30: More Real Bread Stories

29: My Favorite Fats for Baking

“The Central Issue: Love or Selfishness?” | Sabbath School Panel by 3ABN...

Sorry I missed posting last week. Here is the 2nd lesson in this series. I am hoping it blesses you! :O) 

28: My Oil of Choice

Another installment of Breadbeckers! :O) 

27: The Facts About Fats - Part 2

26: The Facts About Fats - Part 1

25: A Little Bread History

“The War Behind All Wars” | Sabbath School Panel by 3ABN - Lesson 1 Q2 2024

We are going to do something a little different. I will be sharing a Sabbath School Panel with you. If you would like to get a lesson for yourself- click here  This quarters topic is "The Great Controversy" And this weeks lesson is called "The War Behind All Wars." Be blessed :O) 

 Just checking in for a few minutes to say everything is going well here. The weather looks as if it is safe to plant things out in my garden. I sure hope no unexpected surprises come our way because I started planting my tomato plants out in the garden today! Earlier in the week I planted squash seeds and green beans and patiently waiting for the plants to emerge. I really enjoy the springtime but it does get awfully busy trying to keep up with it all. 

I live in an area where the eclipse will be visible and hoping things don't get a crazy as I have heard some to say it could. Of course I learned several years ago not to listen to all the propaganda. I will be doing my best to go fill up my car this afternoon - because it is at 1/4 of a tank and I do not like it that low. I don't do a lot of running around but I like to keep a decent amount of gas in my car just in case. We may try to get a few groceries so that we don't have to worry about that for a while. 

I hope you all are doing well. :O) 

24: It's the Bread Story, with guest, Christine Abrahims

23: How to Get Started on the Real Bread Journey

The Big Picture

20: Joseph Vision

19: Go to the Ant

God is Love, Which Explains Everything (Part 3)

18: The Unique Fiber in Oats and Barley

I love how God created so many different grains for us to have a variety and also to help us get nutrition that our bodies need. Not only that but He created them in a way that will help our bodies work much more efficiently.  

17: Eat More Fiber

Good Morning! Time for another installment of Bread Becker's "Sue's Healthy Minutes" 
Enjoy :O) 

God is Love, Which Explains Everything (Part 2)

16: Salt of the Earth

15: Don't Quit. Ask Again.

God is Love, Which Explains Everything (Part 1)

May you be blessed! :O) 

14: It's The Bread Story, with guest, Janet Caraway

13: The Importance of Rest

The Genius of Three

Starting a new series today! This is only a 5 part series. May you be blessed! :O) 

This pastors name is Ty Gibson, just in case you want to look him up. He has a lot of great books as well. I am currently reading his book "The God Named Desire" 

12: Exercise in Search of Work

A day late but oh well. 

By the way today is day 40 of my sugar fast. Be watching for a post about it. :O) 

11: Get Rid of the Junk

9 - "Sleep" - Secrets to Wellness"

10: Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables

What We Learned to Do and Watch Ingredients, you may be surprised

 During this sugar fast, I had noticed that the Aldi's peanut butter I was using had 2 grams of added sugar. At first I didn't think that was a big deal. Especially since I didn't want to spend the big bucks to get the natural peanut butter that had none. Thankfully my Mom bought me a jar of Smuckers Peanut Butter. Yummy! It was delicious. But again, I did not want to have to pay $4 something for peanut butter. 

Then I made a trip to Winco- It's about a 30 minute drive or so - so I don't make it very often. While there I found that they have machines that you can grind peanuts into peanut butter. $1.88 a pound!! They also have honey nut peanut butter, cashew butter, and almond butter you can grind. These cost more per pound. 

When I got home I realized that the peanut butter was still pretty thick, not creamy like the Smuckers. So what was I going to do? My husband started looking at what we could do here at home to make peanut butter. Found some reasonable machines on Amazon- with, of course, reviews stating that the machines didn't last long. Then he did more research and found out that we would put peanuts in the food processor and make it ourselves. Thankfully we had a jar of peanuts and so we began making peanut butter. It was fun to watch it evolve from peanuts all the way to creamy peanut butter. You just have to mix it long enough to get there. We scooped the peanut butter into half pint canning jelly jars. It is very good! Just like smuckers!  

