Taking The Medical Missionary Work House-To-House On Sabbath

“God's people are to be genuine medical missionaries, ministering to the needs of soul and body... With the knowledge gained by practical work they are to go out to give treatments to the sick; and as they go from house to house, they will find access to many hearts. Many will be reached who otherwise would not have heard the gospel message.”  {RH, April 25, 1912 par. 2}

HOW TO DO THIS WORK:

“Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, "Follow Me."  {MH 143.3}

“There is need of coming close to the people by personal effort. If less time were given to sermonizing, and more time were spent in personal ministry, greater results would be seen. The poor are to be relieved, the sick cared for, the sorrowing and the bereaved comforted, the ignorant instructed, the inexperienced counseled. We are to weep with those that weep, and rejoice with those that rejoice. Accompanied by the power of persuasion, the power of prayer, the power of the love of God, this work will not, cannot, be without fruit.” {MH 143.4}

“Begin to do medical missionary work with the conveniences which you have at hand. You will find that thus the way will open for you to hold Bible readings. The heavenly Father will place you in connection with those who need to know how to treat their sick ones. Put into practice what you know regarding the treatment of disease. Thus suffering will be relieved, and you will have opportunity to break the bread of life to starving souls. . . .”  {MM 239.4}

WHAT IS A GOOD DAY TO DO THIS WORK ON?

"God has given men six days wherein to labor, and He requires that their own work be done in the six working days. Acts of necessity and mercy are permitted on the Sabbath, the sick and suffering are at all times to be cared for;” (PP 307.3)

“The day before the Sabbath should be made a day of preparation, that everything may be in readiness for its sacred hours. In no case should our own business be allowed to encroach upon holy time. God has directed that the sick and suffering be cared for; the labor required to make them comfortable is a work of mercy, and no violation of the Sabbath; but all unnecessary work should be avoided.” {PP 296.1}

“He had come to free the Sabbath from those burdensome requirements that had made it a curse instead of a blessing. For this reason He had chosen the Sabbath upon which to perform the act of healing...”

(DA 206.1-.2)

Jesus stated to them that the work of relieving the afflicted was in harmony with the Sabbath law...”

(DA 206.3)

“Man also has a work to perform on this day. The necessities of life must be attended to, the sick must be cared for, the wants of the needy must be supplied. He will not be held guiltless who neglects to relieve suffering on the Sabbath. God's holy rest day was made for man, and acts of mercy are in perfect harmony with its intent. God does not desire His creatures to suffer an hour's pain that may be relieved upon the Sabbath or any other day.”  {DA 207.1}

***Because many of us work and are so busy throughout the week, the Sabbath is truly the best day for all of God's people to do this work.

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What The Bible & SOP Says About Physicians/Doctors

“The world has departed far from true principles of restoration and health.” (LLM 72A.5)

 
“…If there was in the land one physician in the place of thousands, a vast amount of premature mortality would be prevented. Multitudes of physicians, and multitudes of drugs, have cursed the inhabitants of the earth, and have carried thousands and tens of thousands to untimely graves.”  {2SM 450.2}
 
 
BIBLE:
1: A physician is to know how to recover the health of God's people:
    “Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”  (Jer. 8:22)
***A true physician gets to the root of the medical condition without masking it with medication…the person would be healed.
 
2: Many physicians are of no value:
    “But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.” (Job 13:4)
“Many physicians in our world are of no benefit to the human family…” (SpM 137.1)
 
3: We should run to God and not to the physicians first when we get sick:
“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.”  (2 Chron. 16:12) (2 Kings 20:1-7)
 
4: Most people suffer many things by going to physicians:
    “…had suffered many things of many physicians...” (Mark 5:26)
 
“Physicians, by administering their drug-poisons, have done very much to increase the deterioration of the race, physically, mentally, and morally…” {RH, August 15, 1899 par. 7}
 
5: Most people go to physician after physician, but still with no recovery:
    “Many physicians...was nothing bettered.” (Mark 5:26)
 
6: Most people spend all their money on seeing physicians, but with no recovery:
    “...had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed by any.”  (Luke 8:43)
 
SOP:
“To educate the human family that the doctor alone knows all the ills of infants and persons of every age is false teaching...”   M.S. 105, (PH144 13.2) (written Aug. 26, 1898)
 
