Six Ways to Maintain Good Health | Evangelist Beverly M Belfon | Sept 11 2021

[Music] so that we can give god praise even virtually come on and give god glory stand up with me wherever you are and let's sing together hey great mighty are you lord forever we will sing great and mighty are you lord our greater matches king greater mighty are you lord forever we will sing greater mighty are you lord our greatest [Music] come on sing it again [Music] come [Music] say [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] come on give god praise right where you are lift up the name of jesus in song say great [Music] [Music] oh you're so brave [Music] [Music] somebody [Music] [Music] is come on sometimes you just gotta say oh from your belly if you ain't got no more words to sing just say yo somebody ordered to speak [Applause] [Music] come on everybody to sing with us we're talking about the king of kings [Music] [Music] i'm grateful are you grateful to stay for what it's done for you [Music] he is almighty god we say he is great [Music] how grateful you are [Music] [Music] everything about you is great lord hallelujah give god glory right wherever you are hallelujah we serve a god who has never been depleted [Music] i shall rise i shall be i shall go in victory no weapons formed against me will never overtake me and because god is [Applause] [Music] is the greatest [Music] [Applause] i shall be [Music] is [Music] shall never [Music] [Music] be [Music] defeated yeah [Music] [Applause] the devil is a liar god is exalted [Music] never be defeated never be defeated that's the word come on say the devil is a liar come on pick it up say god is a song to never be defeated [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] because god is the greatest power [Applause] he shall never never be defeated [Music] [Applause] [Music] bless his name [Music] every time i call on the name of jesus something happens every time i call on the name of jesus something happens [Music] jesus [Music] of jesus jesus [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] every time i call on the name of jesus [Music] and your mercy came down [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] me [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] races [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] is [Music] me [Music] [Music] and i don't know [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] of jesus something [Music] good morning good morning family here we are again together so that we can give god praise even virtually come on and give god glory stand up with me wherever you are and let's sing together hey great almighty are you lord forever we will sing greater mighty are you lord our greater matches king greater mighty are you lord forever we will sing greater mighty are you lord our greatest [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] come [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] is forever [Music] [Music] uh [Music] come on give god praise right where you are lift up the name of jesus in song say great oh you're so great [Music] somebody [Music] lord [Music] come on sometimes you just gotta say oh from your belly if you ain't got no more words to sing just oh [Music] oh [Music] come on everybody just sing with us we're talking about the king of kings and the lord of lords [Music] [Music] you wanna lift up your voice [Music] thank you for everything that are you is to stay for what it's done for you yeah yeah yeah [Music] just how grateful you are [Music] god we love you god you're worthy [Music] hallelujah give god glory right wherever you are hallelujah we serve a god who has never been defeated new one for you whoops [Music] i shall rise i shall be i shall go in victory no weapons formed against me will never overtake me and because god is the greatest [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] i shall be [Music] god is the greatest [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] the devil is a liar god is exalted never be defeated never be defeated that's the word come on say the devil is a liar come on pick it up say god is it [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] good morning rules and happy sabbath to each and every one when i think of the goodness of jesus and what he has done for me my soul cries out hallelujah thank god for saving me safely through another week god has brought us on our way let us now a blessing seek waiting in his courts today it's an honor and a privilege to welcome each and every one of you to another midday worship service but most importantly i welcome the presence of the sweet holy spirit in this place welcome to everyone in the sanctuary and welcome to those who are joining us on the various platforms if you're joining us via youtube or on zoom welcome welcome welcome and to all our first and visitors thank you for joining us welcome and please join us again i pray that as we worship here today that our hearts will be blessed and our souls refreshed from god above i petitioned the throne of god on our behalf this morning for an outpouring and an infilling of the holy spirit in our lives i hope that we will not leave this service the same way we came but we will be closer drawn to jesus christ our savior redeemer and friend welcome one and all today is our health emphasis day our focus today will be on achieving and maintaining good healthy habits we all know that our health is our wealth it doesn't matter how much material wealth we have if there is no wealth if there's no health then how can we fully enjoy the wealth that we have we cannot what is good health you may ask anyone want to tell me what is good health any volunteers okay so according to the world health organization health is a state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not just merely the absence of disease or infirmity one way of achieving good health is by following the new start program new start is an acronym for the eight lifestyle principles we can follow on the path to good health new start n is for nutrition e is for exercise w is for water s is for sunlight t is for temperance a is for air fresh air r is for rest and t is for trust in god when we incorporate the new start principles in our lives we will be on our way to achieving and maintaining good health and a long life thank you and have yourselves a blessed sabbath day at this time we will have our opening hymn number 334 calm down found of every blessing christine [Music] please stand as we sing our opening him from the fount of every blessing [Music] [Applause] to my heart to sing thy grace streams of mercy never ceasing call for songs [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] to me [Music] is [Music] love let us pray almost and mighty god