Q: ARE YOU STRUGGLING FOR ANSWERS AS A CAREGIVER & WRESTLING WITH GUILT AS YOU HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS IN YOUR FAMILY CARE?
A: MANY OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN & SPOUSES TO CARE FOR WHILE YOU HAVE TO BE CAREGIVER FOR A PARENT.
MANY OF YOU ARE CAREGIVERS FOR A SPOUSE WHILE YOU CAN BARELY TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. YOU LOVE THEM DEARLY, BUT YOU SIMPLY CANNOT CONTINUE
TO CARE FOR THEM LIKE YOU WANT TO & HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. SOMETIMES THE PROBLEMS ARE FINANCIAL, SOMETIMES THEY ARE DUE TO YOUR OWN HEALTH & STRESS. ACTION IS REQUIRED
WHEN THE FAMILY MEMBERS OR A SPOUSE FEELS THREATENED OR NEGLECTED. THESE SITUATIONS OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE YOU AS A CAREGIVER WAITED TOO LONG TO ACT ON YOUR OWN BEHALF. YOU KNEW THE STRESS ON YOUR EMOTIONS & THE DRAIN ON YOUR HEALTH & PEACE OF MIND WAS SIMPLY TOO BIG A LOAD TO BEAR. YET YOU CONTINUED UNTIL THE WORSE HAS FORCED DRASTIC ACTION.
I HAVE COUNSELED MANY CAREGIVERS OVER THE YEARS & FOUND THE COMMON ROOT OF THEIR PROBLEMS IS FAILURE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES
WHILE CARING FOR OTHERS. SURVEYS & STUDIES PROVE THAT CAREGIVERS OFTEN DEVELOP SEVERE MENTAL & PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT ARE SEVERE OR FATAL DUE TO CAREGIVER STRESS. YOU HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
YOU MUST TAKE RESPITE CARE. THERE ARE MANY AVENUES YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM, BUT YOUR MOST
CRITICAL DECISION IS FORCING YOURSELF TO DO IT
WHEN YOU FIRST FEEL THE NEED TO DO SO.
Q: DO YOU NEED MORE LOVE IN YOUR LIFE & LOSING HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND IT?A:THE WOMAN AT THE WELL HAD FIVE HUSBANDS IN HER PAST & AT PRESENT HAD A LIVE-IN. JESUS TOLD HER TO ASK HIM FOR LIVING WATERS & HE WOULD GIVE SO MUCH THAT SHE WOULD NEVER THIRST AGAIN. THESE WATERS OF LIFE FLOWING OUT INTO THE DESERT OF YOUR LIFE ARE OVERFLOWING WITH GOD's LOVE.
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QUESTION: DO YOU KNOW THAT HYPER MENTAL ACTIVITY CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION?
ANSWER: THIS STARTS WHEN THE MIND STILL GOES 125 MPH & YOUR BODY CAN ONLY GO 55 MPH. IT OCCURS WHEN YOU ARE USED TO SUCH HIGH STANDARDS & CAN NO LONGER ACHIEVE THEM.
- & WE WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW DAYS PROVIDING IT
Don't allow negatives to block the flow of love.
Caregivers need to ask themselves, “why am I really doing this” for loved ones? Ask yourself the following questions and allow truth to give you honest answers.
a. Am I doing this out of guilt or taught obligations?
b. Is it out of greed for their possessions or approval & praise from others?
c. Is it self-sacrifice to feel self-righteous?
d. What inner conditions or limits did you make within yourself when you decided to do it?
Time limits, financial limits, personal emotional, physical and mental limits must be self- examined.
Lack of the ability to communicate with and failure to understand the disabilities of the loved one, is a major barrier to “Love Maintenance”.
a. Documented studies demonstrate there are many ways to improve communications with the elderly; including those with depression, dementia and Alzheimer's diseases.
b. Knowing their childhood, their likes & dislikes, things that stimulate memories both good & bad, are all great aids. Understanding their responses to noise, colors, music, appetites and unfamiliar surroundings are vital to communication & effective care.
Knowing the symptoms of depression, dementia and Alzheimer's and knowing the difference from the signs of the natural aging process is a must know for everyone.
a. This lack of knowledge allows fear & dread to creep in and often results in false conclusions in both caregiver & loved one.
b. Uncertainty over the actual health conditions prevents needed solutions and proper care.
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Q: DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DEMENTIA & ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE REALLY MEAN &
HOW IT RELATES TO YOU & FAMILY CARE?
A: THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING OFFERS A FACT SHEET THAT YOU SHOULD REVIEW ONLINE.
FOR EXAMPLE: ALZHEIMER'S IS THE MOST COMMON
CAUSE OF DEMENTIA IN OLDER ADULTS. DEMENTIA IS THE
LOSS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING-THINKING-REMEMBERING- REASONING-BEHAVIORAL ABILITIES TO THE EXTENT THAT IT INTERFERES WITH A PERSON'S DAILY LIFE & ACTIVITIES.
