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Is this failure to improve the health of the American people due to ignorance, or just might there, perhaps, be another reason? Think about that for a moment. Yes, let’s spend just a minute or two to think about the state of health of the American people. Of all the industrialized nations of the world, the United States claims to have the greatest health care system in the world. America spends more per capita on health care than any other industrialized nation in the world, yet the health of the American people ranks among the lowest in the world. What’s wrong with this picture? Why Is the Picture So Wrong?Have you ever wondered why with all our resources…why with all our government funding…why with insurance companies…and why with a greater number of people on healthcare……why aren’t Americans the healthiest people in the world? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will force every American, whether they want to participate in it or not, to enroll in a plan that has nothing to do with health. That’s because there is nothing in the ACA that promotes health or the prevention of sickness. Rather, the entire Act revolves around how physical problems will be treated after they occur. In other words, every American, will be forced into a system that has already proven to be a complete failure. And for vivid proof that it is a failure, just for a moment, take a look at the health of the people. Could the reason that the American people are not experiencing health be because legislators who are in charge of the health care industry are being influenced by special interest groups who profit from sickness? Think about it for a moment – if there were no sick people to treat it sure would hurt the profits of those in the health care business. Are our citizens beginning to realize that government-mandated health care is not the best way to bring health to the American people? There are encouraging signs! On November 28, 2012, the NewsMax Wire service published this headline: “Gallup: Majority Say Health Coverage not Government’s Responsibility.” The article went on to say:
Are the American people finally beginning to realize that government health care is not the solution to the physical ills of the people? Are they beginning to understand that…
A Picture of Health
That “better way” is what I would like to devote the rest of this Health Tip to. Here at Hallelujah Acres we don’t have access to endless research dollars or vast teams of medical researchers — and yet we have found a way to nearly eliminate sickness from not only the people of American but people everywhere. Millions of people across America and around the world have adopted The Hallelujah Diet and, as a result, have recovered from over 170 different physical problems, including terminal, metastasized cancers. Better still, once these people recover from these ills they don’t get sick anymore. How can this be? Getting to the Root of the ProblemConcerning health care, we need a paradigm (or lateral) shift. (Make lateral shifts in the foods you choose to eat - like: find a replacement good alternative for the "bad" food or habit choice we now make) Rather than focusing on sickness and constantly trying to come up with new ways to treat sickness, we need to focus on wellness and the cause of sickness. Once we can determine the cause of sickness, it is possible to eliminate that cause. And once the cause of sickness has been eliminated, sickness, itself, will simply cease to exist. In a recent Health Tip, I shared that when the Affordable Health Care Act was being debated before Congress (2009), Democrat Senator Tom Harkin had a great deal to say about that piece of legislation. Here are a few exerts from his speech:
4 Facts You Need to Know#1 – Nearly 10% of Health Spending Is for ObesityThat was the headline for an Associated Press article dated July 28, 2009 and published in many of the nation’s newspapers. Here are some of the highlights:
The story notes that it’s not an individual problem, but a societal problem – as the nation’s health bill illustrates
Here’s something else you need to know: #2 – Smoking is the Greatest Source of Preventable Physical ProblemsThe American Lung Association reports that approximately 8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking. The list of diseases caused by smoking includes:
Smoking by parents is also associated with a wide range of adverse effects in their children, including:
Secondhand smoke causes more than an estimated 202,000 asthma episodes, 790,000 physician visits for buildup of fluid in the middle ear, and 430 sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases each year. That brings us to this third piece of information: #3 – Refined Sugar Consumption Causes Physical ProblemsResearch reveals that refined sugar suppresses the immune system, a system God placed in our bodies to protect it from germs, viruses, and bacteria. A person with a suppressed immune system will have little resistance to colds, the flu, pneumonia, and so much more. As a result of my personally stopping the consumption of refined sugar 37 years ago, I have been able to keep my immune system so strong and protective, that I haven’t experienced the flu, sore throat, or even a cold even one time since. Natural Sugar can be used: See JustLikeSugarInc.com Now here’s the last important thing I want you to know: #4 – Animal Foods are the Primary Cause of Cancer, Heart Attacks, Strokes, Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Heartburn, and MoreAnimal sourced foods such as flesh, dairy (causes Diabetes), cheese, and eggs (impaired brain function) are involved in 90% of all physical problems. By eliminating animal foods we are able to almost cancer-proof our bodies, reduce heart attack and stroke risk by 96%, practically eliminate any fear of Type II diabetes or osteoporosis (cheese and butter may cause osteoporosis), and within only a few days after stopping its consumption, usually eliminate acid stomach problems and heartburn. Prevention is the Only Solution to the Health Care Crisis!Sickness and disease are preventable in almost every instance! So why do our elected leaders and the entire health care industry show practically no interest in the prevention of physical problems? The answer is as simple as – Follow the money train and remember there is no profit in wellness! My dear friend, do you realize that if everyone in this country were on The Hallelujah Diet (VEGAN DIET), there would be practically no medical problems? Sadly, the American people of today are looking in the wrong place to solve the health care crisis. Instead of looking to government for a health care plan, they should be looking to themselves and what they can do to prevent disease, not just treat it. And it does not have to be boring!!! Good does not taste bad! IF you study and learn how to properly prepare foods! It is what we eat that either heals us or kills us. So it IS serious business. Ask God for help - HE IS OUR HELPER! Here is an example of something GOOD for YOU!:  NUTIVA PRODUCTS at Nutiva.com Scrumptious Strawberry Cream PieHere’s a non-bake, no dairy Strawberry Cream Pie that will change the way you think about dessert. INGREDIENTS
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Mercury Pollution and Prenatal Exposure Millions of children in the European Union are being born with dangerously high levels of mercury. Consumption of contaminated seafood is only one reason why. ALL FISH ARE MERCURY CONTAMINATED. Fish is NOT brain food anymore. Those days are past - if it ever was true. A Plant based diet was what our creator designed for mankind. CAROB MINT SMOOTHIE Submitted By: Rhonda MalkmusThere's nothing like the cool, fresh taste of mint... especially in a chocolatey smoothie! Mint is great for digestion and is a folk remedy for headaches, nausea, and asthma.
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represents your brain. God wants to dwell in/on by His mercy, the mercy seat of our minds! This is to be the Throne of God through His Son. We were given to Him as an inheritance forever! We must be ever so careful to protect (eat right, think right, talk right, do right) and take care of the Throne room (our minds) of God & His Son.
Superbugs causing bladder infections
Antibiotics are routinely given to factory farmed chickens, even healthy birds, to increase their growth rate. (antibiotics are given in the food of even privately raised chickens = medicated food)
New research show a direct link between a superbug, resulting from eating chicken raised on antibiotics, and bladder infections.
Eight million women suffer from bladder infections. These infections are becoming more common, lasting longer, and are more expensive to treat due to the resistance to antibiotics.
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Water makes up about 60% of the body's weight. For the body to function properly, we need to consume about two quarts of water (or liquid) per day. Every system in your body depends on water. Water regulates body temperatures, eliminates toxins, carries nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and provides a moist environment for body tissues and joints. Water needs vary but depend on the food a person eats, environmental temperature and humidity, a person=s activity level and other factors. Fruits and vegetables contain large quantities of water in proportion to their weight. When these foods are eaten, the water can be absorbed by the body. The following table provides the water content of several popular raw fruits and vegetables.
Hydrating Foods
Hydrating Potassium Foods
Potassium is the predominant positively charged electrolyte in body cells. The flow of potassium and sodium in and out of cells maintains the normal functioning of the heart, brain, kidney and skeletal muscles. Potassium is important for muscle contraction and the rhythm of the heart. The majority of potassium in the body is stored within the cells, so small changes in the concentration of potassium in the bloodstream can have serious health consequences. The most hydrating potassium rich foods are:
Cantaloupe which provides 29 calories and is made up of 89 percent water. Cantaloupe is an exceptionally good fruit for supporting energy production through its efficient carbohydrate metabolism and ability to keep the blood sugar stable.
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If you are overweight or sick in any way, you should leave these foods off for a 40 day trial to see how much happier, healthier you will be - then you can add back in some wheat, corn, peanuts yeast and organic raw sugar into your diet - You will be amazed at the change in your life. You CAN live without the following foods by making lateral shifts in your food choices: wheat, milk, dairy cheese, corn, soy, yeast, peanuts, sugar, starches, animal/fish meats and eggs! http://www.food-allergy.org/assets/AllergyCooking_BkCover.pdf
Your diet should be free of the most common allergens and disease causing foods, which account for 90 percent of all food allergic reactions in the United States. Your diet should contain NO wheat, dairy (milk, cheese, butter = any product made with any kind of animal milk) peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, animal meats or fats of any kind, fish, or shellfish, caffeine (coffee, tea and sodas), nicotine, baking soda and powder, alcohol,
Unglued: The Sticky Truth About Wheat, Dairy, Corn and Soy Submitted by Musicians and H... on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 21:43 Health
Approximately 70% of all American calories come from a combination of the following four foods: wheat, dairy, soy and corn - assuming, that is, we exclude calories from sugar.
Were it true that these four foods were health promoting, whole-wheat-bread-munching, soy-milk-guzzling, cheese-nibbling, corn-chip having Americans would probably be experiencing exemplary health among the world's nations. To the contrary, despite the massive amount of calories ingested from these purported "health foods," we are perhaps the most malnourished and sickest people on the planet today. The average American adult is on 12 prescribed medications, demonstrating just how diseased, or for that matter, brainwashed and manipulated, we are.
Read more: http://www.celiac.com/articles/21582/1/Unglued-The-Sticky-Tr...
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Fiber is what makes you feel full:
Eating Healthy doesn't mean missing out on chips! It is lateral shifts, little changes in choices!
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Learn more about these chips here (don't forget to skip the dairy cheeses and dips!) http://www.beanitos.com/health.html
In addition to being a nutritionally superior snack, Beanitos are verified through the Non-GMO project (www.nongmoproject.com). This means we take specific steps to minimize the possible introduction of any ingredients that have been bioengineered (genetically modified). We think it is the right thing to do: for our bodies and our planet.
Strawberries contain 23 calories and are made up of approximately 92 percent water. Strawberries rank as the fourth strongest antioxidant rich fruit. The polyphenols found in strawberries aid in regulating the blood sugar response in active individuals.
Hydrating Sodium Foods
Sodium is a required element for normal body functions. It is lost in sweat and urine and is replaced by diet. The body has a remarkable ability to maintain sodium and water balance throughout a variety of conditions. During exercise, especially in hot weather, more salt is lost in sweat per hour than can be replaced by food or even sport drinks. The body can tolerate a slight degree of imbalance, but only for a short period of time. Hydrating through sodium-rich foods such as celery can be a powerful addition to diet.
Celery is considered to be a powerful electrolyte food. As little as two to three mineral-rich stalks of celery can replenish an athlete’s sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron and zinc levels after intense exercise.
Soups: Whole fruits and veggies are the most hydrating way to “eat your fluid”, but if you’re looking for substance that you can chew on, choose a soup that may contribute to your daily fluid needs! Look for low-sodium brands of stock, or even better, make your own. Flavor your soup with plenty of herbs, and spices and sea salt to taste. Fill your soup with many vegetables for a bowl full of hydration.
Hydrating Magnesium Foods
Magnesium is an essential mineral which acts as a co-factor for over 300 enzyme systems, including those that control the metabolism of glucose. Magnesium has a strong independent role in controlling blood pressure and is thought to be an important factor in preventing heart attacks. The most hydrating magnesium rich food is broccoli.
Broccoli is part of the cruciferous vegetable family. It contains 90 percent water and many health supporting compounds which are anti-inflammatory, others protect DNA with their antioxidant capacity, anti-cancer nutrients are found in broccoli and those that help to detoxify the vast number of potential toxins that we encounter each day.
Make your own flavored, zero-calorie water by filling a water infuser with basil, mint, lavender, citrus, strawberries, or cucumber. Drop into a pitcher of water. Chill 30 minutes to allow the flavors to disperse.
Add High Water Content Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet for Weight loss
Include in your diet things that contain more water like tomatoes and watermelons. These things contain 90 to 95 % water so that there is nothing that you have to lose by feasting on them. They fill you up without adding to the pounds.
Eat fresh fruit instead of drinking fruit juice. Juice is often sweetened but fresh fruits have natural sugars. When you eat fruit, you are taking in a lot of fiber, which is needed by the body, and fruits of course are an excellent source of vitamins.
If you do have a craving for fruit juice then go for fresh fruit juice instead of these that contain artificial flavors and colors. Or even better, try making your own fruit juice taking care not to sweeten it with too many calories.
Choose fresh fruit to processed fruits. Processed and canned fruits do not have as much fiber as fresh fruit and processed and canned fruits are nearly always sweetened.
Increase your fiber intake. Like I mentioned, the body needs a lot of fiber. So try to include in your diet as many fruits and vegetables as you can.
Go crazy on all kinds of fruits! You may freely eat of FRESH (or freshly squeezed or juiced) apples, grapes, pears, berries, peaches, avocados, etc. Vegetables. Do not eat vegetables and fruit in the same meal, as together they cause fermentation in your stomach. Vegetables are also great when it comes to losing pounds. Nature has a terrific spread when it comes to choosing vegetables. And the leafy green vegetables are your best bet. Try to include a salad in your diet always.
Eat intelligently. The difference between man and beast is that we are driven by intelligence while beasts are driven by instinct. Don’t just eat something because you feel like eating it. Ask your self whether your body really needs it. Eat to live, not live to eat! You should not overeat, even of healthy foods.
Eating fruits and vegetables SEPARATELY, along with a few almonds, English walnuts, macadamia nuts or sunflower seeds with high water content can help satisfy nutrient recommendations and keep you hydrated. If you don’t drink the recommended amount of water in a day, fruits and vegetables can provide you with supplemental fluid, keeping you nourished and healthy. Water-rich fruits and vegetables are popular choices for juicing, snacking and dieting.
Water is essential for plant growth, reproduction and nutrient utilization. As with humans, water makes up a substantial percentage of the total mass of a plant. Fruits and vegetables, which are typically the edible portion of a plant, are thought of as storage centers for water and nutrients. Depending on the type of plant, the water content in most fruits and vegetables accounts for approximately 70 to 95 percent of their weight.
Water Content of Fruits
According to the University of Kentucky the following fresh fruits have a water content of 85 percent or higher: apricot, blueberry, orange, peach, pineapple, plum and raspberry. Melons such as cantaloupe and watermelon have some of the highest water content, at more than 90 percent. These melons are good choices for snacking because they contain less sugar than many other fresh fruits.
to be the propitiation (atonement) for our sins . . . !"
I John 4:10
This is made plain in the law that God has given as the guide of life. The first and great commandment is, "Thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength." Mark 12:30, 31. To love Him (the God & Father of Jesus Christ), the Infinite, the Omniscient One, with the whole strength and mind and heart, means the highest development of every power.
It means that in the whole being -- the body, the mind, as well as the soul -- the image of God is to be restored.
Like the first is the second commandment, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
The law of love calls for the devotion of body, mind, and soul to the service of God and our fellow men. And this service, while making us a blessing to others, brings the greatest blessing to ourselves. Unselfishness underlies all true development. Through unselfish service we receive the highest culture of every faculty.
(Like Daniel and His three friends did!)
Why? These items impair brain function, including all cheeses and animal meats (red/white/fish etc).
"Let the diet reform be progressive. Let the people be taught how to prepare food without the use of milk or butter. Tell them that the time will soon come (written in 1902) when there will be no safety in using eggs, milk, cream, or butter, because disease in animals is increasing in proportion to the increase of wickedness among men. The time is near when, because of the iniquity of the fallen race, the whole animal creation will groan under the diseases that curse our earth.God will give His people ability and tact to prepare wholesome food without these things. Let our people discard all unwholesome recipes. Let them learn how to live healthfully, teaching to others what they have learned. Let them impart this knowledge as they would Bible instruction. Let them teach the people to preserve the health and increase the strength by avoiding the large amount of cooking that has filled the world with chronic invalids. By precept and example make it plain that the food which God gave Adam in his sinless state is the best for man’s use as he seeks to regain that sinless state." Testimonies for the Church Volume 7, p. 135.2 (1902)
A pure and noble life, a life of victory over appetite and lust, is possible to everyone who will unite his weak, wavering human will to the omnipotent, unwavering will of God. MH 176.
One easy, tasty, and inexpensive answer is the vegetable dish ratatouille. There are dozens of variations on this dish, and you can easily modify it with herbs and spices to suit your taste.
Here's one simple version.
Eat more veggies!
You will find disagreements among nutritional experts on many aspects of what it means to have a healthy diet.
One thing all reputable nutritional experts agree on: the need for more fresh vegetables in our diets.
In an age of processed and fast foods, finding quick and easy ways to prepare vegetable dishes is a challenge for many. Here's one recipe that requires minimal cooking skills.
For those who need a translation guide for this British video:
courgette = zucchini
aubergine = eggplant
An oven temperature of 200 degrees celsius is about 400 degrees fahrenheit.
Recipe: Ratatouille
Easy and delicious
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1. Rise early and drink two 8 oz. glasses of water.
2. Spend time seeking God through Bible study and prayer.
3. Plan your day. Arrange to give of your time and energy in service; make someone else feel loved and appreciated (See A Healthy Attitude).
4. Do 15 minutes to an hour of exercise.
5. Take a shower.
6. Eat a good breakfast.
7. During the morning, drink two 8 oz. glasses of water and avoid snacking.
8. Eat a moderate lunch, followed by a stroll outside. Breathe deeply.
9. During the afternoon, drink three more glasses of water. Remember, no snacking.
10. Eat a very light evening meal or skip supper altogether and take a walk instead.
11. Change your pace in the afternoon and evening; do something physical if your daytime work is mental, or vice versa. Schedule some family time. Drink at least one more glass of water.
12. Before you go to sleep, list ten things for which you are thankful.
13. Go to bed at the same time each evening. One hour's rest before midnight is worth two hours of rest after midnight.
| Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering. | |
| - Francois Rabelais, French Renaissance writer and doctor | |
- You don't need to take cough syrup? Bananas can calm a chronic cough. raw honey, plums, fresh melons, fresh or dried peppermint.
- You don't have to take tranquilizers? Strawberries can reduce stress and may calm anxiety. "When we can, notwithstanding disagreeable circumstances, rest confidingly in His love and shut ourselves in with Him, resting peacefully in His love, the sense of His presence will inspire a deep, tranquil joy. This experience gains for us a faith that enables us not to fret, not to worry, but to depend upon a power that is infinite." 2MCP 472 How to Stop Anxiety.
- You don't need to take cholesterol statin drugs? Like lovastatin, crestor, zocor, lipitor etc...statin drugs may cause dementia according to NASA Astronaut who cures his dementia by stopping a statin drug
- You don't need to take blood thinners? Like plavix, aspirin or ticlid? Walnuts may thin your blood and help prevent clots. RAW Nuts may naturally help thin your blood because of their vitamin E content.
- The Latest Weapon in the War on Cancer: Honey Bees
- You don't need to take anti-depressants? Eat raw fruits, fresh squeezed fruit juices, nuts, oatmeal, etc.. drink distilled water, exercise and commune with God in the name of Christ, and help others, to beat depression. "When wrongs have been righted, we may present the needs of the sick to the Lord in calm faith, as His Spirit may indicate. He knows each individual by name and cares for each as if there were not another upon the earth for whom He gave His beloved Son. Because God's love is so great and so unfailing, the sick should be encouraged to trust in Him and be cheerful. To be anxious about themselves tends to cause weakness and disease. If they will rise above depression and gloom, their prospect of recovery will be better; for "the eye of the Lord is upon them" "that hope in His mercy" (Psalm 33:18). MH 229. Depressed? The Mistake that Could Make You Suicidal
They're strongly linked to suicidal behavior and other side effects including homicidal tendencies, birth defects, and miscarriages. Even though they're ineffective and can damage your serotonin system, doctors are handing them out like candy. Beware...
Plant Oils
Plant oils are rich in the form of vitamin E called alpha-tocopherol, which may reduce platelet aggregation and act as a natural blood-thinner, according to the Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center. Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and other potential benefits of getting enough from your diet include a reduced risk of heart disease and cataracts. Sunflower, safflower, canola, olive (the best one), corn and soybean (bad choices: Corn and Soybean (any corn or soy product) because many people are allergic to them and don't realize it - and because Monsanto has created genetically modified the kernels and the soy bean to include ROUND UP READY to plant seeds which burst the stomachs of the bugs in the garden or field = it also hurts our stomachs and causes the lining of our stomachs and gut to bleed causing many diseases like Irritable bowel syndrome and crones disease etc) oil are rich in vitamin E, and avocados are also good sources.
Garlic
Various organosulfur compounds in garlic may prevent platelet aggregation and lower your risk for stroke or heart attacks, according to the Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center. Powdered garlic, garlic oil and fresh garlic cloves are likely to be potent, but cooking may reduce the effectiveness of the active organosulfur compounds in garlic.
Nuts and Peanuts (only use very small amounts of peanuts or none because many people are allergic to them and don't know it.)
Walnuts may thin your blood and help prevent clots. Nuts may naturally help thin your blood because of their vitamin E content. Almonds, hazelnuts, cashews and macadamias are examples of tree nuts with vitamin E. Peanuts are biologically legumes, but they are nutritionally similar to tree nuts, and they are also high in vitamin E, according to the Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center. Unsalted raw nuts are healthier choices than higher-sodium, salted nuts because a high-sodium diet can cause your blood pressure to rise. Nuts may also reduce your risk for stroke because they are good sources of dietary fiber, which may lower your blood pressure.
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/504491-foods-that-naturally-thin-the-blood/#ixzz2DnfmkQEM
This is a life and death issue - our eternal life depends upon our KNOWING and UNDERSTANDING God and His Son.
"And this IS life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." John 17:3
God says we MUST KNOW and UNDERSTAND HIM - that it IS life eternal that we do! This is HOW we can speak ONLY the words of Jesus or learn the language of the soul and of Heaven!
"But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord." Jeremiah 9:24 KJV
"But let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD." Jer 9:24 New American Standard Bible (©1995)Adam had the mind of Jesus Christ in the garden; he had the divine mind--the divine and the human were united, sinlessly. Satan came in and offered his inducements through the appetite, through the flesh. Adam and Eve forsook the mind of Jesus Christ, the mind of God that was in them, and accepted the suggestions and the leadings of this other mind. Thus they were enslaved to that and so are we all. Now Jesus Christ comes into the world, taking our flesh, and in His sufferings and temptations in the wilderness He fights the battle upon the point of appetite.
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Philippians 4:13 
This is the best summer drink. You make your own fresh lemonade within minutes. It's sweet, all natural, healthy and has zero calories. Ideal when on a raw food diet, lemon juice diet or for kids.1 cup lemon juice (fresh or bottled, or both)
1 cup raw honey or pure maple syrup
6 cups water
1/2 cup ice
Makes 2 quarts.