you are worthy to be praised we thank you gracious father for taking us to yet another week so father as we come today to worship you in spirit and in through i ask your god to stretch forth your hands and touch your people and that everything that take place here today at the end will glorify your name thank you for being our father in jesus name let the church say amen so good for us to assemble again in the house of god to to magnify his name to adore our our king so we want to say that we're happy that you made a choice to join us here at the ruth the adventist church whether you are online or you're here in person we are glad that you made this church your stop for spiritual refueling today and i trust that you will you will be blessed as you worship with us today i've got a few notices that i want to bring to us firstly on sabbath the 25th will be our baptism sabbath we have some individuals who are ready for baptism and if you are contemplating baptism we can do our best to also get you ready see myself or pastor thomas our wonderful bible instructors we will um herlock or in roberts we will certainly do our best to get you prepared that's for sabbath the 25th of this month just want to bring to us the sad news of the passing of brother jason jackson's father in portmore jamaica on the 7th of september let us pray for jason and jennifer rester family as they agree the last of a parent it's always hard when we lose our parents so please pray for for jason and his family today as was presented by sister sonia is your health emphasis sabbath you know especially in this climate you want to make sure that your immune system is up to it and one of the key things is to make sure that you are not borderline or over the line when it comes to being diabetic and so we're going to have today a diabetes screening for those who would like to do that and i'm hoping that will be all of us and those who will come in and join us now this screen will take place from 1 30 until 5 30 right here in the four year of the church and so those of us who are here you do not have far to walk but i want to say to us that um it's good for us to do this because if you are just borderline i'm sure you can make some adjustments to uh reverse things and even if you are over the line there's much that you can do as well so please make sure that you are part of the screening from one until five the four from dynacare they came yesterday they set things up so they are ready to go as soon as we finish our service here um this afternoon but also from our health ministries department as well they will be doing some blood pressure checks to make sure that your pressure is also good because you know high blood pressure is certainly one of the silent killers okay i want to thank the health military department for for planning this for organizing this cyberphone and our team and i know that we will benefit from this i want to also remind us and inform us that the senior training in the use of technology starts this coming wednesday the 15th of september at 11 a.m so we want for you though to try and get here before 11 so you can be in your in your seats set up have your devices and ready to go so please make sure that you are here um at least by 10 30 but if you can get it for 10 even better by 10 30 so that the class can start promptly at 11. that's the start of the training it will continue on sunday at 10 o'clock and then it repeats itself wednesday and sunday for two months trillions are two months and i'm hoping that our seniors can adjust their programs their schedules so that they can be part of a training you don't have to pay a penny it's not good news so what do you say amen so it's free and even the device you will use is also free i say freeze in that they will be on loan to you for the duration of the program and then after the program we will see what happens but the devices the the tablets will be available here for all those who are coming for trading so you don't have to worry about that just get here and our our teacher our presenter and and his assistants will be here ready and waiting for you i want to thank sister faith the herlock for the hard work of leading those seniors for getting them together and for getting them ready for the training starting on wednesday please note that our [Music] bible class continues today at 6 30 the sun is setting earlier now so we may have to shoot the time soon but for now we will keep it at 6 30 until sunset time i hope you can join us in our bible class at 6 30 and our prayer meeting continues on wednesday at 7 30. i want to say that i was happy to see almost 40 of us on zoom last wednesday as we talked about the the judgment um this this um uh did somebody pull something uh anyhow this uh coming wednesday we'll talk about the nature of the advent judgment the nature of the advent judgment and let's just check and see if something yeah the nature of the advent judgment will be our topic for this coming wednesday tomorrow tomorrow sunday we are going to be helping our brother germain chambers in his quest to become the mp for i think is brampton west now um i said last week that my um encouraging of you to assist brother chambers has nothing to do with party affiliation but we are supporting one from among us and so we are going to meet at his campaign office at 77 old town road in brampton we we're going to meet there um at four o'clock and we are earmarking three hours or so to assist them if you cannot do three hours you could do one or two hours that's fine but i'm hoping that as many of us as possible will be at the campaign office at um uh four o'clock so we can assist our brother in his quest for public office and to be a public servant as i said last time it's always good to have someone that's in government all right so god bless you as we worship today my prayer is that we will have a fulfilled day at the end of service i want to encourage you to go downstairs because you'll find some goodies in the fridge is there some veg and other things so after service or even after you have your screen in i'm going to make sure you go down or while you're waiting for that go down and um and help yourself to whatever is there god bless you is the one here for your story uh we have with us today after a long absence our resident storyteller we what we need to get a cheer for her someone i'm gonna get it thank you thank you they bring a cheer for her yeah okay uh anti-kimon children is back she had a long vacation she might tell us where she went but but if she doesn't tell you then i might but enjoy the story today welcome and come on god bless you morning boys and girls to the little boys and girls and then good sabbath to the big boys and girls um i didn't really have a vacation it was