GOOD SEEDS OF GODLY HEALTH

Brad Swartout

SEEDS • Sermon • Submitted 4 months ago • Presented 4 months ago

3 John 2–8

A Healthy Person

Holistic Health

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ANNOUNCEMENT:

Sending John and Debbie

INTRO:

Video of Gary Brecka 7:54-11:45 “I can predict when you’ll die!”

If it doesn’t challenge you; It doesn’t change you

God’s kingdom is set up to test and challenge you

financially

health

life

James 1:2–4 NLT

Dear brothers and sisters,* when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

I. Pursue Optimum Health

3 John 2 NLT

2 Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.

A. Prioritize Proper Nutrition

1. Consuming a proper diet

Consider food the fuel that energizes your body to do what it was created to do…

Eat to live don’t live to eat.

As Christians, we are not to let our appetites control us; rather, we are to control them:

In 1920, there was around 8 man made chemicals found on our foods, now there is over 100,000.

It’s no secret we have a chronic disease crisis in our country

Human beings are not meant to consume large amounts of processed foods and poly unsaturated fatty acids they cause damage to the cells and inflammation in the body.

Better off eating organic fruit; ending with the word berry; strawberry, blackberry, raspberry; wash it in cold water with vinegar and baking soda for 60 seconds.

In a couple weeks we are going to be talking to a doctor about breads and grains.

Proverbs 25:27 NLT

27 It’s not good to eat too much honey, and it’s not good to seek honors for yourself.

Proverbs 23:2 NLT

2 If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat;

2 Peter 1:5–7 NLT

5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

2 Corinthians 10:5 NLT

5 We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

2. Avoiding excessive indulgence

Proverbs 23:20–21 NLT

20 Do not carouse with drunkards or feast with gluttons, 21 for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.

Alcohol, nicotine, sugar in excess amounts will harm our bodies.

3. Practice the discipline of fasting

Read parts of article, “The Health Benefit of Fasting”

Gary Brecka: “3 Day Guide To Fasting”

Fasting focuses the emotions and will into a singular cry. It grows the size of your yes toward God. The size of your yes, the depth of your agreement with heaven, is the deciding factor in the affairs of men.

When we agree with God only to the point of discomfort, We create a scenario in which the simple touch of the enemy causes us to back off.

Fasting removes that possibility.

Fasting creates a greater buy-in in the human heart.

Your will carries weight in the spiritual realm.

As you put more of the weight of your will on the scale, it tips in heaven’s favor.

Fasting enables you to put more of your will behind His will.

The degree of your buy-in matters and fasting cultivates and focuses it.

Ancient times it was very common to cleanse the body and enhance your religious practices

Food has not always been readily available

Animal kingdom utilizes it as well,

Caloric restriction, increases efficiency of how the body uses its fuel, increases lifespan and reduces disease in the body.

Autophogy is the process where the body turns on itself and begins to use it’s most efficient resources first, it eats the cellular waste components and turns them into energy. (TAKING OUT THE TRASH)

3500 calories in a pound of fat

Improves hormonal state, mental clarity, weight loss,

Improves lifespan and metabolic markers

improves waste elimination, detoxification, and regeneration of cells

WHAT HAPPENS ON OUR 3 DAY LIFESTYLE FAST EACH MONTH?

0-12 hours of fast our body is still digesting food and insulin is still high

12-18 fat burning begins (ketosis)

18-24 a hormone called glucagon is on the rise and counteracts insulin and begins to stimulate the liver to turn stored glucose into sugars.

24-48 the magic begins (autophogy begins) cleaning your body out at the cellular level. Keeps cell in proper balance

48-54 human growth hormone surge; to help repair tissue with growth hormones; inflammation begins to be reduced at this times as well.

54-72 insulin is increasing it’s sensitivity autophogy peaks

after 72 hours there is evidence that your immune cells are being refreshed and your own stem cells begin to increase in number in blood circulation (stem cells are the same age as you are; they are stored in our bone marrow) released into the blood stream to hunt for tissues that are damaged or inflamed.

Intermittent fasting, and time restricted eating is healthy and encouraged among obese and non-obese people (we want to remain sensitive to insulin; we don’t want insulin resistance)

B. Engaging in Regular Exercise

Movement is life!

1. Maintaining an active lifestyle

1 Timothy 4:8 NLT

8 “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.”

2. Incorporating physical activity into daily routines

Proverbs 6:6–8 NLT

6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! 7 Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, 8 they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.

3 ESSENTIALS THAT WE NEED HERE ON EARTH:

Magnetism from the earth (bare feet)

we build up a charge that is dispelled by making contact with the earth.

Oxygen from the air (The presence of oxygen is the absence of disease) Wim Hoff

Breathing therapy

Flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen.

What Deep Breathing Can Help

Anxiety Depression Managing stress Improving focus Better sleep Faster recovery from exercise or exertion

Wim Hoff or other video guided breathing 30, hold, deep breath hold 15 X’s 3

Cold water therapy (7:30 youtube cold water exposure)

Vasospasm (the body will constrict blood in extremities and push it to the core and brain; it exercises you vascular system)

Dopamine rush that will last several hours longer than other methods of increasing

Liver will release cold shock protein, ridding the body of free radical oxidation

Activates brown fat, turns on thermostat and regulates

starting at 1 minute and moving to 3 minutes is adequate to the majority of the benefits in the shower

Aging is the pursuit of comfort;

Light from the sun

Going outside give us the essential light that we need;

vitamin D3 is the most important nutrient in the body

early mornings UV rays are the weakest and we can get some natural vitamin D

C. Getting Sufficient Rest and Sleep

1. Establishing a consistent sleep schedule

Psalm 127:2 NLT

2 It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.

Stats on overtime productivity…

You don’t get the same quality of quantity out of a person working a lot of hours.

2. Allowing time for relaxation and rejuvenation

Mark 6:31 NLT

31 Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn’t even have time to eat.

CONCLUSION ?:

II. Nurturing Mental and Emotional Well-being

3 John 2 NLT

2 Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.

A. Cultivating a Positive Mindset

1. Focusing on gratitude and thankfulness

Philippians 4:8 NLT

8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

2. Guarding against negative thoughts and self-talk

Proverbs 4:23 NLT

23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

B. Managing Stress Effectively

1. Seeking God's peace through prayer and meditation

Philippians 4:6–7 NLT

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Joshua 1:8 NLT

8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.

2. Engaging in stress-relieving activities

Matthew 11:28–30 NLT

28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Outlets

Breathing

C. Building Healthy Relationships

1. Surrounding oneself with supportive and uplifting individuals

Proverbs 13:20 NLT

20 Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.

2. Practicing forgiveness and reconciliation

Colossians 3:13 NLT

13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

III. Nourishing Spiritual Growth

3 John 2 NLT

2 Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.

A. Prioritizing Time with God

1. Regularly studying and meditating on Scripture

Psalm 119:105 NLT

105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.

2. Engaging in prayer and worship

Matthew 6:6 NLT

6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

B. Seeking God's Guidance in Decision-making

1. Trusting in God's wisdom and seeking His will

Proverbs 3:5–6 NLT

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

2. Inviting the Holy Spirit to lead and direct

John 16:13 NLT

13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.

C. Practicing Faithfulness and Obedience

1. Living according to God's commandments

John 14:15 NLT

15 “If you love me, obey my commandments.

2. Serving others with love and compassion

Galatians 5:13 NLT

13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.