And all that is in our peanut butter is roasted peanuts and 2 pinches of salt. 

Be sure and look at the ingredients in the natural peanut butters- I was surprised to see palm oil in some that said they were natural. It's sad because I am sure there are many people out there eating what they think is natural peanut but but it has ingredients that you may not want to be putting in your body. I know I don't want palm oil in my peanut butter. Anyway this is why am sharing this experence so you will know to be watching and how it is to make your own. Oh and by the way- if you have a Winco near by and you grind some peanuts to make peanut butter but you want it creamier- you can put it in your food processor and blend some more till it is creamy!! 

09: The Army Within Us

8 - "Sunshine" - Secrets to Wellness

13 - "The Day of Atonement” - The Sanctuary Salvation and Our Savior

A Three Word Year!

 I started at the results by picking the word THRIVE. But in my readings God has reminded me that I need to add 2 more words for this year. So apparently this will be a 3 word year! And honestly when you understand what I mean you will also realize that maybe every year from now on will be at least 3 words, maybe 4 word years! 

Do you know that story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho? If not you can find it in Joshua chapters 5-6. 

"For the walls to come tumbling down, God's people had to first shout the victory. In full obedience and faithful expectancy, they lifted up their voices to Him in praise." (This quote was found on page 38 of the book "The 40-day Sugar Fast") 

In order to get the victory they had to believe and praise. 

I already knew that victory was another word for this year. This word just keeps coming up so much that I couldn't ignore it. But I just kept feeling like something was missing. But today it became quite clear that is was praise that was missing. As I wrote the 3 words on an index card, I realized that my first word would need to be praise, because with out praise I will not experience victory or thriving. 

So for 2024 I will focus on Praising God because the same God who brought the walls of Jericho tumbling down is quite capable of bringing my strongholds down as well! By bringing these walls down, I will gain the Victory and Thrive.  

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

James 1:17

Real Bread is satisfying!

Jesus is known as the bread of life and He is very satisfying! 

08: Drink More Water

More great information to help us on our journey to better health! :O) 

Thriving....

 Almost a month ago I shared how the word for the year would be thrive. Little did I know at the time how very true this would be for me. I will share a bit more about that in just a bit. 

 I also shared how I would be participating in a 40 day sugar fast with a small group at my church. To be honest with you - I almost backed out. The night of the meeting that was planned before we got started- I got a lot of anxiety and decided I just might not participate in the challenge. I gave myself permission to just stay home. I prayed about it and let it go. Several days later, I felt peace about it and on Sunday, January 21st I started the fast. I must have gotten confused because the 22nd was actually the first day of the fast. But oh well I just have 1 more day under my belt than everyone else. 

I have been thrilled with how I have seen God lead. A couple of days before I started this challenge God brought the "Bread Beckers" youtube channel to my attention. I watched one video and knew I had to go back and watch from the #1 video in the Sue's Healthy Minutes series. And OH what a blessing they have been. They have led me to making some big changes in my life, I will explain more about these in another post. Speaking of seeing how God leads- Once I found the Bread Beckers youtube channel and had been watching quite a few videos I started thinking - oh yeah- I have a Bread Beckers Book. I went looking for it in my book case and there it was!! 

I don't even remember why I bought this book in the first place - but God was preparing me for such a time as this! 

I have noticed a big increase in energy since eating healthier. The truth is I love to eat healthy. I enjoy the foods that God created for us to eat. They contain the nutrition that our bodies need. And when you take some of those things out of your diet - your body suffers. If you have watched some of the "Sue's Healthy Minutes" you have learned by now that when you mill your own grains you get some much more out of your grains - ALL the nutrition that your body needs. Many people think they are gluten sensitive - but the truth is that it is just hard for their bodies to process the flour that has had it's germ and bran removed. And if they would give freshly milled flours to make their own breads and other things - they would notice a huge improvement in how they feel. 

One of the reasons I had not gotten back to eating healthy is because I didn't think I would have time with taking care of my 2 year old grandson. But the truth is I have been able to and not only that but it has made it so much easier for me to do so plus all the other thing I need to do as well. 

