Too Much Cancer Awareness, and Not Enough Cancer Prevention?

In a nation where 1 in every 3 people get cancer in their lifetime, and an estimated $125 billion spent on treatments each year with a projected increase to $173 billion by 2020, cancer is one of the leading industries in the United States. Every month a different type of cancer is highlighted for “awareness” but what does that really mean? Every October sports teams, retail stores and other companies market pink items for breast cancer awareness. Every pink item you buy, a portion of the proceeds will go to breast cancer research. But what results is this research bringing? It is a fact that in the last 40 years minimal to no advancements have been made in cancer treatments. There continues to be only 3 recognized forms of treatment (even though many more exist and have been found to be effective): chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Cancer research is not aimed to find a cure, it is aimed to growing an already flourishing business. So why keep promoting “cancer awareness” and not cancer prevention. Marketing! These companies don’t want you to know that cancer is preventable, just like cigarette companies didn’t want us to know that cigarettes kill you. Yes some forms of cancer are hereditary, but still preventable. Cancer is a metabolic disease, not a genetic disease.

“Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; lover her and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you” (Proverbs 4:6-8).

Doesn’t that verse sound just like a college degree?????? Lol omg stay focused….

The root cause of cancer is a weak immune system. Everyone has cancer cells in their body, but when your immune system is functioning properly, you are able to naturally fight cancerous cells when they begin to mutate. When organs become contaminated with microbes due to bad food, vaccinations, etc., this leads to a weakened immune system because those microbes take the glucose that is meant for the cells. So your cells become weakened and the microbes gain energy and power. This is why cancer can come back. After being treated, if you continue to ingest unhealthy foods and have a weakened immune system then you are opening the door for cancer to flourish in your body.

It’s time to just stop being aware of cancer. Big business wants you to pay for screenings and treatments. They can’t make money from us if we are preventing cancer ourselves. Maybe then they will actually find a cure to this epidemic once they realize that people are becoming educated on the pathology of their business.

One of the most important things that you can do to prevent cancer and almost any disease in your body is to boost your immune system. Obviously, this can be done by eating a well balanced diet, getting enough rest, and exercise regularly.  But there are immune system builder supplements available. Stop eating large amounts of sugar. Cancer cells love an acidic environment and this is what eating sugar does to your body. You are essentially making a home for cancer mutations.  Alkaline foods are your body’s happy place, and create the most functional environment. The obvious, stop smoking! Wear sunscreen, even on cloudy days when exposed to UV rays for long periods of time. Prevent chemical exposure. Limit alcohol consumption.

If cancer does find a home in your body, it is also important to realize that there are other treatments out there besides the regular. Cancer cannot just be cut out through surgery. Chemotherapy and radiation can leave your body open to further cancer due to the fact that they both weaken your immune system. All treatments need to done under the supervision of a physician. Many people think that if they turn their life around after already contracting cancer that it will kill the cancer cells. I do not advise this because many times you do not know the whole extent of the damage that has already taken place. I would advise looking to Cancer Tutor, they use supplemental treatments that have proven effective is combating cancer and a different way to have chemotherapy administered so that it will not also break down your body.

Let’s stop giving cancer a business to prosper, when the only thing it is giving you in return is a prospering tumor. Take our bodies and money back. 

Happy New Year!!

"For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ , they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning,. For it had been better for them not to have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, the dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the saw that was washed to her wallowing in the mire". (2 Peter 2:20-22).

It’s 2017!!!! Happy New Year and new beginnings!!! As prophesized this will be the year of the outpouring of the blessings from heaven. Families will be restored, wealth transferred, and more lives brought to the Lord!! In other words, this is going to be a great year!! Like many people, we always start our year off with a New Year’s Resolution, or a New Year’s procrastination or a New Year’s let’s start now but then revert back to our old ways next week… So what is your resolution? Finally going to lose 20 pounds, pay off your debt, or maybe get back into church? All of these are great, but let’s make 2017 the year when we really make a life change.

The term resolution comes from the Latin word, resolvere, meaning to loosen or release. A resolution is put in place to release from some sort of bondage holding you back in life. Having a resolution is great, but making your resolution a commitment should be the goal. Loosen those burdens going into the new year.

