John Bradshaw

It Is Written

Better Health on a Budget

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It's no secret that people living in the Western world are suffering from serious health challenges.

Diabetes and prediabetes are out of control, it seems, and everything from dementia to autism is running amok.

You don't have to suffer from illnesses and disorders.

In the vast majority of cases, you can experience better health.

Good health is a good idea, but for some people, good health seems to be out of reach because good health costs real money.

Health insurance can be horrendously expensive.

Visit a health food store and you'll understand why many people simply shop where they can afford to buy food to put on the table, even though it might not be the best quality.

But having better health does not have to break the bank.

We are going to discuss better health on a budget.

I'm going to share ideas and principles with you that pretty much anyone can follow and implement.

Primarily, better health is God's idea, and your physical health is connected to your spiritual health.

God's wish is that you prosper in all things and be in health, according to 3 John verse 2.

You want to thrive spiritually, you want to thrive physically as far as you're able.

In the Bible, Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank.

When the king's unclean and unhealthy food and his fermented wine were served, Daniel refused them.

And after 10 days of honoring God in his diet, Daniel and his friends were visibly healthier than the rest of the young men.

As a result, Daniel was blessed with spiritual wisdom and insight, and he wrote 1 of the most consequential books in the entire Bible.

Paul wrote that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that you are not your own, for you were bought at a price.

Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." So this matters.

Now, consider that global health statistics make for scary reading, and this becomes important for survival.

James Elsey, professor of surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, writing for the American College of Surgeons.

Currently, the U.S., compared to similar Western countries, has the lowest life expectancy at birth, highest reported maternal and infant mortality, highest hospitalization rate from preventable causes, highest death rate for avoidable and treatable conditions, highest suicide rate, and highest chronic disease burden rate in the world.

Has evolved into a highly corporatized system controlled by a decreasing number of increasingly powerful conglomerates, where Profit is often the main metric of performance and success.

Is a for-profit industry, which is good in some ways, not so good in others.

The primary responsibility of a for-profit enterprise is profitability.

If you need surgery or if you've been in an accident and you need someone to put you back together, you can't beat the U.S.

But if you actually want to get well and stay Well, you really have to take matters into your own hands and start making decisions that will benefit you.

Now, when you start to talk about better health on a budget, there are a couple of places your mind might predictably go.

If you want to pay less for food, you might want to buy in bulk.

But for many people, buying in bulk simply isn't really an option.

Not everyone has enough money to buy 48 of everything.

And not everyone has the space to store 48 cans of beans or 25 pounds of rice.

Buying in bulk is a good idea, but it isn't practical for all.

But we'll put that on our list with an asterisk.

Store brands can be cheaper, and the quality is the same.

SupermarketX doesn't have its own factory-making pasta sauce.

It's made by 1 of the big manufacturers and relabeled, so you're getting regular quality and it isn't costing you so much.

We'll put that on our list without an asterisk.

But at the end of the day, you've saved $14 on your grocery bill.

And while that's something, It isn't changing a whole lot about your situation.

You could shop around for health insurance, but it's all expensive, so it's a bit like saving $10 on a designer handbag, still costing you a ton.

An unexpected visit to the emergency room or an urgent care clinic can break the bank, especially given that 1 in 4 Americans have less than $1, 000 in savings.

What's better is to not need the medication or the visit to the doctor.

Of course, that's not always possible for a variety of reasons.

But what if you could keep them from happening?

The good news is, in many instances, you can.

I'm going to come at this from a couple of different directions.

If we're looking at better health on a budget, then we want to know A.

How to positively impact our budget, freeing up resources that we can invest in our health.

Right now in California, venture capitalist Brian Johnson is trying to live forever.

He's following a regimen that can only be described as remarkable or extreme.

Johnson is taking dozens of supplement pills a day.

He eats a very carefully curated diet and is being assisted by a team of 30 doctors and regenerative experts.

The results he's achieving are mind-boggling, really.

Johnson, while in his late 40s, has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old, and the lung capacity and fitness of an 18-year-old.

Whereas normal aging is measured at 1.0, Mr.

Johnson is aging at 0.64, meaning that every year he ages only 7 ½ months.

But improving your health doesn't have to be that complex or expensive.

You and me, we're never going to be able to do all that Brian Johnson is doing.

And of course, he's not going to live forever.

