Dear Family of Jesus,
How are you this day?
Thanks for stopping by for a CUP!
Yesterday I had one of my best day’s ever!!! WOW WEE!
Went to Preach at Victory Love Church of God in Grants for my buddy Pastor Mark Tross. Mark is serving as the Pastor there. Mark has been my friend for years, he was my partner for years on NM News and Views. Two years ago he took charge of Ask The Pastor and the Weekend Edition of NM News and Views with Pastor Paul Holt.
He has become such a close friend and adviser. His lovely wife Juliet is the Worship leader and boy!!, I found our yesterday she sure can play the guitar and sing! What a wonderful worship service!
I Preached on God’s Promises.
As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which has been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises……2 Peter 1: 3-4
Even when it is hard to trust, God’s promises remain the same. Nothing can change God’s stated intent. Keep in mind that God even sympathizes with the challenge it is for us to lean on His promises: “He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust” Psalm 103: 14
God has not left us wondering about what’s going to happen, or uncertain about the future, or overcome by fear. He makes promises to you and I so we can get through the long nights and the difficult days of waiting. AMEN!
Mark says it was the best service since he has been there! For God’s Glory Alone.
I don’t know if I can put it in writing on how much I was blessed. You see I have received a calling from God to go out and Preach the Word. The Lord has led me down this road.
When we are not fulfilling our call from our Lord He makes us uncomfortable.
Every time I go and do what the Lord says for me to do.I am blessed more than anybody. I love to serve God’s people.
I prayed with 8 year old Sydney, what a beautiful little girl, dressed so pretty, I love to see people still dress up in what we sued to call our”Sunday Best” she had on the most beautifulest dress and ribbon in her hair with her little doll in hand! She gave me much peace!
Sydney came up front afterwards to see me with her Mom and Grandma. Sydney has a kidney problem that required surgery and the Doctor’s are saying the problem is still there.
Well, we all know who the great Physician is and so we put our hands on beautiful Sydney and anointed her with oil and prayed healing over her. After prayer Sydney said the pain she was having was gone. We will keep close tabs on this little girl. Please keep her in prayer.
One of the other things that made it such a great day in Our Lord is that Sharon helped me with my sermon. Sharon stresses to me it is not about the number of people….it is one at a time. AMEN!
Too many get tied up in numbers…….the number people at Church etc……..it is about serving the individual.
I love small town America, and the Church’s in the small Towns……I grew up in small Town America so I have a special love for these places and the Lord calls me to them.
I know the love and comfort of a small Town, where everyone knows everybody.
Also yesterday, a couple and their 13 year old daughter came up afterwards for prayer. Juanita is 13 years of age. And again she was dressed in her Sunday best! Her and her family had just moved to Grants and they moved into her Grandma Alice’s home, as Alice just passed away. This family is going through the stress of the death of Grandma and moving to a new town. Juanita, like Sydney will be attending the Church School there at Victory Church of God.
Afterwards we went out to lunch and had a great time in our Lord and even got to see Pastor Garland Moore!
In my sermon I also talked about the problem I have had with Fear over the years. Fear is a sin. Fear is anti-God.
Fear expressed the opposite of all that Christianity is to be. Fear is the contradiction of faith. Faith says, “Whatever it is, it’ll be okay because of God.” Fear says, “It’s not going to be okay.” Fear doesn’t think much at all about God.
Fear is COMPLETE anti-God.
Fear is relying completely on your own resources and realizing suddenly that they are not nearly enough to sustain you.
Fear has no place in the life of a Christian.
A Fearful response, as in an anxious, frightened reaction, is never good and never from God.
Romans 8:15 tells us, “You did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,” and 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “God gave us a spirit not of fear but of POWER and LOVE and SELF-CONTROL.”
Fear does not belong in our lives.
Out with fear in with faith.
Juliet Tross at lunch told me something like this……..We can talk about being in the hands of God, but when we fear, we are in the hands of Satan.