DEMENTIA RANGES IN SEVERITY FROM THE MILDEST STAGES, WHEN IT IS JUST BEGINNING TO AFFECT A PERSON'S FUNCTIONING, TO THE MOST SEVERE STAGE,
WHEN A PERSON MUST DEPEND COMPLETELY ON OTHERS
FOR BASIC ACTIVITIES FOR DAILY LIVING.
MEMORY PROBLEMS ARE TYPICALLY ONE OF THE FIRST SIGNS OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT RELATED TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. SOME PEOPLE WITH MEMORY PROBLEMS HAVE A CONDITION CALLED MILD COGNITIVE
IMPAIRMENT (MCI). IN MCI,PEOPLE HAVE MORE MEMORY PROBLEMS THAN NORMAL FOR THEIR AGE, BUT THEIR SYMPTOMS DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES.
MOVEMENT DIFFICULTIES & PROBLEMS WITH SENSE OF SMELL HAVE BEEN LINKED TO MCI. OLDER PEOPLE WITH
MCI ARE AT GREATER RISK FOR DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM DO. SOME OF THEM MAY EVEN GO BACK TO NORMAL COGNITION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MORE FACTS TO YOUR ATTENTION FROM THIS REPORT.
HOWEVER, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT REMIND YOU
THAT THESE FACTS ARE SCIENTIFIC FROM ACTUAL STUDIES
AND DO NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE HOLY SPIRIT & THE WORD OF GOD SUPPORT FOR CHRISTIANS.
QUESTION: DO YOU KNOW THE GOSPEL MEANING OF GOD'S GRACE IN GIVING US HIS SON JESUS?
ANSWER: UNMERITED FAVOR IN PURE LOVE. GIVE OTHERS THIS SAME LOVE TODAY THAT WE RECEIVED.???
QUESTION: DO YOU FEEL ISOLATED OR ALONE & THINK NO ONE UNDERSTANDS YOUR PROBLEMS?
ANSWER: WE CARE ABOUT YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THIS WORLD & WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND THAT UNDERSTANDS YOUR NEEDS FOR COMFORT & ENCOURAGING WORDS. LET'S SHARE GOD'S LOVE TOGETHER.
Q: DO YOU KNOW THE ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO REDUCE YOUR RISK OF COGNITIVE DECLINE & ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THESE CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE
CAN HELP REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF THESE DISEASES IN MANY INSTANCES?
A: RESEARCH HAS DETERMINED THAT FACTORS IN VASCULAR CONDITIONS SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, STROKES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES & OBESITY
HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH MEMORY LOSS & DEMENTIA. NUTRITIOUS DIET, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, & MENTALLY STIMULATING PURSUITS HAVE ALL BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HELPING PEOPLE STAY HEALTHY AS THEY AGE.
DURING 50+ YEARS OF SENIOR CARE, I HAVE PERSONALLY
OBSERVED MANY CASES OF REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH VARYING STAGES OF MENTAL & PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES AS A RESULT OF MAKING THESE CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE.
HOWEVER THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE, WAS & IS THE SINCERE LOVE THAT WAS COMMUNICATED DAILY TO THESE PATIENTS.
THE RESPONSE TO SINGING CHRISTIAN HYMNS & SHARING THE WORD OF GOD WITH THESE PATIENTS BRINGS SUPERNATURAL JOY TO THEIR LIVES & STIMULATES
THEIR HEARTS, MINDS & BODIES IN WONDERFUL WAYS.
I HAVE SEEN SO MANY INSTANCES WHERE THEY WENT FROM WHEELCHAIR TO DANCING. FROM ALMOST INCOHERENT, TO TALKING & WITNESSING ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS TO OTHER PATIENTS.
I HAVE SEEN THEM COME THE FIRST TIME IN SILENCE
& FEAR WITH STRANGE SURROUNDINGS. AFTER THREE MONTHS, THEY RUSH TO ATTEND & MEET WITH FRIENDS.
IT'S GREATER THAN SCIENCE & MEDICINE.
Q: WHAT DOES THE WORD "LOVE" MEAN TO YOU
AND WHAT IS "THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE"?
A: THE LORD KNOWS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT LOVE
AND THE TRUTH OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.
TODAY WE BEGIN A SERIES ON "THE "TRUTH ABOUT LOVE" TO GIVE YOU BETTER AWARENESS OF IT'S MEANING & PURPOSE.
THE WORLD TODAY IS UNABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE PURE LOVE OF GOD AND PRESENTS US WITH FALSE IMITATIONS.
