Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Being angry without a cause is not of God. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake You can follow all the other laws of health, but if you eat the wrong foods, you will have health problems. (Read more below.)
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Words of Encouragement
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused; for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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For Heaven’s Sake…
Jesus said, “But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment” (Matthew 5:22, first part). It is not in the character of God to be angry with someone without a cause. It is in the character of Satan to be so angry that he simply wants to hurt or destroy people without a cause. Because of this, we are warned to “be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
Sometimes, there is a cause to be angry with your brother. When there is a cause to be angry with your brother, however, there is also advice for letting go of the anger within hours. It can mean the difference between whether you can receive the blessings of God or not.
Ephesians 4:26-27 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.
Joseph had much cause to be angry with his brothers. Out of jealousy and hatred, they threw him in a pit and kept him there until they sold him into slavery. Joseph had much cause to be angry with Potipher’s wife. She falsely accused him of rape. He had good cause to be angry with Pharoah’s butler. After doing a favor for the butler, Joseph was forgotten and left in prison long after the butler was released from prison and restored to his position.
Joseph, however, remained faithful to God. As a result, when he was sold into slavery in Egypt, “the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand” (Genesis 39:2-4).
When Joseph was falsely accused of rape by his master’s wife and thrown into prison, Joseph remained faithful to God. As a result, “the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it, The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made to prosper” (Genesis 39:21-23).
Two full years passed after the butler was released from prison and restored to his position. Because Joseph remained faithful to God and did not retain anger, through a series of events, God prospered him yet again. “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed hi in vesures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his nect;And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt” (Genesis 41:41-43).
Now a grown man and ruler in Egypt, Joseph stood before his brothers who needed his help to survive. God providentially arranged this meeting between Joseph and the brothers who sold him into slavery. Instead of using his power to persecute his brothers for all their evil against him and making them his slaves, Joseph proved himself a noble godly man. Joseph saved the lives of all his estranged family and cared for them during the long years of Egypt’s famine. Joseph only had this conclusion, which he told his brothers, who now feared justified retribution.
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Because of Joseph’s communion with God, the fruit of the Spirit was manifested in his life and behavior so that no law stood against him, nor could anyone or anything else, regardless of how it seemed for a period.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
For Health’s Sake…
“The life of the flesh is in the blood,” according to Leviticus 17:11. The quality of our blood is dependent primarily on the foods that we eat. So if we eat the wrong foods, says Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, we are going to have clogged arteries. If we eat the wrong foods, we are going to have an inefficient immune system.
The main mistake most people make in dietary habits is eating the flesh of animals. It is not the best food for human consumption. Some of it is totally unfit: pork, for example. Even the animal flesh permitted for food after the flood immediately decreased the lifespan of Noah and generations thereafter. Most people include sugar in their diet. Sugar can wipe out immune function. For every teaspoon of sugar consumed, the immune system is compromised to a greater and greater degree.
Flesh foods and dairy products, including eggs, milk and cheese, need to be eliminated from the diet of humans. Because of man’s contamination, they are getting worse and more dangerous to eat and maintain healthy bodies. These foods wipe out the immune system, wipe out the cardiovascular system, and place a burden on the digestive system, because none of these foods have fiber.
Most complaints that are brought to the ER have to do with the digestive system. The quickest way to die without warning is a problem with the circulatory system: heart attacks and strokes. And the disease that scares people to death is cancer.
The other systems are also adversely affected by wrong dietary foods and habits. The bottom line is that we have to eat more plant-based foods. We must follow health laws. They are REFRESHING:
R – Rely on God.
E – Eat healthy.
F – Fresh air.
R – Rest.
E – Exercise.
S – Self-control.
H – H2O, drink water.
I – In the sun.
N – Never give up.
G – Give to others.