We had a blast yesterday in our Lord! Thanks to pastor Mark and Juliet Tross for making the invite. If you would like us to visit your Church just contact us.
Next Sunday, Lord Willing we will be at the Lighthouse Church in Chimayo, for God’s Glory Alone!
Please continue to pray for Ruby Wells who is recovering from her second brain surgery in just a few weeks.
The really sad thing about not talking and listening to God, is that you miss a golden opportunity to draw closer to God, to get to know him better, and to let him know that you realize that you want and need his help. When you fail to talk and listen to God, you greatly limit God’s ability to accomplish the things that he wants to do in your life. When you don’t communicate with God you miss the Godly advice given at James 4:8, “Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you”. Instead, when you don’t talk or listen to God you pretty much tell him that you don’t need him, that you can do things on your own, that his advice and his concern are not needed, that you are very capable of going through your life under your own power and doing it your own way.
TALKING AND LISTENING TO GOD
Talking to God
We talk to God in order to constantly build and strengthen our relationship with him, to get to know him better, to learn what he expects of us, what we can expect from him, and to find out how we can best accomplish the things that he wants us to do. We also talk to God in order to seek his advice and help, to show him that we recognize his existence and awesome power, and of course to show him that we have trust and confidence in him.
And talking to God should be the same as if you were talking to your best friend. You should tell him your thoughts, desires, hurts, and problems, as well as giving him your thanks and praise. Talking to God not only tells God that you have knowledge of him but that you also have faith in him. Talking to God also tells him that you have a desire for his presence in your life and that you need him and are dependent on him. It also shows God and that you want to be obedient to him. He wants to hear these things from you. He already knows what they are but he wants you to tell them to him. He wants you to make the effort to talk to him and not to take him for granted.
If you really want to communicate and talk to God, if you want to become close to him, if you want to begin to grow strong spiritually, and if you want to begin a glorious and meaningful relationship with him, then do two things.
1) Talk to God daily, in a normal everyday type of conversation. Remember that God can read your mind and that he is constantly observing your inner most thoughts at all times, so he knows what is going on in your heart and your mind far better than you do. So your conversations with God do not have to be vocal and you can mentally talk to God anytime you want. God gave us little taste of his ability to search the hearts of men and read their minds back in Jeremiah 17:10 when he said, “I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.”
So you can easily talk to God in your thoughts, and these conversations can be done anytime or anyplace. They can be done in school, at work, or at any other place, even if the rules of the world are against it.
2) The second thing you need to do in order to better communicate with Jesus is to read the Word of God each and every day. The Bible was the one thing that Jesus left for each one of us to read and study so that we would be able to find out about God. Only by reading the very word of God can we hope to draw near to him.
When Our Lord sees that you are taking the time to read his word every single day then what he is going to do is begin to peel away the layers of cloudiness that are covering your eyes and that hide the truth. Once he sees that you are serious about reading his word, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will begin to open your eyes and mind, and allow you to begin to understand the Word of God and the incredible meaning that it has on every aspect of your life. It won’t be long before you realize that the Bible isn’t difficult at all to read and understand, and to your amazement you will begin to also realize that you and Jesus have been drawn closer together. Suddenly you will know that indeed he is communicating with you.
It is really a joyous occasion to see a believer who has devoted the time to talk to God and to read his word daily, suddenly realize just how much God is speaking to them. The true believer takes great comfort in knowing that Jesus Christ is constantly talking to them, directing them, guiding them, and teaching them throughout each and every day.
Also keep in mind that the way you talk to God is extremely important. Do you talk to him only when you are in trouble and need help? If so then it shows God that you are simply taking him for granted. However if he sees that you are setting aside certain periods of time during each day just to talk to him, then what you are doing is opening up the channels of communication between you and God.
We are living in a world that rarely thinks about Jesus and seldom talks to him, and if Jesus sees one person out of a million who is actually taking the time each and every day just to talk to him, then you are going to put great joy in his heart. Just think of it. The creator of the entire universe will be personally listening to you each and every time you talk to him.
