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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake “Christians be like, “I’m too scared to repent, but I’m not too scared to sin!” says Pastor Flemons. Those kind of people are more afraid of what people think than they are of what God thinks. They would rather listen to false prophets than the prophets of God. God has a way of dealing with people like that. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, suggests juicing for arthritis and osteoporosis. (Read more below.)
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Worship: When Christians Are Cowards (Carried Captive Into Babylon)
Wellness: Juicing for Arthritis and Osteoporosis
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – April 23 – 29
Worship Sunday – Carried Captive Into Babylon; Monday – Light Through Darkness; Tuesday – In the Court of Babylon; Wednesday – Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream; Thursday – The Fiery Furnace; Friday – True Greatness; Saturday, the Sabbath – The Unseen Watcher [All topics per Prophets and Kings by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness Natural Remedies for Diseases of the Skeletal System: Sunday – Juicing for Arthritis and Osteoporosis
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Words of Encouragement
Psalm 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
For Heaven’s Sake…
The people of God found themselves unnecessarily under siege, because they refused to believe the prophet Jeremiah. Eventually, they falsely imprisoned him, where the king of Judah would secretly seek God’s counsel from him. Nevertheless, Jeremiah continued to be a mouthpiece for the Lord. Finally, the princes labeled him an enemy of the nation and sentenced him to death. The king knew the charges were false, but he was a coward.
“‘I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, … lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.’ But the prophet promised, ‘They shall not deliver thee.’ And he added the earnest entreaty, ‘Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.’ Verses 17-20. PK 457.1
“Thus even to the last hour, God made plain His willingness to show mercy to those who would choose to submit to His just requirements. Had the king chosen to obey, the lives of the people might have been spared, and the city saved from conflagration; but he thought he had gone too far to retrace his steps. He was afraid of the Jews, afraid of ridicule, afraid for his life. After years of rebellion against God, Zedekiah thought it too humiliating to say to his people, I accept the word of the Lord, as spoken through the prophet Jeremiah; I dare not venture to war against the enemy in the face of all these warnings. PK 457.2
“With tears Jeremiah entreated Zedekiah to save himself and his people. With anguish of spirit he assured him that unless he should heed the counsel of God, he could not escape with his life, and all his possessions would fall to the Babylonians. But the king had started on the wrong course, and he would not retrace his steps. He decided to follow the counsel of the false prophets, and of the men whom he really despised, and who ridiculed his weakness in yielding so readily to their wishes. He sacrificed the noble freedom of his manhood and became a cringing slave to public opinion. With no fixed purpose to do evil, he was also without resolution to stand boldly for the right. Convicted though he was of the value of the counsel given by Jeremiah, he had not the moral stamina to obey; and as a consequence he advanced steadily in the wrong direction. PK 457.3
“The king was even too weak to be willing that his courtiers and people should know that he had held a conference with Jeremiah, so fully had the fear of man taken possession of his soul. If Zedekiah had stood up bravely and declared that he believed the words of the prophet, already half fulfilled, what desolation might have been averted! He should have said, I will obey the Lord, and save the city from utter ruin. I dare not disregard the commands of God because of the fear or favor of man. I love the truth, I hate sin, and I will follow the counsel of the Mighty One of Israel. PK 458.1
“Then the people would have respected his courageous spirit, and those who were wavering between faith and unbelief would have taken a firm stand for the right. The very fearlessness and justice of this course would have inspired his subjects with admiration and loyalty. He would have had ample support, and Judah would have been spared the untold woe of carnage and famine and fire. PK 458.2
“The weakness of Zedekiah was a sin for which he paid a fearful penalty. The enemy swept down like a resistless avalanche and devastated the city. The Hebrew armies were beaten back in confusion. The nation was conquered. Zedekiah was taken prisoner, and his sons were slain before his eyes. The king was led away from Jerusalem a captive, his eyes were put out, and after arriving in Babylon he perished miserably. The beautiful temple that for more than four centuries had crowned the summit of Mount Zion was not spared by the Chaldeans. ‘They burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.’ 2 Chronicles 36:19. PK 458.3
“At the time of the final overthrow of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, many had escaped the horrors of the long siege, only to perish by the sword. Of those who still remained, some, notably the chief of the priests and officers and the princes of the realm, were taken to Babylon and there executed as traitors. Others were carried captive, to live in servitude to Nebuchadnezzar and to his sons ‘until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.’ Verses 20, 21. PK 459.1
“Of Jeremiah himself it is recorded: ‘Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuchadnezzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.’ Jeremiah 39:11, 12. PK 460.1
It pays to serve God. Don’t be a coward. Do what God says. The consequences of disobedience is always ten times worse, warns Pastor Flemons.
(This study is based on chapter 37, “Carried Captive Into Babylon” in Prophets and Kings (PK), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
Carrot or celery or cucumber juice with dark green vegetables, like kale, spinach, Swiss chard, arugula, and/or cilantro, seasoned with whole lemons, Granny Smith apples, and ginger, make excellent juice to reduce the pain from arthritis and osteoporosis. Drink 48 ounces or 96 ounces daily. The base should be half carrot (if you have no sugar restrictions) or celery and/or cucumber. Let a fourth of your juice be dark green vegetables. Use no more than a fourth of beet juice, when needed, for iron.
This juice is very alkaline and high in calcium. Vitamin D, from getting out in the sunlight, will help you absorb the calcium and keep it from being leeched from the bones to alkalinize acidic blood. The blood must be alkaline to be healthy. The juice also has wonderful anti-inflammatory properties. It will shock you how quickly you will experience amazing benefits.
For under $200, the Breville juicer is a favorite that Pastor Flemons suggests for quick juicing. It has a large chute that can handle whole organic lemons and apples, making your juicing experience nearly a breeze, without adding the burden of time so many expect with juicing on a daily basis.