Good morning and good day to you! Always, we should begin our day with prayer…and The Lord’s Prayer is meant to be said together. I pray this prayer out loud ‘to be honest, nearly’ every day. It makes a difference.

The prayer as it occurs in Matthew 6:9-13, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” I like to conclude with “For God, You are the Kingdom, the glory and the power forevermore!” amen.

When it comes right down to it, choosing to pray when we don’t feel like it is the harder choice to make, but we pray anyway and we know that God always hears our prayers. We can’t afford to make the easier choice and skip a day of the Lord’s Prayer.

Make the Harder Choice is on my mind…

The Lord has on my mind today, Make the Harder Choice…and Choose the attitude that God wants you to have in regards to … well everything … each and every day. Jesus made the harder choice and He notices when others make the harder choice too!

44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” Mark 12:44

After you read this, I wonder if you will feel like we can be quite petty? I sure did…humbling to me on this day….How much tolerance is too much to give? God has no limits, so neither should we.
1 Kings 17:8-16
New International Version (NIV)
8 Then the word of the LORD came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
12 “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.’”
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.

This morning God woke me up with these words on my mind yet once again, “Get up and follow me and I will make you fishers of men …” and I had to make the harder choice and get up to follow Jesus this morning!

Think about your choices that you have! “What is your harder choice Today?” When someone directly grieves you, what is your easiest choice? Giving a piece of our soured mind would easily flow right out of our mouth, but the harder choice would be to show restraint and pray for God to give us the attitude that HE wants us to have with a person, situation or anything that we do.

Now, I ask how would following our own selfish pride really work out for us? And what does God have to offer us by following Jesus? The answer my friend, is peace and joy…with freedom from disorder and confusion!

Submit to God’s will comes first…no matter how many excuses we can think of…bottom line, God is Right Always! And the really cool thing, is that God is good! All the time…God is really good!

“What will you get by making the easier choice?” A moment of satisfaction (a feeling of self-satisfaction?) …Perhaps one last meal? Love is not self-seeking, so the easiest answer will assure us that we are avoiding God’s Wisdom! Surprise…yeah, I have felt that realistic moment of shock that God was right yet once again! Yet, I trust God with my all and all and HE never fails me!

The blessing is in (…and comes in…) the sacrifice of giving Always and in all things! Money, Time, Taking the Back Seat … willingly to give to another … humility in love…there is a difference in humility with strength under control and abuse.

“God I would have loved you anyway, but thank you for saving my son” are actual words I have spoken to God before…and God knew my humble, yet grateful heart that was pure in honesty with Him. …Abraham’s story come to my mind that night when God asked him to do the unthinkable. But God was only testing his heart!

Most times, we are so blessed that God has taught us these hard learns in the Bible…although we still go through extremely faith testing times, but most times it is the constant little daily things that nearly drive us crazy with worry & concern that we are being taught though to submit our will to God’s.

To me, this is one of the greatest shows of God’s pure love …in how He almost smiles with a grin at us in our misbehavior; as if we as a parent find ourself grinning at some of the things our children seem to justify until they learn to do better. Did you ever notice that God too accepts a bit of misbehavior and disobedience? Yet, He has not given up on us in teaching us to become all He has created us to be!

God loves us too much to let us stay the way we are…

What would I have gotten that is lasting out of making the easier choice and sleeping in this morning? Sure it would have ‘felt’ good, but then I would not have remembered these words to share with you.

My faith says that God knows what He is doing! And so I get up and say, “Yes Lord, I am listening …”

God is not punishing me with a lack of sleep … I will get what I am looking for in due time …Rest, but by serving God first in all that I do, my rest is beautiful and peaceful and God’s idea of rest far surpasses mine.

But there is always that bit of pressure that comes just before … Persevere comes to mind…Love always perseveres! And Love never fails…

God is not punishing you either with a lack of any kind, but He does ask us to make the simple sacrifices and do what is good. Submit to God’s will each day unconditionally…sheerly because we trust God that much! No motive, other than there is no other choice. God is God and God is Right. Trust and Obey.

The Word of God divides what is good and evil in our life. Please read God’s message to you Today! The easier choice may be to … than to think about sacrificing your time in the Bible, but in the end you realize that time in the Bible is graduate education and education is never a waste of time. The reward is immeasurable to be enabled to have “spinach” God’s super strength available to us at any time and at all times.

Pray, “Father God, what is it that you want to say to me Today?” He will tell you to read the Bible, because Scriptures are our Strength and Knowledge to not only know the right choice to make, but also our strength to do make the harder choice and do the right thing!

As many of you know, I have been writing The Train Whistle for a long time, It was this kind of harder choice that I had to make, but I am so glad that I was obedient to God!

I believe that God created the Universe and everything in it, but I had doubts that God could write a book through me! I doubted who I was from a lack of understanding! I put my own limitations in my way for two years and thought it was impossible for me to write a book …

I heard God speak to me, “I’ll give you the beginning, the end and I will be with you through it all.”

Be still and quiet your temptation and listen for God’s quiet whisper in your Spirit to tell you the right thing to do!

I said, “okay God, if you really want me to write a book then I will get a pencil and a piece of paper and I will write down the words you want me to say…”

What tools are available to you to make the harder choice for yourself and do what it is that God is asking of you to do? In the above Scripture shared, all the woman had was only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. AND she went to work gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal…all I had was a pencil and piece of paper… All the woman Jesus noticed had was two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents BUT the point is that all God expects from us is that we give Him our all.

I wrote two pages that day and The Train Whistle happened just like that! Two pages at a time until I had book! God only asks you to make one step at a time, but HE will be with you through it all!

God never said it would be easy, but HE did promise it was worth your while! The rewards are great from God…Making the harder choice is harder for a reason!

Ten years later, God has been with me through it all! When I thought there was no hope, I remembered I had a hope worth sharing! When I felt defeated, I remembered that there was still hope! Hope carried me along for 10 years to complete what God called me to do!

You have hope in your Today! Never give up on your hope! Once you choose hope, anything is possible. Once you believe you can do all things through Christ, He will give you strength to make the harder choices in your life!

Now that the book is completed, I am amazed at what God has done with only a little faith the size of a mustard seed and one step at a time and one day at a time, because God was with me through it all! The beginning is not placed in the spot I would have logically thought and the ending is not placed in a place that I would have logically thought, but God gave me the beginning and God gave me the end! And God finally, after 10 years said, “It was finished.”

Ten years later, I will confidently say to you that when God said to me that He would be with me through it all, God really meant that He would be teaching me for 10 years!

I am blessed beyond comprehension Today as I know the book is finished, because God prepared me to be blessed (content in trusting God) and I learned how to experience God in my life!

This was not the Cup that I could have shared with you Today, instead these are the words that God wanted me to say to you. What is God saying to you Today? What is the harder choice that God is calling you to make?
Trust God, trust also in Jesus and follow Him. Get up, pick up your mat or your pen and walk with Jesus Today. Make the harder choice and walk away from the easy habits.

I don’t have it all figured out, BUT God does … Follow Jesus! Read God’s Word that is written to you and for you so that you can have the knowledge you need to “write your story”

God has Created life for you. God has made you to live in life with Him. Make the harder choice and create the life that God has made from you … He has already given you the beginning and He knows the end…
God has plans for you ….not to harm you, but to prosper you and give you hope and a future! Jeremiah 29:11

These are the words that God had on my mind. I just made the harder choice to get up and follow Jesus hoping to be a fisherman of men…because in the hands of God and the lap of Jesus is a good place to be.

Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe

Now Ray Sturdivant

Do you have a hand-me-down Jesus?

The woman at the well of Sychar, after discovering that Jesus was the Messiah she had been waiting on, left the well and her water pot to tell her whole city about the personal encounter that she just had with the Messiah. As a result, many of that city came to faith in Jesus. But the story doesn’t end there. The hunger burned in the hearts of the new believers for more of Jesus and they persuaded Him to stay two extra days with them. This caused in even more of that city to come to faith in Jesus as a result of the extra two days He spent there. But there is even more to the story. Lets look at the verse that wraps up this whole encounter described in John chapter 4.

John 4:42 and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world.”

The people of Sychar were not satisfied with a hand-me-down Jesus. They are quoted in verse 42 as saying, “It is no longer because of what you said, but we have heard for ourselves.” They now knew Jesus on a personal level that went beyond believing because of someone else’s personal encounter with the Messiah.

We can only go so far with Jesus based on what someone else believes or says. If we want intimacy with the Savior, we will have to hear from Him for ourselves. God gives out the spiritual gift of teaching to individuals for us to learn and grow from but they can never take the place of our own time of intimacy with Jesus. Only a personal intimacy with Jesus will cause His life to grow and expand inside of us, which will truly satisfy our deepest longings and transform our hearts and insure our victory on the field of battle in the midst of this spiritual war.

