Sweet Grace For Your Journey

Teresa Shields Parker | Christian Weight Loss Coach, Author and Speaker
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Sweet Grace For Your Journey

Sweet Grace for Your Journey is the podcast for women who want to lose weight and live healthy—body, soul and spirit. Author Teresa Shields Parker shares tip and advise each week from her personal journey of losing over 250 pounds and having kept it off since 2013.

  1. MAR 12

    279. Fighting For or Against You?

    Episode 279-Fighting For or Against You? There’s a recurring question that has been playing throughout my mind. Are we fighting for God or are we maybe unknowingly, or knowingly, fighting against Him? As Christians we better know that we are in a war. The problem is we likely really aren’t cognitively aware of the war until our attention is called to it.  The evil one’s main weapon is that little three letter word s-i-n. If he can get us to sell out to sin, he can destroy any influence or effectiveness we have in the world.  God has weapons too. His most effective weapon is that five-letter, living word of Grace. We have to want to implement the strength of His grace to defeat sin. In other words, we have to push the grace button if we want help.  We have grace if we have accepted Christ, but we in order to win the war, in order to apply the strength of God’s grace in our lives, we must admit we are weak and need God’s help in order to live in God’s freedom rather than the bondage of sin. Psalm 139:23-24 NLT is what I want to leave you with. “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” Make that your prayer.  If you are interested in joining us for my coaching group, please go to https://Teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers/  Until Next week, Sweet Grace for Your Journey.

    28 min

  2. MAR 5

    278. Becoming a Living Sacrifice

    Episode 278-Becoming a Living Sacrifice Why does God want us to be living sacrifices? Is it the same thing as surrendering to God? What does it mean to be a living sacrifice? Why would God even want us to do that?   Being a living sacrifice means that as God’s children, we do what He says and go where He leads. This is paramount as a child of God, but its also really difficult.   Paul tells us this in Romans 12:1 AMP: “Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies, dedicating all of yourselves, set apart, as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational, logical, intelligent act of worship.”    Who He is and who we are makes surrendering every single part of our lives to Him a rational, and at the same time a very emotional, course of action. Doing this now and every single day is more than a starting place. It will define how we live in tandem with Him for the rest of our lives.

    29 min

  3. FEB 26

    277. Can God Do That?

    Episode 277-Can God Do That? If I came up to you and said, “Do you believe God can do anything? Do you believe He is all-powerful?” you’d probably say, “Yes!” You’d say you serve a mountain-making, mountain-moving, earth-shaking, sky-shattering, miracle-working, dead-raising, sick-healing God who can do anything! But let me ask you this: Do you believe He will do those things for YOU? Do you believe He will move mountains in your life? Or does part of you feel like those miracles were for long ago or for other people—but not for you? I wrestled with this question for a long time. I knew God was powerful, but when it came to my own struggles—especially with my weight—I acted as if He couldn’t (or wouldn’t) help me. I prayed, but deep down, I didn’t believe my situation could change. That mindset kept me stuck. I kept trying to fix things on my own, relying on diets and willpower, and ignoring the one thing God had already shown me—His plan for me. The truth is, nothing is impossible for God. But we have to believe Him enough to follow His lead instead of taking matters into our own hands. That’s what I want to talk about today. Overcomers Academy Link: https://teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers/  Rebuilding Jayne Link: https://www.amazon.com/Rebuilding-Jayne-Her-Fathers-Protection-ebook/dp/B0DGXTXR53

    33 min

  4. FEB 19

    276. Conflicting Desires

    Episode 276-Conflicting Desires Years ago I did an activity from a workbook where I wrote down every desire I had good or bad, healthy or unhealthy. I thought about what I  really wanted in life and what my desires or passions were.  I wrote down everything that came to mind without evaluating it. I was honest with myself and didn’t judge my desires, wants, lusts, addictions, etc. I “threw up” on paper for lack of a better term. With each desire I asked is this a true, God-given desire? Is it noble? Is it right? Is it pure. Hey right there my list got a lot shorter! Just being honest. Is it lovely, and not like new car lovely, but lovely in God’s eyes. Is it admirable? Is it excellent? Is it praiseworthy? Many were good desires, but they were in conflict with another good desire. So I had to make some well-defined choice.  I learned that to get anywhere on my journey conflicting desires will keep me stuck. We can’t do everything, but we must do what God wants us to do. Overcomers Academy Link: https://teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers/ Rebuilding Jayne Link: https://www.amazon.com/Rebuilding-Jayne-Her-Fathers-Protection-ebook/dp/B0DGXTXR53

