GOD's WORD ON EATING DISORDERS

WHERE DO EATING DISORDERS COME FROM?

A. Sinful Nature (Flesh)
  • Romans 7:5
  • Romans 7:18
  • Romans 8:4-5

 
  •  Romans 9, 12-13
  •  Gal. 5:13, 16
  • Romans 5:12

 
  • Ephesians 2:1-3
  • James 1:14-15
B. Free Will
  • James 1:14-15
  • Genesis 6:12
  • Proverbs 1:29-33
  • Deut. 30:19
  • 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
  • Joshua 24:15
  • Proverbs 16:16
  • Isaiah 66:3b-4
  • 1 Cor. 7:37
  • Romans 8:5
  • Philippians 4:8
  • 1 Peter 4:3
(choosing/allowing ED thoughts forms strongholds in the mind)
C. Lack of Self-Control
  • Gal. 5:19-23
  • 1 Thess. 4:4
(responsible for our own sin)
  • Mark 7:21-23
  • 1 Peter 2:11
  • Titus 3:3
  • 1 Cor. 9:27
  • Proverbs 25:28
  • Ezekiel 18:2-24
  • 2 Peter 1:5-7
  • James 1:14-15
D. Negative Thoughts
(we are to discipline our thoughts)
  • Proverbs 23:7
  • Romans 1:20-25
  • Psalms 19:14
  • Psalms 37:30-31
  • Psalms 49:3
  • Psalms 104:34
  • Proverbs 16:3
  • Isaiah 55:7
  • Isaiah 65:2
  • Jeremiah 6:19
  • Philippians 4:8
E. Hurting Spiritually
(not praying, no intimacy with God)
  • Psalms 5:2-3
  • Psalms 55:16-17
  • Psalms 91:1
  • Psalms 143:8
  • Psalms 139
  • James 5:1
  • Matthew 26:41
(failure to recognize sin as sin)
  • Isaiah 5:20-21
  • Hebrews 3:13
(wrong doctrine, not knowing the Word)
  • Romans 10:2-3
  • Hebrews 5:12-14
  • Psalms 119:9-11
  • Psalms 119:165
  • 2 Peter 1:3-4
  • 1 John 2:4-5
(poor pastor/teacher)
  • Luke 6:40
  • Isaiah 32:6
(backslidden, no longer living for God)
  • Luke 8:13
  • Mark 4:14-20
  • Psalm 127:1
  • Jeremiah 18:
What To Do About An Eating Disorder
A. Abstinence
  • Matthew 18:8-9
  • Mark 9:43-45
  • 1 Cor. 6:12
  • Phil. 1:9-11
  • Hebrews 5:14
  • 1 Thess. 5:21-22
  • 1 Peter 2:11
  • Proverbs 23:2
  • 1 Timothy 4:8
  • Psalm 34:14
  • 1 Peter 3:10-11
  • Romans 12:9
  • 2 Cor. 10:4?5
  • Philippians 4:8
  • Proverbs 16:3
(feeling "deprived" ends)
  • I Peter 5:8-10
  • I Cor. 10:13
B. Support System
  • Proverbs 17:17
  • Proverbs 27:6, 9
  • Proverbs 27:17
  • Proverbs 1:5
  • Proverbs 11:14
  • Proverbs 12:15
  • Proverbs 15:22
  • Proverbs 19:20
  • Proverbs 24:6
  • 1 Thess. 5:11
  • Romans 15:5
  • Romans 15:14
  • 1 Cor. 12:25-26
  • Hebrews 3:13
  • Heb. 10:24-25
  • James 5:16
  • 1 Peter 4:10
  • Galatians 6:1
  • 2 Cor. 1:3-4
  • Romans 12:15
(choose wisely)
  • Psalms 1:1
  • Proverbs 12:26
  • Proverbs 28:23
  • 1 Cor. 15:33
  • 2 Thess. 3:14
(support groups-be careful of negative, unbelieving people)
  • Proverbs 10:20
  • Proverbs 12:18
  • Proverbs 12:25
  • Proverbs 15:2
  • Proverbs 15:4
  • Proverbs 18:21
  • Colossians 2:8
  • Hebrews 3:12
  • 1 Cor. 15:33
  • Proverbs 15:13
  • Proverbs 16:24
  • Prov. 22:17-18
  • Proverbs 14:7
  • 2 Cor. 6:14-1
(blow your cover-describe your ED and "methods" to your support persons)
  • James 5:16
  • Matthew 26:41
B. Education
(learn what's right; don't follow the ways of the world)
  • Proverbs 2:10-15
  • Proverbs 10:14
  • Prov. 13:14-16
  • Romans 12:1?2
  • Proverbs 18:15
  • Proverbs 23:1-3
  • Eph. 4:17-19
  • 1 Cor. 6:12-13
  • 1 Cor. 6:19-20
  • 1 Cor. 9:25-27
  • 1 Cor. 10:23-24
  • 1 Cor. 10:31
  • 2 Cor. 6:14-18
  • Proverbs 4:26
  • Ephesians 5:8?11
  • Eph. 5:15-17
(read the Bible for wisdom)
  • Psalm 107:20.
  • Psalm 119:9?11
  • 1 Cor. 1:25.
  • Isaiah 55:9-11
  • Ephesians 6:17
  • Hebrews 4:12
  • Romans 10:17
  • 2 Samuel 7:28
