Abundant Living

Tools for Transformation

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00:01 The secret to change
00:02 is to focus all of our energies
00:05 not on resisting the bad,
00:08 but to incorporate the new.
00:10 Today's program is entitled "Tools for Transformation."
00:15 Be with us.
00:38 Hi, and welcome to Abundant Living.
00:40 My name is Curtis Eakins, and this is my beautiful bride
00:45 of almost 25 years
00:48 at the time of this taping.
00:50 I can do it now. Yes, you can.
00:52 Okay, Paula Eakins.
00:53 Very good.
00:55 Kind of delayed, but I'm glad you said it.
00:56 Well, you were kind of talking
00:58 and I was not sure, I didn't want to interrupt you.
00:59 All right.
01:01 You're looking mighty good today.
01:02 Praise Him. Yes.
01:03 Hair is already "Fried, dyed and laid to the side,"
01:05 as you sometimes will say.
01:08 Well, let's say...
01:10 No comment on that statement, well,
01:11 you just want to go to Tools for Transformation, right?
01:14 Yeah, yeah. Okay.
01:16 Because I'm always transforming.
01:17 Yes, 'cause you didn't want
01:18 to touch your hair, you're just...
01:20 I'm always transforming.
01:21 Just over to the Tools for Transformation.
01:23 I am. Yes. I hear you, my dear.
01:24 Yes! Okay!
01:25 Well, anyway,
01:27 we've been doing a series called The HEALERS
01:28 for a number of months now.
01:30 And this is at the end of that series.
01:32 Those who are not with us, we cover an acronym.
01:35 And the acronym is HEALERS, HEALERS.
01:37 Want to get that individuals
01:40 to reduce the dependence on medication.
01:42 And so therefore,
01:44 we have the H for herbal medicine,
01:47 head to E for eating,
01:49 A for adoration.
01:51 That's prayer, praise, and music.
01:53 L for water.
01:54 Water and juicing, this is a powerful healer.
01:57 E for exercise,
01:59 R for rest,
02:01 S for sunlight.
02:02 And now to put it all together, wrapping it up on this series.
02:06 Now Tools for Transformation.
02:09 Tool for Transformation.
02:11 And so we always start with a word of God first.
02:13 And then also may have some statements
02:15 in our workbook as well.
02:17 We do have a workbook.
02:18 We were working all out
02:20 for the last several months now,
02:22 the seven powerful healers.
02:23 And we did this class at our church,
02:25 First Church in Huntsville, Alabama.
02:28 At least what twice or three times I believe.
02:30 We done it in camp meeting.
02:31 In our camp meeting there, Oakwood University.
02:34 And I think we had a health retreat
02:36 on the powerful healers as well.
02:38 So we thought we'd do this as a series
02:39 here at the Abundant Living as well.
02:42 And so we have a text here, Honey.
02:45 And I'm gonna have this as a springboard
02:47 and then I'm going to just more or less
02:50 kind of turn you loose on some things.
02:52 So let's go to the Word of God.
02:54 This is Romans Chapter 12
02:56 and I'm gonna start with verse 1.
02:59 Romans Chapter 12,
03:00 I wanna read verse 1
03:02 and we're gonna go to verse 2 as well.
03:03 Right.
03:05 Verse 1, "I beseech, urge,
03:09 bake you therefore, brethren."
03:14 Now, he's talking to professed Christians.
03:17 "Brethren,
03:18 by the mercies of God,
03:21 that ye present your bodies
03:24 as a living sacrifice.
03:28 Not a dead one, but a living,
03:30 alive sacrifice," how?
03:33 "Holy, acceptable unto God,
03:37 which is your reasonable service."
03:40 Now Verse 2.
03:41 This is going to add to the foundation
03:43 of our discussion today.
03:46 "Be not conformed to this world."
03:50 That's number one.
03:52 But now there's a shift, a transition
03:55 that tells us what not to do.
03:57 Do not be conformed to this world,
03:59 so what should will be conformed to.