THE TRUTH IS, THESE FAKES ARE LUSTS AND SELF-DESIRES DISGUISED AS LOVE. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO APPEAL TO OUR EMOTIONS & BECOME ADDICTIONS.
THE WELL KNOWN FOUR LETTER WORD BEING WIDELY USED TODAY IS ACTUALLY SPELLED LUST;
AND HAS BECOME PART OF THIS GENERATIONS VOCABULARY. MANY ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK FIVE SENTENCES WITHOUT USING IT.
FIRST PETER CHAPTER 4 IN (THE LIVING BIBLE) IS THE SOURCE FOR "THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE":
"SINCE CHRIST SUFFERED AND UNDERWENT PAIN,
YOU MUST HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE HE DID; YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SUFFER TOO. FOR REMEMBER, WHEN YOUR BODY SUFFERS, SIN LOSES IT'S POWER.
AND YOU WON'T BE SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE CHASING AFTER EVIL DESIRES, BUT WILL BE ANXIOUS TO DO THE WILL OF GOD.
YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH IN THE PAST OF THE EVIL THINGS THE GODLESS ENJOY-SEX, SIN, LUSTS, GETTING DRUNK, WILD PARTIES, DRINKING BOUTS,
THE WORSHIP OF IDOLS AND OTHER TERRIBLE SINS.
OF COURSE, YOUR FORMER FRIENDS WILL BE VERY SURPRISED WHEN YOU DON'T EAGERLY JOIN THEM
ANY MORE IN THE WICKED THINGS THEY DO; AND THEY WILL LAUGH AT YOU IN CONTEMPT AND SCORN.
BUT REMEMBER, THEY MUST FACE THE JUDGE OF ALL LIVING AND DEAD; THEY WILL BE PUNISHED FOR THE WAY THEY HAVE LIVED. THAT IS THE REASON THAT THE GOOD NEWS GOSPEL WAS PREACHED EVEN TO THOSE THAT WERE DEAD-KILLED BY THE FLOOD- SO THAT ALTHOUGH THEIR BODIES WERE PUNISHED WITH DEATH, THEY COULD STILL LIVE IN THEIR SPIRITS AS GOD LIVES.
THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING SOON; THEREFORE, BE EARNEST, THOUGHTFUL MEN OF PRAYER.
MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, CONTINUE TO SHOW DEEP LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, FOR LOVE MAKES UP FOR MANY OF YOUR FAULTS."
LOVE OVERLOOKS & COVERS MANY OF YOUR SINS AND YOU SHOULD USE THAT SAME LOVE TOWARD OTHERS. AMEN
QUESTION: WHO STAYS DEPRESSED?
ANSWER: THOSE WHO CHOSE TO DO SO. YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE HOW YOU REACT TO THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
Q: WHY IS THIS FIRST MESSAGE OF THE NEW YEAR SO IMPORTANT TO CHRISTIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD UNDER ATTACK BY FEAR & ANGER.
A: GOD IS SENDING FORTH OUTPOURING OF HIS SPIRIT TO STRENGTHEN & PROTECT YOU. NO MAN SHALL TAKE YOU OUT OF THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND. MANY OF YOU WILL DO MIGHTY THINGS IN HIS NAME.
Q:DO YOU KNOW THE SECRET TO IMPROVE YOUR ATTITUDE & INCREASE YOUR PHYSICAL & MENTAL APTITUDE ?
A: EXPRESS MORE GRATITUDE TO GOD & YOUR FELLOW MAN. THEN THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH & A MERRY HEART DOES GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE.
MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION OF DEPRESSION - DEMENTIA- ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Q: DO YOU KNOW THAT THE DEVIL QUOTED HOLY SCRIPTURES TO JESUS
WHEN HE WAS TEMPTING HIM IN THE WILDERNESS. ST LUKE 4:9-11
A: WHEN SEEKING TRUTH IN YOUR LIFE, WHETHER RELIGION OR MEDICINE, LOOK IN YOUR HEART,
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT OF TRUTH RESIDES THERE FOR ALL CHRISTIANS
TO HELP THEM DISCERN UNTRUTH.
Q: HOW CAN WE OVERCOME SIN IN OUR MIND & BODY IN OUR "WIN OR LOSE" BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD & EVIL?
A: LEARN TO USE THE STRENGTH & WISDOM OF GOD, IN THE VICTORY OF JESUS OVER SIN & DEATH, THAT WE HAVE AS CHRISTIANS.
THIS KNOWLEDGE BRINGS UNDERSTANDING THAT ENABLES "GOOD TO WIN" OVER SIN IN OUR LIVES.
WE CONTINUE IN ROMANS 6:1-15 (THE LIVING BIBLE) TRANSLATION:
"WELL THEN, SHALL WE KEEP ON SINNING SO THAT GOD CAN KEEP ON SHOWING US MORE AND MORE KINDNESS AND FORGIVENESS?
