing he was dying & I had already lost my mom to cancer. I’m up 25+ lbs & I told myself that I’m taking back “me” in 2015. Would love to have a copy of your book. Love your blogs. You’re an inspiration!!
Prayer for 2015 is to read God’s Word more, serve more, think more, listen more & speak less. Try to be a better mother to grown children & Nana to my 6 wonderful grandchildren. To learn to eat healthier & exercise (ugly word for me) and lose weight. To learn what God wants for me in 2015 and be happy with His whisperings.
To learn from last year’s mistakes and make appropriate changes.
Help me Jesus! Thank you for Lisa!
To not be satisfied where I am! To go deeper and farther with my Lord.
My prayer is that for once and for eating wrong and shopping too much, and turn to sweet Jesus instead of food or shopping!!!! The shopping thing seems so shallow it makes me so mad at myself. I have got to go to Jesus instead of food and materials!! I also pray each one that has committed with their prayer will meet their prayer through Jesus this year!!!:) Thank you for this!!:)
Thank you. Show me the reason for this struggle.
i have always been a caregiver to everyone but myself ,at 16 i quit school to take care of my grandmother it has since followed by 3 children ,my mother who is passed away ,now i take care of my 76 year old dad ,babysit and my brother .somehow i couldnt love myself or let myself be treated .afterall im only a caregiver.but i have found god and he loves me im learning to take care of myself and feel valued ,the weight is something i think of everyday .we started a fitness class at my church and they are so suppotive .i have found strenght in your words .thank you
My prayer is what you wrote above. I want to go deeper with the Lord and really truly know I am made for more than this constant battle with the enemy. I need God to get it in my brain that I AM victorious through Christ!
My prayer is to crave my Heavenly Father more than the unhealthy food I crave. You are such a blessing Lisa to so many, especially me. 🙂
Praying even now that I would lean in, draw near and come close to Jesus. That I would never settle for being “close enough”, but that I would pursue Him as relentlessly as he has pursued me.
I am praying to god to unsettle me in all aspects of my life. . This blog entry is just what I needed to read tonight.
I pray this year I can fully let go and let God, that I have the discipline to focus on Him and not my circumstances, that He provide the strength needed for me to take care of myself and my boys, that what I do brings glory to His name. I pray the Holy Spirit helps me surrender all control to Him.
Beautidfully simple, I can ask nothing more! Unsettle me!
Heal my belly, strength to eat to heal. Wisdom and understanding for doctors treating me.
My prayer is that I’ll be brave! That I will forget the former things and embrace the life ahead.
Like you’re reading my journal …. except for the “Unsettle me” part.
Many people depend upon me to care for them so I desperately NEED to be healthier.
I KNOW God wants better for me and of me.
Its the ONE pet-sin I come back to: food.
Lord, hear my prayer.
again.
Dear God,
Let my light shine and remember everyone is going through a struggle so be kind. Also please help me make a healthier lifestyle for our entire family.
I, too, have struggled for years. I am diabetic and want to change. I would love to be unsettled!!
Help me see myself and others through your eyes God… With love through your spirit. Amen!
My prayer for 2015 would be to be an “overcomer”. And to overcome with joy and contentment. To realize God takes me through challenges to grow me, not to punish me. To draw me to Him, not to push me away and to prove to me that through Him, I can do Great Things.
I love your books. I have been struggling with my weight for years and I look forward to reading your book. Thank you for all your work. Keep shining bright.
Lord, I pray that you continue to open my eyes to your love and how You see me. Lord, as I see my worth in You, I pray that the self-control You’ve given me is awakened and strengthened. I lean on you completely right now. In your precious heavenly name, Amen!
My prayer is nearly the same as the one in this article. I have gained 70 pounds (along with the serious health problems that accompany this type of weight gain) due to several medications that are necessary for me to take for a decent quality of life. I want to curb my eating habits, boost my desire to exercise, and let God guide me through the entire journey as he did with my journey to stop smoking last year (10 months smoke free).
Lord, please let me know and understand your love in every area of my life. That I would live under your umbrella of provision and grace in all areas.
Lord, please help me to focus on filling myself up with You instead of filling myself up with junk food.
Thanks for your constant inspiration, Lysa.
Thank you for sharing this prayer. Many times as I am reading your blog, books, Facebook posts, or hearing you speak I feel you are speaking directly to me. I often feel you are God’s answers to my prayers because so many of your messages hit home. I saw you speak at Women of Faith in October and I was crying. No one has any idea how desperately I needed to hear your words. Your words of wisdom have helped so much. So now I pray your prayer in hopes that my emotional roller coaster with weight loss can finally come to an end with me on the winning side. Amen
My life has been unsettled this season. Your blog brought a fresh thought and revelation that God maybe God is not looking for settled like I am. Content in the unsettled may be where He wants me. Thank God for His faithfulness!
I love your prayer. I often pray for radical change but to be unsettled is what I need most. It’s too easy to ignore opportunities for change but if my heart is unsettled I won’t be able to walk away so easily. Thank you for encouraging me to change the tune of my prayer.
I thought I wanted to die and give up..But this, would be calling my Heavenly Father a liar….Philippians 4:13…I’m obese…a lot of health issues which you would think would change me..a lot wonderful husband along my grandkids..I’m want to live I need help..encouragement….
My prayer for 2015, is for the Lord to help strengthen my faith, and to help me guide my children.
My prayer is to fall more in love with Jesus than in 2014, and serve my new husband graciously and selflessly.
My prayer is to be rid of the guilt and shame that comes from being over weight…even with my family. My prayer is to be satisfied but not with food. My prayer is to be able to choose health over “what I’m having to give up”. My prayer is to conquer food so that it’s not my enemy.
To be more focused. That my actions are intentional and with purpose.
I am at square one one my journey. I feel like one foot is nailed to the floor and I and running. I need guidance. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Lord have mercy on me! I do not deserve your unconditional love. Through your son Jesus Christ I am redeemed! Thank you! Bless this woman for sharing this message & your word, as we are taught to do. Please unsettle me Lord! I ask you to remove all walls of hindrance in our lives that keep us from serving you, and help us to remember that this body is a temple of the holy spirit within us. Where I am weak, you are strong! Thank you, in Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
I pray that this year would be different. That this year you would break the chains that weight me down and that you Lord would become the one true desire of my heart,
My prayer is that I can stick to studying the Lord’s word everyday. I just started a online bible study. We will be reading the Bible in chronological order and finish at the end of the year. I just hope I can stick with it through the tough parts. I pray that the Lord is with me every step of the way. I yearn to learn about his word and his sons journey.
My prayer is for God to be with me always and especially when I am craving foods that I don’t need and aren’t necessary to sustain me. Thank you, Lord.
Dear lord help me to realize YOU are enough! Please help to stop looking beyond YOU for something better! Forgive me. Lord you alone are enough.
Thank you for the prayer, I have the book was that prayer in it? Maybe it is time to re-read it. I have the book and read it but maybe I wasn’t ready for it the first time. Lord I have struggled with my weight for so long and lost the battle, may this be the year for a turn in the war I have waged in my life. May this be the year of drawing closer to you and not food or anything else.
My prayer is to be rid of the shame accompanied with my weight. At times i feel unlovable, unheard, unseen yet so much in the front line that I’m embarrassed to be me.
Lord you know me better than anyone else and you know my heart. You know the things I want to do and need to do in all areas (work, being a mom, devotions, eating, loosing weight, in prayer, time with you…)Give me a desire to love you more and desire You more than anything.
Wow those words have never rang more true in my life! I swear you were writing what my mind is thinking! This is my new prayer for 2015 as well. Unsettle me.
Oh Gracious God, thank you.Thank you for the journey, the uphill battles, the upstream swims, and of course, the view. All that surrounds me every day is evidence of your grace. The handful of times I lost my daily battle with food/discontentment/inability to own my choices this past year were so few in number compared to the year before. And thanks for not keeping count. That as you see me, you only see Enough. You see Jesus in me, the truth (though perhaps not yet manifest) present because You put it there. Thank you that I am enough. Because you are. May I continue to grow in recognition of this truth. May it be the pulse that sets the rythem to my days. You are good, when there is nothing good in me. You are enough when I am empty. I praise you, oh God, for you are worthy. You and you alone can make a life worth living and you have made your life, your Spirit at home in me. What joy! I am adopted in. I am enough…because I am yours.
I have completely given up hope. I need some hope when it comes to having a healthy body. Unsettle me out of my hopelessness, Lord.
Your words at the beginning of your journey could be my own. Lord, I’m three days into the new year please continue to unsettle me!
To be content with myself.
Lord God, help me to glorify you in my body as an offering to you.
Lord, minimize the distractions of this world that keep me from seeing and hearing you. May I learn to listen for your whisper among the shouts around me and may I bring glory to you in every way. Amen.
My prayer for 2015 is that the LORD would do a work in me that would point to Him alone and that those that I meet on my path in life would see the difference and see that it’s only through His mercy and grace that I live and breathe and have my being.
my prayer is to be more like Jesus in my words, and my actions. Thank you for sharing such an insightful prayer…I want to be unsettled today!
My prayer for the new year is to once and for all overcome my eating issues and to find a place to volunteer in a meaningful way.
My prayer is to be on a closer walk with The Lord. To exemplify the love that he has designed us to have, which includes love for our bodies and the temple that we have created for the Holy Spirit. When have to constantly obsess about our weight struggles we take away from our time focusing on you. So Lord I pray that I will turn those desires to overeat into time with you. I pray for protection from the enemy and his temptations. I lift up the other women who have responded to this and ask that you will bless them and lift them up during difficult times. I thank you for all that you are doing and all that you will do. Amen!
Dear Lord; for such a time is this to honor my body that you have blessed me with while here on earth. May I honor it out of respect for you. In your precious son’s name I pray. Amen and thank you.
Lord, let me be undone in your arms alone. Let intimacy be the theme of 2015!!
my prayer is to stop judging myself for not being the “skinny” person that the world thinks I should be and focus on the person God wants me to be!!
Lysa,
I have struggled with my weight for 20 years. I just keep getting bigger. My husband left me for another woman two days before Thanksgiving. I had been with this man for 27 years. My weight ruined my marriage. He finally told me it was my weight and that I needed to get some self respect. That was extremely painful to hear coming from a man I thought would always love me. I was humiliated, but also it stuck. I have lost self respect. He was partially responsible for that. I believe being married to a salesman for over 22 years I turned to food for comfort and company because he was gone so much. It is time I gain my self respect back. In 2015, my prayer is that I can love me as much as God does. I pray that I can feel renewed both physically and spiritually. I want to be the best me I can be, not for my husband, because he is gone, but for ME!
i need a heart unsettling as respects this temple. Like you, I’ve battled this for years, yo yo dieting, loosing only to gain back again. I felt hopeless until I read your prayer. Thank you.
My prayer for the upcoming year would be for me to be a more supportive and caring wife, realizing that my body is not just my temple, but ours, as my husband and I are one. Our family may be having difficult times this year with choices that I may not always understand or agree with, but ultimately my husband is a godly man and the head of the household. As a child of divorce, my first instinct is to retaliate first, listen later, but after 22 years of marriage you would think I would have learned by now. I pray to be teachable both from God and my husband, and finally I pray that I can overcome my dependency on food and ‘stuff.’
I pray for compassion and love– for all of us.
My prayer is to worry less and trust more. Amen
i pray for a year of good changes – a better job for my husband for the one he just lost, to be able to do better financially, to loose weight and a closer walk with God.
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awesome post and prayer! I’ve been looking for a way to put my journey for 2015 into words, so I’m eternally grateful for this blog post. My prayer request for 2015 is simply a greater sense of discipline in EVERY area of my life. Not just with my plate, but in my goals, in my work, in my TIME MANAGEMENT! I have so many things I know the Lord is calling me to…but I’ll never get there without the appropriate discipline.
P. S. Love, love, love your ministry!
Unsettle me, too Lord! Thanks Lysa!
When I read your intro it was like I had written myself. Dear Father I too ask to be unsettled. Give me courage and strength to make better choices, to follow through and to draw closer to You! Amen!
As I’m starting a new year and about thave a milestone birthday, I want so badly to lose weight and get fit. I’d like to be able to look in a mirror instead of avoiding every mirror possible. Both of my children got married in 2014. I know grandchildren will be coming and I want to not only be here for them, I want to be active doing things with them and celebrating life with them. I intend to use your book as inspiration and encouragement wether I win it or if I purchase it.
Lord, let this year be different. I am too tired of losing this battle to make any resolutions. I can only make a change with your strength and not my own.
Thank you for sharing! 4 years ago my husband and I adopted a little boy from Russia. My prayer this year is to love him the way Jesus loves me. It has been a struggle every day and I want this year to be our turn around year.
Dear Lord,
I want You to completely be the Lord of all aspects of my life. You created me and know all of the immunodeficiencies I am dealing with. I trust you for physical, spiritual, and emotional healing.
I pray that I will keep a grateful attitude and show my appreciation to Him by taking great care of all He has blessed me with.
my prayer for 2015 is a difficult one. I don’t know where to start or what to say. I am having trouble praying for myself and really need other to intercede and pray on my behalf. Please. I guess that’s my prayer. If anyone reads this, please pray for me.
Inspiring words and prayer. I would love to share this book with a dear friend. Thank you!
I already feel so unsettled by the events that changed my life last year, but I long to be changed by God. I need him to insettle me in good way this year so I can be all that he called me to be. You see I moved countries with my husband in Oct 2013 in what I believed was a ‘yes’ to God, but there were visa complications and my husband had to return to England and was gone for 4 months. When he returned, he told me he had changed and no longer had feelings for me and left me & my 2 young children… It’s been a devastating year, but God has been so good and surrounded me by the most amazing and supportive people. I believe my mess will be my message (as much as I sometimes wish it wasn’t) some days are much tougher than others. I want 2015 to be a year of good unsettling/change, healing, breakthrough and a deeper understanding of His TRUTH not the worlds!! Thank you Lysa 🙂
Loved your blogpost. I too, want to be more obedient, take up my Cross and be more like Christ everyday. In turn, I can be a better wife, mother, daughter, and body of Christ. Thank you for sharing!
Help Lord! I need You, You are more than enough and I want my hunger and thirst to be after You!!! I love You and I need You more than any one or any thing else in this world.
My desire isn’t to be skinny, but fat amd full of Jesus like I was a few years back when he freed me from alcohol and all that that entails. His grace was sufficient for me then and I know His grace is sufficient for me now in my need to be free from food addiction. My goal this year is 50 pounds loss. I need prayer and a sound mind with all the love and power He provides. <3
Loved this!
Wow. So good. The last five years I’ve struggled with daily anxiety. What once was an everyday thing for me, health and excersice, I allowed anxiety to rob me of it. I’ve put on over 30lbs and I have beat myself up over it for so long. I would start a program and then stop and feel guilty. I declare that this is my year. My year to claim my health back. I believe God has healed me from anxiety. Now, I need to step up and get healthy so I can be the godly women God created me to be. I will do this with Gods help. I won’t be hard on myself. I will take it one day at a time. I won’t beat myself up. I won’t compare myself to the me that was before the anxiety hit. I will focus on Gods love for me.
Lord I thank you for Lysa and the wisdom you have delivered through her to others. Lord please let this be a year of breakthroughs for me. Breakthroughs of passed old habits that seem to haunt me. Lord I pray that I see through your eyes what you have in store for me. Please give me wisdom, endurance, strength, and hope to conquer the things that have brought me to where I am at today. I thank you that you are renewing my vision and guiding my steps to a healthier lifestyle. Help me Lord to make right choices in eating and drinking. Help me Lord to crave water and not coffee. Thank you Lord. I love you Lord and thank you for Lysa and her success lifestyle. Renew my mind and let the words of my mouth and that I put in it be acceptable to you and healthy for me. AMEN!!!
Lord, help me be content where I need to be and shaken where I need to change!
My prayer for the year is to love. Unconditionally, regardless of circumstances. Trying to start with myself, so that I may share it with others.
Lysa, what an inspiration this prayer is to me. Its taken me 52 years to realize I can be a grown up. I lack confidence which if I think hard about it shows me my lack of faith. Bring it to the Lord i know but its the fear he may shake me so hard I will not like it. Holds me at bay sometimes. Wow that’s a hard one. I want to be so faithful to him. Thank you so much for sharing this! I hope to read your book.
My word for 2015 is grace. Not really thinking it would would directly apply to me & my self image until reading your post. I had more of the outward relationship with others mind. The thought of success being possible scares the living day lights out of me & gives me a small grain of hope all at the same time. God help me to believe in who you say I am & take care of the vessel you gave me once again! To run to your word & not food.
would love to have a copy…thank you
Lysa, Thanks! That spoke straight to my heart. I’m so weary of the yo-yo.
Lord, Fill up my empty spots with only You because the filler I so often reach for leaves me only hollow. You are my strength. Amen.
I want to focus less on news, events, and social media and more on God and his Spirit.
I have no great words other than I need God more and more and know that my health is failing and I’m only 42! I do wish everyone success through Jesus’ spirit for every thing! Much love and peace
My prayer for this year is for Jesus to help me stop making excuses and to put myself on my list of things to do. I need him to guide me and encourage me to know that taking care of myself is not selfish. thank you
Lord I surrender to Your ways. I will stop running from You to avoid the pain. I will let you heal the wound. Trusting only You for the solutions.
I’m really struggling and would love to read your book.
as I read this it was like you were speaking from my heart. I need to be, want to be unsettled. I want to be who God created me to be.
Lysa, thank you for your honesty and transparency in your writing. Your book Unglued really spoke to me and I feel Made to Crave would also. Please don’t stop putting the truth out there for us…even when it is hard for us to accept!
There are immense joy in obeying our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lord I need my life to revolve around you. I need to talk with you in, my head, not to myself. As I eat I need to be conscious of the beauty of how You created my body in such splendor. And enjoy the the food without shame. Help me to focus on You and and the gift not on myself and my guilt, shame, fear. Please place avenues and people in my life to idolize You more and food be appreciated for what you created it to be verses what I use it for. Thank you Lord.
My prayer is to walk deeper with my Lord…to cut the excuses and lack of effort in giving Him ALL of me. I want to be a living vessel for Him but I must surrender the one thing that has held me in bondage…pride. Good thing I’m in the midst of Beth Moores study Breaking Free.
Dear Father – please help me to put you first in my life and keep you there! Help me remember to eat to live and to treat my body as your temple. Amen!
Abba, Father, I want to embark on this journey starting now; I’ve tried following this journey alone and I have failed over and over. I ask in faith for you to walk with me for I know I cannot fail. Amen and amen.
Lord, take my life, every part of it, and use it to your glory. Change my habits and make them ones that reflect you and who you are in me. When I get bogged down with the busy-ness of life, remind me of the reason I seek to change and place within me a desire to give you my whole life.
My prayer is that God would help me to see myself as he sees me. Help me to do what know what he desires for me to do this year. Amen
Dearest Father, please empty me of me and fill me to overflowing with Your Spirit. Open the eyes and ears of my soul to hear and see only Your Word. thank you Lord
I love your transparency! My prayer for 2015 is that God shakes things up! 2014 was kind of blah as far as my walk with Jesus and I’m ready for some adventure with Jesus in all areas of my life from finances to relationships. Shake me up JESUS!
Thank you for sharing this prayer, Lisa. It really resonated with me and I felt like you were speaking exactly how I’ve been feeling, but you were able to take it one step further to an amazingly profound yet simple prayer, Lord, unsettle me. I will take your words and actions to heart and pray this same thing for my life. My prayer, my desire is to follow Christ and live out His will for me; to be the woman He created me to be and not be settled in lies, compromises and discouragement.
I am so encouraged by this! My friend and I were just talking about this and I she shared your link with me on Facebook. I am 35 and have shared the same struggle all of my life. My friend and I were just saying how we have both gained a lot of weight over the last year (due to grief, stress, and huge life changes) and how we both agreed that we needed to really begin to receive God’s love on the level He intends us to in order that no obstacle or situation changes blows us off course. I know that God wants us to be so settled in in that nothing can change our mind about our identity, not even weight or loss of relationships, or failure. I would really love a signed copy of your book…I can’t wait to dig in and get started.
My prayer…adoration for Him
Precious Lord, I pray as Lisa did. Unsettle me!!! As I retire this year, that my latter years be more fruitful than my former — Unhealthy weight being a major hurdle. I surrender all my plans and my desires to your perfect will. May this year bring me to a place of strength in you; with disciplined commitment to do what I know I should do, but need The Holy Spirit’s assistance to accomplish; and total acceptance and obedience to ALL you call me to. I believe you Lord; I trust you Lord; and I Love you Lord! Be glorified in me. In Jesus’ name I pray — Amen!
my prayer is that I win this battle and can finally let go of my fears to begin to eat healthy and exercise and get my body healthy. I want to live God more and myself more than the good I eat
Hi Lysa,
Thank you for your timely word…it resonated so deep in my soul. My prayer to the Lord, “Unsettle me. Help me to lead and live a healthy life. May my destructive eating habits which have been formed due to lack of food be broken. I ask this is Jesus’ sweet Name.”
My prayer is for God to shape me mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically into the person (large or small) that He created me to me. I am here to serve Him.
My prayer is to begin again, to make my weary soul begin again. I pray for my “want to” to fire up, to not look in the mirror defeated before I even start. I pray for strength to look to my Father, and not the mirror and rely on His strength.
Dear God,
I really need your strength in overcoming my addictions. These cravings have become a dominant force in my life. I need your love to unchain me from this prison I have created. Please surround me w/ your love and guidance to help me fight these great temptations. Give me the strength so that I can win this battle. I know w/ you everything is possible!
I so need your Love & Support
your grateful daughter, Amen
thank you.
Lord, I need your truth to resound within me and lead me to the fullest life you have for me. May you give me strength when mine fails and show me the depth of your love for me. Please allow this realization to bring me into closer fellowship and dependence on you.
That my heart could accept the truth that my body is His temple-His dwelling place.
for peace and guidance. 2014 was very unsettling and we are in the process of making a huge move and I am returning to work. I need guidance and peace his will guides my decisions
I need a fresh start. Just said goodbye to family. I don’t like goodbyes. What do I do with this sadness..this resisting of the way things are in so many areas.i am discontented.Lord cleanse me and forgive me for turning to food for distraction and comfort. Food did not come through for me but turned on me. Teach me a better way of dealing with life. Jesus you are the Way, show me the way now.bring Your order to my thoughts and emotions and decisions. Be my satisfaction.
Lord I HAVE been craving YOU, not food or exercise, or even a return of my good health, but I want YOU. You gave me s vision & I’ve backburnered it for SO long. I need YOU – I need you to direct me this year, inspire me, open the doors, & move the mountains. You told me this would happen & I KNOW it will; early on I pushed it & was so discouraged when it didn’t come to fruition, but I DID hear You say in MY time not yours. With my MS taking my professional life away I believe that You are now saying “it is time, let’s get to work.” I can admit I am scared – I know YOU will make a way where I see NO way so I’m simply asking You to lead me on this GLORIOUS adventure & show me Your Greatness. In Jesus Name, Amen
Wow, this is where I am now. I used to be slim but have piled on the pounds. Lost all my will power to be fit and healthy.
It’s the new year and God is helping me to be strong. My prayer this year is for my husband mostly. We are both
trying to get fit and healthy, leaning on each other for support.
Yes Lord, Unsettle my heart!! Please Lord, I know I’m made for so much more than this constant battle.
My prayer is to not give up.I can finish!
Ps 63:5 You satisfy more that the richest of foods, I will praise You with songs of joy.
Lisa, I have just recently lost 50 lbs and don’t want to go back to where I was in 2014 and in the past. For years I was told I had to get the weight off but wouldn’t hear of it. This past year I have been studying the word more and relying on God’s message for me. I even got on my bicycle that was given to me as a mother’s day gift; best gift ever now! I got to spend more time soaking up God’s creation while exercising! It made the pounds come off so much easier. My prayer for 2015 is to have a deeper relationship with God.
My prayer is to not pray for settled but instead I pray for unsettled to help fulfill my cravings to know the Lord deeper than I ever have before.
One of my prayers is my 12 yr old daughter sees her beauty not her weight, that she is shown the light to her true self not a imagine, with proper guidness & love & compassion she is successful not harmful that she learns to understand food is okay and bodies are different that her own ” family ” stops being hateful & whispers hurtful things she can hear – that I can better understand her struggle &;hold her hand
Dear sweet Jesus, praying this year I focus on you less on me as a balance the role of motherhood for the first time. You are my shield and my protector and allow me to find your strength hidden in my heart.
I pray my soul will know I’m loved perfectly by a God who is indeed my literal help for wholeness in this area. That I’ll have the courage to walk these changes out. Oh please, dear God, help me.
Yes. Amen. Thank you Jesus for what you are doing.
I love this! I will think upon and pray that the Lord “unsettle me” in many areas of my life. I also pray that he helps me to get to my goals. Without the Homy spirit’s help, I can do nothing.
my prayer…to be unsettled as well. I’ve never thought of it that way. Thank you for being able to pour into words that thing my soul was crying out to be heard.
Lord you know my struggles, the desires of my heart, & my broken heart. I am praying 2015 will be a year that my struggles turn into victories, the desires of my heart come to life, and my broken heart will be mended! Unsettle me Lord!
im trying so hard, but I keep failing. Loss of my daughter, keeps me from positive thinking. Thank you God for giving me people like Lysa to enforce my faith and give me positive vibes. Currently I am on a 21 day no junk food fast. God bless
Thank you for sharing this prayer. I needed to hear this today!
Thank you Lisa with God there is always hope. I am recalling the Bible words If ye by my spirit do mortify the deeds of the body…… it has to be by his Spirit
This is a scary prayer for me right now, but I know it’s what is needed.
Dear Lord, thank you for the wisdom you have given Lysa and others placed in my path as they share your love. I pray that as this new year begins I will see myself as You see me. Guide me to continue to make healthy lifestyle choices and to put You in the forefront of everything I do. In Your precious name I pray, amen.
My one word: DETERMINED
Help me Lord
To surrender all!
Halo, kindly give me one of the copies if possible please. I would love to read more
My prayer is for me to TRUST in God’s perfect love to TRANSFORM me in all areas that I may become a NEW creation.
Thank you for your words, willingness, and obedience. I have struggled and yoyoed with my weight for years. But I look forward to living a life unsettled.
Unsettle me, Dear Lord.
Lysa’s words capture my very heart. I love God with all that I am. Yet, I continue to struggle in this area of my life. I am 61 years old and still filled with wonder on seeing His Kingdom reign on earth as it is in heaven. Lord, let it begin in me! I desire real change in my inner man. Unsettle me, Dear Lord!
Lysa,
Your words spoke deeply to me this morning. Unsettle me will be my 2015 prayer. And would you please take a moment and pray that for me too.
Thank you~
About the” if that’s all the bad than I’m doing OK” line. EXACTLY!! 35 lbs to get to ideal weight isn’t that bad, most people would love that problem. Its the compromise, that’s what I never saw before…thank you. I hear you on the radio sometimes too & share with my teen girls class. I’ll be praying on my compromises.
Lord, unsettle me in ways that shake my whole existence and shape my whole being into a closer relationship with You. I am no longer my own, but Yours. Take me into a deeper understanding of Your love for me, so that I may learn to love myself. I commit to You a heart for service and furthering Your kingdom here on earth.
Hi Lysa,
My prayer is to walk closer with God because He will not disappoint me and will always be there with me and for me. .I want to really know who I am in Christ so I will love myself more and treat my soul and body like a temple that it is.
Thank you for continuing to bless us with your words of wisdom Lysa!!
Lord, I pray for strength to overcome my temptations, to feel your love for me in my failures and when I fall short of your desires for me. I pray for people in my life who will encourage me to succeed and to come alongside me in my journey. I pray for you to be with me on the long road ahead, challenging me and encouraging me to not give up. I can do all things through YOU, not on my own. Thank you Lord!!
I want God to be my ALL!
My prayer for 2015 is that I will be broken to love others more deeply, be more courageous with my love for Him and to share His sweet and gracious love with others more freely.
my prayer is for balance. i get so stressed by every.little.thing and food is just another part of that. i work out, i eat right and then i have these moments of panic that i might reach a goal and all heck breaks loose. i don’t understand and i have considered counseling but i want The Lord to intervene and to show me His way to reach balance with work and home and food and feeling adequate and whole. this is my year. i command it in the name of Jesus!
This past year has been so difficult. After having a 3rd surgery in April to my foot (in 2 yrs), I’ve struggled with pain from nerve damage, RSD (a severe uncurable nerve disorder). After my surgery, my husband s r uggled with an addiction with pain medications that turned into methamphetamines. All of this with 2 young children (4 and 2). It has been such a struggle this past year. My husband finally agreed to get help, and he did at UTurn for Christ. When he came home, he was on fire for the Lord and it was amazing to see the turn around, but during all of this, I was found cleaning up his mess, while trying to care for my 2 sweet little ones, while dealing with my excruciating pain everyday (still in a boot, still in crutches) . I don’t mean this to be a pity party, but was HARD. I was and still have not been able deal with or get help with all the trauma that bruised my life.
Father, I ask may Your will be done in my life. I pray for You to empty me, to empty everything out, so I can start anew, so I can be healthy, so I can be the mama my girls deserve and the wife my husband needs support from too. But first God, I need you to empty me. In Jesus Christs’ Name I pray. AMEN
Lord I surrender! Help me Lord!
I’ve been in a church class with MADE TO CRAVE and have lost 50 lbs and feel south better. Last week , I learned there is a mass on my left kidney and it may be cancer. Prayers for great news from the specialist (I have to wait three weeks)! Thanks for your encouraging words!
He has told me recently, Lisa you take those first steps and I will do the rest. So I am doing just that. I am surrendering my soft drinks to Him and getting back into exercise. I have to trust him with all the rest. My prayer, is simply Help Lord, I can not do it in my own strength.amen
Your words are always so timely and so “on the mark”. I love that you speak in a way that we can all relate on an every day kind of level with practical and spiritual advice!
Praying over my “one word” for this year!
My prayer for 2015 is to make God the priority in my life, not my weightloss efforts. I pray for guidance and direction and reproof. I want John 10:10 to be the light that shines from me. God’s Blessings on your ministry, it helps so very much!
“unsettle me”
I’m in awe. That is simple and profound. That will be my 2015 prayer. Thank you, so much.
Lord, I simply pray your will and your way in my life. I surrender all.
Thanks for sharing & being real because we are all struggling with this constant weight loss battle. Satan does the tempting & we can either give in or fight the good fight & remember who is the One living in us that is greater! We should all say daily “I will not allow Satan to rob a victory that is mine”! So my prayer for 2015: God use me for your Glory & help me be a healthy living vessel for you. Give me the strength daily to use my body as your temple.
Lord, unsettle me. Make me into the woman you have purposed me for. Give me a listening and hearing heart for you.
Unsettle me too!!! I’m way too comfortable in my own fat skin and mundane life. Take my heart, peel every layer away and unsettle the core!
Rock it girl. Awesome!
My prayer is that God will help me conquer my personal battle with food and weight so that I can concentrate on my family, instead of myself. To raise my boys with loving words about myself instead of the negativity they hear.
Oh how this post hit a nerve! I would love to received this book as a set towards readjusting my thoughts! Thank you for the opportunity!
Lord, you know my goals for 2015. More importantly, you know your plans for me this year. I pray you will help me to be more obedient, more loving, more focused on your work and my health, more personal, and more real. Because I know you love me, I thank you now, in advance, for that help this year. I love and adore you, and desire to serve you forever. Amen.
Lifelong battle with weight and my view of myself. Always fighting with what others think of me and how I look. Lost 40# 2 years ago, gained 25 back. Lost 15 now again. 50 more to go. Affects my marriage. Always thought my husband was just shallow. But I realize whether he is or not, I am the one that has to answer to God if I obeyed Him and if I cared for this temple that is my body He lives in. But motivation and commitment still leave with sweets around.
This has been just what I needed this morning. This will be included in my prayer each morning. Thank you, Lysa!!
Lysa,you amaze me! Your words are so perfect! I need to be unsettled this year in several areas of my life! I am ready! I am praying your prayer as it fits my life perfectly right now!!
I have never felt I belong any where. My heavenly father is how I make it every day. I know he loves me and he takes care of me but I want to be more for him. I am a wounded soul! I eat to live. I really liked what you said about how you felt. I am goig to read it again it …thank you for sharing as I am not sure I ever heard anybody ever say that before. Wounded Soul.
That I will be a more attentive mother and read more stories to my two sons.
Unsettle me Lord!
Just copied and pasted your prayer! Thank you.
Going to get your book, I’m hopeful it will be the key on getting me pointed in the right direction…permanently!
Lisa, I love your writings. I ordered your book last year but got something like a workbook instead. I have struggled with my weight all my life. This year I am determined to overcome these challenges.
My prayer is for God to strengthen and guide me each day to face a world of temptations. It is through Him alone, that I can win this battle.
love this post! Enjoying the best yes. My husband got it for me for Christmas. Looking forward to reading more of your books!
I won the battle over losing the weight to be in a healthy range now and have kept it off. Unfortunately my motivator seems to be from guilt,fear and vanity and not in honoring God. That’s my prayer for God to make me need Him and desire Him like I need good and water in all areas of my life. But in the health and fitness area I want to physically be my best but it not become my God over the One True God! I want Him to be my reason for EVERYTHING I do! Lord please guide me!
I really needed to read this. I have had the same struggle. Thank you for your words of encouragement and your prayer.
Dear Lord, Help me be the person you made me to be. Don’t let me lie to myself or others trying to be better “perfect” or dicouraged and settle for less than your great plan for me. Although while I do this may it all be for your glory and to show your amazing grace. Amen.
Dear Lord, I want less. This is what is on my heart. I want less if me and more of you. I want less stuff and more love. I want less surface and more depth. I want sincerity and real, not fast food and fake. Even as I type this Lord, it scared me to ask for less. The ham in me thinks you will take away the wrong things. Lord you have me a season of trust; and I know you are worthy of my trust and my praise. So Lord, this year I want less, world and stuff and more you and the fruits of your spirit. I love you father God, I am trusting in you provision and your help to make me less.
Dear Lord, Help me be the person you made me to be. Don’t let me lie to myself or others trying to be better or “perfect” . Or dicouraged and settle for less than your great plan for me. While I do this may it all be for your glory and to show your amazing grace. Amen.
Lord please help me know that you are enough
It wasn’t by chance that I happened to see this post. Sounds way too familiar. Lord, I am so tired of praying for the same thing. I am so tired of feeling defeated. I know that You are Victor. Help me to understand my worth and how much You love me. I want to want this for Your glory and not my own. Forgive me for being unwilling to want Your will for me due to fear of what that may mean. Your will is good, pleasing and perfect. Help me not to conform to the pattern of this world but to be transformed by the renewing of my mind. Only You will be able to achieve that miracle. Burn Your promises into my heart so that I am not so easily led astray. Lord, I am just. so. tired.
My prayer for this year is to be intentional in all I do. I want to intentionally read the Word each morning. I want to intentionally show grace to my boys. I want to intentionally smile.
God, I want more of you. Unsettle my life to the point where only time with you satisfies me.
Prune me Lord! Cut off the parts of me that do not bring you glory, shape me into the best version of me as I exist as a reflection of you! I want to feel fuller, deeper and more overflowing with you this year…and from here on out. In Jesus’ name, amen.
I feel so alone. I need a friend. I have become so lost my journey. Society is so judgmental that honesty is lost. This year I want to find my way back.
I am asking God to help me be the BEST I can be through Him <3 <3
To me, January is probably the month in which the word “crave” is most used. We make resolutions and commitments to fast, lose weight, exercise, & do more for others instead of doing so much for ourselves. However, that leads us to an immediate “craving” of what we have decided to deny ourselves. Psalm 105:4 tells us to “crave” the Lord. The Amplified Version states ”Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibiity to temptation): seek and require His face and His presence (continually) evermore.” May we crave Him, His strength, His face and His Presence in all things this year. I am confident that His faithfulness to watch over His word to perform it will bring about the changes we desire.
Just a thought from my heart to yours…Brenda
I am soooo unsettled with my body. There is history of diabetes in my family. I don’t want that. I am such an emotional eater. I have two beautiful healthy young children I want to set an example for and I struggle every day. My prayer is that God can help me stay focused on the goal I have. That I can be a good example for my children. That I can feel better so I can play with them and do the things they like to do an. Not be “too tired”. I pray that God will help me to control the things that go into my mouth. I trust him and I want to feel better for myself and my family!
I cannot wait to read your book on this. I struggle with weight and have for years. I’m tired of beating myself up- I would never say to someone, what I say to myself! Looking for freedom in Christ through losing some weight this year. I know that this is a spiritual battle for me. Thanks for sharing, Lysa, and for providing this book to help others, like myself!
So often I feel as if everyone around me has it all together and I am the ‘messed up’ one! This year my commitment to myself is to be content with who I am, to be content in the woman GOD wants me to be. Which means I will soon be content in myself! GOD BLESS!!
This inspired me so much. You have no idea how much I needed to read this today. When you are at the bottom the only way to climb is up! I want 2015 to be a change for me in many areas of my life I am currently struggling in! Thanks for blessing me! Would love to have a copy for myself. Bless you!
My 2014 going into 2015 prayer is to be completely emotionally healed and free of manic depression. To be the Woman & Wife God wants me to be, no limits or fears holding me back. I’m so ready to move forward but in need of strength and wisdom to do it. To Love God the way HE deserves to be loved, unconditionally, with All my being. To rise up to whatever comes my way with a new and fresh perspective. A change in me that will testify to others Gods greatness. Thank you Lisa for your obedience to God and being such an encouragement to All of Us.
After just having a baby and struggling to find confidence again, this is what I needed to read. I just had my second baby and with my first it took me over a year to lose the weight. A joyous time of a new baby was tainted by my self disgust. I do not want to go down that road again, but have been struggling with how to overcome my thoughts and feelings toward my body. I pray that God gives me strength and courage to take control of what goes in my mouth and to not let it have a hold on me! My pattern is to try really hard for a while and when I mess up or go off track, tell myself
It’s a lost cause anyway and I’m just destined to be fat. Not this year…not this time!
I fell awful all the time!! The negative things I say to myself are just awful! I would never let anyone else say this to me! Reading your post woke something in me hearing your struggle sounded like me. I’m thinking what I need is this. Not going to lie money is tight but if I don’t win a copy I will check out our church library as well as the public library. Thank you for unsettling me!
I’ve battled something my whole life and have prayed every prayer I can muster up the strength to pray, only to end up at the bottom of the barrel of defeat every time. Very recently I broke down and told The Lord I can’t fight this anymore. I give it all to You. I surrendered all my negative and condemning inward chatter and begged Him to help me rest in knowing that the battle is His. This will not be an easy journey but I’m so ready to taste, dance and bask in victory. I told The Lord – no matter what it takes – my life and body and all that is within me are His to break, remold, and reshape; one moment, one thought at a time.
I’ve battled something my whole life and have prayed every prayer I can muster up the strength to pray, only to end up at the bottom of the barrel of defeat every time. Very recently I broke down and told The Lord I can’t fight this anymore. I give it all to You. I surrendered all my negative and condemning inward chatter and begged Him to help me rest in knowing that the battle is His. This will not be an easy journey but I’m so ready to taste, dance and bask in victory. I told The Lord – no matter what it takes – my life and body and all that is within me are His to break, remold, and reshape; one moment, one thought at a time.
Lisa the timing of this was perfect for me. I too have been one of those people who has struggled my entire adult life with my weight. My 5’6 frame does not appreciate the extra 50 lbs. that continuously wants to cling to it. The cellulite hanging on my legs and butt are all too happy with the home they’ve found and fight viciously to stay there. After a recent series of visits to my Dr’s. office, I was slapped in the face with a 5 lb. weight gain over the course of 3 weeks, I was angry. How is this possible? I had been consciously working on cleaning up my eating habits, once again eliminating everything bad I could possibly think of. It wasn’t enough. I needed to get back in to the gym. On the Tuesday before Christmas I joined the YMCA. I work out daily, focusing on cardio exercises like the bike, treadmill and cross-trainer machines. The only days I haven’t worked out were Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Sunday’s. I started tracking my food intake and exercise using an app. on my phone. Every day the app. tells me I’m not eating enough. At the end of the 2nd week, which would be the Friday after New Year’s day, I got on the scale. Surely I had to be down at least 5 lbs. by now. As I flicked the little weight forward more and more, the anger started welling up in me. You’ve got to be kidding me was all I could think. I had lost NO weight. The scale read the exact same thing it did when I started. Shock, horror and then anger settled over me like a giant cloud. I was furious. I think I was in shock, because I couldn’t cry. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream. I was numb. All I could do when I got home was cry out to God and ask “why?”. Surely your plan for my life can’t include me being 50 lbs. overweight and hating myself. I know you want me to be happy. All I ask is that I have a healthy body and this excess weight is NOT healthy. I am unsettled, you’ve shaken me, I am awake and paying attention. God please pick up these pieces and put me back together the way You intended me to be.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this.
pray for God to unsettle me.
I’m prayer is that God helps me to be consistent in the area in my life. I ask for healing so I can exercise and that He gives me the will to keep going and not feel defeated.
Heavenly Father, I pray that you would pull me in closer to you and your heart. That I would be wrecked in your name. All my ideas of weight loss and healthy. Lord, give me a new perspective in your name. And I pray that even through this long journey I would give you all the glory and I would continue to hide your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. You are the same yesterday, today, and forever. I pray all of these things in your beautiful, righteous, and wonderful name, Amen ❤️
Thank you Jesus for people like Lisa, whose writings are hers, but they reach out and hug so many other people where they’re at. Amen
God bless you in 2015
Thanks Lysa! My prayer for 2015 is that God would change me. I turn 40 this year and it’s time to be the woman God wants me to be.
Thanks for your openness. We lost our oldest son this past year and the grief has just added to eating struggles for my husband and myself. We both need to make changes to become healthy.
Unsettle me!
2014 was a year of praying ‘scary’ prayers. I am starting this year off the same. I join others in praying “Lord, unsettle me.”
My prayer for the New Year is to direct me and use me to fulfill his works. May I be open and willing to your calling Lord. Amen. I have fought for the last 30 yrs with weight issues. I have had success, but no lasting results.
Thank you for your word. So many of us struggle with this issue. Your reminder to a dependence on God is needed by us all. Thanks
Lord unsettle me, praying for all of us who have a continuous battle with weight.
My prayer is to allow God to help me be open to his unconditional love and give me the wisdom to see myself as god sees me.
My prayer is to become completely dependent on my King and to fully realize that all things are out of my control and in his; and know within my heart that’s a good thing.
Thank you for this inspiring post!
Thank you Lisa for this article.
I found it particularly encouraging as God is leading me away the day to day management of a non profit I founded so I can focus on my family and me. I find myself compelled to do for others…if there is a need and I have the resources to fix it, I’m at the front of the line volunteering. But that leaves me eating fast food since I sacrificed the time I would have had for a home cooked meal at home.
So while I love the “unsettle me” prayer and will certainly adopt it. I will also look for God’s prompting for me to be more content and settled in the day to day and learn to say “no” to good things so I can focus on the GREAT and lasting things! So I am starting 2015 reading “The Best Yes” and look forward to finding that balance between service and exhaustion.
May the Lord richly bless you in 2015!
My prayer is simply to focus on God more and myself less.
Your words “Unsettle Me” have resonated deeply within my soul. Lord,today you have shown me things in my life that have unsettled within me. Lord,I can not move on or move forward with out YOU! My heart hurts and yearns for the things that you know I am struggling with in my life right now. I must follow in faith,because you have asked me to. In Your son’s loving name,Jesus Christ. Amen!
My prayer for 2015 is that God will show me what I should be and what I should pursue. My goals have always been my own. This year I give them to Him so I can be in His will, not my own.
My prayer is for the healing of my “want to”. I desire to be healthy, to lose weight, but my soul is so weary…. down to the marrow. I am coming from a place of defeat and even my want to is exshasted. I pray for the ability to stop using my strength and start relying on His.
Lord, teach me your ways! Running from myself since my husband left me 37 years ago for a younger woman! The comment “When you reach 180 lbs I am gone” has haunted me all these years! Lord please help me to lose the weight because I need too not because of that comment!
my prayer this year is for Jesus to break me, so I can be filled with Him,
My prayer is that God will instill within me an abundance of self-control so that I may set a better example to my four teenagers on how to take care of His temple.
You’re so inspiring Lysa. God bless you.
Dear Lord,
Give me the strength of faith [Matthew 17;20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”]. For in You, I will find the peace, love, joy, hope and happiness that I seek.
Amen
Lord, I too hunger for you to unsettle me. Break into my world, this “safe place” I’ve lied myself into lingering. Lord, help me to find my joy in you, and you alone. Help me to settle for nothing but your love for me, and help me to see that your love is enough. Help me to be able to say that I will praise you, even if I never have another child, even if I suffer more miscarriages, and MEAN IT. Help me to see with your eyes. Help me to love you more.
Thank you Lysa, for your words. It seems they always resonate with me. May you be blessed.
My prayer is to live a life of purpose. I want for my time here on Earth to be on purpose to please God. This includes taking better care of myself. As a mother, wife, & teacher I never have any issues putting others first. I now know that in order for me to be there for everyone else I need to live a healthier life.
“Well, that’s just how I am. And if that’s all the bad that’s in me, I’m doing pretty good.” This really struck a cord in me. I have justified that piece of candy, that 2nd or 3rd glass of sweet tea, that 2nd helping of casserole by that kind of thinking. I don’t smoke, drink, do drugs, beat my kids (or husband), so if this is my “vice” that’s not too bad, right? Who am I worshipping/serving? How am I serving the One who created me? Am I seeing myself through His eyes? These are all questions that I need to consider. Thank you Lysa for your honesty, for the struggle that you share with us, may God continue to use you to bless many!
I have dealt with weight issues most of my life. It’s amazing how “helpful” people think they can tell even a stranger how losing weight is a good thing to do.
I thank you Lysa. I have been struggling with quitting smoking for years. I can go to the women’s retreat with the ladies from church and not smoke, but as soon as I come home I start to crave smoking, making the excuse that it settles my nerves. Today I prayed for God to unsettle me!
My prayer is to fix my eyes on Jesus and dwell in his love and grace.
I pray for deliverance from addictions to I can be a better mother and wife
I too have a weight problem and have all my life been about 40 pounds overweight. It seems like no matter what I do, I cannot shed that weight and keep it off. My prayer is that 2015 will be the year.
You are so inspiring! My struggle with weight feels endless. My resolution is to be unsettled.
Lord,
Give me hope for Your glory and kingdom purpose.
My trust is in You.
I have battled my weight all my life. Always looking for answers. Even now that I know the one who has all the answers.
I am dealing with this situation in my life now. Thank you for the sweet words of encouragement! I will definitely be looking your book up. God Bless.
I have lost weight several times in my adult live. But when LIFE gets stressed, I fail to stay with good eating and to on a schedule with exercise. I committed to start this week and pray more when I am tempted to fall off. Would love to read your book to have new insight.
I finished up treatment for breast cancer for the 3rd time in 3 years Jan 13, 2014. This week I have 3rd check since then to see if the cancer is still gone and to see if we can start reconstruction this year. So I am praying for 2 different things for this year- 1 that my cancer is finally gone so that myself and my family can move forward and 2 that I can start feeling like a woman again with reconstruction and that surgery/recovery isn’t too hard on my family and myself. That is all I want for this year.
I finished up treatment for breast cancer for the 3rd time in 3 years ago Jan 13, 2014. This week I have 3rd check since then to see if the cancer is still gone and to see if we can start reconstruction this year. So I am praying for 2 different things for this year- 1 that my cancer is finally gone so that myself and my family can move forward and 2 that I can start feeling like a woman again with reconstruction and that surgery/recovery isn’t too hard on my family and myself. That is all I want for this year.
total surrender to God is my prayer.
unleash your power that is at work in me…
No more playing safe. No more living quietly. No more fear. His power. In me…
I want to be “better” this year. I want to be better with my quiet time with The Lord. I want to feel better about the way I look. I want to do better with our finances. I want to be a better example to my children.
my prayer for 2015 is to be more secure in who God made me but to learn to be healthier because it is also His desire for me
Unsettle me!
Thank you for this it meant a lot to me. I don’t feel so alone reading your words. God bless you!
I pray for discipline and purpose to be my words of focus this year – in all areas of my life. My daddy moved to heaven Dec. 6, 2014 so this year will be a year of firsts and I want to approach each one with discipline and purpose.
It’s amazing how God knows exactly the prayers that we need, and the words we need to hear at just the right time. My prayer for 2015, is to grow deeper in my walk with the Lord and I want this to be the year that my life is transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit living and dwelling in me daily. No room for Satan’s attacks and lies any longer. The Lord is my strength, he is my victor in all things. Amen.
My prayer is to die to myself, my fears and people. To live completely free in Jesus.
I am looking to God to help me resolve my issues with my weight and self image. I’m getting married in June and want to carry a healthy lifestyle and mindset into our marriage.
My prayer for this year is “Lord, give me the desire to draw closer to you & the desire to live a healthy lifestyle.”
I have had a lifelong battle with my weight. As a pastor’s wife and Christian, I know that God does not intend me to be unhealthy and over weight. I know it and believe it, but just can’t seem to claim it! I just lucked into finding you on Facebook and have gained o much strength from your postings. It was definitely a “God thing!”
my prayer for 2015 is to slow down and find freedom in simply “being” rather than doing, turning the “doing” moments into part of life to be lived, not checked off before I can “live” 🙂
More of Him, less of me.
I have struggled with weight loss issues all of my life and cannot seem to find the motivitation to change and I hate myself for it. please help me by sharing a copy of your book
My prayer is for a “again”. The strength to try again, the openess to love again, the ability to dream again. Life forever changed when my husband of 11 years left this past year so I’m faced with beginning everything again.
Lysa you always find me right where I am, right where I am hiding. My prayer for 2015 is to listen and let God unsettle me.
My prayer for 2015 is to find the woman God created, somewhere behind these folds of fat, somewhere behind these layers of emotional baggage, damage and disregard for treating my body as His temple. Years upon years have come and gone since I first recognized eating issues…most stem from being made fun of by a stepfather who thought hurting me would fix me. I know the real me is in here. God is calling her out. I hope to report back this time next year with a success story.
In my younger years I was thin. Then I had babies and now I have just seemed to never get the weight off. Sure I put on some weight in college but nothing like now. And for many years the devil had me thinking I was no good and this was all I could be. But I know better now! My prayer for 2015 is to be healthy again. For myself, my husband and my children. I always thought that putting them first was what was right but I have realized that they need me and the only way to ensure that is to be healthy. I pray that now knowing my Lord I CAN do this! I parlay that He guides me in my times of worry and weakness and shows me confidence and courage that I need.
Oh how I have struggled. Every year this is my year to excel and overcome all my demons but to no avail. A part of me always secretly holding onto 1 percent for my self just in cause God couldn’t pull threw for me. Fighting and fighting but when I looked in the mirror of my soul I was fighting myself. I denied God over and over to have full control but something happened. I would live to credit for this awakening but anyone who knows I couldn’t possible have done this. Out of God’s love for me and his endless grace he is giving me power to be alone, to study deeply his word, to cook, and to look inwardly at my sickness. Without words he will not wait any longer and watch me suffer.
My prayer for 2015 is to create the temple God intended for my body to be. I’ve yo yo dieted most of my life and know I can’t do this alone
This year my prayer is to Let go and Let God! I am not in control, God is… And I need His strength to be able to do this. I want to be FEARLESS and COURAGEOUS for God and His glory… And of course say YES! At every opportunity God presents to me.
I have struggled with my weight my entire life. About 3 years ago, I lost 50 lbs (a total of 70 lbs from my highest weight) and have kept it off. For some reason, however, I am struggling with my weight again. It’s possibly an indication of something deeper.
Lord, please enable me in 2015 to turn my cares over to You, finding my rest in Your presence. Grant me the strength to look beyond my situation to see the needs of others. May my heart crave You above all else, releasing my inner need to always be “doing” something and finding peace in “being” wholly Yours. Fill and satisfy my longing heart with You.
Thank You.
My prayer is to TRUST GOD more with every single aspect of my life.
it funny how God speaks to us even two words can move us into a new place with him, I’m praying for more discipline to when he calls me to read pray, even when the day has been long or I want to do other things, but now I will be adding this to my prayers 🙂
My prayer is to focus more on what God says about me and less on what others think about me. I need to focus on finding my value in Christ alone.
I’m lost! I feel like I have lost focus on God. I fill the void with food and everything else. I try to refocus and it works for a few hours then I’m back in the void again. I’m back to “what about me? ” I’ve stopped praying. Oh sure I say the words but without the heart and feelings. Please help.
I’ve been “unsettled” for most of my life, and I’m finally trying to live “one day at a time”, a life of a sinner “in progress” each day, step by step. Being always a “little overweight” consumed me for most of my life, but slowly age brings wisdom, and all I ask is for God’s wisdom to lead me.
Happy New Year and all God’s very best to you,
Laura
I started a new job last March which has been a God send for my family. However, I have gained 15-20 lbs since then. I need to shed those pluse another 25 so my back & knees won’t hurt so much. I detest exercise. I meed motivation.
Dear Lord – please give me the strength to change my eating habits and make lifestyle changes.Your Loving Daughter, Rebecca
Rebecca..oh yes we can grab a cup of coffee or tea and chat away..this is my same issue and prayer. I started a new job 3x in 2014 and after loosing 50 plus pounds I have packed on that plus more. I am now on the3rd job and it is a blessing,but know need to loose this weight..make gym/movement part of your schedule. Even 20min is good..lets loose this together
Lysa,
When I read your prayer, “Lord… unsettle me.”, I cringed because my life seems to be nothing but unsettled. I am battling loneliness & depression in the worst way and God doesn’t seem to be interested, so food seems like my only friend. I’m not overweight. In fact, I’m small, but everything I have on my body is fat instead of muscle. I know I’m not healthy, but I feel like allowing the destruction of eating whatever I want because I’m losing hope. I don’t even want to be here anymore because everyone I know has betrayed me all through my life and turned their backs on me. I feel like I have a sign on my forehead that reads, “Please, hurt me.” I would never do anything to hurt a soul, but for some reason I can’t seem to make myself fit into a group of ladies. I have a sweet personality but not an entertaining & fun personality. I’m so tired of being hurt and alone. I have read your book, Made to Crave, but it doesn’t deal with the battles I’m facing. Do you have a book that might help me with the pain so I can focus on eating better?
I’ve lost 25 pounds since last June and it’s getting harder. I’ve come to a standstill. Yes, Lord unsettle me.
Lord, I am crazy about You! Draw me into an even deeper worship, so that others see You and follow. Help me to be more Mary than Martha as I do my tasks.
My prayer is to not live in fear & doubt any longer
I want to be more healthy so God can fully use me for His purpose.
My prayer is to find JOY despite my circumstances…such a challenge for me…
Father, you are good. I need help. Heal my body and mind of laziness and forgive me of making excuses. Thank you! In Jesus name, Amen
Dear Lord,
Thank you Father for Lysa and her courage to hate her battle. I to desire to be unsettled Lord. I do not want to be a woman of distraction but one of distinction. I want to be all Yours. Mentally , spiritually, and most of all physically. I pray for all the woman who need You and Your wisdom to submit our thoughts under Your authority and be whom You made us to be. Thank you Father for your word to encourage us and remind us of our worth in You.
First of all thank you for posting this. I have a weight issue and needed this.
My Prayer for this year…Lord help me see…the truth, satin, signs, the will (s), uncomfortable but need to be’s……
Growing and letting His light shine in every area of my life is my way to live this year. To live and give as He would, my body needs to be healthy and cared for. I’m working on making it that way 🙂
Unsettle Me is an amazing prayer!! I to have struggled with my weight for years since having babies! Thank you for always writing the words I need to read and pray myself! Your a blessing to me!
Hi Lysa! I’m excited to start 2015! My prayer is that the Lord would help me to take more time for me as I also seek more time for Him! I want learn that it’s ok to say no when it’s my time to focus on myself….my dreams….my desires! I want to get back to a healthy body and fully go forth with my dream of getting my photography business booming! I attend Elevation church Rock Hill and greatly enjoyed when you came to visit us recently! I’m currently reading your book, “The Best Yes”. I’m only in the second chapter so far and my heart is already exploding with excitement of everything I’m capable of accomplishing this year!
what perfect timing for this prayer. There are so many different areas I want to change but the one prayer I can think of that will cover it is for me to fear the Lord. I think I get so complacent sometimes and I forget to fear Him. I want that desire to not want to disappoint Him and to live my life according to His will and not my own. Thank you Lysa for your honest and encouraging words.
You hit me right where I hurt….but then, where don’t I hurt. I have been unsettled, ripped up from my roots for three years and eight months, it hurts so much! But I am so willing to let Him in and do what He needs to do. I just want the voices in my head and the pain to stop.
My word this year is trust. Trust Him.
I too have struggled with weight my whole life. I want to be skinny and wear all the fashionable clothes but more than that I want to be content with how God made me. I can learn to be more healthy in how I eat but it might not mean that I will have a skinny body and I need to be okay with that.
My 31 year old daughter and I both need to lose at least 50 pounds! I know that we can do this and motivate each other but we just don’t know how to do it. Our prayer is that with God’s help and your book, we will be successful in taking the weight off and keeping it off! Thank you for considering us!
love this. Been wanting to buy your book- it would be awesome to win it! Thank you for sharing all your wisdom!!
I have battled many issues over the last year. I was hospitalized for deep depression that took me to a dark place. I thought The Lord had forgotten or was mad at me for various reasons. I was lost to the world of pill cycles and seeing the inside of hospital wings people dare to speak of.
Turning back to The Lord was the only thing I had as my husband, family and friends only understood to the depth that their mind would allow.
During the walk of desperation; food was my comfort-it was the only thing I had control over. Along with my food demons, the cycle of pills had side effects of weight gain.
As I am facing 40 yrs old and healing mentally; I would like to heal physically.
My prayer is this; Lord, I ask that you continue to carry me on this journey. I ask that you continue to heal me mentally and help me realize I can improve physically because you have always been there. I ask for the Will power and guidance to be successful for you and myself.
Lord, forgive me for thinking you were not there during all my dark times. Forgive me for continually failing you. Most of all forgive me for finding comfort in food and not you.
Thank you Lord for using Lysa TerKeurst as a beacon and inspiration to all those who need guidance. Thank you for those that don’t know where to turn, she is there with her experiences to help those that need it. Most of all thank you for my Victory Church family, my family and many supportive co-workers and friends.
Amen~
My prayer is the God lead me to the next phase in my life. I’ve made a career of raising my children and caring for my family and they are growing beyond my home. In just a few short I’ll have an empty nest. I know God has the next thing ready for me and I’m praying he ready me in every way for whatever he gives me.
I have battled many issues over the last year. I was hospitalized for deep depression that took me to a dark place. I thought The Lord had forgotten or was mad at me for various reasons. I was lost to the world of pill cycles and seeing the inside of hospital wings people dare to speak of.
Turning back to The Lord was the only thing I had as my husband, family and friends only understood to the depth that their mind would allow.
During the walk of desperation; food was my comfort-it was the only thing I had control over. Along with my food demons, the cycle of pills had side effects of weight gain.
As I am facing 40 yrs old and healing mentally; I would like to heal physically.
My prayer is this; Lord, I ask that you continue to carry me on this journey. I ask that you continue to heal me mentally and help me realize I can improve physically because you have always been there. I ask for the Will power and guidance to be successful for you and myself.
Lord, forgive me for thinking you were not there during all my dark times. Forgive me for continually failing you. Most of all forgive me for finding comfort in food and not you.
Thank you Lord for using Lysa TerKeurst as a beacon and inspiration to all those who need guidance. Thank you for those that don’t know where to turn, she is there with her experiences to help those that need it. Most of all thank you for my Victory Church family, my family and many supportive co-workers and friends.
