Worship: When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play / Wellness: Principles of Biblical Wellness

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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake  Nehemiah understood the need for faithfulness to God and purity of worship. But when he was away the people played with their salvation. Nehemiah wasn’t a priest or a prophet. Still, God raised him up to be a reformer among His people. (Read more below.)

Wellness: For Health’s Sake  Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, discussed what biblical wellness is and the seven principles that govern it. (Read more below.)

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Worship: When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play

Wellness: Principles of Biblical Wellness

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; Saturday, the Sabbath – Principles of Biblical Wellness

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Words of Encouragement

John 17:3  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Job 42:10  And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

For Heaven’s Sake…

“Solemnly and publicly the people of Judah had pledged themselves to obey the law of God. But when the influence of Ezra and Nehemiah was for a time withdrawn, there were many who departed from the Lord. Nehemiah had returned to Persia. During his absence from Jerusalem, evils crept in that threatened to pervert the nation. . . .  PK 669.1

“The work of restoration and reform carried on by the returned exiles, under the leadership of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, presents a picture of a work of spiritual restoration that is to be wrought in the closing days of this earth’s history. The remnant of Israel were a feeble people, exposed to the ravages of their enemies; but through them God purposed to preserve in the earth a knowledge of Himself and of His law. They were the guardians of the true worship, the keepers of the holy oracles. Varied were the experiences that came to them as they rebuilt the temple and the wall of Jerusalem; strong was the opposition that they had to meet. Heavy were the burdens borne by the leaders in this work; but these men moved forward in unwavering confidence, in humility of spirit, and in firm reliance upon God, believing that He would cause His truth to triumph. Like King Hezekiah, Nehemiah ‘clave to the Lord, and departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments. . . . And the Lord was with him.’ 2 Kings 18:6, 7. PK 677.1

“The spiritual restoration of which the work carried forward in Nehemiah’s day was a symbol, is outlined in the words of Isaiah: ‘They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities.’ ‘They that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.’ Isaiah 61:4;58:12. PK 677.2

“The prophet here describes a people who, in a time of general departure from truth and righteousness, are seeking to restore the principles that are the foundation of the kingdom of God. They are repairers of a breach that has been made in God’s law–the wall that He has placed around His chosen ones for their protection, and obedience to whose precepts of justice, truth, and purity is to be their perpetual safeguard. PK 677.3

“In words of unmistakable meaning the prophet points out the specific work of this remnant people who build the wall. ‘If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.’ Isaiah 58:13, 14. PK 678.1

“In the time of the end every divine institution is to be restored. The breach made in the law at the time the Sabbath was changed by man, is to be repaired. God’s remnant people, standing before the world as reformers, are to show that the law of God is the foundation of all enduring reform and that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is to stand as a memorial of creation, a constant reminder of the power of God. In clear, distinct lines they are to present the necessity of obedience to all the precepts of the Decalogue. Constrained by the love of Christ, they are to co-operate with Him in building up the waste places. They are to be repairers of the breach, restorers of paths to dwell in. See verse 12. PK 678.2

(This study is based on Nehemiah 13 and chapter 57, “Reformation” in Prophets and Kings (PK), by Ellen G. White.)