“There are simple herbs and roots that every family may use for themselves, and need not call in a physician any sooner than they would call a lawyer (when is the last time you needed a lawyer?”  (2SM 279.1)
 
“...if every family were educated in how to use these herbs in case of sickness, much suffering might be prevented, and NO DOCTOR NEED BE CALLED...”  1897 (2SM 294.1)
 
“...TRUE EDUCATION will lead us to teach the sick that they need not call in a doctor any more than they would call in a lawyer. They can themselves administer the simple herbs if necessary.”  (SpM 137.2)
 
“He would have us understand that it is a mistake to regard as most essential the education given by physicians who reject the authority of Christ...We are not to accept and follow the view of men who refuse to recognize God as their teacher, but who learn of men, and are guided by man-made laws and restrictions.” {PH049 6.4}
 
“It is not safe to trust to physicians who have not the fear of God before them...The physician may claim to possess great wisdom and marvelous skill, while at the same time his practice contrary to the laws of health...the teaching of these physicians is continually leading away from the principles God has given us in regard to health...Brethren, how can the Lord let his blessing rest upon us when we are going right upon the enemy's ground?”   {CTBH 113.1) (5T 194.3) (CH 456.2) (Read Psalms 1:1)
 
“Angels of God will preserve his people while they walk in the path of duty; but there is no assurance of such protection for those who deliberately venture upon Satan's ground…”   {CTBH 115.3}
 
“Christ will not save from wounds the one who places himself unbidden on the enemy's ground...Then comes suffering...”  (MS 115, 1902) {5BC 1102.7}
 
(Many parents are having their children taken away or are being reported to Children's Services all because they let their Dr.'s know that they don't vaccinate their children or they only eat 2 meals a day, are 100% plant based, etc. Therefore, parents are SCARED into going against their choices and are being led to go contrary to the laws of health in many aspects).
 
““Your question is, . . . “IN URGENT CASES, should we call in a worldly physician, because the sanitarium doctors are all so busy that they have no time to devote to outside practice?”...If the physicians are so busy that they cannot treat the sick outside of the institution, would it not be WISER for all to educate themselves in the use of simple remedies, than to venture to use drugs that are given a long name to hide their real qualities...”  (2SM 289.4)
 
“Appealing to worldly physicians is dishonoring to God. Those who come to God in faith must co-operate with Him in accepting and using His heaven-sent remedies,--water, sunlight, and plenty of air.”  {PC 48.4}
 
“Our people are now being tested as to whether they will obtain their wisdom from the greatest Teacher the world ever knew, or seek to the god of Ekron. Let us determine that we will not be tied by so much as a thread to the educational policies of those who do not discern the voice of God and who will not hearken to His commandments.”  {CT 255.4}
 
“I have heard a mother pleading with an infidel physician to save the life of her child; but when I entreated her to seek help from the Great Physician, who is able to save to the uttermost all who come to him in faith, she turned away with impatience.”  (CH 454.4)
 
“It is the right of every daughter of Eve to have a thorough knowledge of household duties, to receive training in every department of domestic labor...It is her right to understand the mechanism of the human body and the principles of hygiene, the matters of diet and dress, labor and recreation, and countless others that intimately concern the wellbeing of her household. It is her right to obtain such a knowledge of the best methods of treating disease that she can care for her children in sickness, instead of leaving her precious treasures in the hands of strange nurses and physicians.”  {AH 87.3}
 
WE CAN GO TO OUR DOCTORS TO BE DIAGNOSED:
“While you fear to trust yourself in the hands of the physicians, and think that you understand your case better than they do, you cannot be benefited, but only harmed, by their treatment of your case. Unless physicians can obtain the confidence of their patients, they can never help them. If you prescribe for yourself, and think you know what treatment you should have, better than the physicians do, you cannot be benefited. You must yield your will and ideas, and not rein yourself up to resist their judgment and advice in your case.” {3T 78.3}
 
WE MAY BE OUR OWN PHYSICIANS IN A SENSE:
“Again, there may be somebody sick there. You want to know how to use the common methods, the simple remedies of water. It is a simple power. Although my husband and I were not physicians, yet we were. We could go around when the doctors children were cut down, four and five in the families of physicians. We never lost a case. That is in diphtheria, and we used only the simple treatments. In doing this, we gained the confidence of the physicians. When persons would go to the physicians for help, they would say, "If anybody can help you, it is up there at Elder White's. He and his wife go around and help people, I don't know how they do it...”  {SW, January 23, 1902 par. 17}
 
