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Health Article – 8: The Essential Elements Your Body Needs

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It is commonly said, “You are what you eat”. Think of it, the human body has over 30 trillion cells. One source says 37 trillion and others say over 60 trillion and as much as 70 trillion cells. The fact is that cell division is on-going all the time in our bodies, so that in a year, all the cells are typically replaced with new cells. That is why cancer and other degenerative diseases are bad: good cells being replaced by bad ones. I have suffered from Prostate Cancer, Diabetes and hypertension, so I know what I am talking about. It takes great effort and prayers to reverse any degrative disease once it has started, and I am on it by the Health Tips in these series. Please consult your Doctor to diagnose and treat any disease you may be suffering from.

There are some 60 chemical elements in the human body. There are trace elements, also called micro-minerals, such as iron, iodine, fluoride, copper, zinc, chromium, selenium, manganese and molybdenum. These trace elements are all vital for maintaining good health. They are part of enzymes, hormones and cells in the body.

About 96 percent of the mass of the human body is made up of just four elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, with a lot of that in the form of water. The remaining 4 percent is a sparse sampling of the periodic table of elements.

The more prominent ones are called macro nutrients, while those appearing only as parts per million or less are referred to as micronutrients.

These nutrients perform various functions, including the building of bones and cell structures, regulating the body’s pH, carrying charge, and driving chemical reactions. 

The FDA has set a reference daily intake for 12 minerals (calcium, iron, phosphorous, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, and chloride). Sodium and potassium also have recommended levels, but they are treated separately. 

However, this does not exhaust the list of elements that you need. Sulfur is not usually mentioned as a dietary supplement because the body gets plenty of it in proteins. 

And there are several other elements — such as silicon, boron, nickel, vanadium and lead — that may play a biological role but are not classified as essential.

Here is a quick rundown of the first 20 elements, with the percentage of body weight in parentheses.

Oxygen(65%) and hydrogen (10%) are mostly found in water, which makes up about 60 % of body weight. It’s practically impossible to imagine life without water.

Carbon (18%) is synonymous with life. Its central role is the fact that it has four bonding sites that allow for the building of long, complex chains of molecules. Also, carbon bonds can be formed and broken with a modest amount of energy, allowing for the dynamic organic chemistry that goes on in our cells. 

Nitrogen(3%) is found in many organic molecules, including the amino acids that make up proteins, and the nucleic acids that make up DNA.

Calcium(1.5%) is the most common mineral in the human body — nearly all of it found in bones and teeth. Ironically, calcium’s most important role is in bodily functions, such as muscle contraction and protein regulation. In fact, the body will actually pull calcium from bones (causing problems like osteoporosis) if there’s not enough of the element in a person’s diet.

Phosphorus(1%) is found mostly in bone but also in the molecule ATP, which provides energy in cells for driving chemical reactions.

Potassium(0.25%) is an important electrolyte (meaning it carries a charge in solution). It helps regulate the heartbeat and is vital for electrical signaling in nerves.

Sulfur(0.25%) is found in two amino acids that are important for giving proteins their shape.

Sodium(0.15%) is another electrolyte that is vital for electrical signaling in nerves. It also regulates the amount of water in the body.

Chlorine(0.15%) is usually found in the body as a negative ion, called chloride. This electrolyte is important for maintaining a normal balance of fluids.

Magnesium(0.05%) plays an important role in the structure of the skeleton and muscles. It also is necessary in more than 300 essential metabolic reactions.

Iron(0.006%) is a key element in the metabolism of almost all living organisms. It is also found in hemoglobin (about 3 to 4 grams of iron in the body), which is the oxygen carrier in red blood cells. Half of women don’t get enough iron in their diet. Iron is also part of many enzymes and is essential for growth, healing, immune function and synthesis of DNA. For adequate intakes of this essential nutrient, include foods such as beef  (I personally don’t take large amounts anymore, only minutely or seasonally),  poultry, fish, soybean flour, spinach, beans and fortified cereals in your diet.

Fluorine(0.0037%) is found in teeth and bones. Outside of preventing tooth decay and possibly bone loss, it does not appear to have any importance to bodily health. While your main source of fluoride is fluoridated water, fluorine is also present in saltwater fish, tea and coffee.

Zinc(0.0032%) is an essential trace element for all forms of life. Several proteins contain structures called “zinc fingers” help to regulate genes. Zinc deficiency has been known to lead to dwarfism in developing countries.  In addition to its role in formation of enzymes, zinc improves immune function, helps clot blood, maintains sense of taste and smell, keeps skin healthy and enables normal growth and development. You can obtain sufficient amounts of zinc by regularly eating eggs, seafood, red meats, fortified cereals and whole grains.

