Proverbs 11:1 states that "A
false balance is an abomination
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to the Lord but a just
weight is His delight. "
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Jesus Himself confirms this
in speaking to the Pharisees
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when He says in Luke 11:42:
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"But woe unto you Pharisees
for ye tithe mint and rue
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and all manner of
herbs and pass over judgment
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and the love of God.
These ought ye to have done
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and not to leave
the other undone. "
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A balanced life
is important to God.
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Hello friends, and welcome
to From Sickness To Health.
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I'm your host Rico Hill and
this is our co-host Sickness.
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Man, I've got to give it
to you. I love that text about
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the Pharisees. You like that?
Wow! That's awesome because
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you usually don't agree
with much... certainly not
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the scriptures. But
man... my friends the Pharisees.
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Those people were some of
the sickest people I've ever
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heard of. Wait a
minute, what do you mean?
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I mean, think about it:
they thought they were balanced
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but in reality they
were the most unbalanced
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people on the earth.
That leads to sickness
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and some serious ills. I
still don't quite get it.
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OK... let me explain.
When people are off balance
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whether it be in
diet, family, work,
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even religion it can
lead to some bad things.
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I mean, it's like people are
in this car going down a hill
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with no brakes and
they don't even know
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they're in a car.
Whoo! That is profound!
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Thank you. Wow! So
for instance with you,
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would you consider
yourself a balanced individual?
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Do I look unbalanced?
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Well our program today is
on living a balanced life.
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Stick around. Roll it!
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Do you think I'm unbalanced?
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I am one of the most
balanced people I know!
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Thank you for joining
us here in the studio of
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From Sickness To Health.
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We are going to be talking
about a topic that I'm sure
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you're going to enjoy
because we want to see you
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have balance. We want to
talk about balance today.
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Well, let's turn to one of
the most balance people I know
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according to him. It's Sickness.
Let's say hello to him.
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Hey hey! Hey I'm down
here at the fitness center.
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You'd be proud of me. I'm
trying to live a balanced life
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donating my time
here at the club for some
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Start Smoking seminars.
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Did you say start smoking?
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Oh yeah! It's
going to be a great day!
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All right... OK.
We'll talk to you some more.
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I know you're going to
be heading to a laboratory
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and we'll talk to
you remotely there.
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Well let's introduce our
distinguished guests today.
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It's again couples day
here at From Sickness To Health.
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We can't find any sickness
in that, can we? That's right!
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Dr. Thomas Jackson is
with us. He is a doctor of
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natural health sciences.
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He's here with his lovely wife
who is a doctor of nutritional
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sciences. And they are
a team in health. Amen?
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Welcome to the
program. Thank you very much.
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Glad you're here. And
we're not going to stop there.
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We also have joining us
once again on the program
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these individuals: Reidland
Bredy and his lovely wife
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Sherry-Lynne Bredy. And they
are together a health team also.
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He's a physical therapist; she
is an occupational therapist.
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So we like to come
from different angles.
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Welcome to the program.
Thank you very much, Rico.
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Now... we're going
to talk about balance.
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You all look
pretty balanced to me!
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Aah... looks might be
deceiving. Yeah... about that?
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We've got balanced couples,
but what's going on internally?
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Balanced couples?
'Cause I looked here and I see
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balanced couples, and
that seems good to me.
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That feels right for this
topic. That's right... yeah!
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So before we get into it -
and we're going to talk about,
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you know, our own personal
struggle to stay balanced.
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Because in
ministry and in health work
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there's a lot of
work to do. Is that right?
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That's right... that's correct.
There's a lot of requirements
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and just commitment and
just pulling on your time.
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People are
constantly calling you;
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you're dealing with
people who are sick.
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It can really really
just drive you into the ground
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if you're not careful. Amen!
So we want to talk about it
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'cause everyone struggles
with this. That's right.
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But before we get into our
discussion - and it's going to
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be a lively one -
let's check in with Sickness.
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I think he's in a
laboratory somewhere.