“For her COUGH...eucalyptus and honey...If you will use this prescription, you may be your own physician.”  (2SM300.2) {14MR 339.1}
 
“By practicing temperance in eating, in drinking, in dressing, in labor, and in all things, we can do for ourselves what no physician can do for us.”  {CG 397.1}
 
“…intelligent men and women can be their own physicians…” {2SM 442.4}
 
“There is no treatment which can relieve you of your present difficulties while you eat and drink as you do. You can do that for yourselves which the most experienced physician can never do. REGULATE YOUR DIET...”  (CD 124.1)
 
“If there was in the land one physician in the place of thousands, a vast amount of premature mortality would be prevented. Multitudes of physicians, and multitudes of drugs, have cursed the inhabitants of the earth, and have carried thousands and tens of thousands to untimely graves.”  {2SM 450.2}
 
“Many are unwilling to put forth the needed effort to obtain a knowledge of the laws of life and the simple means to be employed for the restoration of health. They do not place themselves in right relation to life. When sickness is the result of their transgression of natural law, they do not seek to correct their errors, and then ask the blessing of God, but they resort to the physicians. If they recover health, they give to drugs and doctors all the honor. They are ever ready to idolize human power and wisdom, seeming to know no other God than the creature, — dust and ashes.”  {CTBH 112.3}
 
“The sick, the bereaved, the curious, are communicating with evil spirits. All who venture here are on dangerous ground. The word of truth declares how God regards them. In ancient times he pronounced judgments upon one who sent for counsel to a heathen oracle: “Is it not because there is not a God in Israel that thou sendest to inquire to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.”  {3SP 426.3}
 
“Our people are now being tested as to whether they will obtain their wisdom from the greatest Teacher the world ever knew, or seek to the god of Ekron. Let us determine that we will not be tied by so much as a thread to the educational policies of those who do not discern the voice of God and who will not hearken to His commandments.”  (MM 61.5)
 
READ ALSO:
CTBH 113.1-114.1 – “Who among us are seeking help from the gods of Ekron? Look on this picture — a picture not drawn from imagination. In how many, even among Seventh-day Adventists, may its leading characteristics be seen! An invalid, apparently very conscientious, yet bigoted and self-sufficient, freely avows his contempt for the laws of life and health, which divine mercy has led us as a people to accept. His food must be prepared in a manner to satisfy his morbid cravings. Rather than sit at a table where wholesome food is provided, he will patronize restaurants, because he can there indulge appetite without restraint. A fluent advocate of temperance, he disregards its foundation principles. He wants relief, but refuses to obtain it at the price of self-denial. That man is worshiping at the shrine of perverted appetite. He is an idolater. The powers, which, sanctified and ennobled, might be employed to honor God, are weakened, and rendered of little service. An irritable temper, a confused brain, and unstrung nerves are among the results of his disregard of nature's laws. He is inefficient and unreliable. Whoever has the courage and honesty to warn him of danger, thereby incurs his displeasure. The slightest remonstrance or opposition is sufficient to rouse his combative spirit. But now an opportunity is presented to seek help from one whose power comes through the medium of witchcraft. To this source he applies with eagerness, freely expending time and money in the hope of securing the proffered boon. He is deceived, infatuated. The sorcerer's power is made the theme of praise, and others are influenced to seek his aid. Thus the God of Israel is dishonored, while Satan's power is revered and exalted.”
 
“In the name of Christ I would address his professed followers: Abide in the faith which you have received from the beginning. “Shun profane and vain babblings.” [2 Timothy 2:16.] Instead of putting your trust in witchcraft, have faith in the living God. Cursed is the path that leads to Endor or to Ekron. The feet will stumble and fall that venture upon this forbidden ground. There is a God in Israel, with whom is deliverance for all who are oppressed. Righteousness is the foundation of his throne.”  {CTBH 115.1}
 
“When the great question of health reform was opened before me, the methods of treating the sick were plainly revealed to me. The old-school cruel practice and the sure results, where one claimed to be benefited, thousands were made lifelong invalids who, had they never seen a physician, would have recovered of themselves without implanting in their system diseases of a most distressing character…”  {20MR 373.2}
 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/01/16/here-are-the-23-executive-orders-on-gun-safety-signed-today-bythe-president/
 
A few of these orders give control to doctors, allowing them to ask their patients if they own a gun and something to do with Mental Screening.
 
WHY DID I BRING THIS UP?
“The world is a theater; the actors, its inhabitants, are preparing to act their part in the last great drama...God is permitting the elements of confusion and disorder to bear sway for a season.  A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama--Satan coming as Christ, and working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are binding themselves together in secret societies. Those who are yielding to the passion for confederation are working out the plans of the enemy...”  {8T 27.4}
 
“The medical fraternity, represented to me as Freemasonry, with their long, unintelligible names which common people cannot understand, would call the Lord's prescription for Hezekiah quackery...”  {16MR 289.1}
 
“God has permitted the light of health reform to shine upon us in these last days, that by walking in the light we may escape many dangers to which we will be exposed.”  (3T 561.1)
 
“As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in unfavorable positions. For their own sake, they should, while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention, and cure…”  {CH 506.1}
 
JESUS TELLS US: “I send ye forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16)
 
MORE QUOTES ABOUT PHYSICIANS:
“Drug medication must be left out of the question if the human physician would receive the diploma written and issued in heaven. There are many physicians who will never receive this diploma unless they learn in the school of the great physician. This means they must unlearn and cast away the supposed wonderful knowledge of how to treat disease with poisonous drugs. They must go to God’s laboratory of nature, and there learn the simplest methods of using the remedies which the Lord had furnished…when GOD’S REMEDIES --sunshine, pure air, water, and good food--are used, there will be far fewer deaths and a far greater number of cures.”  {16MR 247.1}
 
“…The education in drug medication…have brought forth a class of PRACTITIONERS WHO NEED TO UNLEARN MUCH THEY HAVE LEARNED. They need to obtain an altogether different experience before they can say in word and in deed, we are medical missionaries. Till they obtain such an experience, the Great Physician does not acknowledge them as medical missionaries…”  {17MR 91.2}
 
“…let physicians teach the people that RESTORATIVE POWER IS NOT IN DRUGS, but in nature…” (MH 127.1)
 
AND OUR LAST QUOTE:
“Instruction has been given me that physicians who use flesh meat and prescribe it for their patients, should not be employed in our institutions, because they fail decidedly in educating the patients who discard that which makes them sick. The physician who uses and prescribes meat does not reason from cause to effect, and instead of acting as a restorer, he leads the patient by his own example to indulge perverted appetite. The physicians in our institutions should be reformers in this respect and in every other. Many of the patients are suffering because of errors in diet. They need to be shown a better way, but how can a meat-eating physician do this? By his wrong habits he trammels his work and cripples his usefulness.” {CD 290.5-291.1}
 
SOP ABBREVIATIONS:
LLM = Loma Linda Messages
PH = Pamphlet
CTBH = Christian Temperance & Bible Hygiene
5T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 5
2SM = Selected Messages, Volume 2
SpM = Spalding & Magan
5BC = Bible Commentary, Volume 5
CH = Counsels on Health
MM = Medical Ministry
3SP = Spirit of Prophecy, Volume 3

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Chair Massage

James White presiding at least in the beginning over the committee. For he RECOVERED, with strenuous labor on the part of his wife, who gave him daily water treatments and massage, took him with her on ministering trips to churches, schoolhouses, and barn meetings, and finally on a purchased farm at Greenville, forty miles away, returned him to the active life of farmer as well as preacher.” {1947 AWS, FOPI 196.1}

“In August, 1896, a small Health Home was opened in Ashfield, a suburb of Sydney. This home consisted of a cottage of seven rooms. The equipment was modest,--a bath-tub, shower, fomentation cloths, gas ring, and MASSAGE TABLE. With these we did much effective work. At this time I became acquainted with a physician who was much interested in rational methods of treatment, and who did much to further our work.”   {June 2, 1909 WASe, GCB 284.10}

"The sanitariums themselves were conducted as medical missionary institutions, whose purpose it was to make use of hydrotherapy and massage and diet as the chief methods of therapeutics, and in addition carry forward a strong educational work through parlor lectures, literature, and personal bedside and office ministry...” {1947 LHC, FSG 306.1}

