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“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” 3 John 2
1911 – Polish Scientist
Cure for BeriBeri
Vita = Life
Amine = nitrogen compound
Vitamins – necessary for life
R.D.A. – Recommended Dietary
Allowances
Vitamine
Benefits = anti-infection properties, boosts your immune system, maintains healthy eye cells
Deficiencies = night blindness, diminishes your ability to fight infections
1. Bible – God’s Word is taught2. Learn more about Jesus who died for you3. Opportunity to serve God and His church4. Offers fellowship with Christians5. It will help you develop character6. Set proper example for your family7. A living testimony to your neighbors8. Helps you prepare for life beyond the grave9. Helps rear children in the Lord10. We get to worship God as one people
10 Reasons Why I Should Attend
Results of negligence ofVitamin AA = Attendance
Spiritual Sickness
James 1:14 = drawn away
2 Pet. 1:5-9 = blindness, being spiritually shortsighted
Benefits = maintain healthy skin, enhance nervous system function, increase metabolism
Deficiencies = anemia
Milk is for Babies – 1 Pet. 2:2
We are to mature – 2 Pet. 3:18
Builds up – Acts 20:32
Ps.119:11“Thy word have I hid in my heart”
Results of negligence ofVitamin BB = Bible Study
Not able to teach – Heb. 5:12
Not strong – Eph. 4:14
Anemic Christians
Hunger and Thirst – Matt. 5:6
Benefits = protection against immune system deficiencies, cardiovascular disease, lower blood pressure, and skin wrinkling
Deficiencies = Scurvy
Results of negligence ofVitamin CC = Christian Service
Matt. 5:13 “good for nothing”
We cannot rest on our past work
Phil. 3:13-14 - I press toward the goal
Benefits = strengthens bones, preventing heart disease, certain cancers
Deficiencies = increased risk of cardiovascular disease, increase cancer risk, cognitive impairments
Not a substitute for others
1 Thess. 5:17 “Pray without ceasing”
1 Jn. 5:14 “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He hears us”
Results of negligence ofVitamin DD = Daily Prayer
Susceptible to sin – Matt. 26:41
Do not have because we do not ask - James 4:2
Lack of Interest
Benefits = major antioxidant, prevent some cancers, healthy skin
Deficiencies = Neurological problems, cause some cancers
Rom. 12:1-2 - not like world
1 Cor. 10:12-13 – way to escape
1 Jn. 2:15-16 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.”
Results of negligence ofVitamin EE = Exclusion
“Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals” 1 Cor. 15:33
Evil companions corrupt us
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” 3 John 2