A Publication of White Fields Ministries

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In This Issue:

The Green Book: How To Live Longer And Feel Better

If You Never Received Christ!

A Statement Of Unity!

(Many other writings by Greg may be found at the website below)

Publisher’s Corner

I wrote a book some years back about health. It is entitled "The Green Book: How To Live Longer and Feel Better"! I hope some ideas and thoughts can help you to be better to your body and to change some poor health habits. It is written from a scriptural point of view. I sent Part 1 last month, I am enclosing the conclusion, Part 2, here today. Part 1 is posted at the website below. Christians need to think more about their health, as they have a mighty task to carry out for God. While I believe that God continually heals us, I also believe that God expects us to act wisely and be healthy, which is superior to being healed.

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The Green Book: How To Live Longer and Feel Better! Part 2

Diligence Over The Body

I want to share some principles I have picked up, and used, for increased health. I do not want to create dos and don’ts, or laws. Paul said: “all things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient.” 1 Corinthians 6:12a I break the following suggestions often, but I try to do them more than half the time. At times, I go for fast foods, or sweets, so let us not be legalistic. It is up to you how much you use these, but just don’t get condemned if you don’t do something. God isn’t watching to be sure you take perfect care of your body. God has grace for such things. Your miracle of healing will not hinge on these principles here. But, I implore you to consider these things on the basis of sowing and reaping, wisdom, and diligence.

DISCLOSURE: The author is not practicing medicine, but sharing information about preventive health. Consult your physician about any suggestion here. It is our opinion and wish that his/her advice prevails. The author is not liable for any misuse or lack of diligence to check out all principles and suggestions that follow. We are not suggesting that any natural health principles, or even prayer, and Divine healing practices are a substitute for medical attention.

Principle # 1 - Get plenty of sleep each night in a well-ventilated room. Your body recharges and rebuilds during your sleep. “…he giveth his beloved sleep.” Psalms 127:2b “When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, yea, thou shall lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.” Proverbs 3:24 God blesses our sleep. Get lots of it, in conjunction with a good prayer life and a good nutritional program while awake. God does good things in our bodies when we sleep.

Principle # 2 - Eat less only if you need to lose unneeded pounds. If you are too thin, disregard this one, and eat some more! Excess weight is hard on the body. Disease can attack more easily and frequently if you are overweight. Many diseases actually leave after weight loss. “And take heed to yourselves, lest at anytime your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, (over-eating) and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” Luke 21:34 Surfeiting mean overeating. If our hearts are overcharged, then we lack spiritual power, and we are targets for the enemy. Fasting is a principle that reverses this overcharging, and sharpens the human spirit. If you can’t lose weight, use your faith. God knows what to do. The Word of God will work for weight loss. If you are overweight, know that you can lose, but you will have to use your will, which is in your soul. The desire to lose must outweigh the addiction to eat. Begin to speak of it to close loved ones. Pray over it. Set some goals. Build up to a big day you will begin. Then, have a specific demarcation of time that you begin. If you fail, begin again. I have learned that if I persistently put many short failed diets back to back, I generally lose weight, and my failures diminish, and my successes gain momentum. It can be a battle, but the Christian life is about victory. It may be that this book will have given you reasons and information to put you over. If it did, all glory to Jesus.

(Many people do not feel they have eaten unless they have a huge steak or hamburger. That is habitual, because many meat free diets are perfectly sustaining, and fish and poultry are good replacements for beef. More fruit, vegetables, potatoes, breads, and cereals, are suggested. Fewer servings, and more self-denial are suggested. It may be that man wasn’t created to eat meat from the beginning at all. (Genesis 1:30) Man ate from a garden. He cared for the animals. His body was perfectly fit. If you need to lose weight, consider taking Chromium Picolinate (-supplements available at health food stores) each day to help give energy to burn extra fat, and increase metabolism.)

Principle # 3 - Drink loads of water, flush the organs, and cut back caffeine beverages, and sodium filled beverages such as soda. (64 ounces minimum)

Principle # 4 - Exercise! Just walk if that is all you can do. The increased heartbeat and circulatory activity will flush your bloodstream, and carry away bad things. You need to build your heart and lungs up. There is great bonding and fun in a husband and wife walk or a family walk each night, or morning. Do walking or aerobic activity that will raise the heartbeat for 20-30 minutes. Later, go for 40 minutes. Do this activity 3-5 times a week.