just work just very very busy um at work so that's why but remember three weeks ago i told you guys a story about um the value of a penny just wanted to let you guys know that when i left here the next day i was walking and i actually found it wasn't a penny was a nickel but i still applied the same story to it and my son said to me after the story he says mommy every time i see money on the ground now i'm gonna pick it up so today i have a story to tell you guys and it's called the seven structures of the world so you know all of you guys are starting school back right so this young girl by the name of abigail first day of school she was very excited so she's sitting in her class and what the teacher did he split the class up into two different groups so group a and then there was a group b so the teacher gave them instructions and the teacher says i want you guys to come up with seven structures of in the entire world that you think is magnificent so there was a little bit of debate going back and forth between the students and they couldn't really agree so the teacher was like all right come on everybody let's get hand in all your answers so abigail she was part of team b so team a gave their answers and team b gave their answers but abigail she kept her paper to herself so the answers that they came up with was they said one egypt's great pyramid two taj mahal three grand canyon four panama canal five empire state building six saint peter basilica and seven china's great wall so the team a and team b collectively said those are the seven structures of the world so the teacher noticed abigail still was holding on to her paper so she said to abigail did you turn your paper in and abigail said no i'm kind of having a little bit of trouble deciding on what the seven structures of the world is so the teacher says okay hand in your paper and let's look at it and let's decide together so when the teacher took abigail's paper from her abigail's paper said one to see two to taste three to touch four to here and when she got to the fourth one the room became a little bit silent so she was she hesitated because she didn't want to repeat the next three the teacher said abigail continue she said five to feel sick to laugh and seven to love so the teacher said why did you choose those seven things to be the great seven structures of the world she said because those things money cannot buy the entire class was silent [Music] and i was saying to myself i'm like i guess i think abigail has been watching ruth seven day adventist children's stories for the last two years because all we've been talking about is character and morals and building up oneself but abigail said those seven things mean so much to me because money can't buy it she said those things i remember in james chapter 1 verse 17 you know the bible talks about the good gifts comes from above you can't buy how to taste you can't buy how to see you can't even buy how to love one another so i before abigail her seven wonderful structures of the world we're in the simplest little things in life so i want us to remember boys and girls that it's not always about the big grand and big stuff i haven't been here in a little bit so i haven't reminded you guys of what i learned from my god brother when i was little i remember when i used to do outreach when i was about eight years old we used to go on and we used to minister to the homeless and to um communities that were not the great in the greatest shape and i used to be so scared and i used to be like i don't know the word like you and i can't talk like you and he said to me he said kim if it's in your heart people will receive it so i always try to teach my son that i said if you believe in what you're saying and it's coming from god and people will receive it and accept it so let's pray eternal god and loving father we thank you for this blessed day we thank you lord that we could gather today in this church in this building worshiping you i pray lord god for each and every child that's returning back to school i pray lord god that you would remind them of the simple little things in life that means the most i pray lord god that they would be able to touch and reach one of their friends in jesus name amen [Music] [Music] one day martha was at church and the pastor was conducting a renewal of val ceremony he used the opportunity to encourage the members to be faithful not only to their spouses and to keep the sabbath but to also be loyal in other areas of their lives such as returning their tithe and percentage-based offerings martha was really uncomfortable when the pastor said something about making a vow to return a fixed percentage of their income as offerings so she asked jackie who gave her bible studies why should i make a vow about offerings can't i just give as my heart tells me to or when i see that there is a project worthy to be supported well do you truly think your heart can be trusted and before you respond do you remember what jeremiah 17 9 says about our hearts i don't it says that our heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked we cannot just trust in our feelings or impulses to do what is right you know i see ellen white also tells us something similar really what exactly does she say she says that if we are controlled by impulse or mere human sympathy we may stop giving if our efforts are repaid with ingratitude for example that is why christians should act from a fixed principle following the savior's example of self-denial and self-sacrifice makes sense you know vows or promises taken in god's presence are like doors that we decide to open with our minds by which the holy spirit will enter and replace the originally selfish heart by another a purified one willing to give from a fixed principle according to his pattern it is not the vow itself that makes us give but his miracle in our heart it is god who works in you both to will and to do for his good pleasure i believe i must pray about this then this would be a very good idea as you return your tithe and give your promise invite the holy spirit to replace your selfish heart of stone with a humble heart that is willing to act according to god's plan may we put our desires last and god first what a true statement may we put our desires last and god's first it is now time when we can give back to god for the furtherance of his cause we can return our faithful tithe of 10 and we give a free will offering as the lord blesses you now there are several ways for those who are listening on the different platforms or seated here there are several ways you can give to the church one you can download the adventist app giving the adventist giving app on your electronic devices or on your on your phone if you prefer there you can