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Sickness, where are you?
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Hi Rico! I'm here with
my trusty lab assistant,
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my good friend
Wilber... whom I just met.
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And today we've been
studying, both Wallace and I,
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the word fallacy. Perhaps
you haven't heard of it before.
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A fallacy is a false notion...
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a belief that is
misleading or unsound.
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Now in our discussion on balance
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I think we've been
a little unbalanced.
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You see, according to your
logic we have to have something
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over here with
something over here
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to keep it balanced. You
know, like light and dark.
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Hot and cold. Yin and yang.
You know what I'm talking about.
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In the universe
there are laws of balance
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and today we are
going to demonstrate this.
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OK... me and my friend
Walter. Now Walter looks like
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a pretty balanced individual.
Are you pretty balanced, Walter?
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Yes, I do pride myself on being
a very balanced individual.
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OK! Now you probably
eat stuff like this. Oh yes!
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You see, these are so good
and they help... Excellent.
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Now we're going to become
balanced, and with balance...
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Do you smoke? Well no, you
see smoking is... Now you do!
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You see, it's all about balance.
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Do you eat sugar? Well no!
You're going to need some sugar
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to give you a
little energy in life.
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Now looking at you I would ask:
where do you get your protein?
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You get it from red
meat. That's where you get it.
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Now life sometimes needs to be
enjoyed and that's where you're
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gonna want some ice cream.
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And for those parties of
your life you're going to need
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some alcohol. Stay balanced.
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And hey, how about...
Ooh... you cannot start your day
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without a nice,
hot cup of coffee!
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There you are. Wow!
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Look at this balanced
individual... Wilfred.
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Whoo! I can almost
see a tear in your eye
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from all of that balance.
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Wow! This is wonderful.
Clearly my friend Larry and I
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are very
balanced. Back to you, Rico.
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Well, Sickness, I don't
know if you've made your point
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but you've made
somebody unhappy there.
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Now is this the kind of
balance we're talking about?
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I don't know.
Let's turn to our panel
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and let's talk about this.
Balance: what are we talking
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about when we talk
about balance? God is a God of
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balance - that's right -
and He wants us to be balanced.
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When we look at so
many different things...
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The body needs to be a certain
way and there's balances.
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There's something we
call homeostasis, right?
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That's when the body is
in balance and it is healthy.
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And usually we find
that this type of homeostasis
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is when the body
is more alkaline. Yes.
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But there is a balance.
Some foods are alkaline,
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some are acidic... and you
have to have the right balance.
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We can't get into the details
of that, but it's an example
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of what we're talking
about. Um-hmm. That's right.
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There's work/life balance.
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How do you manage your
time? How do you remain
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temperate in all things?
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Now we've covered
that in another program
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as it pertained to like
wine and things like that.
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But now we're talking
about how do we get temperate
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in just how we live our lives?
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Would you say that?
That's a good question.
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Are we
temperate? Are we balanced?
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We're striving for it.
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Busy lives! Busy lives, yes.
We're still a work in progress.
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OK... yes it is! At least
in the case of my wife and I
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I'll give a very
basic simple example.
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Probably about 3
or 4 or 5 years ago -
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let's say 5 years ago at
the most - I really started
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getting into golf. And my
wife can attest to this because
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I was living, breathing,
eating, sleeping golf.
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You were... imbalanced. Yeah!
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Oh, but you didn't
think so. I didn't think so!
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I want to get better at
this; I want to keep this up.
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And, of course... How many
days a week were you playing?
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Oh... How many days
a week was he playing?
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Too many! Too many.
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So... yeah, let's
just go through that. OK.
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It was a hefty investment.
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So anyways, she would tell
me that, of course, I'm spending
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too much time on the golf...
And I'm: "No, I want to get
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better. I want to be better
at this and blah, blah, blah. "
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All the excuses I
could come up with.
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And over the course of
time I started to realize that
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it too precedence over my
relationship with my wife,
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with Sherry. And something...
