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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Like the first twelve disciples of Christ, every believer has a responsibility to teach the words of Christ and bring comfort and healing. Yes, you are called to be an evangelist! But first you, like them, need instruction. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, continued discussing the REFRESHING Way lifestyle and its therapeutic value in protecting the endocrine system. Exercise is key. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – June 18 – June 24
Worship Sunday – Who Are My Brethren? – Monday – The Invitation; Tuesday – Peace, Be Still; Wednesday – The Touch of Faith; Thursday – The First Evangelists; Friday – Come Rest Awhile; Saturday, the Sabbath – Give Ye Them to Eat [All topics per Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness Sunday – US Hospitals Still Using Too Many Antibiotics; Monday – Stop Stressing Jesus Out; Tuesday – How Diet Affects the Endocrine System; Wednesday – Fresh Air, Rest and the Endocrine System; Thursday – Exercise and the Endocrine System
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Words of Encouragement
1 John 2:5-6 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“Calling the twelve about Him, Jesus bade them go out two and two through the towns and villages. None were sent forth alone, but brother was associated with brother, friend with friend. Thus they could help and encourage each other, counseling and praying together, each one’s strength supplementing the other’s weakness. In the same manner He afterward sent forth the seventy. It was the Saviour’s purpose that the messengers of the gospel should be associated in this way. In our own time evangelistic work would be far more successful if this example were more closely followed. DA 350.1
“The disciples’ message was the same as that of John the Baptist and of Christ Himself: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ They were to enter into no controversy with the people as to whether Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah; but in His name they were to do the same works of mercy as He had done. He bade them, ‘Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.’ DA 350.2
“During His ministry Jesus devoted more time to healing the sick than to preaching. His miracles testified to the truth of His words, that He came not to destroy but to save. His righteousness went before Him, and the glory of the Lord was His rearward. Wherever He went, the tidings of His mercy preceded Him. Where He had passed, the objects of His compassion were rejoicing in health, and making trial of their new-found powers. Crowds were collecting around them to hear from their lips the works that the Lord had wrought. His voice was the first sound that many had ever heard, His name the first word they had ever spoken, His face the first they had ever looked upon. Why should they not love Jesus, and sound His praise? As He passed through the towns and cities He was like a vital current, diffusing life and joy wherever He went. DA 350.3
“The followers of Christ are to labor as He did. We are to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and comfort the suffering and afflicted. We are to minister to the despairing, and inspire hope in the hopeless. And to us also the promise will be fulfilled, ‘Thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.’ Isa. 58:8. The love of Christ, manifested in unselfish ministry, will be more effective in reforming the evildoer than will the sword or the court of justice. These are necessary to strike terror to the lawbreaker, but the loving missionary can do more than this. Often the heart will harden under reproof; but it will melt under the love of Christ. The missionary cannot only relieve physical maladies, but he can lead the sinner to the Great Physician, who can cleanse the soul from the leprosy of sin. Through His servants, God designs that the sick, the unfortunate, those possessed of evil spirits, shall hear His voice. Through His human agencies He desires to be a Comforter such as the world knows not. DA 350.4
Jesus taught them, “‘As you confess Me before men, so I will confess you before God and the holy angels. You are to be My witnesses upon earth, channels through which My grace can flow for the healing of the world. So I will be your representative in heaven. The Father beholds not your faulty character, but He sees you as clothed in My perfection. I am the medium through which Heaven’s blessings shall come to you. And everyone who confesses Me by sharing My sacrifice for the lost shall be confessed as a sharer in the glory and joy of the redeemed.’ DA 357.1
“He who would confess Christ must have Christ abiding in him. He cannot communicate that which he has not received. The disciples might speak fluently on doctrines, they might repeat the words of Christ Himself; but unless they possessed Christlike meekness and love, they were not confessing Him. A spirit contrary to the spirit of Christ would deny Him, whatever the profession. Men may deny Christ by evilspeaking, by foolish talking, by words that are untruthful or unkind. They may deny Him by shunning life’s burdens, by the pursuit of sinful pleasure. They may deny Him by conforming to the world, by uncourteous behavior, by the love of their own opinions, by justifying self, by cherishing doubt, borrowing trouble, and dwelling in darkness. In all these ways they declare that Christ is not in them. And ‘whosoever shall deny Me before men,’ He says, ‘him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.’ DA 357.2
“The Saviour bade His disciples not to hope that the world’s enmity to the gospel would be overcome, and that after a time its opposition would cease. He said, ‘I came not to send peace, but a sword.’ This creating of strife is not the effect of the gospel, but the result of opposition to it. Of all persecution the hardest to bear is variance in the home, the estrangement of dearest earthly friends. But Jesus declares, ‘He that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.’ DA 357.3
“The mission of Christ’s servants is a high honor, and a sacred trust. ‘He that receiveth you,’ He says, ‘receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me.’ No act of kindness shown to them in His name will fail to be recognized and rewarded. And in the same tender recognition He includes the feeblest and lowliest of the family of God: ‘Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones’–those who are as children in their faith and their knowledge of Christ–‘a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in nowise lose his reward.’ DA 357.4
(This study is based on Matthew 10; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 9:1-6; and chapter 37, “The First Evangelists” in The Desire of Ages (DA), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake. . .
The full value of exercise probably cannot be fully comprehended. But there are some visible effects of it upon the endocrine system alone. For instance, because of exercise the pituitary gland secretes a hormone called endorphins. They are essentially an endogenous morphine that helps lessen pain and reduce tension or anxiety. A large amount is increased shortly after exercise. Also excess estrogen, which causes many health issues, is lessened. And exercise-induced testosterone increases confidence and libido. Without exercise, motivation is low, as well as self-confidence, concentration, and memory.
Since exercise helps the thyroid increase the production and release of epinephrine, more blood is pumped by the heart. This enables the muscles to receive more oxygen-rich blood. This also helps reduce fatty weight or weight due to excess fat.
Exercise helps the pancreas reduce excess insulin and helps it to process blood sugar more effectively and reduce high blood glucose. Otherwise, there would be excess insulin in the blood, which lead to diabetes. High blood glucose can cause nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, organ failure, and circulation problems. Because exercise forces more glucose into the cell, it is better used and helps avoid such symptoms.
Exercise helps to lock in calcium in the bones. This is because as you exercise, acids or toxins are released from the body through sweat glands in the skin. This decrease of toxins helps the body to not need the parathyroid gland to pull calcium from the bones just to alkalinize the blood.
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