How to Stop Struggling with Body Image

[@LisaBevere]

What lies are you leaving about your body image?

[@elizabeth.s.ortiz98]

I’m not a cryer..like at all.. but I’m sitting in my car on an overnight shift bawling eyes out watching this😭 I had an eating disorder in middle school and high school years but switched to the opposite end of eating for comfort during my years of being in an abusive relationship from 16-24 and slowly just got bigger. I’m 26 now and just had 2 kids exactly 1 year apart and I’m trying to learn a healthy relationship with food and get my body back to a healthy size for me. This video hit home and brought to my awareness a lot of things I needed healing from, from my childhood to now! Thank you ladies for being so vulnerable and open about these things.

[@olgusia0802]

Lisa, this is actually the first comment I post under YT video and I just want to let you know, in case if you don't know by now, that it is now impossible to watch this podcast unless you are over 18 y.o. They've put age restrictions on this video, which is quite shocking as they don't do it to videos that are controversial... the enemy doesn't rest and he does everything he can to keep people far from the truth and our only help, which is Jesus only. God bless you and John!

[@destinyhale4550]

A lot of us millennials learned how to enhance their ED by watching videos like these that were meant to help. I learned about adderall from KZbin when I was already deep in my ED a struggling with self control. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t want my daughter to see this video under 18 unless I could watch it with her. There’s pros and cons to age restrictions but I do my best to monitor what my kids are watching as they mature into teenagers so they aren’t sheltered but are exposed to things with parental guidance. Just wanted to share a different perspective on why this topic is age restricted on YT. ❤

[@Lauritadays]

Hmm I think KZbin probably didn’t put the restriction, the creator makes that choice when they post it onto KZbin

[@SaloméSonwane]

I pray someday I get to have such a relationship with my mother in law. ❤

[@ellemichelle6447]

Thank you for this episode. Having struggled with an ED for 35 years, I'm in my mid 40s and recently going into treatment, I was constantly being fed this whole body positivity thing and how I should be ok with people who basically want to walk around naked in public. They told me that I was being judgmental and harsh and were even more upset with me when I talked about how we should honor our bodies and not put "junk" in them. There are foods that God created that help us and our bodies to function optimally. It's the heavily processed man made foods that I was referring to. They did NOT like that. God is helping me work through this because for so long, it was separate from my faith. Realizing that my motivations to look a certain way came from a worldly desire and not for my desire to Glorify God has been key. When I start questioning "why" about my body, I remember that God made me, He made US as He intended. He doesn't make mistakes and we're all given this tool to steward, not for ourselves per se, but to Glorify Him. Of course He wants us to enjoy this life and the food He's created for us, but it was never meant to be a crutch or a pathway to bondage. Thank you both for being vulnerable with your stories and for sharing the redemptive message of healing and restoration that's available through Christ and His Word. Thank you Sisters!

[@Cmartin01]

Im feeling so much heaviness after this video. Deep in the trenches of post-baby, breatsfeeding, constantly criticizing every mark and dimple in the mirror, struggling with old habits and the scale. Im so glad both of you were open and vulnerable, and shared your hearts with a biblical perspective. God is doing a new thing in me. Scary, but im ready. I too want to be healthy & strong. Thank you ❤️

[@Sarah-x2q]

I'm leaving the lies that my body is my identity. God sees the heart ❤ spirit and soul 🙏

[@SpringRain23]

I love the relationship between you and your daughter in law ...I miss my kids as they live far away.

[@jackiewilliams11]

Thank you so much for this video! I am struggling with my weight(I have my whole life) but this is the heaviest I’ve been and I also just found out we have baby #3 on the way. We have a 2 yr old and 1 yr old and I am in shock!! But I am fully trusting the Lord. I am trying to embrace my body, it’s done a lot of work the last few years and it will continue to do so. I have been seeking the Lord to help me make wiser decisions and be disciplined when eating. I also am so thankful my husband lets me stay home with kiddos. Being a mom it gets hard to make yourself a priority. I think I’ve actually used my motherhood and my weight to hide myself from myself if that makes any sense. The Lord keeps bringing videos or words to me similar to this!! I am so thankful. I am listening God 🙏 thanks girls this convo was wonderful and refreshing!!

[@JulieAnnMcD]

I'm sure Lisa has met so very many of us, but I might be the teacher who struggled that she talked about (if not- same story and we met several times). My story is one of redemption

[@adriana7707]

Oh wow, I didn't realise food can be an idol to me. I have been struggling with emotional eating for a few years now. I'm very overweight and feel so ashamed of the way I look. That I'm not taking care of the body God gave me. Thank you for talking about this. It really opened my eyes. P.S. Was hoping to see you next weekend at Sisters of Africa again this year, but I'm sure you'll be here soon again.