04:02 But be ye transformed how?
04:07 By the renewing of your mind, how?
04:11 That ye may prove what is that good,
04:14 and acceptable,
04:15 and perfect will of God.
04:19 So we're talking about tools for transformation.
04:24 We talked a lot about over the last several months
04:26 about the HEALERS, the acronym,
04:28 the program we've been doing all along.
04:31 And so now we want to talk about
04:32 how to make some transition, some changes in our lives,
04:36 so that we can live better lives
04:39 and be a living sacrifice
04:41 to where the Bible says we need to be.
04:43 Now, there are some things
04:45 that we need to do as far as tools for transformation.
04:48 And also there's something that
04:50 several verse we need to look at,
04:52 give us some steps for transformation.
04:54 Okay.
04:55 The first one is, before we can change
04:58 we must first acknowledge.
05:00 Okay.
05:02 We cannot change
05:03 unless we acknowledge something.
05:05 Two, we must be motivated.
05:08 To do that, once we acknowledge that we do have a situation.
05:11 Three, we must have some type of a plan in place.
05:16 And then now four, we must go ahead
05:18 and execute it, put it in action.
05:20 And then five must have some type of way
05:23 to maintain that change in our lifestyle
05:27 to make it better as well.
05:28 So first of all,
05:30 we must acknowledge that we have a situation,
05:32 a problem, health condition, whatever,
05:34 be motivated to change,
05:37 have a action plan that's prayed over,
05:41 execute,
05:42 put the plan into practice and then also maintain it,
05:45 whatever we were doing and keep it going as well.
05:47 So with that in mind, Honey,
05:50 I'm gonna just kind of like turn you loose
05:52 because there's something
05:53 that God allow to happen in our family
05:57 some years ago
05:58 that created this change
06:02 in some processes that we had to go through.
06:05 And it really proved to be a blessing
06:08 to our ministry as well.
06:09 So that's all I'm going to say but share with the people,
06:12 Honey, about situation where God allow this situation
06:16 to come into our lives
06:17 as a husband and wife.
06:19 Of course, I like the fact that you said
06:20 the word transformation.
06:22 Transform.
06:23 Rather than a transforming, rather than a word change.
06:27 Right.
06:28 We don't like that word change. Yeah, we don't. Yes.
06:30 We get fearful of the word change, okay?
06:32 But I'm gonna try to see if I can just keep it
06:34 within the numbers of that comments
06:36 that you were actually making about the first one,
06:38 about acknowledgement.
06:40 I think for me,
06:41 for what acknowledgement was that
06:42 once I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
06:46 I was kind of surprised first of all, okay?
06:48 Okay.
06:50 And in that diagnosis of knowing that
06:52 that's what they were saying the stage,
06:54 the grading and all that,
06:55 then I knew that something had to take place.
06:57 No, no. I'm just stopping now.
06:59 So prior to this, you've been doing your mammogram
07:02 and self breast exam all along.
07:04 Okay.
07:06 And also, of course, everybody gets really...
07:07 also a vegan vegetarian.
07:09 Okay.
07:10 So already a plant-based diet for many years
07:12 and exercise, water, etcetera.
07:14 Okay.
07:15 And so with that in mind,
07:17 so that was where the surprise came from, all right?
07:19 And no breast cancer or ovarian cancer
07:21 in your family history?
07:23 None. Yes.
07:24 Okay. Okay.
07:25 And so with that in mind,
07:27 I remember that once the doctors said,
07:28 gave me the diagnosis that I remember
07:30 just starting to pray right away
07:32 because, of course, right there
07:33 they were talking about some heavy surgery,
07:35 they were talking about chemo, radiation, hormone treatment.
07:39 And then when he said to me, there's a possibility that
07:42 it could already be in your bones.
07:44 That was like, okay, all right, first of all,
07:46 it was way too much to hit it one time
07:48 he even say that.
07:49 And I think the doctor said for a minute then he left.