give your offering to the church you can drop it off here somebody's always here after church on sabbath and wednesdays at 4 30 p.m you can return your tithe and free will offering as well you can do an e-transfer from your account to ruth treasurer adventist.org there you can put your offering when you do so you put t for tithe offer offering and if there's any special offering that you're giving right in that line that it says message you can say what you're giving for so if you're getting your cyber school offering you can say sabot school that line specifically states what the money is there for you can also go to our ruth.org website where you can give your offering lastly for those who are in the building we have two boxes here i'm gonna ask you to dig deep into your pockets today and come to the front put your offerings in so that we can continue the work of the lord don't you want to go home amen i want to go home i'm tired of this world so let us help to further the gospel the spreading of the gospel so that when everyone has heard of this great good news christ will come to take us home will you bow your heads as we pray jehovah jaire we thank you for the many blessings that you have bestowed on us we thank you lord for looking out for us even when we turned our backs on you you've provided for us you've protected us you've stretched out yourself on the cross so that we could have eternal life so as we bring our offerings this morning and of tithe we pray lord that you will bless it to the furtherance of your cause we ask oh god that you will help us to remember you require not only our money but our time our talent and we should take care of our bodies and trust in you keep us faithful we pray we ask it all in jesus name amen it's your time now when you can bring your offering [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] good morning church it feels wonderful to be in the house of the lord this morning it feels great to be here personally this morning's script reading is taken from the third epistle of john [Music] john 3 verses 3 john 1 verses 2 to 4. the bible says beloved i pray that you may prosper in all and be in health just as your soul prospers for i rejoice greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you just as you walk in the truth i have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth here endeth a portion of the reading of god's holy word [Music] you know the last couple weeks have been very stressful for us as a family but we thank god for the prayer of the saints one morning i called my daughter and i didn't get her so she called me back and she said to me mommy i couldn't answer because the elders were having worship with us and she said [Music] this song a song and she had sang that song many times before but there's a particular verse that lingered with her and it's number 532 she said mommy it said every day the lord himself is near me with a special mercy for each r [Music] all my cares he feign would bear and cheer me he whose name is counselor and boar it says the protection of his child and treasure is a task that on himself he laid as thy days thy strength shall be in measure this pledge to me he made and she said mommy every day the lord himself he doesn't send anybody he himself is near me with a special mercy for each orange he said the mercy that he extends at 10 o'clock it's not the one for 12 o'clock mommy every every or is a new mercy [Music] and i have not stopped to think about it because i myself you also might have sung that song before right but you never really allowed yourself to to be immersed in the words of the song this morning i don't know what you're going through but i want to tell you that every day every or the lord himself is near you with that special mercy for each or so as we focus on our health emphasis day today we realize that we serve an omnipotent god and despite the restlessness in the world we can take comfort that he's still in control so wherever you are today whether you're watching online or you're with us i'm going to invite you to bowl your heads as we pray because we believe in a god who not only hears but he answers our prayer open your hearts lay it out to god and be assured that he will answer let us pray [Music] my soul is thirsty for my soul is thirsty my soul is thirsty for you [Music] is [Music] [Music] my spirit refreshing [Music] heavenly father truly our souls are thirsty but we lean on you because you're the living water you say come unto me only that thirst and you will give us of this water that we will drink and we will never thirst again as we approach a mercy seat this morning heavenly father we pray that you will first wash us and cleanse us from all our unrighteousness so that nothing will stand between thee and us we recognize lord that during the course of the week we might have gone against your will we have sinned but we're so happy this morning that your word remind us that we're sin abound grace much more abundance we pray this morning heavenly father for every single person represented on this worship service this morning just as our faces are different so the different situations that we face but we know you are god you are our creator your sustainer you are our redeemer best of all you are our friend we can come to you anytime anywhere we can tell you anything we can lay it out to you heavenly father and you will never turn us away we present the families lord who are grieving the loss of loved ones we think of brother jason this morning whose father passed may you be with them as a family we pray with those among us here also who have lost their loved ones through natural causes or through violence or even this pandemic we pray that you will continue to comfort them and to remind them that one day death will die we pray for those lord who are suffering financially mentally those who need healing in their bodies we ask oh god that you will journey finally close to them and you will hear even their silent prayers in a special way lord we want to pray for your maidservant today who will give us fresh bread we ask that you will help that she will not be seen but you will be seen high and lifted up and that the words that she speaks today will come directly from your throne pray lord that you will anoint her and you would help her dear father in the end that you will be glorified and lord as we close this prayer we want to adore you we thank you for bearing with us for being so patient and being so tolerant and being so loving thank you jesus for dying on that cruel cross thank you heavenly father for sending your son thank you holy spirit for being with us day by day guiding reproving giving us those instructions when we are tempted the holy spirit reminds us to whom we belong