[@roseluvslux]

Hi beautiful ladies! This podcast was such a tremendous blessing to me! Thank you!!!! You touched on EVERYTHING that is so important to females today!! I couldn’t have agreed more with everything you said!! I have struggled so much with body image which, like you Lisa, started with my dad tearing me apart with his words and the lasting effects those words have had. It adversely affected my life and relationships so much so that I subjected myself to multiple abusive relationships which further “confirmed” that I wasn’t enough in any capacity. It’s so unfortunate we all don’t get to experience the beauty and unconditional love that our fathers are supposed to provide to/for us in our formative years! I was always SO self conscious and insecure. I wish I had looked to my Heavenly Father throughout my life to understand how valuable I truly am. I have been wrestling with this my whole life BUT I know God is so good and He will deliver me! I have come to see you (Lisa) as a Godly mentor! Your wisdom is immense and I look forward to hearing what you have to say. I pre-ordered your book and started reading it immediately and just into the first few pages), I was in awe at the depth and wisdom in your writing. I cannot wait to finish it!! Thank you for being such a loyal and obedient steward to our Heavenly Father! I know your presence on this earth has impacted SO many lives and your boldness will help so many come to the truth!! I love you my sisters in Christ! May God continue to bless you and your ministry!! ❤

[@RevivedRadiance.]

I need this right now, wow. Straight from the Lord.

[@chaneebersohn9608]

In tears while watching this… Thank you for sharing. I needed this so desperately 😢

[@jenaeisenberg2786]

Wow thank you !!! I have struggled with an eating disorder for years and though I’m not bulimic anymore I still struggle with eating and body positivity

[@sicibell]

I can relate to your message, as it was my mother speaking word curses over me. It’s so true that the tongue gives life or death and it was murder of our soul when you said you felt your soul break. I’ve never suffered from an eating disorder, but food became a comfort for since I had a jezebelic mother and an absent father because he died when I was 6. I’ve spent a lifetime having a love/hate relationship with food and my weight fluctuating. Now that I have a daughter, I speak life into her if I see she’s eating too many unhealthy foods. I tell her alot of what you talked about because our voice becomes their inner voice. Children are not resilient, yet very impressionable and to how a message is being delivered. I will NEVER become that voice in my daughter’s head that she isn’t good enough, thin enough or pretty enough. She is beautiful inside and out!

[@shonteehargett6932]

I’m morbidly obese I’ve struggled with weight my entire life. I’ve had gastric bypass surgery and I’ve gained almost all back I’m trying to be more active I purchased your book and pray I can start seeing results ❤

[@pamgreshock]

❤🙏

[@pamtavares]

I loved how you reminded me that food can be an idol, but God wants to make me free. I’m thinking about just practicing honor God by the way i eat. Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 ❤️

[@kiana.vharvey]

Wow, Lisa. That is absolutely horrendous what your father told you. 😢 especially you being so young. My grandmother also told me I was gaining weight when I was about 14 years old and it stuck to me. I started going on walks everyday and lost a lot a weight. I got to a point where I was 43 kg (I was 1,64 cm). Thank God I'm back to 50 kg.

[@lisaolson2061]

This is very useful information, from one Sicilian to another, thank you 🙏 💕

[@nwanyibuifeobiako162]

Thank you so much for this episode and the entire podcast! God bless you and your family continuously🤎🤎

[@bethanydouglas2100]

Hey you guys, I just want to thank you so much for doing this whole podcast. I have really been feeling proud to be a woman the last few months in a godly way that’s been quite foreign to me but I like it. A few God things happened that reinforced these feelings, including coming across this podcast series. I lost my first baby to a ruptured ectopic and miraculously fell pregnant with the second and my third child now is also a miracle. My second pregnancy was beautiful and I felt amazing but the third one was the complete opposite. I was really struggling, including with body image from the beginning until about the 6th month. Then another God thing happened and that all went away and the pregnancy became an absolute dream, just like my last one. But I want to just tell you how much your podcasts have encouraged me to embrace this season of womanhood and to really love it and appreciate the fact that we carry life. It’s transformed the way I see myself as a pregnant woman and even when I’m not pregnant I carry this new found appreciation for womanhood and femininity. Thank you both for being so open and vulnerable and honest. I have no doubt you will affect millions of women in a powerful, positive and godly way. I love you guys - my sisters in Christ 🌸❤️ Thank you.

