Thursday, October 30, 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008

PARENTAL PEER PRESSURE

Do you experience peer pressure? Not peer pressure in the lives of your children, but in your own life? Have you ever been out with another parent and their child does something you don't allow your children to do, but you allow your children to follow along? Why is that? Peer Pressure! Or maybe you're the parent that allows your child freedoms that another parent doesn't and you see the other child look at his/her parent for direction and that parent gives in. What is that? Peer Pressure!


It may be matters of eating between meals, watching certain programs on TV, saying certain things, running in public buildings, not following sleep schedules, etc. The matters being discussed here may not seem "major", but they are important. They are important, because they are the rules you've establish in your home. They are important enough to send the message to our children to stand firm even in the little things.We know that teenagers are susceptible to negative peer pressure, but have we ever stopped to consider that we taught them to be that way. From very young, our children look to us to teach them what is right or wrong. When we don't follow our own rules, have you noticed how quick they are to point it out. They are constantly looking to us as an example.


In the same way, when they see us dishonoring the rules when we're at a friend's house, or out in public, they get the message that rules can be broken to suit our mood, circumstances, surroundings or company.


Let's be strong in the Lord for our children (Ephesians 6:10). Let's show them that we're parents who have integrity; Parents who believe what we teach. If our friends are truly our friends, they will still love us and may even respect us for our courage. In the very least, our children will respect us and we will be doing what is right (Romans 8:31). Then, when the major issues of smoking, witchcraft and oral sex present themselves in their pre-teen and teen years, our children would have the courage to stand firm--having learned from us.


(c) Leuanna Matheson 2007

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

WHOLE HEALTH

Reasons for sleeping and waking up early.Evening at 9 - 11pm: is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health. Evening at 11pm - 1am: is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 - 3am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5am: detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10am rather than no meal at all.

Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.
The top five cancer-causing foods are:

1. Hot dogs Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate. 2. Processed meats and bacon Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer. 3. Doughnuts Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.
4. French fries Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams ..
5. Chips, crackers, and cookies All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats. BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS
1. No Breakfast People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2. Overeating It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
7. Head covered while sleeping Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain

The main causes of liver damage are:

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause. 2. Not urinating in the morning. 3. Too much eating. 4. Skipping breakfast. 5. Consuming too much medication. 6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener. 7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit. 8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

SAVED BY MY CHILDREN

My father shared a quote with me about a year ago, "God gave us parents to teach us and children to reach us--Cedric L. Barry" Little did I know how real that was going to become in my life during the months ahead.

In my experiences since then, this truth has been revealed time and time again. I've battled with the wills of my children and with my own, as a matter of fact. Like Job, Satan was only too willing to bring trials upon me to tempt me to curse God. He stirred up my children, which in turn, stirred up sins and passions in my own heart that were not reflective of a child of God.

There were two options available to me. One was to indulge those sinful feelings which would physically and emotionally hurt my children. The other was to recognize my humanity and surrender "self" to God and let him fight my battles.

I'm ashamed to say that I chose option one two weeks ago--to no avail. With only one other option remaining, I humbled my "self" and surrendered to the Lord last week. That involved prayer ( 1 Thessalonians 5:17), seeking godly counsel (Proverbs 11:14) and standing still (Psalms 46:10).

The atmosphere has been different in our home this week. It hasn't been such a stark contrast, otherwise I'd be tempted to become self-sufficient and lax. It's been different enough, however, that I see the hand of God working on my heart and the hearts of my children and as a result, my strength is renewed in hope.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

ESPERENZA PARA LA FAMILIA

HOPE FOR THE FAMILY
A Bilingual Program/Una Programa Bilingue

This Seminar will change your family life/Un seminario que cambiara su vida y la de su familia. Un programa bilingue con el Dr. Jorge Ramirez

List of Nightly Topics:

Wed/Mie Oct. 8 - Damaged Emotions/Restaurando heridas emocionales

Thu/Jue Oct. 9 - Guilt, Grace and Debt-Collecting/Restaurados del sentimiento de culpa

Fri/Vie Oct. 10 - The Wounded Healer/Restaurados por el Maravilloso Sanador

Sat/Sab Oct. 11 - Satan's Deadliest Weapon/Restaurados de las armas del enemigo de la familia

Sun/Dom Oct 12 - Healing our Low Self-Esteem (Part 1)/Festival del la familia

Wed/Mie Oct. 15 - Healing our Low Self-Esteem (Part 2)/Sanando neustro baja estima

Thu/Jue Oct. 16 - Symptoms of Perfection/Sanando la estima de la familia

Fri/Vie Oct. 17 - The Process of Healing for Perfectionism/Sanando nuestros sintomas de perfeccion

Sat/Sab Oct. 18 - Myths and Truths about Depression/Sanando heridas do la depresion

Sun/Dom Oct. 19 - Healed Helpers/Sanados para vivir felices

Programa para ninos
Informacion al 301-445-1320


Importante: Se obsequiara la biblia familiar a todos los que asistan puntualmente. No se pierda esta extraordinaria programacion en beneficio de las familia moderna.