“Recognizing the need and the value of having a treatment equipment where the simple methods ministered in our sanitariums could be given, there was opened in the city of Kingston in August, 1912, what is now known as the "Massage and Hydropathic Treatment-Rooms.”  {June 8, 1913 WASe, GCB 314.15}

“I was lying upon the lounge, my head aching badly. Ella May said, “Shall I rub your head, Grandma? I used to rub Mama's head, and she said it made her feel better and I will rub your head.” She wet her hands in cold water and put them on my hot aching head, and it was a relief, but it amused me to have her ask like an old practitioner, “Will you like the bare stroking or the vibrating motion or trembling motion?” I said, “My, where did you learn these movements?” She said that is the way she was treated once when she was sick.”  {9MR 44.2}

“Then Mabel saw what Ella May was about and she wanted a hand in it. So, she must run to the pump and wet her little hands, and not being so well-versed as Ella, just where the application was essential, she stroked her little hands over my nose and eyes and cheeks, and then with due solemnity would look up in my face—“Is your headache better, Grandma?” I could truly answer, "Yes, it is, my darling," for the influence of the water cooled my head and the stroking of the little hands had a soothing influence.” {9MR 44.3}

“The sanitariums themselves were conducted as medical missionary institutions, whose purpose it was to make use of hydrotherapy and MASSAGE and diet as the chief methods of therapeutics, and in addition carry forward a strong educational work through parlor lectures, literature, and personal bedside and office ministry. No treatments were prescribed by outside worldly physicians. The sanitariums stood forth, and were recognized as entirely distinctive from worldly institutions, where the chief therapy employed was drug therapy. Instead of the popular psychotherapy employed by worldly physicians, stress was laid upon Bible methods of mental healing. Physicians with a spiritual knowledge of their patients' needs were able to carry forward Christ's methods....”  {1947 LHC, FSG 306.1}

“The movement cure [massage] is a great advantage to a class of patients who are too feeble to exercise. But for all who are sick to rely upon it, making it their dependence, while they neglect to exercise their muscles themselves, is a great mistake.” --3T 76 (1872).  {1MCP 120.1}

“I was instructed that there is great danger of overdoing the lift cure, the, and the MASSAGE testing to see who can excel in expanding their lungs to the utmost capacity. Great caution is needed in this expanding of the lungs, for often injury is done which is never known, but the result is all the same. They lose vital power, and weaken the lungs beyond remedy. Other causes are assigned for the feebleness of the vital organs, but in this testing of the lungs there has come to be a strife for supremacy, as a physician guards his point.”  {3MR 366.1}

“Some matters have been deeply impressed upon my mind, and one is the necessity for much better facilities in the bathrooms. This is where impressions will be made upon minds. We must have conveniences in these rooms--massage tables, and a cot on which to give packs. All these things make their impression…” {PC 15.5}

“For many, such labor is a more effective and profitable “movement cure” than the best inventions of the physicians.”  {CTBH 97.2}

“Walking, in all cases where it is possible, is the best remedy for diseased bodies, because in this exercise all the organs of the body are brought into use. Many who depend upon the MOVEMENT CURE could accomplish more for themselves by muscular exercise than the movements can do for them…” {CH 200.2}

“The work of Christ in cleansing the leper from his terrible disease is an illustration of His work in cleansing the soul from sin. The man who came to Jesus was “full of leprosy.” Its deadly poison permeated his whole body. The disciples sought to prevent their Master from touching him; for he who touched a leper became himself unclean. But in laying His hand upon the leper, Jesus received no defilement. His touch imparted life-giving power. The leprosy was cleansed...” DA 266.1}

***In many instances, a touch of someone can be very healing. Today, we are going to talk about massage, specifically chair massage and how it is very beneficial in the healing process. If you can't find it in the Bible, it's not God's method of healing.

WHEN DOING MASSAGE:

NEVER massage anyone when you yourself are under stress because massage is a relaxation therapy and the stress you are feeling can be passed onto the person you are going to massage.