(you can also add 1 cup frozen huckleberries, slightly smashed, or 1 cup frozen raspberries.)
Mix all ingredients in a pitcher and stir until sugar is disolved. Serve over ice in a tall glass with a bendable straw. Enjoy!
The Ministry of Heavenly Angels (This Day with God - Chap. 334)
The Lord does not leave in darkness those who follow all the light given them, but sends His angels to communicate with them. Cornelius was living in accordance with the instruction given in the Old Testament Scriptures, and the Lord sent a messenger to tell him what to do. {TDG 342.2}
God could have given Cornelius all the instruction he needed by the angel, but this was not His plan. His purpose was to place Cornelius in connection with those who had been receiving knowledge from on high, whose work it was to impart this knowledge to those seeking for light. Thus God always deals with His people. {TDG 342.3}
"Send men to Joppa," the angel said, "and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do" (Acts 10:5, 6). Cornelius obeyed the instruction given. He united with the church, and became a useful and influential laborer together with God. {TDG 342.4}
Heavenly angels are to communicate blessings to us, and we in turn are to impart them to our fellow beings. {TDG
Thousands of Angels—In working for perishing souls you have the companionship of angels. Thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand angels are waiting to co-operate with members of our churches in communicating the light that God has generously given, that a people may be prepared for the coming of Christ.—Testimonies for the Church 9:129 (1909).
They Are Ever Near—Those who labor for the good of others are working in union with the heavenly angels. They have their constant companionship, their unceasing ministry. Angels of light and power are ever near to protect, to comfort, to heal, to instruct, to inspire. The highest education, the truest culture, and the most exalted service possible to human beings in this world are theirs.—Testimonies for the Church 6:307, 308 (1900).
Sent to Help Us—Nothing is apparently more helpless, yet really more invincible, than the soul that feels its nothingness and relies wholly on the merits of the Saviour. God would send every angel in heaven to the aid of such a one, rather than allow him to be overcome." Colporteur Ministry, p. 110.2
God is seeking to prepare His people to bear fruit to His glory. Paul says, "We are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building" (1 Corinthians 3:9).-- Manuscript 67, Nov. 29, 1900, "Words of Instruction to the Church." {TDG 342.8}
"Christ declares that the divine influence of the Spirit was to be with His followers unto the end. But by some this promise is not appreciated as it should be; its fulfillment is not realized as it might be. Learning, talents, eloquence, every natural or acquired endowment, may be possessed; but without the presence of the Spirit of God, no heart will be touched, no sinner won to Christ. When His disciples are connected with Christ, when the gifts of the Spirit are theirs, even the poorest and most ignorant of them will have a power that will tell upon hearts. God makes them the channel for the outworking of the highest influence in the universe.As the divine endowment—the power of the Holy Spirit—was given to the disciples, so it will today be given to all who seek aright. This power alone is able to make us wise unto salvation, and to fit us for the courts above. Christ wants to give us a blessing that will make us holy. “These things have I spoken unto you,” He says, “that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:11). Joy in the Holy Spirit is health-giving, life-giving. In giving us His Spirit, God gives us Himself—a fountain of divine influences, to give health and life to the world."—The Signs of the Times, March 15, 1910. Ye Shall Receive Power, p. 307.4, Testimonies for the Church Volume 7, p. 273.1
“What does God's throne look like?
When this man hears the word of God, he’s moved on the inside. He’s walking in the fear of God. He respects the Lord. "This is the person," God says, "in whom I will establish My throne room." "Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord...Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer..." (Isaiah 56:6,7). The Bible says, "the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings." (Psalm 36:7b). Clearly, the Lord is trying to shepherd each of us into the throne room to stay before Him: "for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life..." (Revelation 7:17).
The Bible says, "the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings." (Psalm 36:7b). Clearly, the Lord is trying to shepherd each of us into the throne room to stay before Him: "for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life..." (Revelation 7:17).YOU were CREATED to BE a THRONE for GOD & HIS SON!
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The true Ark of the Covenant rests atop your shoulders. More specifically, the Ark represents your brain. Even as Jesus was crucified at Golgotha (the place of the skull), representing part of the ascension process that takes place in your head, so too does the Ark. And in order to truly commune with God, that communion must take place within the confines of your mind. As we’ll soon see, communing with God means to become one with God - that His choices, His desires also BECOME our choices, our desires! It has much more to do with becoming ONE with something much bigger than you! You worship me, walk with me, put your hand in mine, get your heart in tune with me and I will give you the privilege of moving with me. The God and Father of Jesus says, "Let me take care of my own business! What I have promised is my business, and I will take care of it. I have not failed in all of this time. Not even one of my words has failed in all of my good promises."
As Jesus said stated:
“that all of them may be one , Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us…” (John 17:21).
Now let’s break down the image of the Ark. Two Cherubim’s faced each other on top of the lid. But what’s significant here is that the wings of the Cherubim are spread over the ark, covering and protecting what lies beneath. There is one on the left and one on the right. Now consider that your brain is made up of a left and right hemisphere. The covering of your brain is the cerebrum. So just as the Cherubim covered something significant inside the ark (the brain) so too does the left and right cerebrum cover some very important glands that serve as a link between our physical and spiritual natures. One such component is the pineal gland, also known as the third eye (our spiritual discernment given to us by the Holy Spirit).
This is what Jesus referenced when he stated:
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light” (Matt. 6:22).
As if the above information wasn’t enough, I am now going to give you plain scriptural information that will confirm that the ark is symbolic of the human brain. Consider that the stone tablets making up the Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark of the Covenant. Now remember that the ark symbolizes the mind and brain.
The Ten Commandments are universal in nature. When one becomes enlightened, the Ten Commandments are realized and lived out from within. This is especially true after the awakening of the third eye, or pineal gland. Now consider the scripture below from Jeremiah:
“This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write in on their hearts” (Jeremiah 31:31)
The prophet Jeremiah is declaring that the law is meant to be in the mind and heart permanently, not something which should be obeyed from an external law book or outward code. This is about something that happens “within” you. Let’s also read the very next verse:
“No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me…” (Jeremiah 31:34).
Someone who has experienced enlightenment no longer serves the ego. The law was written for the ego, but the spiritual man who is not under the operation of the ego lives by grace (enlightenment / Christ consciousness.)
This is the entire reason the Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark of the Covenant; it was to serve as a symbolic image of what was to truly be experienced by a true Israelite (spiritually enlightened person).
Let me take you back to the image of the Cherubim for a moment. Have you ever wondered why God placed Cherubim to the entrance of the Garden of Eden to protect it? It’s a state of the mind, humbled and yielded completely to God. Since the cerebrum serves as a covering for the spiritual glands located underneath their covering, then it makes sense that God would place Cherubim to guard the entrance to Eden. In order for us to get back to Eden, we have to be awakened! We should also note that the Cherubim held a flaming sword. This fiery sword represents the God's Spirit sent through His only Son that is responsible for awakening the third eye!
Do we find any imagery similar to this when talking about the Ark of the Covenant? Yes, we do! Consider the description given in the Bible when Moses talks to God above the mercy seat on the Ark of the Covenant:
“And there shall I meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim (cerebrum of the brain) which are upon the ark of the testimony…” (Exodus 25:22).
Now remember that the scripture says God is light. When God communes with us and the pineal gland is opened, it is said that a bright white light is often seen by the participant. Didn't Paul see the exact same thing, Christ as a bright white light, as he was knocked off his horse on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3)?
Headaches:• Big toes, little toes, inside and belly of the foot. The big toes are where the head, brain, pituitary/pineal glands, & upper cervical spine (neck) reflexes are located. The tips of all the little toes too coincide with the head, brain and sinus reflexes (give more attention to these toes if you have a sinus headache). http://stormsisterspatique.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-reflexolgy.html
As we continue with how God speaks to Moses from between the mercy seat in Numbers, we read:
“And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him (the LORD), he heard a voice of one speaking to him from off the mercy seat…And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying…when thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick (Numbers 7:89-8:2).
For the light on the candlestick was symbolical of the mission of Israel as the people of God. “I was shown that those who are trying to obey God and purifying their souls through obedience to the truth are God’s chosen people, His modern Israel”. 2T-109. "The saints then will be an obscure people little KNOWN to the Catholics." --{Spalding and Magan Collection, p. 1.5} sabbath-keepers “will be denounced as enemies of law and order” (p. 592).
As you read more the scripture, continue to look at how each character and symbol represents us. The Ark of the Covenant has always supposed to symbolic of the human brain. The brain is not just a physical feature. Not only does it act as a receiver and transceiver of God’s consciousness, but the brain houses some very special glands that serve as gateways between the physical and spiritual worlds. It is truly through the mind that we gain higher awareness and operate on a higher plane of consciousness.
Think about what the literal Ten Commandments were truly needed for - to point out sin. They are needed for the man who is controlled by the ego. The ego (or self) needs to be kept in check, and thus the commandments served that function until Christ (Christ consciousness) comes! Put on Christ's robe of righteousness - His goodness will cover our "badness" if we only believe and from here on out HE will give us the strength to overcome the devil's temptations. This means we do NOT have to sin! Jesus comes in and removes the inclination (propensity - a natural tendency or disposition) to sin.
Mainstream religion has misrepresented all of this imagery for centuries. One cannot worship God in spirit and in truth by worshiping something “out there.” Only the PRESENCE OF GOD in our minds can constitute a church. God will send you Himself by His Spirit through His Son who is the Spirit of Truth - to live inside your mind, once you invite Him into your life. Mainstream religion has taught us that a church denomination saves you - but it is Christ who we must look to - not a church or a mortal! But what we have to realize is that Christ is to be formed in you! God sent His Son down to this world to live out our example to follow - JESUS MUST BE INSIDE US by HIS OWN INVISIBLE SPIRIT manifesting Himself, His merits - love, joy, peace, goodness, kindness, gentleness, temperance, faithfulness, self-less love for others, etc... through us to others or it brings no rising of consciousness.
“By the transforming agency of His grace (Grace (G5485) = the Divine Influence (Holy Spirit) upon the heart, and It's reflection as seen in the life!), the image of God is reproduced in the disciple; he becomes a new creature.
“It is the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, (God sends Himself through His Son's own spirit to us) which Jesus said He would send into the world, that changes our character into the image of Christ; and when this is accomplished, we reflect, as in a mirror, the glory (character=thoughts and feelings) of the Lord.” God’s Amazing Grace, 246.
Do You Hear the Call? The 1st angels message of Revelation 14:7 tells us to “fear God and give glory (glory=our character=our thoughts and our feelings) to Him for the hour of His judgment is come.” Paul also says, “Let this mind (thoughts & feelings) be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5. We need to examine ourselves to see what spirit rules supreme in our minds.
"It is a sin for any of our sisters to make such great preparations for visitors, and wrong their own families by a spare diet which will fail to nourish the system." 2T 485
Isaiah 20:5 Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.
What IS the character of Christ that we all so desperately need? "But the fruit of the Spirit (the fruit or result of having and knowing Jesus inside you) is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23.
"As the dew and the rain are given first to cause the seed to germinate, and then to ripen the harvest, so the Holy Spirit is given to carry forward, from one stage to another, the process of spiritual growth. The ripening of the grain represents the completion of the work of God's grace in the soul. By the power of the Holy Spirit the moral image of God is to be perfected in the character. We are to be wholly transformed into the likeness of Christ.
The latter rain, ripening earth's harvest, represents the spiritual grace that prepares the church (individual people wholly yielded to God) for the coming of the Son of man. But unless the former rain has fallen, there will be no life; the green blade will not spring up. Unless the early showers have done their work, the latter rain can bring no seed to perfection." --TM 506 (1897).
The Bible does not teach that the sinner must repent before he can heed the invitation of Christ, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28. It is the virtue that goes forth from Christ, that leads to genuine repentance. Peter made the matter clear in his statement to the Israelites when he said, "Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." Acts 5:31. We can no more repent without the Spirit of Christ to awaken the conscience than we can be pardoned without Christ." { SC 26.2}
(a) the seat of physical life, Acts 14:17; Jas. 5:5;
(b) the seat of moral nature and spiritual life, the seat of grief, John 14:1; Rom. 9:2; 2 Cor 2:4; joy, John 16:22; Eph. 5:19; the desires, Matt. 5:28; 2 Pet 2:14; the affections, Luke 24:32; Acts 21:13; the perceptions, John 12:40; Eph. 4:18; the thoughts, Matt. 9:4; Heb. 4:12; the understanding, Matt. 13:15; Rom. 1:21; the reasoning powers, Mark 2:6; Luke 24:38; the imagination, Luke 1:51; conscience, Acts 2:37; 1 John 3:20; the intentions, Heb 4:12; cp. 1 Pet 4:1; purpose, Acts 11:23; 2 Cor 9:7; the will, Rom. 6:17; Col. 3:15; faith, Mark 11:23; Rom. 10:10; Heb. 3:12.
The heart, in its moral significance in the O.T., includes the emotions, the reason and the will.
2 Corinthians 3:3 "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly (show) declared to be the epistle (letter) of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart (mind, Isaiah 46:8)."
God takes men as they are . . . and trains them for His service, if they will be disciplined and learn of Him.They are not chosen because they are perfect, but notwithstanding their imperfections, that through the know-ledge (knowing) and practice of the Truth . . . Thy Word is Truth! . . . through the grace (divine Influence) of Christ, they may become transformed into His image.
Judas had the same opportunities as had the other disciples. He listened to the same precious lessons. But the practice of the Truth (Word of God=Jesus), which Christ required, was at variance with the desires and purposes of Judas, and he would not yield his ideas in order to receive the Wisdom (Jesus) from Heaven.” - Conflict & Courage p.285
“That no flesh should glory in His Presence . . . For of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who of (by) God is (Jesus is) made unto us Wisdom, and Righteousness, and Sanctification, and Redemption . . . !” - I Corinthians 2:29-30
The foolish virgins do not represent those who are hypocritical. They had a regard for truth, they advocated the truth, they were intending to go forth to meet the bridegroom. They are attached to those who believe the truth, and go with them, having lamps, which represent a knowledge of the truth. When there was a revival in the church, their feelings were stirred; but they failed to have oil in their vessels, because they did not bring the principles of godliness into their daily life and character. They did not fall upon the rock Christ Jesus, and permit their old nature to be broken up. This class is represented also by the stony-ground hearers. Christ said: “Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside; and the fowls came and devoured them up; some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth.” Jesus explains these stony-ground hearers, and says, “But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for awhile; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.”
Many receive the truth readily, but they fail to assimilate truth, and its influence is not abiding. They are like the foolish virgins, who had no oil in their vessels with their lamps. Oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, which is brought into the soul through faith in Jesus Christ. Those who earnestly search the Scriptures with much prayer, who rely upon God with firm faith, who obey his commandments, will be among those who are represented as wise virgins. The teachings of the word of God are not yea and nay, but yea and amen. The requirement of the gospel is far-reaching. Says the apostle, “Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” Practical piety will not be attained by giving the grand truths of the Bible a place in the outer courts of the heart. The religion of the Bible must be brought into the large and the little affairs of life. It must furnish the powerful motives and principles that will regulate the Christian’s character and course of action.
The Ark of the Covenant and Atonement Cover
Within the Holy of Holies, shielded from the eye of the common man, was one piece of furniture comprising two parts: the Ark of the Covenant and the atonement cover (or “mercy seat”) on top of it. The ark was a chest made of acacia wood, overlaid with pure gold inside and out. It was 3 feet, 9 inches long and 2 feet, 3 inches wide and high. God commanded Moses to put in the ark three items: a golden pot of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. We will discuss these three objects in further detail below.
The atonement cover was the lid for the ark. On top of it stood two cherubim (angels) at the two ends, facing each other. The cherubim, symbols of God’s divine presence and power, were facing downward toward the ark with outstretched wings that covered the atonement cover. The whole structure was beaten out of one piece of pure gold. The atonement cover was God’s dwelling place in the tabernacle. It was His throne, flanked by angels. God said to Moses:
“There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.” (Exodus 25:22)
“Tell your brother Aaron not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.” (Leviticus 16:2)
Other Scriptures also speak of God’s throne:
“…the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on the ark.” (2 Samuel 6:2)
“O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.” (Isaiah 37:16)
Above the ark and the atonement cover, God appeared in His glory in “unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16). This light is sometimes referred to as the Shekinah glory. The word Shekinah, although it does not appear in our English bibles, has the same roots as the word for tabernacle in Hebrew and refers to the presence of the Lord.
Because the ark was God’s throne among His people, it was
a symbol of His presence and power with them wherever it went. There are quite a number of miracles recorded in the Old Testament surrounding the ark: With the presence of the ark, the waters of the River Jordan divided so the Israelites could cross on dry land, and the walls of Jericho fell so that the Israelites could capture it (Joshua 3:14-17, 6:6-21). Yet the ark could not be treated with irreverence because it was also a symbol of God’s judgment and wrath. When the Israelites fought their enemies the Philistines during the time of the prophet Samuel, they disregarded the commands of the Lord and took the ark out to the battlefield with them, “summoning” God’s presence. God caused the Philistines to win the battle and “the glory departed from Israel, for the ark of the Lord was taken” (1 Samuel 4:22). However, God showed His power to the Philistines when He caused their idol, Dagon, to fall to the ground when the ark was placed next to it, and several Philistine cities were plagued heavily when the ark was in their midst (1 Samuel 5). Ultimately, the ark was returned to Israel.
Articles in the Ark of the Covenant
What may seem strange to us today is that, hidden in the special golden box representing God’s presence were not treasures and precious gems, but three unlikely items: a jar of bread, a stick and two stones. What were these curious keepsakes and why did God want them in His ark?
The three articles represented some of the most embarrassing and disgraceful events in the history of the Israelites.
First, the pot of manna:
“This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer [portion for one man] of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of Egypt.’” (Exodus 16:32)
Isaiah 20:5 Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.
God had provided this bread-like food for the Israelites when they grumbled during the wanderings in the desert. It was bread from heaven! He continued to provide the food daily and faithfully, but the people were not one bit thankful. They complained and wanted something else. The pot of manna was an uncomfortable reminder that despite what God had provided for them, the Israelites had rejected God’s provision.
Second, Aaron’s staff that had budded: The people, out of jealousy, rebelled against Aaron as their high priest. To resolve the dispute, God commanded the people to take 12 sticks written with the names of the leader of each tribe and place them before the ark overnight. The next day, Aaron’s rod from the house of Levi had budded with blossoms and almonds. God confirmed his choice of Aaron’s household as the priestly line.
“And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.’” (Numbers 17:10)
The staff reminded the Israelites that on more than one occasion, they had rejected God’s authority.
Third, the two stone tablets with the Ten Commandments: God had chosen the Israelites as His special people. For the Israelites to qualify for that distinction, God had demanded one thing. They must obey His Law, the Ten Commandments. This was a conditional agreement:
“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:5-6)
The Israelites had said heartily, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do,” in response to God’s covenant (Exodus 19:8). But how did they fare in fulfilling their end of the contract? Miserably. It was impossible for them to keep the Ten Commandments perfectly. Over and over again, they violated God’s holy Law, and God made it clear to them the consequences of their sin by sending plagues, natural hazards and foreign armies upon them. The stone tablets in the ark were a reminder that the Israelites had rejected God’s right standard of living.
These three articles were preserved in the ark throughout Israel’s history as an unpleasant symbol of man’s sins and shortcomings, a reminder of how they rejected God’s provision, authority and right standard of living. It pointed to man as a helpless sinner.
It may have been uncomfortable to think that God’s splendor was so close to the three articles associated with man’s sinfulness. But this is where God’s provision comes in. When God looked down from His presence above the ark, He did not see the reminders of sin. They were covered by a necessary object — the atonement cover.
The Atonement Cover
Every year, the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement. Bringing burning incense to shield his eyes from a direct view of God’s glory, he sprinkled blood from a bull onto the atonement cover for his and his household’s sins, then sprinkled blood from a goat for all the sins of Israel. God promised that when He saw the blood, it would cover over man’s sin. (To atone for means to cover over — hence the name atonement cover.) God did not see the sin anymore but the provision instead, and it appeased His wrath.
The Israelites found acceptance with God by believing His word to be true — that when their sins were covered by blood, God temporarily overlooked their sins as if they had been obliterated. But Jesus Christ has become ourpermanent atonement cover. Through Jesus’ blood, our sins have been covered over. When God looks at us, He doesn’t see our sin, but the provision: His own Son. Jesus lay down His life for us as an innocent sacrifice so that God would look on us and see His perfection.
The atonement cover was God’s throne in the midst of the Israelites. God is on His throne today in heaven and Jesus, our high priest, is at His right side. When we come to God now, we approach a throne of grace.
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16)
Articles in the Ark — Revisited
The three items in the ark that served as a sore reminder of man’s shortcomings have taken on a different meaning since Jesus Christ redeemed us from our sins. Let’s review the three articles and see how they point to Christ.
First, the pot of manna: When Jesus came and walked on earth, he didn’t reject God’s provision. Rather, He became God’s provision to us. Manna, the bread from heaven, in itself did not impart life. But Jesus told us that He is the true bread from heaven.
“Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die.’” (John 6:32, 48-50)
Second, Aaron’s budding staff: Jesus didn’t reject God’s authority. Instead, He submitted Himself to the Father’s will and died on the cross.
“For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.” (John 6:38)
But He came back to life like Aaron’s budding rod, “the firstfruits from the dead” (1 Corinthians 15:20).
“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.” (John 11:15-26)
Third, the Ten Commandments: Jesus didn’t reject God’s right
standard of living. He lived a sinless life and obeyed God’s law perfectly, becoming our perfect sacrifice and intercessor. His sacrifice instituted a new covenant that was not based on the Law.
But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.” (Romans 3:20-22)
Believe THIS PROMISE FROM GOD! "They will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. Mark 16:18
"Diseases are caused by one’s lifestyle – and therefore can be reversed by changes in one’s lifestyle." Dr. Day
Practices that Benumb the Mind
"All are required to do what they can to preserve healthy bodies and sound minds. If they will gratify a gross appetite, and by so doing blunt their sensibilities, and becloud their perceptive faculties so that they cannot appreciate the exalted character of God, or delight in the study of His word, they may be assured that God will not accept their unworthy offering any sooner than that of Cain. God requires them to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord. After man has done all in his power to ensure health, by the denying of appetite and gross passions, that he may possess a healthy mind, and a sanctified imagination, that he may render to God an offering in righteousness, then he is saved alone by a miracle of God's mercy, as was the ark upon the stormy billows. Noah had done all that God required of him in making the ark secure; then God performed that which man could not do, and preserved the ark by His miraculous power."— Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 49.4. Illustration © Review and Herald Publ. Assoc. More about Cain and Able.Do you want to eat the foods the Son of God created for us to eat or the Babylonian foods that Daniel and His three friends refused to eat?
