Have you wondered if it's okay to eat avocados if you're trying to lose weight? The answer is a resounding "Yes!" I've got a great kid-friendly recipe for you, too!

This "Alligator Pear" is a fruit we treat like a vegetable. It's full of good-for-you fat that's free of cholesterol and sodium and is a rich source of about 25 essential nutrients - including vitamin E,

Here's a great true story about the power of praising the Lord. Rev. A. E. Wunder was led by God to visit a young pastor and his family who were doing a pioneering work in an unevangelized area.

As he stood on their front porch with boxes of groceries, he heard the pastor's wife praying for food. Opening the door and seeing

"Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase" (Daniel 12:4).

Running "to and fro"? That sure sounds like today, doesn't it? Once-upon-a-time the customary reply to the question, "How are you doing?" was "Fine, thank you. And you?" Today the answer is, "Busy!"

"Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life" (Proverbs 4:23).

This proverb of King Solomon's is not referring to physical cardio training, but spiritual. We want to keep watch over what we are meditating on in our heart.

Is there unforgiveness or bitterness? Envy? Worry? If so, the answer is to exercise. Exercise forgiveness, repentance and then cast your cares upon the Lord.

Most of us are accustomed to thanking God for our meal before we start eating. What I propose is encircling our dining experience with praise.

In Isaiah 55:2 the Lord says, "Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good, and let your soul be satisfied with abundance."

"Then Mary said, 'Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word'" Luke 1:38.

To me, these are some of the most remarkable words in Scripture. Mary had just been told something quite amazing -- -- something no one before her had ever been told.

The Lord gave us the perfect prayer outline in the 11th chapter of the book of Mark for removing mountains in our lives. Mountains are situations and conditions that stand between us the fulfillment of God's best for us.

Mountains standing in your way can be things such as lack, debt, or a bad report. A mountain can be a physical, emotional or mental

"Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. I am the bread of life… Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from

Are you a breakfast eater? It's important to eat a nutritious breakfast every morning if you want to lose weight, maintain a healthy weight and maintain a good energy level throughout the day.

A study was conducted by Vanderbilt University in 1992 with overweight people who routinely skipped breakfast. When they began eating

"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens…" (Isaiah 58:6)

The reasons we choose to fast and the reasons the Lord calls us to fast may be two entirely different things. You may choose to fast in order to hear the Lord more clearly, for direction in your life, to help a loved one, or to see a "mountain" moved out of your