• Natasha

• Sun, 05 Sep 2010

2 years ago I graduated from swan Christian college. During my time at Swan is given the opportunity to know more about God. But like you can know a celebrity like Sandra Bull lock and how you can know everything ...

• Dina

• Sat, 21 Aug 2010

I've been a walking Christian since I was 9 years old. Setting Captives Free has been used by God to show me that Jesus has indeed set me free from the idolatrous sin of overeating. Since Jesus has set ...

• Leslie

• Sat, 24 Jul 2010

In brief, I spent 35 years consumed with my body image, my weight and how I looked. I minipulated my diet during that time to keep the look I desired deep in my heart. The last 5 years I struggled ...

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I began overeating at an early age. It was my way of comforting myself, because I was truly overwhelmed with situations that were going on in my life. There were school bullies, my parents' divorce...I learned that a good ...

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

My struggle with binging, sneaking large amounts of food at night, even stealing food began when i was very little. Throughout my life, my weight was the focus and shame. I tried everything from starving myself to working out excessively ...

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I had been totally obsessed with my weight for at least 5 years. I found it impossible to think about anything other than the calorific content of food, because of this, I have lost friends, i have never worked hard ...

• Eva

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

id say ive always been a religious person, but i did not know what it meant to live by Gods Word. i just thought it was being a good person and going to church every sunday. i became close to ...

• Naomi

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

60 days ago, my life, for lack of a better description, lacked life. Today, I can joyously testify to a life that is rich in all God’s goodness, grace and mercy. I can thank the people that wrote Made ...

• Mary

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I have struggled with an eating disorder on and off for over 15 years. Through a strange series of events, God led me to the Setting Captives Free website and I am so thankful he did! This is where I ...

• Jessica

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I came to know Jesus as a young child. I knew with all my heart that I was a sinner and needed Him to set me free from condemnation, guilt, and hell. Unfortunately, I spent most of my young adulthood ...

• Rose

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I became a christian at a young age (4). I have sought the Lord throughout my life. I have also struggled with eating disordered thoughts and behaviors, and emotional addiction to food, for the majority of my life. I put ...

• Tarrie

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I have been caught up in being obsessed with my weight and eating for as long as I can remember. I have tried every diet and exercise routine thats out there in the hopes of acheiving some magical number or ...

• Heather

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

My Christian walk has been one showing Gods great grace time and again. I was born into a church-going family. Although, my parents were not believers, we attended a local church and I grew up being involved in youth group ...

• Rie

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

Before I enrolled in the course I was just getting over depression, self harm and suicidal thoughts. Whenever I felt down I would eat nonstop, which I learnt later was me trying to fill a void that only God could ...

• Jessica

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

There was a time in my life in which i choose to look in the mirror and let that depict my worth. The mirror became my obsession and i depended on my physical reflection to tell me whether I was ...

• Jennifer

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

Here is how I used to interpret the famous Psalm 23: The Lord is a shepard who can help me when things are not going my way. I will try not to excessivly want because that doesnt look good to ...

• Renee

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

When I started this study 60 days ago, my dear Lord and Savior, my Papa, found me in captivity to binging, eating to fill the void I had felt all the days of my life (at least all of them ...

• Beth

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

My path has been full of relapse into sin. I feel embarrassed to say I have chosen slavery to false thoughts and false idols, including strick control of self and food, isolation, denial, and selfishness. In His Image has taught ...

• Gillian

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I was broken and hurt, held captive by pain and shame. As a little girl I was abused by my alcoholic father, neglected by my mother who suffered from severe depression. I had to watch helplessly as my grandfather, who ...

• Anna

• Fri, 11 Jun 2010

I binged and purged constantly last spring and reached a point in my five year struggle when I felt like I would fall apart in everything with my life. My dad and mom really helped me get back on track ...