And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
This story has been told for 2,000 years, and the message is still true today. Receiving this joy has many benefits. The amount of antidepressants dispensed in our country and around the world is unfathomable. The more people meditate on their problems, the bigger they get. This season, consider meditating on the blessing which God has sent to destroy the damaging effects of worry, fear, anxiety, and depression.
Within a few years of embarking on my journey in medicine, I realized that if all I do is focus on the body and it’s metabolic functions, I was nothing more than a mechanic working on a flesh and bone vehicle.
In 1994 I attended a Promise Keepers event in Portland, Oregon with my beloved big brother. At that time, a light came on within me, and I realized that if I did nothing to impact the spirit of my patients, I was nothing more than a body mechanic and not a true healer. To continue to pound out the dents and fail to improve a person’s driving is irresponsible.
After this time, I found that if I wanted to know more about the physical body, I had to go to the inventor. There are an abundance of so called experts out there who either don’t spend time with the Creator or refuse to acknowledge His existence. Treating just symptoms and ignoring the true self promotes chronic disease which never gets healed.
So how can we get insight into who’s truly at the wheel? Jesus said you’d know His disciples by their fruit. We often see labels that don’t fit the package. In the book of Galatians we see what the fruit of the Spirit is, and what it isn’t. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance.” What could be called rotten fruit, is really the fruit of flesh: “Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Wow, not inheriting the kingdom of God would mean not operating in divine health. Eating rotten fruit creates disease. Eating fresh, healthy fruit nourishes the the entire body. It’s not hard to recognize when a person doesn’t have love, joy, or peace in their life. This seriously impacts biochemistry in a negative way, affecting the function and health of our major organs. Fear damages the kidneys, Anger and frustration poisons the liver, Grief and sadness can create lung problems, and the list goes on and on. To just give medicine to address these conditions without correcting the underlying issue fails to give any kind of lasting results.
As a holistic physician, I must look at the whole person. The term being “born again” is very misunderstood but extremely important, as your spirit must be re-created into the very image of God Himself. Just as we have physical genes from our physical parents, causing us to resemble them, our spiritual genes need to come from our heavenly father. It’s an easy process. Just as it was your mother’s hard work that got you born without any effort of your own, so it is with being born of God.
The gift of eternal life is what we celebrate at Christmas time. This gift provides so much more than people realize. The giving of presents to one another has often blinded the true meaning of this holiday (holy-day). Especially this time of year, give the gifts of the Spirit.
As with all gifts, they’re useless unless they’re received. May this Christmas be a time to share Jesus with others. If you’ve refused to receive this free gift of eternal life, now isn’t too late. If you believe in your heart that Jesus died on a cross for your sins and confess Him as Lord of your life, it’s written that you will be saved. Ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit.
This story has been told for 2,000 years, and the message is still true today. Receiving this joy has many benefits. The amount of antidepressants dispensed in our country and around the world is unfathomable. The more people meditate on their problems, the bigger they get. This season, consider meditating on the blessing which God has sent to destroy the damaging effects of worry, fear, anxiety, and depression.
Within a few years of embarking on my journey in medicine, I realized that if all I do is focus on the body and it’s metabolic functions, I was nothing more than a mechanic working on a flesh and bone vehicle.
In 1994 I attended a Promise Keepers event in Portland, Oregon with my beloved big brother. At that time, a light came on within me, and I realized that if I did nothing to impact the spirit of my patients, I was nothing more than a body mechanic and not a true healer. To continue to pound out the dents and fail to improve a person’s driving is irresponsible.
After this time, I found that if I wanted to know more about the physical body, I had to go to the inventor. There are an abundance of so called experts out there who either don’t spend time with the Creator or refuse to acknowledge His existence. Treating just symptoms and ignoring the true self promotes chronic disease which never gets healed.
So how can we get insight into who’s truly at the wheel? Jesus said you’d know His disciples by their fruit. We often see labels that don’t fit the package. In the book of Galatians we see what the fruit of the Spirit is, and what it isn’t. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance.” What could be called rotten fruit, is really the fruit of flesh: “Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Wow, not inheriting the kingdom of God would mean not operating in divine health. Eating rotten fruit creates disease. Eating fresh, healthy fruit nourishes the the entire body. It’s not hard to recognize when a person doesn’t have love, joy, or peace in their life. This seriously impacts biochemistry in a negative way, affecting the function and health of our major organs. Fear damages the kidneys, Anger and frustration poisons the liver, Grief and sadness can create lung problems, and the list goes on and on. To just give medicine to address these conditions without correcting the underlying issue fails to give any kind of lasting results.
As a holistic physician, I must look at the whole person. The term being “born again” is very misunderstood but extremely important, as your spirit must be re-created into the very image of God Himself. Just as we have physical genes from our physical parents, causing us to resemble them, our spiritual genes need to come from our heavenly father. It’s an easy process. Just as it was your mother’s hard work that got you born without any effort of your own, so it is with being born of God.
The gift of eternal life is what we celebrate at Christmas time. This gift provides so much more than people realize. The giving of presents to one another has often blinded the true meaning of this holiday (holy-day). Especially this time of year, give the gifts of the Spirit.
As with all gifts, they’re useless unless they’re received. May this Christmas be a time to share Jesus with others. If you’ve refused to receive this free gift of eternal life, now isn’t too late. If you believe in your heart that Jesus died on a cross for your sins and confess Him as Lord of your life, it’s written that you will be saved. Ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit.
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