BEFORE GETTING STARTED:

• STRETCH YOUR HANDS by fanning them outward and inward.  Do this 3 times.
• ROTATE YOUR THUMB. This is because sometimes we do strenuous activities and we get what's called knots.  We need the thumbs to help get those knots out.
• PRACTICE COORDINATION WITH THE PALM slapping the fist on the right hand into the palm of the left hand and vice versa.
• MASSAGE your fingers starting with the thumb on the right hand going to the pinky finger, then switch to the left hand doing the same thing.
• SHAKE YOUR HANDS

***NEVER MASSAGE ANYONE WHILE YOUR HANDS ARE COLD

SOME QUOTES TO PONDER:

• “Natural means, used in accordance with God's will, bring about supernatural results. We ask for a miracle, and the Lord directs the mind to some simple remedy.”  2SM 346
• “We should neglect nothing that would serve to benefit a human being.”  MH 48
• “The movement cure is a great advantage to a class of patients too feeble to exercise.”  3T 76
• “Every person should have a knowledge of nature's remedial agencies and how to apply them.”  MH 127
• “The use of natural remedies require an amount of care and effort that many are not willing to give.”  MH 127

THE MASSAGE THEORY By: UCHEE PINES: http://www.ucheepines.org/index.php?p=counseling.massage_theory  

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:

Magnesium = Nature's #1 Muscle Relaxant

***If a person is having muscle problems, twitching, etc., chances are they are low in Magnesium.  Have them include lots of foods that are high in Magnesium. 

THESE INCLUDE:

• Almonds    
• Artichokes  
• Bran 
• Buckwheat   
• Cashews
• Cilantro    
• Dates   
• Hazelnuts   
• Kale   
• Kiwi    
• Molasses  
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin Seeds     
• Sesame Seeds    
• Spinach
• Squash Seeds      
• Tofu  
• Wheat Germ    
• White Beans    
• Whole Wheat Flour

ALSO, A BATH IS AN EXCELLENT TONIC FOR SORE MUSCLES:

Take a bath in warm water.

SOME VERY GOOD SALVES FOR PULLED/SPRAINED OR STRAINED MUSCLES:

Deep Tissue Heating Salve - http://www.lifetreewellness.com/poultices-salves-and-oils.html  

Deep Tissue Oil - http://www.herbdoc.com/index.php/Our_Products/External  (This salve is great for pulled muscles, torn ligaments, broken areas, etc.)

YOU MAY USE THE FOLLOWING OILS FOR MASSAGE:

• Grapeseed Oil
• Coconut Oil

***Olive Oil tends to dry out too fast and can cause a dry rub.

MASSAGE CHAIRS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM:

BE SURE TO FOLLOW ALL THE LAWS OF HEALTH TO HAVE GOOD MUSCLES...BE SURE TO SQUAT, SIT, AND STAND PROPERLY.

“Among the first things to be aimed at should be a correct position, both in sitting and in standing. God made man upright, and He desires him to possess not only the physical but the mental and moral benefit, the grace and dignity and self-possession, the courage and self-reliance, which an erect bearing so greatly tends to promote. Let the teacher give instruction on this point by example and by precept. Show what a correct position is, and insist that it shall be maintained.  {CG 364.3} 

Many times, people go to a massage therapist or a chiropractor, when all they really need to do is increase their magnesium, drink plenty of water, make sure the Vitamin D levels are what they should be.

QUOTES REGARDING MUSCLES:

• People should know how to treat and use (2SM 289)
• Bathing makes for flexible (MH 276)
• Make best use of the muscles (SD 171)
• Muscles need exercise for good health (6T 180)
• Do not give up use of certain muscles because pain is felt when they are exercised (3T 78)
• Eat enough food to give strength to the muscles (MM 284)
• Lack of Exercise causes elasticity of muscles (FE 426)
• Exercise your Muscles as well as your mind (Te 167)
• God designed the muscles to be used (4T 411)
• Healthful foods needed for the muscles (CD 409)
• Soft and Liquid foods are not best for the muscles (FE 226)
• Inaction Causes muscles to decrease in size and strength (3T 76)
• Moderate Exercise EVERY DAY strengthens the muscles (2T 533)
• Lack of Exercise causes soft muscles (FE 426)
• Students should be trained in use of (2SM 323-324)
• Tilling the soil develops the muscles (FE 323)
• Walking exercises the muscles (MH 240)
• It's an erroneous idea to think that flesh food is needed for muscles (MH 316)