07:51 When he left, the nurse came up
07:52 and pushed the paper in front of me saying that
07:54 it was time for me to go head on
07:55 and had the bone test on that next morning.
07:58 The next morning. All right.
08:00 And so the motivation part, the motivation part was,
08:04 of course, I want to live.
08:05 And in that, I want to know what God had for me.
08:10 He is my God, He's my Lord, He's my Savior, He's my Father.
08:14 He's the first one I go to when stuff happens to me.
08:16 He is the first one.
08:17 And mainly because everything I've ever been through,
08:21 since accepting Him as my personal Savior,
08:22 and He has just shown me
08:24 how He is in charge of everything,
08:26 so that motivation I want to live.
08:28 But also told the Father that whatever your will is for me,
08:32 that's what I want.
08:33 So whether it was to live
08:35 or whether it was to go to sleep,
08:36 whichever it was, I was okay.
08:38 That helped to calm me down as well, all right?
08:39 Okay. Let...
08:41 Now, I need to stop you here because with that in mind,
08:45 some people will not acknowledge
08:49 that they have cancer.
08:51 Some people have call their house
08:53 and they will tell us a,
08:54 Curtis, Paula, I'm not receiving it.
08:57 The doctor said I have cancer, but I'm not receiving it.
09:00 I'm not gonna accept that.
09:02 You don't even acknowledge, so there's no need to change
09:05 if we don't even acknowledge.
09:07 That's true. That is true.
09:09 However, we both before this experience,
09:12 we were actually speakers about cancer.
09:14 That's right.
09:15 The different stages of cancer, so it was almost like,
09:17 prior to what I was gonna go on years, years earlier.
09:20 We had already learned and was educating people
09:22 on the stages of cancer.
09:24 So once we heard it, we knew what was going on now.
09:26 Yes, it is true.
09:27 People call me up and say things like,
09:29 "I'm not gonna acknowledge it.
09:30 I'm gonna go by faith and God's gonna be good."
09:32 But you know, you got to be real,
09:33 you got to be real.
09:35 Once cancer hits, it is a massive cell.
09:37 It has major cells within itself.
09:40 It has the potential to move to the brain,
09:42 the bone, lung, and liver metastasize.
09:44 So you got to get in and get that core out.
09:46 It is the only disease, Curtis,
09:48 that builds its own separate bloodline.
09:50 And it will actually transfer the cells itself into an area
09:55 that can actually take your life and so,
09:57 I wasn't going to be like doing a faith walk.
09:59 I knew that I needed to have surgery.
10:01 And I need to stop you again because a lot of people,
10:03 just got a call just yesterday, just yesterday,
10:07 where a person has cancer and refused to have surgery.
10:12 That choice where he's trying to still do it natural,
10:16 but the cancer is still in his system
10:18 it's gonna be more challenging than have surgery,
10:20 at least you needs to have a good start.
10:22 Yeah, you got to get the core out.
10:24 We talked to Dr. Agatha Thrash with my second opinion.
10:27 She said, "Sister Paula, get the surgery
10:29 and then let's go natural,
10:31 but let's get the surgery and get the core,
10:32 the mother out."
10:34 Okay.
10:35 So now, what kind of plan, now, the third one is a plan.
10:38 So you didn't do that though chemotherapy, radiation,
10:41 hormone treatment to drugs, so you have to have a plan,
10:44 if you not gonna do that, what kind of plan did you have?
10:47 I know what it is, but I'm asking you.
10:50 Well, you know, we began talking,
10:51 we began praying.
10:52 And we began pulling in our pastors,
10:55 prayer warriors, all my friends, my family.
10:58 You started talking, you started doing research.
11:00 We talked to Dr. Thrash,
11:01 we start what is the alternative plan
11:03 because what they were suggesting
11:05 was six months chemo, six weeks radiation,
11:09 and three to five years hormone treatment.
11:10 My question and we said this before on the show,
11:13 I asked my oncologist, with what you're saying to me,
11:16 what could be the side effects of any of this thing going on?