Ray

And now Pastor Bill Ruhl with Global Destiny Ministry

Financial Advice You Need to Know:

Money as a noun collects dust and rust and moths devour it…or it makes for a lumpy mattress. Money must become a verb to accomplish its intended purpose. If money is handled as a noun its potential to produce is as limited as seed placed in a jar or an envelope and stored away on some forgotten shelf and never planted. The harvest is there, hidden within, but remains dormant and unprofitable. As we have discussed before, money as a noun has no real intrinsic value, but money put to work (as a verb), through purchases or investments, releases the full potential of the value it represents.
Before we go any further with this concept of money as a verb, let me stress this bit of sound financial advice: “Never invest in what you don’t understand!” Study, seek wise counsel, and know before you go!
Let’s look at a farmer and his seed. The seed stored away (noun) has the potential to produce (verb) and bring forth (verb) a harvest in due season, but the farmer has to allow the seed (noun) to function (verb) as it was intended to. How? The farmer prepares the soil, plants the proper type and amount of seed, monitors the field as the seed grows, recognizes the signs and the season, and gathers in the harvest. So it is with you, the investor (farmer), and money (seed). You must prepare the soil (study, counsel, and fully understand your field of investment), plant the proper amount and type of seed (be aware of the importance of diversified accounts and how much you can afford to “budget”, also a verb), monitor the field through stages of growth (due diligence over market trends in your “field”), recognize the signs and seasons (highs and lows – Issachar anointing), and take advantage to gather in the harvest (know when to take advantage of the increase and where to move or utilize it next).
Now, if we take our previous understanding of “Budget” as a verb and combine it with this new understanding of making “Money” a verb, we can arrive at a new “present truth” understanding of how to prosper in all things, just as God has promised our soul to prosper in relationship with Him. When your budget and your money become active (verbs), the economy of your lives will become a blessing to others.

I’m Pastor Bill Ruhl with Global Destiny Ministry, Albuquerque, NM www.globaldestinyministry. Com “Be Blessed By Being a Blessing!”

Dr. Joe Fawcett with Thursday’s Medical Bag

Are you constantly sick? Are you healthy and want to stay that way?
The key to health is in WHAT you eat.

Here’s a powerful tip you can use right now to stop getting sick and stay healthy:
– If a food has a label on the package or the box, do not eat it. Rather, eat food…meaning real, whole food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

We have to be very discerning as Christian consumers to recognize label claims for health benefits on processed foods, which sprinkle tiny, non-therapeutic amounts of so called “healthful ingredients” into otherwise poor-quality, high-calorie, nutrient-poor foods, giving us the illusion that we are doing something good for ourselves.

To get healthy and maintain it, I encourage you to eat food that comes from an organic farmer’s field and not from a food chemist’s laboratory.

It’s really very simple. Here’s what to eat on a daily basis at least five to six times a day:

– Whole, real food such as vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, whole grains, lean animal protein like small wild fish and poultry, and whole omega-3 eggs.

– Small amounts of grass-fed, antibiotic and hormone-free beef or lamb.

That’s it.

But, food scientists, food manufacturers, and food marketers want us to think that we need a lot of special chemical ingredients in our foods to stay healthy. They modify packaging and ingredients in food just slightly to give the impression of health, while continuing to provide poor-quality, nutrient-poor, calorie-dense foods.

Their job is to invent and create new foods in the laboratory by mixing food and chemicals to create certain tastes and flavors that mimic real food or that stimulate appetite and satisfy our need for various tastes so we will eagerly buy the “foods”, prosper them, and we get fat and sick. Think of these as “Frankenfoods” and they’re in our village, where you and I live, to kill, steal and destroy us…one bite at a time.

We must be very careful to avoid the marketing ploys of the food industry, which wants to trick us into eating more junk food by putting it in friendlier, fancy packaging. Again, I encourage you to eat food that comes from an organic farmer’s field and not a food chemist’s laboratory.

www.DrJoeFawcett.com

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Blessings,
Karen
I prayed to God, “How can I tell a million people what I know about Jesus?” …and this is what God has done!
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Sounding the Call of God’s Love, The Train Whistle is a Ministry for God, serving Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit to help people believe and to strengthen their faith…

Let us remember so very many prayer needs and be a friend in Christ to our fellow family members as a child of God! May Dewey’s efforts be blessed at the National Religious Broadcasters Conference and we also lift up Pastor Leonard Navarre, his ministry and everyone on his mission trip to India and keep them close in our prayers love and support.
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May God Bless you and yours always……….come with me now as we drink the blessings of this day……

How are you today?

