Heaven's Healing - Final and concluding part

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Its Wednesday, 1st July 2009

 

 

Heaven's Healing

 

 

8 Habits to Perfect Health:

 

Trust in God

Temperance

Water

Sunlight

Air

Rest

Exercise

Nutrition

 

Most Effective Neglected Agency for Combating Disease

At this point‚ it would be futile to stop here without addressing the mental power

of your mind for the restoration and maintenance of health.

The power of your mind is the most effective agency for combating disease.

The mind needs to be controlled‚ for it has a most powerful influence upon the health.

The electric power of the brain‚ promoted by mental activity‚ vitalizes the whole system‚

and thus is an invaluable aid in resisting disease.

To array a man's mind against his sickness‚ is the supreme art of medicine.

Inspire in man courage and purpose‚ and the mind-power will cast out disease.

Willpower is another name for life-force.

Men with great will-power resist disease and combat disease when attacked.

The imagination often misleads‚ and when indulged‚ brings severe forms

of disease upon the afflicted.

Sickness of the mind prevails everywhere.

Nine tenths of the diseases from which men suffer have their foundation here.

Ninety percent of illnesses are mentally caused – mostly due to stress and guilt.

 

 

 

8 MENTAL STEPS TO PERFECT HEALTH

What is the best medicine for diseased bodies and minds?

1. CLEAR CONSCIENCE

There is a close association between the physical being

and the soul. When a human being is in harmony

with God few problems of the physical body are

unsolvable‚ no matter how strange and disturbing the

symptoms might be. With His help nothing is

impossible.

There is health in obedience to God's law.

The consciousness of right–doing is the best medicine

for diseased bodies and minds.

The special blessing of God resting upon the receiver is health and strength.

A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health

"My son‚ forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

For length of days‚ and long life‚ and peace‚ shall they add to thee…

It shall be health to thy navel‚ and marrow to thy bones." Proverbs 3:1‚ 2‚ 8.

The immune system cells form in the bone marrow;

this means that a clear conscience directly builds the immune system.

Remember that sin is the first cause of disease for‚ if there had never been any sin‚

there would have never been any disease. Accordingly in the Bible‚ forgiveness of sin

is connected with the healing of disease. Therefore‚ the cause of disease is sin.

All plans or means of getting rid of disease utterly miss the mark

if they do not take into consideration the getting rid of sin as the principal object.

Cheerfulness and a clear conscience are better than drugs

and will be effective agents in your restoration to health.

My great auntie lived to eat. Always ate the wrong food in the wrong quantity.

Needless to say‚ she was diabetic and obese. She never exercised in her life

and avoided‚ like a plague‚ anything that was close to good health.

She loved to travel but did not have much opportunity to do so.

She had two unhappy marriages. She broke ALL the health laws except one‚

and still lived to a ripe old age of 86. She was an obstinate optimist.

I once asked her what her second husband was like.

With an expression of delightful reminiscence‚ she said‚

"He was lovely; he always used to take me out."

 

 

2. HAPPY HEART

There is a physiological truth –

truth that we need to consider – in the scripture:

"A merry rejoicing heart doeth good like a medicine."

Proverbs 17:22.

Your thoughts is the food that your brain feeds on.

You can eat foods that steal from your body‚

like sugar; and you can think thoughts that steal

from your body‚ like anger.

We can choose what we think‚ and in doing so‚ we choose between health

and disease. Redford Williams‚ M.D.‚ author of the book Anger Kills‚ wrote:

"Getting angry is like taking a small dose of some slow-acting poison

every day of your life." Grief‚ anxiety‚ discontent‚ remorse‚ guilt‚ distrust‚

all tend to break down the life-forces and to invite decay and death.

In his book‚ Anatomy of an Illness‚ Norman Cousins describes his recovery from

ankylosing spondylitis‚ a disease of "unknown etiology" with a survival chance of

one in 500. In a desperate bid to survive‚ Cousins rejected his drug therapy‚

hired a projector and amused himself watching old movie comedies.