So if you would like to thrive- I suggest you pray and ask God what choices you may need to make. Listen to the Bread Beckers podcasts - they are so encouraging in making better choices for you and your family. It is WELL worth your time to listen to them. The only reason I am thriving is because God led me to the information I needed to make the best choices for my health. I am so thankful that He is guiding and directing - even when I realize that He is. And it's so fun to realize that he is when you find the exact book on your shelf in your bookcase that you need at a particular time - that you bought several years ago!! 

 

07: The Truth About Wheat

Sorry I am late today. It's been a busy day. Things are going well. I have some great things to share with you- I am just waiting for a bit of free time in order to get things typed up. I will be back as soon as I am able. I hope you all are doing well. :O) 

7 - “Environment” - Secrets To Wellness

12 - “The Sabbath and Sanctuary” - The Sanctuary Salvation & Our Savior

Bread Beckers ~Episode 06: Wartime Bread

Bread Beckers Episode 05

6 - “Nutrition” - Secrets To Wellness

11 - “The Ark of the Covenant” - The Sanctuary Salvation & Our Savior

Bread Beckers Episode 04 Interview

Today is an interview. I hope you enjoy. There are little health tidbits even found in these interviews sometimes so be listening to see what you can learn to improve your health. :O) 

Episode 03: Digestion and Elimination

5 - “Lifestyle” - Secrets To Wellness

10 - “The Candlesticks” - The Sanctuary Salvation & Our Savior

Episode 02: Deception of Enrichment

Another Bread Becker video to share with you today. This is important information and will inspire you to want to mill your own grains. When we mill/grind our own grain - we get every bit of goodness from that kernel of wheat. God created perfect food for us and when things are taken out of the grain- we miss out on that goodness. Please watch and be blessed!! :O) 

Episode 01: It's the Bread!

This series has been a tremendous blessing to me. I hope you will watch it and be blessed as well! 

The Word of the Year!!!

 Sorry it has taken so long for me to share what I believe is suppose to be my word for the year. Things have been so very busy around here. Today is a rainy day so instead of going to Winco like I really wanted to do today I opted to stay home and get things done here. It has been a very productive day so far. Among other things I was able to finally get my carpets cleaned this morning and I am working on laundry. So since I am working on things here at home and since my husband is currently sleeping and I just finished getting my checkbook up to date. I thought I would take advantage of a nice quiet house. 

So I hadn't really been thinking about a word for the new year and then a few things happened. A friend on facebook who has also had and went through treatment for endometrial cancer shared a meme on Facebook and tagged me. And it had to do with her wish for us to thrive. It reminded me of a lady - the one person I meant on facebook who also had the same kind of cancer as me and so I connected with her. And she blessed me. She had not caught her cancer as early as I had and so sadly she has passed a couple of years ago. But the impact she had on my life is still with me. Her motto and what she always ended her messages or comments with was "SS&T" Stay Strong and Thrive! This is quite opposite as to what a person usually does when going through cancer treatment - but here she was doing this and blessing others by helping us focus on those things as well. I have often thought of her. And I certainly did when my friend Ladonna shared the post about thriving. And there could have been something else? All I know is that I felt very led by God to choose "THRIVE" as my word for the year!! 

God is SO good. It is amazing how he orchestrates things. Be brought and amazing book to me to be reading right now: 

I have been so blessed by this book! And it didn't hit me till today how God worked this out for me to be reading this book right now and how it goes right along with my goal of thriving this year! 

My church has been doing small groups that are doing for 6 -8 weeks - for different seasons of the year for the last year or 2 now. This time I picked one where we would be doing "The 40 Day Sugar Fast" 

(photo bummed from Ebay -when I bought a copy) 

I bought the book a couple of weeks ago while preparing for this small group to begin. To be perfectly honest - I got a bit panicky and almost decided to NOT do this fast. There were so many reasons not to do it now. And as I thought about it I realized that it was just an attack trying to steal my joy. So I pressed through the anxiety and decided that yes I would do my best. 

At the same time God brought a youtube channel - that I thought I had subscribed to - to my attention.