thank you for hearing our prayers dear father thank you for being with us we ask oh god that you will continue to bind us together with gods of love help us to be faithful to the end because we totally depend on you and we ask these mercies in no other name than in the precious name of jesus amen it's my privilege today to present to some of us to introduce to others our speaker sister beverly m belfon now i don't know what the m stands for i don't think it's myri though but we'll have to do some research but sister beverly is a registered nurse having served for 33 years in helping to relieve human suffering and even though she does not look it but she retired in 2020 just from the official nine to five but if and her nurse is work longer hours but she's busy as ever now our speaker is is a classy lady and she's not just classy in her looks and the dress but even how she does things and whenever i work with her she would often say pastor i don't like anything don't chaka chaka that means that she wants it done to a high standard and no mediocre business and so um she certainly sets a very high bar in that regard a respected leader in our church in charge of our health and temperance department no church has been foresaw for many years and works tirelessly to make sure that our church is well served with a good diet of of of healthy um seminars and workshops and promotional things and we are grateful for her leadership i know she marshaled her team together during covid to make sure that things around here were done in the best way possible to maintain whatever is required by the health department of this country so we're very happy today to [Music] have sister beverly belfan bring god's word to us i think one of the secrets of her youthful looks is um the fact that she only has one daughter so children in a separate energy and only one granddaughter so she has all these bags of energy and she knows what knows not what to do with it and so but um certainly it's channeling that in in making sure that our church is well served in this in this area so we thank god for her she recently she has been speaking at two churches in jamaica um i think one might be the effort church i believe they were actually on our sabbath school this morning so we're grateful for their presentation to us today but also for her ministry to that church in jamaica and so today she will speak to us on the subject of six ways of maintaining good health my praise that god will anoint her and also prepare our hearts to receive god's message through her um messenger so please pray for her and please um open your heart to receive god's word so before sister beverly belfan comes to us and present god's word we're gonna invite our prayers team to lead us in praise and worship led by sister to death assisted by two able gentlemen and eli perry and brother jermaine oh we have sister a pong too you were missing in the first one but she's here to make sure that we have perfect symmetry god bless you a wonderful sabbath after the prayers team next voice you'll hear this that of sister sister evangelist beverly and belfast good morning ruth and happy sabbath to you all come on we all have life we are on top of the earth good morning and happy sabbath happy sabbath we serve a great god a god whom we can lean on that everlasting arm we can lean on a god who never fails he never say go away you're coming to me too many times he's always there for us amen and as we sing and we give up our hearts to our god we're just gonna ask the holy spirit to just breathe on us this morning we're gonna ask the holy spirit to come and cleanse us come and change us come and renew our hearts renew our minds so today as we sing these songs we're gonna give of our best to the master amen we're gonna praise him because he is worthy to be praised so as we sing these songs i hope that your hearts will be encouraged as we praise our heavenly father leaning on the everlasting arm [Music] [Music] [Applause] please oh [Music] from oh i have blessed me please me please me bed [Music] in humble adoration and kneel before your throne in brokenness i seek your face alone there's no other was able to restore my [Music] before your throne [Music] who's able to restore my soul come and make me [Music] me is i'm ready to surrender to give you all my life no matter what the [Music] use me [Music] come in and [Music] holy spirit holy spirit breathe [Music] holy [Music] oh [Music] i will say of the lord he is my strong tower my rock and my fortress in [Music] is [Music] [Music] restore my soul [Music] breathe [Music] come in and change me you are all i need [Music] and sing that one more time breathe on me sing [Music] coming and changed [Music] is [Music] amen [Music] [Music] this is my desire to [Music] i worship you [Music] me [Music] i give you praise [Music] this is [Music] my desire to [Music] i worship you [Music] i give [Music] you [Music] lord i give you lord i give you my heart i give you my soul i live for you alone every breath that i take every moment i'm aware [Music] listen [Music] i worship you i worship you [Music] is [Music] lord i give you my heart i give you my soul i live for you i love every breath that i take every morning [Music] i give you my soul i live for you [Music] [Music] lord [Music] praise god hallelujah let's say praise god when we look around and see how good god is look at the sunshine and the outside happy sabbat to everyone i want to join with pastor mary and sister ramsey in welcoming you to our health emphasis day special welcome to those who are joining us from the various online platforms i invite you to hope in your hearts and listen as i present six ways to maintain good health i just want to thank the praise team for such lovely lovely songs it touched my soul i want to thank pastor and his team for allowing me to share the pulpit with him today so brothers and sister before i continue let us pray dear god we thank you that you promised to be with us always we thank you that your present is with us right now today we give our hearts mind and life come speak your words of life into our beings lord please help us to become healthy in every area of our life for the good and for your glory hallelujah praise the lord psalms 103 verse 2 said bless the lord o my soul and forget not all is benefit forgives all is iniquities who heals all our disease who reams your life from destruction who crowned you with love and kindness and tender mercy who satisfy your mouth with good things so that your youth is renew like the eagles the lord ask escu righteousness and justice for whole who are oppressed praise god the focus of the service today is how to live healthy when we say we are healthy we mean that we are functioning at our highest level it's mean