He was following a hunch he had acquired from reading Dr Selye's book

The Stress of Life‚ and his changed state of mind‚ helped by laughter‚

improved diet and his own determination‚ was the turning point from

which he recovered full health in a few months.

A hearty laugh a day may keep the doctor away.

Laughter has innumerable other benefits. It increases blood flow as much as

a 15- to 30-minute workout. It proves a potent anti-stress factor‚

decreases asthmatic attacks‚ increases stamina‚ relieves arthritic pain‚

ensures good sleep and elevates mood.

Since the serotonin levels go up after laughter‚ it is an effective antidote

for depression too. Even‚ breastfed babies with eczema experienced

milder symptoms if their mothers laughed hours before feeding them.

"All the days of the afflicted are evil:

but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast." Proverbs 15:15

I do not feel happy‚ how can I obtain happiness?

Prune off every decaying leaf and withered branch from your life and

manifest only freshness and vigor. Cheerfulness is created by considering

the great blessings we enjoy because we are the children of God.

We gain happiness through the pleasure of blessing others.

What thoughts should I think of to promote health of body and soul?

"Finally‚ brethren‚ whatsoever things are true‚ whatsoever things are honest‚

whatsoever things are just‚ whatsoever things are pure‚ whatsoever things

are lovely‚ whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue‚

and if there be any praise‚ think on these things." Philippians 4:8

 

 

3. GRATITUDE & PRAISE

"Be careful for nothing [i.e. be anxious about nothing];

but in every thing by prayer and supplication with

thanksgiving let your requests be made known

unto God." Philippians 4:6

Every blessing comes from God's bountiful hand and

nothing tends more to promote health of body and

of soul than does a spirit of gratitude and praise.

It is a positive duty to resist melancholy‚

discontented thoughts and feelings

– as much as it is a duty to pray.

"In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

" 1 Thessalonians 5:18. This command is an assurance that even the things

which appear to be against us will work for our good.

God would not bid us be thankful for that which would do us harm.

But many do not leave their cases with God; they encourage weakness

and disease by worrying about themselves. If those would cease repining

and rise above depression and gloom‚ their recovery would be more sure.

They should remember with gratitude how long they enjoyed the blessing

of health; and should this precious boon be restored to them‚

they should not forget that they are under renewed obligations to their Creator.

When the ten lepers were healed‚ only one returned to find Jesus

and give Him glory. Let us not be like the unthinking nine whose

hearts were untouched by the mercy of God.

What will happen when I start to praise God?

"Delight thyself also in the LORD;

and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalm 37:4

 

 

4.POWER OF PRAYER & CLAIMING GOD'S PROMISES

Do not be stressed; instead take your problems to

God in prayer. Keep your wants‚ your joys‚

your sorrows‚ your cares‚ and your fears before God.

You cannot burden Him; you cannot weary Him.

He who numbers the hairs of your head is not

indifferent to the wants of His children.

"The Lord is very pitiful‚ and of tender mercy." James 5:11.

His heart of love is touched by our sorrows and even

by our utterances of them. Take to Him everything that

perplexes the mind. Nothing‚ is too great for Him to bear‚

for He holds up worlds‚ He rules over all the affairs of the universe.

Nothing that in any way concerns our peace is too small for Him to notice.

There is no chapter in our experience too dark for Him to read; there is no

perplexity too difficult for Him to unravel. No calamity can befall the least

of His children‚ no anxiety harass the soul‚ no joy or cheer‚

no sincere prayer escape the lips‚ of which our heavenly Father

is unobservant‚ or in which He takes no immediate interest.

"He healeth the broken in heart‚ and bindeth up their wounds." Psalm 147:3.

Jesus promised: "And all things‚ whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer‚

believing‚ ye shall receive." Matthew 21:22

He also said: "If ye abide in me‚ and my words abide in you‚

ye shall ask what ye will‚ and it shall be done unto you." John 15:7

"The prayer of faith shall save the sick‚ and the Lord shall raise him up;

and if he have committed sins‚ they shall be forgiven him." James 5:15

Perseverance in prayer has been made a condition of receiving.

Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God‚

so that life from God flows into our life; and from our life‚ purity

and holiness flow back to God.

Without believing in the power of prayer‚

how do I know prayer really works?

Larry Dossey‚ M.D.‚ in his book Healing Words‚ described `one of the best

kept secrets in medical science: benefits of prayer.'

Dr. Dossey defines prayerfulness as `a feeling of love‚ compassion and

empathy toward another‚" and he explains that prayer is `a powerful

and legitimate (if often overlooked) method of healing."

Dossey uses an impressive array of evidence to show that prayer can have

a positive effect on health. A 1988 study conducted in San Francisco

investigated the effect of prayer on thecardiovascular health of 393

coronary-care patients. Unknown to the patient involved‚

one group was prayed for and the other was not.

At the end of the ten-month study‚ the prayed-for group was five times

less likely to require antibiotics and three times less likely to develop a

condition in which the lungs get filled with fluid. Dr. Dossey's research

also found that prayer can have beneficial effects in various

living cells and organisms‚ including mice‚ chicks‚ fungi‚

yeast‚ bacteria and enzymes.

In the October 2001 issue of Journal of Reproductive Health‚

researchers at Columbia University – expressing great surprise

at their own profound findings – announced that when complete strangers

prayed for women who went to a fertility clinic‚

the women had twice the pregnancy rate as women

for whom prayers were not offered.

 

 

5. FORGIVENESS

At this point it is important to realize that

one cannot experience the joy and peace of God

without having first experienced His forgiveness.

The burden of guilt is the foundation of many maladies.

In the Bible‚ the paralytic found in Christ healing

for both the soul and the body.

The spiritual healing was followed by physical restoration.

This lesson should not be overlooked.

There are today thousands suffering from

physical disease‚ who‚ like the paralytic‚ are longing for the message‚

"Thy sins are forgiven." The burden of sin‚ with its unrest and unsatisfied desires‚

is the foundation of their maladies. They can find no relief until they come

to the Healer of the soul. The peace which He alone can give would impart vigor

to the mind‚ and health to the body.

God promised that "If we confess our sins‚ He is faithful and just to forgive us

our sins‚ and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. "

1 John 1:9. In the consciousness of sins forgiven there is inexpressible

peace and joy and rest.

Remember the promise of God. He says‚ "Return unto the Lord thy God;

for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words‚ and turn to the Lord;

say unto him‚ Take away all iniquity‚ and receive us graciously."

The Lord answers‚ "I will heal their backsliding‚ I will love them freely;

for mine anger is turned away from him."

Break with the enemy‚ and seek the presence of Jesus;

with tears of confession and with penitential grief urge once more

your case at the throne of grace.

The Lord will hear‚ the Lord will answer; return ere it be too late.

When we come to ask mercy and blessing from God we should have

a spirit of love and forgiveness in our own hearts.

How can we pray‚ "Forgive us our debts‚ as we forgive our debtors‚"

and yet indulge an unforgiving spirit? Matthew 6:12.

If we expect our own prayers to be heard we must forgive others

in the same manner and to the same extent as we hope to be forgiven.

What can make a heart so light‚ what can spread so much sunshine

through the soul‚ as the sense of sins forgiven?

The peace of Christ is life and health. We shall need to have the love of Christ‚

that we may not cherish an unforgiving spirit.

An unforgiving heart cannot be healed.

It is the love of God that draws us unto Him‚

and that love cannot touch our hearts without creating love for our brethren.

 

 

6. TO LOVE OTHERS

Giving love is a powerful healer.

In Love‚ Medicine and Miracles Dr. Bernies Siegel says:

"If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune

globins or killer T-cells‚ no one would know how.

But if I teach them to love themselves and others fully‚

the same change happens automatically. "

When you love‚ your immune system is energized

to fight against the disease.

Love changes the chemical pathways of the brain‚ and this will affect your body's

resistance. The love of God is all the more powerful.

