Isaiah 58 Ministries August 13, 2013
Pastor: Leah Svensson
Scriptures: Proverbs 22:6, Matthew 19:14-15, John
3:6, 45, 63, Romans 8:5-8, 12-14, Romans 12:1-2, 2 Corinthians 14-18, Ephesians
2:1-3, Ephesians 4:11-24, Ephesians 5:6-11, Ephesians 6:1-4,
Galatians 5:1, 7-9, 16-17,
Colossians 3:20-21, 1 Timothy 3:1-7, 1 Timothy 3:9-15, 1 John 5:20-21,
Revelations 18:4-5
Everything written has a scripture reference listed at the bottom of the blog. see: small numbers (1),(2),(3).
Preface
I never wanted to go to public school, but I always enjoyed learning. As a child I would drink in new knowledge like a sponge. Children are sponges and what they soak up is what they will ring out. The Bible says to "Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old they will not depart." Prov. 22:6
The one thing that I hated most about school was the need to sit... and sit... and sit... for ending hour upon hour. Running out to recess to the open fresh air was like escaping from prison every single day- only we were still in prison for prison is a place you do not want to be, are forced to be there, and cannot leave of your own free will.
Someone, somewhere along the line, found that they could only teach a large group of mismatched children by making them sit down. How many times as a child did you here "hurry up and sit down?" If you were like me it was a lot.
Children
should not be rushed in the morning to hurry up for school.(11) When they get to
school they are taught for 13 years, 5 days a week to basically sit for 7 to 8
hours.(3)(5)(13)(14)
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This is horrible training! To deny this doesn't have a detrimental effect on children is to lie to yourself and others! Being taught to sit every day will be in that
child for life! (7.)(11)(12)(13)(14)
This is what causes most weight problems, health problems, dysfunctionalism in adults today.(11)(13)(14)
Many people look at their children today and say "Hey, my kids aren't overweight. They are involved in sports. They are healthy." However, when I look at these same adults, they are not healthy, they are not involved in the same gratuitous sports their kids are, and they struggle with their weight and self image everyday of their lives. And quite frankly- for the most part their marriages are not great.
Being a child is EASY! It's the easiest job in the world- at least it should be. No child should ever have to worry about their weight, their clothes size or what they eat. A child's metabolism is a wonderful thing! That is, unless you are abused or brainwashed like most children today- like I was. Look around you and you can't help but see the result of the "hurry up for the bus and sit for 8 hr.a day" brainwashing going on all over the world, but mostly in America.
Everyone has something they blame: automobiles, television, video games but all those things result from the very thing we make kids do ALL DAY LONG... sit, sit, SIT!!!
Harvard University on sedentary kids
For myself, I am a stander... at least since I reached adulthood. I could sit NO MORE! I stand in a room full of people. I stand when on the computer (like now). I stand when I paint. I do sit to pee... most of the time- like not in public restrooms- have you ever squatted over a toilet Hey, that's exercise my friends!!
That is prison not a happy childhood.(7.)(11)(12.)(14)(16)
Adults raised in schools have no way of leading themselves,
living free.(14)(16)
(Unless: they love to sin, like lust, greed, shopping, selfishness, sin is their master.) (7.)(12)(14)(15)
Many of us rebel against this forced bodily harm but it can be sooo hard! I love my garden. It makes me feel healthy and happy but sometimes I have to work through that public school American mindset that says "wouldn't you just rather... sit?" Now many of us say "I go go go all the time, my kids and I are always moving." Really? What are you go go going to? If you were home all...day... long... what would you do? What would your kids do?
Jesus said my yoke is easy my burden is light.
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This is what causes most weight problems, health problems, dysfunctionalism in adults today.(11)(13)(14)
Many people look at their children today and say "Hey, my kids aren't overweight. They are involved in sports. They are healthy." However, when I look at these same adults, they are not healthy, they are not involved in the same gratuitous sports their kids are, and they struggle with their weight and self image everyday of their lives. And quite frankly- for the most part their marriages are not great.
Being a child is EASY! It's the easiest job in the world- at least it should be. No child should ever have to worry about their weight, their clothes size or what they eat. A child's metabolism is a wonderful thing! That is, unless you are abused or brainwashed like most children today- like I was. Look around you and you can't help but see the result of the "hurry up for the bus and sit for 8 hr.a day" brainwashing going on all over the world, but mostly in America.
Everyone has something they blame: automobiles, television, video games but all those things result from the very thing we make kids do ALL DAY LONG... sit, sit, SIT!!!
Harvard University on sedentary kids
For myself, I am a stander... at least since I reached adulthood. I could sit NO MORE! I stand in a room full of people. I stand when on the computer (like now). I stand when I paint. I do sit to pee... most of the time- like not in public restrooms- have you ever squatted over a toilet Hey, that's exercise my friends!!
That is prison not a happy childhood.(7.)(11)(12.)(14)(16)
(Unless: they love to sin, like lust, greed, shopping, selfishness, sin is their master.) (7.)(12)(14)(15)
Many of us rebel against this forced bodily harm but it can be sooo hard! I love my garden. It makes me feel healthy and happy but sometimes I have to work through that public school American mindset that says "wouldn't you just rather... sit?" Now many of us say "I go go go all the time, my kids and I are always moving." Really? What are you go go going to? If you were home all...day... long... what would you do? What would your kids do?
Jesus said my yoke is easy my burden is light.