Finally I opened my eyes
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and I realized that and
started taking strides to
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not be so focused on
golf... golf only. Um-hmm.
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In addition, work pressure
started getting in, so I wasn't
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able to get out as much.
And that actually helped me
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too. Now golf is something
I enjoy once in a while.
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I still think about it,
but it's not as obsessive
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as... Yeah, he's
gotten better. Thank you.
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Amen! How about
the Jacksons over here?
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Now you have to know that the
Jacksons... they are a very busy
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ministry couple.
They are holding down
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a little ministry...
a big ministry really...
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that's doing gospel
medical missionary training.
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It's a school down there
in Huntingdon, Tennessee,
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and they travel the world around
giving seminars, presentations,
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and also bringing in health
guests, right? That's right.
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So talk to us about
that. How do you have balance?
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One of the things,
too, especially when you're
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mentioning ministry, the
greatest challenge is that
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when you're in ministry seeing
the impact that you're having
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on people's
lives: that drives you.
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It does. It drives
you. It's a good thing.
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And this is where the great
challenge comes in our lives.
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That we... and as probably
in your life... as we see people
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connecting with the gospel,
receiving these precious truths,
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etc. and accepting Jesus
Christ you just go for it.
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Now my challenge is: I carry
over from an athletic type of
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disposition of
competitiveness and drive.
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My wife is sort of
different... she's steady.
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But I was trained to
operate on adrenaline.
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And so when I became a Christian
I had a passion for the work
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but I was operating not
on this athletic adrenaline
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but I was operating
on spiritual adrenaline.
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And so to make a long story
short, it's been a year today
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that in my close to 40 years
of ministry... Those who know me
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I've never been
really physically sick.
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Common cold, etc. every now
and then. Every now and then.
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I mean nothing serious, you
know. But last year about this
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time I dropped from
185 down to almost 150.
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Heart palpitations. Now
that's important to understand
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because you're a 6' 6" indi-
vidual. I'm 6' 6". I always said
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"I'm 6' 6". I can carry
about 180 on my slim frame. "
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Sometimes 185. But I dropped...
which I don't have that much
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to drop you see.
Heart palpitations.
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We find: loose
bowels, dry mouth,
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nervousness, anxiety and etc.
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And that was not a gradual drop.
That was like one day he was
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his normal weight;
next day we could feel here
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and you could just feel the
bones. You could see the ribs.
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The face sucked in and etc.
And my wife had to massage me
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before I go to sleep.
And we're out of the country
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and I'm giving meetings.
I'm holding on to the rostrum
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while I'm teaching. And as
people continue to bombard me
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you know, there's a
demand. Every time you go out
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and you bless
people more doors open.
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So you cannot say
no doing a good thing.
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Rico, I'd like to
comment on that if I could.
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Um-hmm. Sickness.
Sickness... right.
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OK. I just want to
encourage Dr. Jackson:
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don't give up. You
can't say no to people.
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I mean, here's my
motto: Push life to the limit.
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Keep going, going,
going until you're sick
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and then the hospital or your
own bed will allow you to relax
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or hey, maybe
you'll die. But hey!
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You guys are OK
with that, right?
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Now we're going to completely
disregard what he said.
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You know, he tricked us. I
thought he was going somewhere
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positive but he said
"get on your death bed. "
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That's right. That's when
we had to tune him out, right?
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And not only do
we... "Just keep pushing. "
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You have to
tune him out as well.
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Keep pushing till
you're on your death bed.
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And a lot of people do
that, though. They drive.
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Sounds like you had
something like adrenal fatigue.
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That's right.
Make a long story short
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I discovered that my
adrenal glands were exhausted...
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was becoming exhausted.
That affected my thyroid.
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That produced hyper thyroidism.
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Never experienced that
in my life. Um-hmm. Never!
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And so... Hypo? Hyper! Not hypo.
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Over active, and the weight
loss and all the other symptoms
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that I was experiencing.