Amen~
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It is interesting that I read this on my Facebook Feed, as just a few days ago, while answering the phone at our church, the woman on the other end, who has recently lost 3 sizes and around 65 pounds, and I almost did not recognize her, was on the other end of the phone. I inquired as to “how” she had gone about accomplishing this, and she said, “I read the book “Made to Crave” by Lysa TerKeurst, and it changed my life.” She told me that Your book, this Book, was her “motivation” all of these months, and has literally kept her going and determined~ So, I am very interested in reading this book~ I want to take care of the Physical Body that God has entrusted to me, and no have weight be an issue, for another season of my life. I have a Life to “LIVE” and Glorify God In, so this needs to not be an issue for me any longer… it is draining~
I love your book and it has been helpful. Your singing really ministers to me. Bless you
my prayer for the new year is “new beginnings ” , I want to live in the present and leave the past in the past
Father, in 2015, help me to see the unique ways you have gifted me. Help me not to be a slave to comparison, and help me to use my gifts in a way that brings you glory. Help me to find joy, not only in the outcome, but in the process. Amen.
That pivotal moment for me was this past June. Topping the scales at a number I’m too embarrassed to mention, I saw my sister had lost 50 lbs and decided I could too. So . . . by the grace of God, I did. Down 58 lbs. Struggling to get the last 20 lbs off, but it will come!! Thanks for your encouraging words . . .
My emotional eating, is only a symptom of my deep down issues; christian counselling is helping me peel the layers; my comfort is in Jesus; ‘He that watches over me, does not slumber’ Psalms
‘ Glorify God in ur body, & in ur spirit, which are God’s. 1Cor6:20
These verses r some of many that guide me. Keep me humble each day – i can’t do it without my beloved Jesus; Jehovah Jirah. Amen.
I am a single mother of 2 boys(ages 12&7) my prayer is forGod to continue to “give me strength” to do this alone and be the best mother/father that my boys deserve.
Amen
My prayer for 2015 is to find where I belong. What am I supposed to be doing for you Lord? Mold me, shape me, make me who you want me to be.
This is the only area in my life where I feel like God has failed me, abandoned me, left me hopeless with a sick heart. So there, I said the unthinkable that I think about every single day of my life. I have so much victory and discipline in other areas of my life except this one. I actually went to a weight doctor this past year since losing weight was on my 2014 resolution list. The Dr. Prescribed an appetite suppressant and I lost 30 lbs. and actually started feeling good about myself and more confident. It wasn’t a fast process either with my stubborn metabolism. Last month, I was finishing up a bible study about listening and obeying the voice of God. I heard Him all right. God told me to stop taking the appetite suppressant from the doctor. I really do love God and want to obey but I’m struggling with this one. Please spare me the guilt trip and I can do all things scriptures. They are already taped to my mirror. I’m just tired of always being a skinny friends sidekick. My weight has become an idol that I long to smash.
I have struggled with weight my entire life. Definitely know it is a sin and it hinders me. Starting a fast with my church this week and made salad mason jars today. Baby steps! Would love to read your book!
I am at the same spot you were in several years ago. I am tired of the same resolution and I am ready for this change! I have tried every diet imaginable except the one that matter. I have never given God control of this area in my life. That changes today! I would love to have a signed copy of your book.
My prayer is that God would restore my marriage. My husband and I fight all the time. I have begged and pleaded with God for years about my marriage. I don’t know what to do. My husband proclaims to be a Christian and he attends church weekly, but he is angry toward me and our children. His behavior is hurtful and I’m not sure how much more I can take. I pray that God would protect my children from his words. My husband needs a heart change to love his wife as Christ loves the Church. I try to find happiness in serving and loving the Lord, but sometimes living in silence is a lonely place.
Dear Karen I pray for you today; that you would receive healing in your marriage. Praying that God will heal and restore the years of hurt and pain. While you are waiting for change to come, keep serving and loving The Lord and soak up yourself in His word….it has all we need to go through life’s battles. praying for you today
My prayer for this year is to continue to work through my depression and anxiety and work on fully forgiving my father. Along with self esteem issues, I want to fully work through my anxiety and depression most of all.
Beautiful, simple prayer. Thanks for the inspiration! !!
I am scared of what I just prayed but I too want to be unsettled
I can absolutely relate. My prayer is Lord please help me to not settle and be complacent. I would love to have your book Lysa! I led an Unglued study and love your relatable and real teaching style.
My prayer is that God would help me to see as He sees, so I can do as He does. I want to see situations and people as He does. I want to respond as He does and not react the way the worl that expects me too. I want to grow in the grace an knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through prayer and Bible study. For from all these things, everything will turn out as God has planned.
I am reading “Made to crave” now and trying to apply it to my life and seek God during my cravings. It’s a challenge. In chapter 4 you wrote about how you would lay on the bathroom floor and cry out to God asking Him to help during the lack of sugar and salty treats. Reading that reminded me of
Hebrews 5:7
In the days of His flesh , Jesus had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His Godly fear.
That is something I desire to do during my cravings. Jesus is our example. Cry out without holding back to the one who saves .
Thank you for your encouraging and inspirational words. My prayer is that 2015 is the year I fully and wholeheartedly turn my struggles with weight and body image to the Lord. Unsettle me..
Dear Lord, lead me to be a loving wife and mother, to be compassionate, loving, kind, considerate, forgiving in every day you leave me here on this earth. Please speak to me clearly what you want me to do for you each day. I need you, and I need your guidance.
My prayer is that I get closer to God! That husband yearns to know Him! That I follow Him and to let go of the past! God has shown me that my boys are with Him, so now I need to help others. I need the wisdom to know what I should do. I ask that He be with me in everything I do! Amen
I’m praying for things that appear humanly impossible. All things are possible for God! Healing for my newest son, a bigger house to house my growing family, a break-up from an unhealthy relationship for my son. Humanly impossible, not for My God!
Lord, I come to you with the desire to be unsettled. To be faithful in my walk to know that You are the only way to find the change and transformation that You have in store for me. I pray that as those small voices in my mind try to tell me I can’t , that I will stretch my arms out to You Lord and know you will cease those lies and help me move forward. Lord, this walk is not easy and there are people, things and places that will tempt me to trip, stumble or even fall, bless me with Your grace Father that I will recognize these quickly and turn to You. Help me Lord see myself the way You see me. Help me to find glory in even the challenges. I have been ever so blessed God by Your love, I am thankful for very blessing You give, and will praise You in the storms. In Jesus name, amen.
ive struggled with my weight my entire life… And I mean, my ENTIRE life. From elementary school until now I’ve battled with my sin & shame of obesity. My prayer now is, “Lord, change me- mind, body, & spirit. Let me turn to you, not food, for comfort.”
my prayer for 2015 is simple…finding my best Yes. I have spread myself thin for so long, bent over backwards for people; which resulted in heartache for both me and my family. This year I take back my life and only give out my best yes’s.
Love this..I need some unsettling 🙂
Would love this book, this guide to a healthier inside. Reeling from my third divorce, wanting GOD to shake me up and change me in new ways. I am a little frightened of asking for that,only because the unchartered side of the road is a scary one sometimes. Im ready to embrace me, the person GOD wants me to be. My heart and mind is open to the possibilities and I am taking in all I can to help me forge my path…reading, writing, an amazing church I belong to. I love the daily Blogs at Proverbs 31, so very grateful for all of your words of encouragement! Thanks!
One thing that helped me lose 40 pounds over the last couple of years has been to be gentle and loving towards myself….in other words to love me like Jesus loves me! Doing so helped me feed my body with health giving fuel, not fuel my emotional state with food . This sweet attitude towards myself and the body – temple God gave me to house my immortal soul also led me into enjoyable forms of exercise/play! I pray all believers ingest and live out this awareness of God’s perfect love for His creation….us!
My prayer is for my daughter is be cancer free.. She is 10 years old and battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia for the third time in a year and a half. She had a bone marrow transplant in April of the year and has relapsed again as of Dec 1. We are currently inpatient at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati Ohio. We have two older children and this is hard on them as well. My husband has to continue to work so he is trying to be every where! I have always had an issue with weight. I look for food for emotional strength sometimes, well my prayer is also to turn my eyes upon Jesus completely and stop looking to the food! I bought my daughter Candace one of your books, about being afraid and it’s ok to be afraid. The little seed and the fox. Well it is wonderful! Thank you for all you do!!
I am praying today for God to Unsettle me! I desire to loose weight, but have never stuck to anything! I pray for aches and pains to heal so that I have no excuse to not workout! Thankyou for being inspirational! God Bless!
My prayer for 2015 is to be more generous– more generous in all things– with my time, with my finances, with my love for others, with my talents. I prayer that God will keep my eyes open to all the opportunities–big and small– that He puts in front every day to be generous to some one else. Opportunities to share what I have with others, opportunities to learn about Him and to learn about others, and opportunities to help whenever I can. This year I really want to embrace what I think is really our God given mission while we are here on earth–To love everyone, where they are, the way they are.
It is truly amazing to read the words you have used today. They are what has been in my heart for so long. You are such an inspiration Lysa, Thank you! My prayer today is that God show me the way to become that good person that is inside of me. To help me put the battle to rest finally. I need to clear the way for good habits, and spend more time with Him. Through Jesus, Amen.
My prayer for 2015 is that I will learn to embrace what is beneficial for me and not just go with what is permissible. I started reading “Made to Crave” before starting the 21-day Daniel Fast. I wasn’t even going to do the fast but after starting the book I realized I could do it. I could learn to change my views of food and that along the way I could learn so much more about our gracious, ever-loving Heavenly Father. I chose a word each year and this year my word is ‘beneficial’. This was laid upon my heart after reading about half of the book. What an amazing read and something that will help me in so many other ways, not just in my journey with food. Thank you Lysa for the great book and the amazing insight!
Wow! Your post really stirred something in my heart I have l u ved my whole life wishing I could be “somebody” but have always settled for “good enough”. For 2015 I pray God will guve me the strength and motivation to be who he wants me to be instead of settling for “good enough”
How can I bless the people you place before me?
i wish weight was all I had to worry about. After my son was killed last year (he was 13) I’m still struggling with life and getting my faith back. God definitely unsettled me. This was all after I prayed for God to use me. Watch what you pray for.
To go without the bad thoughts about myself and realize there is another way to see myself, that is a desire of mine. I pray this will be the year I permanently change the way I see that person in the mirror.
Dear God, I pray that in this new year you draw me closer to you to be filled with your love instead of filling myself to excess with food. I have tried to fill a void for my entire life with food and this year as I was baptized in Faith I now know YOU are all that I need!! Amen
Thank you ! God used you to speak to me .
My prayer for 2015 is to restore order and organization to my life, and not just to my home, but to my personal life and my friendships too.
My prayer for this upcoming year is stronger faith and full trust in God! He is so faithful. I also want to be more grateful for the little things and search them out amongst the chaos. I have been planning to purchase ur book and next time i go to the Christian bookstore, i am going to get one for myself and a friend. I love giving inspiring books as gifts.
My prayer for this year is to live the dream; to take my pin’s on my Pinterest boards and pinpoint them in real life!
I’ve been overweight most of my life. It’s a constant struggle. When I read the part about being thin like your sister that spoke to me. My sister is very fit and will talk about needing to lose weight it’s frustrating because she doesn’t. Thank you Lisa for this post I’m going to go this book and pray for God to unsettle me.
Even being young (23) I have dealt and still deal with weight issues And with just not feeling good enough . But God knows our hearts! He is the ultimate healer.
Dear Lord, open my eyes to you lord , help me to see that with you I have everything , with you I have hope and can have peace in my heart , and with you I pray you help me to see I am beautiful just the size I am . Amen
I have a dear dear friend who is my spiritual accountability partner. She has struggled significantly with her weight all her life and trying to “figure out” and “control” her eating consumes her….as does thoughts/feelings about the consequences of her weight. I would love to be able to give this book to her as a word of encouragement and help her feel less lonely in her struggle. Lord, I pray for my friend…that this year she would find peace in You, that she would recognize who You made her to be rather than the fears and lies she believes, especially as it pertains to her weight. Lord help her settle into You so that she too kay also be unsettled and become the woman she is meant to be. Amen.
I pray for whatever plans He has for me that they be revealed this year. My life completely changed 3 years ago and I may never understand why but I trust in God that He knows why and He has greater plans for me and my kids. Believe
Lysa~
Thank you for your inspiring words. My prayer for this year in every aspect of my life is for me to find myself worthy…worthy of who God designed me to be, worthy of love, worthy to be used by Him.
I am designed by the creator of the universe and that, in and of itself, gives me great value. Knowing that, I’m hoping I will make the best decision (big or small) in any situation I find myself in this year.
My prayer is to be able to step out of my comfort zone and to walk in faith and work in the gifts that God has blessed me with. I pray to be still and listen to His voice more and to grow closer to Him daily.
Every bit of this is certainly where I am. Yes, I made a list of gials, resolutions for this year…but they all could have been summed up with “change me” or “empty me so I can be filled with you” or, as you said, “unsettle me”. Going into 2015 with a greater expectancy than ever before!
Thank you for sharing. This truly spoke to my heart in more ways than one! Grateful!!!
I have dealt with weight issues since I had my first child 36 years ago. I am single and have been for 20 + years. It’s hard to be motivated when you are alone most of the time. My prayer for 2015 is to believe that God is there and he should be my motivation, my everything! Not just for weight loss but for every aspect of my life. Thank you Lysa for your post! I have the book, but never got the workbook that goes along with it! Would love to have!
My prayer is to accept myself unconditionally. Somewhere along the road as a child I got the impression I was unacceptable. God didn’t go to all the trouble so I could beat myself up! I don’t have a word for myself this year but I’m fighting that guilty nagging voice…the voice that I think comes from outside of me…the voice I think comes from others as I fear rejection and expect to he rejected. It’s actually within me. The voice of self-rejection.
God fill my cravings and grow my heart to be more like yours.
Dear God, as a new year lay before me and a heart full with wants and desires to be all that you have created me to be! I pray that you shake free the complacency and fear in my life that is keeping me prison in this blessed life you have given me, that I am not living to the fullest. Use me to the fullness of what you have created me for!
Wow! I’ve always longed to be settled and now that I am – husband, 2 kids, beautiful home, weekly bible study, my own biz…. I never seem to feel right about being settled and settling. I pray a silent prayer that God will unsettle me and let me be gentle and kind to myself as I learn to lve the woman I have become.
Thank you so much for sharing! Not only this but EACH & EVERY ONE of your prayers! This was meant just for me, I’m so unstable in my heart and emotionally that I need to just let go and let God!! This was right on time! Thank you and may God continue to work through you and Bless you!!!
Yes Lord, Unsettle me!
I am praying for God to tear down my self-righteous excuses (like Lysa mentioned) and help me unravel my defensive spirit that I have taken on ever since I struggled with sudden weight gain.
I developed Graves’ disease and had to have my thyroid removed and went from someone who never dealt with weigh issues or understood depression to someone who understands it completely!
I believe God has brought me on this journey for a reason – nothing is in vain if I seek Him with all I’ve got!
Blessings to all I you! Remember his mercies are new every morning.
My prayer for 2015 is for me to listen to the areas of growth God sees fit to shift in me, and to embrace the freedom in making those changes.
