The Stomach
Notes
Transcript
Introduction
Introduction
What’s your favorite food?
How do you feel when you put that food in your mouth?
What happens after you put that food into your mouth?
17 “Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?
How do you feel when you don’t have enough food in your stomach?
Does a full stomach always mean that a person feels satisfied?
12 The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
Who made the stomach?
What did he make it for?
13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
Are there things that taste good but make our stomachs feel bad?
9 So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
What sort of things might upset our stomachs?
16 “And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.
What sort of things might make our stomachs feel better?
23 No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Lesson
Lesson
A. “Eating Food” in Look Inside Your Body
B. The Digestive Process: In a Nutshell
from Answers in Genesis
“As you chew your food, your teeth and the enzymes in your saliva begin breaking down the food and liquids into their chemical state—proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. The food then moves from the mouth, down the esophagus, to the stomach, where the breaking down process continues.
“Strong stomach muscles and acids help to churn the food into a pasty substance called chyme. The stomach later slowly releases small portions of chyme into the duodenum (the first portion of the small intestine, a 20-foot-long organ) where the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder help to breakdown and digest fats and carbs.
“As what was once food now moves through the small intestine, enzymes and bile continue to break down the substance into nutrients that can then be absorbed through the lining of the small intestine. Whatever isn’t absorbed by the end of the small intestine—electrolytes, fiber, water, and dead cells—then moves into the large intestine.
“The large intestine is actually shorter than the small intestine—a mere 4 feet long compared to 20 feet! As the remaining residue passes through the colon, the large intestine absorbs most of the water as the strong colon muscles contract to mold the residue into stools and eventually release them through the rectum.”
The Evolutionary Narrative: False!
“Each element of the digestive process reveals our Creator and his intricate design for keeping us alive and healthy—a system too elaborate and specialized to have evolved. But digestion evolution is the common narrative, as one academic source notes, “Vertebrates have evolved more complex digestive systems to adapt to their dietary needs.”1
“But such evolution holds too many variables to be conducive for life. While the stomach can adapt gut bacteria to suit a particular diet, the stomach has never been observed to grow new organs or radically change its structure to allow for new foods. And even our healthy gut bacteria symbionts seem to point to our Creator and his intricate design of our digestive and immune systems.2
“Our digestive system was created fully formed and functioning on day six of creation, when God created man and called him (along with the rest of creation) “very good” (Genesis 1:26–31).”
Fun Facts About Our Digestive System
Food takes about seven seconds to travel down the esophagus.
You can swallow your food while hanging upside-down. Your esophagus is strong and doesn’t need gravity to bring your food down! (Note: We don’t actually recommend eating upside-down.)
Your stomach doesn’t always growl because it’s hungry. Your stomach makes rumbling noises as it processes your food.
Fiber is important to digestion.
From beginning to end, your food can take anywhere from 24–72 hours to fully digest.
C. YouTube Videos
Digestive System Video for Kids
Operation Ouch: The Stomach
Prayer
Prayer
Pray for Mrs. Lisa Weaver’s stomach to start working again.