Addiction: You Have Enough To Go On ; 7 Days of Lack-Day#7; Day932

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Corinthians 12:9-10

PLAN:
Workout-40Mile Cycling 
Purchase iPad Mini

READING LIST:
How to Win Friends and Influence People p164
Sharepoint 2010 Workflow in Action p63

TIMELINE:
0800, End of Sleep   
1200, 40Mile Cycling
1300, 40Mile Cycling
1400, 40Mile Cycling

Health Stats
Weight-176.8lbs
BP-112/78
Heart Rate-59 bpm
FAT%-20.6
BMI-29.6 

Addiction: Know The Mind Of The Spirit; 7 Days of Lack-Day#6; Day931

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:26-27

PLAN:
Work-8hours
Workout-1Mile Swim

READING LIST:
How to Win Friends and Influence People p126
Sharepoint 2010 Workflow in Action p10

TIMELINE:
0400, End of Sleep  
1600, End of Work
1700, 1Mile Swim
2000, Read

7 DAYS OF LACK

Health Stats
Weight-176.8lbs
BP-102/69
Heart Rate-67 bpm
FAT%-20.6
BMI-29.6 

Addiction: You Are Not A Mistake; 7 Days of Lack-Day#5; Day930

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13

PLAN:
Work-8hours
Workout-1Mile Run

READING LIST:
How to Win Friends and Influence People p122
Sharepoint 2010 Workflow in Action p10

TIMELINE:
0400, End of Sleep  
1600, End of Work
1900, 1Mile Run
2000, Read

7 DAYS OF LACK
Addiction– Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

Habituation-A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
Sensitization-The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen);
(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)

Health Stats
Weight-175.8lbs
BP-107/76
Heart Rate-70 bpm
FAT%-20.6
BMI-29.6 

Addiction: Develop Trust; 7 Days of Lack-Day#4; Day929

But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,And He who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by your name;You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,Nor shall the flame scorch you. Isaiah 43: 1-2

PLAN:
Work-8hours
Workout-1Mile Swim

READING LIST:
How to Win Friends and Influence People p114

TIMELINE:
0500, End of Sleep  
1700, 1Mile Swim

7 DAYS OF LACK

Health Stats
Weight-177lbs
BP-97/66
Heart Rate-71 bpm
FAT%-20.4
BMI-29.6 

Addiction: 3 Failure Points ; 7 Days of Lack-Day#3; Day928

Don’t love this evil world or the things in it. If you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. This is all there is in the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. But none of these comes from the Father. They come from the world. The world is passing away, and all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But whoever does what God wants will live forever. I John 2:15-17

1. Lust of the flesh-wanting to please our sinful selves
2. Lust of the eyes-wanting the sinful things we see
3. Pride of life-being too proud of what we have

PLAN:
Work-8hours
Workout-1Mile Run

READING LIST:
How to Win Friends and Influence People p99

TIMELINE:
0500, End of Sleep  
1700, 1Mile Run

7 DAYS OF LACK
1. I’ve reconnected to my old classmate in college, Mustiol Nijaga. 
2. I finally gave the book that I wrapped during Christmas to a co-worker and then she sent me an instant message  at work saying “I cannot”… The book was written by Billy Graham-The Journey . The only gift I gave to anyone in 2012.  I still have to find out why she said that. 

Health Stats
Weight-177lbs
BP-102/69
Heart Rate-70 bpm
FAT%-20.9
BMI-29.6 

Addiction: Your Source of Help; 7 Days of Lack-Day#2; Day927

I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved;He who keeps you will not slumber.  Psalm 121:1-3

PLAN:
Work-8hours
Workout-1Mile Swim

READING LIST:
How to Win Friends and Influence People p94

TIMELINE:
0500, End of Sleep  
1700, 1Mile Swim

7 DAYS OF LACK
lack-The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; Be without

Health Stats
Weight-175.5lbs
BP-96/62
Heart Rate-69 bpm
FAT%-21.4
BMI-29.6 

Addiction: Abstain From Every Form of Evil; 7 Days of Lack-Day#1; Day926

11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
12 And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.
15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
16 Rejoice always,
17 pray without ceasing,
18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
19 Do not quench the Spirit.
20 Do not despise prophecies.
21 Test all things; hold fast what is good.
22 Abstain from every form of evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:11-21

PLAN:
Celebration Church
Workout-1Mile Run
Start of 7 Days of Lack

READING LIST:
How to Win Friends and Influence People p84

TIMELINE:
0800, End of Sleep  
0900, Celebration Church
1000, Celebration Church
1100, …

7 DAYS OF LACK
Saturday night, I was wondering what will be the next thing that I want to do after reading the book-Purpose Driven Life for 40 days.  In those 40 days, I  intentionally deprived myself from anything that gives comfort.  In the first few days, I noticed a gradual change in me.  I became sensitive to other people’s needs.  When they speak to me, I can hear their heart, I can feel what they think and I can really empathize with them. In the US, we live in abundance of almost everything. Name it and a nearby grocery store has it.  You swipe your card at the counter and there you are carrying a boat load of provision that can probably feed a whole village in the third world country. But then if you examine the lives of the people around here, you can sense that they are experiencing more hurt than anyone else in the world.  They might have food in the table, a car to drive and a nice house to come home to but if you go in depth with their lives, you can see chaos and lack of peace, turmoil, jealousy, envy, anger and discontentment..

I live in great abundance at home, no doubt about it. but at the age of 46, I want to do something different in my life or I want to think differently and I do not know where to start.  Maybe this exercise of “little sacrifice” can enlighten me to a new direction. 

7 Days: 20130113 to 20130119
1. 1 bagel/day + water
2. Zero latte
3. Zero fb
4. Zero tv
5. Bible Study on the topic “addiction”
6. Listen to worship music when possible
7. Run 1 mile on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday
8. Swim 1 mile on Monday, Wednesday, Friday
9. Bike 40 Miles on Saturday

Health Stats
Weight-178lbs
BP-120/83
Heart Rate-55 bpm
FAT%-21.3
BMI-29.6

1 bagel=270cal