He may watch for a while to see if what you are doing is only temporary and whether or not you will stop it after a few days. But if you continue, then God is going to be extremely pleased and I believe he won’t be able to wait to begin to communicate with your heart, your conscience, your soul, your spirit. In fact you will not believe how much God will be talking to you.
Listening to God
Listening to God is probably the most important thing that will ever happen to a person. In fact your entire eternal future is based on you hearing God speaking to you and whether or not you listen to him. And this is because your spiritual life doesn’t begin until God speaks to you and you finally decide to listen. This is so beautifully described in John 10:27-28. “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand”.
It is for this reason that you need to not only talk to God constantly about everything, but you must also listen for God to speak to you. And the best way to listen for God to speak to you is to look to your heart and your mind for his answer. Most people expect God to answer them in some divine way or somehow speak to them verbally, right out of the heavens, but that isn’t the way God operates. God speaks to a persons heart. To their mind. To their sense of moral righteousness and fairness. To their sense of what is right and Godly. When Jesus Christ is dwelling within a person he is communicating constantly with that person’s, heart, conscience, soul, and spirit. His answer may even be in that certain feeling that you have. That unexpected feeling that came out of no where and that shines additional light on the problem. His answer may lie in that sudden pause that you experience. That pause that gets you thinking about a different path to take.
And those methods of communication that God uses are extremely loud and clear. The true child of God can hear God speak just as clearly as if God was standing right along side of them and verbally talking to them. However for most people, especially in the beginning, they need to be quiet and really listen for God’s answer because it is so very easy to block his answer out. You can get busy watching a TV program or cleaning the house and you never really hear his side of the conversation.
It’s amazing, but a true child of God is carrying on a constant two way conversation with God all day long. This is why talking and listening to God is so easy. It’s like listening to music. That’s why if your driving down the street going 30 miles over the speed limit, you know that’s the voice of God telling you that you are wrong and that you must get back to the proper speed limit. That speeding is against the law, that you very possibly might hurt or kill another person, that you will be stopped by the police and given an expensive ticket, that your insurance rates will go up, or any number of other reasons. (You know it’s not satan talking to you because if it was satan he would be telling you to go faster, that a little extra speed doesn’t matter, that the other drivers owe you, or that it is ok for you to speed because you are in a hurry).
Another example might be if you are at work and you see something that you would like to have at home, and you suddenly begin to think that your employer will never miss it, and that it really isn’t that expensive. Well, that’s God speaking to your entire being through your conscience. He’s pleading with your heart not to steal that item. He’s telling your mind that it will only bring dishonor and guilt upon you and upon God. He telling your moral righteousness that it is very wrong, and that nothing good can ever happen when you steal from another.
After a while God is carrying on a conversation with you even while you are talking to other people; and you are tuned in to God just as much as you are to the other person. When was the last time you and another person were talking and that person used the name of God in vain. Did your mind not hear the Lord cut into that conversation and instantly begin to tell you that the conversation was wrong. That it is wrong to be around someone dragging his Father’s name through the dirt? Or how about the time when you were talking with another person and one of you happened to mention vicious gossip about another person. Didn’t your heart hear God tell you that it wasn’t right to gossip? Did you feel that gentle warning letting you know that you were traveling out of God’s camp and into an area that is owned and ruled by satan. That was God simply talking to you. And it will be one of the most glorious days of your life when you finally realize that you can conduct a constant two way conversation with God 24 hours a day.
Also a great many people love to say that God works in mysterious ways. That they have absolutely no idea how or why God does what he does. But for the true believer, God’s ways aren’t mysterious. His ways aren’t concealed behind smoke and mirrors. It is just the opposite. Because once you begin to understand Jesus Christ, once you begin to learn what he is all about, once you begin to understand what he is trying to do in this world and in your life, once you begin to understand the tremendous importance that he holds for all of mankind, then his actions will not be mysterious. That’s when his ways will become crystal clear. In fact many times you will actually be able to predict what he is going to do.