My friends you must drink this CUP slowly…….The Lord is having me share much with you today..these words are not of me but of HIM, just for you!

We must be obedient to the Lord and share what HE gives us…………to share with others………Thank YOU LORD for Your Words this day and all days! AMEN!

Jesus got up from the meal…..and began to wash the disciples feet….

When He had finished……He put on His clothes and returned to His place.

“Do you understand what I have done for you?”

(DO WE?)

“You call me “Teacher” and “Lord”, and rightly so, for that is what I am.

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,

you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example

that you should do as I have done for you……Now that you know

these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”

John 13:4, 5, 12-15, 17

AMEN!

I see where Scott Flurry got out of the Hospital..PRAISE GOD! Praying for your healing Scott.

What we see on TV and in the Movies is a Reflection of the morals of our Society……..

The picture of Sharon and I in front of Sam’s Statue was taken about 3 years ago we figure, sorry for those of you who thought we had been in Clovis, California! We had been looking for those pictures for the longest time and Sharon found them and we wanted to share the good works of Sam who created that statue of Ken Curtis, Festus in Gunsmoke. It is a blessing to have Sam here each day with us at the CUP.

 Dear Dewey, I thought that picture looked familiar! LOL sorry... I guess that's one good thing about getting old... Old things look new all over again! WELL, it's still a Great Picture! You two look very good together! And very very happy! love, sam

Sam says, and also Alan Autry who starred in “The Heat Of the Night” as Deputy Bubba, confirms that Ken Curtis was a Christian Man. Both Sam and Alan say he was such a kind man and that sure comes off in the character he played in Gunsmoke. Alan also led Carroll O’Conner who played Archie in “All In The Family” and also the Chief in “Heat of the Night” to the Lord. Alan really helped Carroll when Carroll’s son Hugh committed suicide. Hugh also was a member of the cast of “Heat In The Night”

It has been a Blessing to get to know Sam, Dr. Joe Fawcett, Alan Autry, and Tom Lester, who played Eb in Green Acres, and also traveled with Billy Graham a bit, they all have given me an inside look at the Christian Community in Hollywood!

Remember Mr. Ziffel in Green Acres? Hank Patterson, he was a strong Christian Man.

Over the years Hollywood has been blessed by many Christians………

Now when you look at Hollywood we see much darkness………but we see the Salt and Light in movies like Courageous!!! I have found many people who say it is the best Movie they have ever seen! It will make you laugh and cry!!!

Hollywood made many changes back in the late 60’s. It changed TV forever and ever!

Instigation

The purge was instigated by CBS executive Fred Silverman in the late 1960s, following research highlighting the greater attraction to advertisers of the younger urban viewer demographic and the institution of the FCC’s Prime Time Access Rule, which led to the loss of a half-hour of network programming each night. While it is most commonly associated with CBS, ABC and NBC also followed a similar pattern. The numerous cancellations prompted Pat Buttram (“Mr. Haney” on one of the canceled shows, Green Acres) to make the oft-quoted observation: “It was the year CBS canceled everything with a tree—including Lassie.”[1][2][3]
The first rurally-themed show canceled by Silverman was Petticoat Junction. In September, 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS. All in the Family premiered in January 1971 as a mid-season replacement. Both series provided the urban demographic, cutting-edge social relevance and ratings that CBS sought. These ratings successes prompted Silverman and the network to cancel Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Mayberry RFD, Hee-Haw, Lassie, and The Jim Nabors Hour at the end of the 1970/71 season. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour lasted until the end of the 1971/72 season.

I am pointing this out to you today so we can pray for the continued success’s of movie’s like Courageous, and for people like Tom Lester and Alan Autry who are attempting to launch Christian Movies right now today! I am also thankful for people like Sam, who helps us remember the people of the past like Ken Curtis who brought love into our homes for many years………Ken Curtis has been a guiding light for me for many years…to use Radio to bring forth the Love of Jesus.

I am very thankful for the family here at KKIM/KARS, all our programs who bring the Love of Jesus Christ each day, as we go up against a Dark World, but we are to be the Salt and Light.