As we read in 2 Peter, it is better to keep the pollutions in your life, than to clean yourself from them and then revert back to those same dirty deeds. It is described as a dog eating his own vomit or a pig jumping in the mud after being washed. Pointless!

What chains are you breaking in 2017? Personally I am continuing on in my journey of letting go of processed foods and sugar. Growing in my relationship with God as I continue on in my purpose. Spending less time on social media and watching television. One of my ultimate goals in life is to travel the world. It’s time to stop watching my dreams on tv and seeing other people achieve, and start planning.

"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not". (Galations 6:9)

My friends don’t forget receiving the blessing comes with work. Not just prayer but actual, physical work. You can pray to God all day but if you are not living your life according to his will then the blessing train is not going to stop at your station. It might throw you a small package from the window, but you will not receive the full shipment.

Procrastination: the action of delaying or postponing

As we saw in the end of 2016, death may be imminent for all of our lives. Stop putting off eating healthy, because your heart attack may be tomorrow. Give your life to God today. Car accidents happen every couple minutes. One of the saddest things that I see is people who think that life is guaranteed, so they put off loving God to another day. How dare any of us put off loving the one who gives us life in the first place! Do you not realize how you live your life today will effect your future generations? My daughter tells me that she misses McDonalds and Ramen Noodles. Sorry but you are not going to get high blood pressure, diabetes or cancer over some cheap food because of me. It’s time to start doing better so we can teach our children better. Don't wait untill tomorrow, today i a great day to start over!

Masking your Pain Pt. 4

“By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. He hath cast me into the mine, and I am become like dust and ashes” (Job 30: 18,19).

“We don’t have pain, we do pain” –Dr. Alex Cahana

Pain may only stay in our bodies if we let it. By setting our faith, changing our perception of pain and removing barriers from our bodies that prevent natural healing, then we are able to have a pain free life. By including simple exercises into our everyday routine we can also maintain our healing and restore quality of life. As we learned in our previous article, Pillow Talk, pain can cause stress in the body and chronic stress can cause pain. This constant stimulation of your sympathetic nervous system causes damage to all body organs.

I found that using a mixture of deep breathing and mediation during my prayer time have done wonders for relaxing my muscles, relieving my pain and controlling my stress. This has also helped with my prayer life and gives me a deeper connection with God. I know that many Christians are against mediation, because it comes from Buddhist origin and of course if Christianity did not come up with it then it MUST be bad, right??? Let me explain to you what meditation is. Mediation involves concentrating your thoughts on a specific object  or thought, and slowing down your current process, in order to give your mind a break from the extra thoughts and stresses that run through your mind during the day. Meditation does not need to be done with chanting and alters. Meditation can be done concentrating on the meal you are eating, or the shower you are taking, or a bible verse that you have read. Many of us rush through our daily prayers; we say what we are thankful for, give God our prayer requests and AMEN. Back to living life after that. Prayer time is meant to be quality time with the Lord and not just one way conversation. My own routine, I slow down and break up my prayers into sections. I will take pauses and deep breathe fully inflating and deflating my lungs while focusing on the Holy Spirit. Not only does this allow the Holy Spirit to work on me and give time for communication but the breathing exercises help to reduce anxiety, alter heart function, lower blood pressure, sleep better, increase mental clarity and energy and relieve pain. Meditation also has these same qualities. My prayers could last for hours if I let them, God always places more on my heart to pray for when I give him more time to talk to me, and my prayers are so relaxing. I’m not just telling God everything that I need and want while trying to rush to get back to my life. I am spending quality time with the Father. We have conversations and I always awake still feeling the Spirit with me.

“And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the Word of God with boldness” (Acts 4:31).

Relaxation techniques can work wonders in controlling our response and experience to pain. When I go to bed each night I use autogenic training to relax my muscles to promote a more quality rest, and help to ensure that I will wake up pain free. I find a comfortable position to lie in and I use short phrases to tell my muscles to relax. I work from my neck down to my toes. “My neck is relaxed, my shoulders are relaxed, etc.”. With training you will start to feel as your tension leaves your body and you start to relax.

I encourage you to do your research on breathing techniques, relaxation techniques and meditation to see which exercises your body will work best with. Since we are all different, and our pain comes from different parts of the body and from different causes, the same treatment will not work for everyone.

