Health Message (June 20, 2026)

Blessings Church Family,

It is good for our health to be joyful. Being joyful is a choice. If we choose to live each day in the hope and faith in Christ, we are choosing to live in His joy which will also bring Happiness. But what happens to our body when we are Joyful? 

We feel joy in our bodies because of the release of dopamine and serotonin, two types of neurotransmitters in the brain. Both of these chemicals are heavily associated with happiness. So, when something happy happens, your brain receives the signal to release these chemicals into your central nervous system 

Ever noticed that when you feel especially happy, your face flushes or your heart races? This is because of the effect on your circulatory system. Butterflies in your stomach, your facial expressions, even changes in your finger temperature… all of these can depend on your emotions. The effects on the circulatory system can present in different ways physically.

Your circulatory system consists of your heart, veins, blood vessels, blood, and lymph. Joy isn’t the only emotion that affects this system — fear, sadness, and other emotions can cause as well.

Relation of Happiness to Health—So closely is health related to our happiness that we cannot have the latter without the former. A practical knowledge of the science of human life is necessary in order to glorify God in our bodies. It is therefore of the highest importance that among the studies selected for childhood, physiology should occupy the first place. How few know anything about the structure and functions of their own bodies and of nature's laws! Many are drifting about without knowledge, like a ship at sea without compass or anchor; and what is more, they are not interested to learn how to keep their bodies in a healthy condition and prevent disease. —The Health Reformer, August, 1866. (Counsels on Health, 38.) 

Philippians 4:4-7

4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Your Sister in Christ, Sandra Torres