Copper (0.0001%) is important as an electron donor in various biological reactions. The body has about 75 mg of copper, about one-third of which is found in the muscles.  Without enough copper, iron won’t work properly in the body. Copper prevents damage to cells due to its antioxidant action, and as a component of many enzymes it helps in production of energy from carbohydrates, protein and fat. Copper combines with certain proteins to produce enzymes that act as catalysts to help a number of body functions. Some are involved in the transformation of melanin for pigmentation of the skin, and others help to form cross-links in collagen and elastin and thereby maintain and repair connective tissues. This is especially important for the heart and arteries. Research suggests that copper deficiency is one factor leading to an increased risk of developing coronary heart disease. Copper is also essential for formation of bone, connective tissues and red blood cells. It is present in many foods including organ meats, shellfish, chocolate, beans and whole-grain cereals.

Iodine (0.000016%) is required for making of thyroid hormones T3, or triiodothyronine, and T4, or thyroxine, which regulates metabolic rate and other cellular functions. Iodine deficiency, which can lead to goiter and brain damage especially in new born, is an important health problem prevalent throughout much of the world.  However, you can get sufficient amounts of iodine by consuming iodized salt, seafood, eggs and milk.

Selenium (0.000019%) is essential for certain enzymes, including several anti-oxidants. Unlike animals, plants do not appear to require selenium for survival, but they do absorb it, so there are several cases of selenium poisoning from eating plants grown in selenium-rich soils. Selenium, along with vitamin E works as an antioxidant that prevents damage of cells, may prevent some cancers and is essential for the normal functioning of the thyroid gland. Meat, seafood, nuts and cereals are good sources of selenium.

Chromium(0.0000024%) helps regulate sugar levels by interacting with insulin, but the exact mechanism is still not completely understood.  Apart from positively vitalizing the insulin in your body, which maintains your blood sugar levels, Chromium is also essential for metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Some important sources of chromium include liver, processed meats, brewer’s yeast, whole grains, cheese and nuts. 

Manganese(0.000017%) is essential for certain enzymes, in particular those that protect mitochondria — the place where usable energy is generated inside cells — from dangerous oxidants. Manganese not only helps in the formation of enzymes, but is also necessary for their activation. It works as an antioxidant, helps develop bones and heals wounds by increasing collagen production. Good sources of manganese include pineapple, nuts, whole grains and beans.

Molybdenum (0.000013%) is essential to virtually all life forms. In humans, it is important for transforming sulfur into a usable form. In nitrogen-fixing bacteria, it is important for transforming nitrogen into a usable form.  Like manganese, molybdenum helps activate some enzymes and enables normal cell function. Sources of molybdenum include milk, legumes, whole-grain breads and nuts.

Cobalt (0.0000021%) is contained in vitamin B12, which is important in protein formation and DNA regulation. 

Reference: http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Just-Elemental/Science-Ideas-and-Concepts/The-essential-elements

CAUTION: Too much or too little?

Large amounts of essential elements can prove toxic:

  • Too much copper in the diet can result in damage to the liver, discolorations of the skin and hair, and can cause hyperactivity in children.
  • Too much iron in the diet can result in damage to the heart and liver.

Too little of any given essential element can result in ill-health and, if left untreated, could result in death:

  • Zinc is a component of certain digestive enzymes and other proteins. Not enough in the diet can result in growth failure, scaly skin inflammation, reproductive failure, and impaired immunity.
  • People who suffer from iron deficiency show symptoms such as lack of energy, getting tired easily and being short of breath.

JA Journaling

Knowledge is power. If you are armed with the knowledge of what you eat and how it nourishes your body you will be healthy. Everything you put into your body, whether it is a spoon of your specially spiced delicious rice, a bite of an apple, drinking a glass of water, or taking a boost of juice, eating some sticks of carrots or mulching properly washed raw kale leaves as I now do, all of which transformed my health, you would come to accept that the right food and drinks improves your health, vitality and quality of life. My body is the greatest factory in the world and I better maintain it in optimal performance by putting in the right ingredients so my overall well-being will be pleasing to God, myself, my spouse and my children. By so doing, I will live long to fulfil my days in Jesus name. Amen.

Health Article – 6: Watch what you Eat

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Don’t Eat the Fat

God clearly commanded the Israelites not to eat the fat (Lev. 3:17, 7:23, 24).