The believer, who has surrendered his life up to Jesus Christ, will see God actively working in their daily lives. But this seeing will not be a visual image focused in our eyes. Instead, God has allowed his children to see him through his faithfulness, his blessings, his guidance, his encouragement. Our very spirits tell us that he is very near to us. Do we not see him by the feeling of peace and calm that his very presence brings? Do we not see God through the daily provisions that he brings for our many needs? We see God when he is carrying our burdens, when he is lighting our paths, and when he is nestling us in his arms. The believer that has surrendered, is able to see God all day long.
Various ways we listen to God speak
listen to God speak to us through his Word. As mentioned above, God uses the Bible as his foremost tool to impart his daily instructions to us. That is one reason why it is so very important to read the word of God daily because God will direct you to specific passages that will have a direct impact on the problems you are facing and the questions that you have. You will find specific answers to specific questions that you are presently facing or will face shortly. It is absolutely incredible how this works but it does and it happens almost on a daily basis. However if you don’t read the word of God everyday you will miss out on this extremely important method of communication that God uses to inform and teach you, to answer your questions, and to guide you along your spiritual path.
Do you realize that 10 men can read the exact same passage of scripture in the Bible and each man will come away with a little different meaning for that verse. God will reveal that passage differently to each man, depending on each man’s background, his age, his life experiences, his circumstances, his environment, his present situation, and many other factors. We all have different needs, we all find ourselves passing through different trials and tribulations, we all have different fears, and we are all on different missions and goals from God. That is the incredible power that lies behind the Bible. And why shouldn’t it be this way considering each word in the Bible was inspired from God directly to the Bible writers.
And just as incredible is the fact that as each of these men grow spiritually, they will interpret that same passage a little differently each time they go back and reread that verse. They can take what they have recently learned and use that information as building blocks so that they are able to get a better and clearer understanding of that verse and the information and knowledge that verse contains.
That is how an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about God grows and grows. It’s also how God continually instructs a person, how he allows a person to grow in their spiritual daily walk, how he gets the believers character and moral fiber to improve in a Godly manner on a daily basis, how God reveals mysteries that the believer never dreamed he could possibly understand or comprehend, and most importantly how the believer is able to love and trust and obey God more today than he did yesterday. The knowledge about God is through the pages of your Bible.
We listen to God through the Holy Spirit who is with us every second of the day. It is the Holy Spirit who teaches us, guides us, and instructs us. It is the Holy Spirit who is our helper and our educator. It is the guidance of the Holy Spirit that is going to bring Jesus Christ into your life. The Holy Spirit is the one who opens the hearts and the minds of men. The Holy Spirit is the one who educates and instructs a person in how to lead a life which is pleasing to God The Father, and it is The Holy Spirit who tells you and the rest of the world about Jesus Christ.
We listen to God speak to us when we pray. God can communicate with us when we pray because this is the time when we are really concentrating on God, and this makes our hearts and minds accessible to the voice of God. It is in prayer where you can have a one-on-one conversation with Almighty God. It is in prayer that God can impress his desires on our spirits, have impact on our minds, and have the ability to change our hearts. Our prayer gives God the authority to have incredible communication with us.
We listen to God speak to us through other believers. When you are faced with a problem or have a question, who better to go to then another believer who will give you good Godly advice that is based on the Bible. Someone who is already letting Jesus Christ lead them in living their life, and who has a firm understanding of the Bible, and who will want God to advise them on just how to answer your question.
We also listen to God speak to us through divine circumstances. We are all living under heavenly guidance and many times God will do certain things in our life which will absolutely astound and amaze us. Many times these happenings are absolutely incredible, but unfortunately most people will say that these things are just due to pure luck or fate. But the true believer can see the hand of God written all over these occurrences and realizes that they are just another way that God uses to communicate with us.
Since God has unlimited ways to talk with you, he may do so using other forms of communication. He may lead you to other Godly people for certain answers, he may guide you to certain verses in the Holy Word of God or other literature for answers, he may arrange your future circumstances so that that specific things become very visible and you find the answer there, you may even see an answer in another person whom God has brought across your path. The possible ways in which our Loving Father can answer us is absolutely incredible.
God – Was that you, was that me, or was that the devil
When looking for answers from God, most people ask how in heaven’s name can they tell if the possible answers and solutions that they have floating around in their heads are from God? Or are they just my own thoughts, or could they even be from satan? Or they may say that I have a number of answers or solutions to a certain problem, so how can I tell which one is from God? Which one is the one that God wants me to follow?
Well, there is a rather easy way to tell which answer or solution is from God. And this method will never ever fail. It doesn’t matter if the problem is big or small or if you have 2 possible solutions or a 100. It always works. So if you follow this method then you will have God’s answer.
The method to determine which solution is the one from God consists of 7 very simple questions that you ask yourself regarding each possible solution or each possible answer.
The seven questions
1 – Is it consistent with the word of God? Does this solution fit the principles that are in the Bible? Does it violate anything in the Bible?
2 – Is it a wise decision? In your own heart and mind is it the type of solution that Jesus Christ himself would agree with? Would Jesus implement this solution himself?
3 – Are you confident in asking God to enable you to achieve this solution? Can you look upon this solution as one that God would send into your life?
4 – Do you feel that it is a God given solution? Deep within your heart do you feel or sense that this solution is the will of God?
5 – Does this solution fit a child of God? From all that you know about God, does this solution or this answer fit a person that truly loves, believes, and trusts God?
6 – Does the solution fit God’s overall plan for your life? Does this solution fit in with God’s guidance and direction of your life?
7 – Does this solution honor God? Does it bring glory and praise to Almighty God?
But what happens if you have a number of possible solutions and none of them satisfy all seven of these steps? Or even worse, you still don’t have any solutions or answers. Then you need to remember that we are all on God’s time schedule, and we have to simply be patient and wait on the Lord. He will bring you the answer or solution but only when the time is right and only God can see your entire life so only he knows when the time is right.
The Bible is jammed full of examples of men and women who for one reason or another were not patient, who refused to wait on the Lord, who decided to do it their own way, and thus made the decision to bypass God and take a shortcut. And what were the results of these many examples of people taking shortcuts around God? Failure and heartbreak in every single example. In fact ask yourself this question. If you have saved for years and now have enough money to build your first brand new house, would you be happy to see the builder suddenly start to take shortcuts in building your new home? Or you are in the hospital for life and death surgery, and suddenly the surgeon tells you that he has got a number of time saving shortcuts that he is going to be using. Would that make you happy?
So this would be a very good time to remember some of the great many Biblical verses about patience and about waiting on the Lord. Verses like:
2 Thessalonians 1:4 “So that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure.”
2 Thessalonians 3:5 “Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.”
1 Timothy 6:11 “But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.”
2 Corinthians 6:4 “But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses.”
Luke 21:19 “In your patience you shall possess your souls.”
So if you are observant and pay attention you will hear God as surely as if he was standing right in front of you speaking to you orally. God wants you to talk to him and to trust him. In return he will love you and bless you and teach you. He will show you how you can achieve a life filled with peace and happiness.
God wants to be involved in every single aspect and facet of your life, because as it says at Galatians 2:20, “It is no longer I that live, but it is Christ that is living in union with me. Indeed, the life that I now live in flesh, I live by faith”.
So the true child of God is letting Christ live their life. Christ is in charge. Christ is running the whole show. You might say that you are along just for the ride. There is nothing that you should not involve God in. Each and every single thing you do, from opening your eyes in the morning to shutting them at night, should be done by both you and God.