My prayer is to be better. Be a better mother, friend, daughter, role model, to myself. I find myself in ruts and fight my way out but hurting others as I climb out. I know there are ways to do this differently by being better.
My resolve lessens when the crazy in my life increases. I end up picking battles, and weight isn’t one of the ones I choose, in the long run. This year, my word is “discipline”. I find that when I have lost discipline in one area of my life, chances are it is spreading to all of my life. My prayer is that I might seek discipline, where once I ran from it or found it to be too much to bear.
I lost 26 pounds last year and have kept it off for 6 months. I’m ready to lose the other 25 this year. Your post showed up on my Facebook feed at just the perfect time!
Congratulations!
I need to be less complacent. This is a good prayer- yet it scares me to change. Why??
Going to let go more and let God take this. I fail te and time again- He needs to be strong for me.
For 2015 my prayer is two words: control and forgive. If I am truly able to turn control over to God and also truly forgive some long lasting hurts, I honestly believe that my weight issues will be lifted as my soul is lightened of burdens. This will be an extreme challenge for me as I have always been somewhat of a control freak and also one to remember
things for long periods of time. It will only be possible through God.
Help me Lord to do things different this year. I know you didn’t call me as I am to keep me as I am.
Dear Karen,
Last year(Aug. 2013) my life was in a similar place. My husband was a Christian but went to church out of duty not desire. He was doing his best to push my son & me away. He was degrading, cold, & harsh towards us. I found myself working long hours to escape the misery of his presence. I cried out to God & told Him I couldn’t do this any more; that I was done! I would keep coming through that door but I was done! This is exactly where God wanted me. He wanted to show me His power & love, & that He was in control! He guided me in prayer for my husband; that God would send him a godly friend, someone who could show him what it was to be a God honoring husband & father as he did not have this so he didn’t know what it looked like. I prayed that God would send us a godly family as friends so we could do things together as a family with them. And God led me to pray that my husband would become the spiritual leader in our family. Here we are a year & a few months later, & I’m sooo thankful I can tell you God preserved our marriage (its wonderful), brought my husband a godly friend (who is a husband & father). God gave our family, 3 Christian families as close friends. And God has been turning my husband into the spiritual leader of our family over the last year. My husband now WANTS to go to church & Bible studies & special events that our church & churches around us hold! God also has started & continues to heal my husband & sons relationship. The most amazing part about this is God already had started the ground work for all of these changes before I ever prayed that prayer. My husbands godly friend, was the husband of the woman who watched our son that summer. God had lead me to ask her to watch my son since we lost our sitter & she was a stay @ home mom. Her husband told us that God had burdened his heart for my husband a year before this & he had been praying for him. This is the AWSOME God we serve! So I pray for you Karen, that God will change your husbands heart & actions, that He will grow your husband & turn him into a God honoring husband & father, into the spiritual leader of your home. That God will give you strength & patience as He works in your husbands heart. That He will soften both your childrens & your heart toward your husband & help you to forgive him for the hurt he has inflicted on you. That God will heal you & your children & show you His amazing love & care for you. He(God) will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Cling to this promise. God truly wants what is best for us! I also pray that your jorney is short & that God will work quickly, because I know the heart ache that you are experiencing! Lord, please let this be the year you change his heart & heal the wounds in Karens & her childrens! In Jesus’ powerful name we pray. Amen. Stand strong Karen! My heart, thoughts, & prayers go out to you. Love in Christ, your sister & friend in Him, Krista
I pray that this 2015, i may no longer dwell on the shortcomings that I’ve had last year and that I may have strength to move forward and let go of the things that I have no control with, such us he thoughts of others about me. I pray rhat I may really be deeply rooted in love and in faith in Jesus and that this love may overflow that I may be able to share it witb others. May this year be a year of breakthroughs through the love, grace and strength that the Lord provides. In Jesus Name, Amen!
I have lived my whole life being unhappy with myself/my body. I pray today, Lord, help me to love myself.
Thanks for sharing your simple prayer Lisa. Gracious, I think I have spent a lifetime with an unsettled heart. …..Dear God, show me the next step toward your way to resolve my weight/mind bending self destruction. Amen.
i read Made to Crave first sometime in 2013….and was convicted, but because of thyroid issues and many, many years of failure in this area thought ,” well this is good for others, just won’t work for me”.
The beginning of of 2014 my medical issues were under control and my two MD’s had finally given me what I had said for years, the go ahead to eat less calories. I reread Made to Crave and cried many tears, listened and began to get control of my life.
I can say in many ways, you were my friend walking along side me.
I will be leading a Bible Study soon using your Book and will be doing it 16 pounds lighter and much closer to God!
My prayer isn’t in pounds, it is in health for my family from all HELLP, autoimmune diseases, cancers, and more time with God
I have read this book…It is wonderful.. I had weight loss surgery and know that my journey is a spiritual one. I ate to satisfy all the issues of life. this book gave me a simple quote: only God can truly fill us up. thank you for a great book.
Karen.Your prayer sounds like a prayer for me and my mom..but God showed me that Erica you gotta change you..get yourself restored and I(God will work through your change to transform that person). Karen I’m prayer for You Romans 12..a year of Transformation..
my prayer is to not allow my weight gain to hinder me from loosing this weight again. To not allow the stressors of this world keep me from time with My Lord and Saviour.
My prayer this year is to have a true and meaningful relationship with God. I feel like I don’t know how to do this, but I am trying to just be in His word every day and want Him to show me what He wants for me.
I read this prayer realized there is hope. I will place it on my mirror. I have worked hard this past year on trying to get the weight off and much of that is embracing yourself and realizing I am important. But I know that God is important and sometime I struggle with that part of my life. He needs to be in my heart and I will really try to unsettle my relationship with God this coming year. Thank you for the reminder.
the unsettled prayer sounds much like pulling weeds and tucking in to the ground to remove all that is ugly so that beauty can grow where the weeds have been. I pray this for me, as it’s hard to be unsettled but I understand the importance of it. We can’t be a better us if we not willing to tuck a little and be unsettled. May this be a year of great growth for all of us as we anticipate the moments of unsettleness and the beauty revealed of where God sees us. Thanks for sharing Lysa.
I need to be unsettled in so many ways. I don’t want to be complacent with my life. I want the very best God has for me, but I feel lacking in so many ways. Thank you so much for the encouragement today, Lysa.
i pray Lord that this unsettled-ness that You have begun in me will continue to take shape and become what You desire of it for Your Glory O Lord.
I’m beginning to realize there are times I head to food for comfort – no one would say I’m fat but… I’ve justified the pounds that have come through the years and last summer began exercising more and eating healthier – my body is His temple and how was I honoring it in what I was or wasn’t doing? My husband commented I might want to consider cutting back on candy…What? I only eat a small piece each day! God convicted me and I asked my husband “Should I dump the candy bowl?” He grinned “sugar raises cholesterol – what would He have you do?” Later, I told him I would do that when we got home from vacation. I stepped on the scales – put on 2 pounds over the holidays but am down 7 pounds from when I started in August and feeling good, ready to keep moving forward. God, as I fix my eyes on You, strengthen me with diligence in taking care of the life You have entrusted me with. May I bring honor and glory to You and encourage others. Amen
Oh God, help! Please uproot all the lies deep inside that have held me captive and inspired the strongholds in my thinking and in my cravings. Let this be the year of breaking up the hard ground and breaking through to Victory. For all who have read this article! Let it be so!
Thanks Lysa for breaking ground!
Hello, I lost 40 lbs 3-4 years ago. It took me a year. I began running and doing yoga and working out. I was working out 6 days a week. I gradually cut back on the frequencies of working out. Yes, I have gained the weight back.
I will look to myself to focus my prayer differently than I had ever thought of. I am able to pray for a restful nights sleep. “I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me”. Thank you for sharing the Unsettle Me prayer.
Have a blessed and beautiful day.
Martha
WOW! What timely message for me today! My husband has been battle cancer for the past three years. In Auguast he couldn’t work anymore! I was working but it was getting hard and harder were I work! I have felt Jesus say ro me all day yesterday to trust Him. So,today I retire from work! Is that unsettling! We don’t know what the furture holds. But,we are trust God for it! There is a song in TheSalvation Army that goes:I’m in His Hands. Whatever the furture holds I’m in His hands. That is what we are going to do starting today!
Now I’m a grandma and struggling with the same self control issues that began in my youth. I want to be an example of Godly discipline in every area to my kids and grand kids but cannot seem to figure out how to get it! I know self control is a fruit of the Spirit- does that mean I don’t have enough of the Spirit or is this a thorn in the flesh sent to keep me humble?! Thank you for this beautiful prayer and your encouragement.
Lysa, Your book Made to Crave launched a wonderful sisterhood with other ladies at the church I am attending. Not only did it create a group of Jesus Girls, it began a growth in Christ that I had never experienced before. My prayers are that I do not keep the knowledge I have learned but that I share it with others that need to hear what God can do in their life.
Happy New Year and prayers of blessing to you and your family.
Just this morning, as I began my first Monday of the new year, I wanted to tell God something significant, something worthy of who He is. But, all that would come were these words: More.Of.You
I’m tired of my self-absorption, self-pity, and self. What I want is the wisdom to see me as He sees me.
I just want Him.
Thank you for the Unsettle Me prayer. It expresses everything I was trying to say.
I’ve given up pretty much on new year resolutions myself. I’ve begun to see it’s much more than just self will or mind over matter. Yet I still struggle with the belief that I will change. It seems so impossible to think that I could finally move past weight issues, procrastination, managing finances well. I think a lot of it is fear. Even though where I am is not where I want to be, it’s what I know. I think my fear of the unknown has kept me where I am for far too long. And so I’m praying a lot, and pondering the words, “What if….?” What if I accomplished what I feared I couldn’t handle? What if I lost 20 lbs? What if I got that surgery? What if I chose not to spend money on certain things? I want to open my mind to possibilities and not be fearful. I want to overcome and give God all the glory.
I just started reading through Made to Crave for the 3rd time. I also have the devotional, which is excellent! I can’t thank you enough for sharing the truths in this book. Your struggles, experiences, and battles resemble my own and I totally “get” how this is ultimately a spiritual battle. The enemy has held me captive in this area for many years – but no longer!! I’ve surrendered food to the Lord and am asking Him to fill my heart with His love and comfort instead of turning to food for refuge (which is ultimately destructive). I’m really excited about the spiritual journey ahead and have already seen some small victories. I really appreciate the way you write so vulnerably and honestly. I feel like if we were to meet, we would be “kindred spirits.” 🙂 May God bless you and your ministry richly in 2015!!!
My prayer for 2015 is to let the nudges of the Holy Spirit have their way and to stop second-guessing my ability in meeting its guidance with a full heart and obedient spirit. I am a procrastinator, which allows for second-guessing as my first reaction. Why NOT put off until tomorrow what I can better analyze and plan for until then? That’s my go-to response, and so I pray for immediate action on my part.
Thank you for your candid, open and real offerings on life and faith, Lysa. I feel inspired and likeminded as a fellow Christian, wife, mom and human.
My prayer for 2015 is to come to a decision on a personal relationship, to take optimal care of my health (body, mind and spirit) and to draw closer to God and family. I pray for renewed strength to thrive rather than just survive.
I have struggled so long with this and I sabotage myself and get off track so easily with the business of life. We are doing this as a bible study at church but I feel so out of place at the study because most of them only have 10-25 lbs to loose and are not in the morbidly obese category. I just want to change and never seem able to make the lasting changes. I am resolved to start over again in the new year!
I started this book on my Kindle a couple of days ago, my prayer this year is to slowly but steadfastly work toward a healthier me and shed the weight that will free my burden of being unhealthy. There is so much life to be lived and I don’t want to miss a thing but turning 40 in the fall has made me realize that if I don’t take care of this for good, then I’m going to miss some things in my future because I’m not going to be able to do them. God please be with me as I try again and again and again to give this up to you. And Ms. Lisa, thank you for your books to help with this journey.
“Unsettle me.” Wow, that really resonates with me..
Thank you for posting this. It made me stop and ask God what He wanted from me this year. He reminded me of two things He had already shown me. First the scripture to start the year (thanks to a cute story from my 3-yr-old) is Psalm 136:1,12. God wants me to give thanks to Him, even when things seem rough. Gratefulness brings peace when I remember to do it. Second God has given me specific, personal instructions to be a better wife. (I already failed at it yesterday, but if God led me to this, I know He will help.)
Last, I had not felt God leading me to set any goals regarding eating. Usually I set my own, but thanks to a study on prayer last fall, I am asking God more and listening to His leading. And that was exactly what He showed me to do after reading here, for this year with food. He wants me to pray about food, what I put into my body, and He will lead me. I can’t wait to see what this brings!
1. Give thanks
2. Something specific in “wifingness!” 🙂
3. Pray and listen, even/especially with food
Thank you again for posting this so that I could stop and see what God has for me this year!
Lord, unsettle me! That is my prayer. My resolve in 2015 is to love you more…to crave you.
My prayer is that i start relying in GOD more and stop relying on myself. I will never get anywhere unless GOD is the one who carries me. Lord please help me with will and determination. Help me think of u in those moments of weakness and visualize us standing together at the finish line.
As a fat person, loved by GOD and continually struggling with my self image because of eating and not eating and eating and eating again, I totally struggle in my relationship with Abba as I lash out in pain to punish Him by eating, which totally destroys my relationship from time to time with Him I would love to receive your material which I have only recently been introduced to……
My prayer for 2015, instead of my usual resolutions, is for me to not get in the way of God’s unsettling of my heart. I feel His changing and unsettling, then I intervene and mess things up again. I pray for God to give me peace with who He wants me to be and the excitement for what is to come in that new life with Him.
Thak you, LORD, that You are with you every second of each day. May I be WITH You every second og the day. Mold me & make me into all You would have me to be. Amen.
I need help LORD, the older I get the harder it is to lose the weight and exercise. I pray You will unsettle me…in Jesus precious name, amen!
I need more of you Lord and less of me. I need you in the very core of my being.
This is probably the most beautiful post I’ve seen from you, and that is saying a lot.
Unsettle me, Lord.
Thank you Lysa
This was so timely for me. My unsettled heart brought me to Jesus and after reading this post my heart was more open to Gods will in a matter I was struggling with and not only prayed but sought godly counsel. This also was in connection with some of the special wisdom from your book, the best yes. I was able to put together a carefully written letter in love on a matter that had to be said. The peace that has followed is joyful. Thank you Lird for an unsettled heart and a word from you to settle me. All for your glory! Continue Lord this year to bring all my fears and prayers to you Amen
I would love to read your book. This year I feel convicted about all of the time I have wasted worrying about my weight and ultimately how people perceive me based on appearance. I want to pursue the inner beauty that comes from growing in Christ with more dedication than any diet or workout program I’ve ever tried.
I too struggle with weight and the discipline to be healthy. I am so busy making everyone else happy and healthy in my house I never seem to find the time for me. I realize I need to be healthy to lead by example and they will follow. Today in Jeremiah I read “they will battle you but will not overcome you, as I am with you and will rescue you.” I know my self talk battles me and often wins but I need this reminder…God is always with me and together we will win! I need to be unsettled and I need to talk better to myself and not let the devils lies fill my head in the form of excuses.