there is an absent of sickness disease and pain we are in the state of complete physical mental and social well-being the way we live is of great importance to determine or maintain our health hallelujah praise god this include making intelligent lifestyle choices psalms 139 stated we were fearfully and wonderfully made we are to do everything in our power to maintain our health the relationship between religion and healthy living traced back to the book of philippicos the law in the book were given to keep the israelites strong in body mind and soul god said in exodus 15 26 if you listen carefully to my voice of the lord your god and do what is right in his eyes if you pay attention to all his commandment and keep all these decrees i will not bring on you any of the disease i brought an egyptian for i am the lord who heals you praise god you see brothers and sister god wants to bless his people the blessing is not just spiritual but holistic that means beast in it without peace and prosperity in every area of your life 3rd john 2 tells us brethren i wish above all things that you may prosper and being held evil as your soul prosper as that was read before god gave his people commandment and how to live so that they would be speared from many preventable disease and problems let us read what god said to us through his book osiah isaiah 4 6 said my people are destroyed for what the law of knowledge the bible tell us we were fearfully and wonderfully made but because of sin entering into the world we have disease illness pain and suffering mercy as a result of sin god sent his son jesus christ to die for us we know he was beaten with many strife but thank god which is strive we are healed today we should not be destroyed because of ignorance to god's law so let us take a look at some of the principle god has designed to keep us healthy hallelujah we will support them with what medical science has to say let's look once again six ways to maintain good health we will start off with food every day we are reminded that fiber is good for health how do we get fiber we get this natural and vegetable fruits and seed what does fiber do fiber protect us from an harmful substance and disease it's also sweet the digestive tract clean nuts contain good oils and fats that are ideal amino acid for building protein and enzyme whole grain cereal always watch for the sugar content before buying clean food we should only have food that god create for human consumption avoid scavenger like the pig selfish and fish without fin or scale these are considered natural trash collector loaded with toxin modern research has shown that because of the random eating habits of pigs they carry up to 200 different diseases and 18 different type of parasite including tapeworm avoid alternate food foods that are processed our pump full of antibiotic and hormones food and drink that are chemical altered stripped and rich color all of that you need to avoid it takes away the natural quality in the food these would include processed meat hamburger energy drink and caffeine drink in genesis 1 29 god said i have given you every plant with seas and the face of the earth and every three that has fruit with seed this will be your food in elevacus 2025 we were told you are therefore to make a distinguish between the clean bird and the clean and you shall not make yourself disturbable by animals or birds or by anything that creep on the ground which i have as unclean elive 11 3 to 8 tell us among the animals whatever devised the hoof listen having clothing hooves and chewing the cod that you may eat nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves such as the camel the hair and the swine though it devised the hoof having colvin hoof yet does not chew the cud it is unclean you may ask the preacher what can we eat leviticus 11 9 10 say those you may eat of all that is in the water whatever in the water as fins and scale whatever is the sea or in the river that you may eat but all in the sea or in the river that do not have fins or scale or that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water they are abomination to you so we must eliminate food that are high in sodium and i'm talking about salt salt fat and calories the bible stated that we should not eat the fat of ox sheep or goat these fats have been proven to cause a certain type of cancer harding of the heart risk and other health related disease these fats are added to ground beef wieners and sausage we must experiment instead with fresh herb and spice that had flavor to a nice delicious way in this time of covid we should use more tumeric ginger garlic onion lemon cayenne pepper and honey to booze our immune system and if you have a question how to put that together see sister bellefon at the end there's a way to do it avoid alcohol or anything that alter your mood or hack as a stimulant the university of wisconsin recently report that vitamin b2 in wine is good for the vessel in the heart and i'm sure many love to hear that but i can tell you you can find this in high concentration in juice fruit and vegetable than in the wine alcohol damage all cell and weaken i said weaken the heart muscle over time why do we not drink alcohol in proverbs 23 29 to 35 and it said who is uneasy who has contention who has concern who has wound for no reason who has dullness off the eyes those staying a long time with the wine hallelujah i don't have to tell you what would happen after that have mercy my dear do not come among every drinker of wine among those who are greedy eaters of flesh now this is not my word is coming from proverbs 23 verse 20. so my brothers and sister you have seen the first step to good health in eating the right food the second step is enjoying the sunlight each and every one of us here i hope love the sun i love the sun the sun activates many ingredients in our cells that come from wall food vitamins contain anti-cancer anti-viral anti-arthritis and insect repellent we need to take vitamin d3 and k2 plus a a growing body of evidence show that vitamin ds play a crucial role in disease prevention and maintaining optimal health praise god there's about 30 000 genes in our body and vitamin d affect nearly three thousand of them as well as vitamin d receptor loaded through our bodies according to one large-scale study optimal vitamin d level optimized can help prevent at least 16 different type of cancer including lungs prostate skin cancer and brothers and sister the list goes on vitamin d vitamin k2 is involved in struggling number of body function it plays many crucial role include balancing mood keep bones healthy and regulating human immune function and about half of us is vitamin d deficient benefit of vitamin a it protects your eyes from night blindness and age