So in conclusion, the really sad thing about not talking and listening to God, is that you miss a golden opportunity to draw closer to God, to get to know him better, and to let him know that you realize that you want and need his help. You would have missed the Godly advice given at James 4:8, “Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you”. Instead when you don’t talk or listen to God you pretty much tell him that you don’t need him, that you can do things on your own, that his advice and his concern are not needed, that you are very capable of going through your life under your own power and doing it your own way. If so, do you feel a little like Matthew 13:15 with your eyes starting to shut, your ears starting to close up, maybe your heart beginning to become a little harder?
This is because without that communication between you and God, you will soon find yourself drifting further and further away from God. And as the distance between you and God increases, your heart will indeed become harder and the ways of the world will begin to become ever more important.
This life on earth is simply a training school that allows us to refine and perfect ourselves, to learn from our mistakes and our errors in judgment. But to be successful at this requires complete faith and trust in our Lord. So listen for that soft gentle voice filled full of love, intelligence, and caring.
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Children do so much better in school when they have breakfast and lunch. Thank you for your compassion and help to feed hungry children.
July 30, 2012. Sometimes you feel like crying out “Why can’t the poor, needy, hungry, and thirsty not take care of themselves? Why do I have to worry with that just because I am not needy?” How do you respond to the downtrodden looking people who stand on the streets at intersections with signs that read “Homeless. Need food and a job? Do you restrain your instincts to give? Have you thought judgmental thoughts or spoken such words to them rather than give to their needs? If it were Jesus Himself standing there instead, how would it change your mind? Have you ever thought of that poor beggar person after you drive away and ask yourself, “Why didn’t I give? What difference does it make if he is a liar or fake? Does the instruction of Jesus’ words put conditions on helping the poor, needy, hungry or thirsty?” Jesus says, “I love you and I love them. Give!”
Matthew 25:43-45 (NASB) “I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me. Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’ Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.” Ras Robinson
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July 30, 2012. There are two streams of thought running through your mind. They are bedrock thoughts and you don’t know which one to believe. One thought is you have done it again and this time you can’t recover. The other is My grace does not run out and I will forgive you and you can begin again. You aren’t sure which stream of thinking is the right one. You don’t trust anyone completely and know if you ask you will doubt what is said. Now you are being honest. That is where we need to start. Stay in this position of honesty. You have trusted just Me in the past. Do it again.
Romans 8:38-39 (AMP) “For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Bev Robinson
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July 30, 2012. With the world focusing its attention on London and the 2012 Summer Olympics, I’ve been thinking a lot about England’s former prime minister and popular statesman Winston Churchill. He said, “History will be kind to me because I intend to write it.” Indeed the history books tell a favorable tale of Mr. Churchill and his accomplishments. The Lord says, “Believe the very best about yourself. Treat everyone with dignity and respect. Validate yourself within your mind, will, and emotions, and give others validation in like manner which I have also done for you. You are responsible for your own actions. Each day, tell a wonderful story of how you live and move.”
2 Corinthians 13:11(NIV) “Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.” Kevin Robinson
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The Lord says to you, “Be blessed to have the most wonderful time in your church body. Be and speak My blessings to as many as you can.”
July 29, 2012. You feel like you are only passing through this life until it is over and you go to Heaven. Right? You would have felt at home with King David when he wrote and sang the words in Psalm 39. He was in a hard place. Hard places are not usually comfortable. In your heritage is the condition of being a temporary dweller or “sojourner” as David called it. Perhaps your father and his father before him were sojourners on land that was not theirs. That leaves a mark on your life for present situations you are facing. The truth is that you are indeed a temporary dweller. God says, “But I have given you a destiny, a purpose and the promise that you will count for something. I have chosen you for this hour to display My glory in all you are and do. You are blessed to fulfill the mission.”