[@WintermoonSky]

I am so grateful to God you two beautiful women are talking about this subject. I have struggled with weight all my adult life. I do Keto at this time in my life. I am so much happier in my walk with God. It is never bad to do healthier things to bring your Temple in line with what God wants us to be in our lives!

[@celiajoubert3874]

Thank you. That wss very eye opening and it explains so much. ❤

[@FLOURISHish]

Thank you so much Ms. Bevere! This has been life changing for me. I just had a baby, she’s just 3 months old but I’ve been getting frustrated about not losing the weight quickly enough. I can relate so much to over weighing myself, constantly thinking about my body in a negative light, under eating and then over eating. I realize that this issue has become an idol to me. And I make up my mind today to hand this over to the Lord, enjoy my body and honor this beautiful body that has birthed and nurtured two amazing children. I’m going to get rid of the scale right away and focus instead of building my strength, nurturing my body with healthy food and enjoying this season that I’m in. When Ms. Lisa spoke about what she’ll tell her 33 year old self, I really felt that and I felt she was speaking to me directly (30 year old with 2 kids). Thank you so much ma’d for this lovely video. Ms. Christian Bevere, if you ever see this I also want you to know that you are so intelligent and beautiful and such a great interviewer! Well done☺️ and THANK YOU!

[@rhondacrownmiotti0817]

I’m leaving that I don’t have to look a certain way to be worthy of love and acceptance. I’m treated my temple better and loving myself so I can love others better and enjoy the temple God gifted me. This was such a great pod cast. I always tell myself when I start getting hard on myself- “comparison is the death of joy” as I’m not allowing the devil to steal from me anymore. Lisa I fully agree with you on the pageant- all those women should have walked out and not participated in the pageant nor celebrated the win. Love and blessings 🙏🏼❤️🕊️

[@tonjahall4612]

This is so good and so needed!!

[@ChildofGod98765]

Holy Spirit, direct me in my career, and finances. As a single mother with two children with special needs life is an overwhelming journey, especially because I’m constantly faced with financial difficulties. Lord I struggle to provide the basic necessities for my sons, like groceries and rent. I pray for your divine intervention in my life, that you would provide for my children’s needs and guide me towards financial stability in Jesus name I pray.🙏🏾

[@BrendsFrancis]

@@ChildofGod98765stay strong in the lord , he is god all by him self amen

[@kayajuka8660]

Keep praying, don’t give up. I’m a single mother of 4. The Lord is our husband and He is our help

[@Savedbygrace2023]

The lies I’m leaving are certain body parts are too big. I’m going to concentrate on health!

[@madelyng8624]

This whole podcast is so moving and personal to me. It is devastating that the enemy uses body image and an obsession with thinness to distract women from their God ordained purpose and gifts. I realized after awhile that when the enemy could convince me to think that being beautiful was the most important thing about me, I lost sight of my inward qualities that were truly valuable in the Kingdom of God. It’s all a distraction to keep us from carrying out our purpose.

[@leilaniaki344]

I agree with you both. So timely that I would come across this video. It's the inclusive thing it's So extreme. Thank you for speaking about it. I am trusting God with my eating and weight.

[@shawnna2215]

Oh my goodness! How this touched me. When God changed my heart last year he delivered me from a 30 year eating disorder. Since, i have gained weight. But my self body image is more stable than it has ever been. However, I do not want to be this weight forever. Im going to take Ms. Lisas advise and asked God to help me feel full. Help me eat the foods He wants me to eat! I am so happy u spoke on this! Thank You 🙏 I😊

[@bonitahunt5180]

I needed to hear this. I am 63 years old and feel horrible about my weight. My husband has caused this. With information given to me after 38 years of marriage. My whole self image has been destroyed. Bringing up a old girlfriend that was supposed to look like Brooke Shields. I ve prayed and prayed. This shouldn't have been shared with me. it was a sexual relationship. Sex all the time, drinking and dancing. I was not this kind of girl. I'm just struggling

[@jennifersanchez6166]

Love this conversation, so accurate and wise! I became a mom recently and I’m struggling with my weight 🙏🏽 thank you

[@Jcard925]

You both are beautiful thank you for this message ❤

[@tonibelikov9059]

Thank you sisters, God bless you.