Train your body to restore good habits:

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·         Stop smoking!

      Get enough sleep each night

·         Get up and exercise, walking is good for everyone

·         Laugh!

Good habits must be learned, just like bad habits were.

“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed” (James 1:6).

“And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before” (Job 42:10).

 Job lost everything! His children, his livestock and his body was failing before his own eyes. He was only left with a wife that told him to curse God and die, and friends that provided no encouragement. But he did not lose faith in the one who could restore him. And God did just that. His family was restored, he was given more livestock than he previously owned and Job lived a long and prosperous life. Job came through his season victorious and pain free because when God restores you he will give you more than what you previously had plus return your time lost!

The amazing book that I used for my research on holistic healing, and helped to bring my own healing, Holistic Pain Relief, by Heather Tick, MD. 

Masking your Pain Pt 3

“Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Picture this, you are cutting up onions in your kitchen while preparing dinner for your family. You accidently cut your finger. You don’t have to tell your body, “fix my finger”. Your body automatically sends the needed cells to the site of trauma, they stop the bleeding and start the healing process. And once enough little soldiers are at the site to provide healing your body tells your cells to stop sending more. Within a few days or weeks, depending on how bad the cut, it is healed. Our body has the ability to heal ALL sickness and pain within your body. So why are some of us still suffering? We have barriers in place stopping that healing. And guess who puts those barriers there???? WE DID!!!

Many times when our body experiences symptoms such as pain, or high blood pressure or breathing problems, western medicine is designed to give you medicine to alleviate the symptoms, but not fix the problem. Then they put a diagnosis on these problems (migraines, hypertension, asthma), when in actuality they are just your body calling out to you to let you know that you need to get back in balance.

The first line of breaking your holistic healing barriers is diet.

I will be honest, even though I am a nurse, I never understood how eating unhealthy can poison your body. This goes beyond just becoming obese and getting diabetes or high blood pressure. Each meal that we ingest changes our body’s chemistry. According to Heather Tick, MD, author of Holistic Pain Relief, our gut is the gateway between the outside and inside world of our body, and diet is more powerful in preventing disease than either drugs or medical care. Diet can nourish cells or leave them vulnerable to further damage.

For many of us when we think of pain we correlate it to inflammation within our bodies. The truth is our body needs a low level of inflammation at all times in order to function properly. When we take anti-inflammatory medications to relieve pain, we are also wiping out the good inflammation. In addition to that if you are eating unhealthy foods that cause inflammation, then all you are doing is confusing your body between inflammatory and noninflammatory states.

Foods that cause inflammation:

Sugar                                                     Refined flour                                                     Saturated fat

Vegetable oil                                         Dairy products                                                   Processed meat

Fried foods                                           Artificial sweeteners                                          Gluten

Excess alcohol

All the good stuff, I know right???? I thought the same think when I first started studying about holistic healing. But let’s get real for a second. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine. What do majority of Americans eat on a regular basis??? SUGAR! We are a people addicted to food. So next time you judge or question someone who is labeled an addict for what they put in their body for enjoyment, don’t forget about your own poisons. The only difference is that our poisons are cleared by the FDA.

Last week we got our minds in the right place to start healing, now it’s time to make physical changes to maintain our healing. I encourage you all to educate yourselves about eating unprocessed and unpasteurized foods. Last week, I bought some cheese that was a different brand from what we usually buy because I recently started shopping at a Farmer’s Market versus the typical grocery store. My daughter made eggs with the cheese, and it did not melt. I was hesitant about eating it, but she is 8 years old, I thought maybe it was the way she cooked it. Later in the week, we used the cheese again for cooking, and again it did not melt. I looked at the package and it clearly said pasteurized.  It got thrown away, if my cheese does not melt when being cooked it has no place in my body because then my body will not be able to break it down properly, and all those chemicals that were put into it to make it that way are now in my body!

For many of us, breaking our sugar addiction may seem difficult. It still is for me. One of the most effective ways I have found in changing my eating habits was to start with a fast. I fasted for one day and during my lunch break at work and any time I would feel tempted I would find a quiet place, pray and remind myself why I am doing this. Remind myself that I am tired of being in pain, and spending money on doctor’s visits and medicine, and tired of being a food addict. God should be your go-to, not food. After my fast I started shopping at a Farmer’s Market buying all fresh vegetables and meats. There are many “diets” that you can use as a starting point, but personally I do not work well with following diets and they are more easily broken than followed. So I just told myself I would only buy raw, natural foods and only eat limited carbs. Some diets that can work well when trying to make a lifestyle change include:

Mediterranean diet                              Alkaline diet                                                       Gluten free diet

The Specific Carb diet                        Nightshade free diet                                            Blood-Type diet

Elimination & 4 day diet                                

“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reigns be consumed within me” (Job 19:25-27).

Remember my friends that change may not always be easy and may not feel good. Job suffered tremendously and still kept his faith that God would restore him. You can also make the changes needed in your life to receive holistic healing but you cannot look to God to do all of the work. Next week we will discuss exercises that promote holistic healing. Until then I encourage you to really look at your eating habits and start to make changes that will benefit you in the long run. For some people slowly taking away foods will be easier than just stopping cold turkey, but whatever your preference, is perfectly fine as long as you have an end goal. Holistic healing will only be possible if your diet is changed. You cannot put old oil in your car and expect for it to run well. The same goes for your body, you cannot keep ingesting poison and expect to be healthy.

References

Adams, M. How to Heal Yourself in 15 Days. http://www.manataka.org/page2037.html

Tick, H. Holistic Pain Relief.  

Masking your Pain Pt. 2

“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: for he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in the seventh there shall no evil touch thee” (Job 5:17-19).

Dealing with chronic pain on a regular basis, whether physical pain due to an injury or emotional pain caused by depression, can be debilitating. In order to live freely in the absence of pain and have a good quality of life without having to take medicine everyday to control your symptoms, you must rewire your body. First change your mindset, and then change your daily habits. Holistic healing is possible, it will just take more work than taking pills prescribed by your doctor.

In order to begin the healing process, you must first find the cause of your ailment. Many of us, God has allowed for our pain to occur because he wants us to overcome it, so that it can be a testimony and lead to blessings for others. Job, described as, “perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil” (Job 1:1) was given his pain directly from Satan, but under the direction of God. This was because God wanted to show Satan that the pain that he could afflict was not great enough to break him. For some of us, this may be our trial, but are you letting your pain break you? Are you showing Satan right?

I dealt with chronic tension headaches starting in 2009 through 2016. When they first started my headaches were so bad that I lost my vision. I went to the hospital, they feared that it could be a brain tumor but all tests came back inconclusive. After that day came the pill popping, almost every day so that I could try and live a normal life. Even when I didn’t wake up with a headache I would take something for pain in fear of getting one. I was always exhausted because I would even have pain in my sleep. This past summer I went to a Neurologist, and I kid you not, this doctor spent 3 minutes on my assessment and then prescribed me a low dose antidepressant for my headaches. And because he was a specialist I had to pay SOOOO much for that 5 minute visit! But we won’t get into that because we are believing God for all of our healing so that we can start enjoying our money instead of giving it to doctors HALLELUJAH! But, I left that building feeling like not one of my questions were answered and like this was not the solution. But, I started the medicine, and I admit it worked. My headaches would still come intermittently but not as severe. As a side effect the medicine made me groggy and I would go half of my day without fully waking up, and this was just one of the many side effects. With taking antidepressants, this is not just a drug that can be stopped when you start to feel better, so would I be stuck taking this hormonal altering drug for the rest of my life? I knew that this was not the answer that I was looking for.

One night I was praying, and I asked God, “why have you given me this pain?”. He answered me right away and told me that my pain would help to educate others on how to deal with their pain. So I ask you to find out the cause of your pain. Some pain is self inflicted or accidental but no problem is too big for the God that we serve. God is telling me that there are some people battling depression because you are in unhealthy relationships. God is using that extra push to wake you up and to get you out. Any relationship that causes pain is not meant for you!

As you are praying regarding your healing, EXPECT CHANGE! The other day I took a nap and slept on my neck wrong. It was causing me discomfort so I decided to pray on it before the pain escalated. In the middle of my prayer a force pushed my neck forward and all discomfort was relieved! Set your faith! Find the cause of your pain so that you can pray over it and handle it. Disease can only stay in the body of the believer if you let it.

