Discipleship Conditioning

The renal system, specifically the kidneys, is a fascinating system, often overlooked. The complexity of design points directly to our Creator God. God breathed in life in an instant and could, and has, take life away in an instant.

“I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target; his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground” (ESV Bible, 2001, Job 16:12-13).

The kidneys begin with an artery and end with a vein. The continue with afferent and efferent arterioles, which between them modify to form a glomerulus. The glomerular capsule collected filtrate and allows it to flow through the tubule system (e.g. proximal convoluted tubule, nephron loop, distal convoluted tubule). Adjacent, the peritubular capillaries allow for reabsorption back into the cardiovascular system. Eventually, blood flows along venues into vein and out of the kidneys, while filtrate flows out of the kidneys via ureters and into the bladder for expulsion.

So there you have it, another example of something Biblical represented in our anatomy; another example of God’s powerful design. We pray that our message today has encouraged you and that you will seek the Bible more fervently than ever. Blessing to you our brothers and sisters.

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Biblical writing and the accuracy thereof, has been the subject of debate for centuries. Beginning with cuneiform writings and evolving into Hebrew, Greek, and now English, the Bible has stood the test of time. It is the only inerrant piece of literature known to man.

“And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem” (ESV Bible, 2001, Ezekiel 4:1).

Relating to anatomy, the word cuneiform has been used in the foot. Our anatomy, derived by God, consists of a first (medial), second (intermediate), and third (lateral) cuneiform. The word means “wedge-like”, which describes these “wedge-like” bones accurately.

So there you have it, another example of something Biblical represented in our anatomy. We pray that our message today has encouraged you and that you will seek the Bible more fervently than ever. Blessing to you our brothers and sisters.

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Trauma is like drinking poison, expecting the person who inflicted the trauma to succumb to it. Trauma is like a knife wound directed by the person traumatizing, but a knife wound that is reopened personally over and over. Trauma effects many of us and often, does so through our own repetition.

“For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?—the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed. I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me. You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed. They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them. I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets” (ESV Bible, 2001, Psalms 18:31-42).

The fight or flight system was designed by God to save us from a life or death scenario. Do not use and abuse that system in areas it was not designed to handle. Learn on God and His understanding of your life. An understanding that supposes all human understanding.

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Sleep may be our most powerful super weapon in the defense of aging. Whether it be reduction is cardiovascular ailments or the management of mood, sleep is vital to our daily rejuvenation.

“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep” (ESV Bible, 2001, Ecclesiastes 5:10-12).

In comparison to sleep as a rejuvenated tool, Jesus was provided to us by our Father in heaven as a Savior to rejuvenate our life. If you know the peace affiliated with salvation, the message of sleep becomes more important in relation.

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Do not be easily influenced. Stay patient with the plan God has for you. Whether it applies to you physical health via weightlifting or nutrition or your spiritual health and your Bible study, remain consistently dedicated.

“A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.” (ESV Bible, 2001, Proverbs 27:3).

If lifting a stone has become easy for you, try a bag of sand. Do not be provoked by the abundance of education available to us today. It is not quality. Succumbing to a fool’s education leads us to provocation.

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Stress impacts all of us. Generally, there is a negative physiological imposition on our anatomy as it relates to stress. How can we combat stress?

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (ESV Bible, 2001, Matthew 6:25-34).

First and foremost, to combat stress we can access God’s word and analyze how it directs us to be in peace. A peace that surpasses all understanding. A peace that takes submission and faith to achieve. A peace that keeps us close to Jesus Christ.

Secondly, from a human perspective, we can combat stress with a walk, a talk with a friend, a massage, etc.

We pray that our message today has encouraged you and that you will seek the Bible more fervently than ever. Blessing to you our brothers and sisters.

Stress is not the goal, be well.

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Back in my secular days, I found it so difficult to discern my calling; and simply, that was because my life was void of Jesus. I was not asking our Creator for advice on how to conduct my life. I was not reading His word. I was focusing on self.

“Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (ESV Bible, 2001, 2 Peter 1:10-11).

So, after years of fighting myself, I have surrendered to God and given my life to Him. Since, my life has been an abundantly pleasant experience, full of service to Him and His people.

We pray that our message today has encouraged you and that you will seek the Bible more fervently than ever. Blessing to you our brothers and sisters.

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Faith, to the outside world, seems uneducated and foolish. To the secular, Christians seem to believe in fairy tales. Our doctrine is called out for being inaccurate due to the inaccuracies of transcription over such a vast period of time; yet, the secular teachings from thousands of years ago remain valid.

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” (ESV Bible, 2001, 2 Corinthians 5:7).

Our daughter’s birth has reminded us that God is good. A famous Christian film casts a pair of men who, throughout four movies, continually state “God is good all the time” and “all the time, God is good”. Our feelings could not possibly agree more emphatically.

We pray that our message today has encouraged you and that you will seek the Bible more fervently than ever. Blessing to you our brothers and sisters.

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Hate is infectious. I equate it to the repetitive traumatic stabbing, long after the perpetrator is gone. Trauma, and the associated evil, keeps us in bondage. Those who are traumatized, which is most people in this world, either 1) traumatize another or 2) continue to traumatize themself; at least until they forgive.

“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses” (ESV Bible, 2001, Proverbs 10:12).

Love has radically changed my life. A love I do not deserve, has aiding in me spreading love to those around me. Our podcast is a representation of that calling to spread love. Jesus is love; Jesus is truth.

We pray that our message today has encouraged you and that you will seek the Bible more fervently than ever. Blessing to you our brothers and sisters.

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Consumerism can relate to an unhealthy value of money. Money can lead to an unwise submission to temptation. Temptation can lead to justification, which can lead to perpetual sin.

“If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs” (ESV Bible, 2001, 1 Timothy 6:3-10).

Considering that for most of us, money is essential, we must grapple with the way we value money. We must place value in service prior to compensation. For what sort of compensation comes without service?

We pray that our message today has encouraged you and that you will seek the Bible more fervently than ever. Blessing to you our brothers and sisters.

Stress is not the goal, be well.

— Daniel Miller, Ed.S., C.S.C.S.

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