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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake God can work mighty miracles “when men give themselves up to the control of His Spirit.” AA 49.1 (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, focused on the nutritional needs of the blood, particularly B-12 and folic acid and provided a spiritual analogy. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – August 13 – 19
Worship Sunday – God’s Purpose for His Church; Monday – The Training of the Twelve – Tuesday – The Great Commission; Wednesday – Pentecost; Thursday – The Gift of the Spirit; Friday – At the Temple Gate; Saturday, the Sabbath – A Warning Against Hypocrisy [All topics per The Acts of the Apostles by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness Sunday – God’s Purpose for the Health Message; Monday – How to Diagnose Disease; Tuesday – The Blood, Part 1; Wednesday – The Blood, Part 2; Thursday – The Blood, B-12 and Folic Acid
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Words of Encouragement
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
For Heaven’s Sake…
The Holy Spirit filled the disciples of Christ as they consecrated their lives to the work of saving souls. “They could not be restrained or intimidated by threatenings. The Lord spoke through them, and as they went from place to place, the poor had the gospel preached to them, and miracles of divine grace were wrought. . . . AA 48.2
“The promise of the Holy Spirit is not limited to any age or to any race. Christ declared that the divine influence of His Spirit was to be with His followers unto the end. From the Day of Pentecost to the present time, the Comforter has been sent to all who have yielded themselves fully to the Lord and to His service. To all who have accepted Christ as a personal Saviour, the Holy Spirit has come as a counselor, sanctifier, guide, and witness. The more closely believers have walked with God, the more clearly and powerfully have they testified of their Redeemer’s love and of His saving grace. The men and women who through the long centuries of persecution and trial enjoyed a large measure of the presence of the Spirit in their lives, have stood as signs and wonders in the world. Before angels and men they have revealed the transforming power of redeeming love. AA 49.2
“Those who at Pentecost were endued with power from on high, were not thereby freed from further temptation and trial. As they witnessed for truth and righteousness they were repeatedly assailed by the enemy of all truth, who sought to rob them of their Christian experience. They were compelled to strive with all their God-given powers to reach the measure of the stature of men and women in Christ Jesus. Daily they prayed for fresh supplies of grace, that they might reach higher and still higher toward perfection. Under the Holy Spirit’s working even the weakest, by exercising faith in God, learned to improve their entrusted powers and to become sanctified, refined, and ennobled. As in humility they submitted to the molding influence of the Holy Spirit, they received of the fullness of the Godhead and were fashioned in the likeness of the divine. AA 49.3
“The lapse of time has wrought no change in Christ’s parting promise to send the Holy Spirit as His representative. It is not because of any restriction on the part of God that the riches of His grace do not flow earthward to men. If the fulfillment of the promise is not seen as it might be, it is because the promise is not appreciated as it should be. If all were willing, all would be filled with the Spirit. Wherever the need of the Holy Spirit is a matter little thought of, there is seen spiritual drought, spiritual darkness, spiritual declension and death. Whenever minor matters occupy the attention, the divine power which is necessary for the growth and prosperity of the church, and which would bring all other blessings in its train, is lacking, though offered in infinite plenitude. AA 50.1
“Since this is the means by which we are to receive power, why do we not hunger and thirst for the gift of the Spirit? Why do we not talk of it, pray for it, and preach concerning it? The Lord is more willing to give the Holy Spirit to those who serve Him than parents are to give good gifts to their children. For the daily baptism of the Spirit every worker should offer his petition to God. Companies of Christian workers should gather to ask for special help, for heavenly wisdom, that they may know how to plan and execute wisely. Especially should they pray that God will baptize His chosen ambassadors in mission fields with a rich measure of His Spirit. The presence of the Spirit with God’s workers will give the proclamation of truth a power that not all the honor or glory of the world could give. . . . AA 50.2
“With the consecrated worker for God, in whatever place he may be, the Holy Spirit abides. The words spoken to the disciples are spoken also to us. The Comforter is ours as well as theirs. The Spirit furnishes the strength that sustains striving, wrestling souls in every emergency, amidst the hatred of the world, and the realization of their own failures and mistakes. In sorrow and affliction, when the outlook seems dark and the future perplexing, and we feel helpless and alone,–these are the times when, in answer to the prayer of faith, the Holy Spirit brings comfort to the heart.” AA 51.1
(This study is based on chapter 5, “The Gift of the Spirit” in The Acts of the Apostles (AA), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
B-12 and folic acid are needed to mature red blood cells (RBC), just as the word of God is needed for Christian growth and spiritual maturity. DNA in the cell can be properly manufactured only when B-12 and folic acid are present. Their deficiency causes erythroblasts or cell immaturity, which is manifested as larger, weaker and more fragile than normal.
Their deficiency also causes pernicious anemia. This typically happens when B-12 is not properly absorbed in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, because of GI tract abnormalities. In the same way, the Holy Spirit helps our infirmities by helping us properly absorb the word of God. The Holy Spirit is likened to that intrinsic factor secreted by the GI tract for proper absorption.
Storage of B-12 is by large quantities in the liver and is released to the bone marrow in very small quantities and only as needed. As the Christian is consistent in prayerfully studying Scripture, excess storage of the powerful word of God can be effectively released when needed under varying circumstances. It is important to note that it takes 3 to 4 years before B-12 deficiency will cause RBC maturation failure.
While B-12 is manufactured by the body and can not typically be found in the plant-based diet, folic acid is found in green vegetables and some fruits. But cooking them destroys folic acid. This nutrient, which is so vital to blood health, is one great reason to eat largely of raw foods.
Those who cannot absorb B-12 or folic acid usually are those found to have a genetic abnormality, which leads to a GI disease called celiac sprue. They cannot tolerate gluten. As a result, there is an autoimmune reaction that damages the small intestines. This then leads to absorption problems, which leads to anemia. Those who cannot tolerate the divine guidance of the Holy Spirit or absorb the word of God will have spiritual problems that affect every other area of their lives. They are spiritually anemic.