Sermon
The above is a perfect wholesome life, with education and exercise for the physical bodies sake. This is
the way the mind the spirit and the body work correctly together fully as one, made whole through repentance and healed through love and redemption of Jesus Christ.(6.)(8)(16)(18) the
redemption of Jesus Christ saving the child's mind/soul
The child is set free
from sinful desires; receives the Holy Spirit from God to
lead the child, instead of being left alone with sinful desires being their
master.(4.)(6.)(8.)(16)(18)
The Spirit of God gives every child,(human being), the strength of
"self-control". So our bodies don't lead us but "a sound
mind", through he gift of the Holy Spirit full of love and God's power
leads our physical bodies.(4.)(6.)(18)
People who do not know God do not do the things that are pleasing to God. It is impossible to obey God without the Holy Spirit.(2)(7.)(12)(13)(14)(18)
I was overweight as a child. I hated myself everyday. I knew it was not me!! I knew I needed to eat, sleep, and learn at a more natural pace. I needed to wake up and start my day- RESTED, with enough sleep. I needed to eat a wholesome breakfast that was not a poptart. I needed to exercise upon waking and needed a job to do. I needed to be able to spend extra time on subjects I loved. I needed to see OUTSIDE and in PERSON what I was reading about in a book. Public schools today are mere libraries where all the children read the same material and are forced to spew it all back out- not retain it, not enjoy it- just remember it long enough for a test. I wanted someone to SHOW me, HANDS ON, what the different leaves of trees looked like. I needed to go OUTSIDE and identify birds. This, schools today cannot do for they are not in the education business but in the "remove a child from their parents so we can brainwash them business." Every child should be given the opportunity to learn to read and write and do math- everything else should be the child's inclination of learning.
I learned more in 3 hrs of homeschooling- getting up a bit later, taking my time to eat, getting TONS of exercise- then I did in 8 hrs of public school- plus bus rides. Children don't need organized sports when they are just kids- they only need football and gymnastics or dance to keep them active when their lifestyle is that inactive one of their parents. Eventually these parents grow into adults- and the obese ones we have today- because we were taught to SIT SIT SIT in pubic school and the only way to get ourselves up and moving is to make ourselves get out and "exercise" or go to the gym.
If, instead, we moved all day as kids, we would move all day as adults and have no desire for tv or only very little. Grown men play video games because of this public school brainwashing. Grown women have to go on Weight Watchers and research every new weight loss fad because they were brainwashed to sit sit sit- and only get up when someone tells you to. It's a never ending cycle that leads to horrible horrible self image and nation wide divorce rates off the charts. Only very very self-centered men and women today are even remotely at peace with the way they look. Everyone is looking to others besides their spouse for pleasure. People pretend to be happy but when honest- they are not.
References:
Warning to Escape
Babylon’s Judgment
1.) Revelations 18:4 Then
I heard another voice from heaven say:
“ ‘Come out of her, my
people,’
so
that you will not share in her sins,
so
that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for
her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
Warning Against
Idolatry
2.) 2
Corinthians 6:14 Do
not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness
have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?15 What
harmony is there between Christ and Belial ? Or what does a believer
have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What
agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple
of the living God. As God has said:
“I
will live with them
and
walk among them,
and
I will be their God,
and
they will be my people.”
17 Therefore,
“Come
out from them
and
be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch
no unclean thing,
and I will receive
you.”
18 And,
“I
will be a Father to you,
and
you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”
(3.) Matthew 19:14 Jesus
said, “Let the little children come to me, and do
not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 When
he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
(4.)John 3: 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives
birth to spirit.
(5.)John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by
God.’
(6.)John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The
words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
(7.)Romans 8:5 Those
who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;
but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what
the Spirit desires. 6 The
mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is
life and peace. 7 The
mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law,
nor can it do so. 8 Those
who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
(8.)Romans 8:12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an
obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;
but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
14 For
those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
A Living Sacrifice
(9.) Romans 12:1 Therefore,
I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies
as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper
worship. 2 Do
not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his
good, pleasing and perfect will.
Made Alive in Christ
10.) Ephesians 2:1 As
for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in
which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the
ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are
disobedient. 3 All
of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our
flesh and following its desires and thoughts.
11.)Ephesians 4:11 And
He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some
evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for
the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ, 13 till
we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of
Christ; 14 that
we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every
wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of
deceitful plotting, 15 but,
speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the
head—Christ— 16 from
whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies,
according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes
growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Instructions for
Christian Living
12.)Ephesians 4:17 So
I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as
the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They
are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because
of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having
lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to
indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
20 That,
however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when
you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that
is in Jesus. 22 You
were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self,
which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to
be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and
to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and
holiness.
13.)Ephesians 4:27 and
do not give the devil a foothold.
14.)Ephesians 5:6 Let
no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath
comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore
do not be partners with them.
8 For
you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of
light 9 (for
the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)10 and
find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have
nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
15.)Ephesians 6:1 Children,
obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor
your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so
that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the
earth.” 4 Fathers, do
not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and
instruction of the Lord.
16.)Galatians 5:1 It
is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let
yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
17.) Ephesians 5:7 You
were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the
truth? 8 That
kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 9 “A
little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”
18.) Galatians 5:16 So
I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.17 For
the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is
contrary to the flesh.
19.) Colossians
3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this
pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, do
not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
20.)1 Timothy 3:1 Here
is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble
task. 2 Now
the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate,
self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not
given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of
money. 4 He
must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must
do so in a manner worthy of full respect. 5 (If
anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of
God’s church?) 6 He
must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the
same judgment as the devil. 7 He
must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into
disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
21.)1 Timothy 5:9 No widow may be put on the list of
widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, 10 and
is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing
hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble
and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.
11 As
for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual
desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry. 12 Thus
they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first
pledge. 13 Besides,
they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And
not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying
things they ought not to. 14 So
I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and
to give the enemy no opportunity for slander. 15 Some
have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.
22.) 1John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has
come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And
we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God
and eternal life.
21 Dear
children, keep yourselves from idols.
God’s Love and Ours
23.) 1John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
24.) Collossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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