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“I am … Jealous”. Blessing of Health #2. Fulness of Joy…. Endorphins “The Feel Good” Hormone. Fulness of Joy…. The body makes its own feel good substances – endorphins- that are both protective and health promoting. How raise endorphins levels?. Count you blessings
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“I am … Jealous” Blessing of Health #2
Fulness of Joy… Endorphins “The Feel Good” Hormone
Fulness of Joy… The body makes its own feel good substances – endorphins- that are both protective and health promoting.
How raise endorphins levels? Count you blessings Enjoy harmonious relationships Work for other’s good Take time for spiritual renewal Exercise daily Avoid caffeine Avoid alcohol Eat a low-fat cholesterol free diet Get enough fresh air Get enough sleep
The body’s “good drugs” Happiness is an inside job.
Éxo20:4 - 6 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: • Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; • And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Extent of God’s Love • Songs 8:6, 7 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it:
Extent of God’s Love • 1 Co 10:21, 22 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. • Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
A twisted purpose • Gén 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: • Rom 1:23 (Man) changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man.
Glorify Him in our state of being • 1Co 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.
Glorify Him in our course of action • 1 Cor10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
What is God’s glory? • “Show me your glory” pleaded Moses. • “I will let my goodness pass before thee.” God replied • Therefore God’s glory is His goodness (the manifestation of His character to His creatures)
David’s response • Psalm119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. • We have to be good in order to do good.
God is so good • Psalm 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. • Eccl 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Happy results Proverbs 3: 1, 2 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.