STAY AND STEER CLEAR FROM THE SIN OF INDIFFERENCE
"We should let nothing obstruct our progress in the way to everlasting life. Our eternal interest is at stake. There must be a thorough work wrought in us, or we shall fail of Heaven." RH March 18, 1880, par. 19
Zechariah 8:6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "It may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?" declares the LORD Almighty.
"Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet." The Ministry of Healing, pg. 481.
Probation is about to close. In heaven the edict will soon go forth, “It is done.” “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Soon the last prayer for sinners will have been offered, the last tear shed, the last warning given, the last entreaty made, and the sweet voice of mercy will be heard no more. See also 1 Timothy 4:14, Romans 12:6, 1 Corinthians 13:2
"But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." Rev 21:8
Those who exercise true faith in Christ make it manifest by holiness of character, by obedience to the law of God. They realize that the truth as it is in Jesus reaches heaven, and compasses eternity. They understand that the Christian’s character should represent the character of Christ, and be full of grace and truth.
God desires that we believe in Him, that we trust in Him and His promises. His perfect love has cast out fear. All of our faith will be placed in His hands for the purpose of progressing His kingdom and His will and to stand as evidence of His victory. Our faith is the confident expectation of our hope in Him. He expects that in all things we seek His purpose and His will and give all our worries to Him. He protects us and cares for us.
Faith and Hope means positive expectation in our God and His dear Son our only hope!
"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matthew 28:18-20
"Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally; therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should leave them, go to His father, and send them Holy Spirit to be His successor on earth.The Holy Spirit is Himself divested (To free of; rid of the "personality" the inclination/temptation to sin - he has immortality now - just as we will have if we are faithful - when he comes - he puts the finishing touch of immortality on us - our character/minds) of the personality of humanity and independent thereof. He would represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent. "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall (although unseen by you), [THIS PHRASE WAS ADDED BY ELLEN WHITE.] teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you" [John 14:26]. "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will come not unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you" [John 16:7]. {14MR 23.3}
“It is through the Spirit that Christ dwells in us; and the Spirit of God, received into the heart by faith, is the beginning of the life eternal.” Desire of Ages, page 388. “They beheld Him ‘whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.’ John 14:17. The only way in which we can gain a more perfect apprehension of truth is by keeping the heart tender and subdued by the Spirit of Christ.” Ibid p. 494.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and WE will come unto him, and make OUR abode with him. (Notice it's the Father and the Son who makes their home INSIDE US? Not three, only two beings live inside us by their Spirit.)
Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
"Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet." The Ministry of Healing, pg. 481.
Daniel and his three friends were found to have SUPERIOR BRAINPOWER ALSO!!! TEN TIMES WISER THAN ALL THE REST WHO ATE THE BABYLONIAN KING'S FOODS!! Still applies today!
The Great Controversy 1888, p. 464.1
Do you want the latter rain (testing perfecting messages) poured out upon you? This is given in measure to how badly you want it. We must deny self - take up our cross - and follow Jesus to have eternal life. How much do you really want to eat animal meats, drink milk, or eat cheese and/or butter, smoke or take mind altering prescription or non-prescription drugs? If you miss heaven because of "indulging" yourself with these things, is it really worth it to you?
The tempted one needs to understand the true force of the will. This is the governing power in the nature of man—the power of decision, of choice. Everything depends on the right action of the will. Desires for goodness and purity are right, so far as they go; but if we stop here, they avail nothing. Many will go down to ruin while hoping and desiring to overcome their evil propensities. They do not yield the will (choices/mind) to God. They do not choose to serve Him.
God has given us the power of choice; it is ours to exercise. We cannot change our hearts, we cannot control our thoughts, our impulses, our affections. We cannot make ourselves pure, fit for God's service. But we can choose to serve God, we can give Him our will (our choices! our consent! to give assent or approval); then He will work in us to will and to do according to His good pleasure. Thus our whole nature will be brought under the control of Christ.
Defination of "WILL" —used to express desire, choice, willingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal <no one would take the job><if we will all do our best> <will you please stop that racket> The faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action: "she has an iron will".
verb. want - wish - desire - choose noun. testament - volition - wish - desire
Through the right exercise of the will, an entire change may be made in the life. By yielding up the will (our mind/choices we make - daily little choices) to Christ, we ally ourselves with divine power. We receive strength from above to hold us steadfast. A pure and noble life, a life of victory over appetite and lust, is possible to everyone who will unite his weak, wavering human will to the omnipotent, unwavering will of God.Those who are struggling against the power of appetite should be instructed in the principles of healthful living. They should be shown that violation of the laws of health, by creating diseased conditions and unnatural cravings, lays the foundation of the liquor habit. Only by living in obedience to the [177] principles of health can they hope to be freed from the craving for unnatural stimulants. While they depend upon divine strength to break the bonds of appetite, they are to co-operate with God by obedience to His laws, both moral and physical.
Those who are endeavoring to reform should be provided with employment. None who are able to labor should be taught to expect food and clothing and shelter free of cost. For their own sake, as well as for the sake of others, some way should be devised whereby they may return an equivalent for what they receive. Encourage every effort toward self-support. This will strengthen self-respect and a noble independence. And occupation of mind and body in useful work is essential as a safeguard against temptation.
"All our actions are affected by our religious experience. If our experience is founded in God; if we are daily tasting the power of the world to come, and have the fellowship of the Spirit; if each day we hold with a firmer grasp the higher life, principles that are holy and elevating will be inwrought in us, and it will be as natural for us to seek purity and holiness and separation from the world, as it is for the angels of glory to execute the mission of love assigned them. Every one who enters the pearly gates of the city of God will be a doer of the Word. He will be a partaker of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Probation is about to close. In heaven the edict will soon go forth, “It is done.” “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Soon the last prayer for sinners will have been offered, the last tear shed, the last warning given, the last entreaty made, and the sweet voice of mercy will be heard no more.This is the reason why Satan is making such mighty efforts to secure men and women in his snare. He has come down with great power, knowing that his time is short. His special work is to secure professed Christians in his ranks, that through them he may allure and destroy souls. The enemy is playing the game of life for every soul. He is working to remove from us everything of a spiritual nature, and in the place of the precious graces of Christ to crowd our hearts with the evil traits of the carnal nature,—hatred, evil surmising, jealousy, love of the world, love of self, love of pleasure, and the pride of life. We need to be fortified against the incoming foe, who is working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; for unless we are watching and prayerful, these evils will enter the heart, and crowd out all that is good.
Many who profess to believe the word of God do not seem to understand the deceptive working of the enemy. They do not realize that the end of time is near. It is so easy to drift into worldly methods and customs, and have no more thought of the time in which we live than had the people in Noah’s day. But if men forget, Satan does not; and while men sleep, he works. Through his influence, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life control men and women. Satan is at work even among the people of God, to cause disunion. Selfishness, corruption, and evil of every kind are taking a firm hold upon hearts. With many the precious word of God is neglected. A novel or a story book engages the attention, and fascinates the mind. That which excites the imagination is eagerly devoured, while the word of God is set aside.
It was because they overlooked the word of God that the Jewish nation rejected Christ, demanding that a robber be granted them, and that the Prince of Life be crucified. And in these last days professed Christians are committing the same sin. They are weighed in the balances and are found wanting because they suffer their minds to be engrossed with things of little importance, while eternal truth is neglected. The truth of God, which would elevate and sanctify and refine, and fit men for the finishing touch of immortality (when Jesus comes in the clouds of Heaven - his feet will NOT touch the ground - we will raised up to meet Him in the clouds to be changed in an instant from mortal to immorality), is set aside for things of minor importance.
I appeal to the churches (our bodies - 1 Corinthians 6:19): Stand out separate and distinct from the world,—in the world, but not of it, reflecting the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, being pure, holy, and undefiled, and by faith carrying light into all the highways and byways of the earth. O that all may arouse and manifest to the world that theirs is a living faith, that a vital issue is before the world, and soon Jesus will come. Let men see that we believe that we are on the borders of the eternal world. (Let's not retrograde right on the borders of the Heavenly Canaan by failing to eat the foods that will help us to become like Jesus!)
You can be, but, oh, friend, do not procrastinate. Do not procrastinate! Do not let anybody tell
And Jesus said, At a time when you think not, when you think it is not yet going to happen, it is all going to come to an end. Therefore, the only safe thing to do is to be ready, now.
The Mirror
God has given in his word a mirror into which the sinner may look and discover the defects of his moral character. That mirror is the royal law of God, the ten commandments. We are to compare our character with the law of God, and if that law condemns us, if we are breaking any of its requirements, then our garments are defiled by sin; and all the efforts we may make in our own strength will not efface one stain, one spot of sin. We must go to Jesus, humble the heart before him, and confessing our sins, forsake them. We must cease to transgress the law of God, but exercise repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only one who can remove these defiled garments of sin, and clothe us in the robe of Christ’s righteousness.
"But there is something for you to do, in seeking the Lord with an earnest purpose of heart and forsaking your sins; for Jesus will not save you if you continue to transgress the law. You must, through faith in Christ, overcome sin. Through the strength Jesus gives you, you must day by day be engaged in washing the garments of your character and making them white in the blood of the Lamb. How thankful we should be to God that we do not have to make these efforts in our own finite strength! Jesus brings us divine help to aid our human efforts.Do not be led astray with the error of the wicked. The tempter’s voice will be heard on every side, telling you that you are not now required to keep the law of God. This is a device of Satan. God has a law, and men must keep it. If they disregard these rules, they will not have that perfection of character that will give them an entrance into the mansions above. None need to make a mistake in regard to the character required to become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King; for God wrote these ten holy rules on tables of stone and kept them in the ark made for them, called the ark of God’s testimony. The cover of this ark of pure gold, was called the mercy-seat, to signify that although death was the penalty for transgressing the law, mercy came through Jesus Christ to pardon the repentant, believing sinner.
The only hope of any man lies through Jesus Christ who brought the robe of his righteousness to put upon the sinner who would lay off his filthy garments. There are very many who cling to their filthy garments, which Christ stands ready to remove, choosing the spots and stains of sin rather than the pure robe of Christ’s righteousness. The pure and holy garments are not prepared to be put on by any one after he has entered the gate of the city. All who enter will have on the robe of Christ’s righteousness and the name of God will be seen in their foreheads. This name is the symbol which the apostle saw in vision, and signifies the yielding of the mind to intelligent and loyal obedience to all of God’s commandments. There will be no covering up of sins and faults to hide the deformity of character; no robes will be half washed; but all will be pure and spotless.Now in these hours of probation I hope that our youth will receive the truth in the heart, that they may be sanctified through it. The more you know of the life, teachings, and character of Jesus, the more you will love him. The better you understand the self-denial and self-sacrifice of Christ in behalf of fallen man, the more in earnest you will be to identify yourself and all your interests with Jesus Christ. Every excuse to do otherwise than this is a device of the enemy. Do not rest satisfied unless your heart is drawn out after Christ more and more. If you will read the Scriptures, and try to understand the utterances of God, that you may obey his will, you will have divine enlightenment. Then you will want to tell others of this love that animates your soul; and the more your conversation is upon Christ and his life of self-denial and self-sacrifice, the more you will have of the light and love of Jesus to talk about. You will have a fresh and living experience daily, which you cannot keep shut up to yourself. You will feel the deepest grief to see others neglect this great salvation.
Those who identify their interests wholly with Christ will want to serve him, and the more they work the works of Christ in seeking to bless others, the more will Jesus impart his light and his love to them, that they may communicate it to others. Be guarded that you do not try to teach others unless you are a daily learner in the school of Christ yourself. We must repeat his lessons; we must manifest his spirit of kindness, patience, forbearance, and love. You cannot impart to others that which you have not yourself. Keep the light and love of God burning in your hearts, that you may help others; for more zeal, greater devotion, and more steady, earnest faith is needed. You must do much watching and praying, as well as searching of the Scriptures if you learn the precious lessons of faith. You must guard against making feelings a criterion; this of itself is no evidence that you are a child of God, or that you are not. “By their fruits ye shall know them.” It is obedience and faith that unite us with Jesus Christ. You must learn the simple art of taking God at his word. Then you have solid ground beneath your feet.Now is the time to consult the mirror of God’s word, to look carefully to see if you do not stand condemned by it. If you stand condemned, then change at once your habits; for you can never reach the hand of Christ by continuing to transgress the law of God. But when you exercise repentance toward God because you have transgressed his law, then your only hope is to have faith in Jesus Christ. If we sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Come to Jesus by living faith. Put off evil, which clings to the soul to poison all its springs of action. We must fight against the sins that war against the soul. You cannot in your own strength do this work, but come to Jesus in faith. He will help you and strengthen you to put away evil tendencies, and will array you in the true beauty of his character. We are exhorted to put on the Lord Jesus. Simple faith and obedience go hand in hand. Your faith without obedience to God’s holy law is of no value, but obedience to God and faith in the Great Sacrifice offered,—that his blood was shed for you, and you will accept the righteousness of Christ,—will make you an overcomer. Put your trust in Jesus Christ, and he will bring you off more than conqueror." YI August 18, 1886, par. 1
- "Who will enter in through the gates into the City?—Not those who declare that they cannot break the force of appetite." Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 19.
- "One of the highest attainments in the Christian life is to control appetite. . . . Without this victory, all hope of Heaven is vain." Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 206.
- "It is impossible for a man to present his body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, while continuing to indulge habits that are depriving him of physical, mental and moral vigor."Counsels on Health, 23.
- "It is impossible to present our bodies a living sacrifice to God when we continually fill them with corruption and disease by our own sinful indulgence." Counsels on Health, 24.
- "It is impossible for the spirit and power of the truth to sanctify a man soul, body, and spirit, when he is controlled by appetite and passion." Testimonies, vol. 3, 570.
- "A diseased body and a disordered intellect, because of continued indulgence in hurtful lust, make sanctification of the body and spirit impossible." Counsels on Diet and Foods, 44.
- "It is impossible for those who indulge the appetite to attain to Christian perfection."Testimonies, vol. 2, 400.
- "It is impossible for men and women, while under the power of sinful, health-destroying, brain-enervating habits, to appreciate sacred truth." Counsels on health, 21.
- "It is impossible for an intemperate man to be a Christian, for his higher powers are brought into slavery to the passions." Testimonies, vol. 3, 51.
- "In order to render to God perfect service, we must have clear conceptions of His will. This will require us to use only healthful food, prepared in a simple manner, that the fine nerves of the brain be not injured, making it impossible for us to discern the value of the atonement, and the priceless worth of the cleansing blood of Christ." Our High Calling, 308.
- "It is impossible for those who make free use of flesh meats to have an unclouded brain and an active intellect." Testimonies, vol. 2, 62.
- "It is impossible for any to enjoy the blessing of sanctification while they are selfish and gluttonous." Counsels on Health, 66. "The spirit of selfishness is strange fire (before the Lord) which should not be mingled with God’s sacred service." HM June 1, 1897, Art. A, par. 16 "Judas was possessed of the demon of selfishness." RH May 12, 1903, par. 13.
- "It is impossible for you to increase in spiritual strength while your appetite and passions are not under perfect control." Counsels on Diet and Foods, 63.
- "It is impossible for those who give the reins to appetite to attain to Christian perfection."Counsels on Diet and Foods, 236.
- "It is impossible to work for the salvation of men and women without presenting to them the need of breaking away from sinful gratifications, which destroy the health, debase the soul, and prevent divine truth from impressing the mind. Men and women must be taught to take a careful review of every habit and practice, and at once put away those things that cause an unhealthy condition of the body." Counsels on Health, 445.
"It is by the daily transactions of life, by the spirit we manifest, that we determine our eternal destiny." RH September 17, 1895, par. 4
We may flatter ourselves that we are free from many things of which others are guilty; but if we have some strong points of character, and but one weak point, there is yet a communion between sin and the soul. The heart is divided in its service, and says, “Some of self and some of thee.” The child of God must search out the sin which he has petted and indulged himself in, and permit God to cut it out of his heart. He must overcome that one sin; for it is not a trifling matter in the sight of God.
"Christ works within us, and His righteousness is upon us. Without this no soul will be entitled to heaven. We would not enjoy heaven unless qualified for its holy atmosphere by the influence of the Spirit and the righteousness of Christ." Selected Messages Book 1, p. 394.3
Vital Connection With Christ Necessary: RH August 1, 1893, par. 5
"To Abide in Christ the Will (our choices) Must Be Surrendered." ST October 29, 1894, par. 4
"In order to gain the victory over every besetment of the enemy, we must lay hold on a power that is out of and beyond ourselves. We must maintain a constant, living connection with Christ, who has power to give victory to every soul that will maintain an attitude of faith and humility." Ye Shall Receive Power, p. 365.4
- Leviticus 10:1
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire (selfishness - the spirit of the demon called selfishness) before the LORD, which he commanded them not. - Numbers 3:4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
“The Lord Jesus Christ is the author of our being, and He is also the author of our redemption, and everyone who will enter the kingdom of God will develop a character that is the counterpart of the character of God.
“The Lord, by close and pointed truths for these last days, is cleaving out a people from the world and purifying them unto Himself. Pride and unhealthful fashions, the love of display, the love of approbation (praise)—all must be left with the world if we would be renewed in knowledge after the image of Him who created us.
They could never get away with this blatant money-grubbing without disguising this as a "healthy" food. Yet it can send you to an early grave, and causes $150 billion a year in disease in the U.S. alone. So don't be fooled... Fall for these popular lies, and they can rob you of your health.
"If we are following Christ, His merits, imputed to us, come up before the Father as sweet odor. And the graces of our Saviour's character, implanted in our hearts, will shed around us a precious fragrance. The spirit of love, meekness, and forbearance pervading our life will have power to soften and subdue hard hearts and win to Christ bitter opposers of the faith." {5T 174.1}
Matthew 21:13 "It is written," he said to them, "'My house (our fleshy bodies) will be called a house of prayer."
"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers (thieves).'"
Eat these foods to get these characteristics!
(Graham flour bread) Fruits, vegetables, (freshly squeezed or raw) nuts & Grains and water to be gentle, faithful, self-control, meekness, peace, joy, love, kindness, patience, goodness....Jesus will supply you with the power to obey - claim His victories as your own.
Medication of Your Mind - All Foods and drinks are a DRUG
If you don't believe this, just watch the FDA restrict what even Cheerios can put on their cereal box - saying eating whole grain Cheerios will lower cholesterol! FDA Calls Cheerios an “Unapproved Drug”· All food and drink is regulated as a drug by our government, through the FDA! They seek to control and to cover the farm-to-table spectrum of food production. Learn more here about this: http://drday.com/tumor.htm#rumors
What don't you know about Cheerio's that these customers do? Plus: 7 other cereals you should be wary of.
Isaiah 56:7 "these I will bring to my holy mountain (God) and give them joy"
12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse (grains, like oatmeal) to eat, and water to drink.
13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
When Christ comes in the clouds - it is NOT to cleanse us of our sins, to remove from us the defects in our characters, cure us of the infirmities of our tempers and dispositions--this work is DONE before He comes! We will THEN receive the finishing touch of immortality! ST September 18, 1879, par. 5. http://www.earlysda.com/testimony/testimony-18.html
Vegetables: Any vegetable or 100% *FRESH* vegetable juice counts as a member of the vegetable group. (Juice that has not been heated to destroy live enzymes.)
Fruits: Any fruit or 100% *FRESH* fruit juice counts as part of the fruit group. (Juice that has not been heated to destroy live enzymes.)
Healthy Fruit Foods Apples Apricots Bananas Blueberries Blackberries Cantaloupe Cranberries Figs Grapefruit Grapes Honeydew Kiwifruit/chinese gooseberries Lemon Limes Mango Nectarines Oranges Papaya Pears Peaches Pineapple Plums Pomegranates Prunes Raisins Raspberries Strawberries Watermelon
What is Quinoa? Click this link for more info
High in protein and fiber, quinoa [KEEN-wah] is not only versatile, it also tastes wonderful and has a nice crunch.
Leave off the following foods out of your diet like JJ Virgin suggests for 21 days and SEE what kind of health benefits you get:- SOY
- PEANUTS
- CORN
- SUGAR AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETNERS (No more than 5 grams of sugar per serving.)
- EGGS
- DAIRY
- GLUTEN
I suggest lateral shifts. Instead of white rice, for instance, have quinoa. And instead of white potatoes, have sweet potatoes. Far richer in nutrients & fiber.
Answer: Here's our Quinoa Chili Recipe
What To Do With Cooked Quinoa:
When I cook quinoa I always make a double batch so I have some left over in the fridge or freezer to use in the recipes below.
Use the basic quinoa recipe above as a starting point, and substitute quinoa for couscous or rice in almost any meal. Just a few examples of easy quinoa recipes using cooked quinoa:
Breakfast QuinoaQuinoa BurgersQuinoa SaladQuinoa Veggie Stir FryGreat recipes to eat with quinoa:
Butternut Squash StewCrockpot Chickpea CurryMixed Veggies In Coconut Curry SauceMozambique Vegetable StewTofu Bak Choy Stir Fry
Searches related to quinoa
"According to the protein combining theory, legumes should be combined with another protein source such as a grain in the same meal, to balance out the amino acid levels. Protein combining has lost favor as theory (with even its original proponent, Frances Moore Lappé, rejecting the need for protein combining in 1981[7]) - a variety of protein sources is considered healthy, but these do not have to be consumed at the same meal. In any case, vegetarian cultures often serve legumes along with grains, which are low in the essential amino acid lysine, creating a more complete protein than either the beans or the grains on their own.
Common examples of such combinations are dal with rice by Indians, and beans with corn tortillas, tofu with rice, and peanut butter with wheat bread.[8]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume
Oils: Olive Oils are fats that are liquid at room temperature. "Olives may be so prepared as to be eaten with good results at every meal. The advantages sought by the use of butter may be obtained by the eating of properly prepared olives. The oil in the olives relieves constipation; and for consumptives, and for those who have inflamed, irritated stomachs, (acid reflux?) it is better than any drug. As a food it is better than any oil coming secondhand from animals." THE HEALTH FOOD MINISTRY, PAGE 34
"Canned black olives may contain chemicals (usually ferrous sulfate) that turn them black artificially." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive
(Sugars: Added syrups that are added to foods or beverages when they are prepared. Pure maple syrup and honey)
Resource - http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/
Savvy Vegetarian Supports Vegetarian & Vegan Diet
Savvy Veg is for everybody, from life-long veg to just thinking about it
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Stuffed Winter Squash: Hearty Delicious Main Dish Vegan Holiday Recipe
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oilLinseed oil, also known as flaxseed oil, is a colorless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried ripe seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum, Linaceae).
Fresh Grapes:
Poached Ginger Pears
A cocktail of enzymes is waiting inside every strawberry.
Strawberry Rhubarb Compote
I love the combination of strawberry and rhubarb, it's one of my favorite!
