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I am Christian and mostly raw… moving toward 100% at my own pace.
Hi!!! Thanks for introducing yourselves! Sometimes I feel a little alienated out there in the raw food world. For instance, I’d love to go on a Raw Food vacation/retreat, but Eastern Religion or some form of it seems to be woven into all of them. I just want to focus on the health of it, and being a good steward of the body God gave me. I don’t want being Raw to be the golden calf…ya know what I mean!
germin8 – I’ve been looking into a family vacation to DC. My 7 yr. old loves all things History of the USA. Any advice, tips, any raw food resturants or places to stay! Any good places to camp? We also want to go to Colonial Williamsburg, and the new Creation Museum in Kentucky.
Hi! I too am sold out for Jesus Christ. I have also eaten raw for the last 9 years and love eating 100% raw. I found that when our diets are cleaner, our thinking will be clearer and our emotions can unblock. In otherwords, we can think, obey and follow Christ better and take care of the body (temple) He gave us. I am also a nutrition coach and teach others how to change their diets from the hostess ding dong diet to a more raw one. I eat fresh raw food every day and love it, but my recipes are easy, no hydrating, no oils, just wholesome organic, raw, soaked and sprouted foods that are delicious. That’s why I signed on to this website this week to look at the recipes. Glad to know there are many Christians on this website too.
I’m a Christian as well! =]
Hello! I’m new here, to raw, and am also a Christian! So glad to be here! I am also in the DC area!
There are a lot of references in the bible that encourage you to eat raw. When I was dealing with being diagnosed with cancer 4 years ago, I went 100% raw, and when I would get afraid (because the doctors wanted to give me radical surgery) a friend of mine would remind me of certain scriptures, and they would really lift me up, and allow me to trust God to heal me. I was doing the raw thing to survive, and in the end, it was a great experience, because I might not have ever discovered true faith and healing and the power of God and raw foods!
I have 3 children, and my 2 sons who are born since the whole cancer scare, are my miracle boys. And just to let you know, I am not 100% raw right now, but I have never had any cancer scares since then.
6 weeks into my raw cleanse, (I was praying A LOT) a voice told me I was “set free” one day when I was praying. I knew it was the Holy Spirit confirming that I didn’t have cancer anymore. ONLY I knew that I was free from sickness. Try explaining that to people-you just can’t. The whole raw food thing didn’t even make since to other christians. But God used me to show his amazing healing power.
Another thing, there is a website, but I haven’t been to it in a long time so I am not sure if it still exists . It is Hallelujah Acres, www.hacres.com.
Happy New Year!
raw christian here,i am so thank ful to God for giving me this diet
It is so encouraging to see so many Christians eating raw! I have felt like a lone ranger in this lifestyle because most Christians look at you like you’re crazy, while they eat their donuts and drink their coffee. It is so sad.
I praise God that he has strengthened me to begin eating the food He has created… and it is so delicious!
God is good… ALL THE TIME! :)
BTW, I live in Las Vegas, NV.
I am also a Christian, and whenever anyone questions my raw-vegan diet, I simply relpy that it is my way of caring for the temple with which God blessed me. It is truly wonderful that others are also “giving credit where credit is due,” as it is ultimately God who heals and cares for us all.
Praise God! I have also repented of my sins and am saved by Jesus! so lovely to see other Christian Raw foodists. This makes for fun fellowship. I believe that those who say God commands us to eat meat… Many do not realize that we are so blessed today to be able to grow plants year round and obtain liquid sunshine from plants year round. PLUS… there is a major difference in the way that animals are raised as apposed to how they were back in Jesus’ time. http://www.all-creatures.org/cva/
Wow, this is really cool! I didn’t know there were many other raw Christians.
Yeah, usually when I tell people at my church about how I eat they think I’m weird/crazy/insane. Only two people actually thought that was kind of cool and didn’t look at me like I was a weirdo, haha.
Hi, I’m a Christian and raw vegan as well. I can relate to what LisaMarie said about other Christians giving raw vegan Christians a hard time. I’m the only vegan in my church. It’s a Spanish-speaking church so you can imagine the kind of food that is brought to potlucks: fried pork, tamales, rice n’ chicken, tacos, puddings etc… At first the members found it hard to fathom my veganism. Now they understand and let me be during potlucks and other food-related events.
It’s great to know there are other Jesus lovers out there for support.
I live near DC also. Proud Catholic here,and thats right- we need to rather HAVE to take care of this temple that God gave us- Kudos to you!
Hey! Loving Jesus in Chi-town! I am so happy to see that people are led by the Spirit to change their eating! I like raw, but like others, don’t want it to be associated with some new age stuff. I am in the process of acquiring a retreat center which has a raw food kitchen. I will write a post when the deal finishes!!!
Wonderful to see all the other Christians out there! Anyone near Portland, OR?
Hi there! This is my first post, and I wanted to join in to the Raw Christian roll call. :)
I have had health problems galore since the birth of my daughter 6 years ago, and truly feel that God has been prompting and preparing me to go 100% Raw so He can heal me. So excited about it.. but the day to day of staying Raw is super hard. I have to look at it like a fast, and how Daniel fasted while he was in Babylon.
So happy to be here.
Thanks all. :) Anngoingraw that was some great research. Thanks for that.