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And just to cut this short,
I will share with you probably
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my experience
about a computer I had.
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It malfunctioned. God
brought me back to this.
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It malfunctioned, so I
connected with the technician.
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And we are in the
country, in the woods.
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And as I connected
with the technician
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he told me to push a button.
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And I tried to explain
to him what's going on.
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He said: "Push a button; take
your hands off the computer. "
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So I took my
hands off the computer.
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So the cursor was moving,
so now he's controlling my
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computer, as some of us might
know out there in the audience.
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And so he
eventually fixed my computer.
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So I asked the technician.
I said: "You know, let me ask
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you a question. " I assumed
that he was probably maybe
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in another city which is
35 miles from us - Jackson -
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'cause we're in the woods. I
said: "Where are you located? "
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He said: "I'm in
the Philippines. "
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Wow! So he was controlling
my computer in the Philippines.
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Now when I finished that,
God downloaded... I believe
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the Spirit of God spoke to me.
He said: "You know, let me give
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you a lesson here. "
And He was preparing me
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for this experience.
He said: "As you connected
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with that technician, that's
what I want you to do with Me. "
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And He says: "Now, I want you
also as the technician told you
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take your hands
off your ministry
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and off your life
and I will fix it. "
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Wow! And so one of the things
that goes together with balance
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is that we want
to be in control -
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um-hmm - and that
everything is priorities.
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And so when you're doing a good
thing that every time someone
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asks for you to come
you jump on an airplane.
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Eighty percent of
our lives on an airplane.
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We have a wonderful team...
but it's on the airplane.
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And as you know, Rico, not
only giving these presentations
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but you're talking
about counseling people,
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you're talking
about coaching. Um-hmm.
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I mean, that's draining.
We're talking about 38 years.
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So here's my final point.
See, in Galatians chapter 6
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verses 7 and 8 the Bible
says you reap what you sow.
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OK? That's a principle.
However, the reaping is not
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immediately.
That's the second thing.
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And the third thing is
that the reaping is greater
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than the sowing.
Than the sowing. Um-hmm.
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So I've been sowing
intemperance in my work ethics.
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Doing a good thing
and then it affected me
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to the point I
almost lost my life.
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I sit here on this
program by God's grace
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because I took my
hands off the ministry.
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I set priorities and as I was
sharing here, my sister here,
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that priorities... this is
where faith's gotta come in.
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I've got to trust God with
the things that He's given me
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and don't believe that I
have to be doing everything.
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Like nobody else
can do it. That's right.
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Then I understand
what is God's will.
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And the fact is, if I let
this go something else is not
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going to happen.
But God said it's not
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any man's way to
direct his steps - um-hmm -
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for the end thereof is death.
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So God said: "Let
Me direct your steps. "
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So I have three
priorities in my life.
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God is my first priority.
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Be sure that I'm in His
will. My second priority
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is the family. The
third priority is work.
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That's the priorities. Got to
have your priorities straight.
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Exactly. I know
you have some points
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and then you may even
want to comment on that
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because you were
going through it with him.
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But let's see how... let's
see how this particular newsclip
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shows us the same thing
that he's talking about.
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People not really able to
juggle their life, their work
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and life balance.
Let's take a look.
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Striking a balance
between work and family
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is a work in
progress for Julie Lester.
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I'm going to have to
actually go and pick up my kids.
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Juggling her
full-time job the mother of two
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sometimes wishes she
could spend more time at home
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with her young
children. How was school?
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But Julie says for
her and her husband David
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financially it's just not
doable in Washington, D.C.
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The cost of living every-
where seems to be going up
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and people's salaries are
not necessarily coinciding with
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that rise. So it's driving more
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people into the workforce.
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The Lesters are
part of a growing tend.
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A new Pew Research
Center poll found rapid changes
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in the last few years. In
2007, 21% of working mothers
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wanted to work full time.
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Now it's jumped to 37%,
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researchers say due in
large part to the recession
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and financial insecurity.