11:19 And he said, "Okay, Paula,
11:20 there's a possibility that you will lose your hair,
11:23 you'll become very lethargic.
11:25 You also warming a lot,
11:26 but we can stop you from doing that.
11:28 You could possibly work,
11:29 wind up with a congestive heart failure
11:31 and breakage of the hip,
11:34 the wrists and the vertebrae
11:36 to which I said, "How does that sound to you?"
11:39 How does that sound to you?
11:40 'Cause I want know what you're saying to me
11:42 it doesn't sound good,
11:44 so we're going to pray and I went away.
11:45 My plan was Dr. Thrash asked me to come to Uchee Pines.
11:48 Now, I need to stop
11:50 'cause you keep saying Dr. Thrash.
11:51 Okay.
11:53 Now this is a medical doctor and also a pathologist,
11:55 who at the time was the director
11:57 of a lifestyle facility in Uchee Pines, Alabama,
12:02 been there since the 1970s.
12:04 Yeah.
12:05 People all over the world go to that facility
12:07 for all kinds of treatments.
12:09 So that's Dr. Thrash, yes.
12:10 Okay, so I'm glad you helped me with that.
12:12 Okay. Okay, 'cause I'm moving.
12:14 Yes, okay.
12:15 So I went away to Uchee Pines.
12:17 And the thing that was so amazing.
12:19 I want to say to you that it's amazing to watch
12:21 how Father God works.
12:23 He actually charts all of our journeys,
12:24 He knows the way we are going.
12:26 As a matter of fact, He says that He has count
12:28 of all our hairs on our head.
12:30 And so He knows it all, so who better to go to.
12:33 I went to Him.
12:34 I asked Him for leading me and for guiding me
12:37 and for directing me.
12:38 And through the anointing service,
12:39 talking back and forth to each other
12:41 we made the decision
12:42 that we were not going to do chemo
12:44 and radiation and hormone treatment.
12:45 Instead, we were going to go all natural.
12:48 So that's the plan.
12:49 That's the plan. And we feel.
12:50 And this is through prayer, folks.
12:52 Yes, yes.
12:53 Through prayer, fasting, studying, and research,
12:56 and so we went the complete natural route,
12:59 not going to any details about that.
13:01 So we have a plan in place.
13:02 A lot of people, I'm emphasizing this,
13:04 a lot of people may not want to do the conventional route,
13:08 radiation, chemotherapy, drugs, okay, I get that.
13:11 But they do not have a well thought out plan
13:15 in place of that.
13:17 There's no plan in place.
13:19 Just not going to do the chemotherapy,
13:21 radiation and the drug.
13:22 So you have to have a plan something in its place.
13:25 And that's what God gave us about the plan, all right?
13:28 Cancer is deadly.
13:30 The only thing I can remember is that
13:32 when I went to the Father about that word,
13:34 cancer, Father.
13:35 He said, Paula,
13:37 C does not just stand for cancer.
13:38 C also stands for conqueror and it also stands for Christ.
13:42 I am with you in this journey.
13:44 I will follow you along the way.
13:46 I will be leading you some in a way.
13:48 I'll pick you up somewhere in a way.
13:50 But the bottom line is if you just trust Me
13:53 no matter what, okay, just trust Me.
13:57 And that's exactly what I do.
13:59 I trust Him in everything. Yes.
14:01 So to me, it was just my quiet time,
14:04 my devotional time.
14:06 Yes.
14:07 Sitting down, talking to Him every morning
14:08 and singing and reading the scriptures
14:10 and just letting me know.
14:11 I mean, God just blew this thing out the word.
14:14 And what He did? We had no insurance.
14:15 Yes.
14:17 We had no insurance in our ministry
14:18 and Lord worked out everything
14:20 from all the surgical amounts of money
14:22 that need to be for me to have my surgery,
14:24 for all the things
14:25 I had to go through after the surgery,
14:27 for all the money to go to Uchee Pines for 21 days
14:30 I was there.
14:31 God took care of everything.