But he is proving something very important.

If you do certain things, and if you don't do certain things, you do better.

So what can you do that won't break the bank and that will almost certainly improve your health significantly.

Now, to be clear, I'm not making promises.

I hope you'll do your own research and speak with your doctor.

The system as it currently is has failed us.

The foods we eat in the US are filled with preservatives, dyes and chemicals which many other countries have banned.

There was a controversy for years about a food coloring known as Red No.

In 1990, In 1990, it was banned for use in the United States in topical drugs and cosmetics after the FDA determined the dye caused cancer when eaten by animals.

But for more than 30 years after that, it was allowed in foods, supplements and oral drugs.

And even the ban on RED3 allowed manufacturers to use it for 2 more years.

Bottom line, it was known for years that RED3 is harmful, but nothing was done to take it out of the food supply.

There's a huge debate about glyphosate in food, with people claiming it's linked to cancer and other disastrous outcomes.

A chemical, glyphosate is the active ingredient in the world's most widely used weed killer.

While it can no longer be used by home gardeners, largely due to a massive amount of lawsuits, farmers can still use it.

A Beginning With No End

Randy Skeete

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A Beginning with No End

I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.

And whither I go, ye know, and the way ye know.

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life.

If he had known me, he should have known my Father also.

And from henceforth he know him, and have seen him.

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?

He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.

And how sayest thou then, shew us the Father?

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?

The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself.

But the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me.

Or else believe me for the very work's sake.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my father.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the father may be glorified in the son if he shall ask anything in my name I will do it if you love me keep my commandments god is good and all the time psalm 100 verse 5 for the lord is good his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations.

When Jesus prayed to the Father in John 17, He told him in verse 17, Sanctify them through thy truth.

He did not recommend the Encyclopedia Britannica.

There are many people we respect and we listen to their words, but we must understand only thus saith the Lord has a sanctifying effect and 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 3 tells us this is the will of God even your Sanctification It is god's will that we be sanctified and the instrument of that sanctification is a spirit filled word of god which brings to us the very life of god.

We thank God for bringing us through another day.

We're close to the setting of the sun, which will usher in the blessed Sabbath day ignored by most of the world but still respected by a few and your presence tells me you respect God's holy day.

We don't worship the commandments but we worship God Because of what God means to us, we obey him.

If you're driving down the street and a policeman does that, what do you do?

If you're driving down the road and I do that.

I have no power but the policeman or woman with that badge and that uniform represents the power of the state.

So when he or she does that, because of who the person is, I stop.

Because of who God is, he said, remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

6 days shall thou labor and do all thy work.

But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.

Thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gate.

For in 6 days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day.

Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and Hallowed day.

When Peter and the other disciples were fishing all night and caught nothing.

Jesus says, launch out into the deep and let down your net for a draft.

Peter said, Lord, we have fished all night and have taken nothing.

But then he said, nevertheless, at thy word, I will let down the net because you said so and I know who you are.

So even though I am a professional fisherman And I know where the best fish can be found at what time of the year or the day I?

Found nothing all night Because you said do it again.

I'll do it We obey because of who tells us to obey.

Who is with us tonight for the very first time?

All right, well we're all members of the family.

Let me tell you again, perhaps you're bored hearing me say it.

I'm happy, pleased, honored to be with you and to speak the words of God to you.

I will miss you when I'm gone and I will always pray for you, but I'm not gone yet So let's see what God will do for us Tonight our subject a beginning with no end.

It is 10 after 6 release as usual before 7 Let me turn off this man-made instrument that often disturbs God.

If you're not using yours, please turn it off completely.

Fight the addiction to keep it on and turn it off.

You will not suffer if you don't know who's calling you for the next 40 minutes.

Favor number 2, while I'm speaking, pray for me.

By the way, if you're using it as a Bible, turn the sound all the way down.

You've been very good with that and thank you.

Favor number 2, while I'm speaking, pray for me and say, Lord put your words in that man's mouth.

Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 9, then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth and the Lord said unto me, behold I have put my words, not Gabriel or any other angel, God himself has promised to put his words in my mouth and I asked him publicly to do that for me tonight and Favor number 3.

I want you to think the religion of Christ appeals to thinking people Let me say differently so you do not misunderstand I did not say the religion of Christ appeals only to people with academic degrees.

