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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake God’s people assembled at Jerusalem at the time of the Feast of Trumpets. The solemn Day of Atonement was only ten days away. Priests, Levites joined Ezra in teaching the law of God so that the people understood in their own language. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, discussed how to detect skin cancer. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – May 7 – 13
Worship Sunday – 3 Steps to Guarantee You Are in God’s Will; Monday – A Spiritual Revival; Tuesday – The Builders on the Wall; Wednesday – A Rebuke Against Extortion; Thursday – Heathen Plots; Friday – Instructed in the Law of God; Saturday, the Sabbath – Reformation [All topics per Prophets and Kings by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness Diseases of the Skin Sunday – Acne; Monday – Psoriasis; Tuesday – Eczema; Wednesday – Your Lucky Charms Have Toilet Bowl Cleaner; Thursday – Moles; Friday – 10 Signs of Skin Cancer
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Words of Encouragement
1 Timothy 6:10-11 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“As they had listened from day to day to the words of the law, the people had been convicted of their transgressions, and of the sins of their nation in past generations. They saw that it was because of a departure from God that His protecting care had been withdrawn and that the children of Abraham had been scattered in foreign lands, and they determined to seek His mercy and to pledge themselves to walk in His commandments. Before entering upon this solemn service, held on the second day after the close of the Feast of Tabernacles, they separated themselves from the heathen among them. PK 665.3
“As the people prostrated themselves before the Lord, confessing their sins and pleading for pardon, their leaders encouraged them to believe that God, according to His promise, heard their prayers. They must not only mourn and weep, and repent, but they must believe that God pardoned them. They must show their faith by recounting His mercies and praising Him for His goodness. … PK 665.4
“Nehemiah’s efforts to restore the worship of the true God had been crowned with success. As long as the people were true to the oath they had taken, as long as they were obedient to God’s word, so long would the Lord fulfill His promise by pouring rich blessings upon them. PK 668.1
“For those who are convicted of sin and weighed down with a sense of their unworthiness, there are lessons of faith and encouragement in this record. The Bible faithfully presents the result of Israel’s apostasy; but it portrays also the deep humiliation and repentance, the earnest devotion and generous sacrifice, that marked their seasons of return to the Lord. PK 668.2
“Every true turning to the Lord brings abiding joy into the life. When a sinner yields to the influence of the Holy Spirit, he sees his own guilt and defilement in contrast with the holiness of the great Searcher of hearts. He sees himself condemned as a transgressor. But he is not, because of this, to give way to despair; for his pardon has already been secured. He may rejoice in the sense of sins forgiven, in the love of a pardoning heavenly Father. It is God’s glory to encircle sinful, repentant human beings in the arms of His love, to bind up their wounds, to cleanse them from sin, and to clothe them with the garments of salvation.” PK 668.3
The joy of the LORD had become their strength.
(This study is based on Nehemiah 8-10 and chapter 56, “Instructed in the Law of God” in Prophets and Kings (PK), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
There are three main types of skin. Basal cell carcinomas (BCC), which accounts for 75% of skin cancers, are usually slow growing and do not usually spread to other parts of the body. Although less common, squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) are also usually slow growing and do not usually spread to other body parts. Malignant melanomas are usually more dangerous, agressive skin cancers. There are other types of skin cancers but they usually make up less than 3% of skin cancers. Here are 10 Signs of possible skin cancer. The 1st 5 can be remembered with ABCDE. These refer to melanomas. The last 5 refer to basil cell carcinomas or squamous cell carcinomas.
1. Asymmetry – If you drew an imaginary line through the mole, each half would usually look quite different from the other half.
2. Borders – If the borders of the mole are blurred or irregular, this is a sign that the mole may be a melanoma.
3. Color – If the color of the mole is made up of a variety of colors, it may be cancerous.
4. Diameter – If the diameter of the mole is over 6 millimeters, it may be cancerous.
5. Evolution – If the mole changes in color, size and shape, it may be cancerous.
6. An open sore that bleeds, forms a scab and continues this cycle may be a sign of skin cancer.
7. An itchy patch of skin that will not go away may be a sign that you have skin cancer.
8. A nodule that won’t go away is a sign that the nodule might be cancerous. The nodule will look like a tiny bump and may look similar to a mole.
9. A pink growth with a border that is elevated slightly is a possible sign of skin cancer.
10. Finally a scar that wasn’t caused by injury may signal an invasive basal cell carcinoma.
Most skin abnormalities don’t end up being cancer, but if you have any of the above, you should take precautions.
Remember, please read our disclaimer. God can cure any disease. Some people opt to treat the lesion naturally as a cancer without an official diagnosis. Others opt to get a diagnosis and then decide which treatment plan they wish to follow. Whatever you choose to do, consult the Great Physician.