“We take movements a portion of each day, that we may regain and enjoy health. In order to strengthen the arms and chest, we have taken excellent movements in scrubbing woodwork, sweeping floors, washing dishes, and washing clothing upon the old-fashioned rubbing board, which we would recommend as a far better instrument to strengthen the arms and chest than the backbreaking washing machines.”  {HR, August 1, 1873 par. 13} 

“We take movements to strengthen the ankles and muscles of the limbs in climbing the mountains, prospecting, and gathering flowers. And frequently we descend with our arms loaded with broken wood, which is scattered plentifully upon the mountains. We are becoming strong by healthful exercise. We enjoy physical exercise after close application to writing several hours each day. We sometimes become weary, but we rest and sleep well through the night, and in the morning feel fresh and ready for our day's duty. I have learned by experience that if we would have health, we must take a proper amount of active exercise. If we get into a perspiration, this will not injure us, if we are careful not to expose ourselves to a current of air.”  {HR, August 1, 1873 par. 14} 

“Proper exercise, daily, strengthens the muscles, aids digestion, and induces sleep. This, with taking full inspirations of good air, combined with plain, nourishing diet, free from grease and spices, avoiding pastry and unhealthy condiments, will do much to restore health to the invalid. Those who would enjoy the blessings of health and strength must have a proper amount of exercise daily. We should never be ashamed of labor. God has shown us that employment is ennobling, in that he gave the sinless representatives of the race something to do. They were to labor, to dress and keep the garden.”  {HR, August 1, 1873 par. 15} 

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Caffeine – A Legal Drug that Hurts

“Effects of All Caffeine Drinks.--The action of coffee and many other popular drinks is similar. The first effect is exhilarating. The nerves of the stomach are excited; these convey irritation to the brain, and this in turn is aroused to impart increased action to the heart, and short-lived energy to the entire system. Fatigue is forgotten; the strength seems to be increased. The intellect is aroused, the imagination becomes more vivid.”   --The Ministry of Healing, page 326.  {Te 77.2}

Every day millions of people are taking a mind-altering, addictive drug. This drug has been implicated in degenerative diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. In case you haven’t guessed, we’re talking about CAFFEINE – in beverages and over-the-counter drugs. There are very few people who are not affected by caffeine.

WHETHER IT’S IN THE FORM OF

• Coffee
• Tea
• Chocolate
• Pain relievers
• Soft drinks

Most people are getting caffeine one way or another. In North America, 9 out of 10 people drink caffeinated drinks daily. Worldwide, the annual consumption exceeds 4 million tons.

WHY IS CAFFEINE SO POPULAR?

People enjoy the exhilaration it brings to mind and body. But these apparently pleasant effects don’t last for long. Caffeine’s effects run in a cycle.

It draws from the body’s emergency energy reserves to produce instant energy. Unfortunately, caffeine’s stimulating influence is short-lived, resulting in a letdown.

CAFFEINE – A LEGAL DRUG THAT HURTS

This triggers the yo-yo syndrome—reaching for another caffeinated drink to get more energy, and then another.

Caffeine is a close cousin to cocaine and nicotine. It is part of a larger group of drugs related to amphetamines. Just 2-3 cups of coffee daily is enough caffeine to alter the mood and the behavior of the consumer.

Caffeine’s effects upon the brain and nervous system are far-reaching. Most people drink caffeinated drinks because they feel they need a “lift” or want to be more efficient. While it increases alertness and masks fatigue, it does so with a price.

Loma Linda University conducted an interesting study on spiders, demonstrating the effects of caffeine upon the nervous system. For their experiments they chose the orb-building spider, known for its large, symmetrical webs. Very cleverly, the researchers were able to measure an infinitely small dose of caffeine, which they injected into the spiders’ bodies with a super-fine needle. Each spider was given a dose equivalent to two cups of coffee in an adult human. Then the spiders’ webs were carefully studied. All of the webs made AFTER RECEIVING CAFFEINE were completely distorted. They were small, had few strands, and were very misshapen in appearance. Before the caffeine dose, the webs were beautiful and had 30-35 circular rings of silk thread.

But 48 hours after a single dose of caffeine, the webs were still distorted and contained only 12-13 rings. This distortion continued, with the spiders’ webs returning to normal…only after 96 hours or 4 days! The incredibly quick energy caffeine imparts isn’t free. It comes with a definite price tag, taxing the nervous system and decreasing mental performance.