[@chocortez23]

I thought I had heard it all...and kust a few minutes in I'm like, "I needed this!" Liza, thank you, thank you...this is going to change me.. it's going to be hard and a struggle to think differently, but this was really something I needed to hear, re-hear, and learn again. Thank you! I received new revelation, insight, conviction, and hope!

[@catherinegeil2745]

This came at the perfect time! I needed this podcast!

[@KristenHatfield_]

Thank you for being so vulnerable here with us. This was so good and helpful

[@marywitter8964]

Excellent teaching.I just ordered your book...God bless you both❤

[@kathleenjost1624]

Beautiful and true, loving discussion! Thanks! God bless you both! Well done!

[@cathysmith8161]

Thank you! I really needed to hear this today!! Gods word is always on time.

[@CountryThreadsbyhand]

This video is SO encouraging for women of all ages!! Thank you Lisa & Christian! (I hope I spelled it right!) I love the dynamic you ladies have and honesty you bring to the table!! God bless you both! ✝️🙏🏻🕊️💜

[@wendymejia7914]

Thank you, for talking about these issues that are rooted deep within each little girl that extends to adulthood.❤🙏❤️

[@le6365]

So very timely. Feeling grateful for the Lord's ministry on, & in your life. God bless you & your family. An eterniity together with you in Jesus.

[@Sarah-x2q]

Ecclesiastes 3:11 🙌

[@lynntaylor2506]

My dad put me down my whole life growing up. I completely understand how you felt. I married an abusive man at 18 and it was horrible, it's what I thought I deserved. God has been my father and my very best friend. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the one who died for us all. Thank you so much for this message. All of us need to hear this. It's so important. God bless you above and beyond 🙏 ❤️

[@claremurphy12]

Thankyou excellent teaching for women. And you’re both very beautiful! Thankyou Lisa for sharing your journey

[@hopeokeke3045]

Thank you ladies for telling the truth and not conforming to worldly standards of femininity and beauty. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth❤❤❤ shall make you free.

[@Kitten49able]

Thank you ❤️

[@suej4430]

So helpful!

[@workoutmusic4209]

Please pray over this comment section! Lisa prayed over a congregation I was in years ago and I was instantly filled with the Holy Spirit and nothing in my life has been the same since 🙌 I am now recognizing that after watching my mom and grandma make their weight an idol, I "over corrected" by not caring at all about mine. But I am not feeling healthy or confident in my clothes and after praying to ask God my number like I heard Lisa did, I do feel like I was given a healthy goal range from the Lord but getting to it still seems very overwhelming. I've started eating whole foods diet and walking and I'm believing God will work the rest out for me without me having to obsess over it. I would love your faith agreement with me in this journey ☺️

[@debbiefritz5336]

Good podcast! ❤

[@louisehughes9578]

Thank you for addressing this issue; public display has become a definite problem. As a high school teacher, I would tell the girls to go get a t-shirt to cover their display of their breasts, telling them, "you do not want on public display what is meant for private consumption." I also personally covered myself with my hand, so when I would lean down to address any student, male or female, my own chest was covered. That was about 8 years ago, and it's become even more problematic.

[@ester8117]

So good!

[@Shepardisthelamb]

She is sooooo beautifull..one of the most beautiful women in the world

[@wandcL6643]

I did bodybuilding for 2 years and wish I can explain to all females in the world, your Identity is in God alone.

[@nobodys-asmr]

Not the content warning😂😂 the devil works hard. Love your podcast Lisa and Christian ❤❤ I've never been so encouraged to step into what God has called me to! Praying you stay blessed 🙌

[@PinaColada4lifeNotJust4Holiday]

the lie I'm leaving is " old isn't beautiful"

[@SavannahMares]

Soo good!!!

[@neonwolf45]

They don’t do it only to girls my husband said it to my son and until this day my son has not forgotten and me either I talk to my husband about and see nothing wrong with what he said

[@Kelly-jc8ux]

I have a problem with yo-yo eating. I’ll eat well for awhile and then fall off and eat a lot of junk food!!

[@nathaleerodriguez9548]

Sooo good 😭🫶

[@spdube2]

I’m at 103 and 83 would be lovely and a blessing

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

No woman should feel the need to feel insecure about her self, granted its good to loose weight to be healthy but there is an element where it becomes an obsession

[@АлёнаЧервова-ч2п]

Спасибо большое за это видео! Очень полезно и много взяла для себя, буду теперь транслировать такой подход к своёму телу в своём блоге🤍

[@Amberrechelle]

I would like to see this conversation regarding other woman of different cultures . African American woman definitely experience womanhood different in comparisons to no Blake women ... even in terms of eating disorders ... it shows up differently......

