Health - Your Most Precious Asset - By Rev.Benita Francis
Dear family of God, once again, this is not just some information on health! My heart is burning!!! Many precious and mightily used servants of God leave this earth too early and unnecessarily!!! We can change that! Just read and heed! We are today
Cancer Prevention
Dear family of God, once again, this is not just some information on health! My heart is burning!!! Many precious and mightily used servants of God leave this earth too early and unnecessarily!!! We can change that! Just read and heed!
We are today at a higher risk of cancer than ever before. According to statistics, in USA, three out of every four men, and soon two out of every three, will develop cancer at some point of life! That is due to lifestyle, stress, unhealthy or toxic foods, environmental stressors like sound pollution, chemical and industrial pollution, air pollution, water pollution etc.
Chemicals and free radicals from digestion and energy production in our own body attack our cells constantly. It is estimated that our DNA, the material of our genes, receives 10.000 attacks that could lead to cancer every day, and age and stress multiply that by 10! Just imagine! You really need to keep your body and immune system in top conditions to fight off this constant onslaught!
Today our food and drinking water contain high quantities of pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, growth hormones, even anti baby pill residues! Girls as young as 12 years old get breast cancer from the estrogen (female hormone) in drinking water, milk and meats!
To my great dismay, we hear much news even of servants of God getting cancer! How can it be?!? Are we really at the mercy of such cruel enemies as cancer? I was sincerely praying about that and would like to share with you some insights here.
INVINCIBLE LIFE
I believe there is a life where no such factors can touch us! As children of God, we can and should live on a much higher plane! To us has been given the Name that is far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, including the name of cancer (Eph.1:21)!!! At the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, including cancer (Phil.2:10)!!! Health and healing belong to us in Christ! Actually, we should live in such an anointing and glory that any cancer is evaporated by our pure presence!
When we live in the Spirit, we are immune to all these attacks! Unfortunately, we normally don’t live on that level 24 hours a day. Whenever we go into the flesh, the enemy can use his spiritual and natural weapons to attack our health and our body, the temple of God’s Spirit he much hates so much!
WHAT IS CANCER?
Cancer occurs when the genetic information in one cell gets damaged. This cell now starts multiplying fiercely without restraint and builds a tumor. After some time, this tumor starts spreading by sending cells into the blood- or lymph-stream. Wherever these settle, they again multiply and form metastasis. Once this happens, a cure is very difficult. That is why early discovery is so important: If you can cut out the first tumor before it starts spreading, chances for healing are very good.
EARLY DISCOVERY
It seems to me that in the Western world the cancer survival rate is much higher than in India. World-renowned servants of God like Pat Robertson and his wife, Joyce Meyer and many others are cancer-survivors that enjoy perfect health in their sixties and seventies, years after their cancer was found. I believe that is due to our Western cancer prevention and public awareness programs. Here again, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hos.4:6)! We have a free yearly gynecology check-up for women over 40. It is even mandatory, especially if there is a cancer history in the family!
You might say, “Isn’t that living in fear and negative expectations?”, but I would call it wisdom: “A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished” (Pr.22:3; 27:12). Just a little precaution can easily save your life! Don’t put off a medical check up if you have doubtful symptoms. Even a full blood test can reveal certain cancer factors. Ask specifically for these to be checked when you do a blood test. Early discovery gives you up to 80% higher chances of survival!!! Nowadays, you can find so much helpful information on the internet. Ladies, for example, can learn a monthly self-exam for breast cancer on http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/tests.html.
Researchers found that women who do an annual mammography are up to 60 percent less likely to die of breast cancer! One setback is that the X-rays used by most mammograms increase the risk of breast cancer 1 to 3 percent with each exposure to the radiation – that is 30 percent in 10 years! Better choose a thermogram, MRI, or ultrasound of the breast. In case you do get an X-ray, take turmeric extract for the ten days leading up to the mammogram to protect breast tissue against radiation.
PREVENTION
The best news, however, is that to a surprisingly great extent, cancer can be prevented by the right lifestyle choices! Really, your health is in your hands, not in God’s hands! He has already given you all the prescriptions you need for a healthy life!
Stop white sugar
White sugar is not found anywhere in the Bible… It is purely man’s invention, refined and stripped of every good thing the plants it is made of contained. All cancers feed on sugar! So if you want your cancer to grow quickly, eat more white sugar… if not, just do the opposite… Convince your taste buds once and for all… J
Get enough exercise
Science found out that moderate aerobic exercise such as walking, swimming, biking, ball games etc. can reduce the risk of getting cancer. Actually, exercise is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Women who have breast cancer seem to have a better prognosis if they are physically active.
