More than a Diet...., the Daniel Plan is the "Power of Community"

"The Daniel Plan is far more than a diet...."

~ Rick Warren Charisma News 12/19/2013, 

Rick Warrren's Daniel Plan Debuts on NYT Best-Seller List by Kristin Cole

".... in order to find long-lasting health and strength, you absolutely need a small group of friends to support you."

~Rick Warren, The Daniel Plan Journal, Day 35,

Chapter titled, No Lone Rangers

"The Daniel Plan is not a book; it's a movement...... 

Says Mark Hyman, who is not Christian yet is co-author of the book.marketed to the church. 

Hyman then explains what it is this "community" does together

:

.....It is the power of the community. They shop, cook, eat and exercise together. And that accountability—the love factor—is what helps people change."

~Mark Hyman, Charisma News 12/19/2013, 

Rick Warrren's Daniel Plan Debuts on NYT Best-Seller List by Kristin Cole

"Community if (typo? for "is"?) the cure for healthy living."

Dr.  Mark Hyman- as quoted on the Curriculum Page at The Daniel Plan, December 2013

There are to be no "lone rangers."  No one can ever "go it alone."
 Interestingly, Jesus is supposedly our  example.  Rick uses Ecclesiastes 4:12 to 

assert that  you need a community to belong to from which you can get

 health and the support you need..  

"Even Jesus didn't go it alone. He had a circle of twelve friends and three close buddies."    

~Rick Warren, The Daniel Plan Journal, Day 35,

Chapter titled, No Lone Rangers

And....are you resistant to change?

Are you resistant to receiving help or support? 

(Is "resistance" sinful?) 

"If you are resistant to receiving help or support, why do you think that is so? "

Faith Question from the Daniel Plan Journal, Day 35

Traditionally speaking, believers learns to rely on God and his word. 
 The believer says,"I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me."

  In Rick's Daniel Plan the participant is taught instead
 that they can do all  things, thanks to faith and friends.

"These last two components (Faith and Friends)  are what I call the "secret sauce" that makes the Daniel Plan so effective.  When you have God and a group helping you, you now have far more than will power helping you make positive changes and you are far more likely to stay consistent."

                                        The Daniel Plan, Chapter One, by Rick Warren, Daniel Amen and Mark Hyman,

Other interesting  and related tidbits to read include:

At a Big Church, a Small Group Health Solution  By Tina Rosenburg's New York Times article

Zondervan's 10/16/2013 Release Info  on The Daniel Plan book

Article by Rick Warren- When Your Church Doesn't Match the Community

Unity and Community article by Berit Kjos

Belonging and Genocide book by Thimas JuHne 

Resistance is Futile: You Will be Assimilated Into the Community lecture by Chris Rosborough

Rick Warren Poem here