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TOPICS THIS WEEK – April 16 – 22
Worship Sunday – Deliverance from Assyria; Monday – Hope for the Heathen; Tuesday – Manasseh and Josiah; Wednesday – The Book of the Law; Thursday – Jeremiah; Friday – Approaching Doom; Saturday, the Sabbath – The Last King of Judah
[All topics per Prophets and Kings by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness How the REFRESHING Way Lifestyle Benefits the Skeletal System from a Biblical Wellness Perspective: Sunday – Rely on God; Monday – Eat Healthy; Tuesday – Fresh Air and Rest; Wednesday – Exercise/Self-Control; Thursday – H2O, Drink Water and In the Sun
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Words of Encouragement
1 Corinthians 1:6-8 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For Heaven’s Sake…
Jeremiah was a prophet of God, called when only a youth during the reign of Josiah. Ordained from birth and trained from childhood, Jeremiah was still overwhelmed with a sense of unworthiness.
“‘Ah, Lord God!’ he exclaimed, ‘behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.’ Jeremiah 1:5, 6. PK 407.1
“In the youthful Jeremiah, God saw one who would be true to his trust and who would stand for the right against great opposition. In childhood he had proved faithful; and now he was to endure hardness, as a good soldier of the cross. ‘Say not, I am a child,’ the Lord bade His chosen messenger; ‘for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee.’ ‘Gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. For, behold, I have made thee this day a defensed city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.’ Verses 7, 8, 17-19. PK 407.2
“For forty years Jeremiah was to stand before the nation as a witness for truth and righteousness. In a time of unparalleled apostasy he was to exemplify in life and character the worship of the only true God. During the terrible sieges of Jerusalem he was to be the mouthpiece of Jehovah. He was to predict the downfall of the house of David and the destruction of the beautiful temple built by Solomon. And when imprisoned because of his fearless utterances, he was still to speak plainly against sin in high places. Despised, hated, rejected of men, he was finally to witness the literal fulfillment of his own prophecies of impending doom, and share in the sorrow and woe that should follow the destruction of the fated city. PK 408.1
“Yet amid the general ruin into which the nation was rapidly passing, Jeremiah was often permitted to look beyond the distressing scenes of the present to the glorious prospects of the future, when God’s people should be ransomed from the land of the enemy and planted again in Zion. He foresaw the time when the Lord would renew His covenant relationship with them. ‘Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.’ Jeremiah 31:12. PK 408.2
“Of his call to the prophetic mission, Jeremiah himself wrote: ‘The Lord put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.’ Jeremiah 1:9, 10. PK 409.1
“Thank God for the words, ‘to build, and to plant.’ By these words Jeremiah was assured of the Lord’s purpose to restore and to heal. Stern were the messages to be borne in the years that were to follow. Prophecies of swift-coming judgments were to be fearlessly delivered. From the plains of Shinar ‘an evil’ was to ‘break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.’ ‘I will utter My judgments against them,’ the Lord declared, ‘touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me.’ Verses 14, 16. Yet the prophet was to accompany these messages with assurances of forgiveness to all who should turn from their evil-doing. PK 409.2
“The time had come for deep heart searching. While Josiah had been their ruler, the people had had some ground for hope. But no longer could he intercede in their behalf, for he had fallen in battle. The sins of the nation were such that the time for intercession had all but passed by. ‘Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me,’ the Lord declared, ‘yet My mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth. And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them. Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.’ Jeremiah 15:1, 2. PK 415.1
“A refusal to heed the invitation of mercy that God was now offering would bring upon the impenitent nation the judgments that had befallen the northern kingdom of Israel over a century before. The message to them now was: ‘If ye will not hearken to Me, to walk in My law, which I have set before you, to hearken to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’ Jeremiah 26:4-6. PK 415.2
“What a lesson is this to men holding positions of responsibility today in the church of God! What a solemn warning to deal faithfully with wrongs that bring dishonor to the cause of truth! Let none who claim to be the depositaries of God’s law flatter themselves that the regard they may outwardly show toward the commandments will preserve them from the exercise of divine justice. Let none refuse to be reproved for evil, nor charge the servants of God with being too zealous in endeavoring to cleanse the camp from evil-doing. A sin-hating God calls upon those who claim to keep His law to depart from all iniquity. A neglect to repent and to render willing obedience will bring upon men and women today as serious consequences as came upon ancient Israel. There is a limit beyond which the judgments of Jehovah can no longer be delayed. The desolation of Jerusalem in the days of Jeremiah is a solemn warning to modern Israel, that the counsels and admonitions given them through chosen instrumentalities cannot be disregarded with impunity. PK 416.2
(This study is based on chapter 34, “Jeremiah” in Prophets and Kings (PK), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
Distilled water, which is pure rain water, is a one hundred percent perfect 7 on the pH scale. Your blood needs to be at 7 just from drinking adequate water. If you are dehydrated, your blood will be acidic and will pull calcium from the bones to alkalinize the blood. Water with minerals is already alkaline.
To ensure you are getting adequate water daily, simply divide your body weight in half. Drink that number in ounces daily. Then, watch your urine. It should be clear. It is advisable that you begin your day with fresh squeezed lemon juice in water. It acts as a tonic on the body. Daily getting adequate water helps lock calcium in the bones and keeps it from being leeched out, which can lead to osteopenia, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.
Sunlight causes cholesterol in the skin to be converted to vitamin D, which helps to lock calcium in the bones and causes calcium to be pulled from the digestive tract. It also causes less calcium to be excreted into the kidneys. Getting only one half hour of sunlight daily on the hands and the face is adequate for helping the bones in general.
The ten-point biblical wellness lifestyle called REFRESHING encourages relying on God; eating healthy; getting fresh air, rest, and exercise; using self-control; drinking H2O or water; getting in the sun; never giving up; and giving to others.