Faith and Healing

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LESSON 6

*May 1 - 7

Faith and Healing

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SABBATH AFTERNOON

Read for This Week's Study:

Gen. 3:8–10; Ps. 118:6; Prov. 17:22; Matt. 6:27-34; Heb. 13:6; 1 John 4:18.

Memory Text:

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee” (Isaiah 26:3, NIV).

Convinced that he was the victim of an evil spell, a patient came to a physician with symptoms unrelated to any known disease or syndrome. The doctor placed before the patient two glass tubes, one filled with hydrogen peroxide, the other with plain water, though both looked identical. He then drew blood from the patient and mixed it with the hydrogen peroxide. The mixture immediately started to bubble and fizz, which the patient believed was the work of the evil spell. The doctor then gave the patient a simple saline injection, telling him that this would break the spell. After a while, he then drew blood from the patient and mixed it with the plain water in the other glass. There was no bubbling or fizzing, “proof” that the spell was broken. The patient left feeling cured, so much so that he brought all his friends to the doctor to be “cured,” as well. This story shows, indeed, how powerful an influence our mind has on our bodies, the subject for this week’s lesson.

The Week at a Glance:

Faith and trust in the Lord’s goodness can have very positive health effects.

*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, May 8.