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Discover the healing power of food, exercise, and spiritual well-being according to biblical teachings. Learn how following God's guidance can lead to a healthier life physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Explore the idea of Heaven as a place of eternal healing and joy, contrasting with the consequences of neglecting health and spirituality. Find inspiration and practical advice for achieving holistic well-being.
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Eat right. Genesis 1:29Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
Genesis 7:2 Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.
Enjoy the food. Ecclesiastes 2:24 So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoyfood and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God.
Examine the food. Proverbs 23:2 If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat; Proverbs 20:1 Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.
Evaluate the entertainment Psalm 119:37 Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. Television viewing -- Children with TVs in their rooms or who watch more than two hours a day are 50 percent more likely to be overweight.
Psalms 6:6 I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.
Psalms 103:14 For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.
Healing • Emotional • Spiritual • Physical • Mental
Exodus 15:26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
Psalms 30:2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health.
James 5:14 Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.
*Compassion- (even in destruction). Ezekiel 33:11 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Malachi 4:1 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
Revelation 20:9 And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.
Huh? 1. One historic Protestant view of Hell is expressed in the Westminster Confession (1646): "but the wicked, who know not God, and obey not the gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast into eternal torments, and punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power." (Chapter XXXIII, Of the Last Judgment) "The sight of hell's torments will exalt the happiness of the saints forever...Can the believing husband in heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in heaven be happy whit his unbelieving children in Hell? Can the loving wife be happy in heaven with her unbelieving husband in hell? It ell you, yea! Such will be their sense of justice that it will increase rather than decrease their bliss.“ Jonathan Edwards
Huh? About Eternity -Man was created to exist forever. He will either exist eternally separated from God by sin or in union with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is hell. To be eternally in union with him is eternal life. Heaven and hell are places of eternal existence
Revelation 21:3I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit,[a] with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.
Revelation 22:3 No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.