Antecedentes del voluntariado

THROUGH OUT MY CAREER AS a neurosurgeon, weight challenges have often played a major role in the lives of many of my patients.

Consequently, these challenges have affected myself, as well, because of my responsibility to them. Before I received the revelation that Jesus could heal neurosurgical conditions without surgery, I remember several occasions when patients required almost emergency weight-loss programs before they could even risk going through surgery.

There was no choice in these cases; there were only crises because the patient couldn’t live with severe pain and neurological deficits. You really can’t afford the risks involved with ignoring your body.

This disclaimer applies especially to the reader who decides to become an observer instead of a participant in the Lean God’s Way principles. Such a person may expect magical results, as if they he or she is dealing with a genie in a bottle. In such cases, a “cute”

disclaimer would be: “It is not my fault that it did not work!” The truth is that you know you have the help of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but you need to take the personal responsibility to be committed and accountable for your cooperation with them.

This chapter serves as a disclaimer that is necessary to point out that I make no guarantees that you will achieve your desired weight loss, even though the information here is based wholly upon the Word of God, the holy Bible. In truth, it’s ultimately up to you. Any commitment you make to God is between you and Him,

and He has given you many assurances, promises, and guarantees in His Word. You can always count on Him!

My intention is to present spiritual guidance to you from the Holy Spirit. He wrote this book through me and I believe He inspired the title, Lean God’s Way, as I expressed to you in the beginning of the book.

I have written nothing here that is intended to be legal, medical, or psychological counsel or treatment.

Please do not think otherwise as you read. The truth is that I took principles, insights, experiences, spiritual laws, many, many healings, and miracles, and correlated them as guiding principles in writing this book. This, of course, is beyond my training as a physician and neurosurgeon, so I have become totally dependent on God and His mercy and grace.

M.D. DOES NOT STAND FOR MEDICAL DEITY

My M.D. degree was never meant to stand for

“Medical Deity.”

I have considered the possibility of “Mirth Dispenser” instead. I assume no personal or professional responsibility for anyone who does not receive his or her desired weight loss, nor do I accept credit for anyone who does, since such matters are between the individual and God. Thus, I am unable to promise or guarantee your weight loss, but I do expect it to happen, given what God has done for others, and I know that He is no respecter of persons. If He does it for one, He will absolutely do it for another and for you, as well.

“Then Peter replied, ‘I see very clearly that God doesn’t show partiality.” (Acts 10:34, NLT)

Receiving your weight loss will require faith even if you have never seen nor experienced a healing. Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you

not to. Persistence in your belief is an act of faith. You really have a distinct advantage that you cannot see faith, for its invisibility becomes an enormous opportunity for you to strengthen your belief levels. Hence, you are able to walk by faith, not by sight.

You want to know the best reality definition of faith? It’s placing your body on some of those horror amusement park rides, like the Tower of Terror in Disney World and believing you’ll walk away happy and safe. That takes a lot of faith and trust.

There was no intention, either, for this book to conflict with any church or medical doctrines, beliefs, or practices. It is based solely on the Bible.

My personal opinion is that the goodness of a doctor is dependent on his intolerance to sickness, disease, and especially to excess weight.

You should expect great positive results from your spiritual efforts to grow in faith. This will happen through the Word of God, which will increase your belief levels. This, along with prayer and Bible meditation, will draw you closer to God. In addition, you can have the support of a Spirit-filled, Full-Gospel, God-fearing church. God expects you to be associated with believers who are in agreement with you and will stand with you to help you achieve your weight goals.

Rodney Dangerfield, the great comedian, may not have taken advantage of the saying, “The place of power is the place of agreement,” as you can do. His comment, on the other hand, was, “I always seem to hang around!

people that could do me absolutely no good!”

God wants you to “hang around” with those who will encourage and support you, and my prayer for you is that you will receive what God wants for you: “Dear friend, I am praying that all is well with you and that your body is as healthy as I know your soul is.” (3 John 1:2, NLT)

Here’s another funny story to whet your sense of humor:

A man goes to the psychiatrist. Multiple patches of lettuce are clinging across the front of his chest and carrots are flopping from his back. You can see what looks like thick globs of gravy behind his ears. There are huge strings of spaghetti wrapped around his legs and different kinds of pasta are hanging from his arms. large wad of gum is obviously protruding from the top of his head? He Is wearing a string of bananas around his waist as a belt, He says, “Doctor, I’m terribly worried about my brother.”

Remember to use this PRN daily:

“Dear God, thank You for helping me to eat wisely. Holy Spirit, thank You for providing and guiding all my food needs.”

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