17 It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood (Lev. 3:17).

23 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep or a goat. 24 Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but you must certainly not eat it (Lev. 7:23-24).

Dr Vickler writes, “The fat you eat is the fat you wear”. This statement vividly describes those who thrive on high fat diet. Sooner than later the fat in the plate sits in various part of the body and you find it more difficult to remove than when you put it into your body.

Not all fats are the same. Animal fats appear to be what God was commanding us not to eat.

Eat these Fat

Natural plant-based are much more easily digested and healthier for our bodies. For examples raw nuts and seeds, avocados, extra virgin olive oil, and coconut have many health benefits all of which appear to have the good cholesterol.

My Experience

  1. Immediately I switch to the Genesis diet, eating the Superfoods listed earlier such as properly washed kale leaves (inexpensive and acts fast, easily absorbed and you feel the effect right away), pure tomato juice,  and Salmon fish I felt much better and felt no longer tired after meals. My family is now on board with the meal. Our son, David, likes kale leave and I noticed it reduced the pimples on his face. I did try to wash a breakfast meal down with a glass of 2% milk and felt tired so I resolved to go on soy milk or similarly rather than the animal milk (JA Journaling).
  2. I have significantly reduced my consumption of meat and dairy products hoping to get it to an average of 90% in a little while.  Meanwhile I resolved to substitute my meat consumption with more of healthy fish like salmon and choose soy milk instead of the 2 percent animal-based dairy milk. In a social gathering, I could participate taking a little here and there without excess because even in the Bible there are feast days when we are to eat the fat (or rich foods, Neh. 10:8). I hope to become stricter, becoming more vegetarian with my diet, but not professing myself to be fully so. After all the essence is to become healthier and anything biblical promotes my sound health I am willing to give in to it.

A Vegetarian Diet greatly enhances your Strength

Athletic performance is greatly improved with vegetarian diet. However, there is scientific evidence that athletic performance at very high level requires some trace elements found only in sufficient quantity in red meat when consumed one time, these athletes designed their diets suitable for their individual performances.

In a Gatorade Sports Science institute journal, Susan Kleiner PhD, RD, a high-performance nutritionist titled her research paper “The role of meat in an athlete diet: its effect on key Macro and Micro-nutrients”. She points out the deficiency that may arise for athletes. Her key points are.

1. “In the typical Western diet, meats such as beef, lamb, pork, veal, poultry, and fish are the predominant sources of protein, B vitamins, iron, and zinc.”

2. “Iron and zinc are the two nutrients most often deficient in vegetarian or modified-vegetarian diets. Also, iron and zinc are the most cited nutrients that may be deficient in the diet of athletes.”

3. “Athletes who choose to exclude meat from their diets must carefully plan diets to enhance nutrient availability, particularly for iron and zinc.”

Meat Eaters versus Vegans

Notwithstanding the long-term deficiencies that others argue could arise from going completely vegan, could arise, In Diet for a New America, author John Robbin described several laboratory studies comparing meat eaters with vegetarians in strength and endurance. The result showed vegetarians were two to three times stronger.

Similarly, in spiritual matters, amplification is all that matters. A vegan diet improved tenfold the performance of the mind of Daniel and his other three Hebrew colleagues in terms of wisdom, knowledge and understanding (Dan. 1:17-21).

All said, after reading about both sides of the argument,  I plan to cut my meat consumption by 95%, eating it only very rarely, probably once or twice a month.  I suppose this will be a good target for me to be at peak performance mentally and physically.

Three Diets in Scriptures

1. The Genesis diet the healthiest

2. Clean Meats (the next healthiest)

3. Unclean meats is an abomination (Lev. 11:10,12)

Why I don’t believe the New Testament changes these Health Laws

1. Acts 10:28-29

2. 1 Tim 4:4

3. Romans 14 understood in the context of 1 Cor. 8

When an orthodox Jew says food, is he including unclean meat?

The Corinthian question is could one eat food, (i.e. clean animals) which have been offered to idols?” Paul says it is acceptable, as long as it doesn’t cause a fellow Christian to stumble (i.e. a Christian brother who is not sure if is proper to eat food – clean meat – which has been offered to idols).

4.  1 Cor. 10:23 – “… all things are lawful for me” does not mean Paul can now go out and commit adultery. He means that even though the Old Testament law would allow him to eat clean meats offered to idols, he will not do so if it causes someone else to stumble.

5. Matthew 15:11 “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man”. (See also Mark 7:19 where it adds the phrase, thus He declared all foods are clean”.)