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 11 • Serving Size: 1/4 cup • Old Points: 0 pt • Points+: 1 pt
Calories: 32.7 • Fat: 0.2 g • Protein: 0.6 g • Carb: 7.9 g • Fiber: 1.7 g • Sugar: 5.3
- 1 lb strawberries, washed and dried
- 1 lb rhubarb, leaves removed and stalks washed
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp water
Hull strawberries and cut into quarters. Cut rhubarb in 2 inch slices.
Combine compote ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil and gently simmer over medium-low heat until reduced and thickened and the fruit has softened, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Makes about 2 3/4 cups.
As intelligent human beings let us individually study the principles and use our experience and judgment in deciding what foods are best for us.
The foods used should be suited to the occupation in which we are engaged and the climate in which we live. Some foods that are suitable in one country will not do in another.
Vegetables Enter the Human Diet
After the Fall, humans were also permitted to eat vegetables. This may have been because the original foods were not as available as they were before. Satan's work is to destroy God's creation whenever he can. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, Satan stole their dominion of the planet, and the whole of creation has been groaning ever since. God told Adam that the earth would be cursed—that it would produce thorns and thistles—and that he "will eat the plants of the field" (Genesis 3:18 NIV).
Vegetables are very rich in elemental sulfur and are good cleansers of the digestive tract. Vegetables also take longer to digest than the fruits, grains, and seeds that God originally gave humans to eat. It has been proven that if one eats vegetables with any of the original foods at the same meal, fermentation takes place in the gut. This is not a healthy practice (See Food Combining Chart).
Compatible Combinations of Plant Foods - Graph Author: Professor Walter J. Veith, PhD
Summary: Some fruits and vegetables should not be eaten together, as they can react and cause digestive issues. This graph was taken from the book Diet and Health by Dr. Walter Veith.
The Lord would bring His people into a position where they will not touch or taste the flesh of dead animals. Then let not these things be prescribed by any physicians who have a knowledge of the truth for this time. There is no safety in the eating of the flesh of dead animals, and in a short time the milk of the cows will also be excluded from the diet of God’s commandment-keeping people. In a short time it will not be safe to use anything that comes from the animal creation. Those who take God at His word, and obey His commandments with the whole heart, will be blessed. He will be their shield of protection. But the Lord will not be trifled with. Distrust, disobedience, alienation from God’s will and way will place the sinner in a position where the Lord can not give him His divine favor....
Again I will refer to the diet question. We can not now do as we have ventured to do in the past in regard to meat-eating. It has always been a curse to the human family, but now it is made particularly so in the curse which God has pronounced upon the herds of the field, because of man’s transgression and sin. The disease upon animals is becoming more and more common, and our only safety now is in leaving meat entirely alone. The most aggravated diseases are now prevalent, and the very last thing that physicians who are enlightened should do, is to advise patients to eat meat. It is in eating meat so largely in this country that men and women are becoming demoralized, their blood corrupted, and disease planted in the system. Because of meat-eating, many die, and they do not understand the cause. If the truth were known, it would bear testimony it was the flesh of animals that has passed through death. The thought offeeding on dead flesh is repulsive, but there is something besides this. In eating meat we partake of diseased dead flesh, and this sows its seed of corruption in the human organism. Testimonies for the Church 2:404-405
Could you know just the nature of the meat you eat, could you see the animals when living from which the flesh is taken when dead, you would turn with loathing from your flesh-meats. The very animals whose flesh you eat, are frequently so diseased, that, if left alone, they would die of themselves; but while the breath of life is in them, they are killed and brought to market. You take directly into your system humors and poison of the worst kind, and yet you realize it not. You love to indulge appetite. You have this lesson to learn: “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” The Facts of Faith 2:146-148; Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods, p. 71.3
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Almost everything you purchase that comes in a package, box, can, or container of any kind from your grocery store is a non-food, a food incapable of nourishing your God created physical body. So the question I’d like you to consider is, “Is the purchase of these foods a good investment?”
The next time you go grocery shopping, evaluate how many dollars you spend on whole, living, raw foods, the foods God designed your body to be nourished with.
Then compare the dollars you spend on manufactured non-foods, which have practically no nutritional value, and which create physical problems for which you need to spend additional dollars to remedy.
When you buy and consume those manufactured non-foods, you pay twice – once when you buy and consume those foods that made you sick and you pay a second time in an effort to overcome the physical problems generated by those foods.
"There are but few as yet who are aroused sufficiently to understand how much their habits of diet have to do with their health, their characters, their usefulness in this world, and their eternal destiny." —Testimonies, vol. 1, pp. 488, 489.
"There has been a continual backsliding in health reform, and as a result God is dishonored by a great lack of spirituality. Barriers have been erected which would never have been seen had God's people walked in the light."—Counsels on Health, p. 578.
"God cannot let His Holy Spirit rest upon those who, while they know how they should eat for health, persist in a course that will enfeeble mind and body."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, pp. 55, 56.
"True conversion to the message of present truth embraces conversion to the principles of health reform."—Notebook Leaflets, vol. 1, no. 19, p. 4.
"We shall learn that it is best, for both our physical and our spiritual advancement, to observe simplicity in diet."—Counsels on Health, p. 127.
"The Redeemer of the world knew that the indulgence of appetite would . . so deaden the perceptive organs that sacred and eternal things would not be discerned."—Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 486.
"Every violation of principle in eating and drinking, blunts the perceptive faculties, making it impossible for them to appreciate or place the right value upon eternal things." —Counsels on Health, p. 38.
"Keep clear of intemperance. You cannot afford to weaken your mental or physical powers, lest you become unable to discern spiritual things."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 168.
"Those who are in a position where it is possible to secure a vegetarian diet, but who choose to follow their own preferences in this matter, eating and drinking as they please, will gradually grow careless of the instruction the Lord has given regarding other phases of the present truth, and will lose their perception of what is truth; they will surely reap as they have sown."——Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 403.
"This is where many stumble; they waver between denial of appetite and its indulgence, and finally are overcome by the enemy and yield the truth."—Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 31.
"It Is Just as Much a Sin . . ."
"Guilt rests upon us as a people who have had much light, because we have not appreciated or improved the light given upon health reform. . . . This is not a matter to be trifled with, to be passed off with a jest." —Counsels on Health, pp. 505, 506.
"It is just as much sin to violate the laws of our being as to break one of the Ten Commandments, for we cannot do either without breaking God's law."—Testimonies, vol. 2, p. 70.
"God's people are not prepared for the loud cry of the third angel. . . . Gluttony is the prevailing sin of this age."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 32.
"It is a sin to place poorly prepared food on the table."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 251.
"Every needless transgression of the laws which God has established in our being, is virtually a violation of the law of God, and is as great a sin in the sight of Heaven as to break the Ten Commandments. Ignorance upon this important subject, is sin; the light is now beaming upon us, and we are without excuse if we do not cherish the light, and become intelligent in regard to these things, which it is our highest earthly interest to understand."—Counsels on Health, p. 40.
"Excessive indulgence in eating, drinking, sleeping, or seeing, is sin."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 141.
"Whoever violates moral obligations in the matter of eating and dressing prepares the way to violate the claims of God in regard to eternal interests. . . . If we enfeeble the body by self-gratification, by indulging the appetite, . . . we become enemies of God."—Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 63.
Do you want Jesus to light your lamp?
"Tea and coffee drinking is a sin, an injurious indulgence, which, like other evils, injures thesoul."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 425.
"Our habits of eating and drinking show whether we are of the world or among the number that the Lord by his mighty cleaver of truth has separated from the world."—Temperance, p. 141.
"By precept and example make it plain that the food which God gave Adam in his sinless state is the best for man's use as he seeks to regain that sinless state."—Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 135.
"With our first parents, intemperate desire resulted in the loss of Eden. Temperance in all things has more to do with our restoration to Eden then men realize."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 43.
"As our first parents lost Eden through the indulgence of appetite, our only hope of regaining Eden is through the firm denial of appetite and passion."—Ibid., p. 59.
"We are to beware lest that which is taken into the stomach shall banish from the mind high and holy thoughts."—Medical Ministry, p. 275.
"The Greatest Hindrance to. . . Sanctification"
"It is the indulgence of appetite and passion which makes the truth of none effect upon the heart. It is impossible for the spirit and power of the truth to sanctify a man, soul, body, and spirit, when he is controlled by appetite and passion."—Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 570.
"It is not possible for us to glorify God while living in violation of the laws of life. The heart cannot possibly maintain consecration to God while lustful appetite is indulged. A diseased body and disordered intellect, because of continual indulgence in hurtful lust, make sanctification of the body and spirit impossible." —Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 44.
"It [sanctification] is not merely a theory, an emotion, or a form of words, but a living, active principle, entering into the everyday life. It requires that our habits of eating, drinking, and dressing, be such as to secure the preservation of physical, mental, and moral health, that we may present to the Lord our bodies—not an offering corrupted by wrong habits, but—`a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.' "—Temperance, p. 19.
"God requires of His people continual advancement We need to learn that indulged appetite is the greatest hindrance to mental improvement and soul sanctification. . . . Let the individual who is seeking to possess purity of spirit bear in mind that in Christ there is power to control the appetite."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 127.
"All are required to do what they can to preserve healthy bodies and sound minds. If they will gratify a gross appetite, and by so doing blunt their sensibilities, and becloud their perceptive faculties so that they cannot appreciate the exalted character of God, or delight in the study of His word, they may be assured that God will not accept their unworthy offering any sooner than that of Cain. God requires them to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord. After man has done all in his power to ensure health, by the denying of appetite and gross passions, that he may possess a healthy mind, and a sanctified imagination, that he may render to God an offering in righteousness, then he is saved alone by a miracle of God's mercy, as was the ark upon the stormy billows. Noah had done all that God required of him in making the ark secure; then God performed that which man could not do, and preserved the ark by His miraculous power."—Ibid., pp. 49, 50.
"A clogged stomach means a clogged brain. The most precious words may be heard and not appreciated, because the mind is confused by an improper diet. By overeating on the Sabbath, many do more than they think, to unfit themselves for receiving the benefit of its sacred opportunities."—Ibid., p. 46.
"Upon the Sabbath, in the house of God, gluttons will sit and sleep under the burning truths of God's word. They can neither keep their eyes open, nor comprehend the solemn discourses given."—Testimonies, vol. 2, P. 374.
"Intemperance in eating, even of food of the right quality, will have a prostrating influence upon the system, and will blunt the keener and holier emotions."—Counsels on Health, p. 123.
"Excessive eating of the best of food will produce a morbid condition of the moral feelings. . . . Wrong habits of eating and drinking lead to errors in thought and action. Indulgence of appetite strengthens the animal propensities, giving them the ascendency over the mental and spiritual powers. . . . Everything that conflicts with natural law creates a diseased condition of thesoul."—Review and Herald, Jan. 25, 1881.
"Overeating has a worse effect upon the system than overworking; the energies of the soul are more effectually prostrated by intemperate eating than by intemperate working."—Counsels on Health, p. 160.
Christian Perfection Hindered
"The Spirit of God cannot come to our help, and assist us in perfecting Christian characters while we are indulging our appetites to the injury of health, and while the pride of life controls. . . . It is impossible for those who indulge the appetite to attain to Christian perfection."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 57.
"It is impossible for those who give the reins to appetite to attain to Christian perfection." —Ibid., p. 236.
"The health of the body is to be regarded as essential for growth in grace and the acquirement of an even temper. If the stomach is not properly cared for, the formation of an upright, moral character will be hindered." —Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 160.
"Poor cookery is wearing away the life energies of thousands. More souls are lost from this cause than many realize."—Counsels on Health, pp. 116, 117.
"It is a sacred duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare healthful food. Many souls are lost as the result of poor cookery." —The Ministry of Healing, p. 302.
"But those who are slaves to appetite will fail in perfecting Christian character."—Testimonies,vol. 3, p. 492.
"It is impossible for anyone to live intemperately in regard to diet and yet retain a large degree of patience."—Ibid., vol. 4, p. 141.
"The controlling power of appetite will prove the ruin of thousands, when, if they had conquered on this point, they would have had moral, power to gain the victory over every other temptation of Satan."—Counsels on Health, p. 574.
"The unhealthful food placed in the stomach strengthens the appetites that war against the soul, developing the lower propensities. A diet of flesh-meat tends to develop animalism. A development of animalism lessens spirituality, rendering the mind incapable of understanding truth. —Counsels on Health, p. 574. . . . The physical nature will be brought into conflict with the spiritual nature. . . . He [God] cannot enlighten the mind of a man who makes a cesspool of his stomach. He does not hear the prayers of those who are walking in the light of the sparks of their own kindling." —Counsels on Health, p. 576.
"Let the members of our churches deny every selfish appetite. Every penny expended for tea, coffee, and flesh meat is worse than wasted, for :these things hinder the best development of the .. . spiritual powers."—Medical Ministry, p. 274.
"The indulgence of appetite affects them in all the relations of life. It is seen in their family, in their church, in the prayer meeting, and in the conduct of their children. It has been the curse of their lives. You cannot make them understand the truths for these last days." —Counsels on Health, p. 152.
"Intemperance in eating and drinking, leading as it does to the indulgence of the lower passions, prepares the way for men to disregard all moral obligations. When assailed by temptation, they have little power of resistance." —Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 378.
Get rid of the eggs! Vegan Egg Substitute IdeasEggs are primarily used as binding agents that combine all the ingredients in say, brownies together. The moist texture that defines a brownie is given to it with the use of eggs. Eggs work as leavening agents, and finally, they even help give brownies their volume and shape, since they bind all the ingredients together. However, eggs can be substituted, and while many claim that nothing can beat the flavor that eggs give to brownies, these substitutes will give your brownies a whole new and unique flavor. Take a look at some of these substitutes, and the measures in which they are to be used instead of eggs.
Egg advice from the 1800's agrees with experts today!
"Eggs should not be placed upon your table. They are an injury to your children." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, p.400).
Use of Eggs Will Become More and More Unsafe
A doctor today warns: Avoid These Eggs That are 7 Times More Likely to Give You Salmonella
If you knew this about these kind of eggs, you wouldn't want to eat them... But most people do, and may put their health at risk when they do. Plus find out why you can't trust the words "cage-free" or "free-range" on your egg carton...
"Fruits and grains, prepared in the most simple form, are the most healthful, and will impart the greatest amount of nourishment to the body, and, at the same time, not impair the intellect." 2T 399Those who live in new countries or in poverty-stricken districts where fruits and nuts are scarce, should not be urged to exclude milk and eggs from their dietary. It is true that persons in full flesh and in whom the animal passions are strong need to avoid the use of stimulating foods. Especially in families of children who are given to sensual habits, eggs should not be used. But in the case of persons whose blood-making organs are feeble,—especially if other foods to supply the needed elements cannot be obtained,—milk and eggs should not be wholly discarded. Great care should be taken, however, to obtain milk from healthy cows and eggs from healthy fowls, that are well fed and well cared for; and the eggs should be so cooked as to be most easily digested.
Written in 1905! The diet reform should be progressive. As disease in animals increases, the use of milk and eggs will become more and more unsafe. An effort should be made to supply their place with other things that are healthful and inexpensive. The people everywhere should be taught how to cook without milk and eggs, so far as possible, and yet have their food wholesome and palatable.—The Ministry of Healing, 320, 321, 1905New Study Cracks Eggs: Says "Almost as Bad as Smoking"
Recently, news headlines were ablaze with startling information that eggs are approximately two-thirds as bad as smoking with regards to arterial plaque formation. Were they correct? Or was there a hidden agenda behind their findings? You be the judge...
Simple Signs You May Be Eating Salmonella-Laced Eggs
Caution is crucial - or you'll risk subjecting yourself to a 7.7 times increased risk of salmonella. And deciphering misleading labels is imperative. Twelve labels decoded for you, their propensity for salmonella, and nutritional content to be aware of before you crack your next egg.
New Study Cracks Eggs: Says "Almost as Bad as Smoking"
Recently, news headlines were ablaze with startling information that eggs are approximately two-thirds as bad as smoking with regards to arterial plaque formation. Were they correct? Or was there a hidden agenda behind their findings? You be the judge...
Simple Signs You May Be Eating Salmonella-Laced Eggs
Caution is crucial - or you'll risk subjecting yourself to a 7.7 times increased risk of salmonella. And deciphering misleading labels is imperative. Twelve labels decoded for you, their propensity for salmonella, and nutritional content to be aware of before you crack your next egg.
What is a good egg replacement?
- – Substitute applesauce for eggs. Replace every egg a recipe requires with 1/4 cup of applesauce. ( ¼ cup applesauce = 1 EGG ) Egg replacers work great when making cookies, muffins, cake and pancakes. Really any recipe that calls for a low egg ratio, like 1 egg for a dozen cookies, egg replacer works wonders. However egg replacers are not good for egg intensive recipes like cheesecake.
- 1/2 banana blended until smooth or mashed well= 1 egg. 1/4 cup blended silken tofu = 1 egg. Whiz in a blender until completely smooth and creamy, leaving no graininess or chunks. You will want to add other wet ingredients to this mixture to get it to blend properly. I recommend vacuum packed extra firm silken tofu, such as Mori-Nu.
- – egg substitute = Soy Yogurt ( ¼ cup Yogurt= 1 EGG ).
- – Create your flaxseed egg replacement. For each egg the brownie mix requires, replace it with 1 tbsp. of finely ground flaxseed meal and 1/4 cup hot water. Whisk meal and water together with a fork in a small cup until blended. --This mixture is not only an excellent replacement for eggs, it also contributes vital omega-3 fatty acids.
- ¼ cup pureed black beans = 1 EGG
- The ingredients in egg replacers include cornstarch, potato starch, soy powder and flax seed. There are quite a few different brands of egg replacer on the market and we have used many of them. The best one to use in my opinion is a replacer called Ener-G. Ener-G is pretty cheap at around $6 for a 16oz box and is also very easy to use. It has an incredible shelf life, (unlike eggs) and it is also handy to have around just in case you do use eggs in your house and you run out. Ener-G is also great to use if you or a loved one suffer with high cholesterol.
- We have had a lot of trouble when trying to make brownies from store brought mixes though. Egg replacers simply will not work with brownie mixes. To get around this we make simple brownies that have nothing but a store brought brownie mix and pureed black beans. I know, it does not sound very good, but they are incredibly good, and they taste just like regular brownies. The best part is that they are egg free and my kids can enjoy them.
- BE CAREFUL when you go out to buy a product like egg replacer. It is very easy to get egg replacer confused with an egg substitute like Egg Beaters. Egg Beaters and other egg substitutes are still made with egg be sure you pick up the box that says egg replacer.
BUTTER, CHEESE & COW's MILK (all dairy products, even skim milk...cottage cheese, cream cheese etc...):"Cheese is wholly unfit for food." (CDF 368). (If you want to go for bone loss - go for the cheese!)"Cheese should never be introduced into the stomach." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, p.68).
"Cheese should never be introduced into the stomach." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, p.68).
Remember, "Fruits and grains (pulse), prepared in the most simple form, are the most healthful, and will impart the greatest amount of nourishment to the body, and, at the same time, not impair the intellect." 2T 399 Testimonies for the Church Volume 2, p. 399.3, Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods, p. 59.5
Combating Osteoporosis without Drugs or Supplements
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by porous and fragile bones. It affects 44 million Americans, striking 1 in 3 women, and 1 in 5 men. Those with osteoporosis are at increased risk of height loss, fractures of the hips, wrists and vertebrae, and chronic pain.
The conventional approach to address this problem is to use drugs such as Fosamax, Actonel or Boniva. However, while these drugs can increase your bone density, they do NOT make your bone stronger. Quite the contrary; having thicker bones with less strength actually increases your risk of bone fractures. Furthermore, these toxic drugs have been linked to a number of serious side effects, including:
Eye problems such as blurry vision, pain and swelling Liver damage and renal (kidney) failure Esophageal cancer Thigh bone fractures and osteonecrosis of the jaw Atrial fibrillation Hypocalcemia (blood calcium levels are too low)
Butter, Milk and Cheese Alternatives:
Serves two people
1 cup washed, cleaned and cut vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, beans and cauliflower
2 table spoons fresh green peas (or frozen peas)
200 millilitres coconut milk (use the first extract for a rich and creamy ishtu)
1 inch long stick of cinnamon
2 cloves
4 cardamoms
1 teaspoon ginger julienned
1 large red onion sliced finely
3-4 green chillis slit
a small piece of bay leaf
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tablespoons coconut oil
Salt to taste.
Method:
Heat coconut oil in a pan and saute the cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf.
Add the curry leaves, ginger and onions. Saute until onions are translucent. Add the green chillis and a cup of water. (I used the second extract of the coconut milk as it yields more taste).
Drop the vegetables in and cook until they are tender.
Add the salt and finally the first extract of the coconut milk. Cook on a low flame until the stew thickens. Over cooking will break the coconut milk.
Serve hot with appams, idiyappam or like I did, with kal dosai.
On with the ice cream sandwiches!
So, to go with the cookies, I made a batch of vanilla banana ice cream. I threw in one can plus one 8.5 oz box of coconut milk (love these little boxes made by Aroy-D), 1 ripe mashed banana, 1 tsp vanilla extract, several drizzles of honey (probably 1/2 – 1 Tbsp) and a dash of sea salt. I let the ice cream maker run for about 25 minutes or so. Then I dumped the ice cream into a bowl and while it was still nice and soft, spread some on top of the cookies. Then I placed another cookie on top of each to make sandwiches. Easy as 1 – 2 – 3! As you can probably guess, I put the sandwiches in the freezer after assembling. I found it helpful to wait a little bit before eating one, so that the ice cream wouldn’t squish out completely with the first bite.
Scientists looking for natural compounds to counteract postmenopausal bone loss believe they may have found the answer in fennel, a much under-appreciated vegetable that is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean area.
In a study published in the International Journal of Molecular Medicine,1 it was found that eating the seeds of the plant had a beneficial effect on loss of bone mineral density, as well as bone mineral content.
Healthy bones maintain their strength through a continual process of bone breakdown and bone rebuilding. Osteoclasts are the cells that break down weakened bone, and osteoblasts are the cells that build it back up. The fennel appeared to work by reducing osteoclast differentiation and function, thereby slightly decreasing bone turnover markers and offering a protective effect on the bones.
Researchers indicated that fennel seeds show potential in preventing bone loss in postmenopausal osteoporosis. This vegetable, which has a celery-like base topped with feathery green leaves, has a long history of medicinal use, and has been valued since ancient times as a breath freshener, digestive aid, and for helping expel phlegm from the lungs.
It's now known that the plant is a treasure trove of nutrients, including vitamin C, folate (the natural form of folic acid), calcium, magnesium, and more, as well as phytonutrients and antioxidants that may help reduce inflammation, boost immune function, and even help prevent cancer.