OF COURSE NOT! SHOULD WE KEEP ON SINNING WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO?
FOR SIN'S POWER OVER US WAS BROKEN WHEN WE BECAME CHRISTIANS AND WERE BAPTIZED TO BECOME A PART OF JESUS CHRIST: THROUGH HIS DEATH THE POWER OF YOUR SINFUL NATURE OVER YOU WAS SHATTERED.
YOUR OLD SIN-LOVING NATURE WAS BURIED WITH HIM
BY BAPTISM WHEN HE DIED, AND WHEN GOD THE FATHER, WITH GLORIOUS POWER, BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE AGAIN, YOU WERE GIVEN HIS NEW WONDERFUL LIFE TO ENJOY. FOR YOU HAVE BECOME A PART OF HIM,
AND SO YOU DIED WITH HIM, SO TO SPEAK, WHEN HE DIED, AND NOW YOU SHARE HIS NEW LIFE
AND SHALL RISE AS HE DID.
YOUR OLD EVIL DESIRES WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS WITH HIM; THAT PART OF YOU THAT LOVES TO SIN WAS CRUSHED AND FATALLY WOUNDED; SO THAT YOUR SIN-LOVING BODY IS NO LONGER UNDER SIN'S CONTROL AND NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE A SLAVE TO SIN; FOR WHEN YOU ARE DEADENED TO SIN, YOU ARE FREED FROM ALL ITS ALLURE AND ITS POWER OVER YOU. AND SINCE YOUR OLD SIN-LOVING NATURE "DIED" WITH CHRIST, WE KNOW YOU WILL SHARE HIS NEW LIFE.
CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND WILL NEVER DIE AGAIN. DEATH NO LONGER HAS ANY POWER OVER HIM.
HE DIED ONCE FOR ALL TO END SIN'S POWER, AND NOW HE LIVES FOREVER IN UNBROKEN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.
SO LOOK UPON YOUR OLD SIN NATURE AS DEAD AND UNRESPONSIVE TO SIN. AND INSTEAD BE ALIVE TO GOD. ALERT TO HIM THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. DO NOT LET SIN CONTROL YOUR PUNY BODY ANY LONGER. DO NOT GIVE IN TO ITS SINFUL DESIRES.
DO NOT LET ANY PART OF YOUR BODIES BECOME TOOLS OF WICKEDNESS, TO BE USED FOR SINNING.
BUT GIVE YOURSELVES COMPLETELY TO GOD-EVERY PART OF YOU- FOR YOU ARE BACK FROM DEATH AND YOU WANT TO BE TOOLS IN THE HAND OF GOD; TO BE USED AS TOOLS FOR HIS GOOD PURPOSES. SIN NEED NEVER TO BE YOUR MASTER. FOR NOW YOU ARE NO LONGER TIED TO THE LAW WHERE SIN ENSLAVES YOU,
BUT YOU ARE FREE UNDER GOD'S FAVOR AND MERCY.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT NOW WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SIN AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT? (FOR OUR SALVATION DOES NOT DEPEND ON KEEPING THE LAW, BUT ON RECEIVING GOD'S GRACE). OF COURSE NOT!"
AMEN
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QUESTION: WHY ARE MANY SENIORS & ELDERLY OVERLY GENEROUS?
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Q: DO YOU KNOW THERE IS ONE SIMPLE STEP YOU CAN TAKE THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO ACCOMPLISH ALL YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS TO LOSE WEIGHT, GET RID OF DEPRESSION, BE HAPPY & ENJOY A RENEWED LIFE?
A: TELL THE LORD YOU REPENT ALL YOUR PAST SINS & MISTAKES & WILL NOT GO BACK TO THEM. ASK FORGIVENESS FROM HIM & ACCEPT IT. THEN TELL HIM YOUR REQUESTS & NEEDS & BELIEVE HE WILL DO THEM.
HOW OLD DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
NOW, HOW OLD DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE?
WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS OF AGE FORMED FROM OUR PAST EXPERIENCES GROWING UP. THEN WE HAD THE ADVICE OF OTHERS
TO ADD TO THAT EXPERIENCE. SCIENCE & HEALTH EDUCATION PROVIDED THE SOLUTIONS THAT CREATED A FIRM ATTITUDE IN OUR MINDS TOWARD AGEING.
HOWEVER, OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES & PROGRAMS THAT REVEAL
ATTITUDE TOWARD AGE HAS A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON HOW WE PERFORM IN SENIOR AGE.
“Age is a state of mind”. It is possible to effectively modify your mind-set on age through physical and mental activities and motivation. We can learn to overcome disappointment with life within ourselves, by taking gradual training steps to create a better lifestyle.
This attitude is most effective when it is directed to improve the lives of others. The desire to help others stimulates our reason for living and is often called “The Golden Rule”. This indeed produces for us “The Golden Age".
Q: DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S GRACE IS MORE THAN JUST SALVATION
& RESURRECTION AFTER THIS LIFE?
A.IT IS THE POWER OF GOD COMING INTO OUR LIVES TO ENABLE US TO DO WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO. YOU CAN FIGHT SIN, MENTAL & PHYSICAL PROBLEMS OR WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS, BUT IF YOU LEAVE GOD OUT OF THE EQUATION THEN YOU ARE GOING TO GET WORN OUT TRYING & GET FRUSTRATED & GOD IS GOING TO JUST STAND BACK. USING FAITH TO GET HIS GRACE LET'S GOD GET ALL THE CREDIT. BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST. EPHESIANS 2: 6-8
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Q: ARE YOU GETTING HAPPY NEW YEAR WISHES FROM RETAILERS & THOSE WHO WANT TO SELL YOU SOMETHING & YOU KNOW THEY DON'T REALLY MEAN IT?
A: TO ALL OUR FRIENDS & VISITORS AROUND THE WORLD, WE PRAY YOU HAVE A BLESSED & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FILLED WITH GOD'S LOVE. ALL WE ASK OF YOU IS TO SHARE THE COMFORT & KNOWLEDGE YOU RECEIVE WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT ACCESS THE INTERNET. YOU MAY BE THEIR ONLY HOPE
FOR CHRISTIAN LOVE BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO REACH THEM
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QUESTION: DO YOU KNOW WHY SO MANY SENIORS & ELDERLY STAY BITTER & ANGRY?
ANSWER:THEY ENJOY CONTROLLING OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEIR BITTERNESS &TRESENTMENT.
QUESTION: ARE YOU AWARE THAT UNREALISTIC GOALS CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION IN YOUR DAILY LIVING?
ANSWER: GOALS LIKE LOSING WEIGHT, LOOKING YOUNGER, BETTER PHYSICAL CONDITIONING & BREAKING HABITS OF ADDICTION CAN DEPRESS YOU WHEN YOU FAIL
TO DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HARD.
START SMALL & GRADUALLY MAKE PROGRESS.THE LORD'S SUPPORT WILL HELP WHEN YOU ASK HIM.
Q: WHAT IS THE "TRUTH ABOUT LOVE" AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND IT?
A: WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES OF "TRUTH ABOUT LOVE". IT IS THE LORD'S DESIRE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HE SUFFERED & ENDURED
MISTREATMENT DAILY, IN HIS MINISTRY OF LOVE.
REJECTION, MOCKERY & RIDICULE WERE ALWAYS THERE TO GREET HIM AS HE LIVED & SPOKE THE TRUTH.
WE CHRISTIANS MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO LIVE & SPEAK AS JESUS DID; YET WE ARE SURPRISED AND DISHEARTENED WHEN WE GET THE SAME TREATMENT JESUS DID.
WE GET SO THRILLED & EXCITED WHEN WE FIRST RECEIVE SALVATION AND THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES UPON US.
THIS BRINGS WITH IT, A FERVENT DESIRE TO
"DO SOMETHING FOR JESUS".
WHEN WE HIT THE WALL OF RESISTANCE IN OTHERS & THE WORLD, WE GET SURPRISED AND
DISMAYED. OUR EXPECTATIONS OF A "CAKE WALK"
AND "GREETINGS WITH OPEN ARMS" AS CHRISTIANS, GET BRUISED AND TRAMPLED.
WHEN ST. PAUL TOLD US TO "PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD" BEFORE WE WENT FORTH; IT WAS FOR OUR BENEFIT.
IF THE WORLD CAN'T GET IN YOUR HEAD OR YOUR HEART; THEN IT WILL STAB YOU IN THE BACK.
WE CONTINUE WITH FIRST PETER 4 IN THE (LIVING BIBLE) TRANSLATION:
"USE HOSPITALITY ONE TO ANOTHER WITHOUT GRUDGING. AS EVERY MAN HAS RECEIVED THE GIFT,
EVEN SO MINISTER THE SAME ONE TO ANOTHER, AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD.
IF ANY MAN SPEAK, LET HIM SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD; IF ANY MAN MINISTER, LET HIM DO IT AS OF THE ABILITY WHICH GOD GIVETH; THAT GOD IN ALL THINGS MIGHT BE GLORIFIED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; TO WHOM BE PRAISE AND DOMINION
FOR EVER AND EVER.
BELOVED, THINK IT NOT STRANGE CONCERNING THE FIERY TRIAL WHICH IS TO TRY YOU, AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING HAPPENED TO YOU.
BUT REJOICE, INASMUCH AS YE ARE PARTAKERS OF CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS, THAT, WHEN HIS GLORY SHALL BE REVEALED, YE MAY BE GLAD ALSO WITH EXCEEDING JOY.
IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST,
HAPPY ARE YE; FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD RESTETH UPON YOU. ON THEIR PART HE IS EVIL SPOKEN OF; BUT ON YOUR PART HE IS GLORIFIED." AMEN
Q: ARE YOU AT THE STAGE OF YOUR LIFE WHEN THE AGEING PROCESS BEGINS TO TAKE ITS TOLL OF MIND & BODY & KINDNESS & UNDERSTANDING ARE FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD ?
A: SENIOR CARE BECOMES SO CRITICAL TO THE ELDERLY & CAREGIVER AS TIME GOES BY. ONE SEEMS TO NEED MORE & MORE, WHILE THE OTHER'S ABILITY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS GRADUALLY BECOMES LESS & LESS. OUR FOCUS TODAY IN NOT ON THE FINANCIAL
BURDENS, BUT FRANKLY DISCUSSES THE WEAR & TEAR ON THE CAREGIVER'S BODY & SOUL. THE CAREGIVER'S STRUGGLE CAN BECOME SO STAGGERING THAT LOVE & KINDNESS CAN TURN INTO RESENTMENT & HATE. THIS MOST OFTEN OCCURS WHEN THERE IS NO RESPITE OR TAKE A BREAK PERIODS FOR THE CAREGIVER. PUSHING ONE'S SELF TO THE LIMIT IS NOT WISE.THEN IT IS TOO LATE FOR SIMPLER REMEDIES FOR THE PATIENT. THIS RESULTS IN NURSING HOME OR INSTITUTION AS THE ONLY SOLUTION. TAKE A BREAK. GET AWAY & REST.
LET GOD RESTORE YOUR STRENGTH, LOVE & PATIENCE.
Q: DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW CHRIST JESUS FULFILLED THE "JEWISH LAW" AS GOD'S LAW FOR ALL CHRISTIANS AND GAVE US A "NEW LAW OF GRACE BY FAITH" FOR OUR SALVATION?
A: THIS FINAL LESSON TO ENABLE "GOOD TO WIN" IN YOUR LIFE PROVIDES NEEDED UNDERSTANDING ON HOW IT WORKS IN ROMANS 7:1-17 (THE LIVING BIBLE):
1 Now, dear brothers and sisters —you who are familiar with the law—don’t you know that the law applies only while a person is living?
2 For example, when a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply to her.
3 So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries.
4 So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.
5 When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.
6 But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.
7 Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”
8 But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
9 At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,
10 and I died. So I discovered that the law’s commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead.
11 Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.
12 But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good.
13 But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.
14 So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.
15 I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.
16 But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.
17 So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
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QUESTION: DO YOU NEED HOPE FOR LIVING TODAY & THE COMING NEW YEAR?
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Q: DO YOU KNOW HOW UNDERSTANDING JESUS OVERCOMING THE CURSE OF SIN & DEATH BROUGHT UPON ALL MANKIND BY ADAM & EVE'S SIN, WILL HELP YOU WIN LIFE'S BATTLE WITH SIN?
A: CHRISTIANS INHERIT THE VICTORY OF JESUS OVER SIN & DEATH AND SHARE THE BLESSINGS & GLORY OF HIS KINGDOM.
WE ARE ASSURED OF A RESURRECTED NEW LIFE AND A NEW BODY EVEN AS HE RECEIVED. ROMANS 5:14-21 IN (THE LIVING BIBLE TRANSLATION) EXPLAINS:
"WHAT A CONTRAST BETWEEN ADAM AND CHRIST.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN'S SIN AND GOD'S FORGIVENESS. FOR THIS ONE MAN ADAM BROUGHT DEATH TO MANY BY HIS SIN. BUT THIS ONE MAN JESUS CHRIST BROUGHT FORGIVENESS TO MANY THROUGH GOD'S MERCY.
ADAM'S ONE SIN BROUGHT PENALTY OF DEATH TO MANY, WHILE CHRIST FREELY TAKES AWAY MANY SINS
AND GIVES GLORIOUS LIFE INSTEAD.
THE SIN OF THIS ONE MAN ADAM , CAUSED DEATH TO BE KING OVER ALL, BUT ALL WHO WILL TAKE GOD'S GIFT OF FORGIVENESS AND ACQUITTAL ARE KINGS OF LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST.
YES, ADAM'S SIN BROUGHT PUNISHMENT TO ALL, BUT CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS MAKES MEN RIGHT WITH GOD, SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE. ADAM CAUSED MANY TO BE SINNERS BECAUSE HE DISOBEYED GOD; AND
CHRIST CAUSED MANY TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD
BECAUSE HE OBEYED.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE GIVEN SO THAT ALL COULD SEE THE EXTENT OF THEIR FAILURE TO OBEY GOD'S LAWS. BUT THE MORE WE SEE OUR SINFULNESS.
THE MORE WE SEE GOD'S ABOUNDING GRACE FORGIVING US.
BEFORE, SIN RULED OVER ALL MEN AND BROUGHT THEM TO DEATH, BUT NOW GOD'S KINDNESS RULES INSTEAD, GIVING US RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD AND RESULTING IN ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD." AMEN
WE CONTINUE THIS TOMORROW.
Q: DO YOU KNOW WHY WE NAMED OUR MISSION "RAINBOWS FOR CLOUDY MINDS " AND CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO YOU WITH LIFE & HEALTH COUNSELING EVERY DAY?
A: IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, AFTER THE FLOODS DESTROYED ALL LIVING THINGS EXCEPT NOAH'S FAMILY & LIVING THINGS IN THE ARK, GOD REPENTED THAT HE HAD DONE THIS. HE MADE A COVENANT TO NEVER DESTROY EVERYTHING WITH WATER AGAIN. GOD TOLD NOAH, " THAT WHEN I BRING A CLOUD OVER THE EARTH, THAT THE BOW SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE CLOUD".GENESIS 9:14. THIS RAINBOW IS THE SAME AS THE BOW THAT SURROUNDS THE THRONE OF GOD. WHEN THE WORLD & MAN BEGAN TO BECOME TOTALLY EVIL AGAIN, GOD SENT WARNINGS THAT NEXT TIME THE WORLD & EVERYTHING IN IT WOULD BE DESTROYED BY FIRE. HE SENT JESUS AS THE ARK OF THE NEW COVENANT THAT ALL WHO WANTED TO BE SAVED COULD ENTER IN. GOD IS SENDING YOU
RAINBOWS IN WORDS TODAY FOR YOU TO SEE WHEN YOUR MIND GETS CLOUDY. THIS IS TO REMIND YOU OF GOD'S PROMISE TO YOU FOR SALVATION & NEW LIFE WHEN THIS LIFE & WORLD PASSES AWAY OR IS DESTROYED WITH CONSUMING FIRE. LOOK AT THE RAINBOWS, NOT THE CLOUDS.
Q: ARE YOU OVERLOADED WITH CARING FOR FAMILY AND FEEL LIKE, "ONE MORE STRAW WILL BREAK THE CAMEL'S BACK"? IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET HELP!!!
A: FAMILY CAREGIVERS ALL TOO OFTEN, GET TO THE BREAKING POINT, BEFORE THEY ADMIT SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE. THIS USUALLY RESULTS IN TOUGH DECISIONS & HASTY ACTIONS DUE TO DESPERATION.
SOME HAVE TO GO TO WORK, SOME HAVE TO QUIT WORK. THEN LOVED ONES ARE MOVED IN, WHILE OTHERS ARE MOVED OUT.
DRASTIC CONFINEMENT TO NURSING HOMES OR SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS USUALLY OCCUR AS FINAL DECISIONS.
SOME HIRE HELP OR UTILIZE HOME AIDE FOR RELIEF.
MANY OF YOU KNOW ALL THESE THINGS & LEARNED THE HARD WAY.
BUT, YOU MADE "PUT OFF" DECISIONS & DELAYED TAKING ACTIONS WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH EASIER FOR EVERYONE.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SAVE YOURSELF & REGAIN STRENGTH TO GET YOUR LIFE BACK ON TRACK.
"CAREGIVERS BURDENS" IS AN ILLNESS THAT IMPACTS MIND, BODY & SOUL. YOU ARE REALLY A PATIENT IN NEED OF CARE YOURSELF.
THESE NEXT FEW DAYS WE WILL ADDRESS THE ILLNESS
AND PROVIDE TREATMENT. THIS WILL HELP REDUCE THE SEVERITY AND TEACH PREVENTION TO AVOID IT.
LET'S BEGIN:
1. CAREGIVERS ARE USUALLY MOTIVATED BY LOVE TO CARE FOR OTHERS. THIS LOVE COMES IN MANY FORMS
AND ITS STRENGTH RELYS ON THE SOURCE.
a. THERE IS LOVE FOR PARENTS AND THERE IS LOVE FOR CHILDREN. THERE IS LOVE OF SPOUSE AND LOVE OF SIBLINGS. THERE IS LOVE OF RELATIVES AND THERE IS LOVE OF FRIENDS.
2. OVER TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES THIS LOVE EBBS & FLOWS, CHANGES AND SOMETIMES WEAKENS & DIES.
LET'S CALL THIS "LOVE FAILURE" AS OUR PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS. CONTINUE TOMORROW.
Q: DO YOU REALIZE THAT HOMOSEXUALS (GAYS) HAVE PERVERTED THE RAINBOW & NOW USE IT AS A SYMBOL
TO REPRESENT THEIR SINFUL LIFESTYLE?