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The women who were the
most likely to say they wanted
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to work full time were
some of the most economically
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vulnerable. The
survey also found
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workplace priorities are
different for men and women.
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Men value the high-paying jobs
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while a flexible
schedule ranks higher for women.
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But finding that flexible
schedule may be more difficult.
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We hear from the newsclip
and also from the testimony that
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Dr. Jackson just shared with us
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you've gotta have priorities.
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Priority #1 is relationship
with yourself and God.
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Allowing Him to
take full control
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and to be the
driver. That's right.
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Number two: family.
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You saw here in the clip that
it was important for this woman
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that she care for her family.
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But sometimes we
have that even before God.
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That's right. And that
will cause some major issues.
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And third: then comes the
work. Then comes the work.
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That's the balance.
That's a wonderful perspective
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on how to
balance this thing out.
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Now when he was going through
this, how were you doing?
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I was mentally fatigued.
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I was stressed, I
was stressed because
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I saw him losing.
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I thought I was
getting ready to be a widow.
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Wow! It was that
serious? It was serious.
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Wow! But I prayed and
asked God to give me strength
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to be able to do
what needed to be done.
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Because, see, I saw what
was getting ready to happen
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to us there, and I
said: "Let's go home. "
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He said: "No, we
have all these souls here
00:20:02.16\00:20:04.80
and we've gotta do
it! " He's to drive.
00:20:05.00\00:20:07.77
And I said: "Let's go. "
00:20:07.97\00:20:11.04
Because I would rather have him
than all of those other souls
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because I know if he's
gone then it's going to be
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a different story. Umm.
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Who will be out
there impacting the world
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in the way that you
do? Somebody else will.
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There was a point that God
revealed to me. He says that,
00:20:24.75\00:20:27.29
you know, "You're going
to rob Me of My glory. "
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And then He gave me
some examples of other
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servants of His that went
prematurely to their grave.
00:20:35.46\00:20:38.93
He reminded me of
those individuals.
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And the fact is is that at
the expense of losing your soul
00:20:42.50\00:20:46.64
trying to help others... So
we've got to have a balance.
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Do we stop ministry? No.
But we have to bring in balance.
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So today I say:
"Thank you, Lord!
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Therefore, I'm not in control...
You're in control. " Sure.
00:20:56.18\00:20:58.99
So every demand, every request
doesn't mean I have to respond.
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The apostle Paul... there were
times the Holy Spirit had to
00:21:03.26\00:21:05.69
tell Paul. Said:
"No... you don't go there. "
00:21:05.89\00:21:07.93
So God has to download.
That's where that trust
00:21:08.23\00:21:11.27
relationship comes in.
God has to be the governing
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and driving force in our
lives, and we've got to trust.
00:21:13.94\00:21:16.60
We've been having memory texts.
God said, you know: "I will keep
00:21:16.81\00:21:19.67
My saints' feet
from being taken.
00:21:19.87\00:21:22.64
I will be your confidence.
I will preserve the path
00:21:22.84\00:21:27.32
for My children. "
And so the Word of God
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has become real in my life
and I know that He's in control.
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Amen... amen. So...
have you had any situation
00:21:32.35\00:21:35.76
like this ever? Of course!
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Now, now, I want to
throw this to you all
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because, you know, a principle
that is played out in the Word
00:21:41.16\00:21:45.53
of God says that: "God is
not a respecter of persons. "
00:21:45.73\00:21:48.70
He's not a respecter of
persons. In other words,
00:21:48.90\00:21:50.84
He will deal with
everyone the same. That's right!
00:21:51.04\00:21:53.84
The rain falls on the just
and the unjust - that's right -
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right? So He doesn't look
at the person who's in ministry
00:21:56.38\00:22:01.25
or in the health work and
say: "Well you're doin' My work
00:22:01.45\00:22:05.59
so therefore you're excluded
or you're exempt from this law -
00:22:05.79\00:22:10.63
that's right - of
balance, right? That's correct.
