Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Pastor Flemons pulled a spiritual lesson from cordless tools. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, reflected on a simple quote made famous by Dr. Martin Luther King and offered help for tired feet. (Read more below.)
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Words of Encouragement
Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Exodus 31:12-13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
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For Heaven’s Sake…
As a young man, Pastor Flemons worked as a home improvement contractor. Tools were corded. They worked only as they were plugged into the electrical outlet. Once removed, there was no power. Cordless tools use the same power, but stores it in batteries.
Christians must be as cordless tools. When not at church, where the “power” is palpable, Christians ought to have the power of the Holy Spirit to live a life of victory over sin. That is what Christ means when He discussed the true vine concept. When we are in Jesus, it is like being plugged into the electrical outlet. When Jesus is in us, it is the same power. Only, like cordless tools, the power is stored up within us for effective use.
Not only must we abide in the WORD, but the WORD must abide in us.
John 15: 1-11
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
For Health’s Sake…
Mother Pollard walked during the Montgomery (Alabama) Bus Boycott that lasted from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956. Although advanced in years and not always in the best of health, Mother Pollard was determined to walk. She refused many offers to ride. When asked about being tired, she replied, “My feets is tired, but my soul is rested.”
Pastor Flemons recommends doing this for tired feet: Soak them in Epsom salt. Add 1 cup of Epsom salt to a foot tub of warm water. Epsom salt is full of the mineral magnesium and is effective in relaxing muscles, rebuilding burned skin tissue, and softening bunions.
For those suffering with athlete’s feet, Pastor Flemons recommends soaking the feet in lemon juice or in apple cider vinegar. Apple cider vinegar is not recommended for internal use, however. Baking soda may be an effective soaking agent alternative. Baking soda will add alkalinity through the skin.
Pastor Flemons suggested a simple measure for preventing tired feet. Wearing the correct shoe size will prevent foot problems, he says. Sometimes, it is the simple thing that needs to change that will be effective in preventing disease or an effective cure for disease.