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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake In the multitude of counselors there is safety, says Pastor Flemons. Counsel based on biblical principles from godly people can bring blessings. Listening to bad advice will mess up your life! We can learn life lessons from Rehoboam’s experience. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, discussed the value of self-control 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 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Isaiah 40:30-31 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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For Heaven’s Sake…
During Solomon’s reign, one of his mighty men of valor received a startling message from the prophet Ahijah, the Shilonite. Jeroboam was told that ten of the twelve tribes of Israel would be torn from Solomon and given to him, because of the apostasies of the nation; but it was not to be during Solomon’s reign out of respect for David. As soon as Rehoboam went to Shechem to be formally made king, he was approached with a request from the tribal leaders before the coronation. They requested that he make things lighter for them than the many menial services and heavy taxes that had been levied by Solomon. If he would honor their request, they would serve him.
Desirous of meeting with his advisers before laying out policy, Rehoboam asked that he be given three days before responding. During the three days, Rehoboam met with two groups with opposing views: the old men who had stood before his father Solomon and the young men with whom he had grown up.
“Although Solomon had longed to prepare the mind of Rehoboam, his chosen successor, to meet with wisdom the crisis foretold by the prophet of God, he had never been able to exert a strong molding influence for good over the mind of his son, whose early training had been so grossly neglected. Rehoboam had received from his mother, an Ammonitess, the stamp of a vacillating character. At times he endeavored to serve God and was granted a measure of prosperity; but he was not steadfast, and at last he yielded to the influences for evil that had surrounded him from infancy. In the mistakes of Rehoboam’s life and in his final apostasy is revealed the fearful result of Solomon’s union with idolatrous women.PK 88.2
“Flattered by the prospect of exercising supreme authority, Rehoboam determined to disregard the counsel of the older men of his realm, and to make the younger men his advisers. Thus it came to pass that on the day appointed, when ‘Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam’ for a statement concerning the policy he intended to pursue, Rehoboam ‘answered the people roughly, … saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ Verses 12-14.PK 89.4
“The breach created by the rash speech of Rehoboam proved irreparable. Thenceforth the twelve tribes of Israel were divided, the tribes of Judah and Benjamin composing the lower or southern kingdom of Judah, under the rulership of Rehoboam; while the ten northern tribes formed and maintained a separate government, known as the kingdom of Israel, with Jeroboam as their ruler. Thus was fulfilled the prediction of the prophet concerning the rending of the kingdom. “The cause was from the Lord.” Verse 15.PK 91.1
“For three years Rehoboam tried to profit by his sad experience at the beginning of his reign; and in this effort he was prospered. He ‘built cities for defense in Judah,’ and ‘fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.’ He was careful to make these fortified cities ‘exceeding strong.’ 2 Chronicles 11:5, 11, 12. But the secret of Judah’s prosperity during the first years of Rehoboam’s reign lay not in these measures. It was their recognition of God as the Supreme Ruler that placed the tribes of Judah and Benjamin on vantage ground. To their number were added many God-fearing men from the northern tribes. ‘Out of all the tribes of Israel,’ the record reads, ‘such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.’ Verses 16, 17.PK 92.1
“In continuing this course lay Rehoboam’s opportunity to redeem in large measure the mistakes of the past and to restore confidence in his ability to rule with discretion. But the pen of inspiration has traced the sad record of Solomon’s successor as one who failed to exert a strong influence for loyalty to Jehovah. Naturally headstrong, confident, self-willed, and inclined to idolatry, nevertheless, had he placed his trust wholly in God, he would have developed strength of character, steadfast faith, and submission to the divine requirements. But as time passed, the king put his trust in the power of position and in the strongholds he had fortified. Little by little he gave way to inherited weakness, until he threw his influence wholly on the side of idolatry. ‘It came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.’ 2 Chronicles 12:1.PK 93.1″
Be careful where you go to get advice. There is safety in a multitude of godly counselors who base their advice on biblical principles. Reject bad counsel at all cost, or it will cost you dearly and maybe even your life. The people only asked for kindness in exchange for service. Kindness could have saved the kingdom. Kindness still could save your family.
(This study is based on chapter 6, “The Rending of the Kingdom,” in Prophets and Kings. (PK), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
Many of the diseases of the reproductive system stem from an imbalance of hormones. Estrogen dominance is the key factor in diseases, such as fibroids, endometriosis, breast cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer in women, as well as enlarged prostate and prostate cancer in men. Too much estrogen is the problem.
Self-control is abstaining from all things harmful and doing only in moderation all things good. Cigarettes contain over four thousand toxins. Smoking them brings the toxins into your body. Drinking alcohol also brings in toxins and raises the blood sugar too fast and causes hormonal imbalances. Processed or refined foods, such as white flour products and white rice, do the same. So do caffeinated beverages and chocolates.
Cancer is caused by toxins that invade the membrane of the cell. When the cell is bombarded with toxins, the wall of the cell becomes damaged. Then minerals, like sodium, calcium and magnesium, are not allowed it. These minerals attract oxygen. Potassium, which attracts sugar, is allowed inside the cell. And the problem mushrooms. The stage is set for any low-oxygen disease. Cancer is one of those low-oxygen diseases.
Zinc is an immune builder; it protects the immune system. The prostate is the largest reservoir of zinc in the body. Zinc, however, is depleted with every ejaculation. Therefore, daily or near daily ejaculations will cause problems in the prostate gland.
Enjoy your spouse doing the things that married people do; but don’t overdo it. Don’t overwork. Practice getting to bed by 9:30 nightly. Temperance is key. Therein is safety from stress, which itself acts like a toxin on the system.
“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.