Look what happened to America when TV killed everything with a tree in it……..Tv becomes darker and darker, We in Christian Radio and TV must shine our lights brighter than ever!

We can not get lazy, we must support each other and become stronger in sharing the Love of Jesus Christ, we must reach more people, and that is going to take you and me going forth and telling the story of Jesus Christ.

Christian Radio and Tv must be a LIGHTHOUSE to the World!!! Let us get busy!!!! AMEN!!!!! AMEN!!!!

For God’s Glory Alone!

Let me point my light toward Radio Evangelist/Author Karen Rowe……………I look at Karen and also see people like Dr. Kyle Martin who started their Radio Ministry on KKIM and now both are nationwide, For God’s Glory Alone.

These two, Karen and Kyle, have the biggest hearts for Jesus Christ. They both answered the call of Jesus when they did not expect it, to all of a sudden start a Radio Ministry.

I have been doing this for 37 years now, and the Lord has given me the discernment of Radio and TV Evangelists. Oh MY!, some drag and drag their feet when the Lord is calling them to Radio….oh my! Some want it……but they should not! Some want in, but they are not called, they want to really do it for themselves.

The Lord show’s me who……..and those who should not………

But Karen and Kyle WOW! The Lord sent me to them to say come………….

Karen lives in North Carolina and has been a member of the KKIM Ministry family for 4 years and now has written a book, “The Train Whistle”. www.thetrainwhistle.com

I was so touched yesterday to get my copy in the mail. I was so humbled……..Karen asked me months ago to write the forward along with her Pastor! I had never written a Forward before………

Too see how God is using Karen…….to see how God is using Kyle and Time To Revive……..both in different states and finding a home for their Ministry launch, KKIM in New Mexico, it is such an AWESOME testimony, I hold these two up to you my friends in the name of Jesus Christ!

Please pray over this program, Mining The Truth, with Ray Sturdivant, it is an AWESOME program in our LORD and is headed to Greatness in our Lord! You can hear it on KKIM weekdays at 7:35am.
www.miningthetruth.com

All our program are for God’s Glory Alone and need your prayers! We are so thankful for our Ministry programs……Yes! Pastor Steve Freeman and his lovely wife Sue! Another great program, Sundays at 8am. News Commentary with Pastor Paul Holt, WOW! Paul is one of the best news commentator’s I have had in my 37 years in radio!

And I call upon others to clean their ears out and hear the call of our Lord! AMEN! MEN! hallelujah!!!!!

Sharon and I are getting ready to attend the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville, Karen will be filling in here at the CUP and Pastor Mark Tross will be filling in for me on air. God Bless you both!

Last year at the NRB Dr. Kyle martin received the Genesis Award, for the best new Radio Program!!!!!!!!! For God’s Glory Alone

This is the first time Sharon is able to go with me, please pray for us as we travel and for the doggies as they are left behind at home with Brian and Gretchen.

Day 15 in our 40 Day Journey…….yes I know it’s taking us longer than 40 Days….but it is all for the Glory of God.My prayer is that you are letting this soak into your heart and soul………

Isaiah 50: 5-6 Old Testament Prophecy

The Lord, the Eternal, has helped me to listen,

and I do as He says. I have not been rebellious or run away from God’s work.

But it’s been hard. I offered My back to those who whipped me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;

I did not turn away from the humiliation and spitting.

Fulfilled in Jesus Matthew 27: 26 and 30

So Pilate released Barabbas, and he had Jesus flogged and handed over to be crucified. They spat on Him and whipped Him on the head with His scepter of reeds……

God, who was, who is, and who will always be, knows the end from the beginning and He revealed through Isaiah centuries before Jesus trail almost the exact details of the beating, the scourging, and the humiliation Jesus would go through.

We need to share this story with all………This story is such a strong testimony to the World……..We must share this Old Testament Prophecy with the Word!!!

Heard a sermon awhile back by Pastor Bill Ruhl…….I had him give it after his TV appearance on our program……..He stressed the importance of us to read into the Old Testament….just not the new……..I’m going to have to ask Bill to share here at the CUP!

Thank YOU JESUS, Your wounds have healed us! We are unworthy of Your love and redemption, but You have never stopped pursing us. Thank YOU for suffering for me and fulfilling Your promise. Please help us to remember daily Your death on the cross, so that we may share with others the sacrifice You made. in Your name, AMEN!