“Then said his wife unto him. Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speaketh as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips” (Job 2:9,10).

What is your perception of pain, and how do you react to its presence? Job first lost all of his livestock, then all of his children were killed, and then he received painful boils all over his body. The crazy part is, his wife told him to die. But Job’s perception of his pain gave him strength. Job knew that if he remained faithful the God would deliver him through his storm. Some people might have been dealing with pain for decades. You have to remember some storms last longer than others, but that is no reason to turn from God because your reward will be greater when you make it to the other side. When you allow yourself to be stressed your pain tolerance decreases and you turn off your body’s natural ability to heal itself. Don’t let yourself be stressed, this is just a scene in your life. There will be many more. Don’t give your pain more strength by perceiving this as a problem that is too big for God.

Now that we have our thinking cleared and minds set on the right track to healing, we will continue Part 3 next week to start learning how we can heal our physical bodies. Your everyday life plays the main role in how you feel. 

Masking your Pain Pt. 1

“It’s estimated that between 26.4 million- 36 million people abuse opioids worldwide, with an estimated 2.1 million people in the United States suffering from substance use disorders related to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2012”

                https://www.drugabuse.gov

The definition of pain according to Merriam-Webster, “localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder; a basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious stimulus, received by naked nerve endings, characterized by physical discomfort; mental or emotional suffering: sadness caused by some emotion or mental problem”.

Pain can be received or transferred be each of our five senses: sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing. With that, it is inevitable that we all must experience pain at some points in our lives. As a nurse I care for patients daily that have pain. As I give multiple doses of narcotics (as ordered) many patients do not question what I am injecting into their body. All they know is that what I am giving them will make the pain go away. But I know if given one dose too many, a person’s respirations can be suppressed to the point where their body forgets to breathe. In other words, pain medicine can kill you and we should not be taking them for long periods of time or high doses. Many people do not even realize that pain medicine does not suppress pain; the pills’ job is to trick the brain into thinking that pain is gone. Pain medicine’s job is to mask your pain for a period of time, it doesn’t solve the problem.

“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with, that we may also be glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” Romans 8:17-18

Jesus, the son of our Lord sacrificed his life for our second chance at life. He was nailed to a cross, with a crown of thorns set on his head, and put on public display for the public to treat him as they pleased. That hurts! Knowing that the people that you came to save are now ridiculing you and watching you die. That is physical, mental, emotional, ANY kind of pain that you can possibly think of on a whole new level! While nailed to the cross he had to endure each neurotransmitter eliciting his pain receptors. Most of us will never and have never experienced pain even close to this, and we pump our body full of drugs for much less, with me included. I have taken a low dose antidepressant for about 6 months for treatment of chronic tension headaches, and before that I took ibuprofen 800 mg 2-3 times a day for 6 years. I am now researching holistic pain control so that I will not be dependent on any medications. I was praying to God one night asking why these headaches keep coming back. He told me that they would be a blessing to others. He wants to use so many of us in his army but so many of us are hiding behind these masks and cannot work to our greatest potential at this point. He is ready to heal and bless you, so that you can then become a blessing to others! It’s the end times and we all must be ready, and be ready to take as many people as we can with us. So it’s time to wake up.

Back to Jesus, we must remember what happened after he suffered his pain. He overcame it, and was raised from the dead. Pain, whether it be physical emotional, spiritual or mental is not meant to break you. Pain exists to make you stronger. Even if the enemy is the cause of the pain, God wants to turn that suffering into your success.  When you are confronted with pain, find its source and handle it. Pain from a break up? Learn and pray to find your peace as a single. Don’t let yourself stay down, and then end up dealing with depression taking regular medications for that. Pain from a sports injury? Don’t mask it with medicine, and keep playing. Take the necessary measures for healing and come back even stronger instead of breaking yourself down slowly. The longer you wait to take care of the source of the problem, the harder it will be to deal with.

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18.

