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It's about to start in just a few seconds. Enjoy it, and please share it around with all your friends. Thanks for listening, and thanks for choosing the Truth Podcast Network. Good afternoon, good afternoon in the light land. This is Mike James with Bodies in Christ, a Kingdom Health Transformation, where we talk about health and healing, and just how to walk out God's plan for your health. So today, really, I'm having a conversation. And even though I know this is live, but you can't talk back to me right now, because it's not a call-in show, but I'm going to pose some questions out there, and then also I'm going to walk through some things about how to start on the journey to wellness, on the journey to health, on the journey to being whole in our bodies. Because, you know, one of the things that came up, and I'm gonna share a little bit about my story again, too, and kind of how I ended up in this place of really ministering, and doing workshops, and getting certified in health, and certified in health coaching, and why, and some of all of those things.
So you have a clear picture of kind of where I'm coming from. If you're new to the broadcast, we are talking health, healing, and how to walk out Kingdom Health in the body of Christ. And so we've had several guests on, which is a blessing, because last week we talked about emotional eating, and it was great. We had a mental health professional with us, Ms.
Crystal Nickerson, and she was gracious enough to really share some insightful information on how to get over emotional eating, and then also, you know, things to do if you find yourself in that place where you emotionally eat. But today I'm going to go back to, again, why we're doing this, and then also I want to reach out to some people in the listening audience out there, and if you want to text me, because I won't be able to go over your questions or some of the things you may comment on while I'm on the air, but if you have a question or you want to reach out, you can reach out to me at 336. Text will be the easiest way. 336-638-1007.
Again, that's 336-638-1007. And so today I was thinking about my journey, and then some other students that have been through my classes, and one of the things that looks like I'm doing a lot of work with is people that are that are 50 and older. Again, it's not that you're younger than that, that we can't help you, but that's what it seems like those that are 50 and over we're having a lot of success with, because they have tried a number of things, you know, different diet plans and things like that to try to address whether it's health issues that they've been told they need to lose some weight in order to get their blood pressure back, whether it's in order to get their blood pressure down, to get their A1c in the right place, as well as, you know, many different things that losing weight can help with certain numbers, those benchmark numbers.
So, you know, we've been working with a number of people, and a lot of times people feel like, you know, once they reach 50 that, hey, that's it, you know, my metabolism has slowed down. There's not anything I'm going to be able to do to really offset this weight that keeps coming on and keeps piling on. But that's why I say, no, there is a plan. You know, God has a plan for your health.
That's the good news. And that plan is not necessarily hard, but it does take a mindset shift. So we know, 3 John 2, God's plan is, even as He, you know, spoke that word, that word was spoken in 3 John 2, that, beloved, I wish above all things that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. So now as your soul prospers, His wish or prayer for you as well is that your health would prosper. So that's what, you know, I'm focused on is seeing how can we have believers, any believer that, and again, all believers want good health.
Am I right? Every believer out there wants good health. You want to be in the best health possible.
And that's not only a want, that's a noble one, right? Because in your best health, you're going to have the most energy. You're not going to be spending a lot of time doing things to address health issues, as opposed to carrying out the mission that God has given you.
And also spending time with your family, quality time, just being vibrant and having a lot of vitality. So that's a good thing. And we know that God's will for us is wrapped in good things, right? Even as He created, you know, the earth and everything in it, you know, one of the things He always ended every day with, and it was good. And one of the things I find myself saying a lot along that line is, it's all good.
You know, it's all good. And there's a lot of, there's scripture reference behind even saying something like it's all good, because we know from a scriptural standpoint that, you know, God, all things work together for the good. Of those that love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. So we can say it's all good, because we know we're called by God, you know, and according to His purpose. So it all is good.
It will work together for the good so we can rest in that. So as we talk about health, healing, and just being in a place where we can receive health issues, we can just be in a place where we can receive health and healing and that where we can transform into health and healing and experience Kingdom Health. You know, that's why I want to get into a little bit into my journey, which I've shared a little bit of it before, but I want to recap some things and kind of share why I am now and why I feel like now more than ever is the time for us to make that transformation, for us to decide, to make a decision.
It's all about a mindset shift, really. So as I mentioned one time before, I started on this journey about 30, about 30 years ago, when the Lord shared with me at the time, you know, I was 33 years old, 32, about to be 33 years old. And one of the things, you know, health and healing was an issue in my family. You know, a lot of family members suffer from your chronic illnesses that, you know, a lot of us know about diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, heart disease.
You know, some people, you know, my family members, they had stroke, cancer, you know, all of those things, right? So the Lord ministered to me at that time that, you know, we could live life a different way. As I mentioned before, he led me to all the healing scriptures in the Bible. I've read those, studied those, fasted for three days with water only, and then came to a revelation of an outline of a course that we could follow as believers, which was called Bodies in Christ. And I did that course for a number of years and worked with a number of people and helped them to chart a new course.
