If you need a miracle, and it’s not coming, I want to encourage you to shift your thinking and— just maybe— see something “new” in this talk.

30 times we see “healing” in the New Testament, it refers to a supernatural in-breaking of Heaven.

40 times it doesn’t.

Well, it doesn’t AND it does…

There are two different concepts presented throughout the Bible, both working TOGETHER and not separately. And, when we see how they fit, what they do, and what it all means practically…

Well, listen in.

Because whether or not the miracle comes, you can begin walking healing today. Even supernaturally so.

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Some people believe that if you don’t have enough faith, the miracle won’t— it can’t— come. They teach that, if you think about it, faith is the strongest force in the universe— even mightier than God Himself.

“That’s why you’re not healed,” they proclaim (often with an annoying degree of confidence)— “you don’t have enough faith.”

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Here are two problems with that line of thinking…

👉 First, it places an emotional and spiritual burden on the person NEEDING the healing that Jesus never put on them.

👉Second, when we look in the Bible we see that not only was faith NOT a requirement for healing, sometimes people didn’t have any faith at all… and, other times, they “borrowed” a friend’s faith they didn’t even know they were drafting upon… and, there are times when Jesus just showed up and healed people who didn’t even know how He was.

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Needing a miracle but think you struck out because of your low faith quotient…?

Listen in…

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Links for this talk

Take the free mini-course on healing = www.Jenkins.tv/FGH 

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Many times we don’t know why we’re sick, injured, or ill…

… and it’s easy to blame God.

When we do, we actually place things on Him that we don’t see attributable to Him from the Bible.

It makes sense that we do this— on one hand. Quite simply, when we’re facing something difficult we want (we NEED) answers.

But…

If God causes people to be sick… then why go to the doctor to change it?

Or if he brings illness to “teach us a lesson,” then why not just endure the lesson?

Or if it’s His will for us to be sick, why pray against it?

A better way…

… not easier, but maybe better…

… is to just lean in and see what the Scripture actually says about it… and then start building a mental framework from there.

As we move into a new (short) series of talks on physical healing, that’s where we begin— getting our thinking right about whether or not God caused this calamity in the first place.

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Links for this talk

Take the free mini-course on healing = www.Jenkins.tv/FGH 

Claim your book = just $7 = www.Jenkins.tv/THW70 

Note the course is available at www.Jenkins.tv/THW 

Somebody asked me a few weeks ago, “Why do you teach natural health?”

And, “Why teach practical stuff alongside the spiritual…?”

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By that, they meant something like this: “You teach grace and healing… why do we need natural health if we have supernatural power available to us?”

It’s a great question. 

The sarcastic reply would be, “Why do you need doctors and Western medicine if we have supernatural power available? Whereas ‘church people’ seem hesitant to venture into the natural health waters for fear that they’ll contract ‘new age’ demons, few of them give a second thought about rushing to the doc in the box, big pharma, or invasive surgeries…”

Why do you need THAT if you have supernatural power?

The honest reply, though, the sincere one that penetrates the heart… and loves deeply… and is THE RIGHT answer (I believe) is multifaceted:

👉 First, we have far more control over our health than we’ve been taught. We’re not victims of the genome- as if some of us got a good shake at the DNA-lottery and others of us didn’t. Science is showing, more and more, that we have far more power than we thought.

👉 Second, Jesus taught- and empowered His disciples- with natural health info. In other words, natural health isn’t a new idea; it’s been around a long, long time. 

👉 Third, according to the New Testament, natural health is as much a part of what Jesus came to do as supernatural healing.

I know. That last one sounds odd. And I’ll have to back it up…

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You see, every day we have the power to “choose life.” With our words. In our finances. In our relationships. In how we respond to various situations. And in our health… 

We see two different words for healing in the New Testament, predominantly…

Understanding why different are words used is important as we begin a healing ministry- or even as we seek healing.

👉 Iaomai- means “miraculous” and “instantaneous” healing. This is how we most often envision Jesus healing, though this word only appears 30 times in the New Testament. (See examples in Matthew 8:13, Mark 5:29, Luke 8:47, John 12:40.)

👉 Therapeuo- means “to serve, to attend to, or to wait upon menially” and “to heal gradually over time with care.” This word appears 40 times in the Bible- a bit more than the instant cures we usually associate with miracles. (Matthew 4:23-24, Mark 1:34, Mark 6:13, Luke 5:15, Acts 5:16, Acts 8:7, Revelation 22:2.)

And…

… these work for emotional wholeness as well as physical health.

Listen in…

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Important links

💜 The “best of” Soul Wholeness audio course = FREE at www.Jenkins.tv/best 

💜 The free PTSD self-check = www.Jenkins.tv/PTSD 

💜 Free Soul Wholeness paperback = http://www.Jenkins.tv/FSW 

💜 The Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV 

A few years ago, I found myself sitting in a nearby coffee shop.

(I find myself in places like that a lot.)

As I finished typing a chapter for a project I was completing, I stared out the oversized storefront window next to my table. Outside, the day was perfect. It wasn’t one of those dreary, grey-colored days that makes you feel foggy.

Yet, as a closed the computer (without turning it off, of course), I thought, “I’m really tired.”