releasing decline promote a healthy human system reduce your risk of ankle and support bone health we have seen the benefit of eating good food having sunlight the third step is having hey a good marriage let us say amen to that praise god if you are married studies have shown that marriage is beneficial to longevity the husband listener the husband seems to benefit most of far as longevity is concerned brother and sister why is that ponder and that being married and staying married is the healthiest thing you can do for yourself right pastor there is nothing you can do about being a widow or separated at times god has promised to be our comforter counselor and companion and many as trusted and flourished in this relationship as well you can ask sister belfan about that sex should be considered high risk and should only be done within a marriage meaning a relationship between a husband and a wife having many partners promote many health hazard on the body and have a devastating effect spiritual mentally and physically having a positive attitude improve your outlook and life because this can make you a happier person they are benefit to laugher brothers and sister surround yourself with good friends maintain a healthy relationship with family and friends reduce anxiety and resolve problem right away you will have a more positive outlook and life so what i'm saying here brothers and sister if there's a problem don't wait for tomorrow to solve it what you can do do it today because tomorrow is not promise ephesians 5 22 this is a verse that many of us have issue with because the way we read it sometimes that's not the way we think it should go but if god said it we must do it and it goes like this wife submit yourself unto your own husband as you do to the lord for the husband here's the part for the husband is ahead of the wife as christ is the head of the church his body and of which he is the savior we must understand what the word head mean it does not mean that we boss each other around it means god wants us to work together and to love each other according to his plan ephesians 5 5 said you can be sure that no one who lives immorally who is greedy who values anything as more important than god can have a part in the kingdom of christ and of god now we have seen after food sunlight marriage and the fourth step is exercise brothers and sister how is your exercise program going i love to exercise you see we have 24 hours in a day and all you need to do is 30 minutes right pastor exercise daily take a walk hike and bike 30 minutes a day can have a positive effect on your body helen g white in the book of ministry of eel in page 238 stated that an inactive is a fruitful cause of disease so if you're not active you're in trouble we must exercise quicken exercise quicken and it help with the circulation of the blood but if you are hydro the blood does not circle as it should or we said it does not circle freely and the change in it so necessary for life and health do not take place so if you don't exercise you are in trouble lord have mercy upon us you see if one set of muscle is used to the neck of others then brothers and sister once again it won't work we have to depend on the holy spirit to lead us as we continue to do what is good and healthy for a body amen my sister when physical exercise is taken a circulation is quicken the heart receive blood faster and send it to the lungs faster the lungs work more forceful furnish great amount of blood which is stand with stronger power through the entire being exercise give new life and strength to every part of the body the nerve gain or lose strength in accordance with the way in which they are treated think about that when we exercise what it does for the brain if used too long and too severe they are over tax and weaken if used properly they gain what strength in order to have health balance of action must be maintained the mind must be harmonized with this if physical exercise is regular as artwork exercise like it's hard work if the mind take no interest in the exercise of the different part of the body the benefit will not be any good the mind must be interested in exercising the muscle so you must be interested in exercise you just don't go and do it oh yeah they said i have to exercise so exercise you have to think about it and know that's what you want to do exercise is so important in this time because of the pandemic we need to have a good immune system our mental wellness is also a vital in this regard hallelujah after food sunlight and marriage the fourth step is exercising then the fifth is meditate we have to meditate meditation come in place we have to make time to relax read a good book distress stress is one of the underlining cause of many disease and certain type of cancer try your best my brothers and sister not to be stressed out it is not good for your health bitterness resentment and lack of forgiveness are things that are harmful to your health mercy do you remember the incident in the bible when peter asked how many time we are to forgive someone who offends us jesus told him 70 times seven and that is 490 times in other word indefinitely matthew 18 21 to 22 i am sure that nobody takes time to count 490 times paul in first corinthians 13 5 hallelujah remind us that love does not keep any score or wrongs remember that ponder and that the cornerstone of good mental health is forgiveness a smile released a special hormone which increase your face value the substance help balance hormone in the body remember what romans 12 9 said vengeance is mine said the lord i will repay brothers and sister smile laugh and continue to give god the praise the glory and the alleluia we have seen benefit of eating good food having enough sunlight a good marriage and exercise then the fifth step was meditation now the sixth and final step is rest hallelujah thank you my sister why do we need rest pastor life is hectic so we need to take time for adequate rest the bible says in exodus 28 to 11 and we all know this remember the sabbath day by keeping it holy six days you shall labor and do all your work but the seventh day is the sabbath of the lord your god and it you shall not do any work neither you nor your son or daughter nor your male or female servant nor your animals or any foreigner residing in your town for in the six days the lord made the heaven and the earth the sea and all that is in them but he rested on the seventh day therefore the lord bless the sabbath day and make it holy remember the sabbath day to keep it holy we work so hard and rest so little why do we do that but god has told us that we must be good steward of our time our talents and our body tempo he wants us to take care of her body so we must find time to care for our body not only