Reduce body weight
Fat causes inflammation – a leading cause of all cancers. Fat tissues also produce estrogen which can induce the growth of estrogen-related cancers. Sugar, alcohol and meats cooked at high temperature add weight to your body and increase cancer risk.Obesity and physical inactivity seems to account for 25 to 30 percent of several major cancers! A recent report estimated that, in the United States, 14 percent of deaths from cancer in men and 20 percent of deaths in women were due to overweight and obesity! Preventing weight gain can reduce the risk of many cancers. It is therefore best to establish habits of healthy eating and physical activity early in life to prevent overweight and obesity.
Avoid smoke and smog
Don’t smoke, and also try to stay away from smokers! It has been proven that “passive smoking” can be even more detrimental to health than active smoking! Smog from factories and exhaust fumes also are slow killers. A very interesting experiment was done with a student in USA. Scientists made him walk for 20 minutes in a 1,6 km long 8-lane tunnel at rush hour. After that, his tissues showed a 15 months higher age than before!!! Imagine! Polluted air can make you age so quickly! Fortunately, God’s medicines always counteract destruction: a high dose of protein, vitamins and a good sleep restored the tissues to the real age.
Avoid harmful chemicals
Nowadays, we can’t really escape chemicals. Anything we eat, drink and breathe today has been touched by some chemicals. As much as you can, filter your drinking water, use organically grown fruit and vegetables, or at least wash your fruit and vegetables with warm water and some soap to remove residues from pesticides and fertilizers.
MSG or glutamate and other taste-enhancers as well as chemicals added to our food to make it more durable are real “cancer-fertilizers”. Take some time to read the labels on the products you buy. You will be shocked to discover how many chemicals are hidden in your “innocent” cookie package!
Reduce stress and worry
Stress, anxiety, and worry are silent killers! Not only do they cause heart disease, they also increase cancer risk dramatically! Again and again, I have seen people develop cancer about a year or a little more after a shock like the death of a loved one. Do your best to keep your inner peace. Fear and fear-based emotions actually make your body release harmful chemicals that attack and even destroy body and brain cells.
Strengthen your immune system
If your immune system is strong, it can efficiently detect and destroy cancerous cells. Strengthen your immune system with enough sleep, healthy exercise, the right diet and the right attitude.
Get enough sleep
Researchers found that at less than 7,4 hours of night sleep, the blood enters a pre-diabetic state. Further lack of sleep can lead to diabetes! It was also found that night workers (nurses, doctors or factory workers on night shifts) have a 70-80% higher risk of developing cancer than people who get healthy night sleep! Many repair functions of the body, including the brain, can be done only while the body sleeps. Lack of sleep impairs the repair of damaged cells and endangers healthy cell reproduction.
Eat only full-grain products
Whole grains are rich in powerful cancer-fighters, including dietaryfiber, starch, fat, antioxidant nutrients, minerals, vitamin,lignans and phenolic compounds, all of which reduce the risk of cancer. Phytoestrogens seem to be particularly important in the prevention ofhormonally-dependent cancers such as breast and prostate. Most of the components are foundin the germ and bran which are reduced in the grain refiningprocess. Avail this God-given preventive and curative medicine! Don’t allow fashion and fancy to strip you of your health, God’s precious gift to you!
Eat enough life
If you want life, eat life! As we studied earlier, the enzymes in fresh fruit and vegetables and especially in sprouts can repair much of the damage done to your cells.
The World Health Organization recommends five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day for cancer-protection and other health benefits. This is not as difficult as it may seem. Just aim for one or two servings at every meal and snack – for example, a glass of fresh orange juice (not the chemical one) along with fruit on sugar-free cereal for breakfast, a salad that includes fresh, raw vegetables for lunch, fruit for an afternoon snack, and whole-grain pasta with tomato and mushroom sauce for dinner. A serving equals one medium-sized fruit or one-half cup cooked, or one-cup leafy, vegetables.
Eat and drink the rainbow
God created the different fruits and vegetables in different colors to attract our appetite. All these colors point to different phytochemicals and other health-promoting substances. Especially yellow and green fruits and vegetables have proven to be very powerful in cancer-protection. The many antioxidants in small berries are some of the most powerful weapons against cell damage.
There are even many teas of different colors. You probably heard about the cancer-defying properties of green tea. The teas all have specific ingredients, so if you vary them, you can be sure of getting “the full spectrum”.