Bread Beckers

I started watching Sue's Healthy Minutes on episode 100. And then I went back to number 1 and am going through the series and I have been learning so much! Later this week I will be sharing a video each week. You are welcome, of course to go to youtube and go back to #1 and watch. I know I wouldn't want to wait a week - I might do 2 a week. The information there is SO very important. There is so much misinformation out now days. It's great to hear truth. Please listen. It is SO very healthy for us to mill our own grains. Because once grains are milled - they being to lose some of the nutrition. Plus the flours that we buy have the bran and germ removed. Yes they may add some things to make the flour "enriched" but what we get it not what God intended for us. Our bodies need all the elements that are in the grain and most of the time it is only because things are taken out that some people think their bodies can't handle wheat. Please watch them. 

What does all of this have to do with my word for the year? Plenty! In order for me to thrive I need to be taking care of myself the way God intended me to. And that means eating healthy goods. And bread that I have milled the flour myself will be a staple in my diet 100%. Listening to these podcasts have helped me to be excited about making these good choices for myself. And it has already contributed to me thriving! 

Reading my book about God and His love for me has been just the perfect thing for me to be reading right now. It has opened my eyes to the truth of Who God is. There are many misconceptions but this book has chapter after chapter of deep spiritual truths that help open my eyes to the love and faithfulness of God!  

So this year I intend to THRIVE! I hope that you, too, will choose to thrive. Sometimes it is a choice. A choice to look at the blessings instead of trials. But there are also choices we can make that will help us on our journey to thrive! :O)  

4 - “Love” - Secrets To Wellness

09 - “The Altar of Incense” - The Sanctuary Salvation & Our Savior

3 - “Exercise” - Secrets To Wellness

08 - “The Table of Shewbread” - The Sanctuary Salvation & Our Savior

Stay The Course!

 So my husband got me a daily planner. It is a great book with a spiral binding that I am able to lay out on my desk. It helps me keep up with all the different things on my calendar and it helps keep me organized. 

I love how it has a verse for each month. This is the verse for January - God's mercies are new every morning and every year! The very next page in this planner have a place where I can write down my goals for the month and list out the things I need to do. I have already went through the entire planner and written "Stay the Course" at the top of each months page of goals. That way I am reminded each month that if I have slipped away from doing some of them - to get back on course. 

I believe that the reason why we fail so often to achieve our goals is that we do not keep pursuing them. We fail for a few days and throw away all the good we have accomplished towards our goal. And just because of a few fails. How very sad. That is how we let ourselves down the most by just trashing our goals just because of a few mistakes. 

So if you have written out goals for this year - set up a way to hold yourself accountable. Set up reminders - maybe set up reminders on your phone to stay the course or to ask how you are doing on your goals. What ever it takes to stick with working towards your goals. What ever the case - Stay on Course! If these things that you set as your goals are important to you - you will want to stay on track. 

Ask God to help you. He wants us to be successful- especially when our goals are to put Him first and taking better care of ourselves. He wants to give us the victory. We just have to ask Him for help and surrender to Him and allow Him to work through us. 

Good luck as you work to Stay the Course!!  

Some of my Goals for the Year!

 Ten days into the month and I finally get a chance to hop on the computer and share a few of my goals for the year. It's been a busy couple of weeks - who am I kidding - busy couple of months, maybe even years. 

So I hope you were able to get some goals up for yourself for the year. I know that many people don't like to make New Years Resolutions because let's face it so many times we fail. And sometimes it's just easier to handle not even setting resolutions than to keep failing year after year. But I have decided to set goals for myself. And set them in a way that even if I fail, I do not entirely give up. So if I were to set a goal of losing weight and let say that a week or 2 goes by and you don't see a change on the scales you are more than likely going to give up. When we set up our goals we need to give ourselves a reasonable amount of time to achieve said goals. And we also need to stick to working towards our goals.

Stay with working towards your goals - no matter what bumps come along the way. This will mean that we will STAY THE COURSE. No matter if like me with in the last 10 days I have failed at some of my goals already- I will not give up. I will try to do better tomorrow. 

