Lord's Table Testimony: Tom Frantz

When I came to the Lord’s Table course, my eating was out of control. I ate solely to satisfy whatever craving I was having at the time. As a result, my health was suffering and I was not honoring God with the life and body He had given me. I was, for the first time, confronted with the fact that the way I was eating was sinful. I knew that my eating was not good, but I never considered that my eating was sin. Through this course, I came very quickly to understand and accept that my eating was self-centered and did not honor God and was, therefore, sin. As I sought forgiveness and desired to bring this area of my life into the light, God, by His grace, began to set me free from the bondage of sinful eating. By God's grace, I have seen my eating come to a place where it honors God and provides for my physical needs at the same time. I now look at food entirely differently. I see my eating through the truth that God has given and I now, more than ever before, seek satisfaction in walking and fellowshipping with Christ, instead of in food.

It is amazing how an area of our life can go for so long and not honor God, and then the joy and excitement that comes about when first it is revealed, and then when it becomes an area that begins to bring honor to God. I have set aside my snacking binges that would go non-stop from after supper till bedtime. The portions I eat are considerably smaller. I have found joy in going without a meal and finding contentment and satisfaction with seeking the Lord. And, for the first time, I have experienced the joy and spiritual blessing of fasting to honor God. These changes I see are not just for the duration of this course, but I see them as changes that will continue for the rest of my life, by God’s grace.

Beginning weight 215, Current weight 189

Pastor Tom Frantz