00:22:10.83\00:22:13.36
So talk to me. As healthcare
providers, as a physical
00:22:13.56\00:22:16.13
therapist, an occupational
therapist, what have you found
00:22:16.33\00:22:20.20
in your work that
makes this principle true?
00:22:20.40\00:22:23.81
Well there is a lot of balance,
especially with our kind of
00:22:24.21\00:22:27.68
patients we see all the time.
We need emotional and physical
00:22:27.88\00:22:33.11
and mental balance
when we're at work.
00:22:33.31\00:22:35.88
And sometimes, at least
with my population of people
00:22:36.08\00:22:40.22
who are neurologically impaired,
they suck the life out of me
00:22:40.42\00:22:43.26
because there's so much cogni-
tive involvement that there is.
00:22:43.46\00:22:46.76
So by the time I get home
and we're trying to do things
00:22:46.96\00:22:49.26
or work in a
ministry I'm already wasted.
00:22:49.46\00:22:52.13
Yes. I'm already
wasted. And when you say wasted
00:22:52.33\00:22:54.54
you mean that you're
just tired. I'm dying!
00:22:54.74\00:22:57.04
All my energy is just gone, and
it does affect the relationship.
00:22:57.24\00:23:01.11
It affects the relationship
for family and for the people
00:23:01.31\00:23:03.95
that we are
ministering outside of work
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.08
besides the ones inside of work.
00:23:06.28\00:23:08.12
See, what is happens is that...
What Reidland I have done is
00:23:08.32\00:23:10.85
really focus on what
you said: basing God first.
00:23:11.05\00:23:14.06
We have worship first; we
spend time with God first.
00:23:14.26\00:23:17.43
We memorize
scripture together. Yes.
00:23:17.63\00:23:20.23
So what we do is, you
know, we cast all our burdens
00:23:20.43\00:23:25.17
upon Him, and He will take care
of us so that we can take care
00:23:25.37\00:23:28.70
of others. Oh, that's
beautiful! Beautiful point.
00:23:28.90\00:23:31.61
Very important.
Casting our cares upon Him
00:23:31.81\00:23:34.04
so that we can
take care of others.
00:23:34.24\00:23:36.41
I like that... I like
that. That is something to take
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.65
to the bank. What Reidland said
is that one thing we have done
00:23:38.85\00:23:40.42
is that we started with some
friends of ours an "I Recite
00:23:40.62\00:23:43.18
Group" which is a
Bible memorization group.
00:23:43.39\00:23:45.69
And we meet up once a
month and we recite. We memorize
00:23:45.89\00:23:49.29
throughout that
month different passages.
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.09
And that has become a
huge foundation for us
00:23:51.29\00:23:53.96
to keep us solid on
the Word and trusting God
00:23:54.16\00:23:58.10
so that we can continue
the work that He has given us.
00:23:58.50\00:24:01.54
Wonderful! Now, we
just have a few moments left
00:24:01.74\00:24:04.44
but... Healthy now?
You're back? What? 90%? 95%?
00:24:04.64\00:24:08.28
I would say 98.
98... that's a good number!
00:24:08.48\00:24:12.21
That's a good
number. You're 98% better.
00:24:12.41\00:24:15.48
She's happy hubby is home
00:24:15.68\00:24:17.99
and about to take off maybe the
rest of the year, I don't know.
00:24:18.19\00:24:21.36
Happy spouse? Happy house!
00:24:21.56\00:24:23.96
That's right. You're
not playing golf as much.
00:24:24.16\00:24:26.76
Praying in the morning together.
00:24:27.36\00:24:28.93
Now Sickness set us up.
He said that you've got some
00:24:29.13\00:24:33.13
good things over here you've
gotta have some bad things.
00:24:33.34\00:24:35.70
That's not the kind of
balance we're talking about.
00:24:35.90\00:24:37.61
That's right. We're talking
a balance of all good things
00:24:37.81\00:24:40.98
but being able to
hold them in balance.
