The Vision

15th January 2009. The day of The Vision. 15th October 2014. The day of beginnings.

So likewise, you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded say, “We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do”. Luke 17:10

After completing three months of a course on “How to Hear God’s Voice”, I became aware of Dr Mark Virkler’s own journey in the United States, in establishing health care as a Christian ministry. This combination of study and information,

I felt the Lord say to me, “Restore Health Care as a Christian Ministry”.

The need to help people with their health was a focus in my life, and I always dreamed of doing something such as a health retreat, writing a book, or the like. And when this message came, to concentrate on the Christian people, it was a “light bulb” moment that is still with me. I was aware that a period for preparation and finding a mentor, a co-worker in ministry, was necessary.

After a period of years with experiences that helped me, I finally got to a point of being able to go forth and do this. The Lord provided a path to a church with a pastor who had a similar vision and desire to bring Christian Health Care into reality in a local church.

Many Christians believe that Functional Medicine, Naturopathy and other traditional medicine knowledge is based on New Age spiritual belief, and that the medical system is the only route to health care. This website contains the story of why I became a Natural Health Practitioner, the professional structure of natural medicine training, the ethics and the professional associations, insurances and other criteria required to practice these professions. This is to reassure everyone of the professional base for these professions.

Vision projected:

• Establish Christian Health Care as a teachable program that educates on the basics of good health according to biblical principles.

• This project to include the integration of natural medicine including nutrition and lifestyle education and orthodox medicine which is supported by pharmaceutical companies.

• Divine healing as the pinnacle of health care solutions.

• Information talks, workshops, sharing basic knowledge on what the body, mind and spirit needs to get well and to stay well.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6

In 1969 Maurice Blackmore started his company to provide natural medicine and education to begin to counter the increasing load of chemicals, and degradation of soils and processing of foods and the introduction of the quick fix pharmacological medicine. The situation has escalated to crisis point in western society to where 1 in 3 people are now scheduled to the most optimum of body decay, cancer.

This is a list of Christian doctors who practice naturopathic protocols and published educational books.

Resources:
Dr Robert DeMaria’s texts: Drugless Healthcare Solutions
De Jordan S Rubin: The Maker’s Diet
Don Colbert, MD: The Bible Cure series
Reese Dubin: Miracle Food Cures from the Bible
Mark & Patti Virkler: Go Natural = Eden’s Health Plan
Mark & Patti Virkler with Dr Reuben T DeHaan: “Restoring Health Care as a Ministry”

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Workshops planned:

Similar to the Alpha courses concept. Using foods that heal, and interactive talks.

8-week courses on basic education/information. Topics identified and discussed.

To start in 2015. Production of flyers, invitations to the outside community to attend.

My input would be complete formulation of a plan to implement Christian Health Care as a Ministry, writing of course material and implementation. This would require consultation with other church members who may elect to be on a Health Care Ministry team.

A need to incorporate the use of knowing blood type to select optimum foods for health restoration and maintenance.

Workshop Lessons were identified and written:

1. Water and the importance of hydration and minerals.

2. Digestion: The most important function in both body and mind

3. Fats: The good and not so good. We can’t live without them

4. Protein, carbohydrates, vitamins. What are they and where to we get them?

5. Bible foods and blood type foods. What is right for your type.

6. Sleep, exercise, EMR. How to manage all this for your health’s sake.

7. Direction on diets: Daniels, diseases that are created by various healthy diets.

8. God’s direction for us, summary and testimonies and a feast.

During 2015 and 2016 these workshops were delivered, along with several Saturday seminars on Stress and Women’s Health. All material has been written, compiled and delivered by Lesley Parker, and will be re-written as a published set of basic knowledge for health and wellbeing for the Christian community and other groups.

Testimonies from the many people who attended these courses:

“Excellent information for all”

“I have better use of my hands and less pain in my finger since drinking as per the water drinking plan”

“Blood type looks after the nuances of the differences in our digestive systems”

“I’m gradually wading through the info and changing what I eat. I’m using minerals in my water and it’s all going really well”

“I burp a lot, so with eliminating foods that are not on my blood type, and with taking enzymes I no longer burp, I’ve more energy and wake less tired”

“Using the information, I have fewer colds, eating to blood type, I feel more energetic and feel I’m doing what God has called me to do: look after His holy temple”

The Vision continues in other ways:

Through social media: Facebook “Words in Season”; writing for magazines and newspapers, and looking forward to publishing various Christian health care journals with a view to using bible science to uncover commonsense in our world where information is on overload with contradiction and false news, through many media forums.

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