Ok - on to some of my goals: 

• I want to work better at staying off of my devices till after quiet time. I want my time with Jesus to be a priority. I do go get myself a glass of water and because I have cats who would bother me if I do not feed them - they get fed before quiet time. But then -I do my best to get to my quiet time. I am reading an excellent book (that I highly recommend) and it is something I look forward to reading each morning. It has given me more wonderful insight into who God really is. And I am only halfway through reading it. 
  
• I have studied a little about how good rebounding (think mini trampoline) is for a person. And how it helps keep the lymph system moving and working right. It helps strengthen the core, which is very important. It is amazing how if the core if stronger it helps alleviate pain sometimes as well. One video I watch the Dr suggested using it 5 minutes 3 times a day to start and then 10 minutes 3 times a day and then 15 minutes 2 times a day. Right now my goal is to at least use it for 5 minute a if at all possible. There have been days I have gotten a second 5 minutes in but because where we have our rebounder at the moment - sometimes it is challenging to get more in. But I can always do other exercising as well and that is what I have tried to do. I am trying to so some weight workouts and trying to get more walking in as well. Exercise is VERY important for your health and well being. And some this is something high on my list of goals. 
• I am also working on eating more healthfully. It is important to give our bodies the important nutrients that it needs. And to do this we need to make good decisions on what we put into our bodies. One way I will work towards achieving this goal is that I will be participating in a small group that a lady from my church is doing with this book: 
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• I would like to continue towards getting more organized. I have a home management binder that I set up years ago. To be perfectly frank - I have not utilized it as I should have been doing. So this year I am adding a few more sections which will help me in several different ways. I have a budget section where I am keeping track of our bills and when they are paid. I have a spend\no spend calendar page of each month. I put a green check mark on days I don't spend any money and on days I do - I am writing in where and how much spent. I am also keeping track of money spent on Amazon, Walmart(orders), thrift stores and grocery stores. With grocery stores I am separating how much spent on food, pets, cleaning supplies, misc., paper goods, etc. This way I can get a better idea of how much money we are spending in each area. 
• Speaking of organizing - I am also slowly working on getting my home more organized as well, one drawer at a dime. Slow but steady work towards being more organized.  

So these are the basic goals I have. I want to be healthier and I want to be more organized but most important is that I want to put God first! 

I hope that if you have not set goals for yourself that maybe my list will inspire some thoughts of where you would like to see improvements in your life and start working in those areas. 

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Natural Antibiotics - Sharing again - Just in case needed

 I shared this recipe just a couple of months ago but since I have family members sick and needed to make this stuff up - I decided to share recipe again. I also plan on using less garlic than this recipe calls for and probably more onion- I also plan on using both red and yellow onions - just in case by using both it helps get a few more helpful ingredients into it. 

I plan on making a jar for them and a jar for me as well. This is great as a preventive as well. And great to have on hand during this time of year when A LOT of sickness is going around. 

I hope you all are well. 

Natural Antibiotics 

1 bulb of garlic (15-20 cloves) 

1 onion (preferably red- or purple as my husband and I call them) 

1/4 cup ginger - my friend only used about the size of her thumb but a little fatter - wasn't as much as 1/4 cup - she knew that just might be too much for me- she was probably right) 

1 T honey (or more) 

2 lemons - juiced

 

Smash garlic ~ Wait 15 minutes so properties can be activated 

Cut everything into small pieces ( My friend uses a hand held food processor- I will share a photo of what she uses at the end) 

Mix all the ingredients together. Put into a quart sized jar and cover with purified water. 

Put jar in a pan with water, bring the water in the pan to a boil, once it gets to boiling turn off the heat and let cool down. Keep in fridge. Can last up to a month in the fridge. 

 

When you are real sick it was suggested to take 1 tablespoon every hour while you are awake. 

2 - “Water” - Secrets To Wellness

07 - “The Laver” - The Sanctuary Salvation & Our Savior

Secrets To Wellness

Happy New Year! I hope you all are well and healthy! Don't forget to eat your cabbage and your black eyed peas! 

Since today is January the 1st - I thought it would be an awesome time to start this great series of youtube videos that will help us be healthier in 2024! I don't know about you - but I have come to realize that I enjoy being health and that it is worth the extra effort to work towards this worthy goal of being healthier. Please join me on this journey.