Inside, something was brewing. Something wasn’t quite right…

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I looked back outside. Sometimes the weather makes me feel tired, as if my body mimics what happens in the environment. Clearly, this wasn’t that, though.

“Why am I tired?” I pondered. “I went to bed last night around 8pm, watched a movie, and then slept 10 full hours. This doesn’t make sense…”

Then I thought about the bigger life situation in which I found myself. I looked at my phone (always on, right?) and re-read the previous few text messages. A once-close companion had drawn a sword against me. I realized I wasn’t tired as I sat there in the coffee shop, I was depressed…

And, no, I might not have met the clinical definition such that a professional could diagnose, treat, and prescribe me, but I was clearly down…

Now, get this, depression and tiredness often mirror each other. In other words…

#1- Depression can make you feel tired.

#2- Being tired can make you feel like you’re depressed.

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In this episode of the podcast we talk about FOUR more signs you might be about to emotionally redline it…

The story above…? It highlights the second to the last…

Here are the others…

💔 You feel sickish or sluggish for no reason.

💔 You’re “short” or snippy.

💔 You feel depressed or down, and you can’t figure out why.

💔 You’ve recently endured trauma or “hard things.”

Listen in, then… for action steps you can take now towards wholeness, reference the free resources below….

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Important links

💜 The “best of” Soul Wholeness audio course = FREE at www.Jenkins.tv/best 

💜 The free PTSD self-check = www.Jenkins.tv/PTSD 

💜 Free Soul Wholeness paperback = http://www.Jenkins.tv/FSW 

💜 The Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV 

In music, the rests are as important as the notes you play. Life is the same way.

There’s a definite beat to Creation that works well for us when we embrace it.

We discussed this in the previous episode…

🌎 The created order is built on a rhythm of “off” and “on.” We’re designed for bursts of work and pauses for rests.

🌎 Part of living a life of balance means there are definite times of Sabbath and rest, those moments of complete OFF.)

In this talk we begin highlighting five signs you *might be living out of rhythm.

The first… is somewhat odd (at first glance)…

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Sign #1 of 5 = You can’t get quiet, don’t want to be alone, etc.

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Important links

💜 The “best of” Soul Wholeness audio course = FREE at www.Jenkins.tv/best 

💜 The free PTSD self-check = www.Jenkins.tv/PTSD 

💜 Free Soul Wholeness paperback = http://www.Jenkins.tv/FSW 

💜 The Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV  

If you’re like me, you consider your day to begin when you wake up in the morning. Right before you— if you’re like me— prep that coffee. Or, if you stayed up to midnight, you may look at your watch and think, “Oh, gee… it’s already tomorrow… a new day. I’ve got to get in bed.”

We’ve programmed ourselves to think of our days as "daylight first” and “nighttime second.” We get up to start the day; we go to bed to end it.

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Turns out, that’s backwards. Creation doesn’t begin each new day’s clock with the sun. Creation begins with the moon.

If you go all the way back to the beginning of the Bible, back to the very first page, you find the story. There, we read a refrain over and over and over again. It’s so common you may have never noticed it before. I guarantee you, though, once you see it, you’ll never forget it.

Here it is: “There was evening and then morning, the ________ day.”

We find the phrase six times (Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23,31):

🌙☀️ Evening and then morning

🌙☀️ Dark and then day

🌙☀️ Rest and then work

🌙☀️ Pause and then play

🌙☀️ Off and then on

In God’s rhythm of Creation, days began with dark, not light. They began with the moon in the sky, not the sun. They began with sleep, not work. They began with rest, not activity.

That’s the rhythm of Creation.

From the beginning, the new day began when the sun dropped, at sundown. That was the sign of a new day, the rest. The rest came first.

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What does it mean for us…?

And what does it mean for soul health, emotional wholeness, and living fully present?

That’s the topic of our discussion here…

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Important links

💜 The “best of” Soul Wholeness audio course = FREE at www.Jenkins.tv/best 

💜 The free PTSD self-check = www.Jenkins.tv/PTSD 

💜 Free Soul Wholeness paperback = http://www.Jenkins.tv/FSW 

💜 The Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV  

In our culture we value productivity…

… not the pause.

But, the pauses are often part of the productivity. And, they’re how we find healing, renewal, and the energy to move forward.

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If you’ve own a cell phone (I know, the technical name is mobile phone, now, and everybody has one), you’ve probably had unresolvable issues with it, called tech support, and then heard them tell you something like, “Alright, do this for me. Let’s perform something called a hard reset. We’re going to completely power the thing down, wait a few moments, and then start it back up.”

They always promise something that seems absurd for such a simple task as turning the phone off: “That should fix it.”

Generally, they’re right. It does.

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Now, here’s where it fits in with US…

… The more trips I make around the sun the more I realize we’re exactly like those machines. In order to “work right” we’ve got to pause, too.

That is, you’ve got to power off…

… and that’s where fun comes in….

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Important links

💜 The “best of” Soul Wholeness audio course = FREE at www.Jenkins.tv/best 

💜 The free PTSD self-check = www.Jenkins.tv/PTSD 

💜 Free Soul Wholeness paperback = http://www.Jenkins.tv/FSW 

💜 The Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV