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A moment of prayer

SEVEN �KEYS TO �A HEALTHY LIFE

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Our happiness is closely related to our health.

God wants us to be healthy and live happily

3 John 2

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

God wishes to give us wisdom so we can avoid illness or recover our health.

Démosle importancia a nuestro cuerpo pues Dios lo considera un templo

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

The Bible says that our body is �the temple of the Holy Spirit

What will God do to those �who deliberately defile it?

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”

SEVEN KEYS �TO A �HEALTHY LIFE

Use water �internally �and externally

Point one

• Six to eight glasses of water a day, drunk between meals, to detoxify the system.
• Showering daily is also very advantageous, as it stimulates the elimination of toxins through the pores, thus contributing to excellent physical health.

Point two

Rest �sufficiently

• We should sleep at least 8 hours a day (though children need more) because it strengthens the nervous system.
• Furthermore, a weekly rest day, such as the Sabbath, is a blessing both for the body and the soul.

Point three

• Keep a fixed eating schedule.
• Eating between meals overloads the stomach. When we finish eating, we should rest the stomach for about four to six hours, without ingesting anything else but liquids.

Implement �regular �habits

Practice �temperance

Point four

• One should be temperate when eating, at work and in all activities: sexual, intellectual, etc.
• Even the healthiest food, if taken in excess can be detrimental to our health. We should leave the table feeling that we could have eaten more.
• Digestion starts in the mouth, so chew your food well.
• Temperance means balance. We should not to eat just because we like something but also because it is good for us.

Point five

Consume �natural foods

What kind of food was �man given when he �was created in Eden?

Genesis 1:29

“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.”

ls there scientific proof �that man was created �to be vegetarian?

GREAT RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN �THE INTESTINES AND TEETH OF HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS AND MAN

LONGEVITY OF OUR FOREFATHERS:

• Adam 930 years
• Seth 912 years
• Methuselah 969 years
• Noah 950 years
• After the flood: 300 years

When was man allowed �to eat certain kinds of meat, �called clean meat?

Genesis 7:2

“Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.”

Genesis 9:3-4

“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”

• Althoughman was allowed to eat meat after the flood, he was never allowed to eat blood, fat or unclean animals.
• The animals that are considered clean have two main characteristics: "a cloven foot and chew the cud"
• Among the so-called unclean animals are the pig, hare, rabbit, camel, etc.
• Eating blood was always prohibited, because life is in the blood. �(Genesis 9:4, 5; Leviticus 7:26 - 27; Acts 15:2O). Animals had to be killed in a special way; and their blood, carefully drained.

When the people of Israel were in the wilderness on the way to Canaan, the Promised Land, God wanted to give them a special diet without meat.

What punishment did they �suffer for not wanting �to obey God’s rules?

Numbers 11:4

“And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, �Who shall give us flesh to eat?”

Numbers 11:19-20

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

Numbers 11:33-34

“And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.”

Who should learn from the above example, and what command did the Lord give the people living at the end of time?

1 Corinthians 10:5-6

“But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.”

1 Corinthians 10:11

“Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”

Will meat be eaten in heaven �and for eternity?

Revelation 21:4

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

Isaiah 25:8

“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.”

What advantages did Daniel and his �friends have by avoiding the consumption �of meat and alcoholic beverages?

Daniel 1:8-20

“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

Daniel 1:8-20

Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

Daniel 1:8-20

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

Daniel 1:8-20

As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.

Daniel 1:8-20

And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.”

What advantages are there to �a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet?

PHYSICAL:

1. Ten times less risk of contracting diseases.
2. Less intake of cholesterol, thus avoiding cardiovascular diseases.
3. Less intake of uric acid, thus avoiding rheumatoid arthritis.
4. Better digestion and less risk of cancer.
5. Avoid hormones, vaccines, and general injections that are administered to animals to enter our body.
6. More resistance since our body is not full of toxins.
7. Increased longevity.

MORAL:

1. Compassion toward animals.
2. Less tendency to violent passions.
3. Less irritability, as meat contains stimulants.
4. Moral sensibility is not weakened.
5. Less expense and more people can be fed.
6. Avoid homosexual tendencies, which is partly due to foods with feminine hormones.
7. More sympathy towards others.

SPIRITUAL:

1. Fewer risks of weakening the fine sensibilities of our mind.
2. Temperance and self-control.
3. Greater spirituality.
4. Creatures made by God are not killed to satisfy our appetite.
5. No danger of consuming animal blood, which is prohibited by God.
6. We glorify and praise God when taking care of our body.
7. We return to the original diet, thus fulfilling God’s plan for our time

Avoid �stimulants �and drugs

Point six

• Tobacco is a merciless murderer of millions of people. �One in five smokers dies of cancer. We should not destroy �our body, because it is the temple of God (1 Corinthians 3:16, 17).

What does the Bible say �about the consumption �of alcoholic beverages?

Proverbs 20:1

“Wine is a mocker, �strong drink is raging: �and whosoever is deceived �thereby is not wise.”

Proverbs 23:29-33

“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.”

What kind of diet was John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the �first coming of Jesus, to have �from his mother’s womb?

Luke 1:15

“For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.”

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What stimulants are �detrimental to our health?

• Coffee, tea, mate, and soft drinks all contain caffeine (mateine and theine are similar), which affects the nervous system and produces physical distress. They should, therefore be avoided.
• Drugs such as LSD, morphine, marijuana, cocaine, and certain medicines make the body sick, destroy the mind, degrade the soul, and offend our Creator.

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Use �natural medicines, and ask God for help

Point seven

Why were plants created?

Psalm 104:14

“He causeth the grass to grow �for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth.”

What should we do �when we are sick?

James 5:14, 15

“Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”

CONCLUSION

What can I do in response �to His love?

Romans 12:1-2

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, �and perfect, will of God.”

How can we lead a temperate life, according to God's precepts?

Philippians 4:13

“I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.”

Thank you, Lord, for teaching me to take care of my body!

GOD BLESS YOU!

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