Maybe the most acknowledged effect of caffeine consumption is insomnia. Caffeine keeps one awake. Even if a person has slept enough hours, the quality of sleep is usually not as good as it should be.

Caffeine users are also more likely to experience hostility, depression and fatigue. Do any of us need more of these things?

WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CAFFEINE ON OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH?

Caffeine relaxes the muscles at the upper end of the stomach. As a result, partially digested food may leak from the stomach back into the esophagus, causing heartburn.

Caffeinated drinks also stimulate the stomach to produce more acid. This can contribute to the development of painful ulcers.

Most people are unaware that caffeine increases a person’s risk of cancer and heart disease.

JUST 1 CUP OF COFFEE A DAY:

• Increases the risk of stomach, kidney, lung,     rectal, and esophageal cancer.
• Doubles bladder cancer risk in women 2 cups a day:
• Raises colon cancer risk by 250%
• Doubles the risk of fatal bladder cancer and increases the risk of ovarian12 and pancreatic cancer.

Coffee is known to elevate blood pressure, and to increase the chances of a stroke or heart attack.

Five cups per day may increase coronary artery disease by 300%!

CAFFEINE MAY ALSO:

• Increase the heart rate
• Cause irregular beats
• Raise cholesterol, and
• Accelerate blood clotting, leading to a heart attack.

While caffeine presents significant health concerns for everyone, pregnant women may be at greatest risk.

WHY?

Pregnant women drinking three or more cups of coffee or tea a day were found to more than double their risk of having a miscarriage.

Caffeine consumption during pregnancy can result in…a lower birth weight, bone problems, and slower fetal growth.

Even after birth a mother’s caffeine consumption can pose a serious risk to her baby. Few mothers are aware that caffeine levels in breast-milk are 50% higher than in their own blood. To make matters worse, this caffeine stays in the babies’ bloodstream…for more than 80 hours, compared to only 5-6 hours in the mothers’.

DID YOU KNOW THAT CAFFEINE USE CAN CAUSE A DEFICIENCY OF ESSENTIAL VITAMINS AND MINERALS?

Caffeinated beverages have been associated with deficiencies of:

• Calcium
• B Vitamins
• Iron

Caffeine is also associated with calcium loss from the bones, an important factor in Osteoporosis. In one study, calcium loss doubled in almost everyone who used caffeine.

Imagine caffeine’s effects on the bones of a young, growing body. A child drinking a 12-ounce caffeinated soda has a caffeine intake…equivalent to four cups of instant coffee for an adult.

In a recent study of 460 teenage girls who drank soft drinks, especially dark colas, had a 5 times higher risk of breaking a bone than other girls who didn’t drink colas.

CAFFEINE IS AN ADDICTIVE DRUG and regular use of even small amounts usually leads to dependency.

Choosing to stop drinking coffee, tea, or soft drinks is a wise choice, but for many it is not easy.

Within 12-24 hours of stopping all caffeine, withdrawal symptoms may appear. These can include headache, fatigue, apathy, and some anxiety or nervousness.

Don’t let the initial symptoms intimidate you because most symptoms peak after 36 hours and should be gone entirely in the first week.

FOLLOWING THESE 7 SIMPLE STEPS WILL MAKE STOPPING THE USE OF CAFFEINE MUCH EASIER

1. Start your day with a hot shower, finish with a blast of cold water and towel off briskly.

2. Eat a good breakfast to ensure against mid-morning energy slumps. Have several servings of fruit and a whole grain cereal or bread.

3. Avoid all tobacco products.

4. Drink lots of water throughout the day. Water helps to flush caffeine out of the body.

5. Try keeping a supply of relaxing herb teas nearby to take the place of coffee.

6. Get plenty of exercise.

7. Trust in Divine power.

Remember, God loves you and wants you to be freed from this debilitating addiction.

He is ready and willing to give you victory over every bad habit. He promises, “I am the...God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for Me?” (Jeremiah 32:27)

The evidence is overwhelming. Caffeine is not the harmless, innocent “pick-me-up” we have thought it to be. With caffeine there is no amount that can be considered “safe;” not even at the low dose of just one or two cups per day!

Choose today to AVOID ALL CAFFEINE— you’ll be glad you did.

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

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