I began writing this blog a few weeks ago with the intention of putting it out after the New Year, but the Holy Spirit guided me to start this series now. I am currently learning about holistic pain control and am believing that many of us will be healed and made stronger in the New Year! This week I would like to challenge anyone dealing with chronic pain to start praying and fasting in the spirit. Diet is a key ingredient in holistic pain relief and reducing inflammation in the body, which we will discuss more next week. But I am not asking you to start off to drastic; fast something simple that you know is unhealthy whether it is soda, alcohol, sugar, carbs, etc. When you are feeling tempted during the day speak to God and ask him for his strength to overcome your temptations. Look up bible verses concerning pain and temptation. I will also be doing this fast. I love my Coke! And sprite, Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew…. any soda, so I will be fasting with you and praying for all of us and everyone dealing with chronic pain. Let’s end this year with a testimony, that will have a ripple effect that will last all of 2017!

Going to Heaven VIP!!!

Have you ever went to a club or concert and waited in line forever with the general public? While waiting in that line you watched another, shorter line of people walk right into the event. The VIP line! Believe it or not, there is a VIP line into heaven. It’s expensive and hard to get in to, but it’s worth the work!

“Enter ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matthew 7:13,14).

It’s estimated that approximately 2.2 billion people out of the 6.9 billion people on this earth consider themselves Christian. Christianity is the world’s largest religion. If all 2.2 billion Christians were taking our VIP line to heaven that’s a lot of people. But the bible says that few will find it, right? Guess what,  just because you say that you are a Christian, does not guarantee your spot in heaven. Saying a prayer does not automatically mean that you are saved. Sorry to tell you that it is not that easy, because if it were, more people would be in that VIP line.

Obviously, to get into a club VIP, you must pay more. You cannot expect to get VIP treatment after only paying general admission. A quote that I love, “You cannot truly worship the Lord if you are still in love with this world”. Many “general admission” Christians, may say that they’re Christian because they believe in God, go to church every now and then, and celebrate Christmas. But they live in this world by cussing, not tithing, going to the bar every weekend, etc. Your daily actions must be pleasing to God.

Still don’t get it?  Lets say it differently shall we?

If God was your shadow for a day and you didn’t know it, would your daily actions please him? Would your words glorify him? If your answer is I don’t know, or no then it may be time for you to start paying your dues for that VIP line.

“His Lord said unto him, well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things. I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord” (Matthew 25:21).

Let’s figure out how to get into this line. My pastor was just speaking this evening, when you live your life according to God’s will, and fulfill his purpose for you; when you get to heaven you will have your own entry gates. All of your relatives and anyone that was special to you will be at that entrance applauding you for your work, then the crowd will part and Jesus will be there. He will say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant”. Now that’s the VIP entrance that I want to make! I’m not going in with the general admission, that said the prayers, lived an “ok” life but did not reach their full potential.

When we give our lives over to Christ, we at first become a baby Christian (the term being reborn). But from there it is your job to dive into the word, educate yourself, and build a relationship with God. Speak to the Father not just during your quiet time, but in your everyday life. Small inquiries, “should I go here?’, “should I apply for this job?” As your relationship grows you will learn His voice. Then you can get to the question, what is my purpose? BUT! But, you will not know if you do not ask. Many people will go down a path that they think is the right one. It may be a career that helps people and is rewarding, but if it wasn’t God’s will for you, then your full potential will not be reached and you will keep looking for more, because your spirit will not be satisfied.

Long story short, choose the will of the Father in your life, and all will be well. He wants to be close to you, but you have to communicate with him. You may have to be patient. In my own experience, after weeks of praying about my purpose, I literally got the urge to write in the middle of a sermon at church, but I didn’t know what to write. So I kept praying, and reading the Word and about two months later God told me to start a blog about health and the word, and now we are all here!

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21).

“Stop listening to my instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge” (Proverbs 19:27).

God has a specific purpose for all of us. It may bring one person to Christ or one million people. It is not your job to count, it’s just your job to trust the Father and follow his direction. That direction will lead to your VIP line!

Dear Heavenly Father we thank you for your word given to us to provide the knowledge that we need to become closer with you. We thank you for your urge to be close to us and to have a meaningful relationship. We pray for the knowledge needed to find and fulfill our purpose in life that you have chosen for us so that our blessings will become blessings to others. Amen!

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