The discussion here is not dietary foods that makes a person clean spiritually. Eating meats or some other unclean meats will not send you to hell. However, statistics indicate quite convincingly that it will get you to heaven sooner.

Health Article – 5: Superiority of the Genesis Diet

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Gen. 1:29 reads, 29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you.  

God spoke it a as part of the blessing of dominion, procreation, regeneration and renewal of our beings and the earth’s resources.

The key categories in the Genesis diet are:

  1. Vegetables
  2. Legumes
  3. Whole Grain
  4. Fruits
  5. Raw Seeds and Raw nuts

Eaten in right proportions they make our bodies function best.

Setting your Calorie Need

Most Food Guides leaves you to work out your daily calorific intake based on how you expend energy.

In the American Food Guide, the three calorie categories for Adults and teens are 1600 calories, 2200 calories and 2800 calories.

From the pyramid guide we learn further that 1,600 calories is about right for many sedentary women and some older adults.  2,200 calories is about right for most children, teenage girls, active women and many sedentary men. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding may need more, the food guide says. 2,800 calories is said to be about right for many teenage boys, many active men, and some active women.

Sometime ago when I asked my doctor how many calories I need a day, he advised that 1,600 calories is what the Medical Community now takes as a good number to meet my physiological daily need as well as be on a downward trend in weight loss. Of course, he did not exclude meat but advised it be taken in small size with little or no fat in my meals. I followed his advice.

Other Western Food Guides, Canadian and British, compared to the Genesis Diet

  • The Canadian diet, on the Government of Canada website, like the American falls short of the Genesis diet.  It includes milk and meats in its recommended servings.
  • Whereas the American and Canadian diets promote the inclusion of meat, fat and oil in our servings the Genesis diet has no meat, nor explicit oil or fat. The oil and fat within the Genesis diet comes from within the nuts, plant and their seeds in the natural form, not processed form.
  • The British healthy food plate published by Public Health England recommends 8 tips for eating well, cutting down on saturated fats. They may be better tolerated for the some people than the usual high-calorie fattening American diet.

1. Base your meals on starchy foods

2. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables

3. Eat more fish – including a portion of oily fish each week

4. Cut down on saturated fat and sugar

5. Eat less salt, no more than 6g a day for adults

6. Get active and be a healthy weight

7. Don’t get thirsty

8. Don’t skip breakfast

Nonetheless, the British food plate promote foods high in fat/or sugar which suggests the source is from processed foods, again falling short of the Genesis diet.

Asian and African Diets

The typical Asian diet appears healthier than the American and European diets as the food plates and calories serving shows. The people appear generally more diminutive but their diet appears more plant based and closer to the Genesis diet which may promote more healthiness and longevity.

The proportion of servings in the African Diet is highly different depending on the region and country of Africa; whether it is rural or urban and whether there is good harvest or seasons of famine. Fruits and vegetables are generally abundant in wet regions, but food storage is poor.

Health Article – 2: Detoxify, Strengthen & Nourish your Body

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We can detoxify our bodies by reducing pesticides, chemicals and smog:

  • Eating the Genesis diet (The main food groups including the Genesis diets are starches, vegetables, fruits, and nuts).
  • Breathing pure air
  • Drinking pure water
  • Eating vital food
  • Excreting waste from the intestine quickly
  • Using herbs wisely
  • Eating superfoods
  • Remove toxic chemicals from surfaces which we touch
  • Taking vitamins and minerals
  • Taking antioxidants
  • Fasting
  • Praying for healing

We can strengthen our immune systems by

  • Eating the Genesis diet
  • Praying for healing
  • Being healed of past emotional traumas
  • Living in a spirit of faith, hope and love
  • Exercising
  • Receiving proper chiropractic care
  • Eating vital food
  • Taking vitamins and minerals
  • Using herbs wisely
  • Taking aloe Vera
  • Taking Pycnogenol
  • Taking DHEA
  • Eating superfoods
  • Supplementing with co-enzyme Q10

We can nourish our cells by

  • Eating the Genesis diet
  • Eating Superfoods
  • Breathing pure air
  • Taking vitamins and minerals
  • Drinking 7 or 8 glasses of pure water daily
  • Supplementing with co-enzyme Q10

Is Milk a Necessity for Children?

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1 Peter 2:1-3 (AKJV)

1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking’s, 2 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

I would say everyone living today was once a child. No one was born an adult. Well, Adam and his wife Eve, from bible records were made as full-grown man and woman.

