Dr. Leaf | Toxic Faith

hi I'm dr. Caroline leaf I want to address one of the duty doesn't call toxic face toxic face sounds like something strange but it's how we see

God it's a perception of God research is showing that if we see God as a loving benevolent God this changes the way that our immune system actually functions research is actually showing that your

immune markers which means that your immune systems operating more healthily increases when we see God as a loving benevolent God versus a God who is

judgemental they've also found that the impact researcher scientific researchers have found that the way that you see the kind of relationship that you form with God has an enormous impact on your

intelligence your mind your health how you function and they've found that it's absolutely when people have this personal relationship with God where they seek others this loving God that they can develop a personal relationship

with it impacts on positively once again on their peace health happiness immune system longevity so our relationship with how we see God the way it would be

develop our faith praise these all have a huge impact on how we function there are so many studies on the impact of prayer on the impact of intentional prayer they've done studies where

they've shown that prayer that's just like sort of just random prayer that with no meaning behind it had no impact but pray that is heartfelt that is passionate that is fervent that kind of

prayer has it has huge impact on the health and well-being of patients so when we talk about faith we need to make sure that we of your faith how we see God how we pray how we meditate how we

think about things of faith is on is positive because toxic faith can impact the whole way that we function