by eating right brothers and sisters and exercising but also in taking time to rest and to worship god we need at least eight hours of rest each night how many of us get that this will renew the body mind and attitude invest i said invest in a good mattress to ensure restful sleep you see i just bring this little part in here i used to use pillows but i don't use pillows anymore there's two sponge that i use now that i get from the chiropractor and i put one right in the back here and the other one above here and brothers and sister is the sweetest sleep you can ever have every day i said yes i spent a little money to get all these information but i'm so comfortable i never sleep on my back but now i'm on my back and i'm so happy and i want to say praise god scripture command a day of rest it is called the sabbath as i wind down here we go so we have seen that god is calling you and he is calling me to live a healthier and a better life through the sixth principle that i have outlined good food vitamin from sunlight happy healthy marriage enough exercise moment of meditation and adequate rest include the sabbath you and i know that learning how to be healthy will take practice and time but we must do it we must do it do you know that your food is your medicine and your medicine is your food there is great benefit in doing what god's command us to do because what he made us and he knows what is best for us this is why he tells us today this is why he tells us today beloved beloved i wish above all things that you would prosper and be in health even has your soul prosper hallelujah today as i go into the appeal if these are the things you want to say to the almighty god let us continue to do what he asks of us and you want to say do you want god's blessing then give your body mind and life to him give up alcohol and unclean foods if you want to be blessed physically follow god's laws of health when christ come into our lives he change us and make us over the only source of joy is to come to jesus and say i give you my mind my strength my appetite my whole body i don't want anything between me and my savior i want to be deliver i want to be delivered from any things that hold me bondage bring me your lord out of the place of sin and sadness into the light of your beautiful present for those watching and line the decision card is available kindly sign up and surrender all to jesus thank you for listening praise god let us pray dear god today we surrender life to you take away your appetite for bad things and help us to crave for only the good things help us to find time to meditate upon your words help us to spend the time exercising and more than all help us to find time to rest so that when we come together to worship you on your holy sabbath day we'll do so in spirit and in truth then one day soon please come and take us to live with you where we'll be in the blue of health forever we thank you jesus amen please stand as we sing our clothes in him [Music] open my eyes that i may see glimpses of truth thou hast for me place in my hands the wonderful key that shall uncles and set me free silently now i wait for thee ready my god thy will to see open my eyes [Music] [Music] that i bear [Music] everything falls will disappear silently now i wait for thee ready my god thy wills to see [Music] [Music] open my [Music] everywhere open my heart and let me prepare [Music] [Music] ready my [Music] open my heart [Music] [Music] thank you father for this reminder today that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and as such dear lord you want us to pay close attention we take care for physical mental spiritual relational social health thank the lord for cesar belfan and for the time spent and preparing this message to share with us today and i pray dear lord that we will leave here more determined to give you our best service you know we care for this wonderful temple you've given unto us may you continue the lord to give each one of us good health in every sense but help us dear father above all to trust in you at all times thank you for hearing this prayer and thank you for keeping us forever new care in jesus name amen [Music] amen [Music] [Music] so let the church [Music] [Music] let us [Music] stay [Music] god has spoken amen this is the place god has spoken and thank you sister beverly belfond for this timely reminder today we cannot take our health for granted we must do all we can to maintain and the way we live our lives preacher said is important to having and maintaining good health um and god wants to give us holistic health and he wants us to prosper and be in health and um remind you of of the six principles of preachers here today firstly eat well eat what is good watch what you eat only eat that which god has created for human consumption now what tastes good you know what god has created for what for human consumption enjoy sunlight there's plenty of it right now so now don't be cooped up in the house go outside and enjoy the sunlight because of the vitamin d and what of course you said also it was at the k2 and a and so forth third i have a good marriage a good marriage is a is what is beneficial for longevity elder you know that well um but especially if you're not married sex is high risk if not done in the context of marriage don't take the risk amen somebody reduce your anxiety by resolving conflicts right away that's good counts isn't it good solid counsel and of course exercise 30 minutes a day can have a positive effect on your body and your mind well you know kovit has not done us any favors so many of us have a lot of questions to do when it comes to exercise but you can come out tomorrow and help brother jermaine hand out flyers that's one way to get the exercise at four between four and seven um what about meditation take time to what relax reduce your stress and notice what preacher said bitterness and resentment and a lack of forgiveness are harmful to our health you know bitterness corrode the soul um the cornerstone of good physical and mental health is what huh you forgot forgiveness the cornerstone of good physical and mental health is forgiveness and that's why the bible says what there is no limit to that 490 times don't keep in the records of how many times you're forgiven because it's good for you [Music] it's good for me and then let us take rest and the sabbath is the greatest gift god has given to us in experiencing not only spiritual rest but also physical rest do you know elder if god didn't give you the sabbath most of us will work ourselves to death especially if we are workaholics you know you know the the research says at least in america that 70 adventists live an average of seven years longer and i

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