Principle # 5 - The American Heart Association says we need five fruits and vegetables each day. Not five each, but five combined. This helps displace junk food or unwanted foods. The Cancer Society discusses the same portions. The living cells in uncooked or unprocessed fruits and vegetables go into your bloodstream and go directly to your cells. This water-soluble fiber is needed in your cells. Get more of this kind of food, than other kinds, especially if you are fighting disease. I make my family a fruit smoothie each day. I do it. I do not leave it to Debbie. I am the head, and I keep a hedge in place around my family. The fruit smoothie I make is adding more substance to the hedge. It is a hedge of natural immunity and with prayer, a supernatural immunity. In the smoothie, I put fresh squeezed citrus juices, apple juice, melons, bananas, pineapple, strawberries, peaches, kiwis, mangos, figs, watermelon, and so on. I don’t always have all of these on hand, but we try to get at least six kinds per smoothie. I add in ice, and use a blender. The citrus has to be done first in a citrus juicer. Is it expensive? Yes! Is it hard work? Yes! Is it worth it to me to not have doctor bills and down time from school or work? Yes! Is this practice a disease preventative? Yes! Don’t put store bought juice or frozen juice in it. They lose the “living” essence of cells when they process it. If a person is fighting cancer, or anything, this is highly recommended. (Studies show that oranges or fresh squeezed orange juice is helpful in reducing tumors. This is the base ingredient in my smoothies.) Fruits and vegetables give proper cellular communication for reproduction of cells. A salad with green leafy lettuce and tomatoes is important. Get a big salad each day. Also, if you are a meat eater, try to cut out red meat for a season, and eat less of meat in general. I am talking about getting your body into a natural healing mode.

Principle # 6 - Understand anti-oxidants, and other cutting-edge products and discoveries. Anti-oxidants reverse oxidation, which is what causes corrosion and decay. When we take these internally, we actually revitalize our bodies, remove impurities, and cleanse our blood. These have been shown to prevent cancer, and I do believe they can assist in reversing it. The main vitamins like A, C, E and B are all anti-oxidants. An anti-oxidant, with more recent notoriety is Selenium. This mineral is being given to cancer patients, and persons with other diseases. It is also recommended that all people take this one as a preventative. Be careful with this one. I take 200 mcg of this each day. A cancer patient should take more, but have a break from higher dosage frequently, because it builds up in the system. This is called selenium poisoning. 200 mcg per day will not cause poisoning. Another finding of late is that cancer can come from a folic acid deficiency. Folic acid is also called folate. We need 400 mcg each day. I found a product at Walmart called OneSource that has both of these in full doses. It is a multiple vitamin and mineral tablet for only $5 or $6 dollars. If you read the label, it is superior to Centrum, Theragam, or One A Day. Almonds are a natural source of selenium. However, they are fattening, so take just 5-10 a day. Anti-oxidants also bring proper cell growth, and will tend to slow or help reverse cancerous tumor growth. Odorless garlic is an anti-oxidant and is found in gel capsules. It is helpful in communication with cells, and is suggested for cancer or disease prevention. If you are fighting disease, take garlic. Take it as a preventative also.

Do I believe we should take supplements? Yes. I buy 4-7 bottles a month and I painstakingly take them and give them to Debbie. There is an investment to do this, but I feel it is worth it. I will give a list of needed supplements soon. Supplements are going to get more popular as time goes on, and people will see the ultimate need to use them, because we have a very toxic environment. Meats do not have the same value as earlier, and neither do crops. Our busy lives, and our lack of appetites for the right things can deny us nutrients. The cost to take supplements can cost $30-$75 per month. I suggest adults only go on supplements. We give our boys nutritious foods, a smoothie, and a one a day vitamin. (OneSource for kids) It is more critical for adults to be getting all the nourishment in supplements each day. The expense is the limiting factor. We still eat well and get all we can through our food. It is overkill, of nutrition, but the opposite of not caring for our bodies is also overkill, to use the word in reverse. If you think I sound like a fanatic, I suggest that we have been fanatically careless about our bodies, and we have put every poisonous substance into them, in the name of taste, indulgence, and fun. Being fanatical about health is what many now need to do. Just the revelation about selenium and folic acid are amazing because these are simple compounds in our foods. However, some people have denied themselves these and suffered for it. Ask yourself why the cancer rate is so high? A sobering look at the average American’s diet from a nutrient standpoint will shock you.

Principle # 7 - The super anti-oxidant I-P 6 is a well-kept secret, but studies have shown it shrinks cancerous tumors in lab animals very powerfully. The results have shown greatly increased killer cell activity. This newer product is available at most health food stores. It is made from grain. It would take hundreds of pounds of grain to give you what a few tablets of I-P 6 will give you. This is expensive. It builds the immune system, and attacks disease. You can take as much of it as you want, because it is non-toxic. A bottle of it is $30 but it costs quite a bit less than visiting Mexico. While on that subject, I do not advise the treatments in Mexico. I have seen many fly down there, spend $50,000 to $100,000, mortgage houses, and come home disappointed. I believe many of those programs to be scams. If they had something good there, the U.S. business community would have obtained it by now. But the South of the border clinics will tell you amazing statistics that are simply not true, and then get the money, preying on the fearful, and the desperately hopeful.

I-P 6 taken with other suggestions here is a powerful harmless alternative, or supplement to conventional treatments. We do not suggest these alternatives instead of chemotherapy; they are rather alternatives to conventional eating. I often take I-P 6 as a preventative. It makes a lot of sense to hit attacks at the cellular level, which is what nutritional treatment and prevention does. I have frequently mixed the powder from capsules of I-P 6 into our smoothies so my kids benefit.

Principle # 8 - There are cancer fighting foods and substances in Creation. Red foods like tomatoes, watermelon, and strawberries are effective against cancer. The natural substance in them that makes them red has been found to be helpful. This is a small sounding thing, but God put that color there for a purpose. Green tea, which you can buy at the grocery store, is effective in fighting tumors. You are supposed to drink 2 cups per day. How do I know this? Different groups do studies. There are studies being done every day all over the world. The results come up in the newspapers, in magazines, and there are many books out on these issues. I guess you must first have an ear to hear such news, or an eye to catch it. I have compassion for the sick, and I believe that there are cures and curative elements in nature. If that sounds like witchcraft, or holistic healing, that is too bad. Things bad often have a basis in half-truths. How often have you used penicillin, which is harvested from mold? Many drugs are taken from things like tree bark, or from the ground, and so on. I dreamed about 15 years ago that a cure for cancer was found in the sea. I don’t know about the validity of that fact, but I do know that things like green algae and shark cartilage have ranked high in studies concerning cancer in years since.

Principle # 9 – There is a book called Fit For Life. The author is Harvey Diamond, and he is a vegetarian, and a long life advocate. He teaches a way of eating that I believe has much healing in it. It is much like a Daniel fast, but much more appealing, and you are satisfied. This is a good one for 2-3 weeks. His suggestion is that you do it for life. The book is at the bookstore. The diet detoxifies the body, using fruits and food combining. I do not totally agree with the philosophy, but the diet is excellent. Many get healed on this diet.

Another healing diet is in the book, The McDougal Plan. It is using a starch diet and reducing meats. Those who live long in foreign countries, especially the Asian countries, eat high starch diets of rice and grains, and the level of cancer and heart disease is greatly reduced. The calories from starch are much lower and less in harmful fats than the calories from meats. John McDougal is a Christian Doctor, and his wife gives many recipes in the book that are very good. This diet also facilitates many to be healed by natural body processes.

Principle # 10 – DHEA! This hormone is produced in us while young and slows down its production at about thirty. Have you noticed that many under thirty don’t contract cancer or suffer from multiple health problems? We can take supplements of DHEA, and add this hormone back to our bodies in a degree, and the presence of it in our bodies sends a message to our body of a renewed youthfulness and healthful vigor. Debbie and I take 50 mg. daily. A good 50 mg. brand is also available at Walmart. It is not to be taken by anyone under thirty. (Do not confuse mg. with mcg.) Benefits of this hormone, which is synthesized from yams, are energy, more muscle tone, increased sexual drive, and stronger resistance.