Psalm 39:12 (NASB) “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a sojourner like all my fathers.” Ras Robinson
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July 29, 2012. Get yourself off to a fast start. Get going early and see how much more time you have. Each has the same amount of time, but some use it better than others. Wise use of time is one of the marks of success. There is a saying “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” This is not in Scripture but nevertheless is a truthful saying and close to Scripture. Apply your time and activity to things that are productive. Even when you are resting, the mind applied to good peaceful positive thoughts will produce a good outcome. One of the byproducts is a healthy body. Use time wisely.
Proverbs 19:15 (AMP) “Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.” Bev Robinson
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July 29, 2012. So, what is it within you that is a real pain in the neck for you personally? It is something very specific that only you and I know about. In all actuality it is a control valve to keep you in check and to keep you humble. Though the bur underneath the saddle may seem insignificant, it is a source of constant discomfort for you. I have allowed it to remain with you, in order to keep you from elevating yourself needlessly and inappropriately. Though you’ve asked Me many times for the issue to be resolved. Consider it a blessing, that you have not entered into what Lucifer encountered with Me.
2 Corinthians 12:6-8 (NKJV) “For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me. And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.” Kevin Robinson
Here’s Doctor Joe!
Chronic low-level inflammation is often considered the foundation of disease. The big debate is where this inflammation stems from and how we can reduce it. Research the last 10 years has increased our knowledge on leaky gut and how it affects our health. Today we find a growing number of experts who believe that increased intestinal permeability might be the most important source of inflammation in modern societies.
The world’s leading expert on Paleolithic diets, Dr. Loren Cordain, has studied the subject in depth. When Dr. Cordain and his team published their seminal paper on Leaky Gut and autoimmunity a decade ago, there was little information on the subject available. Since then, the amount of research on Leaky Gut has skyrocketed thanks to people such as Cordain, Dr. Alessio Fasano, Dr. Leo Galland and other scientists around the world.
What’s happening with our digestive systems?
Most of our immune system is located in the gut, and the gut wall is the main interface between us and the external environment. When the intestinal lining is working correctly it only allows properly digested proteins, carbohydrates etc. to pass through.
Anti-nutrients and other components in common food staples increase intestinal permeability and damage the gut wall. Lectins, saponins, gliadin, certain hormones and bio-active peptides seem to cause the biggest problems. These nutrients can be found in milk, wheat and other grains, potatoes, hot spices, legumes and alcoholic beverages. Sugar and other refined carbohydrates can also increase intestinal permeability by changing the gut flora. Birth-control pills, anti-acids and other pharmaceuticals have also been linked to increased intestinal permeability.
A disrupted intestinal barrier allows increased passage of unwanted food components, bacteria and viruses. Certain bad bacteria contain a substance in their cell wall called Lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS binds to cells lining the gut and increases synthesis of pro-inflammatory substances. This interaction immediately causes the immune system to become inflamed.
Chronic low level inflammation drives heart disease, cancer, type 2-diabetes and autoimmunity. Leaky Gut has also been connected to a variety of skin conditions, gastrointestinal problems, mental disorders and other ailments.
Gut Flora is vital in development of both the suppressive and aggressive part of the immune system. It provides energy for out gut epithelial cells, and the bacterial layer supports a healthy intestinal lining. A diverse Gut Flora is also needed for proper digestion. Antibiotics, a western diet and other factors can damage Gut Flora and therefore, promote Leaky Gut.
Prevention and treatment
Avoiding foods introduced with the agricultural revolution will be your best prevention and treatment against Leaky Gut. Foods that have to be processed or heated in some way to be edible usually cause issues. Some people will be more sensitive to certain foods while others can eat them in moderation.
Avoiding pharmaceuticals will also be important in preventing Leaky Gut. Probiotics from fresh plants and plant products, fermented foods and supplements will promote healthy Gut Flora and intestinal lining. Prebiotics, soluble fiber that feeds beneficial flora, can be found in onions, leeks and apples. Changing your diet will, in most cases, cause rapid healing of the gut wall. More severe gut dysbiosis and Leaky Gut will often need more comprehensive methods.
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