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Living God's Way with Kim Dolan Leto | Christian Habits, Identity in Christ, How to Walk with God Daily

4. The True Source of Beauty and Confidence

Living God's Way with Kim Dolan Leto | Christian Habits, Identity in Christ, How to Walk with God Daily

Kim Dolan Leto

Christianity, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

For as long as I can remember, I always felt like I didn't quite Have you ever felt that way? 

Over the years, I've tried to locate why I started having these feelings.

I think it was a combination of things…

  • On the first day of 8th grade, at a very hormonal time, I was told I was fat. 

At that moment, my identity was tied to the number on the scale.

  • I began to live with the notion that if I weighed less, I'd be accepted or somehow better and this began an unhealthy shame over my weight.
  • Around this same time, I was made fun of for being poor and it made me feel less than.

But God healed me!

Now, my identity is securely in Christ, and the numbers aren't my report card anymore!

Even now, as I've pivoted in my career, people constantly say, you're too old, and it's too late. 

Again, with the numbers…

I reject that thinking! And, I hope you do too.

God in His overwhelming love has shown me the world's opinions are not my Jesus-loving truth!

In Him, I have all I need.

Doesn't the world try to use numbers to dictate our beauty and confidence: age, weight, salary, clothing size, and even zip code?

But here's the truth: beauty and confidence don't come from numbers they come from knowing who you are in Christ.

  • Do you struggle with numbers?
  • Do you think you'd be happier if you wore this size, or weighed this much or if you were this age?
  • What if today was the last day you allowed that number to define you or be your report card?
  • We give numbers too much power and the enemy uses them to control us even shame us.
  • Take your power back today…turn to God for your worth and choose to see yourself through His eyes. 

Can we pinky promise That today we'll trade the stronghold of this number ____________ for the beautiful confidence of who we are in Christ. 

Here's our faith fuel for the day:

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. – Psalm 139:14 ESV

Remember you are, Strong. Confident. His.

From my heart to yours, God Bless,

Kim Dolan Leto

 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the strong, confident his podcast. I'm Kim Dolan Lutto. With over 20 years in the fitness

0:18.6

industry and a lifetime of Christ working in me, I've learned

0:22.4

key biblical principles that are going to empower you to gain control over food, find the

0:27.6

motivation to work out, and live with confidence in how God created you, sweet friend.

0:33.1

Every week I'll be here to serve you and help you create lasting results through actionable

0:37.3

steps, free downloads, faith-fueled fitness tips, and prayer.

0:42.2

Let me share why this works.

0:43.8

In Christ, we have the power to walk in self-control, the promise to rely on his strength and the peace to see ourselves through his eyes.

0:52.2

Let's dive into today's show.

1:09.2

Music to see ourselves through his eyes. Let's dive into today's show. Hey there, friend.

1:10.2

Today I'm going to be sharing a short devotional to encourage you through those tough struggles we all encounter on our fitness journey, right?

1:19.0

Midweek, we need a little push, a little faith fuel. These devotionals will eventually only be available to those who subscribe as my gift to you for your support.

1:29.2

So please make sure to subscribe because without you, there would not be a strong, confident,

1:34.5

his podcast. Thank you. I'm so grateful. Okay, so today's devotional, it really hits home for me.

1:42.1

I almost like didn't want to even do this episode because it's being

1:47.4

kind of raw and real. But I thought, you know what? God wants to use it all, doesn't he? So today I'm

1:53.2

going to talk about something that can be a very tough and emotional sticking point for a lot of us.

2:00.0

And that is that beauty and confidence don't

2:02.9

come from numbers. They come from knowing who we are in Christ. I know I just heard some lady

2:09.4

driving in a car say, amen, right? So I'm going to be very real here and get vulnerable because

2:15.7

God has helped me heal from these things and he's helped me

2:19.3

know that numbers are not my report card and if you can walk away with anything today, I want you

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