Well, there were some things in the course that I was teaching that I didn't spend enough time on. And during the pandemic, it was kind of brought back to my attention that, hey, you know what, people need to really focus on health, healing, building up the immune system. And it's already outlined, you know, just how to do that. See, there's an old saying that someone said, right? If you stay ready, you don't have to what?
You don't have to get ready. So with that in mind, there was already a course of action that as believers, we could have been taken in order to be ready for anything that would come up against us from a health standpoint, right? And not to say that we wouldn't, you know, have, you know, a situation where we had COVID or whatever, but you would be your strongest self health-wise. And so in 2020, before the pandemic hit, there was something that came up, hey, you know, get these classes back going.
You got, you know, 30 years into this now that you've been walking this way, but there's something else I want you to look at and really focus on because that's the way to health, healing, and body wholeness. And what was that? You may ask. Well, it's a secret that's not a secret.
It's a secret that's not a secret. Now you hear people talking about, you know, now, you know, eating raw, eating plants, eating fruits, eating vegetables, eating nuts, eating seeds, and how some of those things, there's a number of different wonderful testimonies of people who have decided to eat this way. And you look at some of their testimonies and it's amazing.
You know, just some of the changes that have happened, health changes, you know, reversals of different diseases and things like that. And then also you look at some of these people that have been eating this way for years. And you see, you know, like this, someone sent me a video the other day, one of my students from the classes, she sent me a video the other day.
This lady, they interviewed, this was probably about five years ago and it was on YouTube. And the lady was 73 years old and she had been eating this way for about 20 years, I think. And her husband chose not to eat that way because he couldn't give up some of the things. It's not really giving up because I'll get into that too, on how you can still eat those things that you really love and you have that emotional attachment and that relationship to certain types of food and certain foods. Yeah, you can eat those, but it's a time and place for everything, right?
So, you know, we give you room to do that, you know, as we're coaching and teaching and things of that nature. But when you see the contrast between her and her husband, you know, both of them in their 70s, she's 73, I think he was 75 or somewhere around close to the same age, but it was night and day. They would go out places and people would be thinking she was his daughter. And, you know, she's helping them move around and be mobile and everything.
And the main difference was she decided to eat according to genetics. According to Genesis 1 29, basically. And Genesis 1 29, if you're stationary, I want you to look it up. Take a look at it because it's not complicated.
It's very straightforward. It's very, it's just, it's right there for all of us to see in plain sight. And what happened when I talked about, you know, redoing everything and the Lord put in my spirit to bring this thing back up, but the thing that was missing was Genesis 1 29. Now I'm going to read it.
And you've heard me talk about this before, but this cracks the code. This is the gateway into the more abundant life as it relates to health and healing. Now, Genesis 1 29, this is the new international version. Then God said, I give you every seed bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it, they will be yours for food. That's simple, straightforward.
That's God speaking to Adam in the garden. So he wouldn't have to guess what he was to eat. Now I know we've been helped out a lot by modern technology and man-made food stuff. And when I say helped out, I'm really being facetious because we have not been helped out. As a matter of fact, that has been the main culprit in disease care, right? It's disease care, it's sick care.
That's the system we're caught up in right now. And most of that is derived from the food stuff, the food substitute that man has made in place of what God clearly outlined in Genesis 1 29. It's simple, but now how do we transition back to eating that way and being satisfied and experiencing all of the benefits that God has for us as it relates to health?
And I'm going to share that with you when we come back. Call her today at 336-218-5176, where faith meets compassionate care. If you're tired of living with pain, Crawford Chiropractic Clinic has been serving the Greensboro community for 30 years, helping patients recover from accidents and promoting overall health. Their compassionate team is there to support you and your journey to wellness. With Crawford Chiropractic, you're not just a patient, you're family. Remember at Crawford Chiropractic Clinic, they've got your back.
Visit them and experience the difference. Call 336-373-8344 and online at CrawfordChiro.com. If you or your loved one are facing challenges of intellectual development of disabilities or mental health diagnosis, Choice Behavioral Health and Consultive Services understand, and they're here for you. Crystal Nickerson, owner and director, has been called by God into the role of pastoral counseling. She believes that the right relationship with God can transform lives, fostering right relationships with one another.
Call her today at 336-218-5176, where faith meets compassionate care. All right. All right. So, yeah, we're going to get back into our conversation. And again, as I mentioned, if you have any questions for me, or if you want to, if you have a question or something, a comment that you want me to read on one of the other shows, you can text that information to 336-638-1007. So when we were last on the air, just, you know, a few minutes ago before we went to break, you know, I was saying, I will share with you how to make that transition, right? And how, you know, when I talked about 2020 and what the Lord administered to me about getting the classes back going and working with people. And I went back from that time, you know, over the past year or so, and got certified in health coaching and nutrition as well, because I wanted the scientific part where I could help people from a scientific standpoint, as well as from a biblical standpoint. So, you know, so we have both in there to really understand how the body works, what makes the body works the way it does. And then also why the outline of what God gave us in Genesis 1 29, understanding exactly why that works with the body and how, and why that's the key to the fountain of youth. That's the key to, you know, reversing some of these chronic illnesses.
