Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Doing the right thing can be exhausting: if you have to constantly struggle against opposing norms. Or you may not be appreciated by the one you are sacrificing for. But that is exactly what happened to Jesus and His disciples and His followers. We should expect the same. In his letter to the Galatians, Paul gave this advice and encouragement. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake In the healing environment of a wellness retreat, you may feel safe in “test-driving” your new lifestyle. But what about when you get home? How will you do it alone? Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness and naturopathy, offers some suggestions. (Read more below.)
(NOTE: Before following any advice given here, please read our disclaimer on this page.)
Special Prayer was offered for this chosen listener: 1670.
Listen
Watch
Playback: To listen by phone to former broadcasts, call (712) 770-4019. Access Code: 635270. Reference number for today’s broadcast: 282.
Please pray for all of our guests, workers and volunteers: that they may have willing and made-up minds and testimonies of victory.
NEXT RETREAT: January 9, 2017. Interns and experienced missionaries are invited to help. A chef is needed.
SHARE THIS PRESENTATION on your social media sites, by copying and pasting the URL. DONATE on this site. HELP expand this ministry.
JOIN Times of Refreshing Wellness Ministry as a gospel medical missionary or trainee. Call (855) 867-4600 for more information. Learning how to help people recover their health might help save your own life.
LAUNCH AN EXCITING CAREER in naturopathy. Online courses leading to the doctor of naturopathy in original medicine are available at iiomonline.com. Bachelor and master degrees and certificates are also available.
***
Words of Encouragement
Luke 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
Psalm 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
***
For Heaven’s Sake…
Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
God must allow us to have options. It helps to grow our characters, says Pastor Flemons. We will never know when the “due season” begins. But we must be patient and persevere. That is when trust comes in. We must simply trust God.
Otherwise, we only make mistakes. We make mistakes because we don’t want to fit into God’s plan for us. We only want to do our own plan. But God wants us to trust Him and submit to His plan. It will work out in our favor, and for everyone, if we continue doing His will.
Before the end of the trial or struggle in your efforts to do good, it might even get worse before it gets better. You might find yourself the object of hatred on every level. This concept of being hated is just to be expected. Admittedly, it is hard to be hated. But if we persist in rightdoing and in gaining victory over sin, no matter what it takes, in the end we will possess the hope of the gospel.
Matthew 10:20 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
“We are heading to a time when those who stand for the gospel will be labeled as worse than terrorists,” says Pastor Flemons. But we must endure it. God may therefore be allowing trials to help us prepare now for this coming persecution.
Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
For “In your patience possess ye your souls” (Luke 21:19). Using the Refreshing acronyn, Pastor Flemons simply says, “Never give up.”
For Health’s Sake…
- 1. Have a plan for your new lifestyle that works with your schedule. Personalize it. If you must, schedule a time to drink water in order to get in the required daily amount.
- 2. Clear out bad foods and habits in order to make room for healthy foods and new habits.
- 3. Go shopping and get what you need to stay healthy. You must have the basics. Buy organic. It is better than buying unhealthy foods. It may cost more now. But health in the long term is cheaper than any chronic illness. Borrow what you cannot afford to buy: a juicer, for instance. Many have juicers just sitting around gathering dust.
- 4. Don’t worry! Don’t stress out! Everything will not always work out perfectly, but God will make up the difference. If it’s not perfect today, it will be better tomorrow. Don’t borrow sorrow for tomorrow!
- 5. Do your best. God will do this rest. Never give up!
These suggestions can be applied to any decision for improvements and lifestyle changes.