Some of my articles I posted have to do with physical health and others regard spiritual health. Although physical health is very important, spiritual health should be our ultimate goal.
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A lot of times, if we are not doing good spiritually, we become physically sick. Why? Because spiritual happiness carries few burdens. I am sure that most of you discover that your immunities go down when you have to many worries on your plate of life. You become sick. For example; years ago I had something bad happen in my life which made me verrrry stressed out. I became very sick with bronchitis. I felt physically drained from all my emotional turmoil. "Stress suppresses the immune system." Right now, I have a daughter that gets sick every time she is stressed out. Her stomach acts up. "Anxiety and stress can cause the body to produce more digestive acid."
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I have heard that one of the reasons my shoulder muscles ache is because of stress. "Tension triggers the sympathetic nervous system to reduce blood flow to the muscles, which makes them prone to spasms." When I am stressed my memory gets really bad. "High levels of the stress hormone cortisol can temporarily impair your ability to recall well-known information" Cancer is a result of stress, poor eating & sleeping habits and sometimes is inherited.
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Doctors are saying that to help people get better, laughter is good medicine and I believe that if people have a negative effect on the patient, they are not allowed to see them. Through our own experiences, we know negative things will affect us.
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The Bible has MANY words speaking of how to overcome our worries:
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Jesus said to give your burdens to him. . .
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Matthew 11:28 - 30
28) Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29) Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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30) For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
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King Solomon the wisest man of his time talks about a merry heart. . .
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Proverbs 17: 22
A MERRY heart does GOOD, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
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Proverbs 15: 13
A MERRY heart makes a CHEERFUL countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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Verse 30: The light of the eyes REJOICES the heart, And a GOOD report makes the bones HEALTHY.
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Jesus said not to worry. . .
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Matthew 6: 25 - 34
25 ) Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26) Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27) Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28) So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29) and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30) Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31) Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32) For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and ALL these things shall be added to you.
34) Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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Luke 12: 6 & 7
6) Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
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7) But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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Peter said to cast ALL our cares upon JESUS, for he CARES for YOU!!! :
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I Peter 5: 6 & 7
6) Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
7) casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
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God did not intend us to have stress in our lives when he created us. In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve did not have worries as they depended on God completely. The all wise, loving God was their friend! They only started worrying when they ate of the fruit of the tree of good and evil. They made a choice that had a negative effect on there lives and mankind (their predecessors) health and livelihood went spiralling down.
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God, our creator, has set ways for us to live. If we obey his word (through his spirit - THE REST) and lean on him, we will have more fulfilling lives. The Creator of the automobile knew that the car needed certain things done to keep it working at its maximum potential. That is how it is with God. We will be able to function better than ever before.
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THE REST. . .
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Jesus said that if we believe on him as the scriptures say, out of our bellies will flow rivers of living water. (The spirit)
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John 7:37-39
37) On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38) He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
39) But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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Jesus told you must be born of the water and the spirit and when born of the spirit there will be a sound that will be compared to the wind. When the wind blows, you hear the results of it (the rustling of the leaves etc.) but you can't see it.
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John 3:3-8
3) Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
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4) Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5) Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7) Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
8) The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
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He also said they that believe shall speak new tongues. . .
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Mark 16:16 & 17
16) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
17) And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;.
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Isaiah said this regarding the rest. . .
.Isaiah 28:11-13
11) For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people,
12) To whom He said, “This is the rest with which You may cause the weary to rest", And, “This is the refreshing”; Yet they would not hear.
13) But the word of the LORD was to them, “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little,” That they might go and fall backward, and be broken And snared and caught.
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Acts mentioned to do something to get the rest. . .
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Acts 2:1-21
.1) When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
.2) And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
.3) Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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The people s response. . .
.5) And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.
.7) Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans?
.8) And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?
.9) Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10) Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11) Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”
12) So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”
13) Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”
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Peter said. . .
14) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.
15) For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
16) But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17) ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.
18) And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy.
19) I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20) The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
21) And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.’
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Verses 37-42
37) Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
38) Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (THE REST)
39) For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
40) And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.
41) Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
42) And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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You can get the Rest where ever you are but, you are going to need spiritual food to keep you healthy. If you will eat, the spirit will revive your faint soul by administering to you all the much needed word of God . This is medicine. If you are not taking care of your spiritual man by properly feeding it, you will become so sick that you will die spiritually.
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Doctor Jesus can heal you or bring you back to life (if you let him). It's like someone gets so sick he/she is dying and needs to go to the hospital to get well. An intravenous (the spirit) to give the medication (his word) will need to be admininstered. The church is the hospital. Jesus is the doctor to our sick spiritual man and can make us better through the venue of his spirit. The preacher who is the head nurse, through the doctors instruction, administers the medicine intraveniously and God's people are assistant nurses that makes sure things are taken care of such as checking to see if you're ok.
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nt to. In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
t kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said "OK." Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said "we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem" (Dr Spock's son committed suicide). We said "an expert should know what he's talking about. "And we said "OK."
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with '
WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then w
onder why the world's going to hell Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing yet?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process. . . . 
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