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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake The prophet Samuel gave King Saul explicit instructions from God. But Saul’s impatience and arrogant desire to prove himself before his restless army led to presumptuous disobedience to the direct command of God. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake “Symptoms are the body’s effort to free itself of disease,” says Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness. Take the symptoms of a cold, for instance. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – February 26 to March 4.
Worship Sunday -Samson; Monday – The Child Samuel; Tuesday – Eli and His Sons; Wednesday – The Ark Taken by the Philistines; Thursday – The Schools of the Prophets; Friday – The First King of Israel; Saturday, the Sabbath – The Presumption of Saul
[All topics per Patriarchs and Prophets (PP) by Ellen G. White, available at this link: http://www.whiteestate.org/books/pp/pp.asp.]
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Words of Encouragement
Romans 8:35-37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Isaiah 43:10-11 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior.
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For Heaven’s Sake…
Saul was to have waited seven days for the prophet Samuel to arrive and offer sacrifice before the LORD in advance of the battle. Saul, however, decided to offer the sacrifice himself. This was in direct disobedience to the command.
“If Saul had shown a regard for the requirements of God in this time of trial, God could have worked His will through him. His failure now proved him unfit to be the vicegerent of God to His people. He would mislead Israel. His will, rather than the will of God, would be the controlling power. If Saul had been faithful, his kingdom would have been established forever; but since he had failed, the purpose of God must be accomplished by another. The government of Israel must be committed to one who would rule the people according to the will of Heaven. PP 621.4
“We do not know what great interests may be at stake in the proving of God. There is no safety except in strict obedience to the word of God. All His promises are made upon condition of faith and obedience, and a failure to comply with His commands cuts off the fulfillment to us of the rich provisions of the Scriptures. We should not follow impulse, nor rely on the judgment of men; we should look to the revealed will of God and walk according to His definite commandment, no matter what circumstances may surround us. God will take care of the results; by faithfulness to His word we may in time of trial prove before men and angels that the Lord can trust us in difficult places to carry out His will, honor His name, and bless His people. PP 621.5
(This study is based on 1 Samuel 13 and 14 and chapter 60, “The Presumption of Saul,” in Patriarchs and Prophets (PP), by Ellen G. White, available at this link: http://www.whiteestate.org/books/pp/pp.asp.)
For Health’s Sake…
Coughing, sneezing, a runny nose, fever, and sweating: all these help release toxins from the body. Taking a cough suppressant works against the body’s efforts to free itself of disease. We should rather work with nature and not against it.
“Let physicians teach the people that restorative power is not in drugs, but in nature. Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health. In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected. Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.” Ellen G. White, Ministry of Healing, (MH) p. 127.1
Historically, all physicians take the Hippocratic Oath, or various modernized versions of it, as a rite of passage to the practice of medicine. The oath, and all versions of it at its core, says do no harm. Named for Hippocrates, the oath does not mention this divine statement of Hippocrates: “Let medicine be thy food and let food be thy medicine.” This is at the heart of all true health and healing.
“Disease never comes without a cause. The way is prepared, and disease invited, by disregard of the laws of health. Many suffer in consequence of the transgression of their parents. While they are not responsible for what their parents have done, it is nevertheless their duty to ascertain what are and what are not violations of the laws of health. They should avoid the wrong habits of their parents and, by correct living, place themselves in better conditions. MH 234.1
“The greater number, however, suffer because of their own wrong course of action. They disregard the principles of health by their habits of eating, drinking, dressing, and working. Their transgression of nature’s laws produces the sure result; and when sickness comes upon them, many do not credit their suffering to the true cause, but murmur against God because of their afflictions. But God is not responsible for the suffering that follows disregard of natural law.” MH 234.2
(Here’s the link to Ellen G. White’s The Ministry of Healing: http://www.whiteestate.org/books/mh/mh.asp.)
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