Text: Isaiah 55:1-2
Memory text:
“A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

If you saw a food label saying:
“Contains chemicals linked to cancer and hyperactivity,” Would you ever buy it? I believe you won’t. But that is exactly what preservatives and artificial colours do. It’s just that you don’t read the fine print.
“If you stop using good sense, you will find yourself in the grave.” (Prov 21:16 CEV).
Preservatives keep food from decaying, but the same chemicals burden your liver and damage your cells. They increase shelf life but shorten the consumer’s life!
Food preservatives, artificial colouring, and artificial flavours are the foundation of junk foods and contradict God’s plan for nourishing the body. Preservatives harm organ cells, causing cancer risk. For example, sodium benzoate has been linked to hyperactivity in children; sulphites trigger asthma attacks and general breathing problems, rashes, and dizziness. BHA & BHT, which are synthetic antioxidants used in cereals, snacks, and oils, are known to disrupt hormones and weaken immunity. Propionates, used in baked foods are linked to anxiety, sleep problems, and gut irritation.
Artificial colours are chemical dyes made from petroleum. They are linked to hyperactivity and behavioural problems, such as
ADHD-like symptoms in children. They also cause allergies such as skin rashes, hives, swelling, asthma, migraines, and immune imbalance.
Artificial flavours are chemicals that make food addictive, tricking us to crave more. It leads to sugar addiction, overeating, and weight gain. The liver works to detoxify the synthetic chemicals, leading to inflammation and fatty liver disease.
These food additives accumulate in tissues and organs, increasing inflammation, which is the root cause of most diseases. They poison the body slowly over time.
Our text tells us there are foods that don’t give us strength and do us no good (Isa 55:2). Additives are first.
Children love junks, but to love a child is to protect their life, not their cravings. True love denies today what will destroy tomorrow. Giving a child harmful pleasure is silent hatred, not love!
Friends, always check foods, not just for taste but for ingredients. Else, don’t ask God to heal what your habits keep harming. Fasting will cleanse your spirit, but healthy food your body. May you not reject common sense in Jesus’ name.

Prayer points
1. Father, please, let me never wander away from understanding nor reject common sense when I make choices of foods to eat, in Jesus’ name.
2. Father, please, heal me of every sickness or disease that my past ignorance of healthy and wise eating has caused me, in Jesus’ name.

Today’s declarations
1. Hearing and not acting on what I have heard won’t help me. I end the consumption of preservatives, colouring and flavours in our family.
2. I won’t indulge my children’s cravings or appetites. I won’t give my children what pleases them, but what preserves them.