    28 min

  5. FEB 12

    275. Renew Your Mind

    Episode 275-Renew Your Mind Are you stuck? Do you want to do something to change how you feel and how you can get out of the funk you find yourself in daily? Do you want to renew your life? You can but it will take intentional effort. Basically, you cannot renew your life unless you change your habits. Habit-change requires renewing your mind in order to renew your life. Overcomers Academy Link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/overcomers Rebuilding Jayne Link:  https://www.amazon.com/Rebuilding-Jayne-Her-Fathers-Protection-ebook/dp/B0DGXTXR53

    32 min

  6. FEB 5

    274. Tell a Better Story

    Episode 274-Tell a Better Story Stories are the fabric of our lives. God loves stories. The Bible is made up of true stories of success and failure in life. God uses the stories of failures of people to show the fall of man, but also the redemption of man. He shows how those destined to create better stories follow Him to their destinies or their demise. He also shows us how when He appears in our lives, things change. Here are some changes that happened to people in the Bible. See if you can recognize who these men are. A former killer turned shepherd turns into one of the greatest leaders and freedom fighters for an entire nation of enslaved people.  A lowly shepherd boy is anointed king but becomes one of the greatest leaders after deep heart-felt repentance for the sin of adultery and murder.  A former head-hunter of Christians turns into the author of the majority of the New Testament.  To find the names of those individuals, listen to podcast 274. Overcomers Academy Link: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/overcomers   Rebuilding Jayne Link:  https://www.amazon.com/Rebuilding-Jayne-Her-Fathers-Protection-ebook/dp/B0DGXTXR53

    34 min

  7. JAN 29

    273. Food and Curses

    Episode 273-Food and Curses Every mother knows somewhere in the back of her mind that there are two types of food. There is nutritious food every child needs in order to grow strong and healthy. And then there’s the stuff that masquerades as food that really just medicates kids. It makes them happy. It comforts them when they are sad or crying, but there is nothing nutritious in ice cream, cake, candy, and soda pop. What does every mom say when toddlers are crying they don’t want to leave a fun place? Something similar to, “Stop crying and you can have an ice cream after you eat lunch.” Like magic, the wailing stops. What has Mom just taught that child? Food comforts. What does she also know? Ice cream has no real nutritional value, but includes 25 grams of sugar and 32 carbs.  As we will discover in this podcast, the way we eat can cause a curse that we can pass down through the generations. It definitely happened to me, but we can break these. If you have this issue or other similar issues, I invite you right now to join us in Overcomers Academy. For more information, go to https://teresashieldsparker.com/overcomers.

    29 min

  8. JAN 22

    272. Intentional Choices

    Episode 272-Intentional Choices We all know that if we want anything in our lives to change we have to intentionally make different choices. We have to change the way we’ve done things for years. If we continue eating the same way we always have, we will either stay the same or continue to gain weight.  If we don’t add some intentional times of exercise, we will likely not lose weight even if we are eating healthy. If we don’t forgive issues in our past that have us stuck in the cycle of eating to overcome emotional issues we won’t change our situation. If we don’t change our minds we won’t change our behaviors. So the big question is how do we make intentional choices that lead to a permanent change in our behaviors?  God wants to help us create the intention to make the right choices so that our desires are aligned with His desires.  Overcomers Academy: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/overcomers/ Rebuilding Jayne: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGXTXR53/

    28 min
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Sweet Grace for Your Journey is the podcast for women who want to lose weight and live healthy—body, soul and spirit. Author Teresa Shields Parker shares tip and advise each week from her personal journey of losing over 250 pounds and having kept it off since 2013.

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    Teresa Shields Parker | Christian Weight Loss Coach, Author and Speaker
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    279
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