Eating Plenty of Vegetables is Key for Bone Health
Fennel is just one example of a veggie that's excellent for your bones. High vegetable intake has been associated with positive effects on bone mineral status for years.2 Eating high quality, organic, biodynamic, locally grown veggies will naturally increase your bone density and strength, and will decrease your risk of developing a fracture at virtually any age.
One reason why this is so important is because it supplies your body with nutrients that are essential for bone health, like vitamin K1 and potassium.
Your body needs potassium to maintain proper pH levels in your body fluids, and optimize your sodium to potassium ratio which also affects your bone mass. If you eat a diet loaded with processed foods, there's a good chance your potassium to sodium ratio is far from optimal, which is typically done by consuming a diet of processed foods, which are notoriously low in potassium while high in sodium.
An imbalanced sodium to potassium ratio can contribute to a number of diseases, including osteoporosis. To ensure you get these two important nutrients in more appropriate ratios, simply ditch processed foods, which are very high in processed salt and low in potassium and other essential nutrientsl
Also eat a diet of whole, unprocessed foods, ideally organically grown to ensure optimal nutrient content. This type of diet will naturally provide much larger amounts of potassium in relation to sodium, which is optimal for your bone health, and your overall health. If you find it difficult to eat the recommended amount of vegetables you need daily, give vegetable juicing a try.
Vitamin K2 is Critical for Bone Health
Vitamin K2, also called menaquinone, is made by the bacteria that line your gastrointestinal tract. The biological role of vitamin K2 is to help move calcium into the proper areas in your body, such as your bones and teeth. It also plays a role in removing calcium from areas where it shouldn't be, such as in your arteries and soft tissues. It's critical for keeping your bones strong and works in conjunction with a number of other nutrients, most important of which are vitamin D, calcium and magnesium.
The optimal amounts of vitamin K2 are still under investigation, but it seems likely that 180 to 200 micrograms of vitamin K2 should be enough to activate your body's K2-dependent proteins to shuttle the calcium where it needs to be, and remove it from the places where it shouldn't.
As I've discussed on numerous occasions, vitamin D is a critical nutrient for optimal health and is best obtained from sun exposure or a safe tanning bed. However, many are taking oral vitamin D, which can actually be problematic unless you're also getting sufficient amounts of vitamin K2. In fact, this is a really crucial point that has not been emphasized enough in the past: If you opt for oral vitamin D, you need to also consume in your food or take supplemental vitamin K2.
Why?
Because when you take vitamin D, your body creates more vitamin K2-dependent proteins—the proteins that help move the calcium around in your body. But you need vitamin K2 to activate those proteins. If they're not activated, the calcium in your body will not be properly distributed and can lead to weaker bones and hardened arteries.
In short, vitamin K2 ensures the calcium is deposited and removed from the appropriate areas. By taking vitamin D, you're creating an increased demand for K2. And vitamin D and K2 work together to strengthen your bones and improve your heart health.
How Can You Tell if You're Lacking in Vitamin K2?
There's no way to test for vitamin K2 deficiency. But by assessing your diet and lifestyle, you can get an idea of whether or not you may be lacking in this critical nutrient. If you have osteoporosis, heart disease or diabetes, you're likely deficient in vitamin K2 as they are all connected to K2.
If you do not have any of those health conditions, but do NOT regularly eat high amounts of the following foods, then your likelihood of being vitamin K2 deficient is still very high:
Alkaline producing fruits, vegetables and nuts
Calculator per 100g - Foods High in Vitamin K
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DO NOT EAT THESE BABYLONIAN FOODS (the ones Daniel and His three friends refused to eat):
- Natto
- Hard cheese
- Soft cheese
- Egg yolk
- Butter
- Chicken liver
- Salami
- Chicken breast
- Ground beef
Why Nutritional Interventions are Superior to Drugs
Your bones are made up of minerals in a collagen matrix. The minerals give your bones rigidity and density, but the collagen gives your bones flexibility. Without good flexibility, they become brittle and break easily. So bone strength is MORE than just bone density -- which is why drugs such as biphosphonates have failed so miserably. Drugs like Fosamax build up a lot of minerals and make the bone LOOK very dense on an x-ray called a DEXA scan, which specifically measures bone density, or the degree of mineralization of your bones. But in reality, they are extremely brittle and prone to fracture, which is why there have been so many cases of hip fracture among people taking these damaging drugs.
Biphosphonate drugs are poisons that destroy your osteoclasts, which interferes with your normal bone-remodeling process. You are much better off building your bones using exercise and nutritional therapies, hormones like progesterone and vitamins D and K.
Natural Strategies for Preventing Age-Related Bone Loss
You need a combination of plant-derived minerals for strong bones. Your bones are actually composed of at least a dozen minerals. If you just focus on calcium, you will likely weaken your bones and increase your risk of osteoporosis as Dr. Robert Thompson explains in his book, The Calcium Lie.
It's more likely your body can use calcium correctly if it's plant-derived calcium. Good sources include raw milk from pasture-raised cows (who eat the plants), leafy green vegetables, the pith of citrus fruits, carob, sesame seeds and wheatgrass, to name a few. But you also need sources of silica and magnesium, which some researchers say is actually enzymatically "transmuted" by your body into the kind of calcium your bones can use. This theory was first put forth by French scientist Louis Kevran, a Nobel Prize nominee who spent years studying how silica and calcium are related.
Good sources of silica are cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a number of herbs including horsetail, nettles, oat straw, and alfalfa. The absolute best source of magnesium is raw organic cacao. Yes, healthy high quality chocolate is extremely rich in magnesium!
A great source of trace minerals, which are important for many of your body's functions, is Himalayan Crystal Salt, which contains all 84 elements found in your body. In addition, you need to make sure you're eating plenty of vitamin K2, which is found in fermented foods like homemade sauerkraut. Osteocalcin is a protein produced by your osteoblasts (cells responsible for bone formation), and is utilized within the bone as an integral part of the bone-forming process. However, osteocalcin must be "carboxylated" before it can be effective. Vitamin K functions as a cofactor for the enzyme that catalyzes the carboxylation of osteocalcin.
Vitamin K2 has been found to be a far more effective "activator" of osteocalcin than K1 because your liver preferentially uses vitamin K1 to activate clotting factors, while most of your other tissues preferentially use K2. Further, vitamin D, which your body produces in response to sun exposure, is another crucial factor in maintaining bone health as you age.
The bottom line?
One of the best ways to achieve healthy bones is a diet rich in fresh, raw whole foods that maximizes natural minerals so that your body has the raw materials it needs to do what it was designed to do. In addition, you need healthy sun exposure along with regular, weight-bearing exercise.
To sum it up:
- Optimize your vitamin D either from natural sunlight exposure, a safe tanning bed or an oral vitamin D3 supplement. Check your blood levels regularly to make sure you're within the optimal range.
- Optimize your vitamin K through a combination of dietary sources (leafy green vegetables, fermented foods like homemade sauerkraut and a K2 supplement, if needed. Remember, if you take supplemental vitamin D, you need to also increase your intake of vitamin K2.)
The optimal amounts of vitamin K2 are still under investigation, but it seems likely that 180 to 200 micrograms of vitamin K2 might be enough to activate your body's K2-dependent proteins to shuttle calcium to the proper areas. If you're taking high doses of supplemental vitamin D, Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue, a naturopathic physician and author of Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox, suggests taking 100-200 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin K2 for every 1,000 IU's of vitamin D you take. The latest vitamin D dosing recommendations, which call for about 8,000 IU's of vitamin D3 per day if you're an adult, means you'd need in the neighborhood of 800 to 1,000 micrograms (0.8 to 1 milligram/mg) of vitamin K2.
- Make sure you do weight-bearing exercise, which has profound benefits to your skeletal systems. My favorite is Peak Fitness but it is also very important to do strength-training exercises to produce the dynamic peizoelectric forces in your bones that will stimulate the osteoblasts to produce new bone.
- Consume a wide variety of fresh, local, organic whole foods, including vegetables, nuts, seeds, organic meats and eggs, and raw organic unpasteurized dairy. The more of your diet you consume RAW, the better nourished you will be. Minimize sugar and refined grains.
- Dr. Mercola - although he promotes animal and animal product consumption - which this site does not for various health reasons because we are living in the end of time and disease has come upon the animal kingdom because of the burden of sin = he does have lots of great ideas: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/11/19/fennel-plant-prevents-bone-loss.aspx?e_cid=20121119_DNL_US_art_1
Those who decide to do nothing in any line that will displease God, will know, after presenting their case before Him, just what course to pursue. And they will receive not only wisdom, but strength. Power for obedience, for service, wilt be imparted to them, as Christ has promised. {DA 668.4}Both Kings want us to eat the foods they have prepared for us. Christ has prepared certain foods for us and the Babylonian King prepared food for Daniel - even made it seem an honor to "eat at the King's table."
"For whatsoever is born (begotten again) of God overcometh the world: and this is the Victory that overcometh the world, even our Faith !" I John 5:4
"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway." In running the race, in order to obtain that laurel which was considered a special honor, those who engaged in running were temperate in all things. They were temperate, that their muscles, and their brains, and every part of them, should be in the very best condition to run. If they were not temperate, they would not have that elasticty that they would have if they were temperate in all things. If temperate, they could run that race successfully. They were more sure of receiving the crown. But notwithstanding all their efforts in the direction of temperance, and to subject themselves to a careful diet, in order to be in the best condition, yet they only ran at a venture. They might do the very best they could, and yet after all not receive the token of honor; for another might be a little in advance of them, and take the prize. One only received the prize. But we can all run in the heavenly race, and all receive the prize. It is not an uncertainty. It is not to run at a risk. We must put on the heavenly graces, with the eye directed upward to the crown of immortality, keeping the Pattern ever before us. He was a Man of Sorrows, and acquainted with grief. The self-denying life of our divine Lord we are to keep constantly in view. His life of poverty, humbleness, and self-denying, we must not forget. And then as we seek to imitate him, keeping our eye upon the mark of the prize, we can run this race with certainty, knowing that if we do the very best we can we shall certainly secure the prize. Men ran to obtain a corruptible crown, one that would perish in a day. All this self-denial practised by those who ran these races was to obtain a corruptible crown, which was only a token of honor from mortals here.
But we are to run the race, at the end of which is a crown of immortality and everlasting life. Yes, a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory will be awarded to us as the prize when the race is run. "We," says the apostle, "an incorruptible." And if they could be temperate in all things, who engaged in this race here upon earth for a temporal crown, cannot we be temperate in all things, who have in view an incorruptible crown, an eternal weight of glory, and a life which measures with the life of God? When we have this great inducement before us, cannot we run, with patience, this race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith? He has pointed out the way for us. He has marked it for us by his own footsteps all the way along. It is the path that he traveled. You may, with Christ, experience the self-denial, and the suffering, and walk in this pathway imprinted by his own blood.
And yet some will say, "What business is it to anybody what I eat? or what I drink?" I have shown you what relation your course had to others. You have seen that it has much to do with the influence you exert in your families. It has to do with your manner of acting. It has much to do with moulding the characters of your children.
As I said before, It is a corrupted age in which we live. It is a time when Satan seems to have almost perfect control of minds that are not fully consecrated to God. Therefore there is a very great responsibility resting upon parents and guardians who have children to bring up. Parents have taken the responsibility of bringing these children into existence. And what now is their duty? Is it to let them come up just as they may? and just as they will? Let me tell you, a weight of responsibility rests upon these parents. Whether you eat, or whether you drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Do you do this when you are preparing food for the table, and when you place it upon your tables, and call your family to partake of it? Are you placing only the food before these children that you know will make the very best blood? Is it that food that will preserve their systems in the least feverish condition? Is it that which will place them in the very best relation to life and health? Is this the food that you are studying to place before your children? Or are you careless and reckless of their future good? and provide for them unhealthful, stimulating, irritating food? Let me tell you that the children from their very birth are born to evil. Satan seems to have control of them. He seems to take possession of their young minds, and they are corrupted. Why do fathers and mothers act as though a lethargy was upon them? They do not mistrust that Satan is sowing evil seed in their families. They are as blind, and careless, and reckless, in regard to these things as it is possible for them to be. Why do they not awake, and study these things? Why are they not reading up? Says the apostle, "Add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience," &c. Here is work resting upon every one who professes to follow Jesus Christ, to live upon the plan of addition.
Chapter after chapter has been opened to me. I can select family after family of children in this house that are, every child of them, as corrupt as hell. And some of them profess to be followers of Jesus Christ. And you, the parents, are as indifferent as though you had had a shock of paralysis.
I have said that some of you are selfish. You have not understood what I have meant. You have studied what food would taste best. Taste and pleasure, instead of the glory of God, and to advance in the divine life, and perfect holiness in the fear of God, have ruled. It is to consult your own pleasure, your own appetites; and while you have been doing this, Satan has been gaining a march upon you, and, as it generally happens, has frustrated your efforts every time. Some of you fathers have taken your children to the physicians to see what was the matter with them. I could have told you in two minutes what was the matter. Your children are corrupt. Satan has obtained control of them. He has come right in past you, while you, who are as God to them, to guard them, were at ease, stupefied, and asleep. God has commanded you to bring them up in the fear and nurture of the Lord. But Satan has passed right in before you, and has woven strong bands around them. And yet you sleep on. May Heaven pity these parents, and these children, for they, every one of them, need his pity.
Had you taken your position upon the health reform; had you added to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, things might have been different. But you have only partially aroused, opened your eyes a little, and then composed yourself to sleep again, over the iniquity and corruption that is in your very houses. Do you think angels can come into your dwellings? Do you think your children are susceptible of holy influences with these things in your midst? Yet I can count family after family that are almost entirely under the control of Satan. I know these things are true, and I want the people to arouse before it shall be eternally too late, and the blood of souls, even the blood of the souls of their own children, be found upon their garments.
The minds of some of these children are so weakened that they have but one-half, or one-third, of the brilliancy of intellect that they might have had had they been virtuous and pure. They have thrown it away in self-abuse. Right here in this church, corruption is teeming on every hand. Now and then there is a sing, or some gathering of pleasure. Every time I hear of these, I feel like clothing myself in sackcloth. "Oh! that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears." "Spare thy people, O Lord." I feel distressed. I have an agony of soul that is beyond anything that I can describe to you. You are asleep. Would the lightning and thunder of Sinai arouse this church? Would they arouse you, fathers and mothers, to commence the work of reformation in your own houses? You should be teaching your children. You should be instructing them how to shun the vices and corruptions of this age. Instead of this, many are studying how to get something good to eat. You place upon your tables the meat, the butter, and the eggs. The children partake of these things. The parents are feeding them with the very things that will excite their animal passions, and then they come to the meeting and pray, and ask God to bless their children, and save them. How high do your prayers go? You have a work to do first. When you have done all for your children which God has left for you to do, then you can with confidence claim the special help God has promised to give you.
You should study temperance in all things. You must study it in what you eat, and in what you drink. And yet you say it is nobody's business what I eat, or what I drink, or what I place upon my table. It is somebody's business, unless you take your children and shut them up, or go into the wilderness where you will not be a burden upon others—where your unruly, vicious children will not corrupt the society in which they mingle.
Those who have adopted the health reform, many of them, have left off every hurtful thing; but does it follow that because they have left off these things, they can eat just as much as they please? They sit down to the table, and instead of considering how much they should eat, they give themselves up to appetite, and eat to great excess. And it is all they can do, and all they should do, the rest of that day, to let the stomach worry away with its burden imposed upon it. All the food that is put into the stomach that the system cannot derive benefit from, is a burden to nature in her work. It hinders the living machine. The system is clogged. It cannot successfully carry on the work of life. The vital organs are unnecessarily taxed. The brain nerve-power is called to the stomach to help the digestive organs carry on their work of disposing of an amount of food which does the system no good. So you see you have lessened the power of the brain by drawing so heavily upon it to help the stomach get along with its heavy burden. And after it has accomplished the task, what are the sensations you have experienced as the result of this unnecessary expenditure of vital force? A feeling of goneness, a faintness, as though you must eat more. Perhaps this feeling comes just before meal time. What is the cause of this? Nature has worried along with her work, and is so thoroughly exhausted in her efforts in consequence, that you have this sensation of goneness. And you think that the stomach says, More food, when, in its faintness, it is distinctly saying, Give me rest. The stomach needs rest to gather up its exhausted energies for another work. But instead of your allowing it any period of rest, you think the stomach needs more food, and so you heap another load upon nature, and refuse it all the rest it needs. It is like a man laboring in the field all through the former part of the day until he is weary. He comes in at noon. He says that he is weary and exhausted; but you tell him to go to work again and he will obtain relief. This is the way you treat the stomach. It is thoroughly exhausted. And you call the vitality from other parts of the system to the stomach in the effort of digestion.
You have felt a numbness around the brain. You have felt disinclined to take hold of any special labor, which required exertion. You have felt as though you did not want to engage in labor, mental or physical, to any extent, until you have rested from the sense of this burden imposed upon your system. Then, again, there is this sense of goneness. But you say it is more food that is wanted. You place a double load of food for the stomach to take care of. Even if you are most strict in the quality of your food, do you glorify God in your bodies and spirits, which are his, by partaking of such a quantity of food? Those who place so much food upon the stomach, and thus load down nature, could not appreciate the truth, should they hear it dwelt upon. They could not arouse the benumbed sensibilities of the brain to realize the value of the atonement, and the great sacrifice that has been made for fallen man. It is impossible for such to appreciate the great, precious, and exceedingly rich reward that is in reserve for the faithful over-comers. The animal part of our nature should never be left to govern the moral and intellectual.
And what influence does overeating have upon the stomach? The stomach is debilitated, the digestive organs weakened, and disease, with all its train of evils, is brought on as the result. If they were diseased before, they are now increasing the difficulties upon them, and lessening their vitality every day they live. They call their vital powers into unnecessary action to take care of the food that they place in their stomachs. What a terrible condition is this to be in! We know something of dyspepsia by experience. We have had it in our family. And we feel that it is a much-to-be-dreaded disease. And when a person becomes a thorough dyspeptic, he is a great sufferer, mentally and physically, and his friends must also suffer, unless they are as unfeeling as brutes. And yet will you say, It is none of your business what I eat, or what course I pursue? Does anybody around the dyspeptic suffer? Just take a course that shall irritate them in any way. How natural to be fretful! They feel bad. Their little children appear to them to be very bad. They cannot speak calmly to their children. They cannot, without especial grace, act calmly in their families. All around them are affected by the disease upon them. All around them have to suffer the consequences of their infirmity. They cast a dark shadow. Then, does not your eating and drinking affect others? It certainly does. And you should be very careful to preserve yourself in the best condition of health, that you may render to God perfect service, and do your duty in society and to your family. Then, even health reformers can eat immoderately of a healthy quality of food. They can err in the quantity. Some in this house err in the quality. They have never taken their position upon health reform. They have chosen to eat and drink what they pleased, and when they pleased. They are injuring their systems in this way. They are tearing down their systems, and injuring their families, by placing upon their tables a feverish diet, which will increase the animal passions of their children, and lead them to care but little for heavenly things. The parents are thus strengthening the animal, and lessening the spiritual, powers of their children. And what a heavy penalty will they have to pay in the end! And then they wonder that the children are so morally weak!
Parents have not given their children the right education. They have frequently manifested the same imperfections which are upon the children. They have eaten improperly, which has called the nervous energies of the being to the stomach, therefore they could not have vitality to expend in other directions. They could not properly control their children, because of their own impatience. Neither could they teach them the right way. Perhaps they would take hold of them roughly, and give them an impatient blow. I have said that to shake a child would shake two evil spirits in, while it would shake one out. If a child is wrong, to shake it only makes it worse. It will not subdue it. When the system is not in a right condition, the circulation broken up, and the nervous power has all that it can do to take care of the bad quality of food, or too great quantity even of that which is good, parents have not self-command. They cannot reason from cause to effect. Here is the reason that, in every move they make in their families, they create more trouble than they cure. They do not seem to understand and reason from cause to effect, and they go to work just like blind men. They seem to act as though it would especially glorify God for them to move like wild men, and if anything wrong should occur in their families, to put it down with roughness and violence. Who are our children? They are only our younger brothers and sisters of the family that God acknowledges as his. We are dealing with the members of the Lord's family. And while the care of them is committed to us, how careful should we be that we bring them up for the Lord, so that when the Master comes we can say, "Here, Lord, are we, and the children that thou has given us." Shall we then be able to say, We have tried to do our work, and we have tried to do it well?
I have seen mothers of large families, who in the family could not see the work that lay right in their pathway, just before them. They wanted to be missionaries, and do some great work. They were looking out for themselves some high position, but neglecting to take care of the very work at home which the Lord had left them to do. How important that the brain be clear! How important that the body be as free as possible from disease, in order that we may do the work which Heaven has left for us to do, and to perform it in such a manner that the Master can say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." My sisters, do not despise the few things which the Lord has left you to do. Let each day's actions be such that you will not be ashamed to meet the record made by the recording angel, in the day of the final settlement of accounts.
But what about an impoverished diet? I have spoken of the importance of the quantity and quality of food being in strict accordance with the laws of health. We would not recommend an impoverished diet. I have been shown that many take a wrong view of the health reform, and live upon an impoverished diet. They subsist upon a cheap, poor quality of food, prepared without care or reference to the nourishing of the system. It is important that the food should be prepared with care, that the appetite, when not perverted, can relish it. The idea should never be given that it is of but little consequence what we eat, because we, from principle, leave meat, butter, mince pies, spices, lard, and that which irritates the stomach and destroys health. There are some who go to extremes. They must eat just such an amount, and just such a quality, and confine themselves to two or three things. They allow only a few things placed before them, or their families, to eat. In eating a small amount of food, and that not of the best quality, they do not take into the stomach that which will suitably nourish the system. And the system cannot convert poor food into good blood. An impoverished diet will impoverish the blood. I will mention the case of Sr. Hartshorn, of Amherst, N. H. That case was presented to me to show an extreme. Two classes were presented before me: First, those who were not living up to the light God had given them. They started in the reform because somebody else did. They did not understand the system for themselves. There are many of you who profess the truth, who have received it because somebody else did, and you could not, for your life, give the reason. This is why you are as weak as water. Instead of your weighing your motives in the light of eternity, instead of your having practical knowledge of the principles underlying all your actions, instead of your having dug down to the bottom, and built upon right foundations for yourself, you are walking in the sparks kindled by somebody else. And you will fail in this, as you have in the health reform. Now if you had moved from principle, you would not have done this. There are two classes. One class cannot be impressed with the necessity of eating and drinking to the glory of God. The indulgence of appetite affects them in all the relations of life. It is seen in their families, in their church, the prayer-meeting, and in the conduct of their children. It has been the curse of their lives. You cannot make them understand the truths of these last days. God has bountifully provided for the sustenance and happiness of all his creatures; and if his laws were never violated, and all acted in harmony with the divine will, health, peace, and happiness, would be experienced, instead of misery and continual evil.
