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		<title>Health and well-being. What&#8217;s the purpose of it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health and well-being. What&#8217;s the purpose of having it? Why should we desire to be healthy? John Wesley, founder of the Methodist denomination, would have said that the purpose of good health is to enable us to do the things that God has planned for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10) According to Wesley, our goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caring for Your Spiritual Heart: Weekly Health Scripture and Devotional &#8211; Proverbs 4:23</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The month of February is recognized as heart month. Valentine&#8217;s Day is celebrated on the 14th. During this time of year, many of us are thinking about how we can demonstrate love toward a person we care about or a family member.  It can also be a time to reflect on how we are caring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broken Heart Syndrome: Health On the Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another article appearing in the Wall Street Journal this week is worth passing along.  The author, Ron Winslow, writes that &#8220;Broken Heart Syndrome is typically triggered by acute emotion or physical trauma that releases a surge of adrenaline that overwhelms the heart. The effect is to freeze much of the left ventricle, the heart&#8217;s main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Heart Health and God &#8211; Weekly Health Devotional &#8211; Proverbs 4:23</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Wear Red Day Heart disease is the number one killer of women and today is National Wear Red Day.  This is a campaign by the American Heart Associations to build awareness of the risk of heart disease and to raise funds for research and education on behalf of women everywhere.  Many women will wear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Heart &#8211; Weekly Faith and Health Scripture &#8211; Proverbs 4:23 &amp; 17:22</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was listening to Johnny Cash&#8217;s song, &#8220;I Walk the Line&#8221;, while I was running. One of the lines in the song is &#8220;Keep a close watch on this heart of mine.&#8221; It reminded me of several scriptures: Proverbs 4:23 &#8211; &#8220;Above all else, guard your heart for it is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Faith and Health Scripture &#8211; A Cheerful Heart Releases Helpful Hormones &#8211; Proverbs 17:22</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science Daily reports that researchers of Loma Linda University in California have found that even the anticipation of a positive humorous laughter experience reduces potentially detrimental stress hormones. In their work in 2006, the researchers found that the anticipation of “mirthful laughter” had significant effects. Two hormones, beta-endorphins and human growth hormone increased significantly when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Faith and Health Scripture: Proverbs 14:30 &amp; 4:23 &#8211; Your Heart &amp; Your Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author of these proverbs wrote over 2000 years ago about the importance of taking care of our heart. A traditional version of the Bible records Proverbs 14:30 this way: &#8220;A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.&#8221; A more contemporary version reads: &#8220;A peaceful heart leads to a [...]]]></description>
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