“Unearth that remnant of justification. Shake loose that pull toward compromise. Reveal that broken shard of secrecy. Expose that tendency to give up. Unsettle me in the best kind of way. For when I allow Your touch to reach the deepest parts of me — dark and dingy and hidden away too long — suddenly, a fresh wind of life twists and twirls and dances through my soul.”
So apropos for where I am beginning, again, this year.
Thank you, Lysa, for daring to share, for caring enough to share.
I have faced many things in 2014, but the best by far was when I let God back into my life. I faced many storms in life during 2014, but I feel God giving me his healing. My verse and go to scripture for 2015 is Isaiah 43:18, 19 Don’t remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. I feel God is doing a “new thing” in my life. Thanks for sharing your life with us here.
This year I want to be unsettled! I want more of God! To prai Him more..exalt Him more! Love Him more! Serve Him more! I’m tired of diets that never seem to work, feeling bad, I need to give this area of my life to the Lord…I’d love to read your book Lisa.
This book sounds like just what I need to help me sustain the healthy lifestyle I have adopted over the past 6 months. It’s hard to get started, but I think it’s just as hard to keep going sometimes. The journey for me is not finished, I have more weight to lose — but I think it would be great to focus on filling rather than denying myself.
Me been fat has kept me away fRom everything To mAke me happy. I don’t go anywher I don’t do anyThing I’m so shy And siCk at my body that it has and is keeping me from everything And everybody I even deprive my loved one’s from things becAuse I am fat. I need inner pEAce I sneed it . I need To be heAlthy Thin And I wAnt it I really do. I cAn controllE Everythin exept my fat And because I cannot Control fat I cannot control Emotions. Please prAy for me And I am also asking or telling my :HeAnenly FAther to give me inner peAce to overComeThis fight againt fAt! Amen
All of the comments here are beautiful, full of lovely composed responses. When I stepped on the scale and 199.2 stared back at me, I simply said, “Holy crap”. I’ve had such internal kicking and screaming all day long. I can’t count points again, I can’t exclude food groups anymore, I can’t model idolatry to my children by the way I behave concerning food. So, I’m sure I completely shocked my body with the apple I ate for breakfast and have made pretty healthy choices. It’s just today, but it’s something. And, I screen shot the prayer. God has made me an overcomer in so many ways, I’m looking forward to trying in a whole new way…
This is where I need to start……
I can definitely relate to what you said about January 7th & an overstuffed stomach & thin resolve. The only difference is that I felt this way by January 3rd! Thank you for being able to express the feelings & thoughts that many of us have. I lived your book, The Best Yes, and am now motivated to read Made to Crave. You are a blessing!
Do you have any idea how much this post – “unsettle me” – scares me to death? I have recently purchased your “Made to Crave” Devotional and am following the 21-Day Bible Reading Plan. A dear friend and I are going to do this, but I am so scared to be “unsettled”.
Yet…it’s exactly what I need and want. I have taken a year’s leave from my position so I can focus on my health and myself. Yet – when a need arose, I returned to work for seven weeks to help a friend and fell right back into my unhealthy habits of no exercise and quick eating. I have prayed for so many years for God to help me, but I haven’t listened to Him. I haven’t been obedient.
Now, is the time. While I haven’t read Made to Crave, my friend and I are both reading the devotional and turning to God as our food. He will fill us, and with your devotional help, we will get there. Thank you for shaking us loose and pointing us in the right direction.
Bless you, Lysa TerKeurst, for scaring me so very, very much.
Thank you Lysa!!! That could be a page from my journal. I have struggled with my body image & have tried to lose the last 30 lbs of baby weight for 19 years now! My prayer for this year is Psalm 91. I want to rest in the shadow of the Almighty and find refuge under His wings and not in food anymore. Praise God that he led you to share with us all your struggle and His answer.
My prayers for this year is to draw near to my Savior. I want to crave him above all. Also, my heart desires a baby. I pray that God would bless me with another child. We have been trying for over a year with a miscarriage 9 months ago. He knows the cry of my heart. It is the waiting to fulfill that is hard.
Deep down I am an athlete. College basketball and weight lifting. Now 30, a mother to 3 boys and a wife to my most wonderful 2nd husband, I struggle with emotional eating. My prayer for 2015 is to be able to play basketball with my boys and get down on the floor with them to read stories. I am at my heaviest weight and I’ve been pregnant 3 times. I want to be healthy and live a long life with my family.
I have struggled with my weight for many years. Topping 300 lbs, I have decided to change but I am having a hard time. I love what you are doing. And I want to grow my spiritual relationship with God.
Thank you for challenging me. As I read your blog and prayer I found myself wanting to feel unsettled too. I’m comfortable,even in my over weight unhealthy stste, I’m comfortable. I always justify my weight by saying my family is happy healthy my husband is a faithful Godly man. I am content. Happy even. Then I rush to stuff three hot krispie Kreme donuts down my throat and find myself wanting to cry. I’m trying. I’m clinging to the many promises of my Father that assure me He’s got this. He’s got me. And yes He loves me but He desires the best part of me and that requires self control and realignment of my eating habits. I want to learn to eat to live not live to eat. I will check out your book! May God bless your 2015 as you bless ours.
I hear you and feel your emotion. I am with you and stuffing the three Krispy Kreme (or in my case Dunkin’ Donuts) down quickly – because we know we’re doing something “wrong”, so we have to do it quickly before we come to our senses, right? The devotional has been a great start for me because it’s a quick read with a daily focus, and I need and want that right now. I will read the fully Made to Crave book, but check out the devotional for the moment. And if you’re on Facebook, “like” Lysa Terkeurst because she is “talking” to people like us everyday. And the funny thing is…I’m older than she, and my four boys are now men-children. It’s amazing what we can learn when we listen. Take care and be well. You can do this, brave, wonderful woman!
My prayer for this year is that I run to Jesus more than I run to any other thing such as food. He is my fortress and can break any stronghold so I pray that I believe that more than ever! I also pray that I don’t worry about anything such as appearance and know that the Lord made me in his image alone!! What great news!
This part of your prayer resonates with me as well, Lysa: “Unearth that remnant of justification. Shake loose that pull toward compromise. Reveal that broken shard of secrecy. Expose that tendency to give up. Unsettle me in the best kind of way.” That prayer spills over and applies to other aspects of my life as well. When I woke up at 3:01 AM this morning, maybe this is why, so I could read this and know that I am not alone. 🙂 Thank you.
Good Morning! I was intrigued by the words “unsettle me”, I had to seek the meaning of these words! Low and behold it’s concerning an ongoing problem I’ve had since the third grade. I was doing very well on the Atkins program last summer, I fell apart in November and gained back 20#!! I feel that ” oh you’re a failure” feeling again!!! Do I have the strength to do this another time or am I destined to be fat my whole life? I’ve prayed countless times but then I let my self be pulled to the dark side of food because of the pressures in life that I just get overwhelmed by and , yes sometimes I just feel there’s no hope! Lord forgive m doubts, my tears and please Lord help me to be stronger and believe in your love and strength to help in the areas of my life that are filled with weakness! I’m sorry for rambling on, I appreciate that I could say some of my feelings here! God Bless you Lysa! Thank you!!
This is SO me! And I’d just about given up again till i just read this! Thank you for being one of us. .. and not being afraid to let us see that you struggle too, but that it’s Christ that overcomes! Hallelujah!
Please God help me find a “softer place for my thoughts to land”; unsettle the lies I have learned to believe.
As a professional therapist treating persons with eating/body issues and a Christian I am always looking for good resources to share with people. I so enjoy your blog and ministry. I think over the years many wonderful persons have tried to establish the link of our spiritual wholeness and completeness and dependence on God and dealing with cravings. Your writing is transparent and genuine and selfless and I imagine the text will touch many.
To find my journey to healthy in mind, body and spirit!
Thank you Lysa, and for God to direct me to the postings. I just finished a devotional in my quiet time with the Lord and was prompted to read my journal last year. I am so blessed and sometimes forget what path God has led me. Remind today although I don’t feel like I am at Rock bottom with my spiritual life, I have defiantly hit rock bottom with my weight. I am reminded that God Is The Rock at the bottom and that I was made to crave him!!! My one word last year was Faith. Well this year I am sharing with you all….commitment/consistency. I am praying that this not only affects my weight losd but also my spiritual life. Blessings to you. God has great things planned. God fits everything into a pattern for good…our responsibility is to remain attentive to HIM!!!
this is my story…..Lord,unsettle me
This book sounds just like just the thing I need. Thank you for daring to be open and honest about the things you struggle with. I struggle with them, too. I long to be more balanced and at peace.
A couple of things come to mind while reading your post that I would like to share. These tips given to me 10-years ago by a friend have made a huge difference in what I buy and bring into my house and what I eat. Eliminate high-fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oils in foods that you buy at the grocery store. Read every label before you buy it. These two things are in countless items you pick up at the market. Shop only the periphery of the grocery store. Avoid going down the aisles as much as possible. This keeps you from buying processed foods which aren’t the best choices. Along with avoiding high-fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oils which are found in processed foods. Avoid as many processed foods as possible. Think *no* if it was made in a plant, and think *yes* if it comes from a plant. Eat fruits and vegetables that are in season. They are the tastiest and the least expensive if they are in-season. Purchase as high-quality foods as your budget will allow. All real-ingredients. Butter, sugar or cane sugar, eggs, milk. Avoid Aspartame. It is an artificial sweetener. When reading food labels at the market, stay away from foods with a long list of ingredients. Especially ingredients you don’t recognize or can’t pronounce. Go through your cupboards and pantry now and scrutinize what you already have under your roof. It is surprising what you will discover. All of these tips I’ve mentioned have made a huge impact on what my family and I consume and how we feel physically. Which also takes into account our emotional well-being too. It’s been a lifestyle change for the best.
I am not much for resolutions, even though every year I tend to make them and quickly break them. I try more for goals, achievable goals that give me a direction to do, but probably not a specific way to get there. Anyway, my prayer for this year is John 3:30. That no matter what I do or how I change, that in my all in all, I will decrease and He will increase in me. If I lose 10 pounds, great as long as He has increased in my efforts. If I read more often, wonderful. As long as He has increased. If I do what I intend to do for my children, awesome, as long as He is increasing and I am decreasing. There are many areas in my life that need major overhauls, and most of the problems are because I allow too much of myself to rule my life and I do not surrender everything completely over to Him. Thank you for your encouragement and love for Christ.
Lysa,
Your wisdom and encouragement each time you post is amazing to me. Your prayer gave me chills reading it. It resonates with me for so many reasons, and I want to thank you for Proverbs 31. We had a very hard 2014, and I felt the same anxiety going into 2015, but today I got on my email and read your post, and feel uplifted and touched that you share that your real with us, and let us know that God loves us no matter what. I am unsettled, and without Christ holding my hand, I would never find the comfort and strength. You are such a blessing. Thank you.
This is me all the way. Have been all my life. I’m just speechless. All I can say is “Lord unsettle me”
So when you prayed this prayer, did you spend a lot of time crying? I can’t get the tears to turn off, but I can’t put my finger on anything.
2015 is my year, to get control over my life. To love God to the fullest then in return to show his love through me to others.. lord god I ask that you unsettle me, lord to help me be slow to talk and quick to listen, to just be silent and still at times. Lord god I pray that u crave me into the wife and mother of my boys that you intend for me. Lord I need help to break through the walls and let go of the old and push through on to the new. Lord god give me the strength the wisdom the courage to be different to make a difference in my home my family. Lord I give all honor all praise all glory to you. Lord god I love you in Jesus as I pray amen.
Thank you for this post, Lysa, and thank you for loving the Lord so well. For through your active, deep love for the Lord you have tenderly and genuinely made an impact on my soul. Just, thank you.
Lysa, I love this book! I bought a copy and read through it like it was some kind of wonderful addiction. It’s was hard to put down and was so uplifting! I’m a yo-yo dieter, always up and down on the scale, always struggling to keep my health commitments, and FEARFUL that my eating isn’t under my own control. My hunger is like a wild thing!
I still struggle lot of times, but your words have stayed in my heart and I often start my days with prayers to God that He will give me help to rely on Him solely for my satisfaction and comfort. Those are usually good days for me.
I believe in your book and I bought it and sent it to my best friend in NY whole also struggles like I have over and over again. I hope it will change her!
Thank you for your time and commitment to your ministry. Your insight and writing is full of gentle kindness…something so many of us girls really need to practice especially toward ourselves! Thank you for being that safe voice for me and so many others!
Your friend,
Tanya
I would love to read your book. After reading your blog, a part of me, which I had kept in the dark, was slowly brought to light. Thoughts that have buried deep in mountainous denials. I too want to be unsettled. My prayer for 2015 is to open my heart more to God. 🙂
I don’t know where to start I have struggled my whole life with my weight. I’m lost and confused. I know I have to lose it not just for my health but also for my testimony.I am one that looks down the road and immediately thInks I’m not going to be able to make it. I struggle day today with no willpower. I have asked God to help me lose the weight. I was able to lose 12 pounds but have already put back on 6. Just out of hope.
Thank you for this prayer. My prayer for this year is “Leave It”. Leave my negative thoughts at God’s feet. Leave my unrealistic expectations at the foot of the cross. Leave my fears and ‘what if’s’ in the hands of my Savior and Redeemer. Leave my brokenness wrapped in the arms of my True Healer. Leave the lies with the Enemy who whispers in my ear – walking away from that darkness into His Light. Leave the old me and become a part of God’s plan for me. Leave It ALL.
One year ago yesterday, I said a prayer similar to this. I asked God to make it clear what path I should take in my marriage. The very next morning, one year ago today, the answer was given to me. It rocked my world to a place I wouldn’t wish on anyone. And although it was not the answer I expected God to give, the pieces of the puzzle started to come together. A year later, in the midst of terrible pain and what seems to be only the beginning of a dark divorce and custody battle, I read this blog. Fitting. I know that God finally has me on the path I need to be on, but that doesn’t make the journey any less scary. God did indeed unsettle me… But I hate to think where I would be if He hadn’t.
Your book sounds like something I need to get my hands on. I have loved God almost all my life, but I have never been able to allow Him to help me conquer my problem with weight. I saw you recently on Kathy Lee and Hoda and recognized your name from several of the blogs I read. I came to your blog and found something I needed. Thank You!!!
Hello Lysa.