Another class have taken hold of the health reform, who are very severe. They take a position, and will stand stubbornly in that position. They carry nearly everything over the mark. This Sr. Hartshorn was one of these. She was not sympathizing, and loving, and affectionate, like our divine Lord. Justice was nearly all she could see. She carried matters further than Dr. Trall. Her patients had to even leave her, because they could not get enough to eat. Her impoverished diet was giving her impoverished blood.
Flesh-meats will depreciate the blood. Cook meat with spices, and eat it with rich cakes and pies, and you have a bad quality of blood. The system is too heavily taxed in disposing of this kind of food. Mince pies, which should never find a place in any human stomach, and the pickles, which never should have any place there, will give a miserable quality of blood. And then a poor quality of food, cooked in an improper manner, and not sufficient in quantity, cannot make good blood. Flesh-meats, and rich food, and an impoverished diet, will produce the same results.
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“I was shown that those who are trying to obey God and purifying their souls through obedience to the truth are God’s chosen people, His modern Israel”. 2T-109. When the churches become living, working churches (vessels), the Holy Spirit will be given in answer to their sincere request. . . . Then the windows of heaven will be open for the showers of the latter rain.
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27.
Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
John 14:13 "And I will do whatever you ask in my name."
1 Corinthians 10:31 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory (character=love) of God."
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works (because Jesus work would have been cut short if he'd done more, as will ours - be cut short in righteousness (Romans 9:28; (KJV) "For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness:because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.") , because I am going to be with the Father. You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!” —John 14:12-14
"Only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures, and who have received the love of the truth, will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive." The Faith I Live By, 346; The Great Controversy 1888, p. 625.2
"For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." (2 Cor 4:6)
"He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you." Exodus 15:26
Cooked Food Withdrawal
Those who try a Live Food diet for the first time will almost invariably experience a sense of deprivation. “I miss my dead food,” they cry and abandon their quest for pure nutrition by promptly selling out like Esau for “a mess of pottage.” I certainly suffered during my first few weeks. My wife was my only salvation—a constant, vigilant, encouraging partner in crime to remind me of our lofty goals and aspirations.
Even after some months of experiencing the wonderful benefits of living high on live foods, the urge to “lust after the flesh pots of Egypt” would suddenly erupt. Fortunately, such temptations are very short-lived, and will become progressively weaker as your satisfaction with Live Food grows and you expand your repetroire of live food dishes. When you limit yourself to manna (as marvelous as it may be) meal after meal, you just might not manage to make it on that alone.
Discovering a significant number of delicious dishes that you really like and witnessing first hand the results of Eden Eatin’in your own body are the two best safeguards against falling off the raw food wagon. But for those who are still desperate for help in dealing with the fear of backsliding, here are few additional suggestions:
1. Stop and Think. Sure, that pizza or those french fries are going to taste good, but taste isn’t everything. It's not worth the suffering that is sure to follow. The problem with eating dead stuff routinely is that you don’t recognize the ill feeling that comes from any particular food—it’s all suboptimal and you’ve been feeling the results for so long you’ve come to accept it as “normal.” But give your body time to get rid of all the built-up toxic waste, enjoy a month or two of pain-free existance (no headaches, no constipation, no bloating, no heartburn), and then indulge in your favorite forbidden food. You will be dramatically impressed by the reaction. Now, share your experience to one and all to reinforce your memory.
2. Substitute live foods. Fruit, especially dried fruits with their concentrated flavors, are super substitutes for candy. Tomatoes have a high concentration of sodium and will satisfy cravings for salty foods. Some who previously found tomatoes disagreeable, have reported that removing the seeds (and their associated anti-nutrients) solved their problem of indigestion. Avocados and nuts or seeds provide the satiety benefits to those who miss their cheese and fried foods.
3. Avoid temptation. Madison Avenue has conditioned us for most of our lives to salivate when we see or smell one of their tempting products, cleverly formulated to stimulate our addictive behaviors and promote repeat sales. If you feel a craving crawling over you when you see that particular morsel (candy, cookie, or cassarole) then don’t look at it! As Pooh observed, you can get ‘see sick’ from seeing too much. I’ve delivered that kind of common sense advice to countless patients over many years of practice: if it hurts, don’t do it. Today, I’d say, “Don’t even go there.”
4. Eat slowly and sensibly – Eat only a moderate amount of food at regular times with no distractions, chewing slowly to receive full benefit of your food’s flavor. Savor the all the taste and texture. This is only common sense, but it can remarkably reduce unwanted cravings.
5. Eat with other raw fooders. Enthusiasm loves company and mutual encouragement.
6. Regular exercise reduces stress, improves circulation and elimination, is cleansing, and helps reduce cravings.
7. Develop a spiritual or ethical foundation. For the religious, this means being fully “grounded” in your religion. The non-religious can adopt or develop a guiding philosophy of life, or a system of ethics.
8. Consider modifying your diet. If you are following an extremely restricted diet and constant cravings continually stalk you, then seriously consider changing to a more diversified diet. Add more veggies, sprouts, and seeds or nuts to your diet.
If you do backslide and eat something bad, simply resolve to avoid the mistake next time. Learn from your mistakes, but don't dwell on them unnecessarily, as guilt is a negative emotion. Cravings can be a major problem during the transition to a raw/living foods diet. After you have been on such a diet long enough, the cravings will usually dissipate. Although the goal of 100% raw is advocated by some raw-fooders, the reality is that a pure raw food diet is not for everyone. Bekind to your self; do what is best for your body, whether the diet you follow conforms to raw-food dogma or not.
"For whatsoever is born (begotten again) of God overcometh the world: and this is the Victory that overcometh the world, even our Faith !" I John 5:4
Quote: “The Lord is not glorified by the tame supplications which show that nothing is expected. He desires every one who believes, to approach the Throne of Grace with earnestness and assurance. Do we realize the magnitude of the work in which we are engaged? If we did, there would be more fervency in our prayers. Our entreaties would rise before God with convincing earnestness. We would plead for power as a hungry child pleads for bread. If we realized the greatness of the Gift, if we desired the attainment of the Blessing, our petitions would ascend with earnestness, importunity, urgency. It would be as if we were at the gate of heaven, soliciting entrance.
Grace (G5485) = the Divine Influence upon the heart, and It's reflection as seen in the life!
I do not understand the tameness in the requests offered to God. We are to urge our way into the very Presence of God, into the Holy Place of the Most High. We are to plead for that which we most need, -- the Bread of Life, the leaf from the Tree of Life. As Jacob wrestled with the angel, saying, “I will not let Thee go, except thou Bless me,” so we are to wrestle in prayer until we prevail. We are to ask with an urgency that will not be turned away, that expects God to bestow His blessings with a liberality that is an assurance to all fear.
“Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and His Maker, Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands command ye Me. I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.” Isaiah 45:11. This is the Word of the LORD, which is Yea and Amen !
Then let your prayers be more fervent, more heavily weighted with faith and hope. Let the intensity of your desire be proportionate to the value of the object you wish to obtain. The greatness of the Gift and our need of It should fill us with a hungering desire for it . . . !" - Special Testimonies, August 7, 1901 par. 13
The language of the soul must be, “He is mine; I will never let go his arm. He will bless me; the cleansing blood will be applied to my soul.”
The language of the soul is, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.” He has a foundation for his faith. It is Christ, the Rock of Ages. He dares to love him, for the light reflected from the cross of Calvary reveals his Saviour to his soul, as “the chiefest among ten thousand,” and the one “altogether lovely.”
"The language of the soul will be, “O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.” [Psalm 119:97.]"
"Cooking may be regarded as less desirable than some other lines of work, but in reality it is a science in value above all other sciences. Thus God regards the preparation of healthful food. He places a high estimate on those who do faithful service in preparing wholesome, palatable food. The one who understands the art of properly preparing food, and who uses this knowledge, is worthy of higher commendation than those engaged in any other line of work. This talent should be regarded as equal in value to ten talents; for its right use has much to do with keeping the human organism in health. Because so inseparably connected with life and health, it is the most valuable of all gifts.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, 251.
“We can have a variety of good, wholesome food, cooked in a healthful manner, so that it will be palatable to all. It is of vital importance to know how to cook. Poor cooking produces disease and bad tempers; the system becomes deranged, and heavenly things cannot be discerned. There is more religion in good cooking than you have any idea of. . . .
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“There are very many girls who have married and have families, who have but little practical knowledge of the duties devolving upon a wife and mother. They can read, and play upon an instrument of music; but they cannot cook. They cannot make good bread, which is very essential to the health of the family. . . . To cook well, to present healthful food upon the table in an inviting manner, requires intelligence and experience. The one who prepares the food that is to be placed in our stomachs, to be converted into blood to nourish the system, occupies a most important and elevated position. . . .
“Our sisters often do not know how to cook. To such I would say, I would go to the very best cook that could be found in the country, and remain there, if necessary, for weeks, until I had become mistress of the art,—an intelligent, skillful cook. I would pursue this course if I were forty years old. It is your duty to know how to cook, and it is your duty to teach your daughters to cook. . . .
“In order to learn how to cook, women should study, and then patiently reduce what they learn to practice. People are suffering because they will not take the trouble to do this. I say to such, It is time for you to rouse your dormant energies, and inform yourselves. Do not think the time wasted which is devoted to obtaining a thorough knowledge and experience in the preparation of healthful, palatable food. No matter how long an experience you have had in cooking, if you still have the responsibilities of a family, it is your duty to learn how to care for them properly.
Not Just for Women
“Many who adopt the health reform complain that it does not agree with them; but after sitting at their tables I come to the conclusion that it is not the health reform that is at fault, but the poorly prepared food. I appeal to men and women to whom God has given intelligence: Learn how to cook. I make no mistake when I say ‘men,’ for they, as well as women, need to understand the simple, healthful preparation of food. . . . If they have the knowledge, they can use it to good purpose.” Ibid., 252, 253.
Study Health Journals
“Those who do not know how to cook hygienically should learn to combine wholesome, nourishing articles of food in such a way as to make appetizing dishes. Let those who desire to gain knowledge in this line subscribe for our health journals. They will find information on this point in them. . . .
“Without continually exercising ingenuity, no one can excel in healthful cookery, but those whose hearts are open to impressions and suggestions from the Great Teacher will learn many things, and will be able also to teach others; for He will give them skill and understanding.
Develop Individual Talent
“It is the Lord’s design that in every place men and women shall be encouraged to develop their talents by preparing healthful foods from the natural products of their own section of the country. If they look to God, exercising their skill and ingenuity under the guidance of His Spirit, they will learn how to prepare natural products into healthful foods. Thus they will be able to teach the poor how to provide themselves with foods that will take the place of flesh meat. Those thus helped can in turn instruct others. Such a work will yet be done with consecrated zeal and energy. If it had been done before, there would today be many more people in the truth, and many more who could give instruction. Let us learn what our duty is, and then do it. We are not to be dependent and helpless, waiting for others to do the work that God has committed to us.
Cooking Schools
“There should be cooking schools, where instruction is given on the proper preparation of food. In all our schools there should be those who are fitted to educate the students, both young men and women, in the art of cooking. Women especially should learn how to cook.” Ibid., 253, 254.
Health Reform and Good Cooking
“One reason why many have become discouraged in practicing health reform is that they have not learned how to cook so that proper food, simply prepared, would supply the place of the diet to which they have been accustomed. They become disgusted with the poorly prepared dishes, and next we hear them say that they have tried the health reform, and cannot live in that way. Many attempt to follow out meager instructions in health reform, and make such sad work that it results in injury to digestion, and in discouragement to all concerned in the attempt. You profess to be health reformers, and for this very reason you should become good cooks. Those who can avail themselves of the advantages of properly conducted hygienic cooking schools, will find it a great benefit, both in their own practice and in teaching others.” Ibid., 255.
Cause of Disease
“For want of knowledge and skill in regard to cooking, many a wife and mother daily sets before her family ill-prepared food, which is steadily and surely impairing the digestive organs, and making a poor quality of blood; the result is, frequent attacks of inflammatory disease, and sometimes death. . . .
“We can have a variety of good, wholesome food, cooked in a healthful manner, so that it will be palatable to all. It is of vital importance to know how to cook. Poor cooking produces disease and bad tempers; the system becomes deranged, and heavenly things cannot be discerned. There is more religion in good cooking than you have any idea of. . . .
“Scanty, ill-cooked food depraves the blood by weakening the blood-making organs. It deranges the system, and brings on disease, with its accompaniment of irritable nerves and bad tempers. The victims of poor cookery are numbered by thousands and tens of thousands. Over many graves might be written: ‘Died because of poor cooking;’ ‘Died of an abused stomach.’
“It is a sacred duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare healthful food. Many souls are lost as the result of poor cookery. It takes thought and care to make good bread; but there is more religion in a loaf of good bread than many think.” Ibid., 256, 257.
My biggest reason for wanting to eat, drink, think and do right is because I do not want my mind clouded so I cannot understand or discern the voice of God speaking to me in my mind or from the Bible. Our MIND is our will or choices. I want God's choices to be my choices. If we do not actively CHOOSE to do what God tells us, we have automatically chosen Satan's choices. God's choices are outlined in the Bible and more plainly in the Ten Commandments. If we say that we love God, but do not keep all 10 commandment - the Bible says we are a liar, and God is not with us. I want God's divine presence influencing my mind/choices. I want the mind of God sent through Jesus to be in my mind/choices. He tells us in the Bible to be DOERS of the word and not just hearers. By their Spirit (God and His Son Jesus) dwell inside us enabling us to do their will=choose their choices for us. I want God and His Son's Spirit living inside me, surrounding me with their LOVE. Our body does not belong to us, it belongs to Jesus. We are His inheritance. I want to take care of Jesus property! Our body is the church of the living God and His Son. Our body is a church made without hands. We are to be made holy by the blood of Jesus through FAITH in Him, and by doing all we know is right and good. Consider this: Sin first had it's entrance into the human race though appetite, Satan will use this way to ensnare us the most. Don't be tricked by the old serpent today!
1 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV) 17 If any man defile the temple of God (our bodies), him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
"Adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs are 62,000 times more likely to kill you than nutritional supplements."
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Let him who is struggling against the power of appetite look to the Saviour in the wilderness of temptation. See Him in His agony upon the cross, as He exclaimed, "I thirst." He has endured all that it is possible for us to bear. His victory is ours.
―Only he who receives the Scriptures as the voice of God speaking to himself is a true learner. He trembles at the Word; for to him it is a living reality. Our words should be few and well chosen. The Lord would bring His remnant last day people into a position where they will not touch or taste the flesh of dead animals.
Malachi 3:6 (KJV) "For I am the LORD, I change not;"
Deuteronomy 28:9 "The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways."Psalm 77:13 Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary:
"Establish" definition: a : to make firm or stable. b : to introduce and cause to grow and multiply
"And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee." Exodus 15:26
Isaiah 20:5 Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.
"And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee." Deuteronomy 7:15
"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 1:2Psalm 19:7 (KJV) "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple." God's law can be found in the King James Version of the Bible in Exodus 20:1-11. Read and memorize it!
God says in Zechariah 9:7:I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth. Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God and become like a clan in Judah. The Philistines of Ekron (disobedient/heathen/pagan people) will join my people, as the ancient Jebusites once did. Zechariah 9:7 New Living Translation (©2007)
In Leviticus 17:12 we read that God said to the children of Israel: "...No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you."
See some of the various translations of this verse here to get a better picture of what God thinks of people eating meat: http://bible.cc/zechariah/9-7.htm
The "detestable sacrifices" are the "forbidden food", "His abominations" their "detestable things" the "disgusting things" and "abominable idolatrous sacrifices" this is taken from various translations of the Bible to show how God feels about us eating meat.
The life blood of the animals God will require it of us. We do not want to kill to eat in this day and age - God will have a people who will not touch nor taste the flesh of dead animals. But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it. ... to teach that the life of the animal, which is in the blood, belongs not to man, but to God.August 30, 1896.
I was somewhat surprised at your argument as to why a meat-eating diet kept you in strength, for, if you put yourself out of the question, your reason will teach you that a meat diet is not of as much advantage as you suppose. You know how you would answer a tobacco devotee if he urged, as a plea for the use of tobacco, the arguments you have advanced as a reason why you should continue the use of the flesh of dead animals as food.
The weakness you experience without the use of meat is one of the strongest arguments I could present to you as a reason why you should discontinue its use. Those who eat meat feel stimulated after eating this food, and they suppose they are made stronger. After one discontinues the use of meat, he may for a time feel a weakness, but when his system is cleansed from the effect of this diet, he no longer feels the weakness, and will cease to wish for that which he has pleaded for as essential to his strength.
I have a large family which often numbers sixteen. In it there are men who work at the plow and who fell trees. These men have vigorous exercise, but not a particle of flesh of animals is placed upon our table. Meat has not been used by us since the Brighton camp-meeting. It was not my purpose to have it on my table at any time, but urgent pleas were made that such an one was unable to eat this or that, and that his stomach could take care of meat better than it could of anything else; then I was enticed to place it on my table. The use of cheese also began to creep in, because some liked cheese. But I soon controlled that. But when the selfishness of taking the lives of animals, to gratify a perverted appetite, was presented to me by a Catholic woman kneeling at my feet. I felt ashamed and distressed; I saw it in a new light, and I said, “I will no longer patronize the butcher: I will not have the flesh of corpses on my table.” EXTRACTS FROM UNPUBLISHED TESTIMONIES IN REGARD TO FLESH FOODS, PAGE 4
"And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere (before) it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague." Numbers 11:33 - this was to eat "clean" (Quail) meat! God wants a special people a remnant people to obey Him!
Deuteronomy 28:9 "The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways."
"And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee." Exodus 15:26
"And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee." Deuteronomy 7:15
"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 1:2
Genesis 9:5 "I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man." World English BibleExodus 20:13 "You shall not murder. Psalm 9:12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
I will take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become leaders in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites. Zechariah 9:7 New International Version (©1984)
"And I will take out of [the Philistines’ (heathen - those who are NOT God's people)] mouths and from between their teeth the abominable idolatrous sacrifices eaten with the blood. And they too shall remain and be a remnant for our God, and they shall be like chieftains (the head over a thousand) in Judah, and Ekron shall be like one of the Jebusites [who at last were merged and had lost their identity in Israel]." Zechariah 9:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. American Standard Version
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. Webster's Bible Translation
and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. Darby Bible Translation
and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. American Standard Version
If you do not eat meat (all meat and its derived products, includes dairy: milk, cheese and butter) you shall be a REMNANT for our GOD and a CHIEFTAIN, a GOVERNOR, a LEADER of GOD's LAST DAY PEOPLE -become like a clan -. The 144,000 are leaders a special "CLAN" of God's! A special diet for God's Special People at a Special TIME: See a article about this here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2nmi6r-BcI3Z3FFQjdFNGs2VTQ
"While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed (chewed), the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote them with a very great plague." Numbers 11:33, Amplified Bible (AMP)Eat Vegan! You can be a vegetarian and STILL eat wrong! Potato chips are vegetarian - and they are bad for us! If you follow this rule, no oil of any kind, even olive oil, no salt, no sugar, and eat most fruits, nuts and legumes - I've had several people tell me that they could be off of all medicines very quickly = like in 3-4 days. Blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.
Remember the story of Daniel and his three friends? They refused to eat the King's meat or drink the King's wine - and they were found to be 10 times wiser than all the rest and became LEADERS/GOVERNORS?CHIEFTAINS in the Babylonian King's court. God honored them for obeying His covenants.
"The selfishness of taking the lives of animals to gratify a perverted taste...I saw it in a new light, and I said, 'I will no longer patronize the butchers. I will not have the flesh of corpses on my table'." (Spalding and Magan, p.38).
"People are continually eating flesh that is filled with tuberculous and cancerous germs. Tuberculosis, cancer, and other fatal diseases are thus communicated." (The Ministry of Healing, p.313). Animals can transfer disease to animal. If you devour cancerous or unhealthy blood from even a clean animal, you can get those cells in your system; and matter of fact, leukemia and lot of these diseases, can be traced to certain dairy products and animal products. Matter of fact, the very first thing that most doctors will tell you that contribute to heart disease are animal products. You cannot get cholesterol from peanuts and coconut oil.
Disease in cattle is making meat-eating a dangerous matter. The Lord's curse upon the earth, upon man, upon beasts, upon the fish of the sea; and as transgression becomes almost universal, the curse will be permitted to become as broad and as deep as the transgression. Disease is contracted by the use of meat. The diseased flesh of these dead carcasses is sold in the market places, and disease among men is the sure result.
Because of man's transgression and sins, the disease upon animals is becoming more and more common, and our only safety now is in leaving meat entirely alone. The most aggravated diseases are now prevalent, and the very last thing that physicians who are enlightened should do, is to advise patients to eat meat. It is in eating meat so largely in the country that men and women are becoming demoralized, their blood corrupted. and disease planted in their systems. Because of meat-eating, many die, and they do not understand the cause. If the truth were known, it would bear the testimony it was the flesh of animals that passed through death. The thought of feeding upon dead flesh is repulsive, but there is something in meat-eating: we partake of diseased, dead flesh, and this sows its seeds of corruption in the human organism.
There is nothing extrascriptural in the advocacy of vegetarianism. That was the diet set down in Eden and will be the diet in Eden restored. And no permissives of Scripture change that fact. Remember that the permissives permit not only flesh but also strong drink, easy divorce, plural marriages—to mention some of the more startling. And these permissives reveal, not the standards of a gross God—as atheists charge—but the long-suffering and patience of a holy God. They certainly do not offer to us any permanent standard for life or any justification for living below the level of the light that has been revealed to us. {WBEGW 111.3}
Ever and anon God’s prophets seek to lift us to higher levels, to help us to set our “affection on things above” (Colossians 3:2). And in doing that they do not depart from all that Moses and the prophets wrote. They simply build for us steps of divine principles that would lead us above the sad level of permissives to the high level of the heavenly country. {WBEGW 112.1}
For God's People (spiritual Israel=all people and kindreds and tongues and nations who obey ALL Ten of God's Commandments and are filled by the Spirit of God and His Son, and have the testimony of His Son Jesus Christ): "It shall be a PERPETUAL statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood." Leviticus 3:17PERPETUAL means: Forever/Everlasting/occurring continuallyRegardless of where you live...
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetual
"10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojournamong you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in theblood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children ofIsrael, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers thatsojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat theblood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off . 15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was tornwith beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash hisclothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean .16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity." Leviticus 17:10-16
The war against you - and your food
Or how peaceful it may be where
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"Never should one morsel of swine's flesh be placed upon your table." (Testimonies, Volume 2, p.3).
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"It is just as much sin to violate the laws of our being as to break one of the Ten Commandments." In other words, eating a slice of bacon is a sinful as committing adultery. And, "the use of swine’s flesh is contrary to his (God’s) express commandments". (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, pp.70,96;).
