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04-28-2015, 09:33 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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I think essential oils are great. But I have seen some folks attribute the reference to healing in the bible with anointing oil to the OIL causing a natural remedy and not the power of God. That is incorrect.
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What! Never heard that one before...!!! lol!
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04-28-2015, 09:35 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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What! Never heard that one before...!!! lol!
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Yeah, it's weird.
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04-28-2015, 09:38 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
I have a fear about using essential oils though, as wonderful as they are.
I fear that people are "overusing them" as miracle drugs of sorts, much like antibiotics were freely given, and passed out when they first came on the scene, and now our bodies have developed immune responses to many antibiotics, rendering them ineffective.
I did some reading on viruses, and bacteria, and it is amazing how they have continued to survive despite all of the medical advances. The reason they survive is because they are constantly adapting and changing.
So... say that a certain essential oil treats a certain condition, but the person continues to use it for every little issue or problem, as if it were a miracle drug... and then before long, the oil stops doing its work, because the body/viruses/bacteria have adapted to the overuse, built up immunities, and now it no longer works.
This is my fear of what will happen with the overuse of essential oils, and perhaps is already in the works.
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04-28-2015, 09:39 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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Yeah, it's weird.
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I wouldn't doubt that claim originated or had something to do with someone who was promoting the sale of the essential oils ... lol
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04-28-2015, 09:41 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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I wouldn't doubt that claim originated or had something to do with someone who was promoting the sale of the essential oils ... lol
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That's exactly where I heard it. A local woman was talking to me about essential oils, and she sells them. She's Spirit-filled, but into some odd charismania stuff.
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04-28-2015, 09:44 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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That's exactly where I heard it. A local woman was talking to me about essential oils, and she sells them. She's Spirit-filled, but into some odd charismania stuff.
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That is so sad really. Essential oils are great, but to try to equate them to the power and anointing of the Lord... that is just crazy!
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04-29-2015, 05:33 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord
Yes, I don't like the multi level marketing junk either. I steer clear of that. And not just Pentecostals doing it... just about everyone you talk to is involved in a MLM of them somehow.
At any rate, essential oils are good, despite the fact that they've been hit on by the MLM business. You are right, the whole MLM will probably crash and burn a few years down the road. But, that doesn't take away from the fact that you can make your own essential oils, and there are a lot of health benefits from using them.
You can put coconut oil directly on your skin. It also works just as good as a chemically created sunscreen. In fact, since I've started using coconut oil on my very fair skin in the last couple of years, I haven't had a sunburn. It is a natural sunscreen.
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My daughter makes homemade lotions and oils that are natural remedies. She has had amazing results with friends and family and has actually considered producing them commerically. A lot of legal liability though even though all the ingredients are natural and are just combinations of readily available things.
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04-29-2015, 07:07 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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Originally Posted by mfblume
I think essential oils are great. But I have seen some folks attribute the reference to healing in the bible with anointing oil to the OIL causing a natural remedy and not the power of God. That is incorrect.
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Sounds like this show I saw several years back, that tried to scientifically explain the miracles of the Bible. They claimed the parting of the Dead Sea, was caused by wind blowing it away from a reef, lol. People want to "explain" miracles, rather than just accept them.
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04-29-2015, 08:56 PM
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Re: Essential Oils
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Originally Posted by CC1
My daughter makes homemade lotions and oils that are natural remedies. She has had amazing results with friends and family and has actually considered producing them commerically. A lot of legal liability though even though all the ingredients are natural and are just combinations of readily available things.
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Yes, I make my own as well just for personal use only. I do understand that producing them commercially involves a lot. However, it can be done. I think it is wonderful that she is doing that! Getting away from all of the chemicals that we put on our skin is a big health benefit.
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