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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake When we sin, we hurt people. But there is no one who has done so much sin that they are unsaveable, says Pastor Flemons. Solomon’s return to God from complete apostasy is a perfect example. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, discussed the value of exercise to the health of the reproductive system. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – March 19-25
Worship Sunday – The Temple and Its Dedication; Monday – Pride of Prosperity; Tuesday – Results of Transgression; Wednesday – Solomon’s Repentance; Thursday – The Rending of the Kingdom; Friday -Jereboam; Saturday, the Sabbath – National Apostasy
[All topics per Prophets and Kings by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness Sunday – Saturday, the Sabbath – The REFRESHING Lifestyle and the Reproductive System: Sunday – Rely on God; Monday – Eat Healthy; Tuesday – Fresh Air and Rest; Wednesday – Exercise; Thursday – Self-Control; Friday – (H2O) Water; Sabbath – In the Sun, Never Give Up and Give to Others
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Words of Encouragement
James 1:2-3 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Psalm 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: And there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
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For Heaven’s Sake…
“Twice during Solomon’s reign the Lord had appeared to him with words of approval and counsel—in the night vision at Gibeon, when the promise of wisdom, riches, and honor was accompanied by an admonition to remain humble and obedient; and after the dedication of the temple, when once more the Lord exhorted him to faithfulness. Plain were the admonitions, wonderful the promises, given to Solomon; yet of him who in circumstances, in character, and in life seemed abundantly fitted to heed the charge and meet the expectation of Heaven, it is recorded: ‘He kept not that which the Lord commanded.’ ‘His heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods.’ 1 Kings 11:9, 10. And so complete was his apostasy, so hardened his heart in transgression, that his case seemed well-nigh hopeless.PK 75.1″
Solomon had everything and more than money could buy or power could command. In his own words, he admitted this:
“’And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor…. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.PK 76.3
“Yet the Lord forsook him not. By messages of reproof and by severe judgments, He sought to arouse the king to a realization of the sinfulness of his course. He removed His protecting care and permitted adversaries to harass and weaken the kingdom. ‘The Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite…. And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon, … captain over a band,’ who ‘abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. And Jeroboam, … Solomon’s servant,’ ‘a mighty man of valor,’ ‘even he lifted up his hand against the king.’ 1 Kings 11:14-28.PK 77.1
“At last the Lord, through a prophet, delivered to Solomon the startling message: ‘Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.’ Verses 11, 12.PK 77.2
“Awakened as from a dream by this sentence of judgment pronounced against him and his house, Solomon with quickened conscience began to see his folly in its true light. Chastened in spirit, with mind and body enfeebled, he turned wearied and thirsting from earth’s broken cisterns, to drink once more at the fountain of life. For him at last the discipline of suffering had accomplished its work. Long had he been harassed by the fear of utter ruin because of inability to turn from folly; but now he discerned in the message given him a ray of hope. God had not utterly cut him off, but stood ready to deliver him from a bondage more cruel than the grave, and from which he had had no power to free himself.PK 77.3
“In gratitude Solomon acknowledged the power and the loving-kindness of the One who is ‘higher than the highest’ (Ecclesiastes 5:8); in penitence he began to retrace his steps toward the exalted plane of purity and holiness from whence he had fallen so far. He could never hope to escape the blasting results of sin, he could never free his mind from all remembrance of the self-indulgent course he had been pursuing, but he would endeavor earnestly to dissuade others from following after folly. He would humbly confess the error of his ways and lift his voice in warning lest others be lost irretrievably because of the influences for evil he had been setting in operation.PK 78.1
“By the spirit of inspiration the king recorded for after generations the history of his wasted years with their lessons of warning. And thus, although the seed of his sowing was reaped by his people in harvests of evil, his life-work was not wholly lost. With meekness and lowliness Solomon in his later years ‘taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.’ He ‘sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.’ ‘The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. And further, by these, my son, be admonished.’ Ecclesiastes 12:9-12.PK 79.1
“Till the conflict is ended, there will be those who will depart from God. Satan will so shape circumstances that unless we are kept by divine power, they will almost imperceptibly weaken the fortifications of the soul. We need to inquire at every step, ‘Is this the way of the Lord?’ So long as life shall last, there will be need of guarding the affections and the passions with a firm purpose. Not one moment can we be secure except as we rely upon God, the life hidden with Christ. Watchfulness and prayer are the safeguards of purity.PK 83.3″
(This study is based on chapter 5, “Solomon’s Repentance,” in Prophets and Kings. (PK), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
Exercise reduces stress, which in turn keeps hormones balanced and helps maintain the health of the reproductive system in both women and men. The Bible says that life is in the blood. Blood carries toxins and, therefore, disease, away from the reproductive system. The more we exercise, the more lymph activity is improved and toxins are carried to the eliminating organs.
This is important, because when stress is increased so is the imbalance of hormones. Stress causes estrogen dominance. Estrogen dominance leads to cancers and other problems of the reproductive organs.
“The only hope of better things is in the education of the people in right principles. 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. MH 127.1″
We call it the REFRESHING Way lifestyle. R-E-F-R-E-S-H-I-N-G: The R is Rely on God; E – Eat healthy; F – Fresh air; R – Rest; E – Exercise; S – Self-control; H – H2O, Drink water; I – In the sun; N – Never give up; and G – Give to others.
That’s biblical wellness.