“In order to have perfect health, our hearts must be filled with love and hope and joy in the Lord" (Ellen White, MLT, 149). LIFE-CHANGING LAWS: Sun (Son)Light & Water
Physical & Spiritual Rest
Fresh Air & the Spirit
Simple Remedies, Supernatural Results
Malachi 4:2, John 7:37
Matthew 11:28,29 Job 32:8
Temperance & Ideal Diet 1 Corinthians 10:31
Exercise and Faith Isaiah 40:29-31
n BY JUDY AITKEN
“God reaches hearts through the relief of physical suffering. A seed of truth is dropped into the mind, and is watered by God. Much patience may be required before the seed shows signs of life, but at last it springs up, and bears fruit unto eternal life” (E.G. White Maranatha, page 326).
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never cease to be amazed at God’s power to heal through the use of simple and natural ways. For over 20 years Mary Ann McNeilus has accompanied me to Southeast Asia to teach health to the ASAP national missionaries. During these trips we have fervently prayed asking God to bless each training session. Dr. McNeilus uses the book God’s Healing Way and a new one she wrote, God’s Healing Word, along with training of how to use local food for medicine to treat common ailments such as hepatitis, diabetes, hypertension and cancer. She teaches them the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and diarrhea. They learn principles of basic physical assessment and the practice of simple screening tests such as taking blood pressure and other vital signs and urine dipstick testing for glucose, among much more.
modern medicine, natural remedies are their only hope. They see the love of Jesus through the missionaries who administer the treatments. They experience healing in their bodies. Prayer always accompanies every treatment. They often respond with the question, “Can you tell me more about your powerful God you pray to?” Dr. Agatha Thrash teaches, “It is the cooperation of the human element with divine power that exhibits God’s great power to heal. The human part is to apply the natural remedy in faith; then God gives this effort supernatural power and effectiveness to heal.” During our last visit to Laos in March Pastor Suey Kinganong, district pastor of four provinces in Southern Laos, shared an exciting story that shows God’s supernatural power to heal through the use of simple, natural remedies.
The missionaries are always eager to share with us the results. We see that these simple remedies have been effective not only for the medical missionaries, but they have been used in ministry by the church planters, lay pastors and teachers as well. In countries where many people have no access to
Mae is her name, a lady who suffered from a myriad of ailments for years. Five years ago, Pr. Suey was called to pray for Mae. Her family said, “We do not know what has come over her. She is not in her right mind. It must be evil spirits!” She in fact did act like a crazy person. The group of believers surrounded her
JULY/AUGUST 2013
Reaching Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar & Beyond