[@daughterofthekingofkings9628]

❤

[@tiofug]

Woow

[@yolandacisneros1489]

my father didnt say anytging he was not even at my birth

[@MarykayOsoski]

What is healthy eating?

[@rosemarianne5336]

I am unable to view this video. I am asked to verify my age and then to present proof of my age. Unbelievable 😞

[@Annie-td9zz]

Gosh I haven’t been able to watch this video as I’m just sitting here too stunned by the cell phone sitting next to her pregnant tummy. Lord protect the unborn children 🙏🏼

[@katieharrington2845]

I developed what I call the demon of Ana. Anorexia nervosa. At age 5 I began to be tormented by demon's invading my bedroom at night. So I developed a spirit of fear. Not long after age 5 I began to hear an actual voice not my own voice this was a haggard Demoniac voice of a haggard woman who would begin shouting at me I could hear her in mind I would argue back and forth with this demanding, evil demon. Age 5 anytime I began to eat I'd hear her voice shouting at me, calling me the most vile disgusting names, and telling me that I was ugly fat and that if I didn't do what this ana demon demanded I would allow her to hurt my family 😢and I'd never find love. It was 247 I also simultaneously was being tormented by the spirit of fear, could not sleep at night as I'd feel the evil coming, I'd literally be crying myself to sleep, light on, blanket over me, flashlight 🔦 and bible on my chest, singing the song my Jesus my saviour over n over . I thought I'd have this forever. They the world calls it a incurable disease. But this ana demon was tormenting me along with the other ones so I'd fear sleep since age 5 till age 29 However 4 years ago now I heard the living voice of God call me by my name 3 times, before I was just about to rest. I then was encountered by the first of what would become a series of dreams prophetic future tribulation rapture type dreams. The first dream that night made me fear God and I heard him again after I awoke say Katie!!! My daughter come to me now!!! Time is running out. I am coming back soon, watch wait and pray 🙏🙏🙏 I was saved that very night and was having dreams of prophecy events that are to come every 2 to 3 months over 4 years now. I began to see my dreams from God were actually in the future prophetic texts from the bible. This shook me but increased my faith in Jesus Christ even more. I was also healed immediately by Jesus Christ from anorexia nervosa, which I was shown in a dream the spirit behind the so called anorexia nervosa disease. I casted this spirit of death,and fear and vanity out of my life. Was set free, have had no symptoms whatsoever since 4 years ago now. 😊 Was healed instantly from awful arthritis in hands , legs, fingers etc 😊 Healed in a miracles way from a bone or lump poking out of my upper wrist, I encountered God I saw a light and he pushed me down to the floor, I began to hear crunching noises coming from my wrist, looking down I see this lump which was causing so much pain was moving down into my lower hand and I saw it being pushed into upper thumb, before dissolving 😮😮😮 I'd prayed for healing desperately 7 hours earlier, and I saw his bright light falling down upon me this night, I will never forget it. sounds too good to be true but with faith Jesus Christ says we can move a mountain 😮 So now I'm healed, free saved by grace through faith, covered by the Blood of Christ Jesus. I've been blessed with these end times prophecy prophetic future tribulation rapture prophecy events to warn others about the fact that Jesus Christ is coming back soon watch wait and pray. I've been blessed with the gift of healing, spiritual discernment, kindness, and being a seer through the dreams from God. I've been told I'm not saved because I have not received the gift of tounges. But I read that holyspirt will give each gifts accordingly and not all have the same gifting. I learnt that tounges shouldn't be confusing and that if an unsaved person steps into a church wherein all are supposedly speaking with tounges it's going to make them think we are mad !!! Paul says that 3 people each to take turns, and interpretation of the tounges is needed, that there is also the tounges that can transcend language barriers. I don't mean to offend but I feel and have witnessed many people forcing the gift of tounges and you can tell when it's not from the spirit, some people think that others may judge them so they just put on this gifting and I don't think it's right. But apart from all that. God is a healer, I am a walking miracle. Being healed of my anorexia nervosa I had most of life , now being free. I know that it was spiritual I heard the demonic hag ana speaking and tormenting me . I'm blessed to be alive. All glory to God without God I'd be nothing have no gifts and I'd serve him even if I received no gifts at all . ❤

[@mandilorenify]

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[@ominolene]

ur very young

[@workoutmusic4209]

I am so thankful for this podcast 🥹 I really needed to hear everything in it. Great episode!

[@trac1821]

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