For me, I am not sticking to what Daniel did in the Bible word for word. It was just something God brought to me over a period of a few years (time and time again) and different pastors and teachers in my life saying similar things.
The biggest one being… That God wants to heal me, but sometimes He asks us to take certain steps to receive that healing. (i.e. The leper who washed 7 times.. what if he decided to only wash 6 times… would he have been healed??)
So, I have maintained a vegan diet for a while and still feel awful, and felt the prompting to go Raw and see what miracles God can do. :)
And.. my entire family thinks I am crazy, with the exception of my husband who is very supportive. It is good to have other like-minded people to talk to!!!
Hi – thanks for starting this thread where raw Christians can identify themselves. Isn’t it great to be on this journey together?
In 1970, God lifted me up out of a life of sin, shame, and confusion and filled me with His Spirit. I’ve never regretted surrendering my heart to the Lord. He took my life of despair and transformed it into one of joy and deep contentment. What a God!
I’ve been eating raw (more or less) for not quite 3 months and I have no regrets here, either. It certainly has been a paradigm shift for me, and like many of you, I also have a non-raw husband and daughter to cook for. I just try to sneak in as much raw food as I can – here a little, there a little. ;-)
Some days seem harder than others—especially when I’m busy w/ other things, so I’m very thankful, in particular, for all the extra “simple” recipes I’ve found here. I’ve also enjoyed a few of the more complicated or time-consuming recipes, but I need to add a number of those “ready in 5 minutes” dishes to my repertoire.
My best friend, also a Christian, just recently went raw after I made a bunch of yummy raw pates, breads, and other dishes and took them to her house to share them for lunch. She was blown away over how delicious everything was. Since then, I took over as organizer of the Cincinnati Raw Foods Meetup group and have gotten together w/ other raw-foodies for 3 potlucks so far.
Eating raw is one more area of my life where God helps me to exercise self-discipline. I certainly haven’t arrived yet, but I’m on my way! :-)
I wasn’t going to sign up for yet another forum, but I saw this discussion and just had to chime in. I’m an Apostolic Christian and have been vegetarian for a year now. I am just starting to tweak my diet again to add more raw foods. I started with a juice feast last week, and am now on to the exciting part of trying all the new recipes :)
i am too a follower of The Way. im glad to see so many lovers of Christ, into raw foods. It is kind of thin ice for most people to talk about raw food around Christians because they have not experienced raw food and its different to them. and different is wrong untill you can prove it right. its just kind of annoying haha. but hang in there. i believe that eating meat is alright, but i do believe that eating no meat is healthier. no where in the Bible does it say that eating meat is healthier. also there are a couple scriptures saying otherwise, though the one i am thinking of in Daniel supposedly was referring to meat that was unclean. but still, they ate veggies and were better looking and “fatter” than the rest of the men. haha. hang in there guys. have an awesome day
May God bless you all richly. I am a raw, vegan, Hard-core, born-again, Jesus-loving, Baptized in the Holy Spirit, Tongue-Speaking child of the Most High God.
I live in Nigeria, West Africa and I believe that I am one in 10 million who is raw.
I am an author. I have written one book called- “Living Longer, Living Stronger” on increasing our lifespan. I am working on my second book on brain longevity.
I joined this group after finding this particular post area.
I want to connect with all of you who love Jesus, particularly on the raw food tip, scripturaly and practically.
I mainly fruits and some veggies. I eat simply- I am not into processing.
I am into sustainable living and organic food, though both are not popular here. (Believe it or not, alot of the food in Nigeria is grown with chemicals!)
It is refreshing to find this thread. God made His eating agenda very clear in Genesis 1.
Just as we are living spirits serving a Living God, washed in Living Blood, inhabited by His Living Spirit and we read the Living Word, we also need to eat Living food physically to maximize His purpose for our lives on the planet.
If you can’t build a living spirit on dead words, then you can’t build a living body on dead food!
Enough for now. I would love to hear from you!
joypeace, hey!! I’ve read your blog the other day! funny I run into you here. small world…lol blessings!
Thought I’d chime in as well.. I’m also Christian.. trying to maintain an 80% raw diet.. though I’m not yet fully vegan.. though I’m considering it.
hey beany, sorry i meant joypeace’s blog. pulse, I can’t remember the site address, sorry.
Hello! Jesus Freak here also!!! LOL! And darn proud of it. I’m not 100% raw YET, but trying to get there. God Bless! :-)
Hey my people.
Sorry for the late response. My blog is at : http://longerstrongerliving.blogspot.com/2007/0…
I have not updated in a while, but I think I need to refresh the site. Please give me your comments. Naturodude- how did you find my blog?
Peace.
Hey pulse- do you have any pictures of yourself?
PEACE, everyone.
On the area of to have or not to have problems- when my pastor was asked during an interview if he had problems, he answered that maybe they came and he didn’t know it. I too have imbibed this scripturally-aligned frame of mind. Problems are not the portion of the Sons of God. As many of you have rightfully pointed out, Ps. 91 offers some powerful nuggets of this Truth.
For every believer in Christ, no evil (or problems) shall befall you, neither any plague come nigh your habitation (Ps. 91:10).
Problems DO exist, but they are not the portion of the righteous. They may TRY to come around you, but the Bible makes it quite clear: A thousand (problems) shall fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but IT SHALL NOT COME NEAR YOU! (Ps. 91:7).
AMEN AND AMEN!