FEATURED: God’s Prescription: A Faith-Based Plan to Shift Your Mindset and Reclaim Your Natural Health by Terri Ward

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About God’s Prescription: A Faith-Based Plan to Shift Your Mindset and Reclaim Your Natural Health by Terri Ward:

God’s Prescription reveals how modern medicine and food systems have strayed from God’s design—and how you can return to it. Functional nutritionist Terri Ward weaves together 117 Scripture passages, current science, and relevant stories to expose the “sickcare” trap that profits from keeping you confused and unwell.

In these pages, you’ll learn:
• Why modern healthcare and food systems are failing us—and how to take back control of your well-being.
• The deep connections between mind, body, and spirit, including how your gut, brain, heart, mouth, and bones are designed to work in harmony.
• How to build a sustainable lifestyle that nourishes your body and minimizes toxic burden.
• Practical tips for parenting and aging that equip the next generation and help you navigate life’s stages with vitality.

Instead of chasing the latest fad diet or pharmaceutical fix, Terri introduces a framework for stewarding your body as God’s temple. Through tools like her Anti-Inflammatory Rainbow Diet (AIRD)—a flexible, sustainable approach—you’ll discover how to reduce inflammation, heal your gut, and reclaim the health included in God’s redemption plan.

Enjoy this excerpt from the book:
Several years ago, my husband was scheduled a few months out for surgery to treat achalasia, an autoimmune esophageal disorder that progressively impairs swallowing. In the interim, he took a celebratory trip back east with his daughter, eating indulgent fare like lobster and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Upon his return, his symptoms took a terrifying turn. He suddenly couldn’t even swallow his own saliva!

We went to a nearby emergency room (ER) for what should have been a straightforward procedure: placing a nasogastric (N-G) tube. An N-G tube is a thin tube inserted through the nose into the stomach to relieve pressure or deliver nutrition. Unfortunately, what followed was anything but straightforward.

The medical system failed us at every turn. Despite my protests, he was given unnecessary medications and not an N-G tube. He was admitted to the hospital and underwent a different procedure, which was botched, leaving him in excruciating pain. The resulting pain medications caused nausea, compounding his already serious condition.

After days deteriorating in the hospital, my husband finally got an N-G tube and was discharged. However, at home, he couldn’t keep the tube down due to the nausea. While waiting for his surgeon’s staff to discuss his situation and call me back, he started shaking with rigors. I took him to the hospital ER where his surgery was scheduled—still a week out. While I was checking him in, his eyes rolled back in his head, and he collapsed. The ER attendant grabbed his wheelchair and raced him back, yelling “Code Assist,” which means ‘All hands on deck.’

As her shouts faded, I was left wondering: Did he just die?

In that moment, everything else faded. I wasn’t worried about his nutrition. All I could do was pray that he would survive.

Terri Ward:
Terri Ward, MS, FNTP, CGP, is a Christian functional nutritionist, author, and speaker. After restoring her own health through nutrition and lifestyle changes, she left a successful CPA career to help others reclaim theirs.

Terri holds a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and has authored two medical diet cookbooks: The Healing Diverticulitis Cookbook and Alkaline Diet Meal Prep. She writes evidence-based health articles for media outlets and her website. As a former editor of a peer-reviewed medical journal, Terri brings clear and precise writing that makes science and Scripture easy to understand in daily life.

She enjoys creating allergy-friendly recipes and developing new seasonings for her company, Spice Cure. When not working, Terri loves spending time with her grandchildren and watching their athletic pursuits.

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FEATURED: Contending with Paul 3 by William Cobble

FEATURED: Contending with Paul 3 by William Cobble

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Lydia

Lydia only appears in the Book of Acts. Since the church in Philippi began with her conversion, one would expect to find her in the greetings section of Philippians, but she receives no mention in any of Paul’s letters. She does, however, hold the distinction of being the first known European convert to Christianity. Acts shows her as a businesswoman who was likely financially independent. Clothes colored with the royal purple dye of Thyatira were considered luxury items and her trade had likely brought her to Philippi to sell to the wealthy clientele there. Her home was obviously large enough to accommodate servants, guests, and ultimately a Christian assembly. Since there is no mention of a husband, Lydia was most likely single at the time she met Paul:

“On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. A certain woman named Lydia, a worshipper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.” (Acts 16:13-15)

Lydia, or at least her home, will make one additional appearance in Acts later in the same chapter. Her residence appears to have become the meeting place for a burgeoning Christian congregation in Philippi:

“After leaving the prison (Paul and Silas) went to Lydia’s home; and when they had seen and encouraged the brothers and sisters there, they departed.” (Acts 16:40)

A Theory
The appearance of devout women meeting beside a stream at a place of prayer on the Sabbath speaks to them being Jewish. This seems confirmed by the description of Lydia as “a worshipper of God.” That it was only women meeting outside on the sabbath could be evidence that there were not enough Jewish men in Philippi to make up the quorum required to establish a proper synagogue, which necessitated ten Jewish males over the age of thirteen. By the author of Acts relating this information, he may be showing an interesting contrast: Lydia, while a Jewish woman, was forbidden from founding a synagogue, but as a Christian she could found a church within her own home.

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