FAITH THAT MOVES A MOUNTAIN

Let's look at what mountain I'm talking about!

Anxiety - Depression - Fear

Anger - stress - worries - disappointment

Grief - Trauma - hurts

Addictions - our marriage - jobs - family

Our minds - emotionally - health, etc.

The Word of God says that without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (Hebrews 11:6)

I remember speaking to my neighbor who wanted to know, why her husband suddenly had a massive heart attack, what happened? They just got back from their honeymoon.

• He had no family history of heart failure.
• He did not smoke
• He was not overweight
• He exercised regularly.

Yet the man had a sudden, massive heart attack. What happened? Rev. Millie, talk to me. It did not take long to determine. He suffered years of sever stress that he had experienced. How is this possible?

Research shows that stress has a strong influence on the development. Stress can build to a level that causes major damage to the heart.

Prozac is one of the most commonly written prescriptions in America because so many people feel unable to cope with the stress in their lives, jobs, family, etc. Too little time to communicate with spouses, conflicts and crisis in the workplace - all contribute to feeling overwhelmed and stressed out.

Unfortunately, stress that is sustained over a long period of time soon becomes distress, which then leads to anxiety and depression. I have seen too many people who are on the edge of an emotional feeling of hopelessness, sadness, and fear.

And when you ask what they are worried about, they respond, "I just don't know. I feel a cloud over me."

I believe we are living in the days written about in Luke, with "men's hearts failing them from fear..." (Luke 21:26)

The answer to a person's depression is not found by placing our trust in man, and prescriptions, because such misplaced trust only leads to disappointment.

The joy of the Lord is our strength, we can be encouraged and lifted up by praying in the spirit, meditating on God's word and by praising and worshiping God. His anointing breaks the yoke of heaviness and depression.

One of the great benefits of a spiritual relationship with Jesus Christ is that you can cast your cares on the Lord and allow Him to lift your heavy burdens. Proverbs 17:22 says, "a merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a borken spirit drieth the bones. One out of four Americans has high blood pressure -- that's about sixty million people. High blood pressure exerts, the United States. (Medical research has linked this condition to three factors).

Most Americans take in ten to 20 grams of salt a day, that's far too much. We only need about a tenth of a teaspoon of salt.

How does eating too much salt affect us? Salt holds water in our blood vessels. Picture a water balloon. As you fill the balloon with liquid; it increases the amount of pressure, just like stress pushing against the balloon, it's the same with salt. The higher the salt content in the body, the more water that's retained and the higher the blood pressure.

Most people experience an immediate lowering of blood pressure with a decrease in salt intake. Losing weight also has a noticeable effect, because we are usually eliminating processed foods that are high in salt.

As a woman of God and minister, I believe our bodies were design to heal itself. I believe that between 80 and 90 percent of cancers can be prevented, by eating more fiber and less fat.

Our diets should consist of vegetables, fruits and grains high fiber foods they are the key to low rates of cancer.

Every year, billions of dollars are spent on cancer treatments and research. Yet with all we have invested in cancer research during this century, the death rate caused by this disease continues to climb. It is a fact.

Three main types of cancer are most commonly diagnosed in the United States:

Colon Cancer
Why do we have so much cancer of the colon in our society? It is because the foods we eat contain toxins that stay in our gastrointestinal tracts for days simply because we don't eat enough fiber in our foods. Because of the lack of sufficient fiber to help with elimination the toxins remain in our gastrointestinal tracts: colon caner, the second leading cause of cancer death.

Breast cancer
The most common type of cancer in women is breast cancer. One in eight women will develope breast cancer. It used to be one in ten, but breast cancer is on the rise.

Why is this the case? Sadly, because of the food we eat, 97% of the cells in your body are replaced every year from the nutrients that you take in. It becomes a part of your body, that's why proper nutrition is so important.

For women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The first is lung cancer. Breast cancer is linked to high levels of animal fats and whole milk products. From early childhood we are told "drink milk; it's good for you". Now we know that if we drink milk, it should not be whole milk but skim milk or products with greatly reduced fat content.

I tell my children not to eat dairy because these foods contain the hormone DES, Dairy cows are injected with this. Small amounts of this hormone when taken into the body, can be found in women's breasts.

Lung Cancer
We can't stop to realize it, but when someone lights up a cigarette, more than two thousand chemicals are released in that smoke. Even more alarming is the fact that you may never have smoked in your life, but you are inhaling danger when you are near someone who is smoking. Whether in restaurants, at the ball park or in the lobby, car, you are consuming second hand toxins.

In 1986 the U.S. Surgeon General determined secondhand smoke was definitely associated with lung cancer - - the most deadly form of cancer known today.

Women who have a family history of breast cancer should take this nutrient, soybeans. This is important because it can help prevent breast cancer. Yet it has been found to be one of the foods most effective in protecting us from cancer. Soybeans are used in the making of: soy sauce, soy flour and soymilk. Best of all, soy products help reduce the risk of lung, colon and breast cancer.

In one research study, women regularly consuming soy foods had nearly 50 percent less cancer than those who did not.

Romans 10:17, faith comes from hearing!

2 Corinthians 5:7, we live by faith, not by sight.

Matthew 17:20, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, move, and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you and me, in Christ Jesus, our Saviour.

Proverbs 14:30, a heart at peace gives life to the body

Proverbs 15:4, the tongue that brings healing is a tree of life.

Proverbs 16:24, pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones

Proverbs 15:30, a cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health, to the bones.

God Bless!

Rev. Millie M. Colon