We must be Salt and Light and occupy until the Lord returns, that is His command to us…….I will keep being salt and Light and repeating this call until the day the Lord calls me home! AMEN! For God’s Glory Alone!

I have to tell you that this Ministry Kathy Robbins introduced me to months ago has really impacted my walk with Jesus Christ…………….Let these words soak into today……….

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Steps Toward a Healthier Life and Diet
For just one week, every day, keep a journal of every penny you spend and how you spend every hour of the day. How much money do you spend on coffee, gum, sodas, convenience foods, or for anything?

How much do you spend eating at restaurants, or on fast food, or take out? Jot it down.

Think about how you spend your days. Do you waste time reading tabloids, watching TV, surfing the Internet, Facebook, playing video games, or doing too many errands because you don’t plan your time well?

Then, ask yourself if you want to be spending your time doing what you are doing now and if you are spending your money the way you really want. Think of money as your life energy. It represents your time in physical form. How do you want to spend this kind of energy?

There is no right or wrong answer. It’s just something to think about. You just might discover that you have more time and money than you think to invest in yourself — and in the quality and quality of life and health that you deserve.

Once you’ve thought about your answers to these questions, choose three things to change that can give you more time or money. For example, don’t buy that $2 coffee every day — that’s $730 a year! Or give up watching just a half hour of some ridiculous reality TV show a day — that’s an extra 7.6 days a year! These aren’t hard choices.

We are all overworked, overstressed, and overtaxed! Even so, there are ways of making choices that work within our resources.

Now, if I’ve got you thinking, let me show you a few secrets of eating well on the cheap — and on the fly.

1. Healthy food doesn’t have to cost more. Research has shown that eating healthy, whole, real food isn’t necessarily more expensive than eating junk food, fast food, processed foods, or convenience foods (Raynor, H.A., Kilanowski, C.K., Esterli, I., et al. 2002. A cost-analysis of adopting a healthful diet in a family-based treatment program. J Am Diet Assoc.102(5): 645-650, 655-656).

In fact, the top four things purchased in supermarkets are ALL addictive drugs: sugar, caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol! If you give up those “drugs,” your grocery bill will go down dramatically.

2. Healthy food isn’t hard to find. You don’t have to shop in a gourmet food store, a health-food store, or farmer’s market or eat only organic to eat well. There are plenty of healthy foods in your local supermarket. Just shop around the outside aisles of the store.

3. Healthy food doesn’t take lots of time to prepare. You don’t have to spend hours cooking complex meals to eat well. Good quality, fresh food is easy to prepare and enjoy once you learn how.

Now that you’re in on those secrets, you’re ready to start eating well. Here are a few ideas based on how to save time and money AND create better health for yourself and your loved ones.

– Search out cheaper sources of fresh, whole foods in your neighborhood. Stores like Market Street, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and shopping clubs like Costco or Sam’s Club, where you can buy vegetables, fruits, nuts, canned beans, sardines, and salmon at much lower costs than regular supermarkets or other retail chains.

– Join your local food co-op. Co-ops are community-based organizations that support local farmers and businesses and allow you to order foods and products in bulk at just slightly over the wholesale price. This takes a bit of advance planning but will save you money.

– Develop a few cheap, easy-to-prepare meals. Have the ingredients available at home at all times so you don’t get stuck eating food that doesn’t make you feel well or help you create the health you want. This takes a bit of advance planning but is well worth it.

For example:
– Almond Butter on Whole-grain Rye Bread with Fruit Spread
Take a slice of rye bread, add a bit of almond butter, and top it with sliced fruit for a delicious snack. You can even dip bananas or apple slices right in the tub of almond butter — which is cheaper to buy in bulk at a food co-op.

– Hummus with Celery Sticks or Carrots
In just five minutes, you can take chickpeas (canned or cooked yourself in advance), sesame paste, lemon juice, water, garlic, cumin powder, salt, and pepper, mix them in a food processor, and have fresh hummus on your table. It lasts a week in the fridge — and is a great source of protein, fiber, essential oils, calcium, minerals, and vitamins. Want to save even more time? You can also buy hummus already made.

Some questions for you to ponder
What have you been spending your money or your time on that you didn’t realize until now? How have you managed to eat and prepare real, whole food with limited time and money? What tricks or tips do you know in order to eat better with less time and money?

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