00:24:41.18\00:24:43.14
Because who ultimately
holds it in balance? God does!
00:24:43.35\00:24:46.11
'Cause we put Him
first. And when He's put first
00:24:46.31\00:24:49.05
He will help you
balance out your family.
00:24:49.25\00:24:50.85
He will help you
balance out your work load
00:24:51.05\00:24:53.49
and how to balance those
things between family and work.
00:24:53.69\00:24:57.03
All those things
are very very difficult.
00:24:57.23\00:24:59.23
You've heard the testimony
of our wonderful couple here
00:24:59.43\00:25:02.73
and they have shared how
they've had their struggles.
00:25:02.93\00:25:05.73
So that means that
none of us are exempt.
00:25:05.93\00:25:08.54
None of us are immune
to having to struggle.
00:25:08.74\00:25:11.44
BUT... when we put God
first - Amen - When we allow Him
00:25:11.64\00:25:14.84
to drive and we take our
hands "off the plow" - come on -
00:25:15.04\00:25:18.38
He'll do it for us.
Amen! We'll see you next time.
00:25:18.58\00:25:21.22
May God bless you.
00:25:21.42\00:25:22.75
In the 40th chapter of Isaiah
the Bible rhetorically asks
00:25:24.25\00:25:27.46
these questions: "Who
has measured the waters in
00:25:27.66\00:25:30.66
the hollow of His hand? Or
with the breadth of His hand
00:25:30.86\00:25:34.00
marked off the heavens?
00:25:34.30\00:25:36.23
Who has held the dust
of the earth in a basket
00:25:36.43\00:25:39.83
or weighed the mountains
on a scales and the hills
00:25:40.04\00:25:44.14
in a balance? " You
know, the Lord truly is a God
00:25:44.34\00:25:48.74
of balance. In
giving man his diet
00:25:48.94\00:25:52.08
He gave a balanced meal plan
with foods that were both acid
00:25:52.28\00:25:56.89
and alkaline. In
relationships He prescribed
00:25:57.09\00:26:00.36
the balanced formula
for happiness between a man
00:26:00.56\00:26:03.43
and a woman. Even
in a perfect garden
00:26:03.63\00:26:07.76
man received a perfect
balance directive to enjoy
00:26:07.96\00:26:12.90
his surroundings
while also working to dress
00:26:13.10\00:26:16.54
and keep that garden.
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.74
God is a God of balance!
00:26:18.94\00:26:20.61
Today I have to admit
I've learned something.
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.91
Wow! What'd you learn?
00:26:24.51\00:26:25.85
I learned that YOU
don't think I'm very balanced.
00:26:25.98\00:26:30.39
Well... that's
our program for today.
00:26:32.09\00:26:33.99
Oh no, no you don't.
00:26:34.19\00:26:35.52
You're going to answer
me this right here and now.
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.49
Why don't you
think I'm balanced?
00:26:38.69\00:26:40.30
Is it because of my
high-acid meat diet?
00:26:40.50\00:26:42.90
The fact that I love to put
processed foods in everything
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.67
I eat? Or that's
really all I eat.
00:26:45.87\00:26:47.50
Is it all the sugar
or because my therapist
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thinks I have a
one-track mind about sickness?
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What is it that makes
you think I'm unbalanced?
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You know what? You're right.
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You should know what I think
so I think I should tell you.
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Thank you. OK... you
remember you were talking
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earlier about that
whole... that analogy of the
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car that was going
down the hill without brakes
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and the people didn't
know they were in a car?
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Oh yes! Well that was
brilliant. Remember that?
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Yes. That was not
only a brilliant analogy
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but it was a
brilliant assessment.
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It was so accurate! Thank you.
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So there you go...
that's what I think.
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Thank you. Well
that's our program for today.
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Remember III John 2:
"Beloved, I wish above all
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things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health. "
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I'm Rico Hill. Maranatha.
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And I'm the very
balanced Sickness
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speeding down a hill in
a car with no brakes, baby.
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