Devotional – Health topics

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Ps. 143:8, NIV. There’s no great accomplishment just in living many years," said an active 91-year-old. "Nursing homes are filled with medicated…

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. Deut. 34:7, NIV. The seasoned leader sat alone, saddened by the reality of impending death. His life’s dream lay below him in awesome splendor and inspiring beauty. His disease-free heart thrilled within him as…

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10, NIV. Your blood pressure is markedly elevated. Have you seen your doctor?" That was the first warning that I had hypertension. Attending a national convention in San Francisco, I…

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Rev. 12:11, NIV. The way our blood fights the body’s enemies offers a wonderful object lesson in how Christ’s blood enables us to overcome sin. Every…

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor. 13:13, NIV. I may be a famous scientist or practicing physician and display in my office many diplomas and degrees. I may be considered an excellent teacher and a convincing speaker. But if I have no love,…

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28, NIV. After our first baby died, there came times when I said to myself, "Pam, you’ve got to let go and move on with life." It was easier…

Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. Isa. 50:7, NIV. One of the most admired individuals in the 150-year history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is its cofounder Ellen G. White, who wrote…

I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. Ps. 40:8, NIV. In 1863 the Seventh-day Adventist Church officially organized. That same year Ellen G. White received her first vision on the principles underlying health reform. These and subsequent instructions, confirmed by modern science in recent years, shaped the…

Test everything. Hold on to the good. 1 Thess. 5:21, NIV. Swallowing is such an easy thing to do. It is one of the things we do best. We pop in the food, give it a crunch or two, swallow—and it’s gone. But hold on a minute. That swallow, so simple, constant, and automatic, is…

I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell all the miracles you have done. I will be happy because of you. God Most High, I will sing praises to your name. Ps. 9:1, 2, EB. Sometimes it seems as if the whole world comes crashing in on you at once. My…