Since we were all children at one time or the other, there was need for us to drink milk.

I have never heard of anyone who said that he is a father to God, or brother or sister to God, or even god-father to God. Everyone who is a Christian is only a child of God irrespective of age, race or gender.

 What is milk to children?

Milk is sustenance to children. Milk is their food and it keeps them alive and growing. Children have this natural desire and instinct to drink milk. They cry for it and the parent recognizes the fact that they are hungry and takes care of that need. I also know that children cry for different needs, but the most important of all is for food, and thereby sustenance.

Our milk as children of God is the word of God. Do I have that desire for God’s word? Do you have that desire for God’s word? Do you see God’s words as sustenance for your life?

Milk is like the manna God gave to the children of Israel as they journeyed through the wilderness to the Promised Land. They were sustained by God.

As we eat physical food to sustain our physical bodies, we also need spiritual food for our spiritual growth and sustenance.

When we starve our spiritual being, we are going to suffer from spiritual kwashiorkor. We would know very little about our father God and have less of His virtues.

 How do we drink the milk of His word?

Jesus said’ man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from his mouth’.

We obtain the milk of God’s word by going to our Father. Open his word he has given to us, the bible and allow the Spirit of God to direct you and illuminate scriptures to you as you study.

 Excuses

Do we have excuses of no time or we are too busy with other affairs of life? Let us not be like the rich fool in the bible who said he wanted to break down barns and build bigger barns, and yet not rich towards God. We should realize that all we have and all we are belongs to him. So my friend, take time out of your busy schedule and have an alone time with your father, God, who is the creator of the heavens and the earth.

God bless you.

Esther Agbi

DEC. 31 2018/2019 NEW YEAR PRAYERS

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2019 THEME:

Retaining the Hid Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge of Christ [Col. 2:3]

[aka Know the love of Christ…… filled with all the fullness of God: Eph. 3:19]

Isaiah 55: 9-11 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Psalm 36:7-10 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Col. 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Eph. 5:17 (NASB, NIV)  So, then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Eph. 3:16-19 That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Mon Dec. 31 2018 – Tues Jan. 1, 2019 (New Year worship/thanksgiving/prayers)

All the prayers should be prayed in Jesus name. Also cleanse yourself regularly with the blood of Jesus.

Celebrating the divine exchange of Christ on the Cross

Recite and thank God for each of these victories Christ obtained on the cross for us & thank Him for it daily:

  1. Jesus was punished that we might be forgiven (Isaiah 53:4-5)
  2. Jesus was wounded that we might be healed (1 Peter 2:24)
  3. He was made sin with our sinfulness that we might become righteous with His righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21)
  4. He became our wisdom, power, redemption, sanctification (1 Cor. 1:24, 30)
  5. Jesus died our death that we might share His life and Spirit (Rom. 6:23; Rom. 8:1-4)
  6. He became poor with our poverty that we might be rich with His riches (Eph. 1:3; 2 Cor. 8:9)
  7. Jesus bore our shame that we might share His glory (Rom. 8:17; Heb. 12:1-2; 1 Peter 4:13)
  8. He endured our rejection that we might have His acceptance as children of God (Matt. 27:46; Eph. 1:5-6)
  9. Jesus became a curse for us that we might receive His blessings (Gal. 3:13-14)

Praise Worship:         Confession: Eph. 3:1-21; Psalm 147:1-20      Text: Isaiah 55:1-13

 Read Isaiah 55 thoughtfully & prayerfully, praising God for the assurance of His word [Isaiah 55:9-11]

  1. Thank God for His manifold wisdom in Christ Jesus that He has revealed to the church [Eph. 3:1-9]
  2. Thank God His eternal purpose is accomplished by the church & principalities must bow [Eph. 3:10-11]
  3. Thank God for His grace & mercy, for His unfailing love & your many testimonies in 2018 [Eph. 3:16-19]
  4. Thank God for the boldness & access we have to Him through our Lord Jesus [Eph. 3:12; Heb. 10:19-25]
  5. Bless Him for His abundant care & provision by the unsearchable riches of Christ [Isa. 55:1-3; Eph. 3:8]
  6. Ask God for His Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ in 2019 [Eph. 1:17-18]
  7. Thank God that His awesome power in Christ subdued satan in 2018 & He will in 2019 [Eph. 1:19-23]
  8. Thank God for your family, for life & victorious testimonies over many obstacles in 2018 [Psalm 121]
  9. Thank God for healing the wounds in your heart and filling your heart with praise [Psalm 147:1-7]
  10. Thank God for healing all the diseases that befell you in 2018. They will never return [Psalm 103:1-5]
  11. Worship God for His awesome power. Pray each verse of Psalm 147 in the spirit [Psalm 147:1-20].

