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God spoke to Merlin Cruthers asking him, "Do you want me to heal the sickness or remove the symptoms?" Merlin pondered and said, "Heal the sickness."

Several years ago, I found myself feeling weary in prayer. At the time, I was involved in a class at church where we were encouraged to set aside time each day for stillness and listening to God. I realized that I had developed patterns in my prayer life that reflected patterns elsewhere in my life - it was as if I rushed in to God's presence with my list of prayer requests in hand, recited them, and rushed out again, without allowing time for listening, and receiving from Him! No wonder I felt weary!

The river within you (John 7:37-39) comes from My throne. It is like a river within you. It will flow all the time. It doesn’t want to stop. It will flow through you to others. It is designed to produce love and happiness and rest for the surrounding people. And also for yourself.

When something crops up healthwise in my life, and I want to find the most recent, trustworthy, natural and spiritual advice available which could help resolve the issue, where do I go? I don’t just want to Google the condition I have, as that will pull up all sorts of websites, some of which are untrustworthy and some of which are not offering natural solutions. What do I do?

This is the time of the year that we as Christians have set aside to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, some 2000 years ago. It is a wonderful season of the year, filled with love and hope and promise of a new tomorrow because of the provisions Christ has made for us.

I was just interviewed for one hour on the topic of health. You can watch the entire interview FREE right here.

Enjoy and get healthy!

This is what Patricia Cain had to say after taking the “30 Day Challenge” which is part of the HEA102 Take Charge of Your Health course offered at Christian Leadership University.

Research done at the University of Scranton suggests that just 8% of people achieve their New Year's goals. I choose to do something much more effective than a New Year's Resolution.

Read LUKE 1:1-4 (NEW KING JAMES)

“Come closer to Me.  I see you standing outside, not sure whether to come in. Your focus is on a thousand things at once ‘what must I do first?’ ‘Where should I go first?’ ‘What about this?’ ‘What about that?’ There is free time to visit Me, right now. I am here with you, to spend time with you.”

Read LUKE 1:46-55 (NEW KING JAMES)

“Come, child, sit and read with Me, and hear.  Let Me put some background instrumental Christmas music softly in the background, as we meditate on Mary’s song.”