My name is Elizabeth and i am 19 yrs old. I have been going to calvary chapel for many years now but just recently gave my life to the Lord. The reason why is because i was always angry at the Lord for all the things that had happened in my life. My mother passed away in December of ’07. I could not believe that he had taken her from me. My sister is HIV+ and she is the one that took us in, me and my younger sister. When my mother passed we all fell into a depression and we just felt so alone. We began to go to Calvary Chapel and that began to make things a bit better but my sister was still in a bad depression that really made it difficult for me to even think about giving my life to Jesus because i blamed all of this on him. I was so angry and then i stopped going to church. For about a year to a year and a half i didnt not even think about going to church. Me and my family began to do real bad, i couldnt get a job and we barely had any money to even eat. It was one of the worst times. One day all this frustration was filling up inside of me and i just said “Ok God, enough is enough, if i call this job i had applied to and they say i go the job, i will know that u are here for me. that you do want to help me. ” Sure enough i call the next day and they say i got the job. That i start the following Wednesday. I was filled with so much joy! My heart was filled with joy, The Lord had heard my cry for help. That moment i just said Ok God im here i am yours!! This 2015 my prayer is for strength, for wisdom, for love from Jesus! That he helps me continue in his path and not go astray. I can not thank Jesus enough fo r the life he has given me and i know now that if He had not taken my mom, i would have never been saved! If i don’t recieve the book it doesn’t matter i jusr want for people to read what i went through and encourage them to always seek the lord. Each hardship is followed by a blessing. My biggest blessing was to be saved! I know its a lot to read sorry! 🙂
Lysa, I just want you to know that Made to Crave is changing my life. I am so glad that God brought me to it. I haven’t even done the personal reflections yet, just skimmed the surface, and I’ve been in tears the whole time. As much as the weight struggle sucks, I am so thankful that you wrote about your journey. I’m not usually one to get into the devotional part of books, but I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into this one. You have touched on everything that I’m struggling with, and I just wanted to say thank you for listening when God tells you to write; you truly have no idea the impact on my physical and spiritual journey that this book and your Facebook posts are having.
Thank you Lysa, for sharing your heart and struggle.
I think so many women, including me, do struggle in this area. The world’s image of what a woman should look like is plastered on billboards, magazines, TV, internet, basically everywhere as we all know, and how to overcome that can be a constant struggle.
All 4 of our girls are now grown and on their own. I remember putting all my energy into the kids and my husband as the kids were growing up, never taking time for me.
I was encouraged by our daughter to apply for the ” Big Loser” through our local fitness center. It was now time to do something for ME. I was accepted into the program. 5 months of education of eating properly and learning what a REAL workout is, including running a 5K, I lost 60 lbs. I feel so much more healthier. It was only by God’s grace that He gave me the strength to even complete the journey.
As I was doing my devotions this morning, I came across your prayer. It was so timely as I have been struggling with the fear of gaining the weight back. Thank you for the gentle reminder to unsettle me and to trust in God throughout this coming year.
May God bless you!
Psalm 46:10
Thank you very much for this timely message and prayer. I too have had this same struggle for years. After 21 years of marriage, my first husband divorced me because as he said I was too fat for him. I had one really rough year after that but the Lord brought me through it. The weight battle continued. Three years ago, the Lord brought the most wonderful, caring Christian man into my life. We celebrated our one year anniversary this past August! We both still struggle with weight issues but as of January 1st, we have decided that with God’s help we can and will eat healthier and exercise. Just today, when I put on a pair of pants that I have worn before……that were not as tight on me! God at work! Thank you Lord for your blessings, your forgiveness, your love, your mercy, your grace and your long-suffering with me.
I don’t understand what’s happening to my body. I sooooo do not like me right now.
When I first gave my life to the Lord in 2010 my everything changed I was transformed…n lost about 40 lbs and everyone wanted to know what happened to the “other” girl. Well since then I have gotten married, had complete hysterectomy, thyroid removal due to cancer, lost position at wk due to wk related illness…bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Had each hand operated on…and last month diagnosed with malignant tumors in my bladder..Hubby has left for numerous times this time he said it’s for good…holding on still he has not filed yet!!!
.All the weight plus has come back…I’ve dieted, I’ve exercised, I’m so tired. I don’t wanna be sick, I want to be well, be me, actually what God wants me to be. His
My goal and prayer in 2015 is not to “diet”, but to change my eating habits to a healthier lifestyle. I have barreled and struggled with diets and weight loss programs only to yo yo up and down. I have lost 90 pounds and have plateaued. Now working the schedule I do, I find it hard to find time to exercise.
God will help me and keep me in this journey is my Prayer.
Lord…help me to love myself like YOU love me…
Wow, this has spoken deep to my heart. I desire to be intentional, to be a good example of discipline for my 3 sleeping girls and wonderful husband. To stop letting my bad choices or the fact that my clothes don’t fit right control my mood, it’s not fair to them and most importantly not who God created me to be. I desire to stop trying and failing.. I can’t do it anymore. Unsettle me Lord, I want to be most vulnerable to you and stop justifying excuses, life is too short to wake up wishing you were a smaller size everyday. Reveal my sin to me Lord as I know you will lift me up and carry me through this. This year will be different as I yearn to grow spiritually with you and accomplish great things only by His strength.
I’ve been feeling a restlessness the last few days. After returning from out-of-town holiday travel and spending time with others, I’ve not felt ready to dive into my work and personal goals for the year. Let’s just say, I don’t feel ready to settle for meaningless goals. They need to have meaning for me to commit. Upon arising this morning I decided I’m not working at work today (self-employed). I’m working on myself today and spending time with myself, as I seek God’s direction for my life (once again). I went to bed reading and got up reading another book about getting my life back on track, about honing in on who I am and what I’m meant to do with my life. At some point, I got up and retrieved a journal that lay strewn amongst all the other various books by my bed that I read as my interests and needs take me. On the second page was a list of books I’d apparently seen recommended in another book last August. I wrote them down because I wanted to look into them at a later time. There near the top was ‘Lysa Terkuerst’ – “Living Life on Purpose” (so not the one in the topic of today). But, I saw your name, Lysa, and thought, “That looks like the name of the author whose book we’re studying in Sunday School (“The Best Yes”) (Yes, I’m relatively new to Lysa Terkuerst). Still lying in bed while I was reading, I searched you on my phone, and there was opened to me all your books, your blog, your ministry, which I was just learning about in Sunday School. So here I am. I needed your simple prayer. Heavenly Father, as Lysa prayed, so I pray, “Unsettle Me…I am an unsettled woman who no longer wishes to take part in distractions or destructions.” Help me to have a healthy, uncluttered mind and an open, healthy heart for you, that help me to make healthy choices in all areas of my life. Particularly, I need your light shown to me, Lord, in decisions to be made regarding my way(s) of making a living and how can I bring your joy and passion to those areas, and how I can either incorporate your will and purpose into my work, or help me to see the path you want me to follow. I crave that awareness from you. Unsettle me. Throw all the pieces of my distracted self into the air, and let them settle where and how you want them to land. In your most precious name I pray, Amen.
I too have tried and failed dozens of times but never have deeply relied on God to take the place of food. I have used food to comfort me and it repeatedly failed me. Looking forward to reading your book to help “unsettle me”.
I have been defeated many times in my efforts to eat healthy. I have started a 21 day of prayer and fasting. Praying that I will replace my cravings for food with craving for more of Jesus
I’m praying for a year of abiding in the Lord and fully investing in people. I want to just taste the sweetness of the Lord and the friends He has given to me all day everyday.
I am also tired of fighting the battle alone. I need God’s word to continue.
I am constantly fighting myself in so many areas. Looking for areas and places to be content. The only thing that satisfies me is food. I want to find contentment in God.
This prayer has resonated in my heart on January 1st since reading it originally in 2009. I would almost say that “unsettle me” has become my life’s deepest desire. Coasting costs. I think so often of the “yuck” that breeds when things settle…imagine the murky pond that settles. Sin can settle over my heart too, until it becomes accepted, justified, excused, and even most frightening, unnoticed.
Yes Lord, unsettle me, not only at the start of another new year, but every day, and every moment, transforming me into Your likeness.
Blessed New Year Lysa,
With love and prayers,
Joy
Lysa,
I bought your book yesterday after praying for the 10,000th time for God to just take away my struggle with weight, body image, and my lack of self-control. Though I am a Jesus girl, too, thoughts of food constantly occupy my brain, and I’m beyond sick of it…though once and again, I try and I fail.
I’m about halfway through your book. It’s been a series of extremely painful self-realizations, and my throat physically aches with holding back the tears I want to cry. I desperately want to be closer to Him and be done, once and for all, with these lies that dominate my brain. Thank you for giving me this spark of hope.
I’m praying this year to grow closer in my relationship with God, to remember to always put him first, and to live a healthier lifestyle. God unsettle me, pull me close to you and help me overcome.
I know that I’m supposed to be reading this as I can’t sleep with “unsettling” thoughts racing through my mind. I pray Lord that you guide me toward victory and give me the confidence to conquer the issues I’m dealing with and make me whole. Unsettle me now and forever, Amen.
I am in the midst of trying to lose weight yet again. I have been a yo yo dieter since my twenties and I am now 51 years old. I have read many books and I go back into bad behaviors and I am very inconsistent. I have prayed so many times, but when it comes down to it, I still struggle. I think I do more negative self talk than I even realize when I should rely on God’s strength and not my own. Maybe through even more prayer and reading your book, I will finally get there in 2015. I am also doing the Proverbs bible study that starts on January 26, so I think I will gain insight from that. I thank God that I have found your website.
I am also 56 years old and out of shape and overweight. I pray for strength, but emotional stress and physical stress get the best of me, then I snack. I want the physical image of myself 10 years ago, but not the spiritual old me. Change is good, focus is better, so I have set my sight on the Lord and His plan for me and my future. I will choose for Him and then I will follow, mind, heart, body and spirit. He created me in His perfection and I must fulfill His expectations. It is a daily devotion to stay on track spiritually and physically. I will be healthy for the Lord.
I believe with my entire being that people come into our lives at the right time. It is up to us to be aware of why they are there. You are one of those people. I have been reading your blogs for many years. You have made me laugh (your inner voice sounds a lot like me), and at times I’ve cried. You have helped me to understand that I am not alone in my unsettled feelings. I have always taken care of others, and now that I have a little more time to myself, I find it very difficult to take the time to relax and take care of me. Thank you Lysa for sharing your thoughts and God’s words with us!
I am praying to deepen my relationship with Christ this year. I’ve also made this the year of “kind” — kind words, kind gestures, kind actions. Towards those I know and love, and those I have yet to meet. This world is so full of unkind, I choose to act as the hands and feet of Jesus this year — loving everyone in ways unexpected, but hopefully appreciated.
I am purposing to be intentional this year. I have justified for too long my present spiritual and physical condition. I also want to be unsettled.
I woke up early this morning- we’re talking 4:30 am. Pretty early and kinda strange but I rolled with it. Thinking I’d take a sip of water, visit the washroom and then proceeded to go to lay back down…
In our call last night( my boyfriend and I) we had talked about previous events and in the least I felt slightly queezy about it all- I guess you could say that I’m renewing myself to my faith and in knowing that we paused so I could pray, because in all seriousness I didn’t want whatever feeling of confusion that was presiding in me to stay- but I also wanted my boyfriend to understand where I was coming from. I just asked for him (and I) to understand. That was my prayer…
And just now- decided I’d listen to Klove while falling asleep.. To come across proverbs 31. Org
Coincidence? No, I’m letting my prayers the chance to be answered. Oddly enough it seems to have happened at the exact right moment in my life. Thank you ❤️
How timely is this? Yesterday I started my jogging program AGAIN. I felt SO incredible and wondered why I don’t keep it up! But I never have. My prayer is to finally break free from my “hamster” lifestyle – all chubby and cute, occasionally running the wheel that never goes anywhere. And become the wolf running the hills – rarely tiring, seeing the beautiful creation of God in its fresh, clean beauty.
How perfect is this prayer. so little but says so much. Thank you for putting into words what my heart has been searching to say to God. I have three little ones, a toddler and newborn twins. And have just gone back to work and it’s not what my heart wants at all. After praying for each child, it breaks me to leave the house every morning and I just have so much anger and a sorrowful heart that I have to leave them. Lots of worry goes with me on the commute to work and, like every mothee, I am exhausted and most days I fail to give my kids what little I have left let alone 100% of me like they deserve. It weighs so heavily on my heart. This spills over into other aspects of my life. Thank you for such a simple prayer that says so much. I’ll be saying it so often
I’m speechless and tears are streaming down my face as I read this…..feel like I’ve been waiting to live my whole life…..waiting for things to “settle” down, to lose weight, etc…….don’t want to wait anymore…..can’t wait anymore. Unchain my heart Lord, let me know I am safe even when I’m unsettled.
Wow! Finally I got a webpage from where I know how
to really get valuable data concerning my study and knowledge.
My Prayer: “Lord, help me loosen my grip on my treasured locket!”
Hi Lysa,
I just wanted to say that it is such an breathe of fresh air to know that there is a momma out there that doesnt have it all together and is willing to be honest about it. I have read devotions and heard you speak on the radio and everytime I do I sigh and tell God thank you that it is you that has to be perfect not me. I struggled with my weight my whole life being called names by peers as young as 3rd grade. My maiden name was Gati so it made it easy for them to find a chubby names to call me. Till this day I still hear those words of the kids whispher in my ears and I see that chubby little girl in the mirror. I wanted to tell you that I truly appreciate how raw and open you are. It would be wonderful to have a signed copy of this book from you but either way I will be ordering it because I feel a tug at my heart that it will speak to me beyond what I could ever imagin. I pray blessings over you and thank you for “being you”
Always in Him,
Jamie S
Wonderful post however , I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this subject?
I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a
little bit further. Kudos!
This is not a current post of yours, I know, but I found it again tonight while searching for encouragement.
As the tears sting my cheeks yet again! Oh how I want to be pleasing in God’s sight, to complete what He has for me with strength & courage. I have such a beautiful family. Husband, four amazing children and I feel like a failure. So undisciplined in life. How I want my confidence back again so I can be a great role model for my children & others to see God in me.
Our bodies are a temple but I keep it in such poor manner that it surely doesn’t show how I love God. Why can’t I get a hold of this? UUUUGGGHHH!!!!
My soul aches as I cry out to God for forgiveness for failing to take care of myself.
I pray for guidance, wisdom, the perfect plan to fix it and this is a repeated prayer unfortunately. Is He giving me the answers & am not listening? Do I not want to do what is necessary to succeed? The bad one wants to find us in our weak state & continue to tell us we are not worthy of God’s love being so full of failure & brokenness.
But I know in my heart where all the verses I have read & learned since a child that it is not true, God loves me broken, burdened & confused. I am to take rest in His arms. The brokenness He mends. The forgiveness, not deserved or repayable, but is a gift He has given to us. I am a child of God. He loves me just as I am but He wants the best for me just like an earthly father. He encourages me through the verses. I can hide it in my heart. He can heal all of me. I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me, but I have to do the things so He can give me that strength needed to complete the race.
Lord, I come to you, yet again, with hands raised up to you. Lord, unsettle me! Please bring the right information, person, encouragement that I will need to succeed daily. I want to be pleasing in your site, to repair this temple, so that others can see you more clearly through my life. May my children see You as my strength as I live for You.
Thank you ahead of time Lord.
I pray in your Holy name. Amen
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Such a great blog post! I think these prayers are so scary, but often the unsettling we need. When we sing songs like Oceans or Hosannah and say things like “Break my heart for what breaks yours” or “Take me deeper than my feet could wander” many times we just sing it…until that point when we reach the depths or brokenness and realize the hugeness (is that a word?? 🙂 ) of the ask! Thanks for your constant encouragement.
I struggle to matter! I know my food is where my pleasues lie, what I need Lisa is a daily devotional about the reminders you talk about in your book. Something to remind me everyday that my worth isnt found in what people think of me but my existence but who I am in Christ.
Please help me for i need a start and a prayer
Please show me a way to better myself