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Get Thin, Stay Thin addresses the real reason we struggle with eating problems: we try to use food to satisfy our souls. As the Hallidays explain, we all crave intimacy, security, and acceptance. When these needs are not met, we often turn to substitutes such as food. The Hallidays go beyond trendy, short-term weight-control plans and urge readers to allow God to satisfy their deepest hungers. Anyone who has struggled with weight loss will benefit from this honest and thorough look at getting beyond the guilt and the ups and downs of yo-yo dieting.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 janvier 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781585584000
Langue	English

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© 1994 by Arthur and Judy Halliday
Published by Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.revellbooks.com
Previously published as a trade book under the title Silent Hunger and as a Spire book under the title Thin Again.
Ebook edition created 2013
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
ISBN 978-1-5855-8400-0
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture is taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ® . NIV ® . Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Scripture marked NKJV is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture marked RSV is taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture marked AMP is taken from the Amplified ® Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
Certain materials, such as the “Thin Within Principles,” included in this work originated in Thin Within workshops and are also discussed in a different context in Thin Within: How to Eat and Live Like a Thin Person, which is available from Pocket Books.
Hearken to the sound of my cry…
Psalm 5:2
This book is affectionately dedicated
to all our counselees
who have honored us with their trust
and taught us much of what we know
about God’s miraculous healing
and
to Mom and Dad Wardell
who have been a constant source
of steadfast love
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One Free to Risk
1 Intimacy Not Counterfeits
2 Resurrection Not Rigid Restraint
Part Two Free to Change
3 Grace Not Legalism
4 Conscious Eating Not Compulsive Eating
Part Three Free to Trust
5 Worth Not Shame
6 Dependence Not Addiction
7 The Present Not the Past
Part Four Free to Love
8 Holy Struggle
9 Holy Action
10 Holy Life
Additional Resources
Reconciling with Your Body
The Body Awareness Exercise
Medical Issues and Family Eating Patterns
Medical Questions Frequently Asked at Thin Within Workshops
Notes
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge these people who have contributed significantly to this book: The thousands of Thin Within graduates who have shared their struggles as well as their victories and who have taught us far more than we have taught them. All of our faithful friends who have prayed for us over these many years. The pastoral staff of Peninsula Bible Church—Brian Morgan, Gary Vanderet, and John Hanneman—for their excellent teaching of the Scriptures. Serena O’Farrell, our dear friend, who patiently and prayerfully persevered with us in the writing of this book. Sheila Kogan Flannery, our treasured friend, whose helpful suggestions brought clarity to this manuscript. Pat Patmore and Jane Alexander for their wisdom, support, and suggestions. Special thanks to Roy M. Carlisle, our agent, for all of his support and encouragement during the years of discussions and planning involved in the birthing process of this book. Heartfelt gratitude to Joy Imboden Overstreet, cofounder of Thin Within and special friend since 1975, whose contribution made this book possible. Sincere appreciation to Linda Wilder for the many hours she spent reading the manuscript, making invaluable suggestions, and openly sharing the joys and sorrows of her life. Bill Petersen, our publisher, for his belief in this message, his faith in us, and his expertise in the publishing process. David Eckman, Executive Dean, Western Seminary, for teaching us about our love and acceptance in Jesus Christ. Debra Sands Miller, our collaborator, who spent hundreds of hours organizing our material and presenting it in a lucid literary form. For all of your effort and for being courageous when the going was tough, our deep gratitude. Most importantly we give thanks and all praise to our Lord and Savior. We hope and pray that this message is consistent with your Word and that it will minister to many of your flock.
Introduction
Hunger is a universal experience. Television, newspapers, and magazines bring wide-eyed and sunken-cheeked faces from around the world into our homes and our hearts, and we are grieved. Yet even those of us fortunate enough to have an abundance of food are hungry. We sit down three times a day to tables laden with food, but our deepest hunger is not satisfied.