Christ came "to take away their inclination to sin, that they might not desire to transgress. Those who receive Christ are obedient to his commands; for his mind is given to them. He imbues them with his spirit of obedience, and they return to their loyalty." {YI, April 6, 1899 par. 3}Think Genetically Modified foods are safe? Think again.
Making matters worse, unless you're buying USDA 100% Organic soy products, chances are you're consuming genetically engineered (GE) soy, or feeding it to your baby, and GE crops—soy in particular—has also been linked to serious fertility problems. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, has similarly been implicated in causing miscarriages, and both conventional- and genetically engineered soy is typically treated with heavy doses of this herbicide.
All in all, the health hazards of unfermented soy products—particularly genetically engineered varieties—are so serious and numerous, I strongly suggest avoiding them altogether, whether you're planning a pregnancy or not. But clearly, it's of particular concern for pregnant women. Read the whole article here.Genetically Modified Foods
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Dare to Be a Daniel
In biblical days, Daniel stood up to prove eating God's diet could make him strong. Still today, we need to stand up when the world's way doesn't make sense.
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Eating This Could Turn Your Gut into a Living Pesticide Factory
Found in the blood of 67% of women (and 93% of pregnant women), this "harmless" substance (that ruptures the stomach of insects, causing them to die) may cause gastrointestinal problems, autoimmune disorders, food allergies and learning disorders...
The Propaganda Supporting Fluoride and Why They Are Lies
You may have heard these two widely used statements that "prove" water fluoridation is a wonderful achievement... but read this before you believe them.
Kashi Cereal Stirs Anger - Exposed by Small Rhode Island Grocer
A simple sign has gone viral, causing a storm of outrage with one former fan saying on Facebook: "Yours is the only brand cereal I have bought for years. Not anymore! You are despicable. Everything you supposedly stand for is a lie." Make sure you're not eating it...
The Secret Weapon U.S. Lobbyists Use to Ruin Your Health
As of last year, there were 12,654 registered lobbyists in the U.S. and this ONE technique appears to work better than any to get what they want... Could slamming the door on this glaring hole in the system be the best (and only) chance we've got of curtailing political corruption for good?
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GMO foods may alter organ function
The biofood industry tells us that genetically modified foods are safe and there is no need for testing.
Some research results tell a different story.
Can genetically modified foods change the way our bodies function?
Mike Adams of Natural News elaborates at, The Real Food Channel...
Video: http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/50.html
Is This Why the Europeans Don't Get Sick Like Americans Do?
Is it really possible that the First World's richest country is the sickest? Studies suggest that Americans are too quick to eat foods linked to bizarre mutations, infertility, and cancer... in addition to autism, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. Clean these dangerous foods out of your cupboards today...Pastor Doug: Now we’re going to go to line 3 and we’re talking to Anna in Florida. Anna, are you there?
Caller: Hi!
Pastor Doug: Ah thanks so much for your patience.
Caller: That’s ok.
Pastor Doug: Now you’ve got a question.
Caller: Yes I’ve got a question about clean and unclean food. Okay. Beef is clean. Does it have to have the blood drained out of it?
Pastor Doug: All right, you’re asking a question now – two questions. First of all, you know the Bible does talk about clean and unclean animals.
Caller: Right.
Pastor Doug: Biblically, the Bible says if they’re cloven-hoofed, which a cow is, and they chew the cud, which a cow does; they’re classified as clean animals – but in the New and the Old Testament it says that we should not eat blood.
Caller: Right!
Pastor Doug: I used to be a butcher. I’m a vegetarian now because I used to be a butcher. I’ve been a vegetarian 20 years now and especially with all of the problems they’re having with Mad Cow Disease and things like that, I’m so glad I’m a vegetarian. But in any event, the Bible does say – and I almost never hear Ministers talk about it, Acts chapter 15, it says that they were to abstain from blood. And a lot of the meat that is sold, most of the meat that is sold in the markets today, still has blood just dripping out of it and that’s why it looks so red and you can even see it running in the little styrofoam container there.
Now The reason for that – this is not a ceremonial law. This is a very plain health law; the same kind of health law if you touched something dead you were to wash. Well, God knows that you cannot transfer disease from plant to animal; in other words, if a plant catches a cold, I don’t get the cold from a plant. But animals transfer disease between species. That’s why when they go to the zoos now they’re putting up glass booths to separate people from the gorillas because they bring these gorillas over and they catch colds from the spectators and die.
Caller: Wow!
Pastor Doug: Animals can transfer disease to animal. If you devour cancerous or unhealthy blood from even a clean animal, you can get those cells in your system; and matter of fact, leukemia and lot of these diseases, can be traced to certain dairy products and animal products. Matter of fact, the very first thing that most doctors will tell you that contribute to heart disease are animal products. You cannot get cholesterol from peanuts and coconut oil.
Caller: Hmm.
Pastor Doug: And so, God knew what He was talking about when He said we should not eat the fat and we should not eat the blood. And here it is – Acts chapter 15 verse 20, ‘…but write unto them [and this is even specifically directed to Gentiles] that they abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled…’ Now do you know why it says from things strangled?
Caller: No.
Pastor Doug: When they butchered animals back then there was a couple of ways: sometimes they’d strangle them and they’d kill them with the blood in the meat; but Biblically, they were to cut their throats and hang them upside down and drain the blood.
Caller: Ok.
Pastor Doug: Things that were strangled still had the blood in them.
Caller: So the kosher meat that I find in the stores, some do sell it, in the grocery stores…
Pastor Doug: Right. That is Biblically clean.
Caller: Ok.
Pastor Doug: …well assuming it’s not kosher pork.
Caller: No it’s not.
Pastor Doug: There’s no such thing. Clean-Pigs is an oxy-moron, kind of like little thin, or military intelligence; it just does not make sense.
Caller: And chicken and turkey. What about chicken and turkey? I can’t find anything.
Pastor Doug: Well now you know, there are two very clear laws for the animals and the fish. For the animals – in order for it to be a clean mammal, it had to have cloven hoofs and chew the cud; goats, sheep, beef, they were clean, deer. Among the fish, they needed to have fins and scales and it was clean, and that would mean tuna, bass, trout, they’re all clean.
Caller: Swordfish?
Pastor Doug: Swordfish is clean; I think it is. I’ve not seen any up close. I’m pretty sure that they are. Marlin is. Marlin and tuna have scales but they’re very small but they do have scales.
Caller: Ok.
Pastor Doug: Shark is unclean. Sharks are scavengers. Catfish are scavengers. God didn’t want us to eat scavengers. Pigs and dogs are scavengers.
Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Revelation 22:14-16 (in Context) Revelation 22 (Whole Chapter)Caller: Clams and crab?
Pastor Doug: Crabs, they live on the bottom. They eat what the other fish happen to drop and I won’t go into detail.
Caller: Right.
Pastor Doug: You asked about birds. The rule for the animals is cloven-hoofed and chews the cud. The rule for the fish is fins and scales and it was clean. The rule for the bird, it doesn’t give an explicit rule, but it identifies the foraging birds as clean and the carnivorous birds, like the vultures and the owls and the birds of carrion, as unclean.
Foraging birds are birds like grouse, quail; matter of fact, any bird that was good for a sacrifice was also good to eat. They were allowed to sacrifice doves, quail and foraging birds like that. A chicken, technically, is a foraging bird in its wild state. A turkey is a foraging bird in its wild state. They would be clean.
Caller: Ok.
Pastor Doug: Now some people out there are listening and going, ‘What is this Preacher talking about right now? Are you trying to tell me that the Bible is saying there are some things I’m not supposed to eat?’ Yes friend. I’m one of those people who believes that these health laws were not for Jews because you first find the health laws given to Noah. And everybody listening I’ve got news for you: you’re all related to Noah. The health laws were not ceremonial in nature. They’re made so we live longer. The doctors are going to tell you you’ll feel better if you’ll follow these very simple principles. So, you can find that in the New and in the Old Testament.
Caller: It’s just – it’s so complicated the way they’re doing the meat and everything. It’s just, it’s so, people are getting sick from it!
Pastor Doug: Well you know, you are asking some good questions and people listening out there are wondering where is he coming from. We have a special Bible study that we can offer you and anyone else who’s listening; and here’s the phone number, free phone call, free lesson. Amazing Facts – we’ve got hundreds of lessons and booklets, 800-835-6747. We even have a video that deals with this but that’s not free; but you can ask for the catalog and find out about that, 800-835-6747 - and the study is called You Wouldn’t Do This.
And you ask for that and I think that you’ll find a lot of information on things that you can do that will give you better life and longer life based on what the Bible says about health. Some people think the Bible doesn’t say anything about health; that Jesus just went along like a big rolaid healing people when they didn’t eat right.
Caller: Right.
Pastor Doug: And no – God heals us and He wants us to take care of our bodies; they’re the temple of the Holy Spirit and He wants us to be intelligent. Hey good question. Thanks so much for your call.
Caller: Thanks.
"Amazing Facts" booklet on page 3, the question is asked, "but I like pork, will God destroy me if I eat it?" Answer: "This may be shocking, but it is true and must be told. The Bible positively states that all that eat "swine’s flesh," the "mouse" and other unclean things will be destroyed with fire at the coming of the Lord."
Isaiah 66:17 Amplified Bible (AMP) "Those who [attempt to] sanctify themselves and cleanse themselves to enter [and sacrifice to idols] in the gardens, following after [a]one in the midst, eating hog's flesh and the abomination [creeping things] and the [mouse--their works and their thoughts] shall come to an end together, says the Lord."
Isaiah 66:17 (21st Century King James Version (KJ21) “They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse, shall be consumed together,” saith the Lord." (consumed=destroyed)
"Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of flesh-meat. Let them and their families live up to the light of health reform. Let not our ministers animalize their own nature and the nature of their children." (Spalding and Magan, p.211).
- Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deuteronomy 7:8-10 (in Context) Deuteronomy 7 (Whole Chapter)- Revelation 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 14:11-13 (in Context) Revelation 14 (Whole Chapter)- Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Of all the diets on the market, |
"But while we would recommend simplicity in diet, let it be understood that we do not recommend a meager diet. Let there be a plentiful supply of fruits and vegetables that are in a good condition. Overripe fruit or wilted vegetables ought not to be used. Vegetables and fruit should not be eaten at the same meal. At one meal use bread and fruit, at the next bread and vegetables. Thus we may have all the variety that we need to desire, and if we must have puddings and custards, let bread and these articles form the meal. {ST, September 30, 1897 par. 6} |
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Devil’s Diet and Health Care Plan – Exposed
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist steadfast in the faith.”
(I Peter 5:8-9)
Those who follow my writings know that I believe the Bible to be the only source of true knowledge on planet earth.
“To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
(Isaiah 8:20)
I also believe that man isn’t as smart as he thinks he is:
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men.”
(I Corinthians 3:19-21)
Sadly, and in most instances, academia accepts the wisdom of the world over the wisdom of God.
For example, with regard to the origin of man, the Bible tells us God created man (See Genesis 1:1, 26 -27, 2:7) as well as this earth and everything in and upon it.
“All things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made.”
(John 1:3)
Academia on the other hand tells us man originated with a “big bang”when some dead minerals collided eons and eons ago, and that this entire earth and everything in and upon it originated from natural causes and without any assistance from God.
Sadly, in the academic world, those who believe in creation are ostracizedwhile those who believe in evolution are promoted and their teachings almost worshiped. And with regard to the origin of man, what are our children being taught in our public schools by their degreed teachers – God’s truth or man’s wisdom?
Here’s another example. In this 21stcentury in which we live, most people listen to and follow the advice of degreed nutritionists and dieticianswho tell them what they should eat in order to be properly nourished. These degreed nutritionists and dieticians control the foods served in our schools, hospitals, prisons, nursing homes and to our military.
Then we have degreed doctors who tell us what we need to do to rid ourselves of all the physical problems we are experiencing as a result of following the dictates of the degreed nutritionists and dieticians.
Next we have degreed pharmacists who prepare the drugs these degreed doctors prescribe in order to cover up the symptoms being experienced as a result of following the dictates of the degreed nutritionists and dieticians.
Finally we have laws that protect these degreed people when fellow citizens do not get well and die after following their dictates.
And what is the cost of all this false information? We are currently spending over $2.7 trillion annually on what is called “health care” whilethe cost of health care is forecast to double in coming years.
If the Supreme Court does not strike down “Obama Care”, every man, woman, and child in America will be forced into a system controlled by these degreed individuals — a system that has already proven it to be an abject failure!
Can I prove the current system is a failure? I believe I can…
The Health Of The American People
To make my point, let’s take a look at the health of the American people, those who have been nourishing their bodies according to the dictates of nutritionists and dieticians.
Then let’s take a look at the results being obtained by those who go to the doctors and take their prescribed drugs in an effort to recover from their infirmities.
Friends, it’s not a pretty picture:
- Cardiovascular diseases affect 80% of all Americans.
- 26 million Americans suffer with diabetes. (In addition, an estimated 79 million U.S. adults have pre-diabetes)
- 77% of the adult population sufferers from arthritis or rheumatic disorders
- Over 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, bronchitis or emphysema
- 16 million suffer from ulcers
- 10 million are migraine sufferers
- Over 50% suffer chronic digestive disorders
- 80 million suffer from allergies
- 22 million suffer mental illness
- 98% of our population has bad teeth, and 31 million have no teeth at all
- Some 70% are overweight and 80 million are classified as obese
- 90% of our children cannot pass a minimum physical fitness test.
For a close-up look at the health of the American people, take note of the number of prayer requests in your church for the healing of God’s people, Christians who are just as sick and experiencing physical problems to the same percentages as the non-Christian community.
We live in a sick nation and attend a sick church – why?
Why Are The American People So Sick?
With all the degreed people involved in teaching the American people how to nourish their physical bodies, and with all those degreed doctors attempting to repair the bodies of the sick, and with all the money being spent on drugs and on so-called health care – why are the American people so sick?
My answer to that question is: “Because we have been following and listening to the teachings of this world, rather than listening to and following the teachings of God and His Word, the Bible.”
God says the problem is this:
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”
(Hosea 4:6)
Yes my friend, rather than listening to God and the knowledge He has provided us in His Word, the Bible, we have sought the wisdom of this world of which God says is “Foolishness”! (See I Corinthians 3:19)
Satan’s Deception
Satan’s first attempt to deceive man took place in the Garden of Eden some 6,000 years ago according to biblical history. And what did Satan use to tempt Eve so many years ago? Satan used food!
Satan’s first attempt to deceive man was getting man to eat something God told him he shouldn’t eat. And the penalty for listening to Satan rather than to God regarding what should and should not be eaten was a heavy one – death!
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath saidye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”
(Genesis 3:1-3)
Satan’s response to Eve was “Ye shall not surely die” (Genesis 3:4), and guess what? Eve believed Satan, went against God’s word, and ate of that forbidden fruit. The consequences: Sin entered the world and man was separated from God. (Read the complete account in Genesis 3:1-24)
Ever since Satan’s deceptive victory over man in the garden, Satan has been using food as his primary tool to deceive man — yes, to this very day!
Think about this for a moment: If you are a believer in Christ, did not Satan attempt to deceive you in an effort to keep you from coming to Christ? Butyou fought your way through that deception, defeated Satan, and became a child of the King. Hallelujah!
So Satan lost that battle, but he is not done with the believer yet.
Satan’s next goal is to prevent that believer from serving Jesus, by destroying their physical body.
And his tool? Food!
Sit down for a meal in most Christian homes today and what is on the table and over what do we pray God’s blessing? “Satan’s alternative diet” (SAD)!
Go to a church fellowship and see what they serve. Is it not barbequeribs, southern fried chicken, desserts oozing with sugar and washed down with soft drinks loaded with sugar and caffeine?
Now compare what is being served in your home and church with what God told us we should eat in Genesis 1:29:
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb (VEGETABLE) bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the FRUIT of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat (FOOD).”
Proper Fuel For Your Automobile
Most people wouldn’t think of pouring sugar-laden sweet tea or a soft drink into the fuel tank of their automobile! Why not? Because they know their car was designed by its designer to run on a certain grade of gasoline and if they were to put a sugar-laden liquid into the gas tank it would not run right, harm the engine, and possibly destroy it.
Change the fuel and place into the fuel tank the proper grade and octane of gasoline and the car will run right. It’s that basic and that simple.
People are aware of this necessity if their car is going to run right and sothey follow the instruction book as to what grade of gasoline they place into their automobile no matter the cost.
Well, God designed our bodies to run on a certain grade or octane of fuel, and when we follow the instructions found in the Bible for proper body fuel, our bodies start running as God designed – physical breakdown ceases and we don’t get sick anymore.
When we put the wrong fuel into our bodies it causes pinging and knocking (physical breakdown), and when we change the fuel from the world’s fuel to God’s fuel, pinging and knocking ceases and our bodies begin to function as God designed.
Friends, it really is that simple and basic.
Is There A Better Way To Fuel Our Bodies?
Is there a better way to fuel our bodies than the world’s way? You betcha! And Hallelujah Acres has found that way! For over 20 years we have been attempting to bring Christians back to nourishing their bodies the way God designed them to be nourished, using Genesis 1:29 fuel.
In the early days preachers and lay people alike severely criticized what we were teaching because they had been programmed by the world’s system. But gradually a few Christians listened to the health message we were proclaiming and changed their diets.
The result? People started getting well! They recovered from all kinds of physical problems – from the normalization of blood pressure, the elimination of arthritic pain, no longer needing insulin, even cancerssimply going away! All the while, energy was increasing, brain fog was disappearing, weight was normalizing, and so much more.
Testimonies of these almost-miraculous healings started to spread throughout the Christian community from Christian to Christian and church to church! The number of people adopting God’s diet began to increase – slowly at first – but gained momentum as years passed.
Today, we have millions of Christians around the world on The Hallelujah Diet! Through the years, tens-of-thousands of Christians have written to share with me that after they made the diet change from Satan’s diet to God’s diet, they recovered from over 170 different physical problems — and they don’t get sick anymore.
You can read thousands of these testimonies here.
Has Satan Been Devouring Your Health?
If you are experiencing physical breakdown, the chances are extremely high that the reason you are experiencing these physical breakdowns is because you have been following the teachings of this world.
You have been fueling your body with the world’s SAD diet, rather than nourishing your body with God’s Genesis 1:29 foods.
Also, if you are not getting well from your numerous infirmities, it no doubt is because you have been following the world’s system of using drugsand the advice of this world’s doctors as to how to recover from the physical breakdowns you are experiencing.
The following verse tells of the results the world’s system was producing 2,000 years ago as well as the results the world’s system is obtaining to this very day.
“And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.”
(Mark 5:25-26)
As long as man continues to follow the world’s way of nourishing their bodies and dealing with the physical problems that result, these results will remain the same into the future.
If the Supreme Court does not rule Obama’s health care plan unconstitutional, the current health care plan that has already proven to be so ineffective, dangerous, and expensive, will be the health care plan all Americans will be forced to become a part of and pay for into the distant future.
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your advisory the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist steadfast in the faith.”
(I Peter 5:8-9)
Is There A Better Way?
Hallelujah Acres is a Christian ministry that for the past 20 years has been teaching health from a Biblical perspective! Hallelujah Acres and EndTimeWarning.com is trying to help the Christian community (and anyone else who will listen) realize that God’s Original Diet — the “GOD” diet if you will, as found in Genesis 1:29 — is God’s perfect plan for the nourishment of the human body.
Multitudes have made the switch from the world’s diet to God’s diet andexperienced the cessation of their physical and psychological problems, and they don’t get sick anymore, while life and serving Jesus becomes an increasingly exciting and healthy adventure.
The good Lord willing, and if the creeks don’t rise too high, we will take a long look at the SAD diet (what Rhonda calls “Satan’s Alternative Diet”) and learn why it creates havoc in the bodies of Christians as well as non-Christians alike.
Why Satan's Alternative Diet Is So Dangerous
Man was not intended to eat out of a box! Rev. Malkmus shares the crucial differences between God's Original Diet (GOD) and Satan's Alternative Diet (SAD) and how each one affects the human body.
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500. Hot biscuits and flesh meats are entirely out of harmony with health reform principles.—Extracts from Unpublished Testimonies in Regard to Flesh Foods, 2, 1884
501. Hot soda biscuits are often spread with butter, and eaten as a choice diet; but the enfeebled digestive organs cannot but feel the abuse placed upon them.—Letter 72, 1896
502. We have been going back to Egypt rather than on to Canaan. Shall we not reverse the order of things? Shall we not have plain, wholesome food on our tables? Shall we not dispense with hot biscuits, which only cause dyspepsia?—Letter 3, 1884
[A Cause of Dyspepsia—720]
Gems and Rolls
503. Hot biscuit raised with soda or baking powder should never appear upon our tables. Such compounds are unfit to enter the stomach. Hot raised bread of any kind is difficult of digestion. Graham gems, which are both wholesome and palatable, may be made from the unbolted flour,
mixed with pure cold water and milk. But it is difficult to teach our people simplicity. When we recommend graham gems, our friends say, “Oh, yes, we know how to make them.” We are much disappointed when they appear raised with baking powder or with sour milk and soda. These give no evidence of reform. The unbolted flour, mixed with pure soft water and milk, makes the best gems we have ever tasted. If the water is hard, use more sweet milk, or add an egg to the batter. Gems should be thoroughly baked in a well-heated oven, with a steady fire.
To make rolls, use soft water and milk, or a little cream; make a stiff dough and knead it as for crackers. Bake on the grate of the oven. These are sweet and delicious. They require thorough mastication, which is a benefit to both the teeth and the stomach. They make good blood, and impart strength. With such bread, and the abundant fruits, vegetables, and grains with which our country abounds, no greater luxuries should be desired.—The Review and Herald, May 8, 1883
Whole-Wheat Bread Better Than White
504. Fine-flour bread cannot impart to the system the nourishment that you will find in the unbolted-wheat bread. The common use of bolted-wheat bread cannot keep the system in a healthy condition. You both have inactive livers. The use of fine flour aggravates the difficulties under which you are laboring.—Testimonies for the Church 2:68, 1868
505. For use in breadmaking, the superfine white flour is not the best. Its use is neither healthful nor economical. Fine-flour bread is lacking in nutritive elements to be found in bread made from the whole wheat. It is a frequent cause of constipation and other unhealthful conditions.—The Ministry of Healing, 300, 1905
[Unbolted or Graham Flour the Best for the Body—171, 495, 499, 503]
[Grains to Be Used in Natural State—481]
[Graham Bread in Camp Meeting Diet—124]
[A Religious Duty to Know How to Make Good Bread from Unbolted Wheat Flour—392]
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DO YOU EAT FLESH?
Extracts from a letter written to a physician from Stanmore, Sydney, N. S. W., July 26, 1896
The perfection of Christian character is attainable. As we approach the close of this earth's history, we will find that the who le world is becoming a lazar house of disease. The transgression of the law of God is bringing the sure result.
I present the word of Lord God of Israel. Because of transgression, the curse of God has come upon the earth itself, upon the cattle and upon all flesh. Human beings are suffering the result of their own course of action in departing from the commandments of God. The beasts also suffer from under the curse.
Meat-eating should not come into the prescriptions for any invalids from any physician from among those who understand these things. Disease in cattle is making meat-eating a dangerous matter. The Lord's curse upon the earth, upon man, upon beasts, upon the fish of the sea; and as transgression becomes almost universal, the curse will be permitted to become as broad and as deep as the transgression. Disease is contracted by the use of meat. The diseased flesh of these dead carcasses is sold in the market places, and disease among men is the sure result.
A Change Must Come
The Lord would bring His people into a position where they will not touch or taste the flesh of dead animals. Then let none of these things be prescribed by any physician who has a knowledge of the truth for this time. There is no safety in the eating of the flesh of the dead animals. . . . Those who take God at His word, and obey His commands with their whole heart, will be blessed. He will be their shield and protection. But the Lord will not be trifled with. Distrust, disobedience and alienation from God's will and way will place the sinner in a position where the Lord cannot give him His divine favour.
Let Meat Entirely Alone
Again I refer to the diet question. We cannot now do as we have ventured to do in the past in regard to meat-eating. It has always been a curse to the human family, but now it is made particularly so in the curse which God has pronounced upon the herds of the field, because of man's transgression and sins. The disease upon animals is becoming more and more common, and our only safety now is in leaving meat entirely alone. The most aggravated diseases are now prevalent, and the very last thing that physicians who are enlightened should do, is to advise patients to eat meat. It is in eating meat so largely in the country that men and women are becoming demoralized, their blood corrupted. and disease planted in their systems. Because of meat-eating, many die, and they do not understand the cause. If the truth were known, it would bear the testimony it was the flesh of animals that passed through death. The thought of feeding upon dead flesh is repulsive, but there is something in meat-eating: we partake of diseased, dead flesh, and this sows its seeds of corruption in the human organism. (Signed) Ellen White.
Disregarding Light
If things were as they should be in the households that make up our churches, we might do double service for the Lord. The light given me is that a most decided message must be borne in regard to health reform. Those who use flesh meat strengthen the lower propensities, and prepare the way for disease to fasten upon them. There are those among Seventh-day Adventists who will not heed the light given them in regard to this matter. They make flesh a part of their diet. Disease comes upon them. Sick and suffering as a result of their wrong course, they ask for prayers of the servants of God. But how can the Lord work in their behalf when they are not willing to do His will, when they refuse to heed His instruction in regard to health reform?--From a discourse by Mrs. E. G. White, General Conference of 1903, at Oakland, California.
BACKSLIDING ON HEALTH REFORM
Sanitarium, Cal., March 29, 1908.
I am instructed to bear a message to all our people on the subject of health reform, for many have backslidden from their former loyalty to health reform principles, the light that God has given is being disregarded. A true reformation needs to take place among the believers in Washington in the matter of healthful living. If the believers there will give themselves unreservedly to God, he will accept them. If they will adopt in the manner of eating and drinking the principles of temperance that the light of health reform has brought to us they will be richly blessed. Those who have received instructions regarding the evils of the use of flesh meats, tea and coffee, and rich and unhealthful food preparations, and who are determined to make a covenant with God by sacrifice will not continue to indulge their appetites for food they know to be unhealthful. God demands that the appetites be cleansed and self-denial be practised in regard to these things which are not good. This is a work that will have to be done before his people can stand before him a perfect people. {PH128 1.1}
The Lord has given clear light regarding the nature of the food that is to compose our diet: he has instructed us concerning the effect of unhealthful food upon the disposition and character. Shall we respond to the counsels and cautions given? Who among our brethren will Sign a Pledge to dispense with Flesh Meats, tea, coffee, and all injurious foods and become health reformers in the truest sense of the term? If we could be benefited by indulging the desire for flesh meats, I would not make this appeal to you; but I know that we can not. They are injurious to the physical well being and we should learn to do without them. In this experience of backsliding from the principles of reform, our people have been repeating the experience of the children of Israel in the wilderness during the forty years of travel.
Those who continue to follow their own course in this respect, eating, drinking, as they please, will gradually grow careless of the instructions the Lord has given regarding other phases of the present truth; they surely reap as they have sown. I have been instructed that the students in our schools are not to be served with flesh foods, or with food preparations that will cause disturbances of the stomach.
Nothing that will serve to encourage a desire for stimulants should be placed upon the table. I appeal to young and old and middle aged. Deny your appetites of these things that are doing you injury. Serve the Lord by sacrifice. Let the good work begin at Washington and go forth from there to other places. I know whereof I am writing. If a temperance pledge providing for the abstinence from flesh foods, tea, and coffee, and some other foods, that are known to be injurious, were circulated through our ranks a great and good work would be accomplished.
I Ask you at this Time, will you not Circulate Such a Pledge? The means saved by such a sacrifice if used for the furtherance of the cause of God would be blessed to the salvation of many souls. Let the children have a part in this work. We are all members of the Lord's family; and the Lord would have his children, both young and old, pledge themselves to deny appetite and to save the means needed for building meeting houses, and the support of missionaries. I am instructed to say to parents, place yourselves, soul and spirit on the Lord's side of this question. We need to ever bear in mind that in these days of probation we are on trial before the Lord of the universe. Will you not give up indulgences that are doing you such injury? Words of profession are cheap; let your acts of self-denial testify that you will be obedient to the demands that God makes of his peculiar people. Then put into the treasury a portion of the means that you save by your acts of your self-denial and there will be that which is to carry on the work of God. {PH128 1.2}
There are many who feel that they can not get along without flesh meat; but if they would place themselves on the Lord's side resolved to obey his requirements in this matter, they would receive strength and wisdom as did Daniel and his fellows. They would find that the Lord would give them sound, judgment and they would be surprised to see how many could be saved for the cause of God by self-denial. And the small sums gained by deeds of sacrifice will do more than larger gifts will accomplish that have not called for self-denial of self. I am sure that if you will Begin at Washington to do this work of reform, in school, in the Printing Office and among All the Working Forces, the Lord will help you to present a pledge that will help the people to return from their backslidings on the question of health reform. As you seek to carry out the will of the Lord in this particular, he will give you clear understanding of what the health reform will do for you. {PH128 3.1}
I have heard from several as I travel that Sister White has changed her views in regard to the reformed diet. I would have all understand that Sister White has the Same Testimony to bear on this subject that she has ever borne. There are those among us who occupy important positions of trust, and who have refused to follow the light, and their course has been displeasing to God. Let those now turn to the Lord that their example may no longer be a temptation to others. Because of the example set by influential men in the indulgence of appetite, the truth has not made the impression on other hearts that it might have done. I appeal to you to now set an example of self-denial.
Cut off every needless indulgence, that God may bless you with his approval and acceptance. "If any man will come after me," said Jesus, "let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." Let us follow the Saviour in his simplicity and self-denial. Let us lift up the man of Calvary by word and by holy living. The Saviour comes very near to those who consecrate themselves to God. If there was ever a time when we needed the working of the Spirit of God upon our hearts and lives it is now. Christ is speaking to each of us individually saying, "I am he that holdeth thy right hand. I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive forever more."
There is a decided message to be borne to our people upon the question of health reform. Let us come into line that our prayers be not hindered. God can not be glorified in the lives of ministers, who give up these principles of reform; but he will reveal himself to every soul who will be clothed with the righteousness of Christ. We need now to arouse, and in all our schools follow closely the light that God has given on this question. Let the teachers in our schools return from their backslidings, and educate themselves in a knowledge of the principles of healthful living. Let the students be taught to live these principles. Cooking schools are to be established, at our gatherings. Meetings are to be held where the children can be taught principles of temperance and the value of self-denial. In the year 1908 we are to do all in our power to advance the work of God in every line. Ellen White. {PH128 3.2}
When God gave Ellen White the pledge and told her to take or send it to the General Conf. and Daniels or Butler which ever was the president of the GC was told to give it to the people. He said He could not do that, it would split the church. Then when he wanted to talk to her again. She said "I havenno more to give him. That is when the frown was upon the GC and then things got worse etc..... I know there is a little more to that but did not know if you knew what the pledge was or was about.
http://www.ellenwhitedefend.com/Healthmessage/do_you_eat_flesh.htm
"God gave the light on health reform, and those who rejected it, rejected God." Testimony Series B, #6, 31.
HEAVEN HAS ASKED FOR IT...HOW LONG SHALL WE WAIT? IT IS TIME THAT WE SIGN THE PLEDGE--- and stop eating meat!
Testimony and Pledge Sent to the General Conference
March 29, 1908
This testimony on health reform was sent directly to Elder Daniells, but it was withheld and not circulated because he said it would "split the church." He evidently did not know that "the gates of hell shall not prevail against" God’s true church. Later on, when Elder Daniells wanted to see Sister White, she refused to see him, saying: "I have nothing more for him." I understand that this testimony was the last one in the way of reproof ever sent to the Laodicean church.
"God gave the light on health reform, and those who rejected it, rejected God." Testimony Series B, #6, 31.
The Pledge
"I SOLEMNLY PROMISE, BEFORE GOD, TO ABSTAIN FROM TOBACCO, SPIRITOUS LIQUORS, SNUFF, TEA, COFFEE, FLESH-MEATS, BUTTER, SPICES, RICH CAKE, MINCE PIES, A LARGE AMOUNT OF SALT, AND ANIMAL FAT OF ALL KINDS, BAKING POWDER, SODA OR SALERATUS IN ANY FORM, AND CHEESE, AND FROM ALL EXCITING ARTICLES OF FOOD, AND TO ABSTAIN FROM EATING BETWEEN MEALS, AND TO DO ALL I CAN TO INDUCE OTHERS TO DO LIKEWISE."
MY PERSONAL PLEDGE, BEFORE GOD,
SIGNED_____________________________
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“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!” —John 14:12-14
http://www.amazingfacts.org/radio/bible-answers-live-question-archive/ctl/playmedia/mid/731/mdid/2342.aspx
"I have a large family, which often numbers sixteen. In it there are men who work at the plough, and who fell trees. These have most vigorous exercise, but not a particle of the flesh of animals on our table. Meat has not been used by us since the Brighton (Australia) Campmeeting (January, 1894). It was not my purpose to have it on my table at any time, but urgent pleas were made that such a one was unable to eat this or that, and that his stomach could take care of meat better than it could anything else. Thus I was enticed to place it on my table. The use of cheese also began to creep in, because some like cheese; but I soon controlled that. But when the selfishness of taking the lives of animals to gratify a perverted taste was presented to me by a Catholic woman, kneeling at my feet, I felt ashamed and distressed. I saw it in a new light, and I said, I will no longer patronize the butchers. I will not have the flesh of corpses on my table." (Spalding and Magan, p.38).
"No butter or flesh-meats of any kind come on my table." (Testimonies, Volume 2, p.487).
"The human family was presented before me, enfeebled. Every generation has been growing weaker, and disease of every form visits the human race.... Satan's power upon the human family increases. IF THE LORD SHOULD NOT SOON COME AND DESTROY HIS POWER, THE EARTH WOULD SOON BE DEPOPULATED." (E.G. White, Testimony No.8, p.94, in Spiritual Gifts III-IV, Battle Creek, Steam Press, 1864,).
"Cheese is wholly unfit for food." (CDF 368)."Cheese should never be introduced into the stomach." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, p.68).
"Eggs should not be placed upon your table. They are an injury to your children." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, p.400).
New Study Cracks Eggs: Says "Almost as Bad as Smoking"
Recently, news headlines were ablaze with startling information that eggs are approximately two-thirds as bad as smoking with regards to arterial plaque formation. Were they correct? Or was there a hidden agenda behind their findings? You be the judge...
Simple Signs You May Be Eating Salmonella-Laced Eggs
Caution is crucial - or you'll risk subjecting yourself to a 7.7 times increased risk of salmonella. And deciphering misleading labels is imperative. Twelve labels decoded for you, their propensity for salmonella, and nutritional content to be aware of before you crack your next egg.
"We bare positive testimony against tobacco, rich cakes, spirituous liquors, snuff, tea, coffee, flesh meats, butter, spice, mince pies." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 3, p.21).
"Never should one morsel of swine's flesh be placed upon your table." (Testimonies, Volume 2, p.3).
"It is just as much sin to violate the laws of our being as to break one of the Ten Commandments." In other words, eating a slice of bacon is a sinful as committing adultery. And, "the use of swine’s flesh is contrary to his (God’s) express commandments". (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, pp.70,96;).
"Amazing Facts" booklet on page 3, the question is asked, "but I like pork, will God destroy me if I eat it?" Answer: "This may be shocking, but it is true and must be told. The Bible positively states that all that eat "swine’s flesh," the "mouse" and other unclean things will be destroyed with fire at the coming of the Lord."
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 66:17
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Isaiah 65:4
our body is a vessel - temple of God and His Son...We will come and dwell IN them and make OUR abode with him.
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. 2 Timothy 2:21
"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered."
1 Peter 3:7
Grace (G5485) = the Divine Influence upon the heart, and It's reflection as seen in the life!
"What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:" Romans 9:22
"Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of flesh-meat. Let them and their families live up to the light of health reform. Let not our ministers animalize their own nature and the nature of their children." (Spalding and Magan, p.211).
"Cheese should never be introduced into the stomach." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, p.68).
"Eggs should not be placed upon your table. They are an injury to your children." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, p.400).
New Study Cracks Eggs: Says "Almost as Bad as Smoking"
Recently, news headlines were ablaze with startling information that eggs are approximately two-thirds as bad as smoking with regards to arterial plaque formation. Were they correct? Or was there a hidden agenda behind their findings? You be the judge...
Simple Signs You May Be Eating Salmonella-Laced Eggs
Caution is crucial - or you'll risk subjecting yourself to a 7.7 times increased risk of salmonella. And deciphering misleading labels is imperative. Twelve labels decoded for you, their propensity for salmonella, and nutritional content to be aware of before you crack your next egg.
"We bare positive testimony against tobacco, rich cakes, spirituous liquors, snuff, tea, coffee, flesh meats, butter, spice, mince pies." (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 3, p.21).
"Never should one morsel of swine's flesh be placed upon your table." (Testimonies, Volume 2, p.3).
"It is just as much sin to violate the laws of our being as to break one of the Ten Commandments." In other words, eating a slice of bacon is a sinful as committing adultery. And, "the use of swine’s flesh is contrary to his (God’s) express commandments". (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 2, pp.70,96;).
"Amazing Facts" booklet on page 3, the question is asked, "but I like pork, will God destroy me if I eat it?" Answer: "This may be shocking, but it is true and must be told. The Bible positively states that all that eat "swine’s flesh," the "mouse" and other unclean things will be destroyed with fire at the coming of the Lord."
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. Isaiah 66:17Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Isaiah 65:4
our body is a vessel - temple of God and His Son...We will come and dwell IN them and make OUR abode with him.
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. 2 Timothy 2:21
"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered." 1 Peter 3:7
Grace (G5485) = the Divine Influence upon the heart, and It's reflection as seen in the life!
"What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:" Romans 9:22
"Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of flesh-meat. Let them and their families live up to the light of health reform. Let not our ministers animalize their own nature and the nature of their children." (Spalding and Magan, p.211).
Manuscript ReleasesVolume Eight : Page 37
16. Ellen White's Practice Regarding Meat Eating
Over thirty years ago I was often in great weakness. . . . It was thought that flesh-meat would give me vitality, and this was, therefore, my principal article of diet. But, instead of gaining strength, I grew weaker and weaker. . . . Light came to me, showing me the injury men and women were doing to the mental, moral, and physical faculties by the use of flesh-meat. . . .
I at once cut meat out of my bill of fare. After that I was at times placed where I was compelled to eat a little meat. But for many years not a morsel of the flesh of dead animals has passed my lips. Neither has meat been placed upon my table. My visitors have been given wholesome, nourishing food, but no meat.
Wise counsel and righteous practices are needed now, if the people of God [are to] succeed in preserving clear minds and healthy bodies. We must give close attention to eating, drinking, and dressing. The entire body of believers needs to make a decided reform. A high profession, followed by a disregard of the laws of life, shows a faithless life. Lack of fidelity, want to stability, slavery to wrong habits,--this is the sure result of such a course. Those who follow this course are not consistent Christians. Salvation means deliverance from every habit which tends to drag humanity down. Transgression of the laws of our being is transgression of the laws of God.-- Letter 83, 1901, pp. 2, 3. (To "Dear Brethren and Sisters," July 15, 1901.) Released May 20, 1977.
Eating Fruit - this opened my eyes. |
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In fact, prison labor here in the US is cheaper than Chinese labor because corporations can save on shipping costs.
Also, this video lays bare the strange intersection between the War on Drugs, the privatized prison industry, and the wonderful chicken products that state agents are forcing kids to eat in school cafeterias...
Video: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/9587.html
Here's What You Should Do Right Now...
First, you need to have the peace of mind knowing that if things were to get scary, that you and your family could still eat. Listen: having enough non-hybrid seeds to plant an acre or two could be the difference between life and death.
Let's face it. If the stories coming out on the world's food supply are even half right, we've got real problems and they aren't going to go away quickly. Here are a couple stories that I ran across recently:
- WorldNet Daily cites strong evidence that some government agencies are stockpiling huge amounts of canned food.
- Jim Randas, former U.S. Intelligence officer, appeared on ABC telling Americans to start stockpiling food.
- Grocery store prices are rising faster than any time in U.S. history.
- Worldwide grain stocks are dropping precipitously as bio-fuels consume inventories... and on and on and on.
As the meltdown progresses, one of the first things to be affected will be our nation's food supply. Expect soaring prices along with moderate to severe shortages by spring. If you don't have the ability to grow your own food next year, your life may be in danger. Supply lines for food distribution in this country are about three days, meaning a dependence on "just in time" distribution systems, which will leave store shelves empty in the event of even the smallest crisis.
PUTTING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Heavenly Father, I desire to be obedient by being strong in the
Lord and the power of Your might. I see that this is Your will
and purpose for me. I recognize that it is essential to put on the
armor that You have provided, and I do so now with gratitude
and praise that You have provided all I need to stand in victory
against Satan and his kingdom. Grant me wisdom to discern the
tactics and sneakiness of Satan's strategy against me. Enable me
to wrestle in victory against the princes, powers, rulers, and
wicked spirits who carry the battle of darkness against me.
I delight to take the armor You have provided and by faith to
put it on as effective spiritual protection against the spiritual
forces of darkness.
I confidently take the loin girdle of truth that You offer me. I
take Him who is the truth as my strength and protection. I reject
Satan's lies and deceiving ways to gain advantage against me.
Grant me discernment and wisdom to recognize the subtle
deceiving ways in which Satan seeks to cause me to accept his
lies as truth. I desire to believe only the truth, to live the truth, to
speak the truth, and to know the truth. I worship and praise You
that You lead me only in the ways of truth. Thank You that
Satan cannot stand against the bold use of truth.
Thank You for the breastplate of righteousness which you
offer me. I eagerly accept it and put it on as my protection.
Thank You for reminding me again that all of my
righteousness comes from You. I embrace that righteousness
which is mine by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is His
righteousness that is mine through justification. I reject and
repudiate all trust in my own righteousness which is as filthy
rags. I ask You to cleanse me of all the times I have counted my
own goodness as being acceptable before You. I bring the
righteousness of my Lord directly against all of Satan's workings
against me. I express my desire to walk in righteousness before
God today. By faith I appropriate the righteousness of Christ
and invite Him to walk in His holiness in my life today that I
might experience His righteousness in total context of ordinary
living. I count upon the righteousness of my Lord to be my
protection. I know that Satan must retreat from before the
righteousness of God.
Thank You, Lord, for the sandals of peace You have provided.
I desire that my feet should stand on the solid rock of the peace
that You have provided. I claim the peace with God which is
mine through justification. I desire the peace of God which
touches my emotions and feelings through prayer and
sanctification (Phil 4:6). Thank You that as I walk in obedience
to You that the God of peace promises to walk with me (Phil.
4:9), that as the God of peace You are putting Satan under my
feet (Rom. 16:20). I will share this good news of peace with all
others today that Your Spirit will bring into my life and witness.
Thank You that You have not given me the spirit of fear but of
love and power and a sound mind (2Tim. 1:7). Thank You that
Satan cannot stand against Your peace.
Eagerly, Lord, I lift up the shield of faith against all the blazing
missiles that Satan and his hosts fire at me. I recognize that You
are my shield and that in Your incarnation and crucifixion You
took the arrows of Satan which I deserved. By faith I count upon
You to shield me from above and beneath; on my right and my
left; in front of me and behind me, that I might be protected,
walled in, encapsulated by You that Satan may gain no way to
hurt or destroy me from fulfilling Your will today. I am willing
that any fiery darts of Satan You wish to touch me should do so,
but I shall look upon them as refining fires permitted in Your
providence for my refining and glory (1Pet. 1). Thank You,
Lord, that You are a complete and perfect shield and that Satan
cannot touch me apart from Your sovereign purpose.
I recognize that my mind is a particular target of Satan's
deceiving ways. I take from You the helmet of salvation. I
cover my mind, my thoughts, with Your salvation. I recognize
that the Lord Jesus Christ is my salvation. I helmet my head
with Him. I invite His mind to be in me. Let me think His
thoughts, feel His love and compassion, and discern His will and
leading in all things. Let my mind be occupied with the
continuing, daily, saving work of my Lord in and through my
life. May the salvation of my Lord meet and defeat all Satanic
thoughts that come to my mind.
With joy I take hold upon the sword of the Spirit, which is the
Word of God. I affirm that Your Word is the trustworthy,
infallible Word of God. I choose to believe it and to live in its
truth and power. Grant me the love for Your Word which comes
from the Holy Spirit. Forgive and cleanse me from the sin of
neglecting Your Word. Enable me to memorize it and to
meditate upon its truth. Grant me proficient recall and skill in
using Your Word against all of Satan's subtle attacks against me,
even as my Lord Jesus Christ used the Word against Satan.
Enable me to use Your Word not only to defend me from Satan,
but also to claim its promises and to wield the sword strong
against Satan to defeat him, to push him back, to take away from
him ground he claims, and to win great victories for my God
through Your Word. Thank You that Satan must retreat from
Your Word applied against him.
Thank You, dear Lord, for prayer. Help me to keep this armor
well oiled with prayer. I desire to pray at all times with depth
and intensity as the Holy Spirit leads me. I reject all fleshly
praying as sin. I trust the Holy Spirit to enable me, to intercede
for me and through me. Grant me great supplication and burden
for others in God's family of blood-washed saints. Enable me to
see their needs and to assist them through prayer as the enemy
attacks them. All of these petitions, intercessions, and words of
praise I offer up before the true and living God in the name and
worthy merit of my Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.