That's the key to just living in kingdom health. So I'm going to continue on the journey. So, you know, in 2020, I didn't start the classes and everything back, but it was on my mind. So over the past year, about last year, it came to, okay, go ahead, start doing this as needed.
So I went back and looked at, okay, what was, what's missing? Because I pretty much had lived kind of according to what I had been teaching for about 30 years, even though it was a part of it that I wasn't Genesis 1 29, I wasn't fully implementing that. Like I needed to, in order to experience full kingdom health, I was in good health. The Lord administered to me back then when I was 33, that, you know, following the plan, you know, I'd be like I was when I was 19.
And I did. And I became like that. But the thing about that, I was working out, you know, probably four or five days a week running. I mean, I was, I was heavy into, you know, exercise and also I was eating better, eating a lot better and a lot of things I weren't eating. But the, the, what I found out over the past two years is there was a missing component.
And that's why I'm sharing this information now is because what I, the past year and a half going on two years, I've gone back to Genesis 1 29. And that's the way I eat most of the time, 85% of the time. And then the other 15%, well, 10 of the other 15%, I'm eating 100% whole foods. Now whole foods are just simply food items, even though they're cooked. There's only one ingredient in the item.
What do I mean by that? A fish is a fish, right? You buy it, it's a fish.
Nothing else added to it. No preservatives, none of the other stuff. It's a fish. You know, chicken, different types of chicken, grass fed beef. Just, you know, it's beef.
It's one thing. So one of the keys to this whole transformation is eating single food items, right? Start getting rid of a lot of stuff that is manufactured food, which is not food, it's food stuff, manufactured food stuff. So what I did was almost two years ago, I started eating exclusively that way. I was in pretty decent shape, you know, condition then, numbers were pretty good for someone my age. But then over the past year and a half, almost two years, I started eating according to Genesis 1 29, as I mentioned, 85% of the time and everything changed. I lost another 20 pounds, 20 to 25 pounds.
All of my numbers are numbers of someone that's 20, 25, 25 years old. That's healthy, a healthy 25 year old, you know, all of my numbers, my skin, my overall energy level, vitality, pretty much everything changed. And so now I'm on a mission, once again, to help as many people as I can, first to the body of Christ, because charity begins at home. And then anyone that would hear the message about health healing and how Genesis 1 29, as well as some other mindset things can change their health forever.
I don't care if you're 50, 75, a hundred years old. It's literally never too late to start, because our cells are reproducing every day, every second our cells are reproducing. And now we get to determine what kind of cells come back from the ones that are being replaced. This is a process, cell rejuvenation, cell regeneration. Now, cell regeneration means you create new cells. Yes. And they can be good or they can be bad. Cell rejuvenation is you are changing those cells to where now the old bad cells are out. And now your body is rebuilt with good cells that have been nourished, have gotten the nourishment and the proper foods that they need to keep a healthy body running. Right.
And not just running, but running on all cylinders. So that's the thing now. So listen, this is what you can do to get you a jumpstart. This is a jumpstart. There's a guide that I have out there and you can get the guide.
There's no obligation, anything like that. It's Five Keys to Kingdom Health and Wellness. Maybe titled something else, but it's a guide out there. It's a little short guide with information that will help you start this journey. And you can get it at www.fivekeys.live. That's www.fivekeys.live. So yeah, download that, get it, start your journey. It's going to give you five.
I went over those five keys over an extended period of time here on the radio, but that will give you a starting point. You know, something to think about, the challenge, the way you're thinking to kind of make that change from a mental standpoint and decide that, Hey, you know what? Now is the time for me to walk in the best health of my life. And see, God always gives us a choice and we have a choice with everything. That's what Free Will is about. It's like, God's going to give us the information. He's going to give us the game plan to live abundant life, a more abundant life, but then we're going to have the choice to whether we choose that or not. So now I'm going to reference the scripture here. It's in Deuteronomy chapter 30, verse 19. And the word says, I call heaven and earth as a witness against you today, that I've set before you life and death, blessings and curses.
And then what does he do? He says, choose life so that you and your seed may live. So all I'm asking you today out there is to choose life as it relates to your health, choose live foods as it relates to your health, because not only does it affect you, but it also affects your seed because your seed is watching. And I don't care if your seed is 20, 30, 25 years old, you still have influence.
Because if you start changing the way you live, because if you start changing the way you're eating, you will see them change as well. Listen, God bless. Love you guys. Stay tuned. The best truly is yet to come. We'll see you next time. On the light. This is the Truth Network.
