It is not the food you eat, the exercise you get, or the water you drink that makes you healthy. It is not the sunshine, the fresh air, the rest or your temperate living that brings you health. All of these are agencies that God has put in place for our health, but it is God who gives you health. He chooses to use these agencies to impart health to you, and He will bless those agencies, but it is God who heals and maintains health.

You cannot be saved by keeping the 10 commandments, but you cannot be saved while disregarding them. It is not the mere action of “doing” the 10 commandments that saves us. The 10 commandments show us that we have a problem that we can’t take care of on our own. They show us that we need a savior, and they point us to Christ as the solution. It is only as we come to Jesus, and accept His perfect life in exchange for our sinful one, that we may have His reward of eternal life while He suffered under our penalty of death; it is only as we confess our wrongs and then turn away from them in the power of Christ to live a new life hid in Christ; it is only as we surrender to, depend upon, and cooperate with the Holy Spirit working in us to will and to do His good pleasure; it is only through this that we are saved. That salvation absolutely involves obedience to the known requirements of God, but that obedience is the result of God changing our heart and placing the desire and ability to obey within us.

Ezekiel 36:26-28 puts it this way, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws…you will be my people and I will be your God.” True obedience, which is a condition of salvation, always comes from a heart transformed by the love and grace of God, not from mere determination to obey. However, there is a part that I must play in that process.

It is the same thing with our health. We cannot gain complete or true health simply by eating carrots and bananas, drinking our water, walking in the fresh air and sunshine, getting our rest and avoiding harmful substances. We see that we have been wrong. Our lack of health shows that we have done things wrong and the laws of health point us to the fact that we have failed. We need a Savior to rescue us from our impossible situation. We must come to Jesus and confess our wrong health practices and then turn away from them in the power of Christ and live a new life hid in Christ. We must surrender to, depend upon, and cooperate with the Holy Spirit working in us to will and to do His good pleasure. Christ will give us a new heart and new desires and new abilities; and, through practicing (in the power of the Spirit) the natural remedies He has given us, He will bring healing to our damaged bodies.

The same God who healed the lepers is alive today. The same God who made the crippled walk is alive today. The same God who caused the blind to see is alive today. The same God who raised the dead to life is alive today. The same God who sent his angel to the midst of a maximum security prison and walked Peter out safely past 16 guards is alive today. The same God is alive today and just as willing to heal you now as he was during the time Jesus walked on this earth. Will you trust Him? Will you put your trust in Him? Will you allow Him to take complete and total control of your life? Will you surrender everything to Him and follow Him wherever He leads. He wants to bring you healing, but he must have all of you. It is the least you can do for Him who gave everything for you. Do you truly want healing? You must have Jesus--there is no other way!

God is Faithful

Lack of Trust

Lack of trust leads to:

Depression, Guilt, Hate, Lonliness, Worry, Discontent, Fear, Doubt, Anger, Distress, Resentment, Anxiety

Stress, worry, anxiety, discontent, depression, anger, fear, all have a negative influence on the body. These kinds of emotions tend to break down our life forces by slowing down or preventing the systems of the body to function properly and actually invite decay, disease, and death.

Our response to the ups and downs of everyday life are translated by the brain into chemicals which have the ability to either SUPRESS or ENHANCE the Immune System. Negative emotions suppress the immune system, while positive emotions enhance it.

Worry/Anxiety

“Represents a concern respecting some event, future or uncertainty, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. It usually springs from fear or serious apprehension of evil, often perplexing the mind, to know how to shape our conduct.”

Continual worry can lead to:

• Deficiency of Red Blood Cells
• Life forces are worn out by continual worry. DA330
• Increase in sodium retention which leads to HBP and results in potassium and hydrogen being flushed out of the system.
• Due to the decrease of potassium in each cell, the cells function less and less, and eventually die. The long term effect of cells dying eventually will effect the shutting down of the organs of the body.
• Arthritis, Ulcers, constipation, asthma, strokes, diabetes, HBP and more.

Fear

A painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil. Fear is accompanied with a desire to avoid or ward off the expected evil.

Fear inhibits action, immobilizes us; Fear of all kinds inhibits learning.

Fear can:

• Deplete the body of nutrients and prevent healing
• Increase BP
• Cause skin eruptions
• Lead to mental and nervous breakdowns

When a 6 month old monkey is separated from it’s mother, it’s ability to fight off an infection is reduced 10 fold. The immune system may stay depressed for weeks.

Depression

Loneliness

Anger

Guilt