40 Days Prayer & Fasting Starts on Wed. Jan. 2, 2019 – Sun. Feb. 10, 2019

Repentance, Brokenness & Fruit of the Spirit (Week 1: Wed. Jan 2 – Sat. Jan. 5 2019)

Praise Worship:         Confession: Rom. 6:1-23; Exodus 20:1-26      Text : John 3:1-36

  1. Lord, I repent of all my sins and rededicate my life to you. I bow in deep contrition (Luke 18:1-6)
  2. Lord, I forgive all who offended me. Release me from all captivity by others (Matt. 18:21-22; Eph. 4:32)
  3. Lord, thank you for delivering me from the power of sin, hell & the grave (Gal. 3:16-26; 1 Cor. 15:34-58)
  4. I reject every idol of the heart. I worship only the true and living God (Exod. 20:4-6; Ezek. 14:1-11)
  5. Lord, heal my wounded broken spirit and cause the joy of salvation be mine again (Psalm 51:1-19)
  6. I reject every spirit of pride and complexities inimical to the gospel of Christ (Phil. 3:17-21)
  7. Oh Lord, shine your incomprehensible light over my soul (Gen. 1:1-3; John 1:1-5)
  8. Lord, I am a child of light; grant me the grace to be sober and watch (1 Thess. 5:5-6; Phil. 2:12-16)
  9. Lord fill my heart with the desire for holiness and godly fear (Isaiah 3:1-26; Matt. 5:1-113; Heb. 12:1-29)
  10. Lord, make me a broken believer. You are the potter and I am the clay. Break and mold me (Jer. 18:1-6)
  11. Lord, let the fruit of the Spirit of humility, meekness and gentleness flourish in my life (Gal. 5:22-23)
  12. Lord, fill my heart with your Spirit of love. Cause me to love the brethren genuinely (Heb. 13:1-3; Jh. 3)

Transformed into His Image & Likeness (Week Six: Feb. 3 – Feb. 9, 2019)

In this last week, our aim is to become like Christ in every way. To be Christ like, we must bear His earthly image and later His heavenly image. His image is all we need to be filled with the fullness of God. Pray the following prayer with the picture of Christ in your heart.

Praise Worship          Confession: Gen. 1:26-31; Phil. 2:1-30      Text :  Col. 3:1-25

  1. Lord thank you for making me in your image and likeness by the order of Christ (Gen. 1:26-27)
  2. Lord you gave me dominion and authority, I exercise them in Christ (Gen. 1:28-31; Mark 16:15-18)
  3. I mortify my body; I seek the things that are above; conform me to the image of Christ (Col. 3:1-10)
  4. Thank you for circumcising my heart, for baptism, & spiritual renewal (Ezek. 36:26-27; Col. 2:11-13)
  5. Lord, I groan; prepare me; let my body, soul & spirit be full of your life and vitality daily ( 2 Cor. 5:1-10)
  6. Lord fashion out your image, I bear His earthly image & shall bear His heavenly image (1 Cor. 15:45-50)
  7. Lord, remove every veil over my heart and let your word dominate my thought life (2 Cor. 3:1-16).
  8. Lord Jesus I behold your glory, transform me into your image daily by your Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17-18)
  9. Breathe of God fill my soul, sanctify me and preserve me spirit, soul and body (Gen. 2:1-7; 1 Thess. 5:23)
  10. Lord Jesus, let your marks reflect on my body daily and your grace be with my spirit (Galatians 6:17-18)
  11. Lord, I bless you for your forgiveness …. & I thank you for renewing my youth as an eagle’s (Ps. 103:1-5)
  12. Spirit of the Living God, prepare me while I live to incorruption, glory and power (1 Cor. 15:39-44)
  13. The fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Christ. Thank you Lord, I am complete in you (Col. 2:9-10a)
  14. Thank you for the total defeat the enemy suffered on the cross, He has no power over me (Col. 2:14-15)
  15. Lord, thank you for dwelling in my heart by faith and for your root of love in my heart (Eph. 3:16-19)
  16. Lord fil my heart with humility. Instruct & transform my mind to be like yours (Phil. 2:5-11; 1 Cor. 2:16)

God Bless you immensely.

Bishop Dr Joseph and Pastor Dr Esther Agbi

Prelate and Founders of Christ Our Wisdom Ministries.