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Hermann Eben has served in various executive management roles for 40+ years in the business arena. Hermann’s world was devastated in 1991 when he received a phone call. The caller told him that his wife, Louie, was having an affair and that a package would be coming to prove the allegations. After seeing the evidence, he called his pastor, who decided it would be best for Hermann and Louie to meet with Dr. Marlin Howe to work through their relationship. The church had been using Dr. Howe’s Hope for the Family video series for about five years.God did a fantastic thing and restored their marriage. After a couple of years of God’s blessing and healing, Hermann and Louie decided, with the approval of the church elders, to use their experience to help others. And that is what they have been doing for 30 years. With the foundation of Dr. Howe’s work and blessing, Hermann developed GR8 Relationships (www.gr8relate.com) in 2000. He and Louie have held countless weekend seminars, met with couples one-on-one, and facilitated weekly study groups. Together they are on a mission to restore marriages and relationships.For more on Hermann and Louie and to get their materials, see www.gr8relate.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This week's podcast comes from this blog post: Glutathione, Master Antioxidant https://www.drlaurendeville.com/articles/glutathione-master-antioxidant/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Jack Countryman is the founder of JCountryman gift books— adivision of Thomas Nelson—and is the recipient of theEvangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Jordan LifetimeAchievement Award. Over the past thirty years, he hasdeveloped bestselling gift books such as God’s Promises for YourEvery Need®, God’s Promises for Men®, God’s Promises forWomen®, God’s Blessings Just for You® and The Red LetterWords of Jesus. Countryman’s books have sold more than 27million units.To get Jack's new book, the Miracle of Peace, see here: https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Peace-Find-Every-Challenge-ebook/dp/B09Z95PF6X/ref To get God's Promises for Your Every Need, see here: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Promises-Your-Every-Need-ebook/dp/B00AQ0AO9G/ref Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

In this special episode, Dr. Deville shares a preview of Life After Addiction, a free podcast that discusses life, addiction, and recovery all from a biblical worldview. Discover more episodes of Life After Addiction: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-after-addiction/id1369658074Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kXYdWEjco8VwTvePNsmpLLifeAudio: https://www.lifeaudio.com/life-after-addiction Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today's podcast comes from this blog post, The Adverse Effects of PPIs: https://www.drlaurendeville.com/articles/the-adverse-effects-of-ppis/If you're interested in finding a doctor near you, see: https://wholehealthdr.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today's meditation comes from John 4:1-42. Afterword: I didn't include this story in my "Daughters of Zion" biblical retellings (you can find that here: https://www.amazon.com/Daughters-Zion-Biblical-Retellings-Gray-ebook/dp/B08XJLWZG2/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=26DTl&content-id=amzn1.sym.e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_p=e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_r=ETX87PBBDTT19TDXZC6Z&pd_rd_wg=WUc3Q&pd_rd_r=3c275bbc-e63d-462c-a711-66ae5d526364&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m) only because the theme of that book was miracles experienced by women, and not just biblical stories in which a woman was prominently featured. Otherwise, this would have been one of the big ones. The story only appears in the gospel of John, though it makes sense why John specifically would have chosen to include it. The theme of his gospel is love. The Jews of Jesus' day scorned Samaritans, and from a religious standpoint, it would seem that there were good reasons for this. The Samaritans were Jews who had intermarried with pagans of neighboring nations, violating God's commandments to Joshua (Joshua 23:11-13), and falling prey to the doctrine of Balaam (from Numbers 23-24). God specifically told the Jews not to intermarry with those who worshipped other gods, lest they be led into idolatry. But when Assyria captured Samaria (2 Kings 17:5-41), the Assyrian king sent foreigners into the land who worshipped other gods. The Jews there did intermarry with them, and incorporated their pagan practices into their worship of Yahweh as well. Because of this, devout Jews wanted nothing to do with Samaritans, and wouldn't allow them to worship at their temple. The Samaritans had thus erected their own temple for worship instead (John 4:19-20). Even among her fellow Samaritans, though, this woman was an outcast. This is implied by the fact that she went alone to the well in the heat of the day, rather than in the morning when it was cooler, with all the other women. Her story, as Jesus revealed it, indicates the probable reason for this: her immoral behavior presumably caused the respectable women of the town to look down on her. This was probably why she was so shocked when Jesus spoke to her, even humbling himself to the point of asking her for a favor. (I'm sure He really did want a drink, though, as we're told earlier in the story that He was weary from his journey, and it was mid-afternoon so possibly it was hot, John 4:6. The story never mentions that the woman actually gave Him a drink, so as I wrote the retelling, I kept thinking, He's still thirsty...) Jesus' humility in asking the woman for a favor probably lowered her defense mechanisms initially, but I love how Jesus proceeded to dismantle whatever remained of them with just a few sentences. Every "chick flick" or "chick lit" story features an archetypical down-and-out heroine, embittered by the adversities of life. She then surreptitiously encounters a romantic hero who is the very embodiment of perfection. He's not only handsome, confident, and kind, but also several rungs above her on the social ladder to boot--but he's never arrogant about it. He sees through our heroine's prickly defenses to the soft heart she's trying to protect, and he's absolutely taken with her. From that point on, he pursues her relentlessly, refusing to be dissuaded. Try as she might, she can't resist him--because as frightened as she is of letting herself be vulnerable, all she's ever wanted is for someone to look past her faults, see her for who she truly is, and love her anyway. She falls in... Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Nasha Winters is a global healthcare authority and best-selling author in integrative cancer care and research consulting with physicians around the world. She has educated hundreds of professionals in the clinical use of mistletoe and has created robust educational programs for both healthcare institutions and the public on incorporating vetted integrative therapies in cancer care to enhance outcomes. Dr. Winters is currently focused on opening a comprehensive metabolic oncology hospital and research institute in the US where the best that standard of care has to offer and the most advanced integrative therapies will be offered. This facility will be in a residential setting on a gorgeous campus against a backdrop of regenerative farming, EMF mitigation and retreat, as well as state of the art medical technology and data collection and evaluation to improve patient outcomes.To learn more about Dr Nasha, follow her at www.drnasha.com, or follow the progress of her integrative hospital at www.mtih.org. You can also find her book, "The Metabolic Approach to Cancer", here: https://www.drnasha.com/matcbook/ , or her book, "MISTLETOE AND THE EMERGING FUTURE OF INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY" here: https://www.themistletoebook.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

We know salvation (sozo) is by grace through faith, and a gift, not of works (Eph 2:8-9). All of the promises of God are included in that word (appearing 110 times in the NT). So we receive them all the same way--entering the rest of receiving by grace through faith--and so we are also to live, in His power (Romans 5:17, Romans 8:37, 2 Cor 13:4, 1 John 4:9) and not by our own strength.The OT types of entering God's rest: - Israelites going from wilderness to Promised Land:- God's grace provided it, but the first generation failed to add faith (Heb 4:2). Psalm 95:7-11: God laments that they would not enter His rest because they knew His works but not His Ways, leading to an evil heart of unbelief (Heb 3:12, 19) and hardened hearts (Heb 3:15). - So knowing His ways is the key to entering His rest. Caleb's example: Joshua 14:7-15.- When they did finally go in, they still had a battle (though God fought for them and promised them victory): Hebrews 4:8-10- The type of the Sabbath: - Hebrews 4:4, quoting Genesis 2:2- Exo 20:11: God made this the 4th of the 10 Commandments (right after no Gods before Him, no idols, and not taking His name in vain)--so rest is key. (All the rest of the 10 Commandments were about how people were to interact with each other)- Blessings associated with keeping the Sabbath: Isaiah 58:13-14- The Heptadic calendar: - Week of days – Shabbat (sabbath): the day of rest- Week of weeks – Shavout - Week of months – the religious year- Week of years – the sabbatical year or the shmita year: when the land was to rest- Seven weeks of years + 1 – Jubilee year: when slaves/captives were to go free- Is it possible that God used the heptadic calendar, and structure throughout scripture of 7s appearing everywhere, because He intended to emphasize rest?- But it was always just a type, not about actual works on the Sabbath: Matt 12-1-12We can't achieve righteousness through our own works--the harder we try, the worse we get (Romans 7:15-20). This is meant to drive us toward giving up (Romans 7:22-25) and receiving righteousness/life from the Holy Spirit, who literally imbues our bodies with it (Romans 8:1-11). This isn't just about righteousness, or about receiving God's promises (2 Cor 1:20). Our "identity in Christ" also gives us the strength, energy, stamina, courage, etc to do what He has called us to do. - We "reign in life" through Him (Romans 5:17)- We were raised in Him to bear fruit to God (Romans 7:4). This includes love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal 5:22).- You can't bear these if you're burned out. "contentions, outbursts of wrath" are rather fruits of the flesh (Gal 5:20) which are consistent with burnout. If the fruit is negative, we're living from our own resources (flesh), not His (Spirit).- We are full of goodness and complete in knowledge (Romans 15:14).- We are enriched in every way (1 Cor 1:5).- We have the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16).- All things are ours (1 Cor 3:21).- His power is in us (Eph 1:19) - the word eis translated for or toward can also be translated in. Also Eph 3:20- We are competent and can be confident (2 Cor 3:4-6)- We can serve others from God's strength (2 Cor 13:4)- We have every blessing in the spirit realm (Eph 1:3)- God created good works for us to do, which we do in Christ (Eph 2:10)- We have grace and peace in abundance (2 Pet 1:2)- We have power, love, and self-discipline/sound mind (2 Tim 1:7)- We have everything we need for life and godliness so that we may participate in the divine nature (2 Pet 1:3-4)- Examples: - 1 Cor 15:10: Paul labored from God's grace- Jesus still went out on the boat, but slept through the storm (Matt 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25). Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This week's podcast comes from this blog post on Methylation Defects: https://www.drlaurendeville.com/articles/methylation-defects/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Steven K. Scott flunked out of his first 9 jobs right out of college, but after reading the book of Proverbs, he learned 16 strategies that he applied to each area of his life. Steve is a best selling Christian author & billion-dollar business builder. Steve’s blessed entrepreneurship journey has funded his ministry. His latest project is called “Neumi” and he refers to it as the biggest health breakthrough he’s ever seen.To learn more about Steve, go to https://stevekscott.com where you can also learn more about Neumi! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.