A: ST. JOHN WROTE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION 4: 2,3 THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION: "AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT: AND BEHOLD A THRONE WAS SET IN HEAVEN AND ONE SAT ON THE THRONE. AND HE THAT SAT WAS LIKE A JASPER AND SARDINE STONE AND THERE WAS A RAINBOW ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE IN SIGHT LIKE UNTO AN EMERALD".
AFTER THE GREAT FLOOD, GOD PLACED HIS BOW IN THE CLOUDS AS A PROMISE TO MAN THAT NEVER AGAIN WOULD GOD DESTROY ALL LIVING THINGS WITH WATER.
THIS EMBLEM OF GLORY, HOPE & PROMISE IS NOW BEING USED BY HOMOSEXUALS TO CLOAK THEIR SINFUL LIFESTYLE TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL & FILLED WITH PROMISE.
WE WERE CAUTIONED AGAINST USING A RAINBOW AS OUR SYMBOL AND IN OUR NAME; BECAUSE THE WORLD WOULD THINK WE WERE A HOMOSEXUAL ORGANIZATION & ENDORSING THAT LIFESTYLE.
OBVIOUSLY WE REJECTED THAT FEAR & CONTINUE TO DO SO.
SADLY ENOUGH, WHILE HOMOSEXUALS HAVE GROWN BOLDER & EMERGED FROM THEIR CLOSET AS GAYS; MANY CHRISTIANS ARE STARTING TO CLOSET THEIR
CONVICTIONS & LIFESTYLE.
OVER THE YEARS, HOMOSEXUALS HID THEIR LIFESTYLES FOR FEAR OF PUBLIC OPINION & REPRISALS. NOW SOME CHRISTIANS ARE HIDING THEIR CONVICTIONS FOR FEAR OF PUBLIC OPINION & REPRISALS. THE GENERAL PUBLIC NOW CALLS HOMOSEXUALS BY THE NAME OF GAYS & ACCEPTS THEIR CHOICE OF LIFESTYLE.
NOW GAYS ARE IN SOME PULPITS & CHURCHES THAT ENDORSE SAME SEX MARRIAGE. THEY HAVE CLAIMED SALVATION & IN FACT MANY BELIEVE IT.
HOMOSEXUALS CAN HAVE SALVATION JUST LIKE ALL OTHER SINNERS.
THERE IS THE CONDITION OF REPENTANCE (STOP DOING IT); REQUIRED AS PART OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AGREEMENT WITH JESUS. ALL PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE.
CONTINUE A SINFUL LIFESTYLE OR LIVE A CHRISTIAN ONE. YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH AND HAVE RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD.
Q: ARE YOU "WINNING OR LOSING" THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD & EVIL IN YOUR LIFE AND FEEL LOST WHEN GOOD IS LOSING?
A: WE ALL FEEL THAT WAY AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.
THIS MESSAGE ON "WINNING OR LOSING" USES ST. PAUL'S STRUGGLES AND PERSONAL CONFESSION IN ROMANS 7:18-25 (LIVING BIBLE TRANSLATION) TO HELP YOU.
"I KNOW I AM ROTTEN THROUGH AND THROUGH SO FAR AS MY OLD SINFUL NATURE IS CONCERNED.
NO MATTER WHICH WAY I TURN, I CAN'T MAKE MYSELF DO RIGHT. I WANT TO BUT I CAN'T.
WHEN I WANT TO DO GOOD, I DON'T, AND WHEN I TRY NOT TO DO WRONG, I DO IT ANYWAY.
NOW IF I AM DOING WHAT I DON'T WANT TO, IT IS PLAIN WHERE THE TROUBLE IS: SIN STILL HAS ME IN ITS EVIL GRASP.
IT SEEMS TO BE A FACT OF LIFE, THAT WHEN I WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, I INEVITABLY DO WHAT IS WRONG. I LOVE TO DO GOD'S WILL SO FAR AS MY NEW NATURE IS CONCERNED; BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE DEEP WITHIN ME, IN MY LOWER NATURE, THAT IS AT WAR WITH MY MIND AND WINS THE FIGHT AND MAKES ME A SLAVE TO THE SIN THAT IS STILL WITHIN ME.
IN MY MIND I WANT TO BE GOD'S WILLING SERVANT,
BUT INSTEAD, I STILL FIND MYSELF ENSLAVED TO SIN.
SO YOU SEE HOW IT IS; MY NEW LIFE TELLS ME TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, BUT THE OLD NATURE THAT IS STILL INSIDE ME LOVES TO SIN.
OH! WHAT A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT I'M IN!
WHO WILL FREE ME FROM MY SLAVERY TO THAT DEADLY LOWER NATURE?
THANK GOD! IT HAS BEEN DONE BY JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
HE HAS SET ME FREE!
AMEN MORE TOMORROW.