Integrity of Heart

Integrity is based on the word “integer” which means a whole number or a complete unit. Integrity means wholeness and a double standard. A person with integrity is a whole person, and undivided person. This is someone who is the same person at the office and in church; someone who is the same person in private as well as in public. Jesus the Messiah was a Man of integrity. He was not two-faced or uneven while representing both earthy humanity and His Heavenly Father.

I have just thought of something! One other way to view “integrity” is to consider the way a civil engineer would when speaking of a building with “structural integrity”. This kind of integrity keeps the building strong and safe. Faults in structural integrity are revealed under pressure or unusual stress. A few years ago there was a major earthquake in Taiwan. Many people were killed and injured when the quake caused hundreds of reinforced concrete buildings to suddenly collapse. The shattered buildings revealed that some had been built with large, empty metal cans inserted into columns and beams where there should have been solid concrete. Structural integrity had been sacrificed for profit. How many of our lives have empty spaces where there should be something solid and strong? When we speak the Word of God, are we building a house of faith that will stand up under stress?

Believers are people of truth. We should never fear that speaking the truth in love will cause us to fail. The opposite is true. I have found that while we often do need wisdom regarding how and when to speak the truth, God will never forsake the righteous in heart. He is a shield of protection for the one whose life is committed to the Word of God. Integrity, however, is more than simple honesty in business. It is more than “doing the thing right.” Integrity means keeping out commitments, whether it is a matter between us and God (such as tithing) or in relationship with our fellow human beings.

Integrity requires a lifestyle of worship and prayer that under binds all business and ministry activities. Worshiping God draws us into a place of intimacy with Him. In our inward, personal life with the Lord that is carried forward by trusting in Him, we learn to stand before God and man in honesty. He sends us forth from the holy meeting place of prayer ready for whatever kind of works our calling demands. Through prayers and the Word of God, we receive wisdom, grace and moral understanding to deal with tough decisions. Through prayer and the wholeness of integrity, we receive courage from the Spirit to act on what God has shown us to be the right path for our lives.

Healthy Body

Eating healthy foods, you need to eat food rich in calcium, proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins. Eating healthy foods especially when you are still growing is important because it makes you stronger. Starving your body of important nutrients causes your bones to stop growing. It can also make you feel bad!

Drink your milk. Eating and drinking food rich in calcium, a substance found in dairy products such as milk, cheese and yogurt, is an excellent way to keep your bones and teeth strong and healthy. Bone matter is partly made up of calcium. So calcium-rich foods help the body improve your bones and encourage bone growth. That means that chocolate milk is actually good for your bones. (Just brush your teeth after drinking to get rid of any sugar build-up!) Research has shown that having healthy bones as kids play a big role in preventing bones diseases, life osteoporosis.

Have a sound sleep. Sleep helps the body and brain develop and grow. You can do better when you get enough good sleep. Kids like you need 10 to 11 hours of sleep each night.

Faith Healing and Psychic Surgery: Fact or Fallacy ( Part 3 )

Is psychic surgery true? Studies of foreign researchers have remained inconclusive, some says it’s real, and others say it’s complete fakery. The inconsistency perhaps lies in the fact that some healers are genuine but there are others who are fakes. And there are times when even genuine healers face an operation when they have temporarily lost powers.

Still it is a fact that these healers the genuine ones at least, have healed thousands upon thousands of people from all over the world specially those otherwise given up by their country’s medical doctors.

Despite discouragement from some foreign governments and the adverse publicity against the faith healers, there are still thousands of foreigners, who flock to the Philippines every year in search of a miracle cure. Some go back either completely or partially healed; others not at all.

My friend have personally observed around 33 psychic surgeons in the Philippines and one in Brazil. She have witnessed thousands of psychic surgeries performed by them. She have also two laboratory reports of specimens taken from patients of the healers and another report from a Japanese medical specialist. All the reports proved to be genuine. Still we cannot openly advocate faith healing except perhaps as a last resort, because we are dealing here with a paranormal phenomenon whose results cannot be pre-determined or predicted. A lot depends on the powers of the healer at the time, the belief and attitudes of the patient and the people surrounding the healing process. It is a mystery that waits further study and explanation.

For those interested in seeing a Filipino faith healer, the above points are worth considering. Although it had seen many spectacular cures in the course of extensive research on the subject, it had also seen many spectacular failures. The decision lied in the visitor where he should subject himself to faith healing or not..


What do you think ? . . . . . . . . . . . . FACTS OR FALLACY ?