Take good vitamins and supplements
If you are not sure you are getting enough vitamins and minerals with your diet, you can take some good supplements. Co-Enzyme Q10, in short, Co-Q10, is a powerful repairer of cell damage and helps in energy production. It restores youthfulness to your body and empowers it to fight carcinogens. Vitamin B, especially folate, is also recommended as a cancer protection. Vitamin C has been proven to have tremendous power to build and restore tissues and boost immune system functions. Vitamin D is very effective in reducing cancer risk – according to studies, even as much as 75% if taken in 1,000 to 2,000 units a day!
Lecithin helps protect your liver, your most important detoxification-organ. Coconut has a very high concentration of Selen, a substance that prevents cancer, especially in stomach and esophagus, and prevents destruction of genetic information.
Use the right fats and oils
Unfortunately, most oils we use today are hydrogenated or otherwise denatured, which can again lead to cell mutation. Try to use only natural oils. Use butter, not margarine. Avoid half-fat products. As a general rule, use food as close to its creation state as possible. Cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil has proven to protect powerfully against heart-disease and cancer.
Get pure drinking water
Nowadays, a water filter is a must because of the high amount of chlorine and chemical residues in metropolitan water. Even if you buy your water in plastic cans or bottles, your health is at risk since exposure to sunlight releases chemicals in the plastic that migrate into your drinking water – and how could you possibly make sure your water can or bottle was kept away from light? Keeping your water in glass jars instead of using plastic is another helpful cancer-protection-strategy.
Your attitude
Some of the most important health-prescriptions are found in Paul’s letter to the Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! ... Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – meditate on these things” (Phil.4:4,6-8).
These four verses contain a complete prescription for health and success! A lifestyle of joy, serenity, trust in God and prayer, gratitude, peace and positive thoughts about life, people and yourself is the best vaccine against sickness and disease!
A Kingdom-lifestyle
Live in the Spirit, live in God’s Kingdom! That means, you will constantly live in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost (Ro.14:17)! You will have a merry heart that does good like medicine (Pr.17:22)! If you live such a life, no fiery dart of satan can penetrate your heavenly armor (Eph.6:10-18)!
A healthy spirit
One of the main causes for demonic oppression and sicknesses like cancer is bitterness and unforgiveness. In Mt.18, Jesus warns us about the “tormentors”, demonic agents that are invited by our unwillingness to forgive! Make sure you pursue peace with all people and holiness (Heb.12:14)! If satan already succeeded in poisoning your heart, your physical health is at risk!
Never fear!
One main reason for cancer is actually the fear of cancer!!! Job said, “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me” (Job 3:25). Fear attracts satan! Faith attracts God!
Never forget: Fear connects you to satan and his demonic world! Faith connects you to God and His miracle world! Many people don’t go for a medical check up because of fear of what the doctor might say! NO! Don’t do that! You cannot fight an enemy you don’t even know about!
Let’s just imagine a worst-case-scenario: your doctor gives you a bad report. Well, now at least you know how to pray intelligently! To you has been given the Name above all names – so rebuke that name the doctor told you, in Jesus’ Name!!! Pray for God’s strategy to destroy this enemy! Go to the internet and study the newest scientific ways for healing! BE ACTIVE!!! Don’t sit at home like a rabbit hypnotized by a snake, fearing you might hear the word “cancer” if you go to your doctor! Attack is the best defense, so act today!!!
Shun rebellion
Avoid backbiting and rebellion - it brings leprosy (Nu.12:1-15)! Actually, cancer is nothing but a “rebellion of cells gone wild”, and auto-immune diseases like lupus, multiple sclerosis and even AIDS occur when the body turns to attack and destroy itself! You are accepted in the Beloved (Eph.1:6)! Accept yourself and others, and your body will accept itself!
Break any curses
Another important fact to consider is curses. Self-imposed curses or curses from others as well as curses from your own sin or your family heritage can give satan a loophole to attack your health. Confess your sins and your forefathers’ sins, break any legal right they gave to satan, and cast out any demon they invited!
Use the Word-power
Last but not least, another powerful spiritual weapon from God’s Word (Eph.6:18): “Who is the man who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it” (Ps.34:12-14). If you can keep your tongue, you keep your soul and body healthy!!! You will be able to bridle your whole body and lead it in the way of life and health (Jas.3:2).
Honor and bless your physical and spiritual parents: “Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth” (Eph.6:2-3)
Never speak death or sickness over yourself or others: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Pr.18:21)! MANY cancers have been destroyed by the authoritative command from the Word of God (Ps.107:20).
THINK LIFE! SPEAK LIFE! EAT LIFE! DRINK LIFE!
LIVE LIFE!!!!!!