Principle # 11 – Colon Cleansing. This suggestion is done with different nutritious supplements. There are many green cleansing drinks available at health food stores, which cleanse the colon. Many natural elements cleanse the colon. Many Americans have an enormous buildup of fecal matter in their colons. This problem, which comes from eating wrong, with far too many processed foods, and not enough fiber, is a big cause of disease. Many of the principles we shared already will cleanse the colon. I might suggest that you search out a natural product designed specifically to do this. At the risk of sounding crude our gross, many have matter stuck from 5-10 years ago. Doctors who do autopsies have weighed as much as 50-100 lbs. of fecal matter in the dead. Again, to not make too light of this, I have to ask, what is America full of?????? After some cleansing, there may be some discomfort, because the stored up matter creates a padding or shield on the colon wall that is not supposed to be there. Get cleansed as a disease preventative, or if you are fighting a disease. Your colon will thank you, and the discomfort does leave. The health benefits will make you soar. There are long life societies that are big into this subject, using enemas, and other practices, but you can achieve this with just an oral supplement. The long life people do live long, but again, some of them are unscriptural, and unbelieving in God. Many of them have developed eastern practices, which include yoga, and different forms of meditation. Do not practice yoga or any meditation apart from God and His Word. A practical thing I do is to put raw bran on Cheerios or Wheaties, and eat it that way. We buy oat and wheat bran, and mix them together, and store them in a Tupperware container. We put several spoonfuls on the cereal. This practice helps maintain a clear colon, but bran is also loaded with selenium and other nutrients. Oat bran helps lower cholesterol.

While speaking about autopsies, I might mention that Doctors have cut open people who used natural healing and nutritional therapy, to find that the immune system did something irregular like build a tissue wall around a cancerous tumor to contain it, and thereby saved the person’s life. The human body is a great wonder, if we can tap its potential. Wisdom will help you do it. The principles here are ones I have collected. There are more. I intend to keep publishing these facts and helps. I am not making a doctrine with this book.

Summation

True or False: Believers are always way more health conscious than unbelievers! False

I actually find the opposite. Many believers are overweight, unexercised, etc., etc.! I guess maybe believers feel they have eternal life, so taking good care of the body is optional. The atheist or agnostic has just one shot at life, and at 70-80 years old, it is over, so he or she had better do all they can about their health. I submit that believers should care more for their bodies than unbelievers, out of love for Jesus, who bought them with a price and is actually Lord over their bodies. The believer then is only the steward of their body, for God. I say that we believers should look better, be better exercised, eat better, and be more attractive to the world than those who do not follow Christ. How much better a testimony and example would this be for the spread of the gospel, with which every one of us is charged?

End of Part 2 and the conclusion to The Green Book!

If You Have Never Received Christ!

There is a time for everything under the sun, and now may be your time to receive Jesus. God gave Him to you and I as a gift, and if you never do receive Him, you will miss out on the greatest offer and deal humanity has ever received. This is no accident here that you have read this ezine. This was a Divine appointment for your Divine destiny. God set this up and has led you to this point, so go ahead and seal the plan of God, for you, that is, and receive His Son, Jesus. You must be born again to see the Kingdom of God. (John 3:3)

Maybe you have only been away from God, but knew Him at an earlier time. God says, "Come back child" and has arms extended open for you. Get right in your life with God today! You owe it to yourself.

Pray this:

Simply repeat this prayer aloud now:

Lord, I am a sinner, and I need you. Jesus, I receive you now. You are God, and I recognize your death and resurrection. Come into my heart, save me, and give me eternal life. Forgive me of sin, and wash me clean of all unrighteousness. I am now your child, and I thank you for saving me. Thank you Lord.

In Jesus Name, Amen.

If you said that prayer from your heart, you are now saved and a child of God. The possibilities are endless here for your new life, but best of all, Heaven is settled for you!!

Watch for the next issue of White Fields Ezine, we are going to take this to new levels! You will get this same chance to say this prayer if you did not this time, in every issue.

A Ground Rule (Statement of Unity)

White Fields Ministries is a sound Bible based organization, and I, Greg Nichols, am the Director. I am also the owner of The MFN Group and MFN Publishing, which has a collection of published works that are a little more secular, but full of redeeming value. I am ordained with the International Gospel Assemblies out of Missouri. It is a missionary and ministerial organization founded in 1962. My wife Debbie is a graduate of Trinity Bible College in Northern California, and that is an Assemblies of God College. I have had no bible college, but I do feel God has placed a gift of teaching and preaching upon my life, and on my wife also. The ground rule is that you and I may not always agree on doctrines, but I believe God would have us rise above doctrines in the spirit of His love, and unite to accomplish his purposes. That is how strong I feel about this project for online people. The cyber mission field here is huge, possibly the largest in the world, and the fastest growing. The ground rule is that if you disagree with something, I will welcome you to email me and state your opinion. I will probably respond. But let’s decide to think about this next fact in advance. We will not agree on everything, but we do agree that Jesus is to be the center of our focus, the Word of God is absolute, and the gospel to lost souls is the priority.

Greg Nichols

Director