The love which Christ diffuses through the whole being is a vitalizing power.

Every vital part – the brain‚ the heart‚ and the nerves – is touches with healing.

By it the highest energies of the being are roused to activity.

It frees the soul from the guilt‚ sorrow‚ anxiety and care‚

which crush the life forces. With it comes serenity and composure.

It implants in the soul – health-giving joy – that nothing earthly can destroy.

 

 

7. HELPING THE NEEDY

Doing good is an excellent remedy for disease.

The pleasure of doing good to others imparts a glow

to the feelings which flashes through the nerves and

quickens the circulation of the blood and induces

mental and physical health.

"Is not this the fast that I have chosen?

To loose the bands of wickedness‚

to undo the heavy burdens‚ and to let the oppressed

go free‚ and that ye break every yoke?

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry‚ and that thou bring the poor

that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked‚

that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning‚

and thine health shall spring forth speedily." Isaiah 58:7‚ 8

If the mind is free and happy‚ from a consciousness of right doing

and a sense of satisfaction in causing happiness to others‚

it creates a cheerfulness that will react upon the whole system‚

causing a freer circulation of the blood and a toning up of the entire body.

The blessing of God is a healing power‚ and those who are abundant

in benefiting others will realize that wondrous blessing in both heart and life.

One of the surest hindrances to the recovery of the sick is the centering

of attention upon themselves. Many invalids feel that everyone should

give them sympathy and help‚ when what they need is to have their

attention turned away from themselves‚ to think of and care for others.

God imparts His blessing to us that we may impart to others.

When we ask Him for our daily bread‚ He looks into our hearts to see if

we will share the same with those more needy than ourselves.

When we pray‚ "God be merciful to me a sinner‚"

He watches to see if we will manifest compassion toward those

with whom we associate. This is the evidence of our connection

with God‚ that we are merciful even as our Father in heaven is merciful.

The widow and the fatherless have the strongest claims

upon our tender sympathy.

They are the objects of the Lord's special care.

They are lent to Christians in trust for God.

"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this‚

To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction‚

and to keep himself unspotted from the world." James 1:27.

To love and to labor is the sum of living‚

and yet how many think they live who neither labor nor love.

 

 

8. SWEET WORDS & WORDS OF FAITH

What is the importance of sweet words?

In their book Food and Love‚ Gary Smalley and Rex

Russell compiled the following research that was most

revealing:

Medical research has studied the effect of chronic

quarrelling on a persons' health and have found that

couples and roommates who frequently quarrel

tend to have more illnesses than do the people

in amicable relationships.

Couples and roommates who have constant fights suffer a weakening

of their immune systems and are generally less healthy than people

who react amicable with friends and family.

Researchers of Ohio State University Medical Center brought 90 couples

into a lab and asked them to resolve an issue of disagreement;

continuous blood monitoring for 24 hours revealed that couples

who had high levels of hostility displayed significant deterioration

on eight measures of the immune system.

The more hostile you are during a marital argument‚

the harder it is on your immune system.

Researchers at Cambridge University in England found that couples

who had constant quarrels were 13 times as likely to develop a

serious illness as couples who rarely fought.

A study of students at Yale University discovered that roommates

who disliked each other had far more colds and flues and visits

to physicians than did roommates who liked each other –

and the greater the dislike – the higher the number of illnesses.

"A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;

and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue:

and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." Proverbs 18:20‚ 21

"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb‚

sweet to the soul‚ and health to the bones." Proverbs 16:24

"For the ear trieth words‚ as the mouth tasteth meat." Job 34:3

It is best for every soul to closely investigate what mental food

we serve for ourselves to eat. Let us all speak words that will tend to edification.

Allow no cheap‚ foolish talk or wrong principles

to compose your Christian experience.

URL - http://www.worldsla stchance. com/articles/ heavens-healing/ 8.-the-most- important- habit-trust- in-god.html

 

 

Your comments and feedbacks always welcome .. Rahul, at Cybugle as well as at bruntno1

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