Welcome to Temple Wellness!

by Christina Boyd

The Lord has provided what we need through the Holy Spirit and His creation to become healed and live healthy lives. As a registered nurse and child of God, I believe there is a place for science and medical practices. I also believe that we should strive to live a medication free life and a life as free from the medical system as possible. There is freedom when we seek wellness God’s way. I was able to reverse disease processes in my own life through lifestyle changes and detoxing through juicing. It is my calling and passion to help others reverse their disease processes. I also received physical and spiritual healing through deliverance. 

First, I am going to give a little back story. As a teenager, I suffered with severe asthma. I didn’t know it then, but the severe asthma was from a demon that entered after I made a choice to fornicate as a teenager. The wages of sin are death, which includes not just spiritual death but also physical death. When I got delivered from that demonic spirit, I was also healed of asthma. Not all sicknesses are from demons, but some are. We can have sicknesses for many reasons such as our diet, generational curses, stress, fear, anxiety, bitterness, etc. 

Over the last couple of years, the Lord has led me to make some changes to my eating habits and how I take care of my body. I have always loved fruits and vegetables, but I also love dessert, and sausage gravy and biscuits. In early 2023, the Lord showed me in a dream that my cholesterol was high. After that, I started to cut back on fried foods, foods high in trans and saturated fats, and heavily processed foods. During that time, I was also suffering from several other symptoms such as skin pigment changes, hair thinning, excessive thirst, and fatigue. 

After making some dietary changes, the Lord was then leading me to detox my body. I wasn’t sure how the Lord wanted me to do that at first. I did some toiling in my own strength for a bit (researching and researching). Then the Lord led me to juicing. I started making my own fresh fruit and vegetable juice in the fall of 2023, with the help of a lovely sister in Christ. I was consuming a small amount of fresh juice most days and was noticing an improvement in how I was feeling overall. 

By the time that January of 2024 came around, I knew the Lord was leading me into an extended juice fast. Prior to the extended juice fast, I had some bloodwork done so that I could track progress and the effectiveness of the juice fast. I was honestly shocked by the results of the preliminary lab testing. My cholesterol was 218 and my low-density lipoproteins (LDL) was 136, which are considered high. My triglyceride level was slightly elevated at 149, showing that I was eating more calories than I needed. My hemoglobin A1C was 6.7, which is considered diabetic. I was expecting my cholesterol to be high because of what the Lord showed me, but I was not expecting to be considered diabetic. My body mass index (BMI) was 24.8, which was at the high end of normal. The combination of toxin buildup in my body, eating poorly and in excess, and being just a couple of pounds away from being overweight was enough to take a toll on my physical health. 

I started the extended juice fast, as led by the Lord, in January of 2024. Initially, for the first few days I only drank the juice I made with my juicer and water. The first three days were hard as I had headaches and fatigue. Prayer helps tremendously! On the fourth day, my energy started to increase. After the seventh day, I was led by the Lord to eat specific fruits and vegetables along with juicing. At day 20, I started to incorporate lean meats and other whole foods. By that point, I had lost 14lbs and my BMI decreased to 22.5. I did have some aches and pains along the way. For example, sometimes my ribs would hurt at night due to rapid weight loss. From day 20 through day 30, I drank juice to replace two meals per day and I ate one meal per day. After the 30th day, I was juice fasting on and off for the next couple of months. In April, I decided to repeat my labs. My cholesterol decreased to 187, my triglyceride level decreased to 67, and my LDL decreased to 91, which are all normal. My hemoglobin A1C decreased to 5.4, which is normal. I was no longer considered diabetic. Most type II diabetes can be reversed with dietary changes and weight loss. The Lord took me through this journey to teach me the importance of taking care of my body (temple) and how He provided what we need through the Holy Spirit and His creation to become healed and whole. I am called to help others achieve wholeness through the power of the Holy Spirit and one lifestyle change at a time. I truly believe that in order to become whole and healthy, physically and spiritually, that it requires effort on our part. We must be willing to go after it!