14:33 He said to me, if I can take a coin out of a fish's mouth,
14:37 I can take care of this and He did,
14:39 not one dime that I have to pay.
14:42 And God is a merciful God.
14:44 The plan was in place, we execute a plan.
14:47 And now that maintenance part, right?
14:50 That maintenance part is not only did
14:52 I learn at Uchee Pines,
14:54 along with the additional information
14:55 that you had done in research,
14:56 along with the prayer that was going on,
14:59 all that together was then to execute.
15:02 What are we going to do now after it was over?
15:05 So everything is done.
15:06 I'm back to my doctor's office.
15:08 They're doing blood tests on me.
15:09 They're checking to see what's going on.
15:11 And he says, "You're all clear."
15:14 And I said, "Okay, when you say all clear,
15:16 what do you mean?"
15:17 He said, "You're all clear."
15:19 And I said, "Well, do you mean I'm cancer free?"
15:21 He said, "I cannot say that to you
15:23 because honestly,
15:24 I had nothing to do what you did.
15:26 You decide to go natural, nutrition,
15:28 and all the things you were involved in
15:29 and so I can't say that."
15:31 And so as of this taping that we're doing right now,
15:35 all I can do is give praise on to God
15:37 who is so awesome.
15:38 I believe that my story is a story to help others.
15:41 Yes.
15:42 I believe that the thousands of women
15:44 who have called me,
15:45 men and women with every type of cancer out there,
15:47 my job is to be a mentor,
15:49 my job is to help you in the journey.
15:51 My job is not to tell you what to do
15:53 because that's God's job.
15:55 That's the Father's job.
15:56 But my job is to make sure that you and God are connected
15:59 because if you and God are connected,
16:00 He gives life and He puts you to sleep.
16:02 Yes.
16:04 It's not the doctors, it's not the medicine,
16:05 it's not anything that you're thinking of.
16:07 It's all about Him. It's all about Him.
16:10 And I'm grateful because like I said,
16:11 as of this taping, I am a 12-year survivor.
16:16 Yes. Twelve.
16:17 Praise God for that.
16:19 I'll tell you. Well, He's awesome.
16:20 Yes. He is awesome.
16:21 I remember, I was in a doctor's office
16:24 when he said, I really can't say you're cancer-free,
16:27 but we did the things that we felt God want us to do
16:30 for our treatment.
16:32 And at the 11th month, it was cancer-free.
16:36 He didn't say it at the 11th month
16:38 and we just praise God for that.
16:40 And I think God entrusted us with this cancer.
16:42 I do.
16:43 And we made this public
16:45 on Three Angels Broadcasting Network
16:46 at least three times.
16:47 And there's this open up the floodgates for our ministry
16:49 as far as that's concerned.
16:50 All right, well, our time is all up,
16:52 so I think for sharing,
16:54 I want people to understand that there's a process.
16:56 We've been doing a lot of these shows
16:58 and there is a process, acknowledge
17:01 and they also must be motivated.
17:03 Have a plan, execute, maintain and that's what we didn't
17:08 and want you to do the same thing as well.
17:09 Okay, Honey. And my story is on YouTube.
17:11 That's right, on YouTube,
17:13 just tap in your name, Paula Eakins,
17:14 you see the whole story on YouTube.
17:15 It's on YouTube,
17:17 and I'm always open to talk to individuals.
17:18 I was thinking about a song
17:20 as we're getting ready to go into kitchen
17:21 and it is called "He's Sweet, I Know."
17:23 Oh, I love that song.
17:25 He's... I'm not gonna sing. I know you thought I would...
17:26 No, I'm not singing the song, we'll be going to kitchen.
17:28 Okay, "He's Sweet, I Know" was the name of the song
17:30 and so I was thinking what can we do to a sweet?
17:33 Well, guess what?
17:34 We are going to kitchen
17:36 and we're going to make a dessert.
17:37 We are going to make coconut cookies.
17:39 Get your paper and your pencil, meet us in the kitchen.


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