CHAPTER 4 - THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - SENSORY INTAKE

CHAPTER 4 - THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - SENSORY INTAKE

CHAPTER 4 - THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - SENSORY INTAKE

In your Quickened Made Alive Self Study Guide, please read the summary for CHAPTER FOUR starting on page 24. Using this information and your KJV Bible, complete the sentences and scriptures below to the glory of God!!

1. Information enters our consciousness by senses: sight,
touch,
and taste on a daily basis. It constantly feeds our body, mind and spirit, and influences our decision making and actions.
• When information initially contacts our
we make a decision to
it by continuing to view, smell, touch, taste or hear.
b. The digestive process for the mind and spirit involves stimulation,
meditation,
change, AND the assimilation of the input into our way of life
• Or we may decide to dismiss the input by
2. Similarly, when we put food into our mouths, we
it and actively decide whether to chew it and swallow it.
• The digestive process starts with
then the food is mixed with chemicals in the mouth and begins to
down into smaller particles, preparing to feed the cells.
down into smaller particles, preparing to feed the cells.
• When we receive the Word, we must mix it with
to be profitable and effective in our lives.
a. Hebrews 4:2b, “But the word preached did not profit them, not being
with
to be profitable and effective in them that heard it
• The food is swallowed and goes through a process in the body that breaks it down to
Carbohydrates, and Fats and then to chemicals, such as
• Now the chemicals are
enough to be absorbed into the circulatory system and are transported throughout the body to
the cells.
• OR, after tasting, we can
to
the food and just spit it out.
3. Spiritually, we
the Word of God when we allow it to
in our minds, and
down into small concepts that we accept,
to and
to
our attitudes, desires, thoughts and habits.
• Jeremiah 15:16, “Thy words were found and I did
them; and thy Word was unto me the
and
of mine heart.”
• James 1:22a “But be ye
of the word, and not
only.”

• READ Psalm 119:145-148, “I cried with my whole heart; . . . I will keep thy statues . . . I shall keep thy testimonies . . . I hoped in thy word . . . that I might meditate in thy word.”

4. Sugar and salt require
effort for the body to
as they are absorbed into the circulatory system from inside the mouth. These seasonings have a special appeal to the taste but can be harmful upon excessive use.
• Information that is most easily
in our memory includes the visualizations and experiences that
to our senses: sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.
• This sensory information is usually not
and results in effortless memories and learning that have potential to lure one into a meaningless stagnant life, or worse.
a. Proverbs 5:23, “He shall
without
and in the greatness of his folly he shall
5. Taste may be
or bitter,
or bland. Each taste or experience of life in light of the Word of God adds
and value to our
and spirit.
• Psalm 34:8, “O
and
that the Lord is good: blessed (happy) is the man that trusteth in him.”
6. Information or food that is
or swallowed,
or digests in the mind or body and becomes the
of what a person is.
Hidden
or swallowed,
• Proverbs 23:7a, "For as he
in his
so is he.”
7. Insulin produced in the
makes the cells capable of converting sugar, which is
into energy that is necessary for life.
• Faith is like
in our spiritual lives because it makes the Word effective and
in our lives.
• Psalm 27:13, “I had
(quit) unless I had believed to see the
of the Lord in the land of the living.”
8. Elimination is the process of releasing
substances from the body.
• Hebrews 12:1b, “Let us lay aside every
and the
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
the race that is set before us.”
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