This past weekend our pastor, Pastor Joe, spoke on worry vs. peace. He made a couple of very interesting comments which he attributed to Dr. Caroline Leaf, a South African Christian scientist who studies the brain (http://drleaf.com/about.php). She has been to our church twice and she is quite fascinating. She connects the way the brain works with the Bible. Anyway, the comments were:
87% of illnesses can be attributed to our negative thought life, and approximately 13% to diet, genetics and environment. (She explains why Jesus had much to say about forgiveness - that if you hold unforgiveness, it creates negative thoughts and causes all kinds of illnesses.)
Your body releases cancer cells and then it releases cancer-killing cells. If you are under stress {worry}, the cancer-killing cells are attacked by chemicals released by stress and they can't do their work.
Pastor Joe said that in order to have peace, which is the opposite of worry, we must trust that God:
1. Is always there.
2. Is able.
3. Is smarter than us.
4. Will come through for us.
SOMETIMES GOD DOESN'T CALM THE STORM, HE CALMS HIS CHILD IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM.
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