I heard something so profound on YouTube about three weeks ago from an African woman who came to America to visit and made a comment to an American, which made me pause on that video to tune in and listen. She said, “Why do Americans take Tylenol so much? They have a little headache and they take a Tylenol like it is nothing” (in her African accent). She continued, “Americans take pills too much for simple things.”
In that moment, I started reflecting back over years of how pushing pills and caffeine on people has ignited the majority of our children’s drug addictions today; and I will add cigarettes......that is killing millions - young and old. Doctors, Pharmaceutical companies, and those not Christ minded push these drugs for wealth, and material gain. These drugs have severe side effects on the organs (that we can’t see) and cause more problems than fix them. There is NO REASON ANYONE should be taking 15 pills a day. God has made ALL things in the Earth good for the body, yet because we are ignorant of all the natural foods, fruits,
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| Fifteen pills a day? |
When God created the Earth, He said I have given you everything you need.
In Genesis 1:27-31 Ethiopian Bible
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
We did not create nothing, nor do any of us have the Wisdom and Knowledge of God. But in Matthew 7:7-8 Ethiopian Bible:
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Well, if you study the Bible and ask of God understanding of it, not man, He will give it to you. Scripture tells us “we have not, because we ask not.” (James 4:2) It goes on into verse 3 that reads: “3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”
Which translates you only ask to gratify yourself and your own desires - which is material things.
No one should resort to drugs for a quick fix, rather it be dieting, a headache, ADD, ADHD, anxiety, etc. all of these issues stems from our emotions, our environment, lack of sleep, being over worked, in a hurry and so on.
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| Overworked Professionals |
In I Peter 5:1-9 Ethiopian Bible reads:
1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
In verse 8, it reads “Be sober, be vigilant….
- Elders are the Spiritual leaders of the church. Those who spend their time studying and meditating in God’s Word; and I will add, they seek God for answers not man. We have to remember “we” are not smarter than God, He wrote the Bible.
- Sober in Hebrew means to be level-headed, well-balanced. (Note: Too much of one thing tilts us over the edge - pride, overeating, independent or dependent, working more than 40 hours a week …… you get the picture)
- Vigilant means to be watchful or on guard
We have an enemy, Satan, that works through others to destroy us, and IF your faith is weak, Satan knows this and will afflict you with pain and suffering.
This is where it begins, as it did for Adam and Eve, the serpent deceived them then and he is still deceiving us today. That is his whole purpose …. It is to destroy God’s creation anyway he can, sex, drugs, hate, anger, lying, stealing, etc. all are sin and cause the fall of us; but we have a Savior that when we sincerely repent and ask for forgiveness, God forgives us and you too will become a true Christian that will go about doing good on Earth and changing lives from Glory to Glory.
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| Once you SINCERELY Repent, God Forgives! |
We have the power to defeat Satan, let’s use our God given power and put the devil under our feet where he belongs.
Luke 10:19 Ethiopian Bible
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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