  • Proverbs 3:5-6
  • Psalms 119:165
  • Psalms 119:89
  • Jude 1:25
C. Biblical Counseling (godly vs. worldy)
  • Psalms 1:1?3
  • Psalms 33:11
  • Proverbs 12:5
  • Jude 1:25
  • 1 Cor. 3:19-21
  • Colossians 2:8
  • 2 Timothy 3:1-7
  • Romans 1:20-23
  • Isaiah 32:6
  • 2 Peter 3:17-18
  • Gal. 5:16-17
  • 2 Tim. 3:16?17
  • Romans 8:13-14
  • 2 Peter 1:3-4
  • Eph. 4:22-24
  • Gal. 5:16, 25
  • Ephesians 4:15
  • 1 Peter 2:2
  • Romans 12:2
  • Psalms 107:20
D. Relationship with God
(read your Bible)
  • John 1:1
  • Romans 10:17
  • Psalms 107:20
  • Psalms 119:9-11
  • Isaiah 55:9-11
  • Ephesians 6:17
  • Hebrews 4:12
  • John 17:17
  • Proverbs 30:5
  • Psalms 119:
(praise & worship God)
  • Psalms 18:3
  • John 4:23
  • Psalms 149:3-4
  • Psalms 100:2-4
  • Psalms 47:1
  • Ps. 107:31-32
  • Psalms 35:18
  • 1 Peter 2:9
  • Hebrews 13:5
(pray)
  • Philippians 4:6
  • Colossians 4:2
  • James 5:16
  • 1 John 5:14-15
  • Psalms 31:7
  • Psalms 36:9-10
  • Psalms 16:11
  • Isaiah 28:26, 29
  • Psalms 16:7
  • Rom. 12:10-
(make friends with other believers)
  • Genesis 28:3
  • Psalms 107:32
  • Heb. 10:24-25
  • Romans 12:4-5
  • Romans 15:5
  • Romans 15:14
  • Ephesians 4:1-3
  • Colossians 3:16
  • James 5:16
  • 1 Peter 4:9-10
  • 1 John 1:7
  • Romans 12:13
(get involved in God's work)
  • 2 Timothy 2:21
  • 2 Tim. 3:16-17
  • 2 Timothy 4:5
  • 2 Thess. 2:16-17
  • Titus 3:14
  • Eph. 4:11-16
  • 2 Corinthians 9:8
  • Col. 1:9-10
  • Heb. 13:20-21
  • 1 Cor. 15:
E. Forget the Past/Forgive
  • Heb.12:14-15
  • Acts 8:23
  • James 3:10-11
  • Lam. 3:19-21
  • Matthew 5:44
  • Mark 11:25
  • Luke 6:28
  • Luke 17:3-4
  • Rom. 12:19-21
  • Ephesians 4:32
  • 2 Cor. 5:17
  • Phil. 3:13-14
  • 2 Cor. 4:16-18
  • Colossians 3:13
F. Expect to Be Healed
  • Proverbs 29:18
  • Psalms 34:17
  • Romans 4:16-18
  • Hebrews 6:12
  • Hebrews 10:23
  • Heb. 10:35-36
  • Hebrews 11:1
  • 2 Corinthians 5:7
  • Romans 10:17
  • John 17:17
  • Proverbs 30:5
  • Psalms 119:89
  • Psalms 119:138
  • Hebrews 10:23
G. Be Persistent
  • Galatians 6:9
  • Hebrews 6:11-12
  • James 1:3-4

Single Scriptures

Rom 7:5
For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.

Deut 30:19
This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

Prov 25:28
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.

James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

Prov 23:7a
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

Matt 26:41
"Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

1Thes 5:21-22
Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.

Prov 27:6, 9
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

2 Cor 1:3-4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Prov 2:10-13
When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness;

Rom 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Col 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

2 Tim 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Prov 30:5
Every word of God is pure; he is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

Col 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Matt 5:44
"But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,"

Phil 3:13
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

Ps 34:17
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Heb 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Gal 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.