I didn't say that I said the religion of Christ appeals to thinking people who are willing to think and so God says come now let us do what?

Reason together and I hope you'll do that as you listen to me speak the words of God.

Let's, My brother come and pray for me Yes Do we have a microphone Here's 1 Push the button on the side.

So I thought there we go as bowed eyes closed There for a God we thank you for this day.

We thank you for waking us up this morning in our right minds Some people went to sleep and didn't wake up Lord, but you gave us another day praise your most holy name because you're God of gods and king of kings and lord of lords tonight as we come here lord we invite the holy spirit to be with all of us put your words in pastor skeet's mouth that what he said may be what you want us to hear Please give us open hearts and minds to receive it in Jesus name.

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Relativism and Absolutes

This morning, very quickly, this afternoon, I should say, I want to spend a little time talking about the biblical foundation for ethics and why this topic is so important.

In fact, I'm going to argue this is 1 of the most important topics that we could be studying right now in our world today.

And yet when I look back on my experience, I can't think of a single sermon I've ever heard given on ethics.

Or even, it doesn't even come up in conversation.

When's the last time you had a conversation with someone about ethics?

So much so that many of us may not even know what ethics really is.

And so hopefully between this morning sermon and this afternoon, which will be a lot more practical, we'll all know what ethics is and we'll understand why it's important and we'll know how to make ethical decisions.

So before we dive in, the title is Relativism and Absolutes.

I invite you to bow your heads for a moment.

Holy Spirit will guide us in the time we have.

Father in heaven, Thank You so much for opportunities to study Your Word.

We realize that these are difficult times, and we need to learn to be able to distinguish between right and wrong.

So please, Father, guide my lips, guide my thoughts as we study this morning.

And I thank you and I pray this in Jesus name, amen.

So this question of relativism versus absolutes, this is critical I believe today for a couple reasons, maybe not those words but the concepts.

First reason of course is that we live in a world where moral relativism is rampant.

What that means is We live in a time very much like the days after Joshua when every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Everyone has his own idea of what they think is right and wrong.

We're going to explore some of that this afternoon, some of the history behind that.

But the reality is society does not like someone that takes an absolute position today.

And it's been that way in this country, this cultural shift away from absolutism towards relativism for at least 50 or 60 years, as long as I've been alive pretty much.

So the enemy, at least in my mind, has softened us up for what's coming.

Because what's just ahead, and this is the second reason I believe ethics is important.

Second reason is that we're heading into the greatest ethical crisis this world has ever faced.

Revelation clearly predicts a time of persecution is coming for God's people.

And it's going to be over the law of God.

The enemy was wroth with the woman, went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus.

So there's going to be a conflict over the law of God.

And the enemy is going to bring all the powers to bear against those who keep the law of God.

You're not going to be able to buy or sell unless you're willing to compromise your ethical principles and violate the law of God.

And it's going to be a life or death issue.

Every imaginable rationalization is going to be presented to you.

I got to make my house payment, my mortgage payment.

And we're going to be pressured to violate our convictions and make decisions in unethical ways.

And if we're not used to processing things in terms of ethics, in terms of right and wrong, then when we face that kind of challenge, we are going to be unprepared.

Not know how to make ethical decisions and be thrust into the most difficult ethical challenge this world has ever faced.

So I want to talk a little bit about the biblical basis for ethics, for a biblical ethics, that is.

And I'd like to suggest it's based on 3 very, very simple concepts.

This afternoon I'll get more into the nuts and bolts of how to make ethical decisions, but I want to just talk about the foundation of God's absolutism.

Now if you're an absolutist, like I am, you believe there's a God.

His reality is not dependent on my perception or my whatever I'm thinking.

He is His own reality and has nothing to do with me.

Now if I'm a relativist and I'm going to say something like this, no, there's not really a God.

The concept of God is just a figment of my own imagination, or our shared imagination.

The only divinity is whatever's inside of me.

There's no higher reality than what I perceive myself.

Again, it's in the difference between an absolute external God and an internal subjective experience.

By the way, that verse in Judges that talked about every man did that which is right in his own eyes, Do you remember how the verse starts?

In those days, there was no king in Israel.

So when there's no king, everyone decides for themselves what's right and wrong.

And when we remove God from the equation, we say there's no absolute God, there's no absolute Creator to whom we are morally accountable to.

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