Each of us has a hunger deep within where no one can see. And although it may not be obvious, this hunger is the most universal of all. It is the silent hunger of the starving soul. It is silent because we don’t recognize it or have words to describe it; silent because it has been muted with years of behavior designed to still its voice; silent because the noise of our world prevents it from being heard.
But this hunger cannot be completely silenced. It cries out to be heard. It is our compelling desire to be loved, protected, and considered precious. It is a God-given hunger for genuine intimacy wherein our deepest needs for security and significance can be substantially met.
Unfortunately, when these needs are not met, we turn to counterfeits such as food, drugs, alcohol, work, or other compulsions in an attempt to fill the void. But if the bad news is that our attempts to satisfy this hunger on our own have failed, the good news is that God has provided the means to eternal fulfillment, satisfaction, and a life of freedom. You may wonder how this is possible, but the Scriptures tell us: “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matt. 19:26).
God’s way is the way of faith and freedom. When we bring our struggles with food, eating, and weight to him in honest surrender, we can be restored. For this to happen we must allow God to lead us to a place where we are: Free to risk—letting go of the past in order to live unencumbered in the present (1 Peter 5:6–7) Free to change—being transformed from the inside out by the renewing of our minds (Rom. 12:2) Free to trust—trusting God and the way he made us (1 Cor. 6:19) Free to love—loving as Christ loves us (John 13:34)
As we act in faith and surrender to this kind of freedom, we will experience a new relationship with God, with ourselves, and with our bodies. We will be able to: Eat in response to our true, physiological hunger Stop eating when we are satisfied Eat the foods we enjoy and which nourish and satisfy us
We present the principles for this kind of eating in this book. These principles are not rigid rules or fixed formulas; they are God-centered principles that respect the way God created our bodies. They are designed to preserve our freedom.
As you read this book, you will hear the stories of men and women who have experienced this freedom for themselves as they discovered and resolved the issues that lay beneath their struggles with food, eating, and weight. Their testimonies, as well as those of countless others who have graciously shared with us during the past thirty-five years of medical practice and nineteen years of Thin Within workshops and counseling sessions, demonstrate the profound courage it takes to face whatever prevents us from listening to the voice of our silent hunger.
At some point we must acknowledge that food is not the problem. While this book is written primarily for those whose struggles concern food, it is also for those who have attempted to bury their inner needs under layers of habitual behaviors of any kind. It is our hope and prayer that you will discover that your silent hunger can be satisfied —with the true bread of life, our living God.
If you are willing to listen to the voice of your silent hunger, you will find that God is present to soothe, satisfy, and make you feel secure in ways that nothing of this world can. And as he satisfies your silent hunger, you will find that, miraculously, your struggles will cease to be the focus of your life. As you are restored, you will regain your dignity in relationship to yourself, others, and God. As you grow to know, appreciate, and love the body God created uniquely for you, you will come to see yourself as he sees you—the wondrous and deeply beloved child of God that you are. And you will find your security and significance in him.
Hunger is the doorway through which God enters our soul. He takes this place of greatest vulnerability and weakness and uses it to restore, satisfy, and sanctify us. And in the profound silence that accompanies his presence we hear him say, “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied” (Luke 6:21).
Part 1
Free to Risk
1
Intimacy Not Counterfeits

“Are you thirsty?” said the Lion.
“I’m dying of thirst,” said Jill.
“Then drink,” said the Lion.
“May I—could I—would you mind going away while I do?” said Jill.
The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl.…
“I daren’t come and drink,” said Jill.
“Then you will die of thirst,” said the Lion.
“Oh dear!” said Jill, coming a step nearer. “I suppose I must go and look for another stream then.”
“There is no other stream,” said the Lion.
C. S. Lewis
The Silver Chair
Have you been searching for a stream of refreshment that will satisfy the yearning of